Baishi Hui came out of the guesthouse. He wanted to go into the village to see what was happening.
However, when he arrived in the village, he saw a scene of considerable chaos. The streets were a mess, and countless village residents were fighting and causing trouble.
"Ah! There's a Qijiela here!"
"Give it to me! Give it to me!"
"I found it first! It's mine!"
"Give me the Qijiela! I can't live without it!"
"..."
Looking at the village residents fighting amongst themselves, Baishi Hui's heart sank. He realized they were truly addicted!
Their complexions were pale, their faces swollen, and their expressions dazed.
"What a disaster..." He sighed deeply.
Baishi Hui had seen this kind of thing in news reports from Ah San before.
At the time, he had laughed at those Ah Sans for having no common sense. Who destroys drugs like that?
Lin Zexu's Humen Opium Destruction involved wrapping opium in quicklime and throwing it into the sea for destruction.
They just lit it on fire directly. Are you sure that's destroying the drug?
Yet now, such a thing was truly happening right before his eyes.
Baishi Hui couldn't laugh anymore. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
He had lived this long, and this was the first time he had been so speechless.
"Hmm?" Just then, he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd of people fighting!
"Mouri Kogoro?!" Baishi Hui was immediately startled after getting a clear look!
Even he had fallen victim?
What about Ran? What about Conan?
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui felt a bad premonition!
He quickly rushed into the crowd, violently pushed people aside, and grabbed Mouri Kogoro, pulling him out.
Mouri Kogoro struggled and shouted, "Let go of me! Let go of me! I'm going to grab the Qijiela!"
Baishi Hui slapped him twice and shouted, "Stop trying to grab your damn flower! Where's Ran? Where is she?"
After two slaps, Mouri Kogoro briefly sobered up and said, "She's in the hotel room... I told you, hurry up and let go of me!!!"
Seeing that Mouri Kogoro still wanted to grab the Qijiela, Baishi Hui gave him a hand chop to knock him out, then quickly Ran back to the hotel and went to Ran's room door.
He knocked on the door while calling Ran's name, but received no response.
In his urgency, Baishi Hui kicked the door open and rushed in.
Upon entering the room, he found Ran trimming a potted plant, with Conan standing beside her.
However, the plant in the pot was Qijiela.
"Ah~~~ Shirashi-kun, you're here!" Ran turned around and smiled, "Look~~~ Conan picked up a lot of Qijiela on the mountain! It's enough for us for a long time!"
Conan walked over, holding a large bunch of Qijiela, and smiled as he handed it to Baishi Hui, "Shirashi, this is what I specially saved for you."
"You have to hide it well, and make sure Uncle Mouri doesn't find out!"
"Otherwise, he'll definitely snatch it!"
Baishi Hui looked at Conan in astonishment. He didn't expect this kid to be so generous as to even save some for himself?
Just as he reached out to take it, he suddenly paused, sensing something was wrong.
No... This thing, Qijiela, it seems like it appeared in Ultraman Tiga?
How could it appear in the world of Conan?
Baishi Hui frowned, feeling very confused.
Then he quickly summoned the system, but there was no response.
At this moment, Baishi Hui realized he was in a dream.
When he realized this, the scene before his eyes suddenly shattered with a bang, and darkness enveloped everything.
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Baishi Hui slowly opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling, and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Thankfully it was just a dream..."
He paused, then hesitated, "It should... just be a dream, right?"
Without confirming the situation, Baishi Hui couldn't put his mind at ease.
So he simply got up, picked up the clothes from the floor and put them on, then put away the red mask.
"You... you're awake?" Just then, Akemi entered the room, her expression clearly a little unnatural.
She never expected that beneath the mask was such a young face.
What surprised Akemi even more was that she had actually seen this face before!
"Yeah." Baishi Hui was obviously much more natural.
After all, he hadn't lost his mind last night.
"I... I'm sorry." Akemi lowered her head guiltily, saying with shame, "I... I last night... I don't know how, I just... I became very strange."
Thinking of her bold actions last night, she herself was startled.
She couldn't understand why she would do such a thing!
She was clearly not that kind of person...
"It's not just your fault, I didn't control myself well either." Baishi Hui walked over and patted her shoulder, comforting her for a moment, then said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's go to the village and take a look... I hope... nothing happened."
"Okay... okay." Akemi nodded, knowing the urgency of the matter.
She followed Baishi Hui out of the guesthouse and walked along the road towards the village square.
The sun had just risen at this moment.
Along the way, Akemi's heart was uneasy and very fearful, afraid that she had caused a big mistake!
Whenever she thought of her foolish actions last night, she wished she could slap herself twice.
Baishi Hui noticed the depression and self-blame on Akemi's face and comforted her, "This isn't your fault... When people are very tired, they lose their ability to think."
Akemi said with a bitter face, "It's all because I was too greedy..."
If she hadn't been greedy and wanted to hide all the gold, she wouldn't have gotten herself so tired.
If she hadn't been tired, she wouldn't have done something as stupid as setting a fire!
Ultimately, it was all her fault!
As the two talked, they quickly arrived in the village.
At this moment, Akemi's heart was hanging in the air. She clenched her fists, beginning to reveal the answer.
The answer was that the streets of the village were empty.
Even the breakfast shops that usually opened early were tightly closed.
A sea breeze blew, rolling up a few newspapers and carrying them into the distance.
"How could... there be... no one?" Akemi was a little startled, clearly not expecting this result.
"It looks like... they were all scared by the explosions last night, so they didn't dare to come out." Baishi Hui stated his guess.
Putting himself in their shoes, if he were an island resident and heard various booming explosions last night, his first reaction would be to quickly lock the doors and windows, bring water and food, hide in a safe corner, and absolutely not go out.
If there was a cellar at home, he would quickly hide inside to avoid dying a violent death!
Although watching drama is human nature, the situation last night had far exceeded the scope of just watching drama.
Not everyone is as curious as Conan, wanting to go and see what's happening whenever there's a commotion outside.
To verify his idea, Baishi Hui went back to the hotel.
The hotel door was tightly closed. Baishi Hui knocked for a long time before the hotel owner opened a crack. Seeing that it was a guest, he then felt relieved and let him in.
Baishi Hui asked him about the situation last night.
After some inquiries, he learned that the police had arrived on the island last night. The police had also instructed everyone not to go out and to wait for further notice after the situation was clarified.
This was almost exactly as he had guessed.
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