Not long after Xie Wen finished his call with Morgans, Ai Haibara Meow emerged from the laboratory, a grave expression on her adorable little face.
"Xie Wen, that fellow named Saturn might not be dead yet, meow."
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Before Xie Wen and the others could ask, the little kitten continued, "The analysis of that skeleton just came back. Never mind lineage factors, even calcium and phosphorus-the main elements in bones-were pitifully scarce. Rather than bones, they were more like stones with a little bone powder mixed in... Even having his powers, flesh, and vitality drained away couldn't cause this. If everything had been completely extracted, there would be no reason to leave behind a skeleton that barely resembled bones, meow."
She paused briefly, then offered her conjecture. "Based on what happened to the other four Five Elders, I suspect that Saturn, who could turn into a giant spider, should originally have been transferred away completely too. Only because of the seawater and Seastone, he had to leave 'part' of his bones behind, meow."
"Of course, that's the worst-case scenario. Maybe he really is dead. You'd better find out for certain first, meow."
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Ai Haibara Meow's expression relaxed a little, though her reminder remained fairly solemn.
She was being so cautious because she knew the plan Xie Wen and the others were preparing to launch hinged on having a way to deal with the "immortal" Five Elders. But if capturing them with "Poké Balls" didn't work, rashly exposing Imu's existence, or even going to war with the World Government, really wasn't a particularly good idea.
Xie Wen, who had only just hung up: "..."
Given how efficiently Morgans and the World Economy News Paper spread news, the information about Imu had probably already spread everywhere by now.
Although this caught