Chapter 240

When Li Yue offered to take her home, Haibara Ai readily agreed. It was still raining outside, and although her fever had subsided slightly, she was still quite weak. Going out alone would be troublesome, so she figured she might as well go back with him.

"But I don't have a car. Luckily, my friend does. Please wait a moment, and I'll have my friend drive over to pick us up."

"No problem."

Haibara Ai leaned against the bed and gestured to Li Yue with her eyes that she could go out and call her friend.

Li Yue smiled and got up to leave the ward, but he returned a short while later.

"I've already called my friend. He's not far from here and will be here in a few minutes. We can go to the lobby and wait for him."

"Good."

With Li Yue's help, Haibara Ai got out of bed. Since she didn't have any suitable clothes, she simply wore a hospital gown. She had no choice; she had been wearing adult clothes, and she couldn't go back to them. Besides, she was already wearing a hospital gown when she woke up, and she had no idea where her other clothes had gone.

I followed Li Yue through the discharge procedures and then waited on the first floor of the hospital. After a short while, Li Yue stood up.

"Let's go, he's here."

Holding Haibara Ai's small hand, Li Yue walked towards the gate. Haibara Ai did not refuse and was pulled out of the hospital by Li Yue. Then she froze on the spot, her face full of terror.

Because what was parked in front of her was Porsche 365a that she knew all too well, and the person in the driver's seat was Gin, whom she knew very well!

Under Haibara Ai's horrified gaze, Li Yue pointed to Gin in the driver's seat and introduced him with a smile.

"Ai, this is my friend. I don't know his name, but you can call him Gin!"

436. The Unscientific Conan World

They fell for the trap after all!

Haibara Ai's heart, which had finally started beating again, died once more.

He thinks wearing black clothes is cool, his dog is Sherry, and he adopted an orphan. This guy is actually a member of the Black Organization. Gin is the most direct evidence!

Haibara Ai's face was filled with despair. She had been tricked by this guy after all. Just as she had expected, this guy gave her hope first, and then when she walked out of the hospital full of expectations, he gave her the heaviest despair!

Looking at the Porsche 365a in front of her and Gin getting out of the car, Haibara Ai seemed to turn ashen.

What's going on?

Gin got out of the car and looked at Li Yue, who was all smiles, and Haibara Ai, who looked ashen-faced, and was very confused. He had seen Li Yue ask him to come to the hospital in the Chat Group and came immediately, but Li Yue did not say why he needed to come. When he arrived, he saw Li Yue with a little girl.

"Mr. Li Yue, is this... a little girl?"

Looking at the grayed -Haibara Ai, Gin was very puzzled. What did Li Yue mean by this? Li Yue still had a smile on her face.

"I found him on the street not long ago. He's an orphan, and I was just about to send him to a relative's house."

"Orphan?"

Gin glanced at Haibara Ai again, then looked at Li Yue.

"You still have this kind of interest?"

Chat Group that spans the globe, and the Group Leader is the boss of the organization, yet he just randomly picks up orphans on the streets of Tokyo? What a strange hobby.

"What do you mean by having such interest? I just happened to run into her, so I brought her to the hospital. But I realized that my good intentions had backfired. She collapsed in front of her relative's house. I didn't know whose house she was, so I just brought her to the hospital. Now I'm about to take her back to her doorstep, so I asked you to come and help me take her there."

Upon hearing Li Yue's explanation of his purpose in seeking him out, Gin frowned with a hint of helplessness.

"Sir, you could have just called a taxi. There's no need to call me. Something's happened in my organization right now, and I'm actually busy with that."

Miyano Shiho suddenly disappeared, leaving only a white lab coat in the entire research lab. Nothing else could be found. To Gin, Miyano Shiho had run away. As for her death, he absolutely refused to believe it, because he hadn't seen Miyano Shiho's body. He would never believe Miyano Shiho was dead until he saw her body.

He was currently searching all over Tokyo for someone when Li Yue called him in a Chat Group. He thought it was something very important, like figuring out the time discrepancy or the Bleach Reaper, but it turned out she wanted him to help deliver someone!

Dude, couldn't you just call a taxi for something like this? Why did you have to come to me?!

"I just happened to say you were nearby, so I asked you to come over. I didn't know you were busy."

Li Yue raised her hand and placed it on the roof of the car.

"Tell me, what are you busy with? Maybe I can help you."

Upon hearing Li Yue's words, Gin's eyes lit up. That's right, he couldn't find the person himself, but he could ask Li Yue for help. After all, he was just an ordinary person, a somewhat capable assassin, but Li Yue was different. Li Yue was not an ordinary person. If he could help find the person, then maybe they could!

The helplessness on Gin's face disappeared at a visible speed, and he regained his previous confident smile.

"That's right. One of my researchers ran away from the research institute, and I'm currently tracking him down."

As Gin spoke, Ai Haibara, who was standing next to him in a grayish- Haibara Ai, came back to her senses. She lowered her head, recalling the conversation between Gin and Li Yue, and then opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

The thing Gin was talking about was himself, of course. He had run away from the research institute, so Gin was looking for him.

Considering Gin's attitude towards Li Yue, could it be that Li Yue really isn't a member of the organization?

It's important to know that Haibara Ai clearly heard Gin address Li Yue as "Mr. Li Yue," and with such a respectful title.

Within the organization, only the top leader can be addressed with such respect by Gin. Even Rum, the second-in-command, is not qualified to be addressed as "you" by Gin.

Unless Li Yue is the mastermind behind the organization, Gin would never treat the people in the organization so politely.

However, Gin, the leader of the organization, never addresses her as "Mr." but directly calls her "BOSS," so Li Yue is not the leader of the organization.

There is only one answer: Li Yue is not a member of the organization, but he knows Gin, so much so that Gin has to respect him and can even make him come to the hospital to pick him up with just a word.

Haibara Ai regained her composure and looked Li Yue up and down with a scrutinizing gaze. She hadn't expected that this person in front of her would have such an identity.

Even now, Gin is still asking him to help find him?

Wait a minute, if she helps Gin find me, then I'm right next to him, aren't I? If she finds me, I'm doomed, aren't I?

However, now she is even more eager to know how this person found her.

Do you have anything from her?

Under Haibara Ai's gaze, Li Yue asked Gin a question.

"She was wearing a white lab coat."

Gin took out the white lab coat that Haibara Ai had worn at the research institute from the trunk of the car. Haibara Ai looked at Gin with some horror. This time, it wasn't fear, but rather a feeling that this person was disgusting. He actually carried her white lab coat in the car all the time? Could it be that this kid Gin has a fetish for objects?

Under Haibara Ai's gaze, Gin handed the white coat to Li Yue, Li Yue accepted it without ceremony and then made a loose grasping motion with his right hand towards it.

Green dots of light appeared, and a beam of light shone from the white coat, transforming into a green ribbon that drifted into the distance from the sky.

What is this?

Haibara Ai stared wide-eyed, and couldn't help but ask aloud.

"This is a tracking method that can trace the owner of an item through its contents."

Li Yue cooperated by providing an explanation.

"Very good!"

Gin laughed happily.

"Next, just follow this band of light and you'll find its owner."

"Get in the car!"

Li Yue pointed to the Porsche next to them, Gin immediately sat back in the driver's seat, ready to give chase. Li Yue also pulled Haibara Ai to sit in the passenger seat, letting Ai sit on his lap.

Ai was still in shock at the unbelievable situation when Li Yue pulled her into the car and sat her on his lap. She didn't react for a moment until the car door closed, and then she realized that she was sitting on a man's lap!

But the car door had already closed, and she could no longer leave. She could only endure it for now, while her gaze fell on the green light strip in Li Yue's hand, lost in thought.

Wasn't it said that this thing would find its owner? But the owner is right here. So why is the light pointing into the distance?

437. Haibara Ai Bleach!

"Disappeared?"

"That's right, it's gone."

In a parking lot in Tokyo, Gin's Porsche 365a was parked, and he was sitting in the driver's seat, staring blankly at the white coat in Li Yue's hand.

Just now, the green ribbon that Li Yue had been maintaining suddenly disappeared here.

Does disappearance mean the other person is here?

Gin didn't know what Li Yue's ability was, and he didn't understand superpowers very well either, so he could only ask. If the disappearance of the ribbon meant that Miyano Shiho was here, then he would immediately take his gun and go down to arrest her.

However, Li Yue shook her head.

"No, disappearance means that my tracking spell has failed, and someone is interfering with my spell."

"Is someone interfering with your spell?"

"That's right, someone is interfering with my spell."

Li Yue held the expressionless Haibara Ai, her expression grave.

"Moreover, there is only one possibility that can interfere with my technique, and that is someone of the same or even higher level than me. In the world at present, the only person I know who can surpass me is Captain Aizen. But Captain Aizen obviously wouldn't interfere with my technique. So, there is only one other possibility."

"That Bleach!"

"Bleach!"

Gin's expression also turned serious. The existence of a Bleach in this world made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, never knowing when he would die because of the Bleach Reaper. This feeling made him very uncomfortable, but he was helpless because he was just an ordinary person, while the other party was Bleach who could easily control the time of the entire world! This was something he simply could not fight against. After all, all he had was a gun. Did he expect to kill the Bleach with just a gun?

What is Bleach?

Haibara Ai couldn't help but ask, even ignoring Gin, who usually made her tremble, because she was just too curious. The green light before, the green ribbon later, and now the Bleach they were talking about—what was all this about? It felt like the world had changed since she came out.

Gin was actually being subservient to a young man outside the organization, and this young man had a strange ability. Ever since she got into the car and couldn't move, she had been staring at Li Yue's hands. She was certain that there were no instruments in those hands, so the green light appeared out of thin air. This was not scientific!

"Can you tell her?"

Faced with Haibara Ai's question, Gin looked at Li Yue with some curiosity. This orphan should be an ordinary little girl in Tokyo, and like Vodka, she might not even know that she lives in a world controlled by the Bleach. If he told her the truth about this world, would she be able to understand?

"It's okay, you can tell her that she's just a little kid, what could she possibly understand? She might forget it by tomorrow."

Li Yue looked completely indifferent, then lowered her head to explain to Haibara Ai.

"Ai, you may not know this, but the world you live in is controlled by the Bleach. He is a special being who brings death wherever he goes, and everyone he encounters will face death because of his arrival."

"What!?"

Haibara Ai feels that her years of scientific study are being challenged, with even something like the Bleach appearing.

"Not only that, he also manipulates time. The time of this world is completely chaotic under his control. All time must operate according to his will. Today is Monday, but tomorrow will be Sunday. Today is summer, but tomorrow will be winter. What date it becomes and what weather it becomes all depend on his thoughts. Whatever weather he wants, that's what weather will appear."

"How could such a thing possibly happen!"

Haibara Ai did not believe it and loudly refuted it.

"That's right, no normal person would believe it if they heard it, but it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, because it's the truth, a very simple common sense fact: what day of the week comes after Monday."

Li Yue asked Haibara Ai.

"Tuesday, of course."

"So here's the question: today is Wednesday, what day of the week is tomorrow?"

"Sunday..."

After Haibara Ai finished speaking, she was completely shocked.

"Wait, why is it Sunday?"

How could she?

Gin stared at Haibara Ai in shock. Shouldn't this brat be a human from this world and be affected? Why is she suddenly unaffected? Could it be because Li Yue is here?

That's the truth. Li Yue used the power of dreams on Haibara Ai. Under the influence of the dream power, Haibara Ai has normal thinking ability that is not affected by this world. So she can easily judge that Wednesday should be followed by Thursday. But in reality, Wednesday is followed by Sunday. This obviously does not conform to the common sense she has learned.

"Why?"

Haibara Ai looked up and stared at Li Yue with wide eyes. She completely ignored Gin beside her. This damn assassin was nothing. All she wanted to do now was get closer to science!

"Think again, what day of the week, what month, and what season were those days?"

With Li Yue's reminder, Haibara Ai began to recall the days before and found that there were no consecutive days. The time was jumping around in various ways, from January to December and then to April, which was just a mess!

"How is this possible? How can the dates be so mixed up? This kind of thing..."

"Because of that Bleach!"