The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"Son of Nature, you are not the first human to arrive here alive in all these years. However, the last time someone came here was several decades ago, and there were quite a few people that time."

It shook its head and turned over, looking a little excited: "Okay, it's almost time for me to send you up. Don't worry, I will erase your memory of these things, and it will not affect the human world."

"Wait..." Hattori Heiji shouted hurriedly, but the giant whale had no intention of considering his feelings. It made a sleepy sound and his eyelids gradually became heavy.

No, I must not forget it so easily!

In a daze, Hattori Heiji bit his tongue hard and perked up a little.

He looked at the ancient bronze coffin beside him, made up his mind, and pushed the coffin lid.

Unfortunately, it didn't move at all.

The whale's roar became increasingly ethereal, and he soon lost consciousness.

As the giant whale flapped its tail, a slender vortex appeared, rolled up Hattori Heiji, and slowly sent him towards the sea surface.

After an unknown amount of time, the seabed calmed down again.

The giant whale swam away again, faithfully patrolling the empty sea.

Only a lonely violet was left swaying on the ancient coffin.

However, after an unknown amount of time, an extremely subtle sound was heard from the silent deep sea.

A crack appeared in the ancient bronze coffin at some point.

A fair and delicate hand gently pushed open the coffin lid, stroked the violet, and then slowly held it.

The violet flower that was swaying with the waves suddenly stopped and instantly lost its living spirit, turning into a plain staff.

The person in the coffin opened his eyes, and there was a hint of confusion in his clear purple pupils, and there seemed to be some bewilderment on that beautiful face.

The moment she opened her eyes, the entire deep sea seemed to have pressed the still button, the water solidified, and all sounds were drowned out.

As if inspired, the giant whale swam over quickly, with human-like disbelief in its eyes.

It whispered softly: "Lilith..."

Lilith's crystal blue-purple eyes flickered in the darkness. She parted her red lips and her voice was clear, flowing gently like a mountain stream.

"It's you... Xiaoyu."

She was in a daze.

"You've grown so big in the blink of an eye."

"How long have I slept?"

Looking around at the dark seabed, she asked again.

"About three hundred years." The giant whale circled Lilith and turned over in excitement.

"Three hundred years..." Lilith clenched the staff in her hand, "Then the human witch hunt should be over."

She tucked up her long purple hair that was floating naturally, and looked at the very excited giant whale: "Thank you for your hard work over the years."

"I promised that when I wake up, I will grant you one wish."

“Now it’s time to deliver on that promise.”

However, the giant whale came over cautiously and rubbed against her.

"Lilith, I didn't agree to your request just for that wish."

"If I must say so, I just hope I can continue to stay by your side."

"Is that so..." Lilith thought for a moment, and waved the staff in her hand. A giant magic circle with intricate patterns and emitting light purple fluorescence emerged from the void and landed on the giant whale's head.

"If you want to follow me, you have to walk in the human world, so I will give you the appearance of a human."

When the magic circle dissipated, the giant whale's huge body had disappeared.

In its place was a human girl.

Her long hair is like a flowing spring, sparkling with deep blue, like the secrets in the depths of the ocean, and like the brightest stars in the night sky.

The face is as delicate as a painting, and the fair skin is faintly flushed, just like the first blooming peach blossom.

Her eyes were bright, sparkling with intelligence and curiosity, as if she was full of endless desire to explore the world.

"How is it, little fish?" Lilith looked at the shape she had shaped and nodded with some satisfaction, but still asked symbolically.

"Of course it's good, but..." Xiaoyu looked down with some embarrassment, "Am I too young in this way?"

"Young?" Lilith tilted her head, seeming a little puzzled.

"I am more than three hundred years old. Converted in human age, I shouldn't be this young, right?" The little fish touched here and there, feeling a little surprised and a little uncomfortable.

"But your life span is almost two thousand years, and only three hundred years have passed, and you are not yet an adult." Lilith asked puzzledly.

"Converted into human lifespan, you should only be 15 years old."

"Ah?" Xiaoyu was stunned.

She thought she was already very old.

Lilith raised her head and looked at the pitch-black sea. She gathered magic power under her feet, and her body floated lightly, quickly rushing out several hundred meters.

After a very slight sound of water, she broke through the water surface, flew upwards for dozens of meters, and stopped in mid-air.

Xiaoyu followed her closely, using his human body to control the magic power unskillfully, and also flew up.

Lilith casually drew a magic circle to conceal the aura and turned her gaze towards the distant coast.

She looked at the brightly lit city on the shore and whispered, "Humans are truly amazing."

"In just three hundred years, we have been able to achieve this level."

"what is that?"

She suddenly pointed at a rescue helicopter with its lights on flying in the air and asked.

"It is a means of transportation invented by humans, called a helicopter, to help them conquer the sky," Xiaoyu explained.

"It's like a carriage, but this one is used for flying." Lilith suddenly realized.

"It looks a lot better than magic."

Dozens of meters below them, Hattori Heiji, who was swept up by the whirlpool, finally emerged from the water and was picked up by a rescue boat.

"Captain, we found the target!"

The team members on the rescue boat quickly shouted into the walkie-talkie.

"Very good, start emergency rescue work immediately, I will contact Mr. Xiaolin right away!"

The captain was overjoyed and quickly called Lin Chiyu.

"I'm Rin Shakuha."

"Mr. Xiaolin, we have rescued Mr. Hattori. Although it has been 11 minutes since he fell into the water, when we fished him out, he still had strong vital signs miraculously!"

He quickly told the good news over the phone.

"When you check, please be careful. He has gunshot wounds. Don't make the wrong rescue measures that may worsen the wound."

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, the captain checked Hattori Heiji's condition, but only found a hole in his clothes, but no scars.

"Rin-san, Hattori-san wasn't shot."

"What did you say?"

Lin Chiyu was stunned.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

At this moment, the unconscious Hattori Heiji suddenly coughed violently, spit out a pool of water, and then woke up slowly.

"Awake?!"

The team member who was responsible for performing CPR on him was shocked.

He just pressed his chest a few times!

"Where am I?"

Hattori Heiji looked up at the interior of the rescue boat in a daze and felt his head a little heavy.

"Hiss...it hurts so much."

He vaguely felt that there was something very important, but he couldn't remember it at all. He hated this sticky feeling of separation.

It’s like sometimes you sit up from the sofa and want to go to the room to get something, but halfway through you forget what you want to get.

I clearly know this happened, but I just can't remember it.

feeling bad.

He only remembered that he seemed to be attacked from behind by the murderer, fell into the sea, and was shot in the chest...

Eh?

Where is the wound?

He touched his chest in a daze, but only felt a bloody cut, and the dark skin under his clothes was intact.

He really forgot something very important, didn't he?!

This thrilling sea journey was ultimately spent in Hattori Heiji's sorrowful self-doubt, and everyone on the ship who was worried about him was relieved to learn that he was not injured.

Kujirai Sadao, who had originally escaped legal punishment, was arrested on charges of intentional homicide for killing Kameda Terukichi and Kanie Juku.

After all, the law is long and there is no loophole.

It can be said that everyone is happy.

But no one knew that, dozens of meters in the sky, two magical creatures with magical powers quietly left.

......

Jianggutian Psychological Clinic.

Professor Lecter sat at his desk, writing this week's work log.

"The witch's social disorder is changing for the better. Her dependence on magic has greatly decreased. She no longer sees it as a panacea, but as an aid in her life and studies."

"As a result of this transformation, her relationships with other people around her have become closer, and the cost of mutual understanding has been greatly reduced."

"In other words, she's more like a 'human'."

"As for Mr. Kaito, I was not disappointed. His ability to self-regulate is very good. Just by pointing out his divisiveness, he was able to make up for it himself."

"Recently, Mr. Kaito has stopped resisting appearing in front of Nakamori Aoko as a Kaito, and has been able to maintain a good balance between the Kaito and his original body."

"The two identities are gradually blending together and becoming two sides of the same coin."

“To sum up, the conditions of both patients in the clinic are improving, and our clinic is thriving.”

Professor Lecter put away his pen, read it from beginning to end, raised his eyebrows with satisfaction, and put the pen back into the pen holder beside him.

"Adam."

He called out softly, and Adam appeared at the right moment, knocking politely on the open door.

"Please help me to decline the invitation from the University of Tokyo Board of Governors to visit us."

Since the clinic is so successful, there is no need to rush to start the professor's work at the school.

It's nice to maintain the vacation status like this.

No one can stop the professor from advancing in the medical field!

Adam nodded speechlessly, turned around and prepared to write a letter to the school board on behalf of the professor.

"correct."

Professor Lecter tried to stop him.

"It happens to be the weekend in two days. Are you interested in going on a short trip with me?"

Adam thought about it and nodded smoothly: "I'm very happy to do so."

Although his bounty ranking in Shangri-La dropped by two places, the gap is not far. After completing a few more tasks, his ranking should go up. It will not be difficult to surpass those two guys.

But if you want to move up one more place, you'll need an additional 20 million US dollars, and this amount cannot be increased by just one or two tasks.

Since I can’t catch up in a short time anyway, I might as well go out and play with the boss. Maybe I can find some interesting fun.

As for the bounty?

Whoever wants to fight can fight.

He chose to start.

As soon as he agreed, the phone in his pocket lit up automatically, and a child's voice said with a little excitement: "Where are you going to play, Professor? Do you need Noah to buy tickets in advance?"

Professor Lecter closed his work journal, found an empty space on the bookshelf behind him, put the journal in, and then took out a copy of "Hammer of Witches".

It was an old paper book written in Latin.

"People tend to believe only what they want to believe, and when any voice that doesn't fit in with the group appears, they use gasoline and torches to drive it away."

"People consciously create differences, differences bring about classes, and religions arise from them."

“And religion breeds the supreme God.”

He stroked the old book gently, with a barely perceptible hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth.

"But at the end of the day, the enemy is only man himself."

“God never cares.”

"As I believe..."

He put the copy of Hammer of Witches back on the shelf, between Crime and Punishment and War and Peace.

"We will never know each other."

The office was very quiet. Neither Adam nor Noah made a sound at this time.

Professor Lecter seemed to come back to his senses. He chuckled, sat back in his seat, and looked like his usual gentle self again.

"Let's go to Mermaid Island."

"It's the island where the legend says mermaids once appeared and where there was a woman who gained immortality by eating mermaid flesh."

He showed a hint of reminiscence.

"I made a bet there with a friend, and then every year there was a festival, I would go and see it."

“I hope I can meet him this year.”

His eyebrows curved, and behind his gold-rimmed glasses were eyes as deep as the starry sky.

Adam hesitated for a moment before speaking: "You will get what you wish for."

"That would be nice." Professor Lecter laughed.

He looked at the computer screen in front of him and said, "Then I'll ask you to buy the boat tickets for us, Noah."

"It's done." Noah jumped out of the dark monitor, changed into the same maroon suit as Professor Lecter, and saluted slightly like a gentleman.

"Thanks a lot."

Professor Lecter remembered something and looked at Noah with a playful tone: "I remember you went with Adam on his last vacation, right?"

"What do you think?"

Noah pretended to be whispering unhappily, but his voice didn't lower at all, and he kept glancing at Adam: "Adam is a complete slacker. Apart from ordering Noah to collect intelligence, he doesn't even want to leave the room."

"I asked you to guess who the murderer was, but you guessed wrong, didn't you?" Adam looked at this artificial idiot in a frown.

"That's because I was misled by that idiot Adam."

"You have no other words to say except to call me stupid. Are you an elementary school student?"

"Because Adam has no other characteristics except stupidity."

"..."

Professor Lecter couldn't help laughing as he watched the two men bickering.

Adam and Noah were stunned for a moment when they saw his smile, then smiled at each other.

They suddenly remembered that when they first came to the professor, they all thought he was a monster. He looked gentle at ordinary times, but once he showed his fangs, he would be terrifying.

However, the more they get along, the more they see the loveliness of this professor.

Maybe he is not just, maybe he has some complicated plan.

But for the person standing behind him, there is undoubtedly something lovable about him.

Because he is not God.

He is a real person.