Chapter 448 After the Moonlight
Chapter 449: After the Moonlight

"So, you finally let her go?"

At noon the next day after the incident, several of us, including Conan, Hattori, and Shiho, sat in the doctor's house again. Of course, when I came back yesterday, all the bugs here had been removed. Now we can talk about this matter without worry.

After a few people sat back together, I also lied about what happened that night. The general content was that Judy took me away and used me to confront Vermouth, but she was injured by the hidden enemy. After she was injured, I got out of the car to help. As a result, Vermouth knocked Judy unconscious. Just when I was about to take action, Xiaolan suddenly rushed out to protect me. But it also made me lose the opportunity to take the initiative.

Vermouth was also injured by the sudden appearance of FBI reinforcements, and had no choice but to flee the scene with me as a hostage.

"Well, because I pulled out a gun in the car. I took off my hood and revealed my true face."

"So, she already knows your true identity?" Conan's face became serious, which meant that all three of them, including himself, were exposed.

"Yes, but I had already threatened her at that time." I made a gun gesture with my hand. "Perhaps because of the old friendship, Vermouth did not resist. In exchange, she promised me that she would not touch Shiho again, and would not harass us again."

"Can you really trust what that person said?" Hattori interrupted at the right time. "In that situation, you didn't bring her to justice, but only made a verbal agreement. Isn't that too hasty?"

"There's nothing I can do. If I had chosen to kill her at that time, the organization would have launched an attack because of the loss of a gold medal. Similarly, if I had sent her to the police station like that, she might have been scooped out the next day. The situation would have only been worse then."

"Hey, hey...there are a lot more good guys than bad guys in the police force, okay?" Hattori was very unhappy with my remarks.

"I don't object to you saying that." I smiled. "But you have to know the story of a bad apple spoiling the whole barrel. No matter how many good policemen there are, bad guys will inevitably find loopholes. We have only two ways to deal with the organization. One is to let her reveal the address, information, and intelligence of the organization. Unfortunately, it failed. The second is to kill her on the spot. But as the gold medal of the organization, if Vermouth died like this, the organization would definitely list this operation as a highly concerned event. At that time, we are no longer facing one person, but dozens of top killers and thousands of members of the organization."

"Just letting him go without doing anything, I can't accept this." Conan sat aside and got angry. In his opinion, he could do better.

"Come on, your anesthetic needle is not even enough for Vermouth to pick her teeth." I curled my lips in disdain. "Anyway, this time it's not all in vain. At least we found out that Judy teacher is the FBI, and that Shinde teacher is a fake, and the real Shinde Tomoaki is still abroad. And we got Vermouth's promise. With that woman's personality, if she says she won't come again, she really won't. I can guarantee that."

"Whatever, as long as you are safe." Hattori stood up and stretched. "In that case, I will go back first. Kudo, come to Osaka if you have a chance. I recently discovered a delicious teppanyaki restaurant."

"Ah, I'll go if I have the chance." Conan nodded.

"Let's put this matter to an end for now." I also stood up and prepared to see Hattori off. "For the next few days, I will be going in and out of this area in the guise of Shiho, and I will also find someone to protect this place. In about a week, we will be able to verify whether what Vermouth said is true or not."

Ignoring Conan who was still sulking, I escorted Hattori out the door.

"Hattori, thank you for this time." As I walked out the door, I thanked Hattori. This time, for the sake of acting, I made Hattori risk his life.

"It's okay, it's okay." Hattori waved his hand. "If I don't help Kudo in this kind of situation, who will? Besides, the young lady under your command is also very beautiful. She took good care of me along the way, so I didn't lose out~"

"If you like it, I can introduce you to someone, but whether it will be successful depends on you." I smiled with a cracked mouth. "I just don't know what He Ye thinks."

"Hahaha, I don't deserve it." Hattori waved his hand and refused. "Speaking of Kazuha... I seem to have forgotten something?" Hattori turned up the brim of his baseball cap. Then he shouted in panic. "Oh no! I seem to have forgotten the appointment with Kazuha to go to Kyoto together!" After saying that, Hattori took out his mobile phone and found more than a dozen missed calls on it.

"It's over, it's over! I won't say anything more, I have to go first!"

"Let me ask someone to take you there." I waved to Ningxue who was not far away, indicating that I should drive.

"Ah, please!" Hattori hurriedly ran to the corner of the street. "Come to Osaka when you have time, I'll treat you!"

"I know, go ahead." I waved to Hattori. I smiled as the car started and left Dr. Agasa's house.

Back in the house, Conan has calmed down. After weighing all the pros and cons, he feels that this result is already very good.

"Okay, I'll trouble you to take care of the rest." In the end, Conan chose to give up. Although the clues were broken, at least many things were clarified. Next, we still have to face the FBI's direct interrogation. In this regard, Conan also needs to deal with it.

"Don't worry." "Then I'll go to the hospital to see Xiaolan, too. You should go there soon after we finish the treatment here. Although Xiaolan didn't suffer any injuries, she was quite frightened this time."

"Oh, I'll be there in a minute."

"Yeah." Conan got up and left, asking the doctor to take him to the hospital. Only Shiho and I were left in the room.

"Did Vermouth really make a promise with you that she would not come after us again?"

"Ah, she did agree." I picked up the cup on the table, placed it in front of me and blew on it. The hot chocolate that had just been brewed was still emitting white smoke and it smelled extremely rich.

"But, the one who comes after us next time will be Ling."

"..Is this okay?" Shiho frowned slightly.

"Good, but also bad." I took a sip of the liquid in the cup. "The good thing is that we have a chance to contact Ling alone. The bad thing is that with Ling's skills, if she finds you before I find her, I may not be able to stop her in time. Or, if she finds out our identities, it will cause a chain reaction. At that time, things will easily get out of control. I need a suitable opportunity to contact her."

"Yeah. So, we won't be going back to Elcatras for now?"

"Ah, let's not go back yet. Now that the incident has been resolved, there is no need to take the risk of exposing the forces behind us." I nodded. "But we have to speed up our progress. We have to turn Alcatraz into an impregnable fortress as soon as possible, so that we have the opportunity to do something."

"Hmm. Oh, that's right." Shiho suddenly thought of something. "I have made some new breakthroughs regarding the antidote for APTX-4869."

"Oh? What do you mean?" My eyes lit up.

"Well, based on the ingredients of Baigan, combined with the cold virus and your blood test, I have developed a drug that can maintain the enlargement effect longer. According to the blood reaction, it can last about three days, but the side effects are not yet clear. After all, it only reacts with blood cells, and there are no related experiments such as organ rejection. The only thing that can be guaranteed is that there should be no death."

"It's ready. This can be of great use to us." I smiled at Shiho, "But it's better not to tell Conan about this medicine first, otherwise he will be unable to bear it and transform back into Kudo to see Xiaolan. We just fought with the organization, and now is not a good time for him to show up."

"Well, if there is an urgent need, I will give him the simplified version of the drug first. But it is best not to give it to him. After all, the side effects are unknown. Once he develops drug resistance, it may cause him to be unable to change back in this life."

"Ah, let's do this for now. You should have a good rest in the next few days. I will put on makeup and look like you and walk around the area for a few days. Once we are sure that we are both safe, you can go back to school."

"The final exam is in a few days. Is it in time?"

"Well, three or four days will be enough. If the organization leaves any traces, we will be found soon, and you can help the children with their tutoring soon."

"Yeah." Thinking of this, a long-lost smile appeared on Shiho's lips. For Shiho at this stage, the happiest thing is to be able to relive her childhood with the children.

In this way, time passed quietly, and it was three days later. For three days, I walked on the street using the identity of Shiho, and I was not in any danger. It seems that Sister Bei really withdrew everyone. This is a good thing for us.

Shiho also gave the children extra lessons as she wished. After we had not seen the children for a long time, the children also expressed their concern about our health, which really touched Shiho a little. However, she was not merciful at all during the extra lessons, but the result was good. The children all got good grades in the final exams, and even Yuantai, who always had poor grades, got good grades, which also made Yuantai eat a full eel meal.

However, such peaceful days did not last long. Just after we spent a week in peace, the FBI called as expected.

"Hello, Ai-chan, I'm teacher Judy. Oh... I can't be called a teacher now." On the other side of the phone, Judy's voice was still the same as before, but because her gunshot wound had not yet healed, her voice lacked a little strength.

Regarding the FBI's statement, we have to talk about Conan's plan. Conan's plan is to bring a recorder with him, connect it to the electrocardiogram system, and synchronize the signal to Dr. Agasa's car several kilometers away. In this way, he can send all the received information to Dr. Agasa and then pass it on.

The person who carries out this mission has changed from me to Conan, so I can go back into the shadows. Although Shiho's exposure has made me a vague target, judging from the feedback from the FBI, I have not been completely exposed so far.

(End of this chapter)