Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 094

Chapter 94: Death is a New Beginning

Fujino’s expression remained unchanged, but the hand holding the limp one unconsciously tightened a little.

He reached out and closed her wide, dilated eyes.

He stood up and lit a cigarette.

Even though he had seen many corpses and was long numb to death.

But sometimes, the withering of life still made one feel particularly melancholic.

After pausing for a moment, Fujino slowly exhaled some long-lingering white mist: “However, death is not the end… it’s a new beginning.”

He gazed at Akemi Miyano, who lay on the ground, already lifeless.

Fujino silently took out a Soul Lotus seed from his personal space.

“I wonder if this thing will work.”

Fujino brought the Soul Lotus seed closer to Akemi Miyano and murmured.

[Detected a compatible target. Do you choose to absorb the target’s soul into the Thousand Lotus Soul?]

The system’s prompt sounded in his ear.

Fujino took a deep breath upon hearing it, “Absorb.”

[Triggering the Thousand Lotus Soul skill effect for the host]

As the system’s prompt sounded again.

The Soul Lotus seed in Fujino’s hand suddenly bloomed with a dazzling light.

The light gradually detached from Fujino’s hand.

Then it floated directly in front of Akemi Miyano’s body.

Along with flashes of light, a phantom figure, like a cosmic ghost, gradually floated out of Akemi Miyano’s body.

In the light, that figure seemed to be… naked?

Fujino looked at the figure and couldn’t help but awkwardly rub his nose.

He was a gentleman, how could he look at such a thing?

Of course, he had to use his peripheral vision.

Although it was just a light figure, the figure’s hands were crossed and embracing her body, and she was in a curled-up state, so most of it was not visible.

But there was a hazy feeling.

A moment later, the light shattered, and rays of brilliance poured into the Soul Lotus seed.

These lights gradually bloomed into dazzling dawn, and those lights appeared exceptionally warm.

In those fragments, Fujino seemed to see some scenes.

Just like when he first transmigrated.

Those scenes seemed to be fragments of memories.

Although the scenes within were obscure, he still managed to discern one or two…

When the light merged into the seed, the originally withered seed suddenly seemed to burst with vitality.

The original red color suddenly turned green.

“Is that it?”

Fujino took the seed that floated down from mid-air and muttered in a low voice.

Putting away the seed, he again turned his gaze to Akemi Miyano’s already cold body.

Akemi Miyano entrusted him with protecting Shiho Miyano, and he, in turn, took her soul as a price.

In a way, it was an equivalent exchange.

Although Akemi Miyano seemed to have died at this moment, her soul was collected into the Soul Lotus seed, allowing her to continue living in the form of a soul…

No matter how incompetent Gin might appear, he was still the designated A-rank combatant.

Vodka was at least B-rank.

And both of them had high-performance firearms.

If he risked his life, he might be able to save Akemi Miyano even if he was severely injured.

But what then?

If Akemi Miyano didn’t die, the Organization would threaten her sister.

Given Akemi Miyano’s nature, she would probably throw herself into the net again, even if it meant dying.

At that point, it would loop back to the big question of saving or not saving.

Moreover, he and Akemi Miyano had only just met once, after all.

Was it worth risking his own life for a stranger?

Under the current circumstances, this was the best solution he could think of.

Putting away his thoughts, Fujino slowly walked towards Akemi Miyano’s cold body.

He searched for a while but did not find the safe key mentioned in the original work.

Seeing this, Fujino couldn’t help but frown.

He remembered that in the original work, Akemi Miyano’s key was indeed taken away.

But that was just a fake key; the real key was hidden by her…

Could it be that the real key was also discovered and taken by the Organization members?

After a moment of thought, Fujino gave up on the idea of the key and immediately began to collect other items.

Akemi Miyano did not carry much with her this time, apart from a wallet and a mobile phone.

“A flip phone?”

He found a phone in her pocket, and Fujino held it in his hand, surprised.

Akemi Miyano’s phone was a pink flip phone.

Normally, there shouldn’t be flip phones now…

He remembered that when he was recording a show with Yoko Okino and Yuko Ikezawa a while ago, those people were still using old-fashioned portable smartphones.

Now, suddenly, it’s a flip phone?

Truly Detective Conan.

After complaining inwardly, Fujino started to look through some of the chat records.

The chat records were very simple, basically just daily conversations with a contact named “Shiho Miyano.”

From those daily conversations, Fujino learned that.

The two sisters didn’t meet very often.

When they did meet, there would be Organization members guarding them…

It seemed that her knowledge of only the Organization’s representative color was indeed true.

However, in the sent messages, Fujino noticed a special piece of information.

[Dai… if I can break free from the Organization, would you truly be willing to be with me?

P.S. Akemi]

“Shuichi Akai?”

Fujino looked at the content of the text message and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

This text message was sent a day ago.

But it didn’t receive any reply.

The “Dai” mentioned in the letter was Dai Moroboshi.

It was the alias of Shuichi Akai, who infiltrated the Organization back then.

It can be said that Shuichi Akai’s machinations played a significant role in Akemi Miyano’s current situation.

Five years ago, he didn’t hesitate to abandon Jodie and use Akemi Miyano as a pawn to get close to the Organization.

Two years ago, after gaining some notoriety within the Organization, he began his sting operation.

But he was exposed, and after escaping, he just walked away, leaving Akemi Miyano behind in the Organization.

To be honest, Fujino couldn’t understand Shuichi Akai.

Perhaps, from beginning to end, she was just a pawn to Shuichi Akai.

One could only say that Fujino, a mere transmigrator, could never understand what those agents were thinking.

Speaking of agents, it seems that Shuichi Akai is also Akemi Miyano’s cousin, right?

Akemi Miyano’s mother is Elena Miyano, Elena Miyano’s sister is Mary Akai, and Mary Akai’s son is Shuichi Akai.

What a tangled web.

It would be a waste of talent not to send them to Germany for advanced studies.

With a long sigh, Fujino put Akemi Miyano’s phone into his personal space.

After confirming that there were no other left-behind items, he put on his cloak and mask again, waved his sleeve, and disappeared into the white night under the setting sun as if he had never been there.

…

Ten minutes later, Conan arrived late.

“Damn it!”

Conan casually threw his skateboard aside and came to Akemi Miyano’s cold body, angrily slamming his fist into the concrete ground.

Only when he felt a heart-wrenching pain from his hand did he manage to calm down.

He pulled out a safe key from his pocket and clenched it tightly.

Then, he took out his phone and dialed: “Please connect me to Inspector Megure of Investigation Section 1.”

(End of chapter)