"Okay, let's try. I'll teach you some of the experiences we've summarized. However, these experiences are basically useless, because up to now, XX hasn't realized that we want to kill him. Hey, why are the words I said muted? Let me try again. Kudo Shinichi is XX. Tsk, it's really troublesome. Forget it. It doesn't make any difference anyway. Everything is fate..."
150. The only "normal person" in the first episode
As for the specific time point when this plot takes place and how many years it takes to complete the first round of Detective Conan, even Mo Yu finds it difficult to figure it out. In other words, there is no need to explore the long period of time filled with daily cases.
In this chaotic and ambiguous time, only certain special events can become the mark of history, distinguishing this day from other days that are repeated over and over again.
Mo Yu watched all this and didn't expect that although Mao Li Ran was the first one to fall completely crazy, the first one to notice the abnormality in the first round was not her, but Haibara Ai.
But Mo Yu thought about it and felt that this was normal. After all, Haibara Ai's character has orange attributes such as [rational, mature, intelligent, and quick-witted], which are relatively rare in the anime industry. Her wisdom and reasoning ability are also outstanding.
But, even if I noticed it, it doesn’t make any sense.
The only eternal protagonist on the eternal stage is fundamentally different from other characters from the very beginning.
After countless years of chaotic attempts, Haibara Ai collapsed, became numb, and then completely gave up, becoming a lazy girl who just lay there all day long.
This is quite normal. This aspect is part of Haibara Ai's original character. For example, in the original work, when Haibara Ai was being hunted down by the winery, she often thought about just dying.
But at this stage, although Haibara Ai collapsed and became numb, and chose to stay where she was, it was actually still a good thing for her, as she was still quite a long way from her own end.
You know, the remnants of the first round that Mo Yu dug out from Miyano Shiho in the second round were far worse and more terrifying nothingness than this.
The complete collapse of the mind and personality, the complete erasure of emotions and feelings, all of human existence has completely withered and turned into nothingness.
Mo Yu watched this "history" repeating itself, and saw Haibara Ai, who had mustered up a little more motivation but was too lazy to even change her pajamas, and Mouri Ran, who had fallen into madness step by step, walk out of Dr. Agasa's house.
Before he had taken a few steps, there was a loud bang and a corpse fell from the sky and was smashed to pieces.
"I encountered a corpse falling from a high altitude right when I went out. What a good start. Sister Lan, how about we make a bet and see how many corpses with different causes of death we can encounter today..."
Haibara Ai looked at the corpse and smiled softly.
He had seen similar corpses countless times and had become accustomed to them to the point of being numb. The only thing that made him feel a little fresh was perhaps guessing how many corpses he would encounter today, because there was still a sense of unknown.
But Haibara Ai also knew that after such a thing was repeated a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times or even more times, everything would be meaningless.
But that is something for the future.
Haibara Ai no longer thinks about the so-called "future".
Mao Lilan squatted down slightly, gently hugged Huihara Ai, and stretched out her hand to cover Huihara Ai's eyes: "Children should not look at corpses. It's very scary. It's easy to have nightmares at night..."
The only response to Mouri Ran was a slight sneer from Haibara Ai.
However, Haibara Ai didn't say much, because there was still some warmth in the concern that Mouri Ran showed for her.
Hearing Haibara Ai's sneer, Mao Li Ran didn't say much, but just lowered her eyes slightly.
In her memory, "not long" ago, when she and the people around her saw a corpse, they would still be terrified and scream.
But when did everyone become completely numb to the appearance of corpses?
Especially Ai, this cute, mature, sensitive and kind girl, when did she become what she is now, completely "broken"?
Mao Lilan couldn't remember clearly, she just reached out her hand and slowly stroked Huihara Ai's head, trying to convey her care to her as much as possible.
Perhaps it's because of the kindness in her heart that Mao Lilan always finds it difficult to just sit back and do nothing when faced with such a situation.
But her abilities are limited. She is just an ordinary high school girl. Apart from caring, there is not much she can do.
Huihara Ai also remained silent.
Ran Mouri's tenderness and care always remind Haibara Ai of her deceased sister.
And every time this happened, Haibara Ai couldn't help but think.
It’s so great that my sister died early...
But when will it be my turn?
At this time, members of the Beika Town Police Station also appeared.
Although Inspector Megure looks to be in his prime, his expression and eyes reveal a strong sense of old age and fatigue.
Inspector Megure has not yet been signed as a magical girl by Mo Yu, but in the first round information of characters such as Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai, there is one-sided information related to him, and his existence is also constructed in this round's dream world.
Inspector Megure was very tired, extremely tired. He could no longer remember how long he had been working overtime.
But there is no way. Whenever there is a murder in Beika Town, he has to show up. He must show up.
The situation of the police officers other than Inspector Megure was even worse. They did not speak, and did not even have any reaction worth mentioning. They just did their own things numbly and mechanically. Their human appearance gradually blurred and transformed into that of stickmen.
This attitude means that in the eyes of the first-round characters such as Haibara Ai and Mouri Ran, the other police officers are not much different from the walking dead. They can't even remember what these characters look like.
The other police officers followed the procedure and did their work numbly and mechanically, but Officer Megure just stood silently at the scene. He neither spoke to the first eyewitnesses, Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai, nor was he even interested in looking at the victim. He just waited, looking old and tired.
After a while, the sky in Beika Town suddenly darkened!
Everyone in the field, especially those characters who had not yet completely collapsed, subconsciously turned their heads to look into the distance.
The same thing happened to Mo Yu. Then he saw a huge and twisted darkness covering him from afar with the momentum to engulf everything.
In the center of the darkness, a short figure came jumping over!
"Hey, isn't this Xiaolan and Xiaoai? The weather is nice today. Are you finally out for a walk? Hey, Officer Megure, you're here too. Could it be that another case has happened?..."
The familiar child's voice carries a chilling sense of horror.
Its figure was blurry and distorted, just an abstract human-shaped silhouette. Endless darkness emanated from this abstract human-shaped silhouette, baring its fangs and waving its claws wantonly, spreading in all directions, dominating the entire world, manipulating all evil, and toying with all living beings.
"From the perspective of these characters in episode one, Conan has become a terrifying ancient god-level existence?"
Mo Yu felt a little amused and confused. Just like Inspector Megure, this Conan was not a real existence. He was just an existence constructed through the partial information of other characters in the first round. Conan's posture at this moment was essentially a reflection of other characters' impressions of him.
It is natural that the sound alone can make people feel terrified and scared. When Conan's voice sounds, either a case is about to happen or has already happened. Over time, the psychological shadow left on other characters becomes deeper and deeper.
And that would be fine. Conan's inhuman posture at this moment represents that none of the characters in the first week remember Conan's appearance and body shape anymore. The only impression they have of Conan is the darkness and terror that controls everything, dominates everything, and plays with everything!
After Conan appeared, no one spoke. Whether it was Haibara Ai, Mouri Ran, or Inspector Megure, they all looked at him with some weird eyes!
But Conan didn't care. After he entered, he kept wandering around the crime scene like a wound-up spring.
Suddenly, Officer Megure said, "Little boy, don't run around the crime scene and disturb the police from solving the case..."
Inspector Megure's eyes became increasingly tired and old. Faintly, he felt that he had said these words many, many, many times...
Inspector Megure feels more and more tired!
But there was nothing he could do even though he was tired. As a police officer, he had things he was supposed to do, for example, stopping the little brat Conan from running around the crime scene.
Inspector Megure reached out and grabbed Conan by the collar. If it were in the past, Inspector Megure would have tapped Conan on the head to teach him a lesson.
But for some reason, Inspector Megure felt that just a light knock with his fist would not be enough to make Conan remember his lesson, so he took out an iron brick from his arms, and then subconsciously showed a look of horror that shouldn't appear on an officer's face, and smashed it hard on Conan's head.
again and again.
Use all your strength and smash it down!
Keep smashing it down!!!
The blood splattered everywhere, including on Officer Megure's face and clothes. After letting go of his hand, Conan fell to the ground.
Perhaps it was because he had vented a little bit of the frustration from working overtime for years, Inspector Megure felt that he was in a better mood.
The next moment, Conan had already climbed up from the ground, touched his head, and said:
"Okay, Officer Megure, I understand..."
But despite what he said, Conan turned his head and continued wandering around the crime scene as usual.
Seeing Conan like this, Inspector Megure's blood pressure soared.
It seems that the iron brick still doesn't work. Next time, I should use another guy and educate him with more force.
It's better for such a troublesome little brat to die...
Yes, why hasn’t he died yet!
Why……
Don’t die!!!!!!!
Officer Megure's eyes were red and veins on his forehead suddenly exposed. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at Conan's back, emptying the magazine in one breath.
Conan didn't even turn his head, but "coincidentally" and "casually" took a few steps and avoided all the bullets shot by Inspector Megure. He just wandered around the crime scene as usual, and put all his concentration into solving the case. Conan didn't even realize that Inspector Megure had shot him many times.
Inspector Megure looked even older and more tired. He then looked around at his companions who had turned into stickmen. He sighed heavily, a hint of gloomy despair flashing across his eyes. Then he did nothing but stood there silently.
Haibara Ai and Mouri Ran watched all this. They said nothing and did nothing.
In this case, only Conan is active. The majestic darkness emanating from him turns into strange tentacles, spreading wantonly on every inch of the crime scene, capturing and hunting for all suspicious information.
This is not the actual process, but in everyone's impression, Conan at the crime scene is always like this, coldly and frantically conducting a carpet search and not letting go of any suspicious clues.
Finally, the strange darkness that turned into tentacles seemed to have discovered something, passed through everyone in the field, and wrapped around someone.
The dark tentacles suddenly revealed eyeballs one after another, staring at this person and examining him from all angles.
Again, this is not the actual process, it is just everyone's impression of "Conan Discovers a Suspect".
"Oh, this is really strange. There seems to be something wrong with you, big brother..."
A childish voice pretending to be childish was heard, and the suspect began to tremble at this moment, because those tentacles covered with eyeballs had wrapped around him at some point, and in an instant, the suspect was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, and even his bones were cracking.
This... should also be an "impression", Mo Yu thought uncertainly.
The next moment, the darkness on Conan spread and fell on Ran Mouri, turning into a wriggling mouth of darkness on her head!
The mouth of darkness squirmed, and the criminal's motives and methods of committing crimes, as well as his family background, his parents' information, his own life experience, and even the information that he currently suffered from a mild gastrointestinal disease, were all transformed into cold words and revealed bit by bit.
Detective Conan's mystery show begins, but in the impressions of other characters, it is weird and terrifying.
The criminal still wanted to quibble, but at that time, the dark tentacles suddenly grew fangs and bit the criminal's body fiercely. When blood spurted, the criminal burst into tears. He kept repenting, saying that the victim was so hateful that he really couldn't help but want to kill it. Then he confessed his crimes and regretted his actions.
Conan nodded in satisfaction, the dark tentacles loosened, and the criminal covered in wounds knelt on the ground. Finally, Officer Megure walked forward numbly, handcuffed and took away the criminal who was in tears and was glad that he was not dead. But the criminal did not notice that Officer Megure looked at him strangely, with a hint of pity in his eyes.
Although he has become extremely exhausted due to years of overtime work, some of the old police officer's insight is still there. Officer Megure vaguely realizes that in some recent cases, the victims are not necessarily innocent victims, and the murderer is not necessarily the real murderer.
But what is this, the victim deliberately committing madness and then using it to deceive the ignorant murderer and use it as a tool to commit suicide?
What is the significance of this truth that goes against common sense?
If you tell it to others, it will just make people laugh.
So, Inspector Megure said nothing, but just looked at the corpse of the murderer that was wrapped in a body bag and sent away with envy. Then, with the fatigue accumulated from endless overtime work, he escorted the prisoner away.
As for what fate awaits this repentant prisoner, no one knows.
Has anyone ever gotten out of Beikacho Prison after being imprisoned?
Really?
"Sister Xiaolan, and Xiaoai, we haven't seen each other for a long time. The weather is great today. Where are you planning to go? Let's go together!"
After the case was over, the blurry human silhouette shrouded in darkness smiled and invited Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai.
Haibara Ai wanted to shake her head to refuse, but she didn't know when, the dark tentacles had wrapped around her body, making her unable to move, and also blocked her mouth, so that she couldn't say no!
Mao Lilan lowered her eyes slightly, it was hard to describe what kind of scenery she saw. She just reached out and pushed away the dark tentacles that imprisoned Huihara Ai, then pulled Huihara Ai behind her, and then stood in front of Conan, smiling as always, a gentle smile:
"Okay, Conan, the weather is really nice today, let's go out for a walk together!"
Along the way, Conan was also laughing, laughing very happily, and chattering with Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai about his daily life, for example, what strange cases have occurred recently, and what suspicious things have happened somewhere. Of course, they would occasionally chat about some ordinary things in life, for example, the kitchen knife used by a certain criminal to kill people is quite good, and that brand feels worth buying; the rope used by the criminal to commit crimes is very strong, and it is also recommended to buy it.
Ran Mouri had an unchanging gentle smile on her face, while Ai Haibara had a dead fish look in her eyes. She didn't say anything, nor did she respond. She even just walked on her own and didn't even look at Conan. The whole time, Conan just talked to himself.
But these daily chats did not last long. Cases would always arise inadvertently and interrupt their conversations.
Corpses of people who died in various ways, such as stabbing, burning, drowning, and hanging, appeared before the eyes of Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai.
Then, the unchanged process continued. The tired Inspector Megure and other police officers worked overtime again. Then, they stood at the crime scene with numb and confused expressions, watching Conan's performance.
Again and again, again and again...
There is no beginning and no end, and there will never be an end!
I don’t know why, even though dozens of cases have passed, this “afternoon” of this day never ended, and the sun never set, as if it was fixed at dusk.
This wandering route filled with corpses and blood seemed to have no end. Conan was still enthusiastically solving the case while chatting with Mouri Ran and Haibara Ai.
After a long time, Huiyuan Ai lay in Mao Lilan's arms and whispered:
"Sister Lan, I regret coming out with you, I'm tired...!
Mao Lilan just smiled, as always, and whispered:
"Xiao Ai, if you are tired, I will carry you for a while and you can have a good rest. Don't worry, it's okay and you will be well soon..."
