Chapter 456: Just a bunch of weaklings
Chapter 457: Just a bunch of weaklings
Fifty minutes was very tight, and I didn't even have time to disguise myself as Hattori, so I simply gave up the disguise. I asked the doctor to drive me and Shiho to the foot of Ma'anshan. At this time in the car, I had already taken the antidote and restored my 18-year-old body.

Of course, that long golden hair also grew out.

Now, I am Baihebing again.

"As expected, your abnormality has not been eliminated." Shiho, who was accompanying me, was taking a test tube to draw blood from me in order to measure the data of the antidote.

"It's okay, I've grown back." Ignoring the needle in my arm, I drank the nutritional supplements prepared by Shiho. Although I don't know how much the growth will consume me, as Shiho said, supplements are better than nothing.

"Do you feel like you have a cold or fever? How do you feel about your physical strength?"

"No problem at all." I shrugged and said. "As for my hair, I think I need to cut it. I need to hide this image. After all, I'm on the organization's blacklist."

"We don't have time now. After you finish what you need to do later, the doctor and I will take you to the airport. We can deal with it then." Shiho collected my blood sample and pressed the alcohol cotton pad on the spot where my needle was. "I've asked Sister Shizuru to call Uncle Maori and tell them that you're leaving tonight. Xue has already prepared the plane tickets and personal belongings, and Tokyo will take over the rest."

"Tsk, you are worthy of being my Shiho, you are so excellent." Seeing that Shiho has taken care of everything for me, I can't help but feel happy. It seems that after confessing everything to Shiho, we have become more in sync. There are some things that Shiho knows how to do without saying them. What a good wife!
Thinking of this, I had already moved my mouth towards Shiho's face, but Shiho pushed me away with a look of disgust.

"Be serious." Shiho rolled her eyes and pushed my face away. "You are now eighteen years old again, and I am only about six years old."

"Uh, have I violated any taboos that shouldn't be violated?"

"Oh... never mind." Shiho's cheeks were slightly red, but she didn't say anything more. "We're here, let's go." Shiho had no worries about the kidnapping of Kazuha. My fighting power had skyrocketed after I recovered my 18-year-old body. If I couldn't even kill these kidnappers, Karami, then I wouldn't even bother to break into the FBI's shelter. I could just commit suicide right here. "The doctor and I will wait for you here?"

"Well, let's stay here. I'll let Kudo and Kazuha come out first. Doctor, please send them back. After I'm done with these kidnappers, I'll leave directly."

"Um...Xiaoxun, are you really not going to tell Shinichi about this?" The doctor who has been with us all this time naturally knows most of our affairs. Including the fact that I am about to leave and go to the FBI shelter alone. "At least not today, wait until I leave."

I gave the doctor a smile. As an old acquaintance of Shinichi and I, the doctor has always been caught in the middle. He knew that Shiho and I would have many private plans, but he could only keep it secret for us. After all, the incident I was involved in was far more dangerous than Kudo could handle, so he had no choice but to help us hide it.

"Well, okay, then you must pay attention to your own safety." The doctor knew that there were some things he couldn't stop. His only hope was that everyone, including me, Kudo, and Shiho, would be safe. As for the forces behind me, he couldn't control it, and he didn't dare to control it.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know I'm safe at any time." I threw away the alcohol cotton pads on my elbow, put on my windbreaker and got out of the car. Conan had been waiting for a long time halfway up the mountain.

After about three minutes, I reached where Conan was. Because of the car, Conan had already spotted me. But in order to hide himself, he chose to wait until I climbed the mountain before walking out of the corner of the woods.

"To be honest, Xun, I'm a little uncomfortable seeing you like this." Conan looked embarrassed. They were childhood friends, but now they looked very strange. Not only in appearance, but also in the strange, slightly cold aura.

"It's okay, just don't look." As I said that, I put on a half-frame mask. It was necessary to cover it up, after all, He Ye was also there. "I'm responsible for killing all the kidnappers. Well, try not to kill them. You take He Ye away first, don't go to the scene to talk about any case. Go back and tell the police."

"Okay." Conan pursed his lips, as if he had missed a good opportunity to show off. "But after dealing with these people, are you going to leave to deal with the organization's affairs?"

"Oh?" Under the mask, I gave Conan a surprised look.

"It's just facing this group of kidnappers. I believe that with your skills, you don't need to take the antidote to grow bigger to face them, although you are doing it under the guise of testing drugs. But I would rather believe that you are going to face some things that you didn't tell me after solving this problem." Conan analyzed step by step.

"Is there a possibility that it is to avoid arousing He Ye's suspicion?" I said jokingly.

"Maybe, but I believe you have at least three ways to prevent Kazuha from seeing you and me." Conan said seriously. "However, you have been preparing for a few days. Although you didn't say it explicitly, I believe that being able to force you to take the antidote and return to your 18-year-old body means that the matter of rectifying your name has escalated to a very serious level."

"As I said before, I have to go and deal with some trouble behind my back." I still didn't plan to discuss these things with Conan in detail. "Anyway, I'll be back in about a week."

"Then be careful." Conan's words were filled with regret, perhaps because he felt helpless. He knew his friend was going to do something that was completely contrary to his beliefs, but he had no way to stop it.

This is different from solving a case by looking for clues. What Xun did was a complete collision of gun and blade. I can't use my cleverness or detective skills to help solve it. It's like he has all the talent but can't make the antidote for APTX-4869. "Yeah." I just nodded to Conan's attitude and didn't say much. Just like the conversation between Vermouth and me before. If it weren't for the special bond between Xiaolan and me, perhaps staying in the organization would be the best choice for me and Shiho.

As for the protagonists, perhaps they were all killed when we first came into contact with them.

"By the way, have you solved the puzzle about that picture?" I tried to change the subject.

"Ah, half of it is solved." Conan replied tacitly. "I only know that the Buddha statue should be hidden in Yulong Temple, which is where we are. However, the exact location is still unclear."

"It doesn't matter. Kill all these people and you can spend the rest of the time searching." I said nonchalantly, "Cover your face. I'm at most an outsider. It's fine as long as you don't expose me."

As we were talking, Conan and I had already arrived in front of the Yulong Temple on the top of the mountain. I adjusted the mask again and covered the hood of my windbreaker, hiding my long blond hair.

"Xun, isn't it a bad idea to use a gun here? If we find out later that we have a gunshot wound..."

"No need. They are just a bunch of weaklings who have practiced kendo for a few years." I twisted my neck, not caring at all about facing dozens of people and walked into the temple gate with Conan.

"Who are you?!"

As soon as we walked into the temple gate, several masked minions holding samurai swords surrounded Conan and me.

"Hmm? The little brat next to Detective Mori? Hey, didn't I only let Hattori Heiji come here?" On the stairs not far away, Nishijo Taiga, who was also well disguised, pulled Kazuha, who had her hands tied, eyes and mouth covered, and shouted at the two of us surrounded by many torches.

"Hattori heard that Kazuha was kidnapped and was hospitalized due to a heart attack. I came here on his behalf." I lowered my voice to make myself unrecognizable. Whether it was Kazuha or Saijo, I had no intention of letting them see through my identity.

"What did you say?!" Xijo's voice was filled with anger. "Don't you care whether this girl lives or dies?"

"Well, feel free to do it. But the price is that all of you will be buried with me." I asked Conan to wait there, and I walked towards the Saijo River step by step. "A bunch of robbers, what do you have to do with Yoshitsune and faith? How boring."

"What did you say?!" Saijo was once again enraged. He drew the samurai sword from his waist. "It seems that you don't intend to let this little girl live. Well, you two can die together!"

After saying that, Nishijo Taiga swung his knife and chopped at Kazuha's neck. Kazuha, who was blindfolded and gagged, could not do anything except struggle.

Whoosh! clang!
The sound of metal colliding was heard, and a purple light flashed out, creating dazzling sparks on the body of Nishijo's samurai sword.

Under the huge impact, Nishijo Taiga, who was holding the sword with one hand, felt his left hand go numb and the sword fell directly to the ground.

"I've already told you that if you dare to attack, all of you will be buried with me!" While Xijo and the people around him were in shock, I rushed out in one swift step. Before the enemy could organize an attack, I was already less than three meters away from Xijo River.

"Kill him!" After recovering from the shock, Xijo hurriedly pulled Heye back. At the same time, he ordered his men to come up and intercept my attack.

However, when the attack distance was shortened to about three meters, Nishijo Taiga was no different from a dead person in my eyes.

The SAS dagger appeared in his hand again, and his left arm shook as his waist rotated. The dagger once again turned into a beam of light and rushed straight to Xijo Taiga's throat.

At a distance of three meters, he had no time to deploy defense. Even putting He Ye in front of him was difficult to accomplish. After all, at a distance of three meters, it only took a few tenths of a second for the dagger to fly across.

puff!
The dagger pierced into the side of Nishijo's neck, and blood spurted out instantly. Fortunately, the mask and clothes blocked the blade, causing it to deviate slightly. Otherwise, it should have gone straight through the throat and cut off the carotid artery.

(End of this chapter)