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"..."

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji also realized the seriousness of the matter.

Suzuki Jirokichi has already gone out to make a phone call, and it's too late to stop him now; the news has probably already spread.

"But old man Suzuki must have contacted someone on their side, right? They wouldn't just say things randomly, would they?"

"Don't underestimate the human survival instinct."

"That seems quite serious."

Heiji Hattori understood that once the news of their disembarkation for treatment got out, even the Suzuki Foundation would likely be unable to withstand the public outcry.

You all got infected even though you knew there was a virus on the spaceship. Aren't you just endangering people when you land?

Conan rubbed his temples.

"But there's one thing I don't understand: why would they plant a bomb after they've already released the virus?"

"And what did that mercenary say about what their boss's true purpose really is?"

Hearing what Conan said, Hattori Heiji said helplessly.

"Kudo, aren't you overthinking things?"

"Ok?"

"Didn't that mercenary say he got ripped off by that boss?"

"The fake virus has now become a real virus, which means that everything he knew was just a lie told to them by the boss."

Conan nodded and accepted Hattori Heiji's explanation for the time being, but he still had many questions in his mind.

For example, what exactly was the mastermind behind this doing?

Simply to release the virus and take revenge on society? What's wrong with this person?

And if the purpose was to create panic, why did he choose to release the virus on this spaceship instead of somewhere else?

Seeing Conan's thoughtful expression, Hattori Heiji raised his hands and spoke to Conan after a while.

"Kudo, I now admit that I am not as good as you at detective work."

"Ok?"

Conan didn't quite understand what Hattori Heiji meant.

Heiji Hattori rolled his eyes at Conan, then turned his head toward Ran Mouri, who was sitting on the sofa with an unusually downcast expression.

“At a time like this, you’re still thinking about these things? I can’t do that. I really think you should focus on the right things right now.”

……

In the lobby corridor, a man and a woman, one adult and one child, were enjoying a massage with their eyes closed on a massage chair.

"So what's the point of all this big fuss you're making today?"

Did I say I didn't want to do anything today?

"You've done so much and you still say you don't want to do anything?"

"I don't want to either, but can't I just do nothing if these prerequisites aren't met?"

Ai Haibara closed her eyes and pursed her lips.

"You mean you don't want to do anything, so you'll pretend the fake virus is real and make everyone on the spaceship panic, right?"

"It's all the thieves' fault, it has nothing to do with me."

Qi Ming replied irritably.

If it weren't for these guys, he would be lying comfortably today.

Ai Haibara opened her eyes and glanced at Qi Ming.

"Have you thought about how to resolve this matter?"

"What do you mean, how do we wrap this up?"

"The liars told so many lies, but after three days they found out they hadn't been infected with the virus at all."

Qi Ming stiffened, sat up straight in his chair, and said in surprise.

"Now that you mention it, I had completely forgotten."

"……Fool."

Just as Qi Ming was about to ask Ai Haibara for a solution, the hall doors opened.

Seeing Kuroba Kaito walk out looking utterly hopeless, Qi Ming swallowed his original words and instead said to Kuroba Kaito:

"Xiao Hei, what's wrong? You look so sullen. You look like you're about to die."

"...Mr. Ma, this joke isn't funny."

"It's okay, anyway, I laughed."

Qi Ming leaned back in his chair again and asked Kuroba Kaito.

"Is there anything you want to do in the last three days?"

"...Let's just do whatever we can on this ship, we're not going to get off."

Kaito Kuroba sighed. After listening to the phone call, he had absolutely no hope of getting off the spaceship for treatment.

"Although the old man said he would get off the ship to treat us, given the contagiousness of this virus, the government would never allow us to leave."

"If you ask me, the best-case scenario is that we die in the air, and the worst-case scenario is that we are still alive, and then the government pretends to appease us and tricks us into going to the sea where a missile blows us up."

"You see things quite clearly."

Qi Ming glanced at Kuroba Kaito in surprise; he was clearly a long-time Raccoon City resident.

Kaito Kuroba glanced helplessly at Qi Ming and Ai Haibara, who had her eyes closed.

Judging from their calm demeanor, he knew that the virus probably wouldn't have any effect on the two spirits, one big and one small.

Isn't it said that good people are the most intelligent of all beings and are blessed by God? Why are these monsters unaffected by the virus?

"Well, Mr. Ma, I'll be going now. I'm going to make a phone call."

"I've already told you I'm not your father, you don't need to inform me."

Seeing Kaito Kuroba leave, Ai Haibara suddenly asked Qi Ming a question.

"If you really only had three days left to live, what would you want to do? And if the world ended in three days, what would you want to do?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

Qi Ming thought for a moment, then looked at Haibara Ai and smiled.

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at Qi Ming.

"Since you've put it that way, why don't you both talk about it?"

Qi Ming opened his backpack and looked at the item notes with boredom as he spoke.

"The truth is, I'd rather lie in bed and sleep peacefully, hoping that when the end comes, I can die without any pain."

"The lie is, I would let loose and just go out onto the street, see a shop and I'd **** it, then see a person and I'd **** them."

Ai Haibara's eye twitched slightly.

It seems like the truth and the lie have been reversed, hasn't it?

"The evil of human nature."