Chapter 3

is really—enough!

Before Angelica lost consciousness, she heard many things:

the panicked and desperate screams of her baby girl, the roar of the white-haired man next to her, the extraordinarily calm command of the strange little boy... and more, the sudden sudden death in the crowd. A scream broke out.

In the last few seconds when she was blind, Angelica finally managed to figure out the situation: someone had pierced her throat with a sharp instrument, she was bleeding, and she fell to the ground and died on the spot.

If the other party used a little more force, it would not be impossible to chop off her entire head.

It's...that's enough.

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"I'm sorry, please don't leave the safe area we have checked out easily now."

The second time.

Time has changed, it no longer starts from getting off the plane.

When Angelica opened her eyes, she subconsciously raised her hand and touched her neck.

Smooth and long, it's hard to put it down.

...No...what on earth am I thinking...!

Angelica laughed in her heart, not knowing why she suddenly had such unrelated narcissistic thoughts - this is really not like me.

"You said this uncle is a detective?"

"That's awesome——!"

Kujo Xu Lun took advantage of Angelica's distraction for a few seconds and quietly ran to the boy's side. He poked his head around excitedly, trying to escape from the heavily armed encirclement. See clearly the actions of the □□ processing team.

"...Uh...yeah...haha..."

Edogawa Conan forced a smile. He really couldn't help the familiar kid next to him, but at the same time, he didn't want to admit that Uncle Mori was a detective!

detective……?

By the way... the name Maori is so familiar...

Angelica thought hard and tried to piece together the current situation.

The threat of violence has been temporarily lifted, but there are still dangerous elements hiding in the dark who are eyeing the girl from the high school of Integrity Women's College. They may rise up at any time and penetrate her neck with a terrifying weapon. .

poor child.

But what happened to her? Why do we encounter such horrific incidents one after another?

Angelica was unable to clearly see the appearance of the assailant before her "death". It was like an evil ghost who appeared without warning, as if he did not exist at the scene.

People around...

Angelica's eyes quickly scanned the crowd: So, what is that?

Although no suspicious person was found, Angelica saw the same [badge] again.

This time, the place where the badge appeared was...the white-haired man's throat!

"Huh?"

Gojo Satoru frowned at the first moment when his special gaze swept over him: It's strange... this guy... why does he feel very uncomfortable when he sees her... It's not that he hates her... he's not... anyway. What a negative feeling...but it's just very unpleasant!

"Isn't it very polite of you to stare at others like that?"

So short...!

Gojo Satoru looked down completely from above and found that the other person's blond hair was smooth and shiny, and was layered around a small hair spiral. There seemed to be countless hair strands.

"Sorry."

Angelica apologized lightly, but in her heart, she had an unpleasant association surrounding the badge of unknown origin.

There was a problem with the suitcase before, and after the restart, the badge appeared on the suitcase;

now the exact same badge appears on this guy's body - no matter the shape, size, color or pattern, is it the same as the previous accidental death? , has something to do with him? !

But...

Angelica's eyes stayed on Gojo Satoru's neck for several seconds, and she could clearly see his throat moving up and down restlessly.

The badge was impartial and printed right on the opponent's Adam's apple. Despite the interference of light and entangled lines, it can still be seen that the Adam's apple is very conspicuous and has a beautiful shape.

……no……!

Angelica couldn't help but shook her head slightly: What's wrong with me? Why do you always think of strange things?

If the danger comes from the white-haired man in front of me, then... it was him who suddenly attacked me?

Or was it actually him who was going to be ambushed?

Angelica thinks the latter is more likely.

No matter which possibility it is, Angelica faces a difficult problem: How can she stop the evil spirit lurking in the dark? He hid very well, and his speed was so fast that it was difficult to see clearly with the naked eye...

If he couldn't find the culprit, the sharp weapon with an unclear shape might still cause him pain in the end.

That evil ghost... what is he here for? Is it that middle school girl? Or those two men who look like middle school girls' bodyguards?

There's no way...it's just an innocent person passing by like her, right?

"If you can, can you tell me what happened to this child?"

"Why would someone want to hurt her?"

Angelica decided to try one by one to figure out the other party's goal as quickly as possible.

This question seemed to touch on some kind of tacit understanding and some unspeakable secret among the four people. For a moment, everyone's expressions were a little gloomy, and no one wanted to answer.

"It's simple, because this eldest sister has been targeted by the cultists!"

"Mommy - I know everything -" Xu Lun Kujo ran back to Angelica briskly, and immediately He learned and sold the information he had just learned, "Those bad guys want to catch my sister and do something to her!"

"That's why they chased her!"

"If that's the case, how could they do such harm?"

If it's just a kidnapping, it shouldn't go as far as using bombs.

"Well..." Kujo Xu Lun actually only heard half of the case. After realizing that his mother needed his help, he immediately flew back like a butterfly, "This..."

"Because, the ultimate goal of the Panxing Cult is , destroying a certain ceremony."

At this time, a slender middle-aged man in a suit put his hands in his pockets and walked up to several people.

He had his hair neatly combed back, but there was a lock of broken hair hanging down in the middle of his forehead. Except for the two symmetrical mustaches on his upper lip, all the stubble on his face was neatly groomed.

So... a very familiar person.

Angelica raised her head, looked at that face, and quickly picked up the memory of her school days: "Mouri-senpai? Are you Mouri Kogoro-senpai?"

"Ah————?" The original expression was solemn and serious. The man's tone suddenly changed, and his smile was particularly bright, "You are - you are - it's you -!"

"Angelica?"

"I didn't expect you to have become such a beautiful girl -!"

This uncle is really strange.

Xu Lun Kujo subconsciously moved a little closer to the beautiful mommy, raised his head, and was puzzled that human expressions could change so quickly: This uncle obviously looked serious and reliable when explaining next to the police, but The way he looks at Mommy now...why does it make people so uncomfortable?

He was scratching his head and giggling...just like a silly gorilla!

"I heard that Senior Maori is now a detective?" Angelica needed to know more about the situation. At the same time, she had another guess in her mind: time.

Time is different.

When we looked back for the first time, the bomb explosion in the suitcase was obviously much longer than before. It seemed that enough time was deliberately left to wait for the police from the first processing team to arrive.

Although it is not ruled out that it is affected by the badge... Angelica still speculates: Maybe this time back, the time when the enemy hiding in the dark launches an attack will also be affected.

While staring at the badge on the white-haired man's throat, Angelica had already tried to move the circular mark in her heart in the same way.

However, unlike the changes that occurred in the suitcase, the dazzlingly white neck was intact, but... it was bizarrely rotated ninety degrees.

Each time the mark is mobilized, it will rotate ninety degrees counterclockwise.

Fortunately...

as long as the transfer is not confirmed in the mind, the object marked by the badge will not change substantially.

This guy... what does that look mean?

Gojo Satoru knew that the blonde woman's eyes were not malicious, but when the other party's gentle and probing eyes "passed" his neck inadvertently from time to time, he always felt itchy all over his body.

The weird itching made him want to glare at her, but as soon as his eyes fell on the blonde woman, Gojo Satoru was inexplicably reluctant to stay too long.

My neck...is it weird? snort.

Think about it carefully, did this woman touch her neck just now?

...You can't possibly be envious of my long and white neck, right...?

Angelica quickly let go of the long neck and showed a polite smile to her old friend.

"Haha - you know it - I'm so sorry -"

Mouri Kogoro put his hand in his pocket and touched it, then skillfully handed out a business card: "Although I am not a famous detective, if Xiao An If you have any difficulties, I will do my best!"

The business card is simple and simple, but the words "Maori Detective Affairs" are particularly chic.

"You are so humble." Angelica stretched out her hand, and just as her fingertips touched the corner of the business card, she suddenly couldn't help but tremble twice - because she saw the same badge appeared on the back of her left hand.

What exactly is going on?

"The situation this child is facing is terrible." Mouri Kogoro touched his nose after handing over his business card, and his expression became a little more serious. "The Panxing Cult members don't know how they targeted her. According to what we know so far, They wanted to use the child to perform a cruel sacrifice ceremony. "

"Fortunately, we fully understood the Panxing Cult's plot, so we were able to arrive in time to prevent the tragedy from happening and protect her."

"By the way . ——"

Mouri Kogoro looked at the nervous middle school girl, moved closer to Angelica, whispered in her ear and said:

"The Panxing Cult members are closely connected, and they use mobile phones to confirm repeatedly. After this operation."

"So after we broke into the ceremony, there were people who kept trying to kill the child!"

"I don't know where they, a private organization, got so many. Bombs..."

"So - little girl - and you and your companions!" Mouri Kogoro coughed lightly and acted like a reliable adult, "You just stay in the police protection circle! , until all the Panxing Cult members are arrested!"

"This is the safest and most reliable choice for you!"

"But..." Although her life safety was obviously threatened, Tenuchi Riko weakly put forward her opinion. , "It will be too late..."

"Xiao Riko, as a top student, should you first obey the reliable police arrangements?"

Another tall man who had been standing behind Riko Tenuchi like a statue said with a smile, his face It's an incomprehensible complexity.

[Pfft—chi—]

This time, Angelica clearly heard the sound of piercing the flesh.

Similarly, she also clearly saw the weapon that seemed to suddenly break through the invisible air, appear out of thin air, and suddenly stab her.

"Huh?"

"Who are you——?!"

A frighteningly strong strange man appeared in the scene that had already been investigated.

His eyes were sharp and his expression was cold. He held a strange-looking weapon in his right hand, his muscles were raised, and he was stabbing Angelica's throat fiercely.