Kamen Rider: I, Conan, am Faiz

"Um...where am I?"

After an unknown amount of time, Shuichi Akai finally slowly opened his eyes from his coma, and what came into view was the pure white ceiling.

With amazing willpower, Shuichi Akai sat up and looked around. He seemed to be in a ward, but how did he end up here?

Just as Shuichi Akai was trying hard to recall, the door of the ward suddenly opened, and the next moment Judy walked in with a basin of hot water. When Judy saw Shuichi Akai who had woken up, her face was immediately filled with surprise!

"Xiu! You finally woke up! Thank the merciful God!"

Throwing the washbasin on the ground, Judy rushed over and hugged Akai Shuichi tightly, even sobbing and shaking.

"It's okay Judy, relax, I'm fine..."

Patting Judy's back gently to comfort her, Shuichi Akai quickly asked, "What's going on? Why am I here?"

"It was Conan who contacted me. He said you suddenly vomited blood and fainted, so I took you to our FBI's special ward. You just finished the IV."

Gently wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Judy quickly laid Akai Shuichi flat on the bed, and then said gently: "Be good, now all you have to do is to have a good rest. Don't think about or do anything else. Do you understand? We will all help you."

"Thank you."

Closing his eyes and taking a long breath, Akai Shuichi said silently in his heart: [It seems that I lost to the little detective. I lost completely in every aspect. ]

After a moment, Akai Shuichi said, "Judy, could you please call Conan over for me? I have something to say to him."

Meanwhile, on the hospital bench

"Thank you, Conan. Thank you for contacting us in time. Otherwise, I don't know what would happen to Akai."

"It's nothing. After all, I have an unshirkable responsibility for Mr. Akai's current situation."

Looking directly at the kind-looking James Blake in front of him, Conan thought that if he had not seen it with his own eyes, there would be no way to connect the person in front of him with the FBI investigator.

"Could you please tell me, Inspector James, what exactly is going on with Mr. Akai's transformation surgery? My detective sixth sense tells me that Mr. Akai's sudden collapse must be closely related to this incident."

"Ah~ Conan, your perception is really sharp. You actually discovered it."

Seeing that Conan had noticed something was wrong, James did not try to cover it up, but before answering, he asked Conan a question first.

"Conan, aren't you curious about why only Akai had the cyborg surgery, while other FBI agents didn't?"

Conan shook his head slightly. "This is a secret of the FBI, so I naturally don't know it, but I think there should be serious side effects. Otherwise, according to the habits of your country, all military soldiers will definitely be turned into cyborg warriors."

James couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, but he didn't refute it. After all, this was a fact known to everyone on earth.

James took a deep breath to calm down, then told the truth: "In fact, the cyborg technology is not original to our FBI, but was accidentally found by an undercover agent in the organization's archives. Moreover, those people in the organization have obviously given up on researching cyborg technology because the success rate of this operation is too low. It can be described as a life-or-death struggle."

James' expression became more serious when he said this. He paused for a moment before continuing, "Even if he succeeds by luck, since all the organs have been replaced, the body of the cyborg is constantly being contaminated by radiation. The only way to alleviate the symptoms is to have regular blood transfusions. This means that Akai is now heading towards death with pain on his shoulders."

After listening to James' story, Conan felt mixed emotions. Although he had vaguely guessed that the transformation surgery would bring great pain, he did not expect it to be so painful that he would witness his own death while conscious.

In a way, this is more painful than being Ophirno...

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Mr. Akai's condition to be so bad."

"Conan, there's no need to blame yourself. This was Akai's own choice."

Raising his hand and gently placing it on Conan's shoulder, James said earnestly, "Life is like the flame of a candle. Some are dim and some are bright, but the final result is that it will go out. But if you can pass on the flame before it goes out, then life can be considered eternal in another way. Moreover, death is not the end of a person's life. Forgetting is the real death."

"I'm grateful for your advice."

Just as Conan nodded slightly to express his gratitude, Judy suddenly appeared from the corner of the corridor.

"Conan, please come with me, Xiu has something to tell you."

In the ward

As soon as Conan came in, he bowed 90 degrees and apologized without saying a word: "I'm sorry, Mr. Akai, it's all because of me that you became like this, I'm really sorry!"

"Don't take it personally. I'm just happy to have a good fight. It also happens that I haven't had a vacation for a long time. I can finally take a rare break for a while."

Compared to Conan's seriousness, Akai Shuichi looked completely unconcerned, and even his tone was much more relaxed than before.

Seeing that Akai Shuichi's condition seemed to have stabilized, Conan finally felt relieved, so he continued to ask: "Excuse me, Mr. Akai, what exactly do you want to tell me?"

"It's not really important, but it's important in a way."

After making a contradictory statement, Akai Shuichi continued after a moment of silence: "When I was a couple with Miyano Akemi under the pseudonym Moroboshi Yasu, we only held hands at most, and then nothing happened."

"Ok?"

After hearing this, Conan was suddenly filled with question marks. He couldn't understand why Akai Shuichi said this to him. It didn't seem to have much to do with him, right?

Putting his doubts in his heart for the time being, Conan asked tentatively: "Mr. Akai, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Akai Shuichi spread his hands and said, "No more, I have said everything I need to say. It is getting late now. You can go home and eat. I will also continue to rest."

"Okay, then I won't disturb you."

Seeing that Akai Shuichi had ordered him to leave, Conan naturally would not shamelessly continue to stay here. What's more, his stomach was now rumbling. If possible, Conan felt that he could eat a whole sheep raw!

Just after Conan closed the door of the ward and left, the relaxed expression on Shuichi Akai's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by full of melancholy and relief.

"Please, Edogawa Conan... No, I should say Kudo Shinichi, I'll leave the rest to you. I've completely lost this competition..."

Just as Shuichi Akai was sighing silently, Judy suddenly walked in pushing a wheelchair.

"Come on, Xiu, I'll take you to do a blood transfusion surgery..."