Nagai Hikaru's Ke Xuexing

Chapter 240 Portrait

The building that was burned this time only had five floors. The blue liquid outside was also eliminated by the neutralizing liquid that Yuya Kazami finally brought.

In the end, the police reported only three deaths.

Two bodies were on the underground second floor, and one body was in an abandoned elevator shaft. Both were burnt. After DNA identification from the flesh and blood that had not yet completely carbonized, the police station had a file record of one of the bodies.

It's Nagai Hikaru.

Soon after the identities were confirmed, someone went to the police station to pick up Nagai Hikaru's body. The other two unidentified male bodies were also taken away soon after, saying that they would be buried in the name of charity.

Conan found out that it was Shuichi Hamura who took away Mitsuru Nagai, and the other two bodies were taken away by the Karasuma Group.

And Okiya Subaru is missing.

Several days have passed since the Pramia incident, and Conan has called Shuichi Hamura countless times, but no one answered.

Dr. Agasa drove Conan and Ai Huihara to Dracula's villa and found that there were only maids and gardeners inside. Even Sally and Dorothy were not there.

On the day Kogoro Mouri was discharged from the hospital, Ran Mouri received a call.

"Ms. Xiaolan? Hello, sorry for calling. I'm Kasuga Ryuji."

"Teacher Kasuga?" Mao Lilan was surprised. "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"It's like this. Ten days ago, Ms. Nagai ordered a personal portrait in my room. It's now finished, but I can't contact her." Kasuga Ryuji's voice was confused.

"Portrait? Didn't the teacher say..."

"Yes, I originally said I would not continue to paint portraits, but Ms. Nagai gave me a painting offer that I really couldn't refuse. To be honest, this painting was only painted based on videos and photos, and I'm not sure whether Ms. Nagai would be satisfied."

Mao Lilan's voice trembled slightly: "You, haven't contacted Mr. Hamura either?"

"No, ah, Ms. Xiaolan, you can rest assured about the money. Ms. Nagai paid it in full before the painting was completed. I thought about the first time I met you that day, and I thought you two were friends, right? Could you please pass on the work? If there are any changes she wants, she can tell me later." Kasuga Ryuji was humble on the phone.

"I, I'll come get it now. Thank you, Kasuga-sensei."

Maori Kogoro was sitting behind his desk reading a newspaper, still wearing a neck brace. When he heard Maori Ran's phone conversation, he put down the newspaper stiffly and said, "Looking for Hamura?"

"Yes... yes." Mao Lilan stood up to get her bag, but bumped into the cup and magazine on the coffee table. She hurriedly lowered her head to pick up the magazine, put it back on the coffee table, and when she was about to pick up the cup, she knocked the ashtray on the table down.

Maori Kogoro couldn't stand it anymore and stood up: "You need to go out for something, right? Don't worry about it, I'll clean it up."

"Dad?" Mao Lilan looked at Mao Li Kogoro with a dazed look in her eyes. "I...I want to go get Xiao Guang's things..."

Maori Kogoro paused as he was walking towards him: "Wha...what?"

"Painting... Xiaoguang has a painting." Mao Lilan picked up the ashtray on the ground in a trance and stood up. "Then please clean up here..." As she said this, she was about to stuff the ashtray into her bag without knowing what she was doing.

Maori Kogoro hurried over and grabbed Maori Ran's hand as she was stuffing the ashtray into her bag: "Are you okay? Wait a minute, I'll drive you there."

Mao Lilan then noticed the ashtray in her hand and quickly put the glass ashtray on the coffee table: "I didn't notice it. Dad, it's okay, it's not far from the cup holder. I can just walk over."

Maori Kogoro looked at Maori Ran's dazed look and felt worried: "Then I'll go with you."

"It's okay, Dad. You still have a collar on your neck. You should just rest at home." Mao Lilan smiled at him, picked up her bag, and put the key back into the bag at the door. "I'm leaving first."

When Kogoro Mouri saw Ran Mouri leaving, he stiffened his neck and picked up the overturned teacup on the ground, then went to get a rag and wiped the tea left at the bottom of the cup when it was overturned.

"Really? That kid said he would treat me to a seafood dinner. He also said he would buy horse racing tickets with me..." As he was wiping, Maori Kogoro looked at the floor and threw the rag on the ground. "This kid has such good luck in buying horse racing tickets... Are you kidding me?"

Mao Lilan didn't quite remember how she got the painting. The oil painting was quite large. She held the painting in both hands and walked along the river bank towards Beika Town. Today's sunset was very beautiful, with purple-red clouds in the sky, reflecting the blue water of the Tsutsu River.

From time to time, people walking their dogs and children ran past her. She walked slowly with the painting in her arms, her eyes lifeless.

Suddenly, Mao Lilan missed a step and fell towards the river bank. A hand grabbed her arm and pulled her back: "Ms. Xiaolan, are you okay?"

Mao Lilan hurriedly held the picture frame that was about to fall and turned to look: "Mr. Amuro?"

Toru Amuro still had the triangular cloth sling on his right hand to fix his arm. Only after he saw that Mouri Ran had stood firmly did he let go of her left hand.

"Okay, I'm out walking the dog." Toru Amuro nodded gently, and Haro barked obediently at his feet, picked up the leash that Toru Amuro had just loosened when he went to pull Mouri Ran, and stood up obediently.

"I...I came out to get something."

Amuro Toru glanced at the huge picture frame in Mao Lilan's arms: "What is this?"

Mao Lilan loosened her grip on the painting and tilted it halfway towards Amuro Toru. "Xiao Guang, I ordered a portrait for myself ten days ago. It seems that I saw that Kasuga-sensei's paintings of me were good, so I pestered him to draw one for me as well."

In the painting, Hikaru Nagai tilts his face slightly, holding a large bouquet of red roses in front of him, revealing his shoulders and collarbones. His golden curly hair falls on his shoulders, with a few strands blown by the wind, and he has a red rose hairpin on his head. He smiles at the painting, and seems a little shy. The golden sunlight in the picture seems to cast a soft light effect on his face, making him look gentler.

"The painting is very beautiful, but how should I give it to him?" Mao Lilan asked softly.

Amuro Toru was silent for a while, then took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

Mao Lilan hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her bag, first looked at the place on the painting where her tears had fallen, and wiped it. Fortunately, a layer of varnish had been applied on it, and after confirming that the painting was not damaged, Mao Lilan wiped it hard on her face, and forced a smile to Amuro Toru, saying: "Sorry, Mr. Amuro, please forgive me."

"The painting is beautiful..." Amuro Toru put away his handkerchief and said softly, "Can I... take a picture?"

"Of course, I don't think Xiaoguang would mind. If he received it, he would definitely take a photo and send it to everyone, asking us to praise him for being beautiful." Mao Lilan sniffed and wiped the tears from her face, "He obviously loves beauty so much..."

Hello watched as Mao Lilan squatted down while crying and holding the painting, biting the leash and circling around anxiously.

Amuro Toru stood aside without moving, and seemed to be in a daze. The sun had completely set, and the wind on the river bank was a little cold. Street lights lit up one by one along the path along the river bank from a distance, all the way to the end of the vision.

The lights in Dr. Agasa's house also lit up. Conan sat on a high stool at the bar, frowning and looking at the keyboard while checking the news.

Huiyuan Ai brought a glass of milk and placed it on the bar next to Conan: "Kudo, take a rest."

"Akai is missing, and I suspect one of the two bodies was him. I'm contacting Teacher Judy to get a report on Akai's teeth."

"Kudo..."

"Don't bother me!" Conan turned around and yelled at Haibara.

Huihara Ai looked at him calmly, not frightened, nor angry: "Even if you want to divert your attention, you should take a rest. You have hardly slept in the past few days. Your body can't bear it."

Conan no longer paid attention to Haibara Ai, and turned to study the news and missing persons reports of the past few days.

Dr. Agasa walked over carefully and looked down at Huihara Ai: "Well, you haven't had dinner yet, would you like some sandwiches? Ms. Kinoshita tried to make some peanut blueberry jam sandwiches."

"She's a guest, and you still let Miss Kinoshita cook?" Haibara Ai frowned and said.

"No, she said you didn't eat well these days and she was worried about you." Dr. Agasa looked at Haibara Ai worriedly, then turned back to look at Conan who was grabbing his hair in front of the computer, and felt a little at a loss for a moment.

"Don't worry about me. Don't you still have the gesture design to do with Fusae? Just focus on your own thing." Huibara Ai turned around and walked towards the kitchen with an expressionless face.

"Okay... okay."

In the Kudo residence next door, the Kudo couple walked around in the study. Kudo Yusaku touched his chin and frowned: "Akai is really missing. Shinichi's suspicion may be true. One of the two bodies may really be Akai."

"The Karasuma Group accepted the two bodies but did not provide proof of their identity. Would the police agree to this?" Kudo Yukiko said in surprise.

"There are nearly 3,000 unclaimed bodies in Japan. For these accident bodies, as long as DNA reports and dental reports are left to prove their identities, they will be cremated and managed in a standardized manner. With a little bit of effort, the Metropolitan Police Department is very willing to get rid of this trouble in the name of charity." After inspecting the study, Yusaku Kudo walked towards Okiya Subaru's bedroom.

"So if one of the bodies is Mr. Akai, who is the other one?"

"Sitting in a wheelchair... His skeleton is elderly, but his teeth are middle-aged. Do you remember this contradictory report? It's in the video."

Kudo Yukiko covered her mouth in surprise: "You mean... he might be the boss of the organization, Karasuma Ren?"

"I just suspect this possibility." Kudo Yusaku opened Okiya Subaru's room and carefully opened every cabinet to check.

"But how is it possible that everyone else in the lab ran away and only their boss was left behind? This doesn't make sense."

"What if Karasuma Renya wanted to die?" Kudo Yusaku went to the bathroom and found the toothbrush in the bathroom. He looked carefully and found that it was brand new. This was not the toothbrush used by Okiya Subaru.

"Huh? What do you mean he wants to die?"

Kudo Yusaku took off his glasses and slowly wiped the lenses: "I am very worried. The cloning experiment has actually been completely successful. Karasuma Renya just abandoned this body."

Hope ignited in Kudo Yukiko's eyes: "So, if the cloning is successful, Xiaoguang..."

“There are no two leaves in the world that are the same.”