nucmednet Chapter 188 A group of monsters
Chapter 188 A group of monsters
Ran Mouri, Princess Mira and Conan hid in the bathroom. There was a burst of gunfire outside, and the whistling and exploding sounds of bullets piercing the air continued.
"Hey, hey! How many people want to kill you..."
Conan complained with a helpless look on his face, his eyes wide open, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction.
He rubbed his butt from time to time. The force with which Chen Shuo threw him in just now was not gentle at all.
"Emmm..." Mao Lilan tapped her chin with her hand and analyzed calmly: "Princess Mira will become the queen of a country when she returns, so she should be a political enemy or something like that, right?"
"Hey! Aren't you two too calm?!"
At this moment, it was Mira, who usually looked arrogant and unruly, who seemed to be a little overwhelmed.
She glanced back and forth between Mao Lilan and Conan, her voice filled with panic: "There's a gunfight going on outside! There are only two of us on our side, right? There are at least seven or eight cars that want to kill me! What should we do?"
Mira's voice trembled. She couldn't understand why an elementary school student and a high school student could act so calm in the face of such a life-or-death situation! Are all the teenagers in this country so well-mannered?
"It's okay, Princess Mira."
Mao Lilan smiled slightly and patted Mira's shoulder soothingly.
His tone was as relaxed as if he was chatting about family matters: "Although I don't know who that big sister is, Brother Shuo is enough! What's more, there are not many people whose names Brother Shuo can call out at a glance. That sister must be no ordinary person."
"Oh? Brother Shuo recognized her right away?"
Conan seemed to be interested and looked up at Mao Lilan with curiosity in his eyes: "Xiaolan, what's her name?"
"Emm..." Mao Lilan tilted her head and recalled: "Shuo brother called her Feng Fujiko. Conan, do you know her?"
"So it was her..."
Conan thought for a moment, pushed his glasses up on his nose, and said with a hint of seriousness: “Mine Fujiko, even the mainland hotels don’t have much information about her.
All we know is that she has a wide network of contacts and a very mysterious background. She has been recorded working with Lupin III's gang on several occasions, but she has also betrayed them.
Her operative style is varied, and her missions are complex. Whether it's spy, thief, or assassin, she's been there. She's a woman of mystery."
"Is that so? What a great big sister~~" A hint of admiration flashed in Mao Li Ran's eyes.
At this moment, a thin man in black suddenly jumped in from the small window in the toilet.
He moved quickly with a wicked smile on his face. The pistol in his hand gleamed coldly in the dim light, and he pointed the gun at Mao Li Ran without hesitation.
"Hmph! Princess Mira, uh..."
Before the man in black could finish his words, the smile on his face froze. His body stiffened for a second before he fell backwards to the ground with a muffled thud.
He died with his eyes open, a look of lingering pride in his eyes, and a flying knife was stuck straight in the center of his forehead, the blade trembling slightly, reflecting a cold light.
"Really..."
Mao Lilan sighed lightly, without a trace of panic on her face, and even with a hint of helplessness.
She walked to the window with light steps, bent down and gently locked the narrow window, and casually patted the dust off it.
"I forgot there's an entrance here!"
She spoke to herself, her tone filled with a calmness that was used to it.
Although the window was very narrow, the thin man in black was able to climb in so easily, which made her a little scared.
Mao Lilan stood up straight, looked back at the man in black lying on the ground, a trace of pity flashed in her eyes, but then she shook her head.
"I don't like killing people..."
She spoke softly, and the restroom returned to a temporary calm, with only the flying knife remaining, appearing particularly dazzling in the dead silence.
"Don't worry too much about that side. After all, there shouldn't be many killers of this size."
Conan put his hands in his pockets and looked at the fallen killer, speaking calmly.
Mira's eyes widened as she looked at the two people in front of her who looked calm and were talking about a topic that she could not understand at all.
Even Mao Lilan, who looked exactly like him, had just killed a killer with a flying knife. What was wrong with this world? Why was he getting more and more confused?
She couldn't help but ask, "Who...are you?"
Conan smiled slightly, revealing his signature confident smile: "My name is Edogawa Conan! I'm a detective... and the supreme judge of the Tokyo Continental Hotel!"
Mao Lilan smiled and said in a gentle but confident tone: "My name is Mao Lilan, I'm a high school student and a registered bodyguard for the Continental Hotel!"
Mira stared blankly at the two unusually calm people in front of her, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, and she felt that her worldview had been refreshed again.
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After a while, the gunshots outside gradually stopped and silence gradually returned, as if to mean that everything was over.
"It's over now, you can... uh—"
A soft and slightly teasing voice came from the bathroom door.
Mine Fujiko poked her head in and was about to continue speaking, but she was abruptly interrupted.
A sharp butterfly knife had been pressed against her neck at some point, and the cold blade made her subconsciously hold her breath.
Fujiko Mine subconsciously raised her eyes and saw a familiar face - Ran Mouri.
But at this moment, Mao Lilan was completely different from the gentle and soft girl just now.
She was wearing an exquisite princess dress, but she completely lacked the dreamy princess temperament.
Instead, there was a sharp and dangerous aura.
Her eyes were sharp and cold, like a sword drawn from its sheath, staring intently at Mine Fujiko, her movements steady and flawless.
Mine Fujiko opened his mouth slightly, but no sound came out, instead he was filled with astonishment that was difficult to conceal.
After confirming that it was Mine Fujiko, the coldness in Mao Lilan's eyes quickly faded away. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned her wrist, and the butterfly knife drew a beautiful knife flower, and then disappeared from her hand with a "swoosh", and no one knew where it was hidden.
The next second, Mao Lilan returned to her gentle appearance, with a smile in the corners of her eyes and a gentle tone: "Really? It's over, that's great."
The gentle voice echoed in the quiet space, but at this moment, Mine Fujiko and Princess Mira could no longer look directly at this seemingly gentle high school girl.
The contrast in that moment was so strong that they even wondered if they were hallucinating.
Mine Fujiko grumbled softly, her tone carrying a hint of complexity: "So... the monsters are surrounded by monsters too?"
Her gaze shifted away from Ran Mouri and fell on Conan who was standing calmly beside her.
The little boy pushed his glasses, seemingly unaffected by the gunfight outside and the knife strike just now, and remained calm.
"This little guy...isn't he also a monster?"
A trace of helpless complaints emerged in Mine Fujiko's heart again.
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When several people walked out of the bathroom, the scene before them made the air freeze instantly.
Outside, there was a sea of blood and corpses. The bodies of men in black were lying all over the ground. Dark red blood was flowing on the ground, and the air was filled with the strong smell of blood and gunpowder.
The broken shell casings and the remaining traces of burning gunpowder silently tell the story of the fierce battle that just took place here.
When the inexperienced Princess Mira saw this scene, her face turned pale instantly, her stomach churned, and she almost wanted to vomit.
Mao Lilan patted her back gently, and said softly: "It's okay, don't look at it, take a deep breath and you will feel better."
In sharp contrast, Chen Shuo was standing aside, holding a gun in his hand, and there was not even a speck of dust on his clothes.
He glanced at the scene, then turned and glared at Conan. "So many unregistered killers have entered Tokyo, and you don't know anything about it? How can you be a judge?"
Conan shrugged slightly, his face expressionless, and retorted calmly, "It's obvious that these people entered the country as bodyguards for the Vesbania Kingdom delegation. How could I possibly know that?"
"The judge?"
Mine Fujiko, who had been standing nearby without saying much, widened her eyes upon hearing this, her expression filled with obvious shock.
She couldn't help but look at Conan a few more times. He looked like an elementary school student and stood out in this sea of corpses and blood.
"This brat... is actually Tokyo's judge?" Mine Fujiko couldn't help but complain in her heart: "Is he really a monster?"
Chen Shuo sighed and rubbed his temples: "Forget it..."
He looked at Conan, his tone revealing a hint of helplessness: "Now quickly notify the 'cleaner' to come and clean up the scene, and then notify Kurosawa to replace all the Vesbania bodyguards with people from the Continental Hotel, with Wakasa leading the team."
Having said that, Chen Shuo suddenly turned around, reached out and tapped Mao Lilan's forehead, his tone adding a hint of doting and helplessness: "You, you really know how to cause me trouble!"
"Hehe..." Mao Lilan covered her forehead, smiled awkwardly, and her eyes were a little evasive. It was obvious that she realized that she had gone a little too far this time.
"What if the people of Vesbania don't agree?" Conan asked as he took out his cell phone to make a call.
Chen Shuo's eyes widened, his tone filled with unquestionable decisiveness: "Do I need to teach you this? When doing things at the Continental Hotel, they never ask for others' consent! If you disagree, sink into the sea! Xiaolan's safety is the most important!"
"Hi~~~" Conan responded lazily, but revealed an unexpected tacit understanding.
He lowered his head and dialed the phone, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Mine Fujiko stood aside, watching the interaction between Conan and Chen Shuo, and then glanced at Mao Lilan who was standing next to Chen Shuo with a smile, and her heart became more complicated: "This group of people... are really monsters..."
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"Well... I wish you guys have fun~~~"
Fujiko Mine sat on a bright pink motorcycle, raised her arm gently, and waved goodbye to Princess Mira, Chen Shuo and the other two who were wearing Teitan High School uniforms.
Her smile was bright, yet a bit playful, and she was obviously quite satisfied with everything that happened today.
"Humph!"
Chen Shuo and Conan snorted at the same time, their faces full of vigilance and dissatisfaction towards Mine Fujiko.
If it weren't for Mao Lilan's dream of being a princess, they would definitely have given this woman a few more bullet holes today.
"Bye-Bye!"
However, Mao Lilan waved goodbye without any guard, with an excited look on her face, and even her tone was a little more cheerful than usual.
Her eyes followed Mine Fujiko and Mira's motorcycles until they disappeared from her sight.
As the roar of the motorcycle gradually faded away, only three people were left standing under the light on the road, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder that had not yet completely dissipated.
Chen Shuo turned around and looked at Mao Lilan.
His eyes softened a bit, and then he strode forward, pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "Let's go! Since this is Xiaolan's dream, let's cooperate well."
At this point, a smile appeared on his lips, a smile mixed with a bit of anticipation and teasing: "I have a feeling this will be very interesting."
Mao Lilan looked up at Chen Shuo, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of her mouth, as if she was looking forward to the upcoming princess journey.
Conan stepped onto the skateboard while fiddling with his watch.
"You guys should go back to the Sakura Hotel first. I need to go to the Mainland Hotel to make some arrangements. Things like this are always hard to explain over the phone."
Before he finished speaking, his skateboard had already accelerated, creating a gust of wind, drawing a smooth trajectory, and disappeared into the distance in an instant.
Mao Lilan watched Conan leave, turned around gently, and looked at Chen Shuo with anticipation.
The light shines on the two people, and their shadows are stretched out very long, which seems to foreshadow that the journey that is about to begin will be full of unknowns and excitement.