Chapter 264: Baigan Change
Chapter 265: Baigan Changes

"No, it's Ling."

Shiho's words made my pupils shrink suddenly. Ling is here, a person who should not appear in the plot. After ten years of changes, the butterfly effect has formed a huge storm that hits me. If I had not been born into this world, perhaps Jingliu would still be a little nurse in the organization. If I had not been abducted by the organization, perhaps Ling might not be alive until now. However, all this has changed because of my appearance. Originally, only Gin was supposed to appear here. Vermouth, who was only supporting Pisco, had a deeper understanding of Shiho because of me, so that Shiho was discovered and participated in it as soon as he arrived. And Ling's appearance was so unexpected. Everything, everything, is because of the huge effect caused by me, this little butterfly. Originally, I wanted to control the plot line and let things develop according to my plan. However, the plot did happen, but its changes have long exceeded my imagination.

"Why at this time..." I frowned. Ling's arrival messed up my plan. If she hadn't appeared, I could have dragged Shiho out of here. But if I walked out like this now, there was no doubt that Ling would find me outside, or at least find Shiho next to me. Because Ling was too familiar with Shiho's childhood appearance.

"Bing, what should we do? We will definitely be discovered if we go out from here now." Shiho said worriedly.

"I know, let me think about it." I let out a breath, gradually calmed down, and thought about how the situation would develop.

"Kaoru, Huibara, can you hear me?"

Just as his mind calmed down, a familiar voice came to his mind. It turned out to be the glasses that Shiho was wearing. Conan was talking to the glasses through the microphone, which would not be interfered by the signal of the jammer.

"what happened?"

"Gin went towards the old building!" Conan yelled at me.

"What?!" I was shocked. Why was Gin here? Did they meet here? "Find a way to stop him!"

"I've already done it! I called Officer Megure as Kudo and asked him to seal off the entire Haido Hotel and the old building, but it won't take too long." Conan also knew the crisis of the matter. Although he didn't know who Ling was, after seeing Gin walk towards the old building, Conan immediately called Officer Megure in the doctor's car and did the right thing. Although it was as Kudo, it was also a last resort.

"Okay, try to hold him back. Shiho and I are now trapped in Room 404 of the old building for some reason. We can't go out through the main door. Help me think of a solution." One more person means one more strength. If possible, I really don't want to encounter Gin with this small body, and I don't want Ling to see Shiho as a child. Otherwise, there will be chaos.

"What's your surrounding like?" Conan immediately focused his attention and began to listen to what I said.

"A wine cellar," I answered. "There's an old-fashioned fireplace on the wall, but we can't climb up to it with our current bodies."

"Wine cellar? Is there any white wine in there?"

"Bai Gan?" Conan's words startled me. I remember that Bai Gan seemed to... make our bodies temporarily bigger! There was this part in the plot, but the situation was too tense now, so I forgot it all of a sudden. Haha, that's right, maybe from today on, I don't need to think about the plot anymore, it's meaningless. The incitement of the butterfly effect will only make the original plot more confusing. If I keep remembering the vague things from ten years ago, maybe sooner or later I will die because of it.

"Well, is there?"

"I'll look for it... I found it." I looked around and found a bottle of Baigan at the bottom of the wine rack. And it was pure Lao Baigan made in China. "What are you looking for this for? To make a fire bomb?" Although I know the purpose, I still need to play dumb here.

"Once, I drank this wine by mistake after I caught a bad cold." Conan said excitedly. "In the next ten minutes or so, I turned back into Kudo Shinichi's body."

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Shiho was shocked. "Could it be that this wine catalyzes cell production and inhibits the efficacy of APTX-4869?"

"I don't understand, but when I drink it after I recover from a cold, it won't go back. So I think it will only work when you have a severe cold. Does anyone of you have a cold?"

"You're really gloating when you say that." Shiho frowned slightly. "It just so happens that I have a fever now, but Xun doesn't... Hmm!" Before Shiho could finish her words, her lips were blocked by my mouth. After a tangled tongue, I withdrew this sudden kiss with a sly smile.

"Okay.. whether it works or not, we'll know after we drink it." As I said that, I handed the bottle to Shiho.

"The way you got the cold virus is really..." Shiho blushed and wiped the corner of her lips. "Forget it, I'll settle with you later." After saying that, Shiho raised her head first and drank the strong white liquor in one gulp. When she drank about half of it, she handed the bottle to me with a painful look on her face. I drank the rest of the wine.

"Ahh!!! That's the taste!" The rich aroma of wine reminded me of my past life in China, when I drank this kind of wine a lot. After all, this kind of wine is always on the table in some big occasions.

"You seem to be enjoying the drink." Shiho smoothed her throat, hoping that the burning sensation would ease a little.

"Ah, get ready. I'll put some bombs here just in case."

"You carry a bomb with you?" Conan, who had been waiting on the side, was shocked.

"When have you ever seen me without a weapon?" I replied to Conan. "Leave the rest to us. Even if we don't succeed in becoming bigger, I know how to take care of this place. Just help us keep an eye on any disturbance outside."

"Okay, keep in touch," Conan confirmed.

"Then I'll check Pisco's computer. Maybe there's information about APTX-4869 in it." Shiho said as she picked up the small computer from the dead Pisco.

"No, you should disassemble the computer first and see if there is a transmitter inside." I said as I moved various liquors to Pisco's body. "If there is no transmitter inside, it proves that the tracking device is in the computer program. Destroy the computer. Otherwise, once it is turned on, the computer will be tracked. It will be useless for you to see it."

"Can I take a few pictures with my phone?" Shiho still held out a glimmer of hope.

"There's no time, dear." I said as I planted the booby trap on Pisco. "I feel like my body is getting hot. How about you?" "I just feel dizzy. I guess the heat is from the alcohol?" Shiho was disassembling the computer. But before she knew it, her breathing became heavier.

"Let's take it apart first. Then we'll see how time works." I looked at Shiho's condition, then turned back to continue the work in my hands.

"Okay." Ignoring me, Shiho began to work seriously, because she knew that we didn't have much time. We had to escape before Gin and the others got rid of the police and came here. Otherwise, we would be exposed. Or even die here.

Seeing Shiho getting into work mode, I also collected my thoughts and continued to bury the booby trap. I put the piano wire on the safety ring of the grenade, tied the other end to the door handle, and carefully put the grenade into the inner pocket of Pisco's clothes. After handling it, I put the only table in the room in front of the body to prevent the sudden fire from burning into the fireplace and hurting me and Shiho. After completing all this, a heavy feeling of fatigue spread throughout my body. Is this about to start?
"Ouch!!" On the other side, the notebook in Shiho's hand fell to the ground, and her young body began to twitch. "Ice. I'm so hot. Is this a sign of changing back?"

"Hold on, Shiho, it will be over soon." I walked over to her, picked her up, and placed her next to the fireplace. "It should be the same feeling when you became smaller, just hold on." I reached out and stroked her hot and sweaty forehead and whispered.

"Kaoru... Use your phone to record the video. I need to see the most clear changes so that I can analyze them." Shiho said while panting heavily, holding my arm. "Put it in an angle that can record both of us. With this level of palpitations, I'm probably going to pass out."

"I understand." After understanding Shiho's intention, I turned on my phone and pointed the camera at the two of us. Then, Shiho and I lay down on either side of the fireplace, waiting for the effects of the medicine to take effect.

"Ahh!!!!" Soon, Shiho's scream of pain rang in my ears. Although I wanted to go and see her condition, my body had probably reached its critical point. Although I was conscious, the powerlessness brought by the pain had already begun to penetrate deep into my bones. So I had to close my eyes and endure the heat and pain in my body. Finally, under the influence of panting and sweat, I lost the last consciousness.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Bing... Bing! Wake up!" I don't know how much time has passed, but in the dimness, I heard the soft voice that once touched my heart the most. I opened my eyes and saw the familiar face in front of me, but at this moment, the owner of this beautiful face had a look of anxiety between his brows.

"Um... Shiho?" The once magnetic voice came back to my lips again. "This is... we succeeded, right?" Looking at Shiho's mature and charming face, I raised my hand and looked at my arm. It really returned to its adult appearance. The scars that had retreated due to shrinkage once again covered my entire arm. It seems that even if it grows so big, it will not change the factors that have already been determined.

"Bing, are you okay? How do you feel?" Shiho flipped my eyelids and watched my pupils focus.

"It's okay, I just have a headache." I sat up against the fireplace and looked at Shiho. I realized that because of the increase in size, the clothes we once wore had already been torn into pieces. At this moment, both Shiho and I have returned to our most primitive state, without anything to cover our bodies. Only the black wing necklaces on our chests were still swaying gently. "Well, although it's not very appropriate... But I still want to say that Shiho, you look better like this." As I said that, a sly smile appeared on the corner of my mouth.

"Now is not the time to joke. Tell me quickly, are you feeling unwell somewhere? Do you feel weak, dizzy or nauseous?" Shiho ignored my joke and looked at me with a frown.

"Um... I do have a slight headache, but other than that... Why do you look at me? Is there something wrong with my body again?" Seeing Shiho looking worried, my heart skipped a beat.

"This... you should see it yourself." After a moment of hesitation, Shiho looked aside, then handed me the phone, and the screen was already set to the front camera. I picked up the phone and looked at my own face. The face of the 18-year-old was back on me again. The eyes were still sharp, but the only difference was... The black hair did not return, and was replaced by pale golden hair. Moreover, the hair that was trimmed by Shizuru and just above the ear had now grown to the back.

That's right, as I grew older, my hair also grew. When I stood up, I found that the pale golden hair had spread to my waist. This length was even longer than Sister Jingliu's hair.

"How could this happen?!" I was surprised by the changes in myself. It was obvious that APTX-4869 had a different effect on me than on Shiho and Kudo. Whether this change was good or bad, it was still unknown.

"That's why I'm asking you, do you feel any discomfort?" Shiho saw me stand up and stood up as well. She reached out and gently placed her hand on my chest. "How about not feeling anything?" she asked softly.

"Well... not yet." I gently squeezed Shiho's soft lips. "But we don't have time to talk about this now, we have to hurry..."

boom! ! ! ! ! !

Before he could finish his words, a loud noise came from Conan's glasses, which shocked Shiho so much that she took off her glasses immediately.

"Conan, what's going on!" I took the glasses from Shiho's hand and shouted at it.

"It's an explosion! A car outside the Haido Hotel exploded!" Conan shouted from the other end. "The police are rushing over to investigate... Oops! Kaoru! Run! It's a tiger away from the mountain!" Conan reacted very quickly and guessed that it was a tiger away from the mountain trick used by the organization to divert the attention of the police.

"I see, let's leave now!" I put Conan's glasses into the necklace, and pulled out two sets of clothes, handing one to Shiho. "I believe you should have a lot of analysis to say now, but we have to leave this place first."

"It turns out that your necklace is the key to your magic, no wonder you never let it go." Seeing my actions, Shiho looked up at me and took the clothes from my hand.

“Uh…” Oops… I forgot I’m not wearing any clothes to cover myself. Now I can’t tell.

"Let's leave first and talk about it when we are safe." Shiho saw my embarrassment and did not embarrass me at this point, but quickly put on her clothes. "How do we escape?"

"Go into the fireplace and run out of the roof." On the other side, I quickly put on my clothes and re-styled my hair. Then I spoke. "Can you see it?"

Shiho didn't say anything, just shook her head gently. Then she lifted the hair that was blocking my face and gently placed her hand on my cheek. "If you don't lift your hair, Ling probably won't notice it."

"That's good. Let's go!" I smiled gently, picked up Shiho, and quickly jumped up the chimney in the fireplace.

(End of this chapter)