In the wine cellar of the former Beika Hotel, Ran awoke from her unconsciousness. She remembered seeing Masami Hirota. Before she could greet her, she was knocked unconscious from behind.
She got up and suddenly noticed that her hands had become noticeably smaller. Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, then raised her hands to look, and they were clearly the hands of a small child!
"Ding—" The phone rang suddenly, startling her. Ran took out her phone and saw that it was Shinichi calling, so she answered immediately.
"Ran, where are you right now!" It was Shinichi Kudo's anxious voice on the phone. Ran looked around and replied, "Shinichi? Why are you calling all of a sudden?"
Conan called out as he ran, "Ran, tell me where you are first?"
"I...I think I'm in a wine cellar right now." Ran looked around and then said, "Shinichi, something's strange about my body. I think I've turned into...a little child."
On the other end of the phone, Conan was struck dumb by Ran's words. He immediately realized that Ran had also been given that kind of poison!
A wave of fear washed over me. If Xiaolan hadn't been so lucky, she might already be...
"Don't be afraid, Ran, I'm coming to you right away, don't hang up." Conan said, quickly finding the hotel reception desk, covering the phone and asking, "Excuse me, where is the hotel's wine cellar?"
The staff looked at each other, and one of them replied, "The wine cellar? It's at the old site, right next to the hotel, from..."
After Conan got the location of the wine cellar from the staff, he turned and ran, while Jiang Jin was already there before him.
Xiaolan found scissors and rope for tying things in the wine cellar. She cut off the overly long skirt and used the rope to tie it up because her body had shrunk and the skirt had become too big.
"Ran, check if the wine cellar door is locked, see if we can leave." Conan ran while still on the phone with Ran. Ran reached the door and turned the handle. "You can open the door, I'm going now..."
When Conan heard Ran suddenly fall silent, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Ran, what's wrong?"
Xiao Lan stared at the wine cellar door, her face pale, and said in a low voice, "I...I heard footsteps outside, it sounded like they were coming towards the wine cellar."
Jiang Jin hummed an unknown tune softly as he walked, taking out the jet-black [Spotted Viper] from his waist and releasing the safety with a "click".
"Xiao Lan, quickly hide!"
In the wine cellar, Xiaolan turned her head and saw that the only place she could hide was the fireplace. The doorknob behind her was turned, and Xiaolan hurriedly hid inside.
Jiang Jin opened the door carefully, not forgetting that Ran Mouri was a black belt in karate. The cellar door opened, and dark red eyes swept across it; the room wasn't large, and one could see its general layout at a glance.
There was nothing in the entire wine cellar except for the stacks of wine crates, and of course, no Ran Mouri was there either.
"Ran away? Ha, I told you I'd come and take a look." Jiang Jin looked at the only place in the room where someone could hide, and suddenly noticed a piece of black cloth on the floor. Jiang Jin bent down to pick it up and touched it; it seemed to be part of a garment.
Just then, Jiang Jin's phone rang. It was Gin calling: "Hey, boss. I'll be right there."
Jiang Jin turned and walked out of the wine cellar, closing the door behind him. Hearing the door close, Xiao Lan cautiously peeked out; the wine cellar was indeed empty.
"Shinichi, he's away..."
Before she could finish speaking, the cellar door suddenly opened, and Jiang Jin, dressed in black, walked in. Xiao Lan was so startled that she dropped her phone, her pupils contracting as she looked up at Jiang Jin. From Xiao Lan's shrunken perspective, Jiang Jin, standing at 1.84 meters tall, exuded an overwhelming sense of oppression.
Jiang Jin was quite surprised to see Ran Mouri shrink. He had originally thought that Ran Mouri was hiding in the fireplace, so he deliberately lured her out.
"Looks like we'll have to get the research department to develop a new drug; this one has way too many bugs." Jiang Jin said, raising his gun at Xiao Lan. "Duyago, stop!"
Jiang Jin felt a numbness in his arm holding the gun. This was only because he had taken a super strong preventative anesthetic beforehand; otherwise, he probably would have collapsed immediately after Conan's injection.
But even in those few seconds of numbness, Ran snapped out of it and immediately ran around Jiang Jin towards the door. Conan grabbed Ran and began a frantic escape. He knew all too well what kind of madman Du Yago was; who knew if the gun would malfunction again this time?
"Conan? It's you, could it be..." Ran was also taken aback when she saw Conan. She seemed to have thought of something and showed an incredulous expression, while Conan looked tense and serious and said, "I'll explain to you after we're safe."
Jiang Jin shook his half-numb arm, switched the gun to his other hand, and chased after the gun. He wanted to see if he could make a move this time.
The wine cellar was on the second basement level. Conan pulled Ran along as they ran, the other party had a gun and he didn't have a second tranquilizer dart.
However, the difference in their physical abilities was too great, and no matter how fast the two children ran, they couldn't keep up with Jiang Jin's long legs.
Jiang Jin raised his hand and fired at the two of them. The bullet shot out of the muzzle and was heading towards Conan, but just as it was about to get close, the bullet changed direction and hit the wall and the ground.
[Winery Live Stream]
"No, I... huh?"
"I have to say, the protagonist's halo is really strong. I will never say that Chianti and the others can't hit them again."
"But this scene is still so exciting! Chasing Conan, the god of the underworld is so cool, okay?"
"I never expected that Xiaolan would shrink."
"Is this medicine a selective bug?"
"Sherry didn't shrink, but for the plot, someone has to shrink?"
"If someone else came, it would be a complete disaster."
"Who said that? Didn't Akai Mary shrink afterward too?"
……
Jiang Jin gritted his teeth, but it wasn't a complete failure. At least he was able to fire this time, even if he missed. Maybe he would hit the target next time.
Conan protected Ran as they ran up one floor, where they encountered a security guard on patrol.
"Hey, what are you two kids doing here? Kids, where are your parents?" The security guard was quite surprised to see Conan and Ran. How could children be allowed to play here? "Sorry, my younger brother and sister are too naughty."
Jiang Jin's voice came from behind Conan and Ran. With his hands behind his back, he smiled and said to the security guard, "I'll take them away now."
Conan turned his head and looked at Jiang Jin in horror. He thought to himself that he absolutely could not be taken away by this person, or he would be finished!
"Uncle, he's a bad guy! He's not our brother! Call the police, Uncle!" Conan could only hope that the other party would be deterred from pursuing them because of the presence of other people and the police.
The security guard's gaze towards Jiang Jin immediately changed. He shielded Conan and the other man behind him and asked warily, "Sir, who exactly are you?"
Jiang Jin shrugged helplessly, took a step forward and said, "Sir security guard, I already told you I'm their older brother. The two little ones are just throwing a tantrum at me."
Xiao Lan took a step back in fear. The security guard noticed that the two children's expressions didn't seem like they were seeing their older brother at all.
"I'm sorry, sir, I'm afraid I can't hand the child over to you. Or should I call the police to confirm?"
Jiang Jin's dark red pupils looked at Conan, his eyes narrowing slightly, when his phone rang again. He took his hand out from behind his back, revealing the gun to the security guard.
"Security guard, we're just employees. We're all just working people, let's not make things difficult for each other." Jiang Jin brandished the gun in his hand. "Now, are you sure you still want to get involved?"
The security guard's expression changed drastically, and he hesitated. Conan's heart sank. This guy was so fearless and didn't seem afraid of anyone discovering that he was about to commit a crime!
Jiang Jin stepped forward, and the security guard couldn't help but take a step back. Jiang Jin gently placed his hands on Conan and Ran's shoulders, one on each side. He squatted down between the two of them, and Conan and Ran froze.
"Security guard, you saw my face! What should I do?" Jiang Jin said, feigning distress. The security guard immediately replied, "I... I won't tell anyone!"
Jiang Jin sighed: "You know, only the dead can keep secrets."
"Duyago, you're trying to kill me!" Conan exclaimed hastily, but Jiang Jin chuckled and raised his gun. "Security officer, how about I give you a chance? Do me a favor and I'll let you go?"
The security guard certainly wanted to live. If the other party was just an ordinary bad guy, he would definitely have intervened, but... the other party had a gun! They were just two kids he didn't know. He had a family and a life to live, so there was no need for him to act recklessly.
That's understandable; who told this security guard to be unlucky?
"What...what do you need to do?" the security guard asked.
Jiang Jin smiled: "It's very simple."
[Winery Live Stream]
"This wine has a very strong flavor."
"If I were to go, I'm afraid I really couldn't do it."
"This threatening tactic is so practiced; it's obvious they've done it many times before."
"The Baptist God still remembers to empathize with working people."
"It's fortunate that we can watch our own live streams; if this happened in our world, we'd probably get banned immediately."
"Isn't this security guard going to tell us? What if he calls the police later?"
“I studied law, criminal law, baptismal law. I can represent you in court.”
"You studied criminal law, so you're pushing for black?"
"So my lawyer's license was revoked."
"Holy crap, black lawyer."
"Don't put it so harshly. It's clearly those people who are bullying others by taking advantage of their power. So what if their methods are dirty and mine are dirty?"
Inside the wine cellar, Conan and Ran were tied up by security guards, while Jiang Jin stood at the door watching. The guards then opened another bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) and spilled it on the floor.
Jiang Jin took out a lighter, lit it with a "snap" and threw it on the ground.
“Sir, we’re accomplices now. Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t tell the police, and I don’t think you will either,” Jiang Jin said with a smile. “If you do tell… I’ll go to your family and demand an explanation.”
Conan, bound and gagged, glared at Jiang Jin. Jiang Jin walked over and removed the gag from his mouth. Conan then declared righteously, "Duyago! You're inciting others to commit crimes!"
"So what? You're the ones who can't even take care of yourselves now." Jiang Jin said, suddenly knocking the security guard unconscious with a slap and pushing him into the wine cellar.
Behind the burning flames was Jiang Jin, dressed in black. He was like the back of the light, and the darkness made Conan feel blinded and terrified.
[Winery Live Stream]
"This image, viewed through the lens of light, has a certain aesthetic appeal, reminiscent of sworn enemies, if analyzed from an artistic perspective?"
"Accomplice! I want to become an accomplice with the Baptist God!"
"I'll bet five cents if I can use up one of my lives this time."
"I don't think so, there's also Xiaolan."
"I think the security guard will help them if he wakes up."
"Won't he actually call the police later?"
"It's alright. If the Baptist God gets arrested, I'll bail him out. I'm in the Metropolitan Police Department, so I can join the organization openly and legitimately."
“What a scheming person!”
Outside the hotel, a black Porsche was parked on the side of the road. As soon as Jiang Jin got into the car, a gun was pointed at him from behind. Gin's cold voice rang out: "What are you doing? Why didn't you come out immediately?"
“Boss, I was just cleaning up Pisco’s mess. He caught a little girl who saw Miyano Akemi’s actions.” Jiang Jin was not afraid of the gun behind him at all. “He took her to the wine cellar, and I went to check if it was cleaned up.”
Gin didn't speak, but stared at Jiang Jin's face in the rearview mirror for a long time before finally saying, "Where's the stuff?"
Jiang Jin took out a hard drive from his pocket: "Here it is. I also got the negatives of the film that captured Pisco's work."
Gin put away his gun and said to Vodka, "Let's go."
Jiang Jin glanced out the car window at the former site of the Beika Hotel, where several police cars had already gathered. The previous warning didn't ring in his mind; clearly, the fire in the wine cellar hadn't trapped Conan.
However, there were still gains, Jiang Jin thought. His gun could fire bullets now, and with the help of others, he could clearly achieve more effective attacks. Sure enough, only important characters like Gin could truly deplete his life points.
It's okay, there's plenty of time...
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