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It’s Regel! !
"Oh, sir, have you come to the wrong place? We don't have any other children in our family..." Kudo Yukiko replied with a smile.
As soon as she finished saying this, she suddenly stopped as if she realized something, stood there in a daze, and looked back at Huibara Ai, whose face had already turned pale.
"Xiao Ai, it can't be..."
"You're not wrong, this is it."
The man also replied with a smile, and as he finished his words, the door handle that was supposed to be closed suddenly turned twice, and then was slowly pushed open.
Outside the door, there was a woman in a windbreaker. Before Kudo Yukiko could react to the male voice that had just talked to her, the woman in the windbreaker suddenly flashed forward and hit her on the back of the neck with a precise knife, knocking her down instantly.
"I recognized your voice through the door. Luckily I didn't take off my disguise on the way here. Otherwise, if you had seen me, I would have gotten into a lot of trouble again..."
Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who still maintained the disguise he had when he left Edo Street, complained as he helped the unconscious Kudo Yukiko to the ground. Then he stood up and looked at Haibara Ai and Dr. Agasa who were still standing stupidly behind the sofa.
"Long time no see, Agasa."
Putting a small black box on the floor of the room, Shirakawa Kiyoshi did not look at Haibara Ai. He glanced at the nervous Dr. Agasa, and at the same time walked to the sink next to the living room, turned on the faucet and washed his hands.
Only then did the two notice that there was a lot of blood on Bai Heqing's hands and clothes that had not yet completely coagulated.
"Don't worry too much. These were accidentally picked up when I was dealing with those people outside."
As if he had noticed the two people's gazes, Bai Heqing turned his back to them and explained while washing his hands:
"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I couldn't use a gun. I could only use weapons like daggers. Fortunately, the process went smoothly. I just accidentally got splashed with some blood, which was quite uncomfortable..."
"Who are you?" Dr. Agasa quickly pulled Haibara Ai behind him and looked at Shirakawa Kiyoshi very nervously.
Bai Heqing's smiling face with blood all over his hands shocked the elderly man greatly.
He wanted to ask Mary for help, but he found that the phone in his hand had no signal since he didn't know when.
【Could it be...】
He looked at the small black box that Bai Heqing had placed on the ground before, and as an inventor, he understood it instantly.
There should be some special powerful jammer in that box, which can even interfere with satellite phone communications.
"I just said it."
After drying his hands on the towel, Shirakawa Kiyoshi turned around and looked at Haibara Ai who was pulled behind him by Professor Agasa, and repeated it again with a smile.
"I'm here to take our child home. He's been away from home for such a long time. Even if he's a naughty kid, it's time for him to go home..."
However, Haibara Ai did not respond to him. She just stood behind Dr. Agasa, biting her lips and staring at him.
"You, you are Regal?"
Pulling Haibara Ai towards the door, Dr. Agasa asked tentatively.
He was also present when Mary and the others discussed the action plan, so he naturally knew that there was a person code-named Regel in the organization who had been looking for Haibara Ai.
"You know quite a lot. I suddenly want to kill you."
Bai Heqing walked towards the two of them, smiling and saying some terrifying words.
"no!"
Upon hearing this, Haibara Ai broke free from Dr. Agasa's hand, rushed forward and opened her hands to block him.
"Little sorrow!"
"Okay, okay, no."
Bai Heqing smiled and nodded, his tone as if he was coaxing a child.
He walked straight to Haibara Ai, then squatted down, looking at her at eye level.
"But the condition is, come back with me."
Chapter 519 That was the first time Miyano Shiho met Shirakawa Kiyoshi
That was the first time Miyano Shiho met Shirakawa Kiyoshi.
Ten years ago, Japan.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who had just returned to San Francisco from London, only rested for one night and then hurried to Japan the next day.
He was in such a hurry just to pick someone up from here as quickly as possible.
"I didn't expect you to accept the patriarch's proposal this time."
The sun shone in from the window. In the corridor where the sound of reading aloud could be heard, two figures were walking forward side by side.
One of the figures was wearing casual clothes and looked to be no more than thirty years old. He always had a gentle smile on his face. It was undoubtedly Bai Heqing.
The other figure was much shorter and fatter than him. He was wearing a well-fitting suit, a top hat, and a pair of monocles on his nose. His appearance was very similar to that of Vodka later on...
Or should we say it the other way around, it was the younger brother who followed Gin later and had a strong supporting actor vibe, and his appearance was extremely similar to this man.
He is Rum. Before Shirakawa Qing took over the European and American branches, Rum was the second in command in the organization, just below the boss, and ranked above Shirakawa Qing.
But to be fair, in Shirakawa Kiyoshi's opinion, Rum's abilities are not particularly outstanding.
He does not have the fighting ability to fight ten people at the same time, and his reasoning level is sometimes super-good and sometimes super-bad, and his performance is extremely unstable.
To be honest, his management ability is just so-so. In the past, his eyes could still play a very unique role, but in the past few years, as he grew older, Rum's unique ability of being a "human camera" seemed to be gradually degenerating. Now the only thing worth praising is probably his loyalty to his boss...
Then why is it that Rum, who is gradually becoming "ordinary", can still serve as the second-in-command in the organization?
Shirakawa Kiyoshi thought about it seriously, maybe it was because Rum was a hereditary member of the Karasuma family?
The so-called "fudaishu" is a special term in ancient Japan, referring specifically to those retainers who have served the same master for generations and have a solid feudal master-servant relationship.
As far as Shirakawa Qing knows, it seems that Rum's lineage has been "retainers" serving the Karasuma family for generations. Even the code name "Rum" was inherited by the current Rum from his father.
Compared to Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who is a "family member" but has only been a member for a short time and is therefore not fully trusted, a "retainer" like Rum, who may not be outstanding in ability but has a trust relationship built up over generations, may make the boss feel more at ease...
Of course, there was also a reason why Shirakawa Kiyoshi did it deliberately.
"Why do you say that?"
The footsteps of the two people kept echoing in the corridor. Listening to the sound of children reading in his ears, Bai Heqing asked with a smile.
His relaxed and comfortable look at the moment made it hard to tell that he had just been rushed to the hospital yesterday...
Thanks to Ajing's careful handling yesterday, at present, apart from the father and daughter, no third party knows Bai Heqing's true physical condition.
"Because you and Vermouth have been going on fewer and fewer missions lately, right?"
As if he had discovered some incredible truth, the corners of Rum's mouth slightly raised, and a smug smile appeared on his face, which looked very similar to the future Vodka.
"There have been rumors in the organization recently that the two of you are thinking about leaving the organization..."
This is what Shirakawa Qing did deliberately. Originally, he and Sharon did have this idea and had been working towards this goal.
That’s right, originally…
There was a hint of sadness in his eyes, and Bai Heqing lowered his eyelids.
Elena's child did have great promise, but she was too young after all, and he couldn't put all his chips on her alone.
Being in charge of the reconstruction plan of the European and American branches this time is indeed a rare opportunity for him to restart the original research...
Without noticing his abnormality, Rum continued to speak to himself:
"So when I heard that the head of the family wanted you to be in charge of the reconstruction plan of the European and American branches, I thought you would definitely find a way to refuse."
"Just kidding, I haven't thought about leaving the organization just like that." Bai Heqing lied.
"Will Vermouth go with you?" Rum continued to ask.
However, Baihe Qing suddenly fell silent.
"She wouldn't know about this yet, right?" Rum was stunned for a moment and looked at him in surprise.
I'll tell her later." Bai Heqing replied, his tone a little low.
He really hadn't told Sharon about these things yet, either the European and American division or his physical condition.
It goes without saying that if he told her about rebuilding the European and American branch now, given her personality, even if she didn't try to stop it, she would definitely get to the bottom of it.
Instead of doing this, he might as well wait until things are settled before telling her, although this would really be very unfair to her...
As for his current physical condition.
At that time, Bai Heqing hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to hide it from her.
Because he still had great hope at that time. Although the medical examination had announced the countdown of his life, Elena also told him the final solution in her notes.
As long as the research on the "Silver Bullet" can be completed successfully, all his problems will be solved.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi does not think this is an unattainable goal.
Just as he was able to find the Miyano couple in the first place, he believed that he could now find someone who could advance this research again.
If he's lucky, he might even only need three to five years to complete this research and save his body, which is already on the countdown.
[Before that, let’s keep this a secret from Sharon for now…]
Suddenly, he recalled Sharon's helpless and desperate expression in front of Keiko's bed twenty years ago. Not wanting her to show that expression again, Baihe Qing made this decision silently in his heart.
"I thought you two would always act together...Okay, no more talking, this is it."
Finally, the two people who were chatting stopped in front of a classroom.
This is an elementary school classroom with twenty or thirty young children sitting inside. The teacher at the podium holds a textbook and leads them to recite poems from the textbook repeatedly.
Among them, one girl stood out.
The girl seemed to be of mixed race, with brown curly hair, and a cold and somewhat lonely expression on her young face.
"That's her." Rum said beside Baihe Qing.
For some reason, the girl did not study with the other classmates, but just stared at the book on the desk.
"The little daughter of the Miyano couple, I don't need to explain her name, right?"
"of course."
Standing by the window, Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked at Miyano Shiho in the classroom with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
"It's not like I haven't seen this kid before."