Chapter 43: Sacrificing Everything to Stay

"Heh~ given my current situation, Dad, do you really think I could stay safe if I ran out?"

Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but mock himself.

"That poison is very suspicious."

"A drug that simply kills people wouldn't shrink the body; I suspect it isn't a so-called poison at all."

"Only the side effects of that drug are capable of killing a person."

"Once that drug's matter is exposed, or even if people learn I am the living specimen of that poison, my fate has already been decided."

Kudo Shinichi was no fool; he just sometimes focused too much on one thing, forgetting everything around him.

But his mind still turned very quickly.

"That organization has always been amassing wealth; it probably also has some connection to the research on that drug."

"Given that organization's behavior, I'm afraid even world-famous intelligence agencies are already watching."

"Once they learn of me, losing freedom is the condition for being protected, right, Dad?"

"..."

Kudo Yusaku was helpless, yet he still nodded slightly.

"That is how the witness protection program works."

"Once you join that program, the FBI will erase your identity from the past directly; in fact, for you now, this is the best choice."

Erasing an ordinary person's identity might still leave much room for operation, but Shinichi at this moment only needed a small amount of operation, and his identity would be cut off from the past directly.

"Just as you said, once you join that protection program, you will lose your original freedom."

"Additionally, your situation will also be known to the FBI."

"So, I choose to refuse."

Very resolute, Kudo Shinichi chose to refuse without any hesitation whatsoever.

"After joining that program, perhaps my safety would be guaranteed, but everything would develop in the direction I least desire."

"Even if that organization is truly wiped out later, I'm afraid the drug they obtain will not be used to help me restore my original form."

"They probably want me to continue being a living specimen."

He laughed at himself.