Ke Xue: The man standing behind Ai Jiang

Twelve years ago.

Winter in Neon Country comes earlier than before.

The snow that year was not heavy, but like the mountains stretching for thousands of miles, it kept falling from the sky without stopping.

Shiho was only five years old at that time.

Not yet old enough to go to elementary school.

Shiho's sister Akemi, at that time, the two sisters lived together.

Located in 9-chome, Seifu Town, it is the home of an organization member who lives alone.

The group member was a close friend of now-deceased member Pisk.

Before the incident with Onimei, the Miyano sisters were taken care of by this old man.

"Shiho." Mingmei rushed home happily after school, carrying her schoolbag, because there was a younger sister waiting for her to come home.

In the room where Shiho was, the old man looked at Shiho in astonishment.

He pointed to his collection of books and said in a dazed tone: "Shiho, do you, do you recognize the words on this?"

Shiho was still young and naive at that time.

"Grandpa. My sister has taught me these words. I can barely recognize them." Shiho smiled innocently.

"Okay, okay. Then can you tell grandpa what's in these books?" The old man smiled kindly. He was nearly a hundred years old and had no children. He really took care of these sisters as heirs. of.

The old man's question was just a boring pastime and a kind of test, but he didn't expect Shiho to be able to answer it.

But what surprised the old man was that Shiho was not only able to roughly retell the contents of the book, but could even further deduce more meanings and contents.

He had never even heard of most of it.

Although he can read the old man's books, he can't understand most of them and can only understand the simple meaning.

These books are scientific books that the organization proposes to collect.

However, the organization later recruited a large number of scientists and medical scientists.

The collected books had little value in the end.

The adult asked him to collect these books and leave them to future generations.

But decades have passed.

He still understands everything.

Although the organization no longer needs this type of books, the old man tirelessly collects such books.

Not only were the books piled up in this room, more than half of the rooms in the villa were filled with books.

It is no exaggeration to say that it would not be a problem to open three or four libraries with these books.

The old man deeply understood that Shiho was probably a rare all-round genius in the world.

He knew that keeping Shiho at home would only be a waste of Shiho's talent.

He needs to communicate with the organization and send Shiho to the most open country, the United States, so that Shiho can maximize his talents.

The old man's starting point is good, and his idea is also good.

Perhaps the only regret was that he was unable to follow Shiho and Akemi to the United States in the end.

"I'm back. Grandpa. Shiho." Mingmei's youthful voice echoed in the villa.

"Grandpa. My sister is back." Shiho jumped three feet high in joy, completely forgetting that he was holding a heavy book in his hand.

The old man helped Shiho up after he fell, and said caringly: "Is everything okay? Shiho. Be careful."

The old man closed the heavy "Life Science" and moved it away from Shiho so as not to hinder Shiho's progress.

"I'm fine. Grandpa. My sister and I went out to play." Shiho's little feet ran very fast.

After a while, he disappeared from the old man's sight.

The old man shook his head and smiled. He sorted the messed up books.

Then walked to the living room.

On the way to the living room.

The old man saw Akemi and Shiho coming from his brother-in-law.

"Mingmei. You take your sister, and you two can go. Grandpa is old. He can't walk for a while, and he will stop to rest. Grandpa will not follow you." The old man looked at the sensible Mingmei and smiled. said.

"Sister. I'm just a lazy grandpa, so he won't go with us." Shiho playfully acted coquettishly with Akemi.

Mingmei smiled peacefully. She touched Shiho's head, and then said to the old man: "Grandpa, Shiho and I may spend the night outside today. For dinner, I have already ordered takeout, and someone will deliver it to my door soon." Grandpa, look. Is there anything wrong with my arrangement?"

"Mingmei. You are still so sensible." The old man smiled, his eyes full of love, how he wished these sisters could be his children.

Mingmei smiled lightly, as if it was her duty to do so.

The three of them walked slowly in the corridor.

The corridor is very clean, and it can be seen that there are people cleaning here frequently.

While Shiho is young, the old man is old.

The only one who can do this is Mingmei, who is about to enter junior high school.

The places in the villa that the old man and Shiho often passed by were always spotless.

Not even a single cat hair could be seen.

The old man and Mingmei came to the living room while chatting and laughing. As soon as he entered the living room, he saw a white domestic cat on the wall cabinet with a gold bronze clock.

The domestic cat's claws knocked off a small box on the lower side of the bronze bell.

The small box fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

The old man's face suddenly became gloomy.

Shiho hid behind Akemi with some fear.

Minmei hurriedly ran over to collect the dropped box.

The old man stopped Mingmei's behavior. He sighed helplessly: "Mingmei. Forget it. Don't go there. It won't be good if it hurts you. You can take Shiho out to play. Have fun. I'm old, I want to Be alone."

He walked slowly to the broken box, ignoring that his feet were penetrated by sawdust and bleeding, and he just numbly picked up the thing protected by the box.

That thing was round and about the size of a steel ball.

The color is dull and reddish.

The old man held the pill in his hand very lovingly.

Shiho looked at the pills in the old man's hand curiously. While Mingmei was looking for the medicine box, she came to the old man's side and asked him: "Grandpa. What is this?"

"Shiho. This is not candy. This is medicine that will kill you if you take it." The old man seemed to be remembering something, with tears in his eyes.

"Grandpa. Lift your feet." Mingmei took the medical kit to the sofa where the old man was sitting. She knelt on her knees and put the medical kit at her feet.

Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head with a slight smile and said meaningfully: "Mingmei, you are a kind girl. But sometimes, God likes to bully kind people. Shiho, go change your clothes first. I I have something to say to your sister."

When Mingmei heard the old man's twilight voice, tears were hidden in her eyes. She looked at Shiho and said, "Shiho, I'm going to go out to play with my sister later. You need to change into decent clothes."

"Okay." Shiho was still a little rough and didn't realize that the two of them were deliberately trying to push her away.

"This drug is the drug that the organization asked your father to join and study." The old man opened his palm and revealed the pill. "The pill in my hand is the drug that the organization first studied. The fatality rate is extremely high. You must Tell your sister not to touch this pill. Got it? Akemi."

"I understand. Grandpa. Now let me bandage your wound." Mingmei nodded. She just wanted to help the old man bandage his injured foot.

"No, it's not necessary. Mingmei." The old man leaned back on the sofa and looked at the ceiling blankly. "I have a premonition. My end is coming soon."

"Grandpa. Don't say such depressing words." Mingmei felt a little sad when she looked at such a depressed old man.

The old man gently wiped Mingmei's tears with his wrinkled old hands. He looked at the box on the ground and said with emotion: "Mingmei. That box was specially customized for me by that adult. It is carved from pure diamonds. . But now, he is broken."

The diamond box in front of the bronze bell fell to the ground and died.

For the old man, this is obviously a death prophecy.

"Grandpa. This." Mingmei didn't know what to say to encourage the old man.

"Mingmei. In the following days, I will apply to the organization to let you and Shiho go to the United States. Your sister is very talented. Her talent will only be buried in the country. In addition, I hope you will accept the organization's killer training. Not for killing people. , just to be able to protect your sister. My time is limited and I can’t stay with you all the time. I really want to see the day when Shiho becomes a talented person." The old man’s eyes were full of expectation as he looked at Shiho who appeared at the door. .

"Grandpa. Sister. I've changed my clothes. Hey, Grandpa. Why are your feet still bleeding?" Shiho ran in from the door happily.

"Slow down, Shiho. There are still debris on the ground." Akemi hugged Shiho and scolded her dotingly.

"Go, Akemi." The old man was urging Akemi and Shiho to leave.

Mingmei glanced at the old man and placed the medicine box where the old man's hands could easily reach it.

Then he took Mingmei and left.

Shiho couldn't remember clearly what happened after that.

She only remembered when she and her sister came back the next day.

The old grandfather was lying in the courtyard of his home with a peaceful face. Not far from him was a naked white-haired woman.

On the third day after that, the organization sent someone to pick her and her sister up.

Of course, the white-haired woman was also taken away together.

It was Shiho who insisted on taking her away.

Faced with Shiho's demands and what the organization might expect of her.

The organization members responsible for the two had no choice but to take the dying white-haired woman away with them.

In order to confirm Shiho's talent.

The organization keeps the logs in the laboratory.

At that time, Shiho saw the naked white-haired woman again in the nutrition cabin of the laboratory.

Spent some time in the organization's lab.

The organization confirmed that Shiho's talent was far beyond their imagination, and that he might be even more outstanding than the Miyano couple back then.

In order not to waste Shiho's talent, they sent young Shiho to the United States, but did not let Mingmei accompany him.

Shiho, who was alone in the United States, gradually developed a silent character.

Memories gradually drifted away.

Conan shouted in front of Haiyuan Ai: "Hui Yuan Ai. Your cell phone rang."

Haiyuan Ai looked blankly at the takeout number on his phone.

Then he rolled his eyes at Conan.

"You pervert. Why don't you go pick up the takeaway for me?"