Chapter 559 Conan’s life crisis
Metropolitan Police Department, Forensic Section.
Outside the laboratory, Subaru Okiya had already put on a clean white coat, gloves, shoe covers, hair cover, and mask, wrapping himself tightly like a fully armed warrior.
And he is indeed about to embark on a battlefield he has never set foot on before.
His new master, Teacher Lin Xinyi, was explaining the experimental precautions to him and his "senior sister" Mao Lilan:
"Actually, what you have to do is not difficult."
"Next, I will simply say a few words:"
"The pigs were killed three days ago. Now the pig carcasses have gone through the fresh, swollen, and decay stages. The eggs laid by flies on the carcasses have also hatched into larvae in batches."
"All you have to do is enter the experimental site regularly every day to take photos and records, and measure the temperature and humidity of the site."
"At the same time, attention was paid to using insect traps as much as possible to capture all insects that naturally appeared at the scene, poisoning them with ethyl acetate and drying them to prepare specimens, and initially produced a forensic insect map of the Tokyo area."
"Of course, in addition to the adults attracted to the corpses and appearing at the scene, at each corresponding observation time point, the fly maggot larvae hatched on the pig corpses must also be extracted, poisoned with xylene ethanol solution and their bodies stiff, and their lengths measured Then it was made into specimens and preserved.”
"This can help us get the law of how the growth length of fly maggots changes with the time of death."
"In addition, the indicators of the measurement data in this experiment include"
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Okiya Subaru remained silent.
As he rarely sits in an office, this is the first time he understands the power of this kind of leadership's "just a few words".
After relying on n (n ≥ 1) Ke IQ to easily grasp the experimental content Lin Xinyi said, and patiently waiting for the leader's long speech to end, Okiya Subaru decisively did not give Lin Xinyi another chance to speak, and promptly expressed his position:
"I understand everything, Mr. Lin."
"Let's start the experiment now."
"Okay." Lin Xinyi nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Mao Lilan and said, "Miss Mao Li, Mr. Subaru will be taken care of by you, the 'senior sister'."
"Although he is older than you and has higher education than you, this is his first time actually contacting forensic work, so his psychological quality may not be better than yours."
"If any problems arise during the experiment later, you have to encourage him more."
"Okay" Mao Lilan smiled reluctantly.
She is indeed a veteran in this industry.
But she was still afraid of bugs.
Not many fly maggots had hatched in the past few days. Although the rotten pork was disgusting, it was not a big problem for Miss Fortune, who was always surrounded by death.
And now.
Mao Lilan's scalp went numb just thinking about that scene.
Not to mention, now she is required to start extracting live fly maggots from pig carcasses to prepare specimens every day?
"I will try my best."
Mao Lilan tried hard to pretend to be strong in front of her new junior brother.
"Okay." Lin Xinyi nodded with satisfaction: "Then Miss Maori and Mr. Subaru, I'll leave this experiment to you."
He watched with pleasure as Mao Lilan and Okiya Subaru walked into the laboratory together, and then he was going to take advantage of the time he saved by completely dumping his work to his students to go back to the office and fish for a while.
But at this time, Conan the kid stopped him with concern:
"Lin, where did Okiya Subaru come from?"
"Why is he here?"
"Well, I just explained it in front of everyone. He is my new student." Lin Xinyi looked at Conan with a strange expression: "By the way, I have always wanted to ask, why are you here?"
When he saw that Conan was not in school today, but came to the Metropolitan Police Department with Mao Lilan, he felt bad.
Fortunately, members of the "professional team" such as Dr. A Li, Uncle Maori, and the Young Detective Corps did not show up, which made Lin Xinyi feel a little more at ease.
"You were bored during the holidays and came here to accompany Miss Maori to work?"
"No." Conan shook his head: "It was Xiao Lan who specially asked me to come."
"She said she was scared to do the experiment alone, so she wanted me to accompany her."
"but."
He hesitated to speak:
But Mao Lilan suddenly has a partner now.
And he is also a young, handsome and wealthy graduate student at Tokyo University.
"I always feel like this guy is a little weird."
"Oh?" Lin Xinyi's expression suddenly became serious: "What problem do you see?"
"Well" the detective blushed with rare shyness: "That's it"
"It's a gut feeling."
Speaking ill of people based solely on intuition can be regarded as a dark spot in his detective career.
But Conan now does have this ability to "understand people intuitively".
Just like Haihara Ai's "organizational radar".
It's just that Haibara Ai's radar is a black radar that specializes in detecting black organizations.
His radar is a green radar that can detect potential love rivals.
From Lin Shinichi to Asai Narumi to Hattori Heiji, this radar has exploded in his heart countless times.
Fortunately, those anxious days have finally passed.
Lin Xinyi and Hattori Heiji both have their own girlfriends, and Asai Narumi simply became Mao Lilan's best friend.
Conan's inner radar has not called the police for a long time.
But now, seeing Subaru Okiya who suddenly appeared, he felt a crisis for the first time in a long time:
Suddenly, a young and handsome medical graduate student from Dongda University fell from the sky.
Moreover, he became Xiaolan's younger brother, spending all day with her studying forensic subjects.
Damn it, why did so many outstanding men of the right age appear around Xiaolan one after another after he became smaller? !
Thinking of this, Conan felt very bad.
But now facing Lin Xinyi's questioning gaze, his reason quickly regained the upper hand:
"What the hell am I thinking about?"
"Xiaolan and that guy just met, what threat can he pose to me?"
Conan tried hard to calm down the turmoil in his heart.
And just then.
"ah--"
Suddenly there was a piercing scream in the laboratory.
Lin Xinyi and Conan are both familiar with that voice:
"Miss Mori?!"
"orchid?!"
Both of them were startled, and immediately ran into the laboratory following the sound.
As soon as the door was opened, they saw:
Okiya Subaru was gently stroking Mao Lilan's shoulder, as if he was about to reach out and gently hold her in his arms in the next second.
Conan: "???"
His head instinctively turned green, but he quickly reacted:
The truth was nothing like what he saw.
Because this is not a suitable place for romance at all.
I saw a rotting and smelly dead pig lying in the middle of the floor of the laboratory. The plastic sheet spread under the pig carcass was covered with sticky red and black corpse liquid that was difficult to distinguish.
Countless flies were flying around the house, and maggots were crawling on the carrion.
Even though the windows in the room were always open, the smell inside was so overwhelming that it made me want to cry.
Even Conan, a professional, couldn't handle this scene.
He didn't even have to act, his face looked just like a real elementary school student, and he turned the color of pig liver because of the scene in this room——
There was no way, and strangely enough, Conan had encountered so many corpses before, but he had never seen a rotten corpse covered with insects.
(Because cartoons can scare children)
So in front of this impactful scene, he can only be regarded as a newbie.
Since even Conan can't stand this scene
Which carbon-based organism can be ambiguous in such an environment?
"Xiaolan must have been frightened."
"Is that why Subaru Okiya supported her?"
Conan quickly understood the situation.
And that's exactly what happened.
Even with Okiya Subaru holding his shoulders, Mao Lilan's face was pale, her whole body was weak, and she seemed unable to even stand.
Seeing the appearance of Lin Xinyi and Conan, she struggled to stand up awkwardly, and explained in embarrassment and fear:
"Just now, when I went to take the fly maggot sample, my legs felt a little weak."
Mao Lilan glanced at the pig corpse next to her with lingering fear.
The wounds on the pig's head were smashed, as well as the eyes, nose, and mouth. There were some small white things slowly squirming.
Just seeing this scene is scary enough.
And just now, in order to show the sophistication of her "senior sister", she had to bite the bullet and get closer with tweezers, and pick out a living maggot from the wriggling mass of maggots.
As a result, the senior sister's legs failed to stand up and her legs became weak.
"Thankfully Mr. Okiya helped me, otherwise"
"Otherwise I will fall on the pig's head."
Mao Lilan finally couldn't help it and cried softly with tears in her eyes.
Although she almost fell on the pig's head, what she should really be afraid of was the bugs on the pig's head.
But it has to be said that few people can ignore the tears of "Miss Angel".
Subaru Okiya's originally business-like expression could not help but contain a trace of sincere concern.
Conan could no longer ignore the green radar alarm.
Even Lin Xinyi, who personally forced Mao Lilan here, felt a little embarrassed:
"Miss Maori, please come out and rest for a while."
"Yeah" Mao Lilan snorted pitifully.
She clutched her chest, which felt strongly nauseated, and walked toward the door in vain.
Conan subconsciously wanted to go up to him, but Subaru Okiya was already ahead of him and supported Miss Mori considerately:
"Miss Maori, let me caress you for a while."
"Thank you." Mao Lilan did not refuse.
She no longer had the energy to pay attention to Conan's little face that quietly turned green.
So, under Conan's increasingly resentful gaze, Mao Lilan slowly left the laboratory with the support of Okiya Subaru and found a place to sit outside.
"Huh!" Mao Lilan took off the mask and took a few breaths of fresh air, and her face turned slightly rosy.
After she regained her composure, she looked at Lin Xinyi with some embarrassment:
"Mr. Lin, I'm sorry."
"I let you down."
"It's okay." Lin Xinyi comforted him: "It's like this the first time. I'll get used to it if I touch live maggots a few more times."
Mao Lilan: "."
She struggled to smile back, then turned to Okiya Subaru with a shameful look:
"Mr. Okiya, I made you laugh."
"I originally wanted to show off in front of you, but in the end, I didn't perform as well as you, a newcomer."
"It's not even funny."
"I'm just not naturally afraid of bugs."
Okiya Subaru's tone was calm, but he replied softly:
"Actually, compared to me, Miss Maori, you are braver."
"Huh?" Mao Lilan waved her hand in embarrassment: "I was so scared, how can I be considered brave?"
"No." Okiya Subaru shook his head: "True bravery is not to do things that others dare not do."
“It’s about challenging things you don’t dare to do.”
"Miss Maori, you are obviously so afraid of bugs, but you are still able to face difficulties and challenge yourself for the sake of forensic research. This is a truly brave performance."
"Well" Mao Lilan blushed a little: "I, I'm not as powerful as you said."
Although her attitude was still modest, the smile on her lips could no longer be suppressed.
People like to hear good things.
So flattering people has become a science.
A beautiful girl like Mao Lilan, who is gentle and virtuous, academically accomplished, and talented in both civil and military matters, has actually long been immune to ordinary praise.
There were so many people praising her for being beautiful, smart, and virtuous that she was tired of hearing them.
But Okiya Subaru was different.
He doesn't praise people superficially, but digs out the deep shining points in his target.
This is just like reading comprehension, although the "deep meaning" analyzed by the question writer from the article may not even be known to the author himself.
But seeing someone study and analyze his article so seriously, the author will definitely feel happy.
That's what Miss Maori is like now.
After being evaluated by Okiya Subaru in such a serious manner, she unconsciously looked at him with a much more cordial look.
Conan next to "this" suddenly reacted: "This guy"
"You're just trying to get close to Xiaolan on purpose, right?!"
No wonder his green radar went off strongly.
Now think about it carefully:
It seems that from the first moment they met, this seemingly honest and serious "junior brother" has been using some clever words to please Xiaolan without leaving any trace.
They had only known each other for an hour or two.
The way Xiaolan looked at him was as friendly as looking at a good friend who had been dating for many years.
"Hiss" Conan gasped.
He knew that with his emotional intelligence, there was no way he could compete with such a master of human relations.
At this time, Subaru Okiya continued his offensive without showing any signs of it:
"Miss Mori, you are too modest."
“It wasn’t until I was a graduate student that I had the courage to put aside my age and pursue my ideals.”
"And Miss Maori, when you are still in high school, you are able to ignore worldly opinions and choose forensic medicine, a profession that was once despised by society."
"I think that's brave enough."
"As expected of being the child of the 'Invincible Queen' Fei Yingli - I think only a rare strong woman in the workplace like Fei Lawyer can cultivate a brave girl with independent thinking like you, Miss Maori."
Having Fei Yingli as her mother has been Mao Lilan's greatest pride since she was a child.
Okiya Subaru's words hinted that she was like her mother, and it could be said that he praised her deeply.
And the most important thing is that Subaru Okiya praised her for being "independent".
Mao Lilan was very good before, but her excellence was always overshadowed by the better men around her.
When everyone thinks of her, they only refer to her as "the girl next to the famous detective" and vaguely regard her as a vase.
Although this improved after she became a forensic apprentice, her name as a primary school student has always been shrouded in the dazzling fame of her teacher Lin Xinyi.
Everyone would say that this little girl is very powerful, and then add, "It seems that Manager Lin helped her a lot."
And now.
Finally someone was taking notice of her efforts and achievements as an individual, rather than being attached to the fame achieved by one man.
These words are secretly encouraging Mao Lilan:
She doesn't need people to support her, she is still a heroine.
In addition, Subaru Okiya has a special serious temperament. No matter how excessive praise comes from his mouth, it will not make people feel flattering and deliberate, but will only make people feel natural and pertinent.
"Mr. Okiya. Thank you."
Mao Lilan felt very happy after being praised.
The favorability level is also rising sharply.
"Xiaolan."
Conan's children were so excited to see it:
"Don't fall into this 'scumbag's' trap!"
Subaru Okiya is so good at pleasing girls - this alone is enough to make him a scumbag in Conan's eyes.
This guy is different from the previous “love rivals”:
Lin Shinichi, Asai Narumi, and Hattori Heiji, the average emotional intelligence of the three of them is barely more than 1 ke.
And none of them are really interested in Xiaolan.
But Subaru Okiya not only has a strength of at least 100 ke, but his intentions towards Xiaolan are also very obvious!
No, we can't stay silent like this anymore.
If he doesn't stand up and expose the ugly true face of this hypocrite, Xiaolan may fall into it unknowingly!
"Ah, lie, lie"
Conan couldn't help but resorted to a trick.
He started by filling the ears with a disturbing demonic sound to suppress the enemy's momentum, and then said with an innocent and ignorant face:
"Okiya giegie"
"Didn't you and Sister Xiaolan just meet?"
"How do you know that Aunt Fei is sister Xiaolan's mother?"
"Yes, yes." Mao Lilan responded naively: "Mr. Okiya, why do you know my mother?"
Why else?
This guy obviously came prepared!
He must have known about you from the news media, and he has already regarded you, the "beautiful forensic doctor", as his next prey.
Silly girl, wake up quickly
Don't be fooled by scumbags!
Conan growled secretly in pain.
Seeing Xiaolan foolishly being deceived into favor by such a master of love, he finally couldn't help but step forward and further reveal the other person's true face:
"Okiya giegie"
"You have been saying good things about Sister Xiaolan since the beginning, and you are so familiar with her family."
"Do you like sister Xiaolan?"
Conan pointed this out directly.
According to his superficial experience in the field of love, young people who fall in love should be very thin-skinned.
If he directly pointed out the other party's sinister intentions, Okiya Subaru might be embarrassed because his true intentions were exposed, and thus restrain himself in front of Xiaolan.
But what Conan didn't expect was that
"yes."
Okiya Subaru admitted calmly:
"I do 'like' Miss Mori."
Mao Lilan, Conan: "??!"
Even Lin Xinyi, who was watching the show, opened his eyes in surprise.
"I actually admitted it directly."
"You don't even blush?!"
Conan-san, who had to hold back a confession for ten years, was immediately defeated by Okiya Subaru's shamelessness.
Mao Lilan was even more shocked and incoherent.
"O-Mr. Okiya."
Her mind went blank for a moment, and her face turned pink with embarrassment.
But as the instigator, Okiya Subaru's expression was as calm as water.
He gently adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and explained unhurriedly:
"It's better to say 'admiration' than 'like'."
"After all, just like Mr. Lin, Miss Mao Lilan, you are also my idol on the path of forensic medicine."
"It was your story of starting a forensic path from scratch as an ordinary high school student that touched me. That gave me the courage to give up my career as a doctor and come here to pursue my true dream."
This explanation is somewhat less ambiguous.
But his unusual affection for Mao Lilan was still expressed openly.
Conan felt that he was deliberately approaching Mao Lilan.
and the fact is
Okiya Subaru was deliberately getting close to Maori Ran.
Because Mao Lilan is Lin Xinyi's closest disciple.
According to the intelligence collected by the FBI from the news media, Lin Xinyi spent almost more time traveling with Mao Lilan than he spent working at the Metropolitan Police Department.
His undercover mission this time was to monitor Lin Xinyi's movements at all times and wait for his next contact with the Japanese police.
So the question arises:
Lin Xin spent half of his time traveling with Mao Lilan.
If you want to monitor his movements at all times, you must not only become his neighbor and disciple, but also find an excuse to travel with him and Mao Lilan every time.
Otherwise, Lin Xinyi and Mao Lilan will go on vacation in the future, and Subaru Okiya will stay in Tokyo to work like Narumi Asai.
Then he is still spying on a ghost?
Doesn’t this turn into working for the Metropolitan Police in vain?
So Subaru Okiya knew in his heart that he had to find a way in a short period of time so that Lin Xinyi could take him with him when he went out to travel in the future.
Just having the title of "Lin Xinyi Fan" is not enough——
Lin Xinyi has obviously shown disgust with his excessive star-chasing behavior, and obviously will not allow him to further intrude into his private life and let him travel with him.
If he forced himself to follow the "tour group", it would probably be counterproductive and make the other party disgusted.
After all, Subaru Okiya is just an outsider.
If he wanted to stay with Lin Xinyi around the clock, he had to get closer to Lin Xinyi.
And Lin Xinyi's favor is not so easy to gain.
So Subaru Okiya thought of a curved way to save the country:
It’s hard to improve a man’s favorability.
Then use his strengths to win a woman's favor.
Anyway, Lin Xinyi would take Mao Lilan with him every time he went out, so he would start with Mao Lilan.
He just threw off his "admiring Miss Maori" persona, and then became Mao Lilan's good friend in a short period of time - in this way, he would have an excuse to follow Mao Lilan and Lin Xinyi wherever they went in the future.
Of course, Subaru Okiya never thought about conquering Mourilan to a level that goes beyond friendship like he used Miyano Akemi before.
It's enough to win the other person's favor as quickly as possible and become good friends.
"Miss Mori."
Okiya Subaru's tone remained calm.
But it always makes people feel a touch of warmth:
"Don't be nervous."
"My admiration for you is just my admiration for your 'idol'."
He expressed his thoughts very sincerely.
However, Subaru Okiya forgot how high his charm value was.
How high?
Just think about Miss Judy who has been looking at his cold and paralyzed face for two years and still never abandons him.
Facial paralysis is so damaging to girls.
Not to mention he looks like a sincere and warm man now.
The charm that is enough to capture the girl's heart unknowingly, coupled with PUA's master-level speaking skills, plus the word "admiration" that makes people imagine.
With one consecutive attack, most girls would probably faint immediately.
Fortunately, Mao Lilan is not an ordinary girl.
The relationship between her and Conan is so indestructible that even an excavator can't dig it.
But even so, Mao Lilan couldn't help but blush a little in the face of Okiya Subaru's offensive of affection, whether intentional or unintentional.
"No, Mr. Okiya."
"I got you."
"But we'd better be careful in the future and don't say such misleading words again."
Although Mao Lilan still clearly expressed his attitude and drew a clear line.
But the goodwill in her tone remained intact.
"It's over." Conan's heart suddenly sank:
He encountered the biggest crisis in his life.