Chapter 344 The Collapsed World

Chapter 350: The Collapse of the World

boom! ! !
A flash of thunder flashed across the dark sky, illuminating the already dim room. Unfortunately, the dazzling lightning disappeared in just a moment, leaving behind only a terrifying, deafening roar.

The flash of lightning and the roar of thunder might only scare children on normal days, but this time the thunder woke up Kudo Shinichi who had been in a coma.

"what!!!!"

As the thunder roared in his ears, Kudo suddenly sat up from his shock. The darkness around him almost made him think he was blind. If it weren't for the wisps of light that could be seen outside the window, Kudo might have been really scared crazy.

"Where is this..." Kudo asked subconsciously, holding his still aching neck, but unfortunately no one responded to him. In the dark, Kudo felt around and found that he was lying on the bed. Standing up, Kudo walked towards the only ray of dim light from the window. Pulling open the curtains, what came into view was the pouring rain and the blurry streets. From this, it can be inferred that Kudo should still be in the city, and he should be in a two-story villa. But the scene in front of him was very unfamiliar to him.

"Where on earth is this?" Kudo frowned, but still calmed down and began to explore. If there is a window, there must be a door, and if there is a door, there must be a light nearby.

After about two minutes of searching, Kudo found the light source and turned on the lights in the room. The orange light that shone into his eyes was not dazzling. Kudo just closed his eyes slightly and then opened his confused eyes and began to look at his location.

As I just said, Kudo is now in a room in an apartment. Judging from the size of the bed, this should be a guest room. The room is not big. In addition to a bed, there are only two bedside tables, on which are placed some scattered daily necessities and a bottle of mineral water. After confirming the date, Kudo picked up the bottle of water, unscrewed the cap, and began to moisten his throat.

Soon, Kudo recovered some of his strength. After making sure there was nothing else wrong with the room, he gently opened the door and stuck his head out to look outside.

"Is anyone there?" Kudo looked around and called out tentatively, but found that no one outside responded to him. Only a series of human voices reached his ears. It sounded like a news report.

Walking down the corridor stairs, in front of the sofa in the main hall, a wall-mounted LCD TV was broadcasting news. When Kudo saw the news, he was stunned. Because the news on the screen was his own school, Teitan High School. However, it was not a joyful and enthusiastic school festival, but... countless student corpses and a school building that had been reduced to ruins.

【Yesterday, Teitan High School was attacked by unknown terrorists. The entire teaching building was destroyed by the terrorists' bombs. It was obvious that the terrorists came with a certain purpose. What you are seeing now is the picture accidentally captured by the surveillance camera opposite the school. From the picture, the terrorists were wearing black coats, black hats and sunglasses. After the explosion, they began to massacre the students of Teitan High School. The entire attack lasted only five minutes, causing a large number of casualties. From the mouths of the surviving students in the school, it was learned that there were very serious signs of exchange of fire in the auditorium at that time. It was obvious that there was another force with weapons hidden in the school that fought back, but the specific personnel were not known yet. Five minutes later, all the terrorists evacuated by car. The police responded that before Teitan High School was attacked, three municipal buildings in Beihua City caught fire at the same time, and Inspector Megure, who was originally on the scene, missed the scene. When he drove back, the terrorists had already left in the chaos. 】

"sorry!"

The scene turned from the ruins to Officer Megure kneeling on the ground. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, fellow citizens! Our police force fell into a trap set by criminals. It was my fault that I didn't discover such a serious incident in time! I know my apology cannot make up for your loss and the lives of the children who have passed away, but I promise that our police force will find these terrorists and bring them to justice! Let's give everyone a peaceful city! After this, I will also resign. I will give everyone an explanation!"

[The police's statement is not enough to calm the people's hearts, and the panic among the citizens is still spreading. The police are currently reminding the general public to reduce outdoor activities during the martial law period. For this reason, the police have mobilized all police forces to carry out search work, and there is currently no known criminal gang responsible for the attack. ]

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

Kudo no longer had the heart to watch the subsequent reports. The ruins and the blood-stained playground on the screen gradually blurred in Kudo's vision. The next second, Kudo's legs seemed to lose strength, and he trembled violently, and fell on the sofa. His unfocused eyes and pale face full of fear looked really scary.

"How... How could this happen?" Panicked, Kudo held his head with both hands and kept rubbing his hair. He had never experienced real bloodshed, and he completely collapsed at this moment. Because when he saw those people in black clothes appear on the screen, he knew that these people in black clothes were obviously coming for him. It was the black organization that Xun once belonged to and shrunk his body. Everything was caused by his momentary impulse. And the price... was the lives of those living people in Teitan High School.

"...You're awake." At some point, a faint voice appeared beside Kudo. A strand of pale golden hair appeared in front of the door not far from Kudo. "Did you sleep well? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Kaoru? Where is this?"

"The effect of the medicine has not worn off yet. It seems that the effect can really last for a day." I interrupted Kudo and started to ask, "Answer my question first. Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"...Those people." Kudo didn't know how to start.

"I say, answer my question first." I ignored Kudo's meaning and continued to interrogate him with a cold face.

"...I don't feel any discomfort. I don't feel weak either."

"Very good." I took out the flashlight, turned Kudo's head, looked at his pupils, and confirmed that he was conscious before continuing. "Okay, if there is nothing else, take a rest. Except for not leaving this room, you can do whatever you want."

"Xun, what happened outside? Why am I here? Where's Xiaolan? How is she?"

"...Didn't you just watch the report?" I raised my chin towards the TV and said unhappily. "Besides, you did it yourself, don't you know what's going on?" "I..." Kudo's voice stopped abruptly.

"The school was turned upside down by the organization. I had no choice but to openly draw my gun and fight the enemy. My father also knew my identity. Xiaolan was seriously injured and was sent to the hospital for treatment. Now she is lying in the hospital unconscious. You have to thank your good friend Hattori for this. If he hadn't stepped forward to take the fatal shot for Xiaolan, Xiaolan might have died because of this."

"Also?" Kudo caught the key words. "Could it be...Could it be that Hattori..."

"..." Without saying anything more, I just took out a baseball cap stained with dark brown blood from the drawer beside me and put it on Kudo's head. With just this one action, Kudo understood everything.

"There is an undercover agent of the organization in the school. We don't know who it is. While you were showing up to solve the case, the organization's people were already rushing towards the school. In order to kill you, the organization did not hesitate to launch such a strong terrorist attack, but fortunately the police came and we escaped in the chaos. Now everything is relatively stable. But from today on, you can only stay here. Until I accumulate enough strength and then counterattack the organization, you can come out after that."

"Kaoru. This... This is all my fault. Is that right?" Feeling the warmth of the hat on his head, Kudo seemed to smell the dried smell of blood and the smoke of gunpowder.

"Kudo, now that things have come to this, I don't want to teach you a lesson anymore, and I don't want to say any more nonsense to you, because your recklessness has ruined so many lives. Do you really understand?" I stared at Kudo with disgust. Then I turned around and was about to leave. "If you still have a little humanity, then apologize to Kazuha later. Oh, by the way, don't commit seppuku or anything like that, I will need your strength later. We don't have much time left."

"Where are you going?"

"Go to my boss. I need to start my mission. In order to destroy the organization as soon as possible. You are no longer qualified to talk to me about prohibiting killing under the sun. Because you... are a more terrible executioner than me."

"Kaoru...Kaoru!"

Boom!
Ignoring the shouts behind me, I walked out of the room and stood in the entrance not far from the main door, leaning against the door, waiting. After a while, I heard a cry of crying and shouting. It was Kudo's voice, and the cry seemed like a collapse, but it seemed so pale and powerless.

"The death of a good friend, the serious injury of a girlfriend, the death of students, the collapse of the school, and the endless house arrest, oh, it's a terrible move." Next to the pale golden boy, a brown-haired girl was standing on the other side of the entrance, leaning sideways to watch the rain outside. At the same time, she was talking to the boy next to her. "He won't be scared crazy, right?"

"It's better to go crazy, it can save us a lot of trouble." I shook my head, held the girl next to me in my arms, and whispered. "The collapsed world line, I've wanted to try it for a long time, is it fun?"

"Not bad, huh? I guess Kudo isn't the only one who's scared crazy." The girl in his arms didn't resist, but just leaned against the familiar chest, her eyes never leaving the rain outside. "Seriously, the drug seems to be quite effective, and it's been lasting almost a whole day now."

"Ah, time is running out for Kudo." I checked the time on my phone. "What should we do next? Should we enter the surveillance period?"

"Well, pay more attention to it. It would be best if the time can be accurate to the minute. Then there will be blood tests and physical examinations. And..."

squeak. . .

Before he finished speaking, a black car pulled up to the door, and a handsome young man came out of the car holding an umbrella and opened the door. He couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw the two children negotiating.

"Hey, hey... Can you two stop showing off your affection in a place like this?"

"No, I was just waiting for you to come." Seeing the newcomer, I loosened my arms around Shiho. "Then I'll leave the rest to you. We have other things to do."

"Hi~" The young man handed me the umbrella with a smile. "How about that kid?"

"He's only one step away from going crazy. Maybe he'll really go crazy after you go in."

"Haha, then I'm really looking forward to that scene." The young man laughed.

"Then let's go." After greeting the young man, we opened our umbrellas and walked into the rain.

"Have a nice trip~~~" The young man waved to us with a smile, watched us get in the car and left. Then he turned around and knocked on the door inside the entrance.

(End of this chapter)