dtnovels Chapter 40 Will this world come to a standstill?
Chapter 40 Will this world come to a standstill?
This is a bustling city, where neon lights flicker with eerie colors. Despite the presence of light sources, the exteriors of the buildings are completely dark.
On the rooftop of a certain building, a strange pair of people were standing face to face.
"Brother Longze, why did you bring me here?" The first to speak was a little boy wearing glasses, who stared curiously at the boy in black in front of him.
The boy in black raised his head, a provocative and arrogant smile gradually spreading across his face.
Just as Conan was wondering what was going on, the boy in black pulled a dark, palm-sized grenade from the pocket of his trench coat.
Palm grenade, also known as a mini pistol.
The boy in black held a gun in his right hand and deftly tore off his disguise with his left.
Disguised, he was a handsome young man who seemed to have stepped out of a comic book. He had a high nose bridge and a mixed-race look. His bright amber eyes looked particularly alluring on the dimly lit rooftop.
"You, you are!" Conan took a step back in alarm, staring warily at the gun in the black-clad boy's hand.
Conan then belatedly raised his wristwatch tranquilizer gun. He didn't know whether the gun of the strange boy in black was faster, or his tranquilizer dart was faster.
"I am Bai Yexiu, and also your brother Longze." The boy in black raised his gun and gently pressed it against Conan's forehead.
No, how could that be?
Conan froze. Could it be that Ryuzawa, who had been by his side all along, was the one who wanted to kill him? No wonder, he always wore black clothes and acted mysteriously; he should have realized this sooner.
Conan chuckled self-deprecatingly: "So, you guys found me after all?"
"I found you the moment you shrunk." The boy in black had a kind smile on his face, but that smile sent chills down Conan's spine.
"I didn't kill you because I wanted to play with you, but now..." The boy in black smiled and tilted his head, "I'm tired of you."
The boy in black took a step forward, forcing Conan to retreat. The oppressive feeling from this action was enough to make Conan tremble all over.
"Give up."
A burst of dazzling fire erupted from the muzzle of the palm-sized grenade, then vanished completely. With the passing of that firelight, a life was lost.
A pool of crimson liquid gushed from behind the young figure's head, spilling onto the concrete floor. A look of terror remained on his face.
boom.
With the sound of the lights hitting the ground, the bustling city suddenly fell silent, even the rotating neon light pillars stopped moving.
The boy in black paused, looking around with a hint of confusion. He took a few steps, and the only sound on the vast rooftop was the tapping of his footsteps on the floor…
This city... no, it should be said that the world seemed to have stopped functioning; everything had come to a standstill.
The boy in black stepped over the blood flowing from the young corpse on the ground, returned to the stairwell, and prepared to leave the building.
It's too quiet.
The black-clad boy's footsteps echoed in the hallway. At that moment, he desperately wished that a cleaning lady or something similar would appear to prove that the world was still normal.
Yes, he did see a cleaning lady.
However, that auntie doesn't move.
The cleaning lady held the broom in her hand, remaining motionless in her sweeping posture.
The boy in black stepped forward, patted her on the shoulder, and called out to her loudly in her ear, but she did not respond.
The aunt's body still retained the warmth a living person should have, but her breathing had stopped.
Leaving the building, the once bustling street was unusually quiet, leading the boy in black to believe he had lost his hearing. However, the sound of his footsteps told him that he was not deaf.
The pedestrians on the street were still there: a melancholy man, a haughty lady, a young thug with dyed blond hair, a vendor talking to him, and a couple laughing together...
They look perfectly normal, except they won't move...
The boy in black finally understood.
It turns out that the world has come to a standstill.
Time stood still.
The boy in black glanced at his watch. It was a gift from his adoptive father, and the battery had just been changed a few days ago.
However, the watch has stopped working.
Under the pitch-black night sky, there is a world that has come to a standstill and a boy in black wandering aimlessly.
……
Bai Yexiu suddenly sat up in bed.
He even dreamed that he killed Conan, and the most terrifying thing was that after killing Conan, the whole world came to a standstill.
Is it really true that Conan can't be killed?
He had always had this intuition—that killing Conan would have an irreversible consequence.
Although he didn't know what caused this feeling, he would never doubt his intuition.
Suddenly, Bai Yexiu seemed to remember something and glanced at his wristwatch. The hands were still moving, and there were birds chirping outside the window; everything seemed normal.
When Byakuya first learned about Conan, he only intended to kill him when he got tired of him. However, whenever he had the thought of killing Conan, he would have an ominous feeling.
Now that he had such a dream again, Bai Yexiu was in a bit of a predicament.
But soon, Bai Yexiu's expression gradually relaxed, and he put on his usual smile.
Whatever, since we can't kill him, let's make good use of him—if you want to catch a big fish, you have to be patient.
Since discovering about Conan, his mind has gradually been filled with other plots—all related to Conan.
He knew that Conan would later cooperate with organizations like the FBI to fight against them, so since Conan trusted him so much, he might as well make good use of him and not waste Conan's trust in him.
Keeping Conan around is still very useful. We can extract information from him to help the organization achieve a major victory in the future.
Having fun is fine, but protecting your job is the most important thing.
Bai Yexiu banished the dream from his mind in less than a minute. Just then, Amuro Tooru's voice came from outside the room: "Kundo, are you up? Breakfast is ready!"
……
Conan suddenly woke up from his bed.
He had just dreamt that Long Ze was the same boy in black he had seen at the hospital that day! And Long Ze had just killed him!
Conan carefully recalled what the person in his dream had said—the boy in black had said his name, but it was very vague.
Conan tilted his head and thought for a long time, but he still couldn't remember the name of the boy in black.
But this is just a dream!
Conan consoled himself.
He's been so nervous lately that he actually connected the boy in black at the hospital with Long Ze. They're clearly not the same person, and even if the boy in black seems suspicious, it doesn't mean he's part of the organization.
He's probably just a middle school student going through a rebellious phase.
Conan nodded silently, agreeing with his own idea.
But Conan still had a strange feeling. When he was shot, he vaguely felt that the whole world had stopped.
Conan tilted his head again, deep in thought.
Since the entire world has come to a standstill, then it must be his own world that has come to a standstill, since he is dead. He is dead, and his own world has come to a standstill.
No matter what, as long as Xiaolan is safe and sound, that's all that matters.
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