I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 359 This is your sister (1st update)
The morning sunlight streamed into the living room through the gaps in the curtains, and Akemi was humming a song as she prepared breakfast.

The eggs sizzled in the pan. She flipped them skillfully, and hearing footsteps, looked up at the stairwell: "Good morning, Shiraishi-kun. Shiho, are you up? Tell her to come down—"

Before she finished speaking, Shiraishi E appeared at the corner of the stairs, carrying a little girl with brown hair.

Mingmei paused for a moment, her spatula stopped moving, and her gaze fell on the little girl with tea-colored hair.

"Good morning, Akemi." Shiraishi E said in a relaxed tone, as if she were holding a newly bought doll, not a strange child.

Akemi blinked, then suddenly burst out laughing: "Shiraishi-kun, where did you kidnap this child from?"

She turned off the stove, put down the spatula, wiped her hands, walked over, bent down, and looked at the little girl who had buried her face in Shiraishi E's shoulder: "So cute! Just like Shiho, you're mixed race."

The little girl slowly raised her head, her icy blue eyes meeting Akemi's.

Akemi was stunned, her beautiful eyes filled with undisguised surprise. She said, "This child... how come he looks so much like Shiho? Those eyes, that nose, that face!"

"Like, so similar!"

As she spoke, she pinched it with her hand.

"Sister," the little girl said speechlessly, her voice carrying a familiar coolness, yet also a touch of childishness.

This startled Akemi for a moment, then her lips began to tremble. A bold idea flashed through her mind, and her pupils contracted sharply: "That voice...you...you're Shishiho?"

Shiraishi placed the shrunken Shiho Miyano on the sofa and casually picked up the kettle on the table to pour herself a glass of water: "You guessed right...she is your sister, Shiho Miyano. She shrunk after taking APTX4869."

“Impossible,” Mingmei shook her head mechanically, her fingers unconsciously clutching the hem of her apron. “This is absurd. How could anyone do this?”

As she spoke, she cupped her younger sister's face in her trembling hands, pulling and pinching it from left to right. The warmth emanating from her fingertips was terrifyingly real. Those eyes—the eyes she had watched grow up—were now looking at her with a familiar helplessness.

"It's true, sister." Shiho Miyano could understand her sister's shock; that's the normal reaction for anyone.

When she first discovered it herself, she subconsciously suspected that she might have accidentally used an underage mouse for the experiment.

I only accepted this fact after repeatedly confirming it.

Shiho Miyano said softly, "This is the effect of the drug that the organization has been researching."

Akemi fell silent again, finally finding an answer to the question that had been lingering in her mind.

She sat on the sofa, a wry smile on her face, and said, "So...so this is what Mom and Dad were researching?"

Fragments of memory suddenly pieced together in her mind—her parents' late-night hushed arguments, the mysterious samples in the laboratory, the research notes she had never been allowed to look at.
“Rejuvenation.” She murmured to herself, her voice trembling violently. “No wonder the organization went to such lengths.”

Shiho Miyano reached out her small hand and gently grasped her sister's trembling fingers: "Don't be afraid, I'm safe now."

Akemi looked up abruptly, tears welling in her eyes: "Safety?"

Her gentle voice was filled with anxiety as she said, "You call this safety?! If the organization finds out you're still alive, if they know the drug really worked, they will definitely—"

“Akami.” Shiraishi E suddenly grabbed her shoulder and said, “Calm down.”

The warm touch brought Akemi back to some of her senses.

She took a deep breath, looked at her sister who was both strange and familiar, and suddenly pulled her into her arms.

"I'm sorry," her tears soaked Shiho Miyano's shoulder, "I didn't know you were doing this kind of experiment..."

Shiho Miyano quietly let her older sister hold her, her little hand gently patting her back: "It's okay."

Seeing the scene gradually becoming more emotional, Shiraishi E had no choice but to remind him, "Is breakfast ready?"

Akemi burst into laughter through her tears, wiping them away: "Really, you still care about breakfast at such an important time."

She looked down at her younger sister in her arms and suddenly pinched her cheek: "Shiho was cuter when she was little~"

"Sis!" Shiho Miyano struggled, her face flushed, and said somewhat angrily, "Don't treat me like a child!" "But you are a child right now~" Akemi laughed, picked her up, and spun her around: "Do you want your sis to buy you a doll?"

She teased her younger sister a couple of times until her sister showed signs of impatience, then she stopped.

"I'll go make breakfast, you guys wait a little longer." After saying this, Akemi turned and went to the kitchen, continuing to make breakfast while processing the news that her younger sister had turned into a child.

Shiraishi E sank into the soft sofa, her gaze fixed on Miyano Shiho on the opposite sofa.

“You have some nerve,” he suddenly said, repeating, “you’re really bold!”

The shrunken Shiho Miyano calmly stated, "I've calculated all the variables."

"Calculate?" Shiraishi E was speechless, wondering where the other party got their confidence from.

He leaned forward slightly and said, "Shove the modified APTX4869 straight into your mouth? Aren't you afraid of something bad happening to you?"

"If the drug had gone out of control, you'd be a miniature corpse by now!"

Shiho Miyano pursed her lips, crossed her arms, and stubbornly insisted, "I conducted 137 experiments on mice."

Her voice remained calm, yet carried a childlike clarity: "The success rate has increased to 92.3%, and the incidence of side effects is lower than..."

"You know they're lab rats too?" Shiraishi E interrupted her, somewhat speechless. "These are all data from lab rats! Human metabolism, immune response, neural tolerance—can these be the same?"

"..." Shiho Miyano knew she couldn't fool them anymore, so she simply stated directly, "I will not use living people for experiments. That's my bottom line."

Shiraishi E stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled, "So you're just using yourself as a guinea pig?"

He spread his hands: "The thought processes of genius scientists are indeed unique."

Shiho Miyano sensed the sarcasm, but she pretended not to hear it!

"This kind of thing... can be solved with a little money." Shiraishi E shook her head and said, "There are plenty of 'Sanhe Gods' outside who are willing to volunteer, why risk your life?"

"What's the difference between that and what the organization does?" Miyano Shi retorted.

Shiraishi glanced at the other person, not wanting to argue with them, nor bothering to argue with them.

A smart person like Shiho Miyano cannot persuade someone with words alone.

They have long since developed their own complete, mature, and logically consistent set of values.

Shiraishi E chuckled and said, "Sigh, if your sister finds out about this..."

Upon hearing this, Shiho Miyano's expression instantly turned panicked, and she nervously grabbed his sleeve with her small hands: "Don't tell my sister!"

Shiraishi E raised an eyebrow, looking at the genius scientist in front of her who had been righteous and indignant just a second ago, but now looked as flustered as a child who had done something wrong, and suddenly found it a little funny.

It's better to exploit weaknesses than to reason with them.

Shiraishi E chuckled, "But I can tell your sister, but you have to agree to one condition!"

"Any conditions are fine!" Shiho Miyano was very unhappy about being threatened, but there was nothing she could do.

Shiraishi E reached out and ruffled the other person's brown hair, saying, "Next time you're doing any experiments, be sure to let me know in advance!"

He was genuinely afraid that the other party would do something reckless and get him killed.

Upon hearing this condition, Shiho Miyano nodded in agreement without hesitation.

In terms of giving advance notice, this is not a difficult thing.

After giving the notification, you should do what you need to do.

He can't possibly keep an eye on me 24/7, can he?
(End of this chapter)