Conan's other self

There is a small storage space under the foot pad.

Conan hid inside, huddled up, praying not to be discovered.

The fat woman walked in first.

"Gone! That kid is gone!"

"Huh?" The masked man followed in.

"Xin...this kid woke up at some point! And the window was open!" The woman bent over and stuck her head out of the window to look down, "He must have jumped out of the window!"

The masked man glanced around the room, then squatted down next to the traces of wiped alcohol and knocked on the floor.

This place is very close to Conan, so close that Conan can feel the other person's breath blowing on his face through the gap. He was motionless, not even daring to breathe, but he was aware that he might have been discovered.

Sure enough, in such a short time, the wine stains could not be cleaned at all. He's so stupid, really...

At this time, the woman's voice came, "I'm going to chase him right now!"

Yes, go chase me!

The woman's voice gave Conan another glimmer of hope. He curled up and silently encouraged the woman.

However…

"What's the rush...he's still in the house..."

The masked man chuckled, and amidst the woman's doubtful gaze and Conan's desperate thoughts, he lifted the small wooden door of the storage space with almost no hesitation.

"Got you…"

The masked man held Conan's collar with one hand, strangled Conan's neck with the other hand, and lifted Conan up like this.

Conan, who was completely unable to react, subconsciously struggled in the air. The masked man's hand wasn't very tight, and the focus was mainly on his collar, but Conan still felt a little out of breath.

He couldn't escape.

He failed to save Feng Yuan.

He failed to return to his original self and go to see Xiaolan.

He is going to die.

There is nothing he can do.

The masked man suddenly let go of his hand, causing Conan to fall to the floor.

The height was not high and it wasn't very painful. Conan climbed up and couldn't help coughing several times.

"Don't worry, you are an important experimental subject..." the masked man said, "I am not willing to kill you like this."

"Look, I obviously saved you and didn't send you to the autopsy table like the other part of you. I'm your savior... Isn't it good to be obedient?"

"..."

"You're still reluctant." Even though he didn't get a response, the masked man kept talking, leaning down to look at the silent Conan, "But it doesn't matter, I already expected that you wouldn't cooperate...so I did it. A preparation…”

Conan, who had just recovered from the near-death feeling and was planning to use the props invented by Dr. Agasa as a last-ditch effort, had a bad feeling in his heart.

Then he heard the masked man say: "...bring her up!"

This sentence was obviously said to the fat woman standing by the door.

Conan was stunned.

The word "she" rang in Conan's mind over and over again, making him feel like everything was unreal. Even though the masked man didn't say "her" name, he would be stupid if he didn't even realize that.

"orchid…"

When Conan came to his senses, he saw the tied girl being brought in.

He whispered the girl's name, his voice hoarse. He thought he would shout out of control, but found that when he saw the girl, he had lost his voice.

The masked man held a gun to the back of Conan's head and looked at Maori Lan, the girl who grew up with Kudo Shinichi.

"Shinichi...it's really you..." Xiaolan's eyes were filled with tears, "It turns out you really have become a child..."

Sorry, Lan, it's all my fault.

Conan didn't know what to say. He just looked at Mao Lilan blankly, seeing the heartache and reluctance in her eyes, and his heart was filled with regret.

He shouldn't have followed those two men in black in the first place.

"Okay, the touching reunion is over." The masked man motioned to the fat woman to cover Xiaolan's mouth with a towel and take her down. "Now, will you be obedient?"

Conan looked at Xiaolan who was struggling to be taken away, and looked at her. From that look, he seemed to read Xiaolan's heart: "Shinichi! Don't give up!"

I will definitely rescue you back!

At the moment when Xiaolan and "Edogawa Fumyo" disappeared, Conan suddenly dwarfed and missed the gun in the masked man's hand, then turned around and fired, all in one go.

However, the button on the watch with the anesthesia needle that was facing the masked man's neck did not give him any response.

But he was doubly prepared.

Just when he got up from the ground, he quietly turned on the button of the foot strength-enhancing shoes. There was nothing to kick here, but the masked man was very close, so Conan chose to kick the masked man directly.

The kick hit.

But it seemed like the kick didn't hit.

The kick that hit the masked man was just a kick that belonged to a primary school student. Even though there was actual contact with the other person's body, even though the other person did seem to feel pain... it was obviously just a little bit of pain, and it was completely different from the expected scene of the other person flying backwards.

On the contrary, it was the masked man who seemed to subconsciously pull the trigger on Conan.

I'm dying.

Conan thought.

Then…

I feel like I've been flooded with water.

"…Huh?"

"Hiss...it still hurts...that bastard kicked him really hard." The masked man rubbed the area where he was kicked.

"...?"

Pfft.

After relieving the pain for a while, looking at Conan who was still confused, the masked man suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha... don't you understand? I am the world's leading mystery novelist -" the masked man said as he took off his mask, "Yusaku Kudo!"

"D-Dad?"

"Oops~ Shinichi seems to be frightened! Really, I actually forgot to take a photo..." "Mao Lilan" who was tied up just now walked in.

However, although the "girl" has the same face as Mao Lilan, her voice is completely different. Combined with the fact that the masked man is the father...

"Mother?"

"That's right!" The woman tore off the camouflage props on her face, revealing a beautiful face, "Ha! Even my biological son didn't notice it! It seems that I am really a good actor~ But Shinichi, you are really, too, Xiaoxin recognized it at a glance..."

What's new? Conan has no time to pay attention to it now. He just turned his head blankly to the "fat woman" who walked in again, and the other party touched her head in embarrassment...

"Dr. Ari?"

"Hehe... It's me, Shinichi. Didn't you expect that?" Dr. Ari took off the disguise with the help of Kudo Yukiko, "But I only acted for a while. This role was played by your mother before..."

"…Where is Maplehara?"

"Hi." After hearing that he was called, Fengyuan walked in and said hello.

"...Damn it!" Conan's angry chest was like an accordion. "You guys! It's really too much!"