Conan’s Corpse Picker

Kid was shocked when he suddenly saw someone who looked so much like him. Then he realized that this was not a doppelganger in some urban legend, but that high school detective Kudo Shinichi...

So he was shocked again.

Kuroba Kaito: "..." Didn't that detective become an elementary school student? He was standing next to Jiang Xia! In that case, who is this high school version of Kudo Shinichi outside? !

...Is there someone else who can disguise himself here?

This thought flashed through Kid's mind, and Kid suddenly found something wrong. He looked at the elementary school student next to Jiang Xia's legs and examined the eyes of the child behind his glasses.

Then he suddenly realized: This is not Conan, it should be someone else pretending. No wonder this kid is so quiet today, so low-key and a little weird.

Then the question came again - didn't Kudo Shinichi become smaller, why did he suddenly expand back?

Kid stared at the guy outside who was anxious to squeeze in, and was briefly confused.

But he soon realized that now was not the time to think about these things: no matter what the reason was for Kudo Shinichi to grow bigger, this detective was not Jiang Xia. If this guy was angry because he was impersonated by him and was determined to send him in, things might be a bit troublesome.

Thinking of this, Kidd glanced at the narrow and crowded corridor, and then looked at the large number of police around him... Finally, he used the excuse of going to the bathroom and quietly slipped out of the crowd.

Kidd: "..." Anyway, he was just here to tip off, and now that the matter was over, there was no need to stay forcibly. This murder case tonight was not his purpose. His real business was at the Tokyo Tower - before figuring out the purpose of those guys who sent him the notice letter, he didn't want to get entangled with the police from the Investigation Section.

...

The skills of the Phantom Thief were obviously much more flexible than some detectives.

When Kudo Shinichi finally squeezed to the front of the crowd, the Phantom Thief had quietly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The policeman standing by the cordon just watched another "Kudo Shinichi" walk away, and then saw Kudo Shinichi rushing out from the crowd. The two were stunned for a moment: "So fast?"

Kudo Shinichi exhaled, straightened his crooked collar, and said angrily: "That fake...!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something.

——It's not just Kudo Yukiko and Kidd who can disguise themselves. If I remember correctly, according to Haibara Ai, there are people in the organization who have similar abilities.

This made Kudo Shinichi's heart skip a beat, and he suddenly became unconfident about the guy he just saw: Was that fake pretending to be his mother who played a prank on him, or Kidd with ulterior motives, or... someone sent by the organization to fish?

The guilty Kudo Shinichi lost his arrogance in the blink of an eye, and had an urge to retreat into the crowd and hide quickly.

However, it seemed too late. As early as the moment he squeezed out, the wall formed by the crowd closed again, locking him tightly inside.

At this moment, Jiang Xia noticed the movement here and walked over to take a look. The sharp detective quickly found the problem: "It's you, come in quickly, we're going to solve the case."

Kudo Shinichi was pulled into the scene with a confused look on his face. After a few seconds, he reacted and whispered: "... Wait, do you know that the Kudo Shinichi just now was a fake?" Then why do you get along so well with him? !

Jiang Xia: "It's Kidd, he..." He thought for a while, "He should be here to do good things."

Kudo Shinichi: "?"

Good people and good things?

That thief?

...

Kudo Shinichi was slightly relieved to know that the guy pretending to be him was Kidd, not the disguised person of that organization.

However, when he heard that there was a sniper squatting on the roof, his heart was lifted again: Could it be that the people of that organization happened to be carrying out a mission nearby? ——Sniper rifles are hard to get, but if they are held by that organization, then things suddenly seem to become reasonable.

If this is true, then being impersonated by Kidd would make the members of the organization think wrongly, and mistakenly believe that the resurrected "Kudo Shinichi" is actually a phantom thief... So, in a sense, what Jiang Xia said just now is really right. Kidd is really here to do good things.

Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi's courage suddenly became stronger again, and he no longer had the sense of crisis like a thief's guilty conscience just now - it seems that he can solve a case happily today!

At this time, the crying daughter of the president next to him finally calmed down a little.

The three core members who were busy comforting him finally breathed a sigh of relief and had time to lament about their own affairs: "The president was still alive when he entered the elevator before, but now... Oh, I never thought that would be the last time we saw each other."

Originally, he was just muttering a few words casually, but as soon as he finished speaking, the detectives and police officers next to him suddenly looked over: "In other words, the last people who saw the deceased were you three?"

Three core members who watched the president enter the elevator: "......?"

They realized that something was wrong and waved their hands hastily: "That's right, but we are not the murderer - the young lady can testify!"

One of them pointed to Tatsumi Sakurako, whose tears had not yet dried: "The young lady came over as soon as the elevator door closed. She can prove that we did not shoot the president!"

The other nodded repeatedly and united with the person who had just spoken: "We said hello to Miss Sakurako and left. Only Ooba and Miss Sakurako stayed. We have no idea what happened here afterwards."

Ohba Satoru, who was pushed out of the team by three people in the blink of an eye: "...I didn't kill anyone either!"

Sakurako Tatsumi came to her senses, held him and sobbed: "I can prove it! Mr. Ohba and I stayed here for a while and then left."

The Mumu Police Department couldn't help but scratch their heads: Why do all the members have alibi?

He thought for a while and asked hopefully: "Is there anyone else in the elevator at that time?"

The four witnesses all shook their heads.

Mumu Police Department: "..."

Next to him, Kudo Shinichi became interested when he heard these situations. He couldn't help but interject: "About what time was it when your president entered the elevator?"

"This..." The social beasts looked at each other, unsure.

"Eight thirty." Sakurako Tatsumi answered without hesitation, "The commemorative reception was just about to start, and I heard the sound of paper salutes."

Mumu Police Department touched his chin and said rigorously: "Your reception will start at 8:30 in the evening?"

"Of course it is!" Tatsumi Sakurako, "And I saw the watch at that time, it was exactly 8:30, not a minute more, not a minute less."

Jiang Xia glanced at her wrist: "But you don't seem to be wearing a watch?"