Conan: The Mechanic - Chapter 1057

[Summary of the previous situation, the content of this chapter is connected forward to Chapter 683 “Terminal Illness” and Chapter 684 “The End of Everything”, including the old illnesses of Gin and Belmod, as well as their previous relationship]

EST, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. ET.

“…” Gin, who had turned into a boy, got off the bus and walked towards the apartment he rented.

The drug he took was different from the original version of APTX4869, and through the fine-tuning of the core components, the change in the age group that was promoted after the drug took effect was achieved.

If the health doctor is right, his biological age is now about 16. The leiomyomas that raged in his old body were nowhere to be seen. According to doctors, as long as you return to this age group, there is a more than 90% chance of avoiding malignant cancer in the body.

Even if his physique is different from Qianyu and the others, he may never be able to return to his original body through the antidote, but the medicine can at least provide him with a chance to start over.

Therefore, his current apparent identity is just a harmless American high school student.

And after solving the worries of terminal illness, he also began to restore the previous relationship-especially the most important one.

[This fellow Belmod… what about people? 】

He took out his mobile phone again, and after making sure that there were no text messages to reply, Jin Jiu’s brows furrowed even tighter.

He only saw the news of Belmod’s sudden retirement yesterday-although her career is not booming, she is definitely making money every day, and there is absolutely no reason to suddenly cut off such a considerable source of income now.

And when he tried to contact Belmod to determine the reason, he didn’t get any reply.

【what the hell……】

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Gin shook his head and took out the apartment key from his pocket.

This is also an experience that can only be said in the United States – never stand in front of the door looking for the key. In an environment that is neither bright nor open, there may always be uninvited guests lurking in the dark, ready to attack those who let down their guard. Although Gin never really encountered such a situation, it never prevented him from preparing for it.

When he came to the door, Gin tried to insert the key into the keyhole, but his expression changed.

The angle of the keyhole was not the same as when he left, and it was turned from the 1 o’clock direction to the 11 o’clock position.

[Is it an illusion? still……】

While maintaining the normal rotation of the key, Gin took out the resin dagger from the cuff with the hand that was not holding the key, clasped it under the cover of the palm and wrist, and pushed open the door as if nothing had happened.

The lights in the room were on, as if to remind Gin, who had turned off the lights before leaving, that someone was in the room.

And what made Jin Jiu even more confused was that he seemed to hear the sound of someone cooking.

?

Gin didn’t understand why he could smell the cooking dishes. Curious about such an unexpected situation, he dropped his guard a little and quickened his pace.

Then, he heard a somewhat familiar, yet somewhat strange voice.

“I didn’t expect you to come back so early? I’m sorry, the meal isn’t ready yet—”

“????” Jin Jiu’s expression was completely stunned, he quickly put away the knife and walked quickly towards the direction of the kitchen.

Standing in front of the stove was Belmod, who looked really only 16 or 17 years old. Although Belmod in the past also looked like a young woman, this time it seemed that he could clearly perceive the childish state of being a minor.

“What’s the matter?” She turned her head and looked at Gin with some amusing. “Why is this reaction?”

“…” With trembling lips, Gin’s gaze switched back and forth between the pot in front of Belmod and herself. “You…you ate that?”

“Otherwise?” Belmod put down the rice shovel, turned down the heat of the stove, and walked to the gin. “You texted me earlier and asked, why did you retire, right?

Saying so, she raised her hand and gently stroked Gin’s face.

“That’s my answer – I’ve missed that fascinated big boy who wasn’t plagued by a terminal illness, who wasn’t like a walking dead, for too long.”

For those who only joined the organization in the past two years, Gin is just a killing machine that exudes the breath of death. Only the old people know that beneath this terrifying appearance, there used to be a completely different heart—of course, it was only once.

But now, with the rekindling of the fire of gin’s life, it has all come back.

…………

Gin took a sip of red wine and looked at Belmod with suspicious eyes.

“What did you say?” He raised his eyebrows slightly. “How about that kid… With his conservative personality, I don’t think he would rush to the front line so recklessly.”

“I don’t know,” Belmod also took a sip. “It is said that his temperament changed drastically in the last few days-Fujiwara’s statement is that his words and deeds became extremely strange. Although there is no direct evidence, perhaps this is why he lost his vigilance and was attacked.”

“The last few days?” Jin Jiu thought for a while, as if he had thought of something. “If I remember correctly, that kid borrowed the file extraction permission from me at the time… What should he not see?”

“His file?” Belmod murmured softly with a confused expression on his face. “His file…is there anything special about it?”

“I don’t know,” Gin shook his head. “He’s just a brat, what’s so strange about the file—maybe apart from him, only the archivist has really read and revised that file in the past five years~www.mtlnovel.com~ Uh, Maybe.” Belmod nodded noncommittally.

Dinner continues.

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January 21st at 9:30 am Tokyo time.

With the visa in hand, Chiba sat on the train and seemed to be thinking about something.

…………

“Well, then your documents are done.” Hoshino Kaede nodded after returning the visa-approved passport to Chiba. “The exact time has been given in China – the professor will arrive at the school in June, and if you are, you can take the plane in May. After all, you still need to check everything you need for the professor first.”

“Then do I need to deal with the plane myself?”

“No, the organization has already made the reservation for you. You only need to arrive at Osaka International Airport at noon on May 19th. Before that, you have four months to play around and take a final souvenir.”

“It’s not necessary,” Qianyu shrugged. “In the past month, I have seen all the things that need to be seen, and the rest… they are not that important. If you really want to see all the things that are not so important, I am afraid it will not cost a lot of money. For several years. Rather than just choose some of them, I might as well not watch them at all.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know, maybe it’s to find a secluded place where I can rest my body and mind? I have a hunch that my doctoral career in the Far East will be very hard.”

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“Hui saw, Sui saw it.” With the sound of the announcement, Qianyu, whose thoughts were interrupted, raised her gaze slightly and looked at the small train station that was gradually approaching outside the window.

[How long have you been here? If you think about it carefully, it should be more than 9 months…]