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With her sister's unconditional support, Ai Haibara was much happier and started chatting with her about everyday things.

Half an hour may seem like a long time, but for these two sisters, it felt like just a minute, passing in the blink of an eye.

Half an hour later, despite her reluctance, Ai Haibara did not try to stop them, and Akemi Miyano did not make any other requests. Under Fina's control, they fell into a deep sleep.

"Thank you." Ai Haibara walked out of the warehouse, glanced at the sun that had not yet risen to its zenith, and turned to Fina to say.

"You're welcome." Fina said, her hands behind her back. "Let's go, I have somewhere else to go."

Meanwhile, at Ekoda High School, Kaito Kuroba lay on his desk, idly twirling a pen.

There hasn't been any news about the gems lately; he hasn't made any moves since his last encounter with Conan.

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough." Koizumi Akako, who was sitting behind Kuroba Kaito, suddenly started coughing, and the coughing was quite violent.

In an instant, all eyes in the class were on her.

As the most popular girl in the class, she is the dream goddess of every boy except for Kaito Kuroba. As for Kaito Kuroba, it's simply because they have a good relationship.

"Kaito, take me home." Koizumi Akako stood up unsteadily.

"Huh? Okay." Kaito Kuroba put down his pen and, amidst countless envious glances, helped Akako Koizumi out.

What? The class teacher?

What kind of teacher could manage a student who is secretly a phantom thief, Kid, and a priestess?

"Are you alright? Should we go to the hospital?" Kaito Kuroba asked in a low voice.

"No, I'm just feeling a little... a little unwell, I'll be fine after a rest." Koizumi Akako's face was pale and her voice was weak.

“You can’t do this.” Kaito Kuroba helped Akako Koizumi sit on a public bench and took out his phone from his pocket. “I’ll call Aoko. She’s on leave today and she lives relatively close to here.”

"No need..." Koizumi Akako gasped for breath; her injuries were beyond what the hospital could help with.

She had been feeling unwell since yesterday; her magical energy was constantly leaking out of her body without any apparent reason. Just now, the rate of this leakage suddenly increased, directly causing her physical weakness.

"No need to make a call, young man, move aside." A voice came from the side.

Kaito Kuroba turned his head and saw a foreign woman walking over with a very cute little girl.

Koizumi Akako kept patting Kuroba Kaito's hand, urging him to leave quickly. She sensed an unprecedentedly terrifying magical power emanating from Fina, and compared to her, she felt like a child facing a giant.

Chapter 143 Gin vs. Frank

With a flick of his wrist, Kaito Kuroba sent a card between his fingers. Koizumi Akako's reaction made him think that Fina was not a good person.

Whoosh! As Fina continued to approach, a card spun and flew out.

Then he was trapped in mid-air by Fina's defensive shield.

The cards then turned to powder and slowly dispersed under the friction of the magic.

Kaito Kuroba's eyes widened in disbelief. He had never seen anything like this before and couldn't understand it, but he was deeply shocked.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Fina said to Kaito Kuroba as if coaxing a child, then walked over to him and Akako Koizumi and squatted down. "Have you ever seen a bad guy doing bad things with a child by his side?"

Kaito Kuroba paused for a moment. What he said made sense, but in this magical world, anything could happen.

Fina placed her hand on Koizumi Akako's wrist, feeling the magic power rapidly draining from her body, and her fingers twitched slightly.

A temporary bridge was built between the two, with Fina replacing Koizumi Akako's magic with her own.

"Young lady, do the people in your family all have relatively short lifespans, and are they getting shorter and shorter in the last hundred years?" Fina asked, sensing the rate at which her magic power was being depleted.

After someone performed a magical compensation, Koizumi Akako's complexion was much rosier than before. She nodded, agreeing with Fina's assessment.

Her family members have all passed away one by one, and now she is the only priestess left.

“There are people in this world who are secretly drawing energy from it, and primitive magicians like you are the most vulnerable to being affected.”

While sensing the flow of magic, Fina explained, "Every time you use magic, the fluctuations on your bodies will be locked, and the speed of energy extraction will increase. Compared to the world itself, the energy defense in your bodies is too weak."

Fina is partly to blame for Koizumi Akako's current situation; when she used magic, she triggered the entire world's magic pool.

Fina herself had systematically studied magic since childhood, and her magical defense and control were very high. Since energy extraction could not drain her, she turned her attention to Koizumi Akako, who was more easily influenced. This is why she suddenly felt a large amount of magical energy being drained from her body.

"Who is it! Who is that person?!" Koizumi Akako, who had regained some strength, asked. Judging from her appearance, if they found the other person, he would definitely not have a good time.

"Still searching. All we know for now is that they're a black-clad organization." Fina's computer screen flashed rapidly. Their method of concealment was very ancient, and it was the same as the method used by Hydra, which had already been revealed. It wouldn't be difficult to crack.

"If you find it, please let me know first," Koizumi Akako said with unusual politeness.

"Tell me about it too," Kaito Kuroba chimed in. His father had also died under mysterious circumstances, possibly because of this organization.

Fina waited a moment, then looked up at the sky. "Found it, but someone has already gone ahead."

Inside the shuttle, Frank had all his equipment and the teleportation destination had been confirmed.

“The policy hasn’t been changed yet, let them take the first step. If they’re not confident, let me know immediately,” Vernon said to Frank before teleporting.

Frank gave a thumbs up, and his figure disappeared directly from the teleportation array.

Boom! A beam of light pierced straight through the ground at the teleportation point.

This teleportation is different from the previous ones; it comes with a certain amount of offensive capability.

The outer defenses were breached, and the base's defenses were immediately activated. Soldiers grabbed their weapons and rushed toward where the beam of light had fallen.

Just as they charged forward and fired tentative shots, silver bullets shot out directly from the still-burning beams of light.

Bang bang bang~ Blood flowers exploded, and Frank, wearing sunglasses and holding two guns, walked out.

With each step, several soldiers fell, and in no time the corpses almost filled the small passageway in front of them.

Bang! A bullet came from behind Frank.

Frank instinctively turned his head, but the field shield he was wearing popped out before he could react, deflecting the bullet.

In one of the shooting positions, Gin put down his sniper rifle and pulled out a vial from a drawer next to him.

"Big brother! What do we do?!" Vodka was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Gin ignored him completely and inserted the syringe directly into the artery in his neck. Then, with the veins bulging all over his body, the drug was completely injected into his body.

"Get out of here!" Gin yelled at Vodka, the man's words echoing in his mind: if this base were attacked, especially by an enemy with advanced technology, the invaders should be wiped out at all costs.

Vodka shrank to the side, feeling wronged. Having followed Gin for so long, he knew that if he didn't dodge, the bullet would pierce his head the next moment.

Outside the firing range, Frank rushed towards the scene, his two pistols never ceasing fire as he ran. With the help of sunglasses-like goggles, his silver bullets were able to kill the soldiers about to launch an attack before they even got there.

After finishing the injection, Gin took a few deep breaths, then raised his hand and pulled out a special gun from some hidden place.

This is an energy gun that was replicated using some of Hydra's technology. The energy is extracted directly from the energy extractor at the bottom of the base.

Frank, who was on a killing spree, suddenly had a sixth sense alert him. Without any warning, Frank flipped over and dodged to the side.

Just as he dodged, a thick beam of light shot through the middle, melting the walls on both sides.

What a waste…

This was Frank's first thought after he got away: the Clock Tower was relatively poor, and wasting storable energy like this was absolutely unacceptable.

Despite his complaints, Frank touched the pendant on his chest.

Holy Silver Twin Guns, activate!

A silver, metallic protective suit appeared on Frank's body. The suit was a full-body suit, including a helmet of the same design on his head.

[Arming successful...External aiming device connected...]

[Preset magic circle activated... Enemy locked on...]

This is Frank's full-power moment; the pendant on his chest is a custom-made magical artifact manufactured by Hextech.

Ruthless pursuit! Baptism of holy light!

The protective suit flashed, and Frank's figure rapidly changed direction frequently in this confined area.

During this process, Frank's dual pistols spewed out scorching holy light bullets, one after another, forming a line in the air.

With his muscles bulging and amplified by the drug, Gin's reaction speed increased once again. As the holy light bullet approached, the retro energy gun in his hand transformed, and energy sprayed from the muzzle and spread outwards, forming a semi-circular shield.

The holy light bullets struck the surface, creating concentric rings of patterns, but breaking through it wouldn't be something that could be done in a short time.

Chapter 144 Qin Jiu Ascends to Heaven (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Qinghe Yue)

As Frank stormed into the distillery and began his killing spree, Fina casually pulled the three people holding communicators onto the video channel.

Ai Haibara stared at the small screen in her hand, rubbing her eyes repeatedly.

Is this really the Gin she knows? The art style is off; apart from the head and face being the same, nothing else is similar!

How did a killer/assassin suddenly turn into a berserker?!

"Frank, do you need our help?" Fina's voice rang in Frank's ear.

"No need. This guy probably took some kind of drug; his body is collapsing on its own."

Frank dodged Gin's attack with his high-speed movement, his eyes sweeping over the inexplicably torn wounds.

"You guys need to take away his energy source right away. I feel it's such a waste. How long can this last us?"

"We're working on it, keep stalling."

Vernon, aboard the shuttle, responded that under his control, clusters of thriving thorns were breaking through the soil and buildings, advancing relentlessly towards the lower levels.

The tiny thorns on the thicket act like the tracks of a drilling rig, pushing the soil and broken steel behind the drilled tunnel and accelerating the drilling process.

The lowest layer was made of a very tough material, probably some kind of special material, and there were no gaps around it that one could drill into.

Vernon realized that he had no choice but to force his way in. If he triggered some mechanism or accidentally damaged the energy extractor during the forced entry, he could only blame his bad luck.

Then, the last layer of thorny vines began to wriggle, and dozens of yellow tubers emerged from the tips of the thorny vines.

The tuber's sap has extremely strong adhesive properties, and it stuck directly to the building's exterior with a "smack".

A few seconds later, these yellow tubers began to extend their roots into the surrounding soil, drawing nutrients from it.

In less than a minute, one by one, potatoes that looked like they had been cut in half were stuck tightly to the outer shell.

Once the potato mines have grown, the thorn vines quickly shrink back and curl up into a ball.

boom!!!