【Quick new】Third person

Recap

"Mr.KID, I would like to treat you to a glass of Vermouth."

"Little brother, this is not the place for you."

"37062... what number is this?" Hattori Heiji asked with a frown.

Kaito Kuroba raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, and tapped the side of his leg with his left hand hanging by his side as if playing a piano.

The guests in the bar had already left the store in a hurry, with panicked voices and complaints one after another.A staff member checked the lighting system with a flashlight, and after finding fragments of light boxes on the ground, there was a sound of calling the police.Handing over the back to the two agents, Hei Yu opened the door, and a gust of cold air rushed towards his face first.In the room in front of me, the air conditioner was turned on very low, and the silver metal shelves were neatly arranged inside.

"I'll explain later." Kuroba pointed to the room in front of him, "Let's go."

"it is good."

Hei Yu took out the white pistol pinned to his waist. Although it was not a real weapon, it was more convenient for him to use.He glanced back at Hattori, the man brought a wooden stick from nowhere, and swung it nimbly like a samurai sword in his hand.Reading the trace of worry in his eyes, Hattori's mind flashed three or two images, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Don't worry about being unarmed like us, some people can walk around the world with anesthesia injections and a football."

"Ha, speaking of which, I've been kicked a lot—"

"So... APTX?"

Hattori pointed to the sealed test tubes and medicine boxes on the shelf, the light blue liquid and finished capsules.There are different seals on the test tube rack and the inside of the medicine box.

"APTX4061, 4799, 4869... wait, this?"

APTX4869. The two of them looked at each other, and this was the one that turned the famous high school detective Shinichi Kudo into the culprit of a first-year elementary school student. "It's like," Kuroba opened the medicine box, and the red and white capsule lay quietly in his palm. "Pandora's box."

"what?"

"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you and I wouldn't be able to believe the magic medicine for rejuvenation." He sighed, "Is it salvation, or is it forever."

Hattori shrugged, "It's better to think less about things that go against nature."

They thought of the two small figures, the plain girl with the short tawny hair and the wise boy with the blue eyes.They are in a world escaping from time, behind them is the fog filled with blood, and the front seems simple and clear, but in fact there are many dangers.

So it can’t go on like this, there must be an end.

"Who are you?"

Edogawa Conan didn't want to go around in circles anymore, not to mention he was tired of pretending to be an immature child recently.He asked the question straightforwardly, and he believed that the other party was not a simple waiter.

Faced with the caution and doubt in the boy's tone, the young man smiled, "Although I heard about it two days ago, it's still very interesting to see you like this, little detective."

"what?"

"Akai Shuichi." Haibara Ai, who had been silent all this time, said the name abruptly. She was trying her best to maintain her composure, catching his eyes in the darkness, and the latter silently looked at her.

"Don't waste your time, where are they?"

"The only one present was Vermouth. She had an appointment with the boy and has left now."

that boy.The boy subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Don't ask me what they said. It's not difficult to guess the choice that two smart and cunning people will make." He leaned on the wall and walked forward, listening carefully to the movement in the place separated by the wall.The conversations of the people around him are like a riddle for this boy called the little detective, and he is a little weak and tense up his nerves.It was at this moment that a flashlight suddenly lit up in the darkness at the end of his line of sight.

The silver-haired man in the black hat walked towards them step by step, and Conan felt that Hui Yuanai clenched his sleeves tightly.

"Gin—"

Almost instantly, the opposing two raised their guns.The waiter standing in front of the two children had completely lost their ordinary and harmless aura, replaced by a powerful restraining force.He aimed his gun between the eyebrows of the silver-haired man, who smiled contemptuously.

"Long time no see, Sherry..."

Holding the wrists of the people around him, Conan tried to convey a little bit of stability.However, he clearly felt that the blood in his whole body boiled after this man appeared. It was an indescribable feeling, which may be called the memory of the body—an impulse headed by anger swept over. .Looking past the young man in front of him, he stared closely at the man less than five meters away, only feeling that the light of the flashlight gave him a headache.However, before he had time to think more, the wrist he was holding was pulled away by a strong force.

"Well!!"

He turned his head abruptly, another broad-cheeked man in a black hat hugged Hui Yuan Ai, and then clamped it in his arms, and then a black muzzle appeared in front of his glasses.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.What he doesn't remember is that there was a similar scene in the original beginning.

Someone pulled the trigger.

"However, the inventory here is only a small part." Kuroba Kaito and Hattori Heiji took an inventory of the room hidden behind the wine rack. "There must be more laboratories and storage points, and it would be wise to spread them out."

"Although there is no evidence of clinical trials here, it is enough to issue a subpoena."

Jodie stood at the door and tapped the wall, "Boys, I just found an anesthesia needle at the back door—"

"Boom!"

Before she finished speaking, a clear gunshot came from not far away, and everyone's hearts tightened.Kaito Kuroba subconsciously put his hands on the wall that looked unusually sharp because of the long-term air-conditioning. He could clearly hear the gunshots coming from behind the wall.Although there were countless possibilities, the ominous premonition rising in his heart made his throat tighten.

are you there.

He quickly took out two small balls from his pocket, then pulled Hattori Heiji's arm back five steps, and smashed the balls hard towards the wall.

"Don't you guys keep miniature bombs in your pockets?"

Having said that, Hattori slammed a stick at the wall that had already been cracked, regardless of a puff of smoke and dust rolling in.The two exchanged glances and then turned over directly. At this moment, a second gunshot sounded in their ears.Kaito Kuroba was the first to see the thin figure holding the gun——Haihara Ai was still trembling uncontrollably, her arm was numb from the recoil of the shot.It turned out that the knee of the man who was restraining her was gushing blood, and the moment Kuroba's hand grasped her shoulder, she desperately yelled forward——

"Kudou-kun!!!"

The subconsciously shouted name broke through the smoke.

A dark red liquid gushed from Akai Shuichi's shoulder. Gin fired the first shot, but he avoided it.In the short moment after the wall was blasted, Huiyuan Ai was the first to react, and the pistol he brought earlier came in handy.But Vodka, who had lost his target, yanked the collar of the boy closest to him in annoyance.Conan Edogawa felt his back being thrown heavily against the wall, and then he was locked in a hostage posture, and the child's strength could not resist at all.He kicked his legs desperately, and what he got in exchange was even more forceful clamping.

Hattori Heiji clenched the wooden stick in his hand, staring at the boy's face, but he didn't dare to move forward because of the muzzle of the gun on his temple.Under the leadership of James, the joint armed special police surrounded the space that was connected together at the moment. There were many familiar faces among them, and elite agents from multiple countries met each other with different expressions.Everything happened in just 5 minutes, and the duel was imminent.

"I didn't expect that..." Gin looked at Akai Shuichi, then at the crowd in front of him and sneered, "This is the big gift that Bourbon said?"

The one who answered him was Akai Shuichi's sudden elbow. He dodged sideways, and was forced back two steps by the head-on punch.Conan forced himself to calm down, and slowly touched the anesthesia watch on his left wrist with his right hand.

"Brother!!" Unable to withstand the pressure, the man shouted at this moment.

"In that case, Vodka, shoot—"

"etc!!!"

Conan finally heard the voice of that person, the tone and tone of the past were different, the anxious voice almost roared from the chest.

He met Kuroba Kaito's eyes, and the latter just glanced at him and then looked away, "Don't shoot at the kid, I'll take him hostage anyway, you know who I am, Kudo Shinichi After all, it has more threat value than a primary school student."

What a vulgar line, Edogawa Conan was surprised that he wanted to laugh out loud at this moment.

No, you are not, you are not Kudo Shinichi.

But why don't I even know who you are.

Obviously Vodka was not as sophisticated and ruthless as Gin, he instantly moved his gun to the boy who was slowly walking towards him.The latter consciously dropped the white pistol in his hand and emptied his pockets.He ignored the sound of the intercom behind him, the sound of Jodie yelling at him, and Hattori Heiji's rapid breathing, until the man threw the boy over, and then turned to pull him in front of him.

Edogawa Conan was firmly caught by Hattori Heiji, and Gin said again in the next second, "I want to see how much life the famous detective has. Heh, you should know how to do it."

Akai Shuichi and Gin are still holding each other back, and Vodka is holding "Kudou Shinichi" hostage again. A group of police officers have been aiming at the two men in black, estimating the possibility of killing them directly. Put down the gun.

"It's impossible for you to escape this time, Gin, although I don't expect you to be caught without a fight." Jodie held Ai Hui behind her, her eyes locked on the man, "If——"

"There are no assumptions," the man still had an arrogant smile on his face, he was like a born criminal, cruel to fearless.

"Put me down." Edogawa Conan said softly to Hattori Heiji, his voice was unbelievably calm.Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, and put him beside Jodie. The boy pretended to be scared, and shrank to Jodie's side...

"At the moment when life and death are decided, all tiny things may play a key role."

Vermouth poured himself a glass of red wine and gazed at the night outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.The person on the other end of the phone did not speak, but continued to listen to her with interest.

"Eyes, tacit understanding, belief...all manifestations of a person's will may determine the outcome. And he, my dear, as I said, the silver bullet." She laughed, "Even if his current situation is not the same as The past is completely different, but he still has things around him that allow him to maintain a strong willpower, and he is as determined as ever, what a lucky guy.”

"And the new boy who appeared is also an interesting character. Anyway..." She seemed to sigh regretfully, although there was no such intention on her face. "Gin has been targeted by too many people, maybe you should prepare new minions."

She hung up the phone, and another window in the opposite building went out.But as the night slowly grows, there is always a place where there is light, and there is always a place where light can never reach.

"Brother!?"

Vodka gasped, watching all the officers in front of him lower their guns, he asked again.

"I said, shoot!!"

Gunshots sounded.

third person

I don't know how the next day's news will report the events of that night——

Mysterious shootout at XXX bar?Intense confrontation between police and robbers?A joint operation between a famous detective and multinational agents?

neither.

The night, like all the nights in the past, ended with the arrival of dawn, and all the debris in the bar was cleaned up-whether it was broken bottles, food left by guests who left halfway, or blood on the ground, all gunpowder smoke. Mark of.The lighting system was restored, the secret door behind the wine rack was locked again, and the tables and chairs returned to their original places, leaving only a sign stating that the store was closed for rest.Facts have proved that if these secret agents, public security, police officers... no matter where they come from, if they really want to show some efficiency in their work, the results are quite commendable.We worked together to cover up the matter, and there were a few vague reports in the newspaper the next day, but within a week, everything would be as if nothing had happened.Ordinary citizens are still busy with their studies, careers and families, and their daily calculations are nothing more than daily necessities. Who knows that the medicine behind the secret door of the small bar will lead to a black area of ​​the pharmaceutical industry. Said, there are also consortiums and organizations that spend a lot of money to rejuvenate...

Just like a storm at sea overnight, the bad weather turned fine for a while, and they came down from the cusp of the storm in a swaying boat, and then waited for the next storm.As long as the tide keeps rising and falling, the gravitational force of the moon is still there, and the wind direction is always changing rapidly, this black and white contest will have no end.

There is too much follow-up work after the incident, a lot of written documents are overwhelming, Hattori Heiji just learned that he will go to at least four places to record statements, he suddenly understood the main reason why he was called to help, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth One time—someone didn't want to show up, and as a companion, he also became the last finisher. Jodie and James led the team back to the integration meeting early in order to fight for the opportunity to interrogate the captured Gin and Vodka.When Hattori followed them into the car, he also saw the male waiter he had met in the bar before. If the sniper rifle he was carrying was ignored, he still looked as inconspicuous as before.He wanted to go up to talk to him, but the figure disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Some people are used to hiding in the dark, lurking in undercurrents, just like someone has planned to disappear without a trace.Hattori Heiji only heard about it five days later - among the more than 100 fingerprints left at the scene, there was no Kuroba Kaito.The name in the hearts of most people present is still the detective Shinichi Kudo, who played the last scene perfectly.

Saying goodbye to him that night, the guy was sitting in the back of the ambulance with some detective's coat over his shoulders and a small cup of instant coffee in his hand.The young man who had just escaped from death did not seem very disturbed, but calm enough to make people feel suspicious.Sitting next to him was Hui Yuan Ai. The girl had a bad complexion, but she was in a good state of mind—compared to what a second grader should be, she was in a very good state.When Dr. A Li rushed to pick her up in his car and hugged her tightly like a loving father, she finally showed a relieved smile.

"I have assumed my own death countless times, but you see," she sat in the passenger seat of the bright yellow Beetle, rolled down the window to bid farewell to Jodie and Hattori, "when you make countless worst plans , all the remaining endings are good. I, who have always wanted to escape, can witness the end of this scene, even if it is only for a while, I am very grateful.”

He nodded, glanced at the silent two people in the back seat, and sighed involuntarily.It seems that there are still those voices one after another in my ears:

"Son, how could you do such a dangerous thing?!"

"This is no joke..."

"But thanks to him, if it wasn't for that shot—"

"Ah, I met you, you are the boy from Mr. Mori's family, last time..."

"But where did you get your gun??"

Looking back afterwards, everyone was amazed at that moment, including Hattori Heiji who had already experienced many cases, big and small.

Back in time to that critical moment——

"Put me down." Edogawa Conan whispered to him.He put him on his side, and then still stared at the muzzles of Gin and Vodka, and saw the boy approaching Jodie again, who subconsciously protected him behind him.It didn't take long for him to sense what he was up to - there was another man with a gun out of sight of Gin and Vodka.Hui Yuanai put his hands behind his back, his slender arms trembled slightly, a Browning was twice as big as her palm, the boy leaned over and gently held her wrist, Hui Yuanai didn't even dare to look at him, They couldn't make a visible movement to get each other's attention, so she had no choice but to let the boy take the gun from her.

In fact, it is not unexpected. For the person who does not have the word impossible in the dictionary, this will be instinctive.He must do something.Because Gin has no intention of negotiating at all, the big deal for him is to die, he will destroy more——

"I said, shoot!!"

Gunshots sounded.

Then there was Vodka's scream, and someone fired a precise shot into the hand that was holding the gun.Before everyone could react, the man was restrained by a grab, and his hands were quickly tied up with a tie.

Kuroba Kaito tightened his tie, "Thank me," he said, "you didn't bleed to death."

Similarly, on the other side, Akai Shuuichi caught a moment of Gin's stupefaction, he grabbed his right hand with both hands, and at the same time the latter pulled the trigger, the bullet hit the ceiling, and the agents in the front row rushed up when they saw this, Work together to subdue this target of public criticism.

Enough incredible scenes: the boy less than one meter tall holds a gun in his right hand, holds his right hand in his left hand, takes off his eyes at some point, reveals sharp eyes, and aims his head sideways.It's a gamble.Conan Edogawa was betting on the reaction speed of Kaito Kuroba and Shuichi Akai, and the gun in Haibara Ai's hand was almost the only bargaining chip he could think of.He didn't have time to think too much, because in the next second he might witness the death of "Kudo Shinichi" in front of him - something he didn't want to see anyway.

A hit, with his instinct and luck, again and again.

It was already two o'clock in the morning when we returned to Kudo's house.Hui Yuanai intentionally left space for a certain two, so she hurriedly dragged Dr. Ali, who was still talking, back to Ali's house.After they left, the two fell into a very embarrassing situation. They wanted to say a thousand words, but they couldn't speak.The boy lost his decisiveness when he raised the gun, and fell into chaos again. He wanted to ask too many questions, but compared with his desire for layers of truth, the annoyance that did not meet his age was about to overflow.

He was really angry.

After living together for half a year, Kaito Kuroba already knew him to a certain extent.He could almost smell his displeasure from the air, so he didn't speak, went to the kitchen and poured two glasses of cold water on the coffee table.He rubbed his hair, Kudo Shinichi's original hairstyle was messed up, and the fluffy and slightly curly forehead hair hung down.At this moment, he gave people two feelings that were difficult to integrate but appeared at the same time-like a child who did something wrong, and like a gentle and honest adult.

"Ask whatever you want, and I'll tell you."

That calm expression, gentle tone made Edogawa Conan upset.He didn't know why, he just realized that the other party might never treat him as a child.

"You are not Kudo Shinichi."

Finally said this sentence.Kuroba Kaito hummed, the opening remark was completely in line with his expectations.

"You are... Phantom Thief KID."

The second affirmative sentence.Kuroba nodded, "That's right."

Then came an oppressive silence.It seems that both sides are organizing their language, one side is thinking about how to ask, and the other side is preparing to speak as reasonable as possible.But in the end, what the boy said was just a simple sentence, "Why?"

Why pretend to be Kudo Shinichi?

Why would you stay by my side as him?

Why do these?

"because--"

"Don't say anything like it's for my own good," he interrupted him for the first time, "Mr. Unknowingly protected character, surrounded by countless lies to live in the illusion of happiness, I feel very bad."

"Feel sorry."

Kaito Kuroba didn't refute, but he didn't expect that his apology was something the other party didn't want to hear.

Conan felt that the anger in his heart suddenly came up.

"Why do you have to apologize? The one who should apologize is obviously the guy who you said had a sense of justice but was absent at the critical moment. Why did you do these things for him? He is the real Kudo Shinichi?! And the one who should apologize should be I followed you there without knowing anything, and took Hui Yuan to adventure together. That is not a world that elementary school students can come into contact with. So, why? Why do you want to do this for that person? Why? I was involved in it again?!"

...Why even now when I think of the scene of you walking towards the gun step by step, my whole body will be overwhelmed by fear?

"You, me, him, what is the relationship?"

This is the longest thing he has said to him in one breath since getting along for so long.After a while, Kaito Kuroba sighed, and then smiled silently in the moonlit living room.He looked at his face, imagining what he would look like as an adult more than ten years later.He was such a smart guy, but he didn't dare to think about the last possibility.The person who has always been proud of his absolute rationality has lost his temper in front of him at this moment.

It's funny to hear you complaining about yourself like that.

"My name is Kaito Kuroba," he said, "I am the same age as Shin Kudo, my hobby is magic, the thing I am most afraid of is fish, and the thing I want most is Pandora."

"The first time I met Kudo Shinichi was in a clock tower, and the first time I met Edogawa Conan was on the roof of the 57th floor under the moonlight."

"As for why you asked so much, ah, amnesia is really an irreproachable forgetting." He smiled slightly, "Actually, I said it a long time ago..."

He looked into his eyes, his eyes were as clear as water under the moon, and there was only each other's shadows in his eyes.

"Because even if a phantom thief likes a detective, there's nothing wrong with that."

Kudo Shinichi, Edogawa Conan, Kuroba Kaito.He finally got the third name, which is a puzzle called "Three Persons", the secret of "you", "I" and "he".

Kuroba Kaito left Kudo's house, not forgetting to say good night.

Those who stayed were stunned, he had never expected the answer.