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While Hoshinokawa and Conan were discussing the next plan, Hess was having a long talk with Akai Shuichi.

No exaggeration, really long talk.

Hess even took Akai Shuichi's hand affectionately, and actively explained to him the teachings of their Kabbalah, saying that Kabbalah is the only way for human beings to advance, and that believers can ascend to the paradise of eternal happiness.

He is more sincere than the cultists, and the expression on his face is more sincere than the priest in the church.

However, Akai Shuichi just drooped his eyes, scanning the room calmly from the corner of his eye.

He has been transferred from the laboratory where he was temporarily held to another room. It looks like a special ward in a mental hospital to prevent mental patients from getting sick. The walls in all directions are covered with soft special materials. Looking at the past, it is almost pure white. There is a bed, toilet, monitoring equipment, and a small window sill for feeding food, and there is no entrance and exit except for a door.

By the way, Akai Shuichi didn't have any restraints on his body at the moment, and the key to open the door of the entire room was hung on Hess' belt. Hess was sitting in front of him, reading the Kabbalah teachings to him.

Akai Shuichi was even an arm's length away from the key, but Hess still seemed defenseless.

Is it self-confidence?He thought, is it because he is confident that as long as he is there, he will not be able to escape?

Akai Hideo was not at all interested in the teachings read by Hess. He understood the methods of cult propaganda. Most of the believers who joined the cult were people with weak hearts. Affecting factors, but neither Akai Shuichi nor match.

He glanced at the monitor in the room calmly. Although he couldn't see the other side, he had an inexplicable intuition that Gin must be watching him.

Maybe he was already regretting that he couldn't execute him, a traitor, with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Akai couldn't help grinning the corners of his lips, but accidentally touched the wound, and subconsciously let out a 'hiss—' in pain.

Hess stopped to explain the doctrine, looked at Akai Shuichi and sighed: "It seems that you are not listening to me."

"No, you spoke very well, priest." Akai Hideichi didn't know what Hess's name was, but seeing him in priest's clothes, he simply called him that. "But unfortunately, I am an arrogant person who has no chance to listen to God's teaching."

"Hess."

"what?"

"My name is Hess." Hess closed the book with a smile on his lips, "It's okay, human beings committed the sin of arrogance in the process of acquiring desires, and my task is to lead the confused lambs back to where they should be. way."

Akai Hideichi was silent. It was not the first time he had seen this kind of paranoia of fanatics.

It is not the first time that the fbi has dealt with such difficult cases related to religion. They have even mastered a set of words to communicate with such fanatics. Generally speaking, as long as they do not question their religion and beliefs, these believers are still very easy to communicate with. of.

At this time, Akai's peripheral vision suddenly fell on Hess's face, and this inadvertent glance made Akai stunned for a moment.

He remembered... Hess should have a bruise on his face from the fight with him, but now it's gone.

When is it?

"Mr. Akai?" Hess' voice brought Akai back to his senses. He temporarily attributed this little abnormality to the fact that the injury was too minor, and then rethought how to break through the difficulties in front of him.

With Hess guarding him, even if the key is close at hand, Akai is indeed not sure that he can defeat him and escape. Why not use this opportunity to find a way to escape and collect information at the same time.

"...Father, what is your purpose?" Akai Shuichi issued a similar dialogue invitation for the first time after Hess came in.

Hess looked into Akai's eyes, as if he knew his plan, but he still smiled and answered Akai Shuichi's doubts, and said without any hesitation: "Of course it is to make the tree of Kabbalah descend, and let all human beings ascend to the kingdom of eternal happiness." .”

"Eternal? Do you mean eternal life?" Akai Shuichi stared at Hess.

"You can think of it this way. In the kingdom full of happiness, what humans can obtain is not only eternal life, but also eternal life." Hess admitted decisively.

really.

As Conan investigated, Akai Shuichi has been lurking in the organization for so many years, how could he not know about the important research project in the organization, which is the drug A researched by Hirota Masami's younger sister Miyano Shiho? He was already suspicious of the organization's boss purpose , and the information revealed in Hess' words now seems to confirm this point.

Is the purpose of organizing the boss, at least the purpose of this operation, to obtain eternal life?

It sounds like a line that often appears in fantasy movies. Human beings have never concealed their desire for eternal life, but when all this appears in reality, Akai Hideichi still feels a little complicated.

"...Does a man like you yearn for such illusory things?" Akai Shuichi couldn't help asking, and at the same time his eyes couldn't help falling on Hess's muscular figure.

During that fight, he noticed that Hess's muscles are definitely not the kind that can be exercised by eating protein powder in the gym.

When hitting it with his fist, the opponent's bulging muscles gave Akai the illusion of being hit on a steel plate. Coupled with the opponent's honed killing skills, it is a humanoid tank that can only be built on the battlefield after rigorous training.

This question, according to the fbi's way of dealing with religious people, is a little bit close to the edge of danger, but Akai still asked, he judged from the previous battle with Hess that if this man joins forces with Gin, it must be them Toughest enemy ever.

As for the enemy, no matter how much you know, you can never get enough of it. With such a good opportunity, Akai decided to take a little risk. He wanted to know more about Hess and find a point that could defeat his belief.

Words are also weapons.

"I'm not very interested in immortality," Hess closed the book, "but Kabbalah is the only answer."

"what is the answer?"

Hess did not answer directly, but rested his chin on one hand, as if recalling something and said: "Do you know, on the battlefield, the first thing to lose is empathy."

Akai closed his mouth and listened quietly.

"Looking at the bullets being shot into the bodies of the same kind, and the lives falling down one by one, the lives of others will become very light at this time, and the weapons in their hands will become very heavy. At this stage, human beings have learned from the acquired environment. The sense of morality will gradually disappear, replaced by the instinct of human beings to subconsciously pursue entertainment in order to avoid feeling depressed. The most exciting game, because they don't know if there is a tomorrow, and live every day as if it was the day before the end of the world."

"This is why so many soldiers can't change their violent impulses after returning home. When you try to live the most exciting life, the entertainment items of ordinary people can't arouse your inner waves."

Akai Shuichi seemed to realize something: "You want to achieve peace through Kabbalah?"

Hess gave him a surprised look: "Of course not."

Akai: "..."

"I just wanted to say that even the most exciting entertainment between soldiers can't fill the void in my heart. Killing people and saving people are boring to me."

The smile on Hess's face suddenly disappeared, and Akai realized that when he was not smiling, his eyes were as cold as a machine that only relied on programming.

If the temperament of gin is sinister, Hess's is closer to hollow and inhuman.

"It wasn't until I discovered Kabbalah that I understood the way to make up for the emptiness in my heart." Just before Akai couldn't help but look away, Hess smiled again, "That is, to become a 'perfect' again." Humans' will be fine, with the power of Kabbalah, let human beings board the lost evolution ritual again and enter the kingdom of eternal happiness."

"This should be a good proposal for you as well."

Akai frowned: "Me?"

"Yeah, I can see that you are also a man of faith, and this belief is not a certain order or your country, but your inner belief in the law of justice, for which you can even sacrifice your own life .”

"But have you ever thought about whether the FBI you are with is really as righteous as you imagined."

Akai frowned, already aware of the danger, and the rhythm of the conversation had been faintly grasped by the other party. He just wanted to change the topic, but Hess broke his shoulder and was forced to look him directly in the eyes.

"Have you ever thought about which country secretly instigates certain local wars in the world? For every case you handle, has the perpetrator been properly sanctioned? Your boss, can you be sure that they have never Have you been bribed, your comrades, each of them, for justice and no other sacrifice?"

Hess's words are clear, but Akai is not the rookie who just entered the workplace. His years of undercover work have given him a poker face. No matter how many ripples appear in his heart, his face remains unmoved: " So what, the world is never black and white."

"It's always been like this, is it right? Ask your heart, can your belief be accepted?" Hess slowly grasped the hand on Akai's shoulder, "The existence of shadows is because of the ugly side of human nature." , as long as the evil in human nature does not disappear, the shadow of the world will never disappear, because human beings will fall downward after eating the fruit of desire."

"But it won't happen in the future, as long as human beings become 'perfect humans' again." The smile on Hess's face gradually became treacherous, and the alarm bells in Akai's heart rang loudly, but there was no way to break free from Hess's imprisonment, "Do you want to see, this future."

Akai Hideo watched as a vortex appeared in Hess's ice-blue eyes, sucking all his mind into it.

He passed out.