Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 178 Goodbye, Meatball
"No matter how you look at it, the fact that a half-year-old baby... is the behind-the-scenes boss of the Black Organization is really unbelievable, right?" Hattori Heiji said.

"I know this is a little weird..."

Xia He covered his forehead with his hands. "But, when all possibilities are eliminated, what is left must be the truth."

After that, Shinichi and the others fell into silence.

They all knew Xia He's mind and character very well. In a situation like the current one, he would never joke with them.

As for Sonoko and Xiaolan, although the two girls were full of curiosity, they did not continue to ask questions, but chose to sit aside, with Xia He and Shinichi, silently waiting for the results of the operation.

About four hours later.

The lights in the operating room went out.

A doctor took off his mask and walked out.

"Doctor, what's the situation?" Yuanzi hurriedly stepped forward and asked on behalf of Xia He.

"The situation is not very optimistic..." the doctor said honestly: "Although his life is not in danger for the time being, whether he can wake up depends on his recovery in the next few days."

"What do you mean?" Xia He frowned.

"If he doesn't wake up within a week, he will most likely spend the rest of his life in a vegetative state lying in bed."

After these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned, and their eyes involuntarily glanced at Xia He, whose face was becoming increasingly paler.

Shinichi opened his mouth, wanting to say something to comfort Xia He, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.

Only Yuanzi stepped forward and held Xia He's hand, "Are you... okay?"

"I'm fine." Xia He shook his head.

After that, he stroked Yuanzi's hair, forced a smile and said, "I'll have to trouble you to stay here and help me take care of Uncle Kuota."

"Then where are you going?"

"I'm going to take care of Meatball's body. It's lying in the apartment building and hasn't been buried yet."

……

Rice flower town.

Pet cemetery.

The meatballs were buried here.

Xia He stood in front of Rouwan's tombstone, holding a finger bone in his hand, lost in thought for a long time.

That was the largest piece of bone he took out from the ashes of Rouwan after his cremation, and he carried it with him as a souvenir.

"I am sorry for your loss."

Shinichi patted Natsuki's shoulder.

However, when he said this, he couldn't help crying out loud.

Like Xia He, he also grew up with Rouwan over the past decade.

Especially during the three years when Xia He was abroad, he was the one who took care of Rouwan the most.

Now, knowing that Rouwan had died a violent death, my tear glands, which had hardly been opened since I entered elementary school, completely burst out at this moment.

No matter how Xiaolan tried to comfort him, Shinichi showed no sign of stopping.

Sonoko and Dr. Agasa also had tears in their eyes.

Only Xia He never shed a tear from beginning to end.

Not because he didn't care.

On the contrary, he felt like he was almost suffocating at this moment.

But he couldn't show it.

Karasuma Renya has not been found yet.

Haibara Ai is still in the hands of the Black Organization.

Therefore, now was not the time for him to squat on the ground, crying and asking Sonoko to comfort him.

"Goodbye, Meatball."

I will avenge you...

Looking at the photo on the tombstone, the meatball with its tongue sticking out seemed to be smiling at him. In an instant, all kinds of memories emerged in Xia He's mind.

……

Beika-cho 2-chome 26. In the empty living room, Xia He curled up on the sofa, staring blankly at the dog bowl on the ground, motionless.

He had been like this for more than five hours.

I originally thought that by exploiting the time bug and developing APTX4869 with no side effects, I could extend the life of the meatballs.

But who knows...

In the end, Rouwan died at the hands of Karasuma Renya because of his own negligence.

"You are too arrogant after all, Xia He."

He was talking to himself.

As a time traveler, with such a perverted cheat, he ended up having such a hard time destroying even a small black organization...

It's really a disgrace to the reputation of time travelers.

Self-blame, anger, irritability...

All kinds of emotions filled my heart.

Just when he was about to suffocate due to chest tightness, Noah's Ark's voice suddenly rang from his phone again: "The surveillance camera has captured the target's location."

“It was filmed?!”

Xia He flipped over and sat up from the sofa. "Where is he?"

"In Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo..."

"Nagata Town?"

Xia He narrowed his eyes, "You mean the Prime Minister's residence?"

"Well, this is the surveillance footage that was just retrieved."

Before he finished speaking, a video appeared on the phone screen.

I saw the half-year-old baby boy being carried by Vermouth out of the car and walking straight into the gate of the mansion.

In addition, there was Haibara Ai and a large number of bodyguards in black uniforms, all of whom were clearly photographed by the camera in front of the door.

"Belmod..."

Is this what you call...a great-great-grandfather who never met himself?

You deceived me again.

He rubbed his temples with his hands, and his anger once again reached its peak at this moment.

"I should have stabbed the baby's heart with a fruit knife."

In the world of science, everything is possible.

If even he himself could be reborn as an infant, then why couldn't he, Uramaru Renye, do the same?
Even if you think about it from another angle, Karasuma Renya is still in his infancy and has not had time to grow up yet. Compared to himself who has already passed the developmental period... it is obvious who has the advantage.

"Just wait, Karasuma Renya, your death is coming soon..."

He muttered, then turned off the video and dialed a number.

"Hey, I need your help. I've already found out where Karasuma Renya is. You just need to help me create some noise, and I'll take care of the rest. How about that?"

……

same moment.

In a building about 800 meters away from the unfinished building.

Looking at the bodies of the killers scattered all over the ground, Date Kou and Takagi Wataru frowned and asked the trembling cleaner beside them: "You were the one who called the police, right? Did you see any suspicious people at that time?"

"No...no." The cleaner shook his head and said with a frightened expression, "I'm an employee of Jile Electronics Co., Ltd. on the tenth floor. Every day before the workday, I go to the office to clean. But today, as soon as I came in, I found that the elevator was out of service..."

So he went to the safe passage, intending to climb to the tenth floor on foot and continue his work.

As a result, as soon as I reached the third floor, I saw a body lying in the corridor...

"Oh, I see." Yi Dahang nodded, and then started writing and drawing in his notebook.

Then he looked up at the camera hanging on the wall.

"Takagi, go to the monitoring room in the building and see if there are any useful images."

"Yes, Ida-senpai."

……

(End of this chapter)