Maori Kogoro's daily life in the science harem

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In the stairwell, Huihara Ai seemed to feel a creepy chill. She instinctively looked back. Although she saw nothing, a warning that could not be ignored surged in her heart.

"We have to leave quickly."

She whispered to Conan, pulling his hand and running toward another passage.

"What's wrong?" Xiaolan asked nervously.

"No time to explain."

Huihara Ai said quickly, "Follow me and don't make any noise."

Although Xiaolan didn't understand what was going on, when she saw Haibara Ai's serious expression, she didn't ask any questions and followed closely with Sonoko.

Not long after the few people left, Gin appeared in the stairwell. He stood there and looked around, and his eyes finally fell on a faint mark on the ground.

"If they see us, they will run away...? Who else would they be besides you?"

Gin sneered and continued to follow.

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"He's chasing us!"

Huiyuan Ai almost gritted her teeth. She tried to keep herself calm, but her heartbeat was roaring in her ears like a drum.

"What?" Conan asked in a low voice.

"It's Gin! He found us!"

Huihara Ai bit her lip and looked towards the exit in front of her. "No matter what, we must get rid of him... Xiaolan and Sonoko must not be discovered by him!"

"But this is a hotel and the space is limited. He will catch up with us sooner or later..." Conan frowned as he ran.

Huiyuan Ai was silent for a moment, her eyes flashed: "Then we have to find a way to make him think that we are not here..."

Chapter 447 I Will Make You Regret

Although Xiaolan was puzzled by Conan and Huiyuan Ai's nervous attitude, she decided to trust them after seeing their serious expressions. She ran with Yuanzi, looking for a safe hiding place in the complicated corridors of the hotel.

"Yuanzi, hurry up and catch up!" Xiaolan turned back and urged anxiously.

"I know. I'm running too!" Yuanzi answered breathlessly, with a puzzled look on her face. "What's going on? Who are those people? Why are they chasing us?"

"I don't know either!" Xiaolan said through gritted teeth, "But Conan and Xiaoai said they are very dangerous, we can't let them find us!"

Although Sonoko was still confused, seeing the determination on Xiaolan's face, she stopped asking questions and just followed her.

The two finally found a temporary safe hiding place in a utility room of the hotel. Xiaolan checked the surroundings and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no obvious danger.

"Yuanzi, stay here for a while and don't make any noise. I'll go see if the door can be locked." Xiaolan said, picking up a wooden stick and pressing it against the door handle.

"Oh my God, Xiaolan, why did this happen to us?" Sonoko hugged her knees tightly, her voice trembling slightly.

Xiaolan was silent for a moment, patted her shoulder, and forced a smile: "Don't worry, Dad will take care of everything."

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At the same time, Conan and Haibara Ai decided to act separately to attract pursuers and buy more time for Xiaolan and Sonoko.

"Edogawa, remember, don't confront them head-on. Our goal is to lure them away." Huibara Ai whispered.

Conan nodded, a sharp look in his eyes: "Don't worry, I have a way. Their attention won't be on you for too long."

After saying that, Conan ran towards another passage without hesitation. He deliberately made some noise, kicked over the trash can with his feet, and deliberately flashed past the pursuers' sight, attracting the attention of most of them.

"There's movement over there!"

"Come on!"

Sure enough, many peripheral members of the Black Organization were attracted by Conan's actions and ran towards him. Conan flexibly shuttled between the corridors, using the complex layout of the hotel and his own intelligence to continuously increase the distance between him and the pursuers.

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Haibara Ai was alone, moving quickly towards the underground wine cellar. Gin's cold eyes kept appearing in her mind, and the undisguised murderous intent made her feel unprecedented pressure.

"Uncle Maori..." She silently said in her heart, "You must be safe."

Huiyuan Ai finally came to the underground wine cellar, where the air was filled with a strong aroma of wine, and all around were piled with various barrels and bottles. She found a secluded corner, hid behind a huge wine barrel, and tried to calm herself down.

"He won't find this place so soon... No..." She whispered to herself, clenched her fists, trying to suppress the fear in her heart.

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Meanwhile, Conan's plan went smoothly, and he successfully led most of the pursuers to the other side of the hotel. Vodka also joined the pursuit team, bringing several members of the Black Organization to search for Conan's traces.

"Damn little brat!" Vodka roared angrily, "Don't let him get away!"

Conan hid in a corner and adjusted his breathing quickly. He had successfully made most people leave the direction of Haibara Ai, and now his only worry was Gin - that man's intuition and sharpness were like a hound.

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Sure enough, Gin was not fooled by Conan's actions. He had only one target from the beginning to the end - Shirley.

He walked towards the direction where Huiyuan Ai was, with the gun in his hand hanging low, but ready to fire at any time. His footsteps echoed in the silent underground corridor, like a countdown to death.

"Shirley, do you think you can hide?" Gin murmured with a sneer, "Your brown hair betrays you. I can already smell your scent."

Huiyuan Ai held her breath and tried to curl herself up smaller. She knew that Gin was getting closer and closer to her.

Suddenly, Gin stopped and his eyes swept towards a corner of the wine cellar.

"There..." Gin sneered and raised his pistol.

Haibara Ai felt her heart almost stopped beating, her hands tightly grasped the ground beneath her, trying to find a way to escape.

Just then, a slight noise came from the other end of the wine cellar.

Gin frowned slightly, turned his head and walked towards the direction of the sound.

Haibara Ai breathed a sigh of relief and immediately seized the opportunity to quietly move her body, trying to find a more hidden position.

Gin walked to the place where the noise was coming from and found that it was just a mouse gnawing at the crumbs on the ground. He snorted coldly and turned around to walk deeper into the wine cellar.

Haibara Ai knew that she didn't have much time left to delay.

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Looking out from the small window of the cellar, heavy snow was silently covering the entire world, and cold and silence shrouded the exterior of the hotel.

Haibara Ai curled up in the shadows deep in the wine cellar. The vast expanse of white outside the window reminded her of the years she spent in the Black Organization.

At that time, everything about her was as cold and ruthless as the ice and snow, as if she would never see spring.

But today is different.

Haibara Ai touched her chest gently, and the shadow of Maori Kogoro flashed in her mind, the man who always used a cynical attitude to hide his soft heart, and always extended a helping hand when she needed it most.

She knew that this time, he would definitely come for her, but before that, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

"I am no longer the little guinea pig who only waits for death." She murmured, with a flash of determination in her eyes.

Ai Haibara began to look for a way out in the wine cellar.

She looked around, taking in the rows of barrels and the old walls.

Just in the corner, she found an old fireplace.

The fireplace was covered in dust and had obviously not been used for a long time.

She looked up and saw a faint light coming from the chimney outlet.

"If I can get out of here..." A glimmer of hope rose in Haibara Ai's heart.

However, problems also arise.

The chimney's passage was narrow and steep, and climbing up was almost impossible with her current size and strength.

She couldn't help but recall the time when Conan briefly recovered to be Kudo Shinichi because he accidentally drank a high concentration of alcohol.

"Alcohol may stimulate the reversal effect of APTX4869..."

She gritted her teeth and began to search the wine cellar for strong alcoholic beverages.

There are various kinds of wine bottles displayed in the wine cellar, and Haibara Ai carefully examines the labels one by one.

Although she didn't find the Lao Nian Bai Gan that Ke Wanan mentioned, she did find some strong liquor with an alcohol content of more than 6%.

She took the bottle in her hand, feeling a little hesitant.

"What if I fail? What if my body can't make it?"

Huihara Ai asked herself, her fingers tightly gripping the bottleneck until her knuckles turned white.

After a moment's hesitation, the shadow of Maori Kogoro and the faces of her sister reappeared in her eyes.

"I can't put them in danger."

She whispered, opening the bottle.

The cold liquid flowed into her throat, and the spicy alcohol burned her mouth and esophagus, even with a suffocating sting.

Haibara Ai gripped the edge of the table tightly and tried hard to swallow.

She felt her whole body gradually getting hot, her heartbeat began to speed up, and then a tearing pain erupted from every cell in her body.

"Uncle Maori...bless me!"

She muttered to herself in her heart, clenching her teeth to hold back the cry of pain.

The pain came so fast and so intense that Huiyuan Ai collapsed to the ground, her consciousness blurring. She felt her body burning, as if it was about to be completely destroyed.

It seemed like a long time had passed, but it also seemed like a moment. When she opened her eyes, she found that she had propped herself up from the ground.

She looked down and saw that her arms had become slender and her height had returned to that of an adult woman.

Haibara Ai touched her face in disbelief and confirmed a fact - she is now Miyano Shiho!

"Success!"

She murmured with joy, raising her hands and feeling the long-lost strength filling her body.

Miyano Shiho quickly found a large cloak and put it on to cover her changes, then walked towards the fireplace.

She grabbed the grooves on the inner wall of the chimney and climbed up.

After she turned back into an adult, her strength increased greatly, and climbing became much easier.

Climbing out of the chimney, Miyano Shiho took a deep breath of the cold air outside.

Snowflakes fluttered down her hair and shoulders, but she didn't feel the cold at all.

Looking down from a high place, not far outside the hotel, some men in black were searching around, obviously looking for her.

Without stopping for long, she quickly climbed down the edge of the chimney and hid in a shadow.

Miyano Shiho looked into the distance and said silently in her heart:

"Uncle Maori, I will definitely hold on and join you."

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On a snowy night, Gin and the Black Organization's elite men slowly shuttled through every corner of the hotel.

His eyes were cold, with murderous intent that could not be concealed.

Snowflakes fell on his shoulders, but were quickly frozen by the cold air around him, as if he was a ruthless ice sculpture.

Gin looked down at the communicator in his hand. Several scattered red dots appeared on the screen, representing the locations of the organization's members.

His voice was low and cold: "That rat really hasn't gotten far. Shirley, you can't escape."

Vodka's voice came from the headset, a little impatient: "Gin, brother! I just chased a little kid around half of the hotel, but the little kid suddenly disappeared!"

"waste."

Gin responded coldly and then turned off the communicator.

He raised his head and scanned every shadow and blind spot in the hall.

There was a slight echo from the floor beneath his feet as he walked slowly forward like a cheetah on the hunt, followed by two men in black.