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

Chapter 553 Delivered to Your Doorstep (1st Update)
Deep inside the gambling ship, the corridor of the experimental area was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the walls bore bullet holes and charred marks from the explosion.

Yusaku Kudo stood in front of the monitor screen, his eyes fixed on the Irish figure fleeing in panic on the screen.

He originally planned to pursue them personally, but when he saw Shiraishi E leading Ran, Sonoko, and Kazuha in a chase after Ireland with quadruple rocket launchers, he frowned and a big question mark appeared above his head.

Didn't this kid say he could only get a few pistols?
Where did you get this thing from?

Kudo Yusaku now understands that in Shiraishi E's eyes, he and his group are probably not as important as Ran, Sonoko, and Yoru.

"Young people!" He shook his head and sighed.

However, he can understand it.

Who didn't start out at seventeen or eighteen?
Romantic relationships between men and women are perfectly normal.

When the other person reaches your age, they've had their fun and will start to focus on other things.

There are far more interesting things in the world than women.

"Let's leave professional matters to professionals." Yusaku immediately abandoned the idea of ​​hunting down Ireland.

Although he was exceptionally intelligent, he was no match for a combat expert like Shiraishi E when it came to close combat and suppressing fire.

Moreover, the enemy was fully armed, while I only had a pistol. Joining the battle rashly would only be a burden!

So he quickly adjusted his plan—since he couldn't participate in the battle, he would take advantage of the chaos to gather intelligence on the experimental area.

This information may reveal the secrets behind the organization's development of APTX4869, and even provide clues to an antidote.

He strode toward the laboratory, where the door had been blown open by Shiraishi and her team with a C4 bomb. Scattered beneath the twisted metal frame were charred fragments of documents.

Yusaku crossed the ruins and rushed into the laboratory.

The room was a mess; the computer screen was shattered, and the experimental equipment was overturned, but the documents in the filing cabinet were miraculously well preserved.

He quickly opened the drawer and stuffed stacks of research reports, data disks, and experimental records into his briefcase. Every document could be crucial, and he dared not leave anything out.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from behind.

Kogoro Mori rushed in, panting heavily, with beads of sweat on his forehead, clearly having run all the way there.

"Kudo!" Kogoro Mouri grabbed Yusaku's shoulder, his eyes filled with anxiety: "Have you found a way to turn us back?"

Yusaku paused in his actions, looked up at him, and shook his head: "No. If a permanent antidote truly existed, Shinichi would have recovered long ago."

Kogoro's face instantly fell, and he slammed his fist on the table next to him: "Damn it! Are we going to be little brats for the rest of our lives?"

The thought that he could never go back to his old self filled him with frustration: "Damn it! I don't want to go to school again!!"

"I became a policeman because I didn't want to go to school!"

More than ten years have passed, and it's time to go back to school!

"..." Yuzuo closed the briefcase and paused for a moment.

He initially thought Kogoro Mouri couldn't accept that he had shrunk, but he didn't expect that the other person was simply resistant to going to school!
People sometimes laugh when they're speechless.

Yusaku chuckled and said, "However, as you can see, Shinichi seems to have found some kind of temporary antidote that can temporarily restore him to his original state."

"A temporary antidote?" Kogoro's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a lifeline. "So, the research on the antidote has made progress? Even if it's only temporary, it's better than nothing!"

Yuzuru nodded: "I can't reveal the specifics, but the antidote is still under research."

"Since Shinichi was able to recover briefly, it means that the research direction is correct."

"Given enough time, a permanent antidote should be developed soon."

Kogoro Mouri breathed a sigh of relief, his tense shoulders finally relaxing a bit: "That's good... I really want to turn back as soon as possible."

He looked down at his shrunken hands and smiled wryly, "This body isn't even old enough to drink alcohol!"

Yuzaku smiled slightly, about to say something more, when suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded from the laboratory's broadcast system, and the red warning lights on the ceiling flashed wildly, turning the entire space blood-red. This was followed by a cold, electronic female voice:

[Self-destruct sequence initiated, countdown: 10 minutes. All personnel, evacuate immediately. Repeat, self-destruct sequence initiated—]

"Oh no!" Kudo Yusaku suddenly looked up, his pupils contracting sharply.

He quickly slammed the file shut and grabbed Kogoro Mouri's arm. "Get out of here! This place is going to explode!"

Kogoro Mouri's face turned pale, but he reacted quickly and immediately followed Yusaku towards the exit.

However, the laboratory's structure had been damaged by the previous battle. The corridor lights flickered, parts of the ceiling had collapsed, and exposed wires occasionally sparked with blinding electrical sparks.

As soon as the two rushed out of the laboratory, the corridor in front of them suddenly collapsed with a loud "bang," and concrete fragments and twisted steel bars blocked their way.

"Damn it!" Kogoro Mouri slammed on the brakes, quickly looking around. "Is there another way?"

Yuzuru's eyes sharpened, and he pointed to the right: "Go through the ventilation duct! The floor plan shows it leads directly to the lower deck!" The two quickly pried open the metal cover of the ventilation duct and crawled inside.

Inside the narrow pipe, the air was stuffy and murky, and the metal walls trembled constantly from the shock of the explosion, as if they might collapse at any moment.

They could only crawl forward, their elbows and knees burning as they rubbed against the rough metal edges.

Suddenly, a hissing sound came from ahead, and thick white gas spewed out of the pipe.

"It's a coolant leak!" Yusaku immediately covered his mouth and nose. "Don't inhale it, it will burn your lungs!"

Kogoro Mori groaned, his eyes stinging and tears streaming down his face, but he dared not stop and could only grit his teeth and crawl forward.

The temperature inside the pipe rose rapidly, and the laboratory behind it had already started to burn. The heat wave spread along the pipe, and the metal walls became scalding hot; a finger touching them would instantly cause blisters.

I don't know how long we crawled forward.
Finally, they saw the light of the exit.

Yusaku kicked open the cover, and the two of them tumbled out of the pipe and landed on the lower deck corridor.

However, the explosions behind them were already approaching in a chain reaction, and flames were engulfing everything like a giant beast.

"Run! Don't look back!" Kogoro Mori shouted. He saw Yusaku struggling to pull the briefcase, so he quickly grabbed him and sprinted away.

The door leading to the deck was at the end of the corridor, but the shockwave from the explosion had already hit, and the entire ship was shaking violently, making it difficult for the two men to stand.

The ceiling light fixtures shattered, and fragments rained down.

Yusaku stumbled and almost fell, but Kogoro Mori quickly pulled him up, saying, "Hang in there!"

The two continued sprinting forward.

Just as they rushed out of the hatch, a deafening explosion came from behind them.

A scorching wave of fire swept in, violently hurling them away, sending them crashing into the sea.

"boom--!!!"

The entire experimental area collapsed in flames, thick smoke billowed up, the gambling ship tilted violently, and seawater rushed in.

"Hmm?" Shiraishi E stopped to observe for a moment after hearing the explosion.

At that moment, two dark figures suddenly flew over.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the two children looked remarkably similar to Kogoro Mouri and Yusaku Kudo.

Needless to say, those must be the two shrunken versions of themselves!

"What a coincidence?" Shiraishi E immediately laughed.

He had only swum halfway when these two people came to him of their own accord.

Very good!
Thump thump!!

Seeing the two people fall not far from her, Shiraishi E immediately dived into the water, swam quickly over, and rescued them.

Just as he was about to take the two back, he immediately rejected the idea: "No, we can't take them back now."

"I've only been gone a short while, and I'm already bringing people back? Wouldn't that make me look like I'm not trying hard enough? What if Sonoko regrets it?"

"It's not really appropriate for Xiaolan Yuanzi and Ye to meet those two."

"Furthermore, there's still one Heiji we haven't found."

Thinking of this, Shiraishi immediately bought a yacht from the bandit shop, threw the unconscious Kudo Yusaku and Mouri Kogoro onto it, and then climbed on herself to sail the yacht to rescue Heiji.

Just as he took out his phone and glanced at the location on the signal ring, trying to use it to find Heiji.

A red dot is spinning in circles.

"Hmm? Is he lost?" Shiraishi E asked, somewhat surprised.

Then he looked up.

In the distance, Heiji was seen frantically spinning around, clutching a flag.

Once it has spun around enough, let go.

He was propelled into the air by the momentum!
And coincidentally, the direction he flew was exactly the direction where Shiraishi E was!

"You know what, this is quite a clever idea. The only way to escape is to flee the sinking gambling ship." Shiraishi E chuckled and immediately set off in her yacht to meet it.

After Heiji flew out, he crashed heavily onto the sea, skipping across the surface like a smooth stone.

Shiraishi arrived in her yacht and easily scooped Heiji up.

He was all smiles because the rescue had been so easy; he hadn't even had to exert himself much!
(End of this chapter)