[One Piece] Mindless and unhappy

The white mouse on the table twitched twice and finally fell to the table.

Hui Yuanai frowned and looked at the report in her hand. She replaced the little mouse in front of her with an animal that looked very similar to the rabbit she had seen before, and stuffed it with the newly developed medicine.

"Rabbit" began to tremble violently after taking the potion, and the numerical value fluctuated along the way. Haiyuan Ai held her breath and stared at the screen without blinking. After seeing the situation she estimated, Finally breathed a sigh of relief.

——The genetic sequence has changed.

Her research is most effective in cells, whether it is cell activity or proliferation. She is very comfortable in this area of ​​research, so it does not take much time. However, it is not enough for aptx4869. The entire body function of the human body is even The degradation of body shape cannot be achieved by changes in cells alone. It also requires changes in genetic sequences, and studying genes is far more difficult than studying cells.

In the past world, the aptx4869 she developed could not stably change part of the genome. Most of the experimental products died during the change process, so it was used as a poison, thus creating two people, her and Edogawa Conan. A fish that slipped through the net. But now I don’t know if the species in the new world have better physiques, so the survival rate of the drug that caused her to be re-created became 90. She doesn’t have a complete clue about the antidote, but it is necessary to make a more perfect aptx4869 and use it The temporary antidote that has been passed is now fully guaranteed.

Hui Yuan Ai put down the report in her hand, cleared the table again, turned around and washed her hands in the sink, then looked at herself in the mirror, gently shook off the water on her hands, and at the same time pressed it with her still wet fingertips. Pressing her temples, she breathed a sigh of relief and left the laboratory.

Little Oz was holding the hat in his hand and putting it on his head, while Ace was watching from the side, smiling vigorously.

Haihara Ai has seen that hat, or the predecessor of that hat.

Her recent visits to the Moby-Dick were not as frequent as at the beginning, firstly because the research had reached a critical moment, and secondly because Whitebeard's current physical condition was much more stable and did not require frequent check-ups.

The last few times I went to Moby Dick, I saw Ace making bamboo hats with bamboo strips. However, because he himself had eaten the simmering fruit and could transform into flames, he would always accidentally burn it and waste all his efforts.

She never thought that this was for little Oz, but it seemed that little Oz was indeed very happy after receiving this small gift.

When Ace saw her coming out, he also said hello. He habitually took out two candies wrapped in cellophane from his pocket and placed them in front of her. After she finished taking them, he rubbed her head.

"...I've said it many times, I'm really not a child."

Haibara Ai would explain seriously at first, but Ace still went his own way and treated her as a child. She was not interested in publicizing the fact that she had become smaller, so she simply let him go.

Although it is not that happy to be treated as a child often, every time I receive these candies used to coax the little girl, I always feel the warmth of being remembered.

Seeing little Oz looking happy with his hat on, Haihara Ai went to the kitchen to ask Shiva to pour two glasses of juice. After thinking about Ace's habits, he brought him a plate of water and meat, and another for Oz. A big piece of meat.

When she reached the deck with a plate in each hand, she saw Ace and Oz each holding a rice ball and chewing on it. She walked over and put down the food in her hands, sat cross-legged together, picked up her glass of juice and slowly Drink slowly.

"Why did you suddenly think of preparing a hat for Oz?"

"I always feel that it is such a hot day, and he is so tall, it will be even hotter if he is closer to the sun. Maybe it will be cooler if there is a shadow." Ace finished the rice ball in his hand in three bites, and then started to put the meat in front of him into his mouth. Rise, "I learned this method when I was in Wano Country before, and it seems to be doing pretty well."

Haiyuan Ai looked at his nonchalant look. Maybe in his heart, this cloak was just like the candy she would give her every time he saw her. He could just do it casually, so he did such a trivial thing in his opinion. .

Just like the little detective who told her not to panic when she was panicking, he would solve it.

They just did what they wanted to do, but for her, it was like giving a pinch of sweet rain to a thirsty traveler in the desert, or receiving a glimmer of light for a trapped beast immersed in darkness.

Ace waved his hand in front of her and asked her: "Did you think of someone? You looked nostalgic."

"Thinking of a friend I once had," Haiyuan Ai smiled and took another sip of juice. "I may never see you again, but he is a bit like you..."

She tried to describe the similar feeling, but she always felt that no description was satisfactory: "...Maybe it's just that this idiot looks exactly the same."

Ace was stunned by the sudden title of idiot, and said with a smile: "We have known each other for a while, but I have never heard you mention your friends."

"But I know you have a very cute brother," Haiyuan Ai finished the drink in the cup. She didn't know if the sudden warmth made her want to talk, but she turned her eyes back to the empty cup. , "My friend... is a detective. Although sometimes you can't hide your sensitive feelings in front of him, but sometimes he is just as stupid as you."

She changed the subject, "But he has a childhood sweetheart with whom he is in love, and his life is a bit richer than that of you, a little brother-in-law who talks all about his brother."

Ace's attention was suddenly drawn away, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the stupid sentence: "Does a child in your hometown fall in love at such a young age?!"

Haiyuan Ai paused and almost didn't catch his breath: "...I told you I'm not a child, idiot!"

Ace scratched his head. He didn't know why he was called an idiot again, but he was still sighing that it was great to fall in love at such a young age, and then turned around and continued to compete with little Oz on who could eat more.

Hui Yuan Ai took her cup to the kitchen to wash it, and then couldn't help laughing.

"...What kind of conversation is this between idiots..."

When she left the kitchen and returned to the deck again, Ace had already gone back. Little Oz saw her and waved to her: "Ace said he was leaving first and will bring you some candy next time."

She laughed and cursed: "Who cares about the candy he gave me? You're dead."

"Let Ace bring more delicious candies next time." Little Oz also smiled and turned around to continue to be in a daze. Haibara Ai also picked up her mood and returned to the laboratory to start a simulation experiment analysis.

I don’t know if it’s because Kudo Shinichi was mentioned today. She always gets distracted when doing experiments. I don’t know why she always thinks of when Kudo Shinichi wanted to secretly follow Gin and follow up on the organization’s dynamics. Remember what she said to Kudo Shinichi:

"Driven by a sense of justice, pursuing the truth without considering any consequences, and choosing to bear everything on your own in order to prevent anyone from being harmed, I am very interested in your naive character like a teenager, but I will definitely give it to her. Or I, or even yourself, bring danger..."

Her hand shook and she almost let go of the test tube in her hand. She put the test tube back in the test tube rack and rubbed her brow, suppressing the sudden ominous premonition in her heart.

"... Nothing should happen."

But she forgot that seeing and hearing the domineering power can indeed have a predictable effect at certain times.

Recently, whether Haibara Ai is doing research on the Little Giles or occasionally going to the Moby-Dick to check up on Whitebeard, she has been lamenting the power of Ace everywhere. He seems to be born with all the attribute points for combat. , combined with his Burning Fruit, Whitebeard got a lot of bones that were once difficult to chew, because Oz and Ace gradually became familiar with each other, and you can often hear little Oz occasionally touching his hat when he was in a daze. Smiling and saying how nice Ace is.

At the banquet celebrating Ace's promotion to the captain of Whitebeard's Second Division, Haihara Ai sat eating and watching everyone making noise. Ace stuffed his cheeks full of meat in big mouthfuls, swallowed it with difficulty, and fell asleep sitting down. Unable to hold back her laughter, Margao came over and held the railing next to her.

"You seem a little restless lately?"

"I don't know if it's because the experiments have been progressing too fast recently, so I'm a little impatient," Haiyuan Ai frowned: "But sometimes I feel a little uneasy for no reason."

Mal raised the cup in his hand and clinked it with her cup: "It's okay. If there are any problems, we can solve them together."

She nodded, took another sip of juice, and asked Margao: "...Aren't you curious about what the medicine I study every day is used for?"

Mal shrugged: "Whatever you want, you will always say it."

"It's just because you are too lazy to ask, so sometimes I don't know what to say."

"When the research is done, you can explain it to us directly with the finished product."

"Too."

They clinked glasses again.

The result of the banquet was that everyone collapsed on the boat and fell into one large piece. Hui Yuan Ai tiptoed out from the gap in the crowd and prepared to go back to her room to rest.

The night was already deep, and she looked at the pitch-black sea. The stars in the sky were reflected on the sea, because she couldn't see the horizon. Standing on the edge of the deck, she even felt that she was in the center of the world. She took a breath, and her heart surged. The feeling of loneliness was suppressed by the snoring around me.

Back in the room, she took out her little box. Maybe it’s not a small box, compared to the small box that couldn’t be filled after putting a hairpin and three or two candies in the beginning, because later we met more frequently, and every time we met, she would definitely give her a handful of candies, so now She had accumulated a lot of candies in her box, so she changed it to a bigger box. She was not a sugar addict, but she had been feeling restless for no reason recently and maybe she really needed something sweet to squeeze it in. She peeled it off A piece of cellophane and pop the candy inside into your mouth.

The taste of blueberries poured in from the tip of her tongue, and she raised her eyebrows. She had never seen blueberries in this world, but the taste was indeed very similar to the blueberries of the past, which she liked very much. She planned to ask Ace where this candy was located later. Where to buy it.