Death Is a New Beginning

Fujino's expression remained unchanged, but he unconsciously tightened his grip on the limp hand.

He reached out and closed her eyelids, which had widened her pupils.

He stood up and lit a cigarette.

Despite having seen so many corpses, I've become numb to death.

But sometimes, the passing of life still evokes a particularly poignant sense of melancholy.

After pausing for a moment, Fujino slowly exhaled some lingering white mist. "However, death is not the end... but a new Qidian."

He stared at Akemi Miyano, who was lying on the ground, lifeless.

Fujino silently took out the Soul Lotus Seed from his Pocket Dimension.

"I don't know if this stuff will work."

Fujino brought the Soul Lotus Seed closer to Akemi Miyano and murmured something.

[A suitable target has been detected. Do you wish to absorb the target's soul into the Thousand Lotus Soul?]

The system notification sounded in my ear.

Fujino took a deep breath upon hearing this, "Absorb."

[Triggering the Thousand Lotus Soul skill effect for the host]

The system notification sounded again.

Suddenly, the Soul Lotus Seed in Fujino's hand emitted a dazzling light.

The light gradually left Fujino's hand.

It then floated directly in front of Akemi Miyano's body.

With flashes of light, a phantom-like figure, like a cosmic ghost, gradually floated out from Akemi Miyano's body.

In the light, the figure seemed to be... naked?

Fujino stared at the figure and awkwardly touched his nose.

He is a gentleman, how could he look at such things?

Of course, you should use your peripheral vision to see.

Although it was just a ray of light, the figure's arms were crossed in front of it, and the whole person was curled up, so most of it was not visible.

But there's a hazy feeling about it.

A moment later, the light shattered, and rays of radiance surged into the Soul Lotus Seed.

These lights gradually blossomed into a dazzling dawn, and those lights appeared exceptionally warm.

Fujino seemed to see glimpses of the scene in those fragments.

Just like when he first traveled through time.

Those images seem like fragments of memory.

Although the imagery was obscure, he still managed to glean some insight into it...

When the light penetrated the seed, the originally withered seed suddenly seemed to come back to life.

The original red color suddenly turned cyan.

"Is that all?"

Fujino caught the seed that floated down from mid-air and muttered to himself.

After putting away the seeds, he turned his gaze to Akemi Miyano's already cold body.

Akemi Miyano entrusted him with protecting Shiho Miyano, and in return, he took her soul as the price.

In a way, it was an equivalent exchange.

Although Akemi Miyano appeared to be dead at this point, her soul had been absorbed into the Soul Lotus Seed, allowing her to continue living on as a soul...

Even if Gin performs poorly, he is still officially designated as an A-rank fighter.

Vodka is at least a B grade.

Moreover, both of them had high-performance firearms.

If he were to risk his life, he might be able to save Akemi Miyano even while severely injured.

But what happens after that?

If Akemi Miyano doesn't die, the Alcohol Company will use her sister as leverage.

Given Akemi Miyano's personality, she would probably risk her life to walk into the trap again.

Then we'll be back to the big question of whether or not to save them.

Moreover, he and Akemi Miyano had only met briefly just now.

Is it worth risking your life for a stranger?

In this situation, this is the best course of action he can think of.

Pulling himself together, Fujino slowly walked towards Akemi Miyano's cold body.

After searching around for a while, I still couldn't find the safe key from the original story.

Upon seeing this, Fujino frowned.

He remembered that in the original story, Akemi Miyano's key was indeed taken away.

But that was just a fake key; she had hidden the real one...

Could it be that the Alcohol Company staff also discovered and took the key?

After a moment's thought, Fujino gave up on the idea of the key and immediately began collecting other items.

Akemi Miyano didn't bring much with her when she went out this time; apart from a wallet and a cell phone, she had nothing else.

"A flip phone?"

He pulled a cell phone out of his pocket and Fujino it in his hand with a surprised expression.

Akemi Miyano's phone is a pink flip phone.

Normally, there shouldn't be flip phones anymore...

He remembered that when he recorded a program with Yoko Okino and Yuko Ikezawa a while ago, those people were still using old-fashioned portable smartphones.

Now it's suddenly become a flip phone?

True Ke Studies.

After mentally complaining for a while, Fujino started looking through some of the chat logs.

The chat logs were very simple, basically just some daily interactions with a contact named "Shiho Miyano" from her address book.

Fujino could learn this from those everyday moments.

The two sisters didn't see each other very often.

When we meet, there will be people from the Alcohol Company guarding the area...

It seems that it's true that she only knew the Alcohol Company's signature color.

However, in the message he sent, Fujino noticed a particular piece of information.

Dai... if I could leave the organization, would you be willing to date me sincerely?

Akemi]

"Shuichi Akai?"

Fujino glanced at the contents of the text message and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

This text message was sent a day ago.

But no reply was received.

The Dai mentioned in the letter is none other than Dai Morohoshi.

That was the alias of Shuichi Akai, who infiltrated the Alcohol Company back then.

It can be said that Akemi Miyano's success today is inseparable from Shuichi Akai's support.

Five years ago, he was willing to abandon Jodie and use Akemi Miyano as a pawn in order to get in touch with the organization.

Two years ago, having made a name for himself within the organization, he began his plan to close in.

But they were exposed, and after being exposed, they not only ran away, but also left Akemi Miyano behind at the Alcohol Company.

To be honest, Fujino couldn't understand Shuichi Akai.

Perhaps from beginning to end, she was used as a pawn by Shuichi Akai.

All I can say is that Fujino, a lousy time traveler, will never understand what those spies are thinking.

Speaking of spies, isn't Shuichi Akai actually Akemi Miyano's older cousin?

Akemi Miyano's mother is Elena Miyano, Elena Miyano's older sister is Mary Akai, and Mary Akai's son is Shuichi Akai.

The entertainment industry is truly chaotic.

Sending him to Germany for further studies would be a waste of his talent.

With a long sigh of relief, Fujino put Akemi Miyano's phone into his Pocket Dimension.

After confirming that nothing else had been left behind, he put his cloak and mask back on, waved his sleeve, and disappeared into the white night under the setting sun as if he had never been there.

A dozen minutes later, Conan arrived late.

"Hateful!"

Conan casually tossed aside his skateboard, went to Akemi Miyano's cold body, and angrily slammed his fist on the concrete floor.

He only managed to calm down when he felt the excruciating pain coming from his hand.

He pulled a safe key out of his pocket and gripped it tightly.

He then took out his phone and dialed a number. "Could you please connect me to Inspector Megure of the First Investigation Division Inspector Megure?"