Chapter 113: People who get wet in the rain are a bit pitiful.
In the gas chamber of the research institute, this is the fourth hour that Shiho Miyano has been tortured here.
It was very quiet.
All I could hear was my own heartbeat and breathing.
"..."
The woman's face looked unusually haggard, and her eyes, which had lost their color, were even darker.
She was handcuffed next to the gas pipe, and her legs were almost numb from kneeling for so long...but it didn't matter anymore.
Anyway, I will be killed soon.
(elder sister.....)
During the four hours of imprisonment, what constantly appeared in Shiho Miyano's mind was, as expected, the gentle smile of her sister Akemi Miyano.
Shiho Miyano learned of her death two days ago.
At first, she hadn't seen her sister for too long, and her weekly call time had disappeared. Even no matter what messages she sent, they fell on deaf ears... Shiho Miyano realized that something was wrong and went to question Gin, but what she got was that Gin personally admitted to having killed her.
At that moment, Shiho Miyano felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
She even remembered the cold look and tone in Gin's voice when he said this, and when she asked him why, Gin turned away without even bothering to answer.
As for the time after that, the woman didn't know how she spent it...
She was in a daze, like a walking corpse, and the researchers she led in the development also lost their direction, so the entire research project came to a complete standstill.
Later, Shiho Miyano decided to protest to the organization and seek the truth by interrupting her research. However, this act of resistance was absolutely not tolerated by the organization - Gin imprisoned her in the gas chamber and issued a disciplinary decision to the higher-ups.
At that moment, Shiho Miyano understood.
Unless I beg for mercy before being punished, I will probably face the same fate as my sister...
Finally, recalling the scene when she last saw her sister with nostalgia, Shiho Miyano took out the APTX4869 she had hidden on her body and swallowed it directly.
The bitter irony of a researcher being poisoned by the drug he developed is so bitter that it is hard to laugh out loud.
The next second,
Intense pain surged to the woman's limbs and bones, and she howled in agony as if her whole body was being torn apart and dissolved.
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The sky was darker than usual tonight, with thick clouds completely obscuring the moon.
Boom--
Suddenly there was thunder.
The sky flickered for a moment, and then rain began to fall.
It was just a drizzle at first, but soon it started to rain heavily, and the heavy rain made the scenery in the distance blurred.
Breathing heavily, the shrunken Shiho Miyano, wearing a white coat that dragged on the ground, walked with the help of the wall.
Her brain was a little fuzzy.
I actually escaped...
Even though there had been precedents, Shiho Miyano still didn't feel it was real when she found out that the drug she was researching actually had the side effect of making people smaller and it had happened to her.
However, the cold rain that wet the hair and clothes told the truth.
"Ha ha....."
Shiho Miyano was breathing heavily.
In the rain, her breath was slightly misty, and she felt weak and uncomfortable every time she took a step outside.
My body temperature seems to be higher than normal...
Is this a side effect of my body shrinking? Or am I having a fever?
She completely forgot that she had no appetite to eat anything after learning of her sister's death.
(We need to leave here quickly... Shinichi Kudo's house is in this direction--)
There were no pedestrians on the streets on the rainy night.
Fortunately, since the last time someone defected from the institute, Gin has been extremely strict about the entry and exit of institute personnel. Both researchers and security personnel are prohibited from going out during this period.
Shiho Miyano plans to go to Shinichi Kudo's house.
She no longer had any ties in this world, and the only person she could think of was the high school detective who had swallowed APTX4869 and turned into a child. If it was him, maybe he would understand her? At the very least, she should warn him of the dangers of the organization.
She walked laboriously in the direction of her memory.
As she turned a corner, she noticed a silver Mercedes parked there.
Shiho Miyano didn't want to pay any attention, but the car door suddenly opened, and a slender figure walked out of it, instantly making her feel like she was falling into an icy cave--
Cointreau!
With a gentle smile, the incredibly delicate man stood there holding an umbrella.
He looked down at me with pity.
"...People who get wet in the rain are kind of pitiful."
Shiho Miyano only felt that her expression must be very stiff at this moment.
She only felt that the person standing in front of her was surrounded by a black aura, blending into the rainy night and the sound of thunder.
A bright light flashed among the dark clouds.
The face of the man under the umbrella flickered for a moment, and he just looked at this side quietly.
Did Cointreau recognize itself?
Maybe not...
Shiho Miyano's mind was in a state of confusion. The tension and fear of escaping death, coupled with the cold, made it almost impossible for her to think--
Cointreau probably doesn't recognize his shrunken self...
However, he was wearing this white coat, and he seemed to be an extremely powerful detective...
Gasping in fear, Shiho Miyano watched Hayashi Yoshiki walking towards her and could not help but take a step back, but her legs went weak and she fell directly to the ground.
She slumped over the cold water.
Hayashi Yoshiki smiled and took Shiho Miyano's small body under the umbrella.
He squatted down and reached out to touch her forehead.
Very hot...
Under Shiho Miyano's tense gaze, he picked her up and walked towards his car.
Hayashi Yoshiki put her in the passenger seat.
He took a towel from the car to wipe the rain off her head, but there was nothing he could do about her wet clothes.
Shiho Miyano said nothing and looked a little frightened, just like an autistic child.
Hayashi Yoshiki started the car.
When she saw that the vehicle was heading towards the research institute she had just escaped from, Shiho Miyano's face turned extremely pale and she even began to despair - but the car did not pass by the research institute in the end, but turned into another street before that.
Hayashi Yoshiki did not forget that Vodka was very good at checking surveillance. At this time, even just passing by the research institute would feel a bit troublesome.
As Shiho Miyano saw his car driving farther and farther away, her anxious heart relaxed a little.
She seemed to have fallen asleep due to the psychological gap caused by the sudden shock and her physical weakness from being caught in the rain. The heater in the car was on.
Hayashi Yoshiki drove quietly.