NABC Page 140
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Thank you very much, Mr. Jiangcheng…
"No, Professor Hirota, that's not what I meant. You should thank him for not bringing Conan."
If he had brought Conan today, no matter how early they arrived, you would definitely be a corpse by now.
You know, when I was in Saitama Prefecture, with Conan around, there were two or three cases every day, it was really weird.
The number of murders that Saitama Prefecture has accumulated over decades doesn't even compare to the number that occurred in those few days.
"Since Conan didn't come this time, what could have been a murder case is now just an attempted murder. We should thank Conan for not being here."
Yokomizo Sango's statement was confirmed by Jiang Chengbei. In the original series, Professor Hirota died as soon as Conan arrived. Now that Conan hasn't come, no one has died here, so Yokomizo Sango's statement is completely correct.
Moreover, the White Dove base of the brewery was severely damaged yesterday. Gin and Chianti Korn were both seriously injured. The only one still alive and kicking was Vodka. Jiang Chengbei could understand why he didn't receive a probing call from Vodka today. After all, Conan wasn't around, so what would Vodka be doing on the phone?
Since Hirota Masami was not dead, after the police took the computer disk containing Shirakura Yo's photo in women's clothing, Jiang Chengbei and his team also obtained the disk containing information about Drug A.
On the way back to Tokyo with the disk, Ai Haibara looked troubled, her brow furrowed.
"Xiao Zhibao, you've got the disk now. What's wrong? Is something bothering you?"
If you're worried about not being able to recover, don't be anxious. If others can develop an antidote, you're a genius girl, I believe you can definitely do it.
Furthermore, you've obtained information on drug A and learned about what Xiao Bei said about drinking strong liquor after catching a cold causing enlargement. I believe you can definitely develop an antidote very quickly.
After listening to her sister's words of comfort, Ai Haibara sighed softly:
"The disk contains the Dark Night Duke computer virus. If you open it on other non-brewery computers, the data on the disk will be automatically deleted, and the IP address will be automatically sent to the brewery."
Therefore, we cannot retrieve the data from this disk for the time being.
After hearing Ai Haibara's explanation, Jiang Chengbei finally realized that Ai Haibara in the original series may have deliberately destroyed the documents.
"If you can't get the data, you can't get the data. Anyway, you don't have the money to buy experimental equipment or research drug A."
I've heard that scientific research is very expensive, especially in biology and pharmaceuticals; otherwise, newly developed drugs wouldn't be so pricey.
Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, the Miyano sisters immediately started worrying about money again. Jiang Chengbei was right; even if they got the information on drug A from the disk, they didn't have the money to do research.
After driving for several more hours, when Jiang Chengbei and the others returned home exhausted, they found Conan, wrapped in a blanket and with a runny nose, sitting anxiously on the sofa in the living room on the second floor.
Upon seeing Jiang Chengbei and the others return, Conan immediately asked anxiously, "Jiang Cheng, you're back? Do you have any news about Gin and the others?"
Before Jiang Chengbei could even speak, Ai Haibara, who was behind him, noticed that Conan had a cold. She immediately tugged at Jiang Chengbei's trouser leg excitedly and whispered, "Do you have any baijiu?"
After Jiang Chengbei pointed out the direction, Ai Haibara immediately took off running to get the baijiu.
Seeing that there was another child in the house, Conan was not surprised. After all, Jiang Chengbei's previous behavior showed that he liked to interact with children, such as the Teitan Three Idiots.
Although it wasn't surprising that Jiang Chengbei brought a little girl back, Conan still asked, "Jiang Cheng, who is this little girl?"
"Ai Haibara, my sister-in-law, will be living here from now on. You should listen to her and not upset her."
"How annoying..." Mingmei rolled her eyes at Jiang Chengbei shyly after hearing his arrogant words.
"Sister-in-law? My wife Mari is back?"
After hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Conan sniffled, then stood up excitedly. With his head still heavy with sleep, he strained to look behind Jiang Chengbei and the others.
"No, where is Sister Zhenli?"
Upon discovering that Azuma Mari was not there, Conan sighed in disappointment:
"Why isn't Sister Zhenli back yet? If she doesn't come back, who else can keep Jiang Cheng, this playboy, in check?"
"Sister Zhenli? Playboy?"
After listening to Conan's nagging, Akemi's face immediately darkened, and she reached out her slender hand to touch Jiang Chengbei's waist: "Who is Azuma Mari?"
"My ex, she's dumped me, we have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Rimi, don't get so agitated. Don't tell me you don't have an ex. I've completely cut ties with my ex. You're the only one I love now!
Rimi, you are the one in my heart... Awooo..."
Just as Jiang Chengbei was about to express his feelings with sweet words, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his foot and let out a scream.
Looking down, he saw Ai Haibara's arrogant and sullen face, as well as her little foot that had just stomped on him and then pulled back.
"Bah, scumbag!"
After trampling through Jiangcheng North, Ai Haibara ran up to Conan with a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) in her arms and commanded, "Hey, Detective, drink this!"
"..."
Conan looked at the large bottle of wine being shoved into his hand, his eyes filled with confusion.
Because Jiang Chengbei hadn't told him that the potion Jiang Chengbei gave him was supposed to be a strong liquor, he only tasted alcohol and never thought it was actually alcohol. At most, he just assumed that alcohol had been added to the antidote.
"Conan, if my sister-in-law tells you to drink it, just drink it obediently, don't be stubborn."
Under the blinding influence of Jiang Chengbei's own blatant misrepresentation and distorted perception, Conan, whose head was spinning, picked up the bottle and chugged it down after everyone urged him to drink.
In the original drama, he could even down an unknown liquid given to him by a stranger like Hattori Heiji. Now that Jiang Chengbei Miyano Akemi and other acquaintances are giving him alcohol, what's there to hesitate about? Just listen to them and drink it.
After downing a bottle of strong liquor, Conan, who had a cold and fever, immediately started to stagger, gave a silly laugh, and then collapsed to the ground.
Ai watched Conan quietly for a while, constantly checking his temperature and blood pressure, and even having blood drawn several times, but she never saw Conan grow bigger.
"Jiang Cheng, didn't you say that drinking baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) after catching a cold would make Conan bigger? It's been so long, why hasn't Conan gotten bigger yet?"
"Ai, if you need my help, call me brother-in-law."
Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Ai Haibara rolled her eyes, then called out "Sister" and looked at Akemi Miyano with pleading eyes.
Upon receiving her sister's plea for help, Miyano Akemi gave Jiang Chengbei a shove, telling him not to bully her sister.
At the insistence of the Miyano sisters, Jiang Chengbei had no choice but to surrender:
"Drinking strong liquor after catching a cold only works the first time. Conan has already grown up once, so his body has developed resistance. Now, drinking strong liquor won't work no matter how much you drink."
"Jiang Chengbei!" Xiao Ai was furious after hearing Jiang Chengbei's explanation: "Jiang Chengbei, it's no use knowing, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I had no idea you brought Conan and Lao Bai Gan for this reason. I just thought you didn't like Conan and were making him drink a bottle as punishment."
Looking at Jiang Chengbei's innocent expression, Ai Haibara was almost furious: How could she joke about something as dangerous as letting a child drink alcohol? Jiang Chengbei is such an irresponsible person.
Seeing the Miyano sisters looking at him speechlessly, Jiang Chengbei took out a pill from his pocket and threw it to Ai Haibara.
Haibara took a look and immediately hesitated before saying, "ATPX4869?"
"look by youself."
"I made this medicine, that's for sure, I couldn't be wrong. Where did you get it?"
"Stealed."
Last night, Jiang Chengbei went to the Baijiu Pharmaceutical Building and blew open the safe inside. He got a large bottle of medicine. The bottle was labeled as cold medicine, but he didn't believe that cold medicine would be kept in a safe. So now he took out one of the pills and asked Ai Haibara to identify it.
Now that he has learned from the manufacturer of Drug A that this is Drug A, Jiang Chengbei has finally figured out what it is.
"That's great! With Drug A, my chances of developing an antidote are much higher."
There's only one, which is a bit few. Jiangcheng, do you have any more?
Faced with this rude little girl who acted like an adult, Jiang Chengbei simply shook his head and had no intention of taking out any other A drugs.
"That's all? Oh, only one left, that's a bit few. We'll have to use it sparingly during our research..."
"Forget it, I can't retrieve the data from the disk, and I don't have a lab or any experimental equipment, so it seems like researching an antidote is out of the question."
"Xiao Ai, how much does it cost to buy experimental equipment and build a laboratory?"
If it's just a few hundred million, I can come up with that. But if it's more than that, I don't have that much cash, I'd have to rob a bank.
Although there are over 10 billion in the system store, Jiang Chengbei would never spend it recklessly, as it is reserved for buying things in the system store.
The hundreds of millions he mentioned were money in his bank account. This money couldn't be put into the system, so he didn't feel bad about spending it.
"Hundreds of millions? In US dollars? If it's in US dollars, it's barely enough. If it's in Japanese yen, then I'm sorry, it won't even be enough to buy reagents, let alone experimental equipment."
"Since you think the money is too little, then I have no other choice but to rob a bank."
“Abei, we finally broke away from the organization, and we don’t want to do anything illegal or criminal anymore.”
"Hey, don't rob banks anymore."
When Jiang Chengbei mentioned robbing a bank, Haibara might think he was just joking, but Miyano Akemi knew that Jiang Chengbei really wanted to rob a bank, so she quickly came out to stop him, hoping that he would give up the idea.
"Okay, Xiaomei, I'll listen to you. If you say I can't rob a bank, then I won't. But if you change your mind later, or if you're short of money and want to rob a bank, be sure to call me. I'll definitely help you rob a bank then."
After overhearing Jiang Chengbei and Miyano Akemi's conversation, Haibara Ai finally realized that they might not be joking:
"Sis, is this guy really planning to rob a bank, or is he joking with me?"
Seeing Ai Haibara's surprised face, Jiang Chengbei reached out and patted her big head:
"Of course I'm not joking, your sister was the one who led the bank robbery."
She initially stole 10 billion, but unfortunately, her two accomplices were unreliable. Due to their infighting, the 10 billion was eventually recovered by the police.
However, in order to complete Gin's mission and fulfill the deal that the distillery would release you sisters from the organization if you handed over 10 billion, we still robbed the bank of more than 60 billion.
As a result, after we handed over the more than 60 billion to Gin, Gin still turned his back on us. Not only did he refuse to let us leave, but he also planned to kill your sister.
Let's leave that aside. Anyway, having successfully robbed two banks, I think we'll have no problem robbing a bank next time.
"Xiaomei, if you want to build a lab for Xiao Ai, I'll cover the cost. I'll even rob a bank for you."
"No need! I don't want you to rob a bank to build me a lab."
Seeing Jiang Chengbei's moral standards so low they were practically in the basement, Ai Haibara snorted and left, going back to her room to pack her things.
With her sister gone and Conan still asleep, and now that there was no one else around, Miyano Akemi looked Jiang Chengbei up and down strangely, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Xiaomei, what's wrong?"
"Abei... I don't think you have any resistance to robbing a bank. Are you police officers that open-minded?"
"I'm an undercover police officer. Not to mention something as trivial as robbing a bank, we often commit murder and arson when necessary."
Xiaomei, let me tell you, I'm actually doing alright.
Your old classmate, Tooru Amuro, also known as Rei Furuya, from Team Zero, has repeatedly organized his subordinates to hunt down FBI agents and CIA investigators in order to settle personal scores.
Upon seeing them, he immediately drew his gun, without uttering a single word, killing indiscriminately; he was ruthless.
"Huh? He doesn't abide by the law either?" Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Miyano Akemi was shocked, her face showing disbelief.