Seeing Haibara Ai taking half a step back, Miyano Elena's expression was stunned, and her hands had nowhere to rest and could only hang uncomfortably in the air.
After a few seconds, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and her hands naturally rested on the armrests of the swivel chair.
"It seems that you are not quite able to adapt to the environment here..."
"I guess your body is tired after sitting on a plane for such a long time, right?"
"Rumei, take Shiho to his place of residence first."
After saying that, Elena Miyano turned back and continued to face the computer.
Seeing this scene, for some reason, Haihara Ai felt a little better.
"Come with me."
Rumi Wakasa held onto Ai Haihara's back, turned around, and left the laboratory.
After passing through a winding passage, Wakasa Rumi brought Haibara Ai to a room of about 40 square meters.
The room is very warmly decorated, with a soft Simmons bed, a separate bathroom, a children's treadmill, a complete set of audio-visual entertainment equipment, and a bookcase full of professional books.
"This is a room specially decorated for you."
"If you get bored, there are movie tapes and books over there."
"If you want to eat something, or if you are short of something, you can use the computer to ask for it at any time, and someone will arrange it for you..."
Rumi Wakasa pointed to a desktop computer on the desk.
Haibara glanced at it, then looked up at Wakasa Rumi, and asked: "Where is the letter that my sister left for me in the time capsule? You took it away, right?"
"Please give it back to me."
Haiyuan Ai's tone became unusually tough.
But Rumi Wakasa just looked at her expressionlessly. After a few seconds of silence, she replied calmly: "I don't know what you are talking about..."
"Stay here well. If there's nothing else, it's best not to wander around."
After saying that, Rumi Wakasa turned around and left, closing the door before leaving.
Hui Yuan Ai looked at the closed door and clenched her small hands into fists.
After waiting for a moment, she stood on tiptoes, quietly turned the door handle, and opened the door.
I saw that the corridor outside was empty, and there was not even a single guard posted.
This seems like a huge amount of trust, but in fact, there are cameras installed at regular intervals on the ceiling of the corridor.
As long as you leave this room, your every move will be under the eyes of others.
This familiar feeling seems to have returned to the time when I was in the organization laboratory.
Haiyuan Ai closed the door gently, turned around and looked back at the situation in the room.
This place is also similar to the original organization laboratory, with sufficient supplies, but the only thing missing is "freedom".
Hui Yuan Ai looked around, came to the chair, and turned on the computer.
The computer is installed with a software specially used to call the ship's service personnel, as well as some simple computer games, such as Minesweeper and Spider Solitaire.
But this computer itself is a local area network, and all network connections to the outside world are prohibited, not even sending an email.
In this way, there is no way to contact the doctor and the others...
In fact, Haibara Ai chose to go with Wakasa Rumi, partly because she wanted to confirm whether her mother was really still alive.
On the other hand, it is to find out what the purpose of the organization is.
Now she has accomplished her first purpose.
Elena Miyano is indeed still alive.
It's just that this Miyano Elena makes her feel strange and even a little scared.
On the night when she learned from Curacao that Elena Miyano was still alive, Ai Haihara listened to all the tapes left by Elena Miyano after returning home.
Before, she only listened to the recordings of 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds, and wanted to keep them until she reaches the corresponding age.
But now, she desperately wanted to find out what was going on.
It turned out that the 19-year-old tape was about Miyano Hiroshi studying abroad at the University of Michigan, where he met a senior named "Herbert West".
This senior named "Herbert West" was conducting research on "resurrection drugs", but because of the revelations, the research was banned.
Miyano Atsushi inherited related research and was therefore exiled from the scientific community.
The 20-year-old tape is about the Miyano couple accepting the invitation of the man in black to become scientists of the organization after the collapse of Shiroji Pharmaceutical.
But gradually, they discovered that the purpose of the organization was not to study a drug that could bring the dead back to life, but a new drug that went against the future of mankind.
The two became increasingly frightened and tried to leave the organization, but failed.
In the end, the two chose to take their research materials and die calmly with the help of an undercover agent from Baijiu Pharmaceutical.
This is the information Haihara Ai heard from the tape.
But judging from the current situation, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Now that she recalled the contents of the tape, Haihara Ai couldn't help but think of a part that confused her.
Logically speaking, when the recording was made, the Miyano couple's death plan had not yet been exposed, and both of them were qualified to leave their voices.
Why is there only Elena Miyano's voice on the tape, but not Hiroshi Miyano's?
This question made Haiyuan Ai feel a chill in his body.
…
Big Hawaii Island, a certain store.
"It's Asaka..."
"She attacked me from behind..."
Akai Muwu sat on one side of the round table, with his hands on the table, and his eyes were filled with memories and thoughts.
"Asaka attacked you?"
Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and asked, "Are you sure she attacked you?"
According to Luc Villiers of Nine Angels, Rachel Asaka is Amanda's adopted daughter.
"Um."
Akai Muwu nodded heavily, "At the beginning, I felt very incredible..."
"But the only person who could pose a threat to me at that time was her standing behind me."
"...Although my body was injured by her sneak attack, I managed to escape from the ship despite my injuries."
"I originally planned to leave the United States first, but the people from that organization have already laid a dragnet on all the ways to leave the United States."
"So, I sent a text message to Mary in the UK, asking them to seek refuge in Japan first."
"As for the reason for going to Japan for asylum, on the one hand, it is because I told Asaka my true identity, and I was worried that Mary and the children would be hijacked."
"On the other hand, although Japan may be Karasuma Renya's base camp, it is also the safest place to some extent."
"By the way, have you seen Mary in Japan these years?"
Akai Muwu's words suddenly stopped and he changed the topic to his family.
Qin Zhibo nodded, "I have seen her. She is fine now. Xiuyi and Hideyoshi are also here."
"Congratulations on having a daughter. Her name is Sera Masumi."
"Sera...so pure..."
A faint smile appeared on Akai Muwu's lips, "I remember when I left home, the child was not born yet..."
Akai Muwu sighed with emotion and then continued to talk.
"In order to prevent the hard-earned evidence from falling into the hands of the enemy, I will store the photos taken on the ship in a bank safe for future use."
"After that, I knew that I couldn't leave the United States within a short period of time, so I contacted you who was still at Miskatonic University at the time..."
"On the way to Arkham, my whereabouts were still discovered by people from the organization."
"They knocked over my car and tried to kill me by shooting out the gas tank."
"But just before the car exploded, I jumped into the water and survived..."
"It's just that my memory has been lost since then."
After listening to Akai Mutake's story, the timeline in Qin Zhibo's mind about the beginning and end of the Haneda Koji case 17 years ago was further completed.
More than 100 years ago, Renya Karasuma killed his father and inherited his father's position among the Nine Angels.
A few years later, Karasuma Renye killed many high-ranking members of the Nine Angels and obtained a pass to safely enter the Abyss Enkai - the Panest Disk.
At that time, Amanda Hughes, the heir to the Hughes family among the Nine Angels, vowed to avenge her father.
After decades of investigation, which cost the lives of some FBI agents, Amanda locked in on Renya Karasuma and the Japanese Karasuma Group, and prepared to join forces with the former Prime Minister of Japan.
17 years ago, the former Japanese Prime Minister sent public security police officer Kuroda Hei to meet with Amanda under the guise of Haneda Koji going to the United States to participate in a chess competition.
But this plan was exposed for some reason, and the organization sent its second-in-command, Rum, to deal with Amanda.
Rum first killed Amanda, then killed Haneda Koji, and had brief contact with Kuroda Bei who came to save people.
Just when Kuroda was about to take Asaka away for protection, Rum caught up with him and knocked over the car, causing Kuroda to be in a coma in Arkham Asylum for a long time.
After learning about his son's death, Yasuharu Haneda entrusted Akai Mutake to find out the truth about Koji Haneda's case.
After arriving in the United States, Akai Miki found Asaka at Amanda's funeral, and analyzed the photos she took of the scene to find that Haneda Koji's pre-death message pointed to "Karasuma Renya".
Later, Akai Mutake investigated a ship belonging to the Karasuma Group in New York Harbor and discovered a secret laboratory inside the ship.
However, Asaka also sneaked into the ship without Akai Mutake's knowledge and was discovered by the ship's security.
Akai Mutake tried to save Asaka, but was attacked by the opponent instead, and finally had to escape alone.
Since his identity information has been exposed, he cannot leave the United States. He can only store the photos he took as evidence in a bank safe and then contact the original owner of the body who was still a student at the University of Michigan at the time.
But on the way to Arkham, the organization's people tracked down Akai Mutake and caused him amnesia.
The original owner of the body probably received the news in advance and went to respond in order to bring back the amnesiac Akai Mutake.
In order to prevent the organization's killers from continuing to pursue him, the original owner of the body arranged for Akai Taketake to go to his hometown of Hawaii.
It was not until recently that Akai Mutake regained his memory and recalled this experience.
After sorting out the entire timeline in his mind, Qin Zhibo also looked into Akai Muwu's eyes and said solemnly.
"Actually, I think I may know what the ship you investigated is..."
…
Half an hour later, Qin Zhibo gave an overview of his current investigation progress.
When he heard that Qin Zhibo was inadvertently involved in a confrontation with the organization in Japan, Akai Muwu couldn't help but be shocked.
Because when Vince Qin said he wanted to leave the United States four years ago, he just said that he wanted to go to Japan to investigate something that he had always cared about.
The two parties agreed to send Hawaii's latest postcard to Japan every quarter. If there is anything that needs to be conveyed, write it in the postcard.
"Are you saying that the ship I investigated back then may now be hiding the organization's biggest secret?"
A look of memory flashed through Akai Mutake's eyes again, and he murmured: "At that time, apart from some laboratory facilities, I didn't seem to see the 'giant octopus' you mentioned on the ship."
"Could it be that the ship from 17 years ago didn't have the use you mentioned?"
Qin Zhibo did not have time to introduce Cthulhu and Xila in detail, so he could only use a "big octopus" instead.
"Well, it's possible."
Qin Zhibo did not deny it, because the result of Black Feather Pirates' investigation in Innsmouth was that Keshira, who also lived in Devil's Reef, disappeared about ten years ago.
Maybe the organization hadn't captured Ksheela 17 years ago, so it hadn't raised the stealth level of the ship.
This allowed Akai Muwu to investigate some clues.
However, the photos taken by Akai Mutake on the ship are of great use at this moment.
Because at the previous meeting in Boston, Kudo Yusaku said that the International Police Organization was preparing a plan called "Pacific Buoy".
The plan will be connected to surveillance networks around the world. At that time, the newly developed facial multi-age recognition system can be used to search where the people on the ship have appeared in the world.
Then, based on the positions of these people and the movement of ocean currents, the ship's route around the world can be deduced.
Originally, this method was used to identify not many samples, only Curacao, Elena Miyano, Miichiro Numabuchi, etc.
But now with the photos taken by Akai Mutake 17 years ago, the probability of identification is much higher.
Although 17 years have passed, people's faces have changed somewhat.
But the cross-age recognition system can simulate and measure the appearance of bones after growth, which is perfect for this situation!
Qin Zhibo told Akai Muwu about this incident, which caused the latter to sigh.
“Has current technology developed to this extent?”
"In that case, we'd better rush to the bank in New York as soon as possible."
"Hopefully it's still there..."
…
The next day, Qin Zhibo and Akai Mutake set off from Kona Airport on the island of Hawaii and headed to New York in the eastern United States.
Although the identity of "Akai Mutake" has disappeared for 17 years, because he was worried that the organization was still tracking him, Qin Zhibo contacted Kudo Yusaku and asked him to help arrange a special passage.
After arriving in New York, the two immediately went to the bank where Akai Taketake stored his photos.
After submitting the identity information to the bank manager, the manager checked on the computer for a while and finally gave a reply.
"Hello sir, the safe you used with our bank has expired."
"But there is a 50-year buffer period in your current lease. Even if it expires, as long as you can pay the fees within 50 years, you can still take away the contents. You see..."
Before the bank manager finished speaking, Qin Zhibo immediately gave an answer.
"We pay!"
"Okay sir..." The bank manager turned his head and glanced at the computer screen, then said.
"The system here calculates that the total amount of fees you owe is 11,470.4$."