Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

"I have another piece of evidence." Conan touched his pocket, "After the art lamp fell down and before the indoor lighting was restored, I got this handkerchief."

Xiao Ai put her hands in her pockets and looked at him strangely, "What can this handkerchief prove? There's no way the murderer's name is written on it."

"But look, the edge of this handkerchief has the words 'Memorial Service for Director Sakamaki' sewn on it, right? This means that the owner of this handkerchief must have received it from the counter after arriving here. Look at the handkerchiefs in other people's hands." Conan turned his head and blinked, his eyes fixed on a man, "For example, the man holding the wine glass, the wealthy woman next to him, and the old man with a mustache behind them... Although everyone has a handkerchief in their hands, the colors are different."

"What do you mean?"

"My guess is that in order to match the screening of Director Sakamaki's masterpiece, 'Rainbow Handkerchiefs', the organizers will give out handkerchiefs in seven different colors to the guests at the venue. So if we just check at the counter, we can narrow down the people who got the purple handkerchief to a specific group."

"But you can't be sure that the handkerchief is really related to the murder."

"That's right." Conan still looked at ease. "Maybe, we really can't know whether this handkerchief belongs to the murderer, but its relationship with this murder case is not completely zero, right?"

He raised an eyebrow.

Xiao Ai was stunned for a moment. The reason he gave was very far-fetched, but it was strangely persuasive, as if he was showing some kind of persistence. This persistence was telling her something else, but it felt illusory. What kind of persistence had she always had, hoping that her drugs could have a positive effect on humans? But so far, they have only been abused to destroy people's bodies.

She looked at him, unable to speak. If she was facing Winnet, would she be able to speak out her heart? She was a little anxious inside, but on the surface she calmed down and no longer showed any abnormality, but she still insisted that leaving was the best option. Conan did not deny her insistence, saying that he would also go out to confirm the handkerchief at the counter, so that Huibara could return to the car and wait. This matter was originally his insistence, and there was no need for her to take additional risks.

So he put on his hood and headed towards the gate with Xiao Ai. Facing the two police officers guarding the gate, he said, "Uncle police, it should be okay to go pee, right?"

"Oh."

The police officer at the gate opened the door a crack, and the reporters who had heard the news and crowded around the door began to press the shutter buttons frantically as if they smelled fish, and the flash lights kept flashing like the light bulbs in an old apartment.

"Can we interview you?!"

"Express your opinion!"

This situation attracted the attention of everyone in the venue. Ai, who turned sideways due to the glaring flash, raised her hand to cover her face, not knowing that her face had been exposed to the public.

Winette saw Ai's face in the light, and her mood suddenly became complicated. Until just now, she was just a little bit suspicious, not even suspicious, but now the thing she was most worried about has become a reality. Fortunately, Vermouth beside her was always calm. She was used to the scene of reporters gathering together, and had no interest in taking a second look. Naturally, she was not interested in having a child who looked like Shirley, but Pisco was not necessarily the same.

Winnet didn't know much about Pisco, but she knew that he was a veteran member of the organization, who had been there much longer than Gin and her, and knew the same information. He might know Ai's parents, and even know what she looked like when she was a child. Even if he couldn't confirm it, with Gin's words, Pisco would try his best to suspect him, especially if he might have been exposed to drugs.

If the purpose of the drugs that Ai's parents were researching is similar to the one that Ai is researching now, and the ultimate effect is to make people rejuvenated or achieve immortality, then Pisco has good reason to be suspicious.

She clenched her teeth and felt the pressure on her temples. She really wished that Ai had told her the details before coming here so that she could be prepared, but she didn't do that. Presumably, the guy next to her in a blue coat and canvas jacket was Kudo Shinichi - it must have been his bad idea, and it was probably him who provoked Gin and made Gin think that everything was related to Shirley.

She'll have to get to the bottom of this when it's all over, Winnet thought.

But she didn't want to blame Xiao Ai for this. When she thought of Xiao Ai lowering her head with an aggrieved expression and not daring to look at her, she felt conflicted in her heart, a feeling that was difficult to tell whether it was discomfort or joy.

"I'll make a phone call," she said to Vermouth.

“This timing?” Vermouth was a little confused. “Who is it that you care so much about? Could it be that Shirley really appeared here? Oh, am I right?”

Winette ignored her because she was no different from usual. She left her side and glanced at Pisco, who was squinting. At this time, he had picked up the computer. She called and said, "Please bring my things over there... Um, I'm at the Beihu City Hotel venue."

Shortly after she made the call, the police stopped blocking the venue.

With their tacit consent, all the guests filed out of the venue, forming a complex flow of people.

Winnet was looking for Ai among them, but the noise around her was too loud and Ai herself didn't make any sound, so she couldn't find her for a while.

She had no choice but to focus on Pisco——

"Oops……"

What she was most worried about happened. Pisco locked onto Ai with just one glimpse. He picked Ai up from the crowd and covered her mouth with a handkerchief. She quickly calmed down. Winette saw that he had drugged her and was extremely anxious, but she did not dare to act rashly. Pisco did not know that she was Ibis. If she showed up on her own initiative and Pisco informed Vermouth, her attempt to help "Shirley" would be exposed.

The only advantage at the moment is that Pisco cannot confirm that Ai is Sherry.

At least, he had to confirm it from Xiaoai himself.

Winnet calmed down and suppressed the impulsive part of her heart.

Pisco made Ai disappear in the blink of an eye, it seemed he was prepared.

Winette felt that this should be his plan B to kill Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi, but he used it on Ai.

She followed Pisco not too far away, pretending to go to the toilet as well, and went into the men's restroom. She pretended to be drunk, looked dazed, and murmured complaints, not taking Pisco seriously at all. After Pisco entered the single room of the restroom, she followed him into another one, judging the time he left by the sound.

Winnet suppressed her emotions.

"He couldn't really be using the restroom. The time he spent in and out was a bit too long. He must be in disguise. If it's a hotel, the staff and cleaners are the best choices. It's impossible for a hotel to hire a middle-aged or elderly person as a waiter..."

Winnet waited for a few more seconds, then rushed out, looking around. In the chaotic crowd, there was a conspicuous cleaning staff pushing a cart with a cardboard box on it. Now Winnet was sure that Xiao Ai was in the cardboard box.

Just a final follow up.

She couldn't help but feel extremely anxious. If Pisco could spare the time at this moment and wait safely until Xiao Ai woke up, she would have to show up in person.

Clyde, come on.

She begged.

But the development of things was beyond her imagination.

Soon after she followed Pisco to a wine cellar in the old building, police officers came to search for the people who were at the venue according to the list, and she and Pisco were on the list.

In this situation, Pisco, who left the wine cellar to check the situation, was stopped and questioned by the police.

It's a blessing in misfortune.

This gives her enough time to operate.

She returned to the venue and accepted the police call, and Vermouth was still there.

"You suddenly want to check the purple handkerchief?" Winnett was puzzled. "Why?"

She asked in mock English.

"I don't know either, maybe the police found out something..." she replied.

Winette thought about it and thought that maybe Pisco covered the gun with a handkerchief when he fired the gun to prevent the gunpowder smoke reaction. After the trigger, the handkerchief was lost, so the police used this method to screen... But how did they know?

"After I'm checked, please give the handkerchief to Pisco for me," said Vermouth.

……

352 Unexpected

"You look very tired, do you have a cold?"

Ai rubbed her forehead drowsily. She looked at the wrinkled dark robe on Winnett and looked around the messy room. Everything had a slightly punk feel. The environment here made her feel strange, but she felt at ease, very safe... as if she should have such a romantic room in the future. She shook her head and found something on her ear, a pair of red-framed glasses. She looked around and found a half-length mirror in the corner of the room. The reflection was not of Huiyuan Ai, but of Miyano Shiho.

what happened?

"You said you had classes in the afternoon and wanted me to wake you up," Winnet reminded.

She wiped her face and rubbed her nose, "Lesson?"

"Well, university courses."

University? After hearing what Winnett said, she felt something was wrong. Winnett's face had become much more mature. Although the difference was not big, it no longer gave people a childish feeling. After a while, she finally remembered that she had lived as Haibara Ai for more than ten years. Genta Mitsuhiko Ayumi and the others had also chosen their own schools. Edogawa had confessed his identity to Maori. Now the organization did not remember who Miyano Shiho was. Winnett managed everything carefully and achieved a balance between the organization and her life.

"It seems to be a dream..."

That's right, it's easy to imagine that I would run into people from the organization on the road and then break into their gathering place. This is too strange.

I must be too tired to have this kind of feeling...

"Gray, answer me quickly!"

An untimely sound interrupted the regular operation of things around her. The layout of the room gradually faded away, as did Winnet's smile. Everything around her became dark, and she couldn't help falling into a brief panic.

"Grey Yuan!"

"Please speak!"

The continuous shouting made her frown and hold her head with both hands.

finally--

"Aha!"

Xiao Ai suddenly opened her eyes.

Soon she found herself lying on the wooden floor. She sat up, rubbing her still dizzy head, and gradually realized that it was Edogawa's voice just now.

She looked around and asked, "Where are you?"

"I'm in the doctor's car parked in front of the hotel. I'm using the microphone and intercom on my glasses to talk to you."

He spoke clearly, but she still understood slowly. She couldn't help but wonder if everything she had just dreamed of was the future she had hoped for, but -

"Ah...what happened to me?"

"That's what I should be asking. What happened to you outside the venue just now?"

"Outside the venue..."

She murmured, recalling what happened at that time, "I remember, I was suddenly pushed away by the crowd and separated from you... Then suddenly someone came from behind me..."

She was first shocked, then regretful.

"Someone drugged me and knocked me out, then took me to some wine cellar and locked me up."

"What, is that the person you are talking about?"

"Yes, I think he should be the member of the organization who boldly killed people in the venue under close police surveillance - Pisco."

"What did you say! That guy wouldn't still be by your side, right?" Conan couldn't keep calm.

"No, he's not here now." Xiao Ai walked towards the door of the wine cellar and tried the door handle. "But the lock on the door is firmly locked." She looked around and said to him, "Right now, there is only a cart with cardboard boxes on it and a cleaning staff uniform around me."

"uniform?"

"Yes. I think that after he drugged me and knocked me out, he must have taken me to the bathroom first, changed me into this cleaning staff uniform, stuffed me into a cardboard box, and brought me here. In my opinion, if he hadn't killed the target at the venue, he would have killed him in the bathroom and sent him to this room."

"Never mind. The most important thing now is that you find a way to escape from that wine cellar, and then we can make plans," he said.

Ai felt naive about his words.

Her voice became more serious. "Listen carefully, Kudo. Remember what I said. The AP in APTX-4869, which can rejuvenate us, stands for Apoptoxin, which means programmed cell death. In simple terms, cells have the ability to self-destruct. Only by suppressing the signal of this function can they survive..."

"Okay, Huibara."

Xiao Ai ignored him and continued, "However, this drug can not only induce programmed cell death, but also increase the growth capacity of active cells with telomerization reaction."

"Don't say anything more, Haibara," he shouted, "If you really want to say it, wait until you escape from there..."

"Don't make any noise and listen to me quietly." She interrupted him, "If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to talk to you again in this life."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't understand yet, do you? Even though they saw my shrunken appearance this time, they still locked me up. Even if I escape from here, it won't be long before they find me. By then, not to mention the doctor who has been housing me, anyone who has anything to do with me will be in trouble. In order to protect the secrets of the organization, they will ruthlessly eliminate those involved. You should understand, whether I am dealt with by them here or escape from here safely, it means that I will never see you again. So, I am going to tell you everything I know about that drug, just as if we were friends."

There was another thing that worried her.

If the organization finds out her identity, Winnet is likely to be implicated because she is too close to Huihara Ai, and the organization cannot help but suspect the relationship between her and her.

Because of her, will Winnett have to live a life on the run?

And my sister...

hateful!

Despite her remorse, she quickly calmed down. Now that she was free to move, she had to do something.

Ai found the computer on the desk and suddenly remembered the tape that Guang Guangyan had asked her to give to the doctor in the morning. Presumably, the organization had checked the contents.

“Ding ding ding ding! The second part of Professor Agasa’s adventure!”

The sound came out of the screen and Conan heard it, "What's that sound?"

"Oh, this is the game that Mitsuhiko asked me to hand over to Professor Agasa at school." Ai pressed the quick exit button, "I think they checked the contents of my pocket."

She continued to check the contents of her computer. The laptop was connected to her mobile phone, and she called up the contents of her phone, and saw a file with Sherry's name on it.

"I knew it..." Her heart sank, "He really has figured out my appearance."

Conan finally realized, "You weren't tied up by them?"

"Why else should I be so anxious?" Xiao Ai asked him back, "It's impossible for them to leave me here without tying me up for such a long time, right?"

Conan smiled knowingly, "You are wrong! I think he will not go back."

"Ok?"

"After I lost track of you, I immediately contacted Officer Megure. I told him to stop the eight people who got the purple handkerchiefs and never let them leave the Haido Hotel without permission. I said this as Kudo." He was confident. "From the fact that you were not tied up by them and that the laptop was connected to a mobile phone, it is likely that the guy who imprisoned you wanted to leave the hotel temporarily for some reason, but was stopped by Officer Megure at the door and kept there for questioning."

"If I'm not mistaken, he is most likely unable to contact the outside world. It's been nearly an hour since you disappeared, and even his companions haven't been there. This is too unreasonable. I'm sure that, as I said, Pisco, who succeeded in assassinating you and imprisoned you, is among the eight people who got the purple handkerchief."

Xiao Ai jumped down from the chair where the computer was placed. His words gave her a little hope. "You mean I'm still in the Beihu Hotel?"