Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 184: Kisaki Eri is missing
While Haruhiko Kousaka and Miwako Sato were sneaking in to investigate, Ran Mouri was standing on the second floor of the Mouri Detective Agency, holding the phone with a frown on her face.

The reason is that Eri Kisaki is missing.

He didn't answer the phone and was neither at the law firm nor at home.

What made Xiaolan even more worried was that two days had passed when she found out about this.

According to Ms. Midori Kuriyama, the secretary of the law firm, the last time she saw Eri Kisaki was in the evening two days ago.

At that time, Eri Kisaki planned to stay in the office to work overtime to organize materials for suing Kanda Ryu Company.

When she didn't see anyone the next day, Kuriyama Midori thought that Kisaki Eri was too tired and wanted to take a day off, so she just sent a text message to ask.

But until today, when several customers who had made appointments came to the door.

Kisaki Eri still didn't show up.

Only then did Kuriyama Midori realize that something might be wrong.

He then called Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro to ask about the whereabouts of Kisaki Eri.

Xiaolan knew that her mother's personality would never allow her to suddenly disappear and cause others to worry, let alone when there was a case to deal with.

Something must have happened to my mother.

Xiaolan turned around and looked at Kogoro Mouri who was sleeping soundly on the sofa. The floor was littered with empty wine bottles and the ashtray on the armrest of the sofa was full of cigarette butts.

Damn it, Dad was drunk and unconscious at that moment, so he couldn’t help at all.

Conan happened to be attending a camping trip organized by his elementary school and wouldn't be back until the day after tomorrow.

All the people she could rely on were not around, which made Xiaolan feel overwhelmed by a strong sense of unease, and her hands kept shaking.

She hesitated for a moment, then took out her cell phone and called Haruhiko Kousaka.

But it kept ringing until it automatically hung up and no one answered.

Xiaolan hit another one, but the result was the same.

Xiaolan sighed after hanging up the phone.

Why did Haruhiko become like Shinichi at times like this, unable to be found at the critical moment?

Are all men like this?

Xiaolan found Kudo Shinichi's name in the address book again, but she stayed on that screen for a long time without dialing the number.

Finally, she turned off her phone.

Xiaolan also couldn't understand why she didn't call Shinichi until the end.

In the past, if the mother encountered such a thing, she would definitely have to hear Kudo Shinichi's voice to feel at ease.

But now, she felt that she would be very sorry to Haruhiko if she called him.

Isn’t this too ridiculous?
The two of them just had sex once after drinking, and she is not related to him...

Although she understood this truth, she still couldn't help but think in her heart -

Haruhiko has never been like this before. Could it be that he no longer cherishes something after getting it?
Thinking of this, Xiaolan suddenly felt a little lost.

However, the current situation did not leave her much time to hesitate, and she had to start looking for Kisaki Eri as soon as possible.

Although the police had been notified, it was difficult for investigators to take the case seriously as Hibiki Eri was an adult who lived alone and had not received any calls from the kidnappers.

I couldn't get in touch with Haruhiko again, and I couldn't wake up Kogoro Mouri from the sofa. As for Shinichi...

Forget it.

Men are simply unreliable.

I can find my mother's whereabouts by myself.

I am the daughter of the famous detective Mouri Kogoro!
Xiaolan put on her coat, left a note for her father on the table, and hurried out to look for Kisaki Eri.

...

Haruhiko still doesn't know that Xiaolan has called him.

Because he muted his phone.

Originally, Haruhiko wanted to sneak in with Sato Miwako and check the situation.

If there is indeed a problem, then find a way to call the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters to intervene in the investigation.

But unexpectedly, the defense system here is much tighter than they thought.

Before they could find out any information, their identities were exposed.

There was no other choice, so Haruhiko had to use his Musou.

In fact, the benefits brought to him by his last trip to Izu were much greater than he expected.

Especially the entry "How can a sword be such an inconvenient thing?", any weapon can be used as a sword.

To be honest, when he used the forward slash move on the small boss in the distance while holding the fire extinguisher and easily smashed the opponent's skull, Haruhiko was still a little bit unbelievable.

Moreover, the indoor space is small, which is very suitable for his fighting style.

It didn't take long to clear out the guards here.

Of course, since Miwako is around, I can't kill people casually, but I can still break their bones and make them lose their fighting ability.

While waiting for the Metropolitan Police Department to arrive, the two of them started checking here first.

Most areas of this building are just for show, and the documents in the rooms are mostly worthless waste.

The real core here is a laboratory hidden inside the company.

Open the laboratory door.

Haruhiko felt as if he had returned to the time when he first sneaked into Baijiu Pharmaceutical.

The same unnamed experimental equipment, the same pungent smell of chemicals in the air, and a group of researchers in white coats.

The only difference is that this time there are more than ten hostages in the laboratory lying in a space capsule-like machine, and their experimental data are being collected.

"You've found a treasure this time. They are secretly conducting human experiments. This should help you get a promotion, right?" Haruhiko joked.

Meiwazi said solemnly, "Now is not the time to joke around. We need to find evidence and don't let them destroy the data."

As they were talking, the researchers in white coats had already heard the movement at the door.

They all cast doubtful glances at him.

"Who are you? Who allowed you in?" A middle-aged man wearing glasses came over and asked sternly. He must be the leader here.

Haruhiko casually picked up an empty glass bottle and made direct contact with the man's head, then grabbed the man's collar and said, "I don't have much time, so you'd better be able to answer whatever I ask you within three seconds.

Every time you waste my time, I'll cut off one of your fingers."

The man with glasses was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What if I don't know?"

Haruhiko smiled and said, "Then you can only blame your bad luck."

The man with glasses looked pale.

Haruhiko seemed to suddenly remember something: "Oh, right, I don't like people asking questions proactively, so..."

what! ! !
A shrill scream was heard in the laboratory.

Miwako Sato looked at the bloody fingers of the man with glasses, frowned slightly, and went to control the others.

She is not a pedantic person.

Knowing that in this situation, Haruhiko's approach is the most efficient, not to mention that anyone who can appear here is not a good person.

It is understandable that the means are a little cruel.

At this time, Miwako didn't know that Kousaka Haruhiko had subtly changed her perspective on things.

If it were half a year ago, when she and Haruhiko just met.

Sato Miwako will definitely stop Haruhiko from committing illegal acts.

But right now, Miwako even vaguely felt that Haruhiko was torturing the other person -

so hot.

Things are progressing smoothly on Haruhiko Kousaka's side.

The researcher here was obviously not a tough guy. When he cut the third finger, he took the initiative to tell him everything he knew.

They are indeed studying the chemical that allows you to see angels.

But they were not the developers of this thing.

They simply discovered the controlling effect of this substance on the human body, and tried to reverse engineer its composition, and then combined it with psychological methods to try to achieve the effect of controlling people's minds.

This result was something Haruhiko had not expected.

He thought that he could use this breakthrough to follow the clues and find out the content of the Black Organization's Butterfly Project.

I didn't expect that the other party was not in the same group as the Black Organization at all.

The feeling of coming up empty-handed made him a little unhappy.

But then he thought that the research results of this group of people might help Haibara Ai develop an antidote.

Then Haruhiko secretly called Haibara Ai.

After receiving a positive answer, he secretly hid a sample of the medicine on his body while Miwako was not paying attention.

After all this was done, it was only right to wait for the Metropolitan Police Department to arrive. The troublesome tasks of investigating who was behind this company and how to deal with them could be left to the police who always arrived after the matter was resolved.

What he needed to consider now was how to prevent the police from finding out that one dose of medicine was missing.

However, when rescuing the hostages, Haruhiko discovered an unexpected person - Kisaki Eri.

The Kisaki Eri in front of him didn't have any of the queen aura she had when they first met.

Her face was pale and her eyes looked dull.

Kisaki Eri's brown hair was tied into a bun, and she wore a pair of black gold-rimmed glasses. There were obvious stains on her lavender uniform skirt, and it looked like she had been wearing it for a few days.

She was wearing only one black high-heeled shoe, and her bare foot was dirty and scratched.

After Kisaki Eri was helped out of the space capsule by Miwako.

He just curled up on the ground with his knees hugged, not saying a word.

Although Kisaki Eri's face was pale, her expression was calm and peaceful, which was not at all like the behavior of someone who was tied up here.

Haruhiko also discovered that the other experimental subjects around him showed similar behaviors.

He asked the man with glasses who lost three fingers.

But the other party didn't know the origins of this group of people. However, Miwako recognized several of the pot-bellied men among them as presidents of listed companies.

It seems that those who were captured here are all people of high social status. Haruhiko had a vague guess about the purpose of this group of people.

The man with glasses also said that this calm and peaceful state was a normal reaction to the experiment and would recover after a while.

Although the other party said so, Haruhiko was still not reassured. How could there be a "normal reaction" in such an experiment?
He squatted on the ground and tried to communicate with Kisaki Eri.

"Lawyer Fei, how did you get brought here?"

"Aunt Yingli, do you still recognize me? I'm Xiaolan's friend."

Kisaki Eri remained silent, which made Haruhiko feel a little uneasy.

If something happens to Feiyingli, how can I explain it to Xiaolan?

In desperation, Haruhiko had no choice but to pat Kisaki Eri's cheeks a few times, trying to wake her up.

Of course, the force was much greater than normal, and it directly knocked her glasses off.

Accompanied by crisp applause.

The clarity in Hibiki Eri's eyes returned in an instant.

Haruhiko was delighted, thinking it was working.

But slapping her all the time doesn't seem to be the right approach. After all, Hibiki Eri is different from the researchers here.

Miwako Sato was already looking at him with a shocked expression. If the fight continued, she would probably pull out her gun to stop his violence.

Haruhiko picked up the glasses that had fallen on the ground and helped Kisaki Eri put them back on.

This was the first time he had such close contact with this lady.

At this time, she had shed the image of the undefeated queen of the legal profession, and her weak and frail appearance made her particularly pitiful.

And only after actually meeting Haruhiko did I realize that Kisaki Eri's face is actually very small, her delicate facial features are perfectly proportioned, and her skin is delicate and silky, almost indistinguishable from that of a young girl.

After putting on her glasses, Kisaki Eri seemed much more awake than before.

Haruhiko thought for a moment, then reached out and pinched the other person's plump and delicate thigh hard.

"Um--"

A hint of pink appeared on Kisaki Eri's fair cheeks, and the dullness in her eyes faded a little.

The dirty jade feet held in front of her subconsciously shrank back, and her small toes curled up into a ball.

Haruhiko wasn't happy yet.

Sato Miwa came over and punched him hard: "Asshole, what are you doing in front of me?!"

Haruhiko stood up aggrievedly: "I'm saving someone."

"How can you save people like this?" Meihezi pinched his waist a few more times, not satisfied. "Besides, there are so many people here, why don't you go save that bald uncle?"

Haruhiko looked in the direction she pointed and saw a middle-aged bald man looking at the corner with a perverted smile on his face.

"I think he should be very happy now." Haruhiko said seriously.

Meiwazi sneered: "If I tell Xiaolan about this, what do you think will happen to you?"

"Lan is such a kind girl, she will definitely understand me."

"You mean, I'm not kind?" Miwako said in a bad tone.

The two quarreled.

Haruhiko suddenly felt someone hugging his arm, and a sweet smell penetrated his nose.

When I looked back, I found that Kisaki Eri had stood up at some point.

She didn't seem to quite understand the situation.

However, Haruhiko's pain treatment just now seemed to have an unexpected effect. Kisaki Eri seemed to regard him as someone she could trust.

Looking at his arm stuck in the mud, Haruhiko couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

It turns out that Xiaolan's genes are here.

This was Kousaka Haruhiko's last thought.

Then he was knocked to the ground by the angry Miwako Sato with a heavy punch.

...

When he woke up again, Haruhiko found himself lying in a police car.

When he opened the car door, it was already dark, and the cool evening breeze made him much more awake.

The building was surrounded by police cars and a large number of uniformed police officers were moving around.

It seems that the Metropolitan Police Department has taken over the scene.

Haruhiko touched his nose with his hand. It hurt, but there was probably no bleeding.

Damn, isn’t Miwako that guy too cruel?

This cannot be blamed on him, everything is force majeure.

Just as I was thinking about it, a girl in a sports jacket came from a distance.

The girl's long white legs under her hot pants looked particularly dazzling under the blue and red police lights, and the hair on her head was slightly raised, like a cute deformed horn.

"You're here, Ran." Haruhiko smiled. "How's Aunt Eri?"

"It's much better now." Xiaolan also leaned against the police car like Haruhiko, her shoulder only a few centimeters away from him.

"That's good, but I suggest that you get a thorough checkup. This group's experiments might have some side effects," Haruhiko said.

Xiaolan looked down at her toes and nodded slightly.

"that……"

"Thank you." Xiaolan interrupted Haruhiko. She raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with soft light, "I really couldn't find my mother on my own, so you helped me again this time.

If anything happened to Mom, I don’t know what I would do.”

Haruhiko was stunned for a moment.

He put his arm around Xiaolan's shoulders and said, "Don't blame yourself too much. No one else would be able to find Aunt Yingli under those circumstances."

Xiaolan trembled slightly but did not resist.

"Am I useless? I always need help from others." Xiaolan said with tears in her voice.

Haruhiko buried his nose in her soft, jet-black hair, sniffing her fragrance: "No such thing."

Xiaolan was frightened by Haruhiko's bold action and she struggled to escape from his arms.

Haruhiko forcefully grabbed her fair fingertips and took Xiaolan's entire hand in his.

Xiaolan struggled for a few times but failed to break free. Finally, she mustered up the courage to look Haruhiko in the eye and begged, "Can you, can you give me some time?"

Haruhiko felt happy.

He let go of her hand and gently tucked the hair behind her ears. He said in a gentle tone, "Of course, I will always wait for you no matter how long it takes."

This sentence seemed to be very hurtful to Xiaolan. She had always been the one waiting for others, but now the situation was suddenly reversed, which made her a little uncomfortable.

Xiaolan pushed Haruhiko away in panic, turned around and ran towards the ambulance.

Haruhiko looked at the girl's curvy back.

Her long black hair was blown behind her by the wind, curled into a ball in mid-air and then gently fell on her straight, beautiful back.

A faint fragrance blew across Haruhiko's face with the breeze.

Along with the light fragrance, there was also the beautiful voice of a girl——

"It won't be long, I won't keep you waiting too long.

Waiting and all that…it’s just too painful.”

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