N-A-A Chapter 122 So that's how it is
Chapter 122 So that's how it is
The clinic's owner had once sneaked into his ward. When Eri caught her, she looked flustered and at a loss, as if she had done something wrong.
Lin Xiuyi's expression gradually stiffened, and he coldly recited the second half of the sentence for the girl:
"Then your parents went to the hospital. Your father deliberately stalled my friend, while your mother... took the opportunity to enter my ward."
"……yes."
Akemi Miyano nodded awkwardly, almost burying her head in her chest.
"But please don't misunderstand, my mother did nothing to betray my father, she just... just used her hand to take a little bit of your... sample."
Lin Xiuyi looked at Miyano Akemi, whose face was completely red and who was almost curled up in a ball.
"...And then?"
"Later, my mother combined what she got from you with her own... in a laboratory."
Akemi Miyano's voice was hoarse and so low that it was almost inaudible:
"After that, she transplanted the cultivated embryo into her own body. The child that was born was my younger sister, Shiho Miyano."
Uh……
Lin Xiuyi leaned back heavily in his chair, looking up at the yellowish ceiling of the coffee shop, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
He never imagined that such a ridiculously melodramatic "sperm donation" plot would one day actually happen to him.
He really wanted to treat Miyano Akemi's words as pure fabrication, as an utterly absurd joke.
But in this kind of situation, a simple DNA comparison can reveal the truth.
Moreover, her description matches the details Eri Kisaki recounted back then perfectly.
"When Eri mentioned it to me last time, I felt that something was off about what happened back then, but I never expected... it would turn out like this."
Lin Xiuyi let out a long sigh, feeling a tightness in his chest.
"Mr. Lin, what my parents did to you back then was indeed excessive, but Shiho is innocent."
Akemi Miyano timidly raised her eyes, her eyes slightly red.
"She's still... still trapped in a terrible place. Please lend me one billion yen, I must rescue her."
Lin Xiuyi looked at the bewildered Miyano Akemi across from him and confirmed again.
"You're asking me for 1 billion yen just to get your sister out of that organization?"
"Huh? A group, an organization?!"
Akemi Miyano tensed up like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, shrinking back in alarm, her face instantly turning pale.
"How could you... When did I...?"
"Stop pretending, I know you're one of their peripheral members." Lin Xiuyi sighed softly.
Originally, he only felt sympathy for Miyano Akemi and did not intend to get too involved with such a behemoth as the Black Organization because of her.
But now... he has no choice but to help.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Shiho Miyano is his daughter means he absolutely cannot stand by and watch his sisters jump into a fire pit.
Otherwise, how will he explain it when he sees Shiho Miyano in the future?
"Give up, Ms. Miyano."
Lin Xiu picked up the now-cold black coffee on the table, took a small sip, and felt the intense bitterness spread across his tongue, perfectly mirroring his current mood.
"Even if you really hand over a billion yen to them, the organization will never let your sister go."
"You know your sister's identity better than anyone else; she's at the heart of the organization's drug development. If she tries to leave that place, there's only one outcome."
"What is it?" Miyano Akemi suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with the last glimmer of hope.
At this point, she no longer had time to think about why Lin Xiuyi knew so much about the Black Organization.
She had only one thought in her mind: to save her sister.
However, Lin Xiuyi's next words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
"die."
Lin Xiu's expression was calm, but her tone was chillingly cold:
"Only when she dies will the organization let her go. Until she dies, no matter what you do or how much you sacrifice, they won't let go."
"But... they've already promised me that if I get 1 billion yen, they'll release Shiho..."
Akemi Miyano spoke with a dry voice, her voice strained, but even she herself didn't believe what she was saying.
"I think that so-called 1 billion yen was just their way of maximizing their last use of you," Lin Xiuyi guessed. "They've long wanted to kill you, and that money was just a way to make them one last fortune before you die."
Akemi Miyano did not refute the statement about "maximizing utilization" at all; she simply lowered her head in silence.
Clearly, she had this premonition in her heart.
After a very long time, the girl finally bit her reddened lips and stubbornly raised her head:
"Even if it means death, I'm willing to try for Shiho! What if... what if there's still a chance?"
"There's no 'what if'," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, looking at her. "Didn't you hear a single word I said?"
"But that's just your guess! There's still a tiny bit of possibility!" Miyano Akemi's voice trembled, but she retorted with unusual firmness, "No matter what, I will..."
"Wait a moment!"
Lin Xiuyi suddenly interrupted her, looking at her with a strange expression:
"Ms. Miyano, tell me honestly—have you... been contemplating suicide for a while now?"
"I……"
Akemi Miyano was stunned, completely bewildered as to why he would suddenly ask such a question.
At that moment, Lin Xiuyi almost instantly saw through the deepest despair in her heart.
He knew all too well how Akemi Miyano had lived her life.
She was brought into the Black Organization by her parents when she was young, and her parents died suddenly when she was young, leaving her and her newborn sister to depend on each other for survival, living cautiously in the darkness.
If someone were ruthless, they might have already adapted to this kind of life.
However, this can be seen from the original timeline, where she clearly killed her accomplices in the robbery but deliberately let Conan go.
Akemi Miyano always retained an indelible kindness in her heart.
For someone like that, staying in a place like the Black Organization would be torture every day.
After enduring more than a decade of hardship, she met Shuichi Akai and thought it was true love, only to discover that he was just using her to get close to the organization.
Although she said, "I'm willing to be used by you," only she knows how much heartbreak and grievance was hidden in those words.
She had originally hoped that Shuichi Akai would destroy the organization and take her away.
However, his undercover mission ultimately failed, and Shuichi Akai escaped unscathed, leaving her and her sister to bear the organization's wrath and suspicion.
This time when she returned to Japan, she desperately wanted to take Shiho with her, partly to atone for her sins, and partly... because she was really too tired.
If we succeed, my sister will live; if we fail, she will die, and we won't have to suffer anymore.