Conan World: Break Free from Fate and Run to You

Chapter 244 Bedtime Story

"Sister Baizhi, I'm scared." Ayumi buried her little face in Baizhi's waist, with a hint of sobbing in her voice.

Mitsuhiko and Genta also looked unhappy. After all, they were still elementary school students. Not only were they away from their parents at night, but they were also in such a harsh environment.

There was a thunderstorm and a murderer lurking outside, and the noise kept them from sleeping well in the middle of the night. It was really hard for them.

"How about I tell you a few bedtime stories?" Bai Zhi rubbed Ayumi's soft hair and said, "How about I tell you a few Grimm's fairy tales?"

Although most of the children have read Grimm's Fairy Tales and are very familiar with the plots, something is better than nothing, so they nodded hurriedly.

Bai Zhi's voice is very soft. When she tells a story, her crisp voice is a little low, and it has a soothing power. Her pronunciation is clear, and her tone is gentle with each word. It actually calms everyone's worries.

Bai Zhi talked about "The Little Prince" and then "Snow White", from "Hansel and Gretel" and then "Puss in Boots", and from "The Little Farmer" and then "Cinderella".

Baizhi spoke very well, and Professor Agasa and Conan listened attentively.

The originally terrifying sound of thunder and rain seemed to become the background of the story, becoming gentle in the soft story, making sleepiness envelop us again.

"Sister Baizhi." Ayumi mumbled in a daze with her eyes closed.

"Hmm?" Bai Zhi touched Bu Mei's little face: "What's wrong?"

"Cinderella's two sisters are so pitiful." Ayumi's sleepy voice was full of confusion: "They cut off their toes for the prince. It was so painful and they bled a lot, but the prince still didn't like them."

"Yes, so why do we have to fight for the prince? It's as if that is some supreme honor." Bai Zhi chuckled: "In the fairy tale world, besides the prince, there is also a large forest, and outside the forest there is a witch with golden apples and riding a broom."

"There are endless ice fields, sleeping dragons, and flying elves. There are so many interesting things. Which one is not worth fighting for than the prince?"

"Well, could it be because those two sisters like the prince very much?" Ayumi opened her eyes. In the darkness, holding Bai Zhi's hand, she seemed less afraid: "If I had someone I liked, I would definitely want to be with him very much."

"But even so, you can't give up on yourself because of that person, right?" Bai Zhi said softly, "No one is perfect, and your love for him will filter him, so that you can only see his good side."

"So, when you like someone, Ayumi-chan, you must think clearly, is it the light in the person you like, or is it the light in your eyes that falls on him?"

“Hmm…” Mitsuhiko blinked, feeling like he didn’t quite understand: “That sounds really profound.”

"To put it simply, you have to love yourself well. The sun is so bright, but it does not hinder the significance of the moon." Bai Zhi smiled and looked at Huibara Ai meaningfully.

Haibara Ai's face immediately froze and she looked away uncomfortably.

The tent fell silent again, the three children having been comforted and gone to sleep.

Dr. Agasa breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had Baizhi this time, otherwise he really didn’t know what to do.

Not to mention comforting the child, Dr. Agasa was also very nervous this time. It might not work just relying on Conan. Until now, his mind was still tense.

"Azhi, are you good at comforting children?" Looking at the sleeping faces of the children, Dr. Agasa finally relaxed a little: "You tell stories really well."

"It's not that I'm good at comforting children, it's just that everyone is like a child when they are vulnerable." Bai Zhi sighed softly: "Although there is a limit to the comfort, it should be enough to comfort a few real children."

"Baizhi..." Conan murmured, and when he looked at Baizhi, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

What Baizhi said might be confusing to others, but to Conan, who had experienced most of Baizhi's memories, it was extremely clear.

It was a very short period of time, but it seemed like a very long time had passed. Until now, Conan still didn't dare to recall Bai Zhi's memory. Just the fragments of memory at the end of midnight made him wake up from his dream repeatedly.

Baizhi was right. In the past, Conan might have accused Baizhi of something in a high-sounding manner, thinking that Baizhi should do this and that, but after that day, even if he wanted to dissuade her, he didn't know how to start.

Even the scattered fragments of memory are unbearable in my dreams at midnight, so what are the real memories like?

Conan didn't dare to think about it.

In that memory, he watched with his own eyes as Bai Zhi's jet-black hair gradually turned into strands of white hair. Just as Bai Zhi had just said, there is a limit to comfort.

Conan also witnessed with his own eyes how those people could be calmed down by Baizhi at the beginning, but went crazy in the end, forcing Baizhi to erase their memories in order for them to return to normal.

"You guys stay here and watch them. I'm going to go out for a while." Bai Zhi was silent for a long while, then stood up quietly: "This is for you in case of an emergency. Turn it three times clockwise."

The blue gem drew a graceful parabola in the air and was hurriedly caught in Conan's palm. It was a bright and pure sapphire, and the moment it was thrown into the air, it was automatically woven into a bracelet.

"Eh? This is the same one as the one on Mr. Amuro's wrist..." Conan immediately recalled that Toru Amuro seemed to be wearing a similar bracelet on his hand.

They had been guessing before, wondering where the bracelet on Toru Amuro's hand came from, so, were they already together at that time?

"Of course not. Zero's is directly connected to me. It's my core." Bai Zhi shrugged: "Yours is just simple and can communicate with me."

"You're going to do it?" Conan wondered, "Are we going to get rid of the rest of them now?"

"That's not the case. They should be huddled together now, so it's hard for me to attack them." Bai Zhi shook her head: "I'll go to the sky to see what's going on with this rain."

She still felt that the rain was too strange, lasted too long, and was too sudden, and Bai Zhi always had a bad feeling in her heart.

At the same time, a new urgent news was broadcast on the TV news.

【Interrupting an urgent news. 】

The female host who suddenly appeared looked serious.

[Two murders from three months ago have been identified by the police. It is speculated that the murderer is a gang of 4-6 people. This small gang has committed serial murders and recently appeared near xxx and fled eastward. If there are any witnesses, please provide clues...]

"This place?" Mao Lilan looked at the TV and felt that it sounded familiar. "Strange, I remember Conan said he went camping with the doctor, and that place was quite close."

"What!?" Kogoro Mouri's exclamation came almost at the same time, making Ran Mouri couldn't help but look sideways.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Under Ran Mouri's surprised gaze, Kogoro Mouri, who had just been lying on a chair and opened a can of beer, stood up without even drinking a sip of the beer.

"Ran, hurry up, Officer Megure said Conan and his team seem to have encountered a murder case, and asked us to assist in the investigation."