Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

The school bell rang at Didan High School. She picked up her schoolbag and glanced at the Yoshioka trio in the last row from the corner of her eye as Xiaolan, who was chatting with Sonoko next to her seat, hesitated.

"Just invite them if you want. It's not like you to be coy."

Holding his chin and clearly looking out the window, Belmode, who had transformed into Machiko, smiled nonchalantly and said, "Or are those three students having a problem with you, Xiaolan?"

"How is that possible?"

Xiaolan turned around and defended: "I just don't know where to invite them."

In fact, it was for other reasons. After a day of observation, Xiaolan felt that Yoshioka and Jiro did not look like Yuji, but she was sure that the two people around him were Yuzuki and Kaori.

[Yuji sent them to school, it must be to make it easier to exchange information with Shinichi. 】

Although several force inquiries flashed through her mind, Xiaolan had no choice but to hold back at the thought of possibly ruining Yuji's plans and arrangements.

If Shinichi didn't have a day off today, they could go home together and learn what Yuji told them to tell them on the way. Knowing that Yu Er probably did not communicate with herself, Xiaolan wisely excluded herself from the inquiry.

【correct! Maybe it would be possible if Machiko was asked to have a chat. 】

Completely unaware that Yuji had exposed Machiko’s true identity to the girls on the ship back to Japan, Xiaolan leaned close to Belmode’s ear and asked softly: “Machiko, can you find a way to ask them secretly? ?Does Yuji have something to tell Shinichi?"

He had long noticed that Xiaolan was restless and was waiting silently for her to come over. When the girl's breath blew across his earlobes, Belmode was slightly distracted for a moment, then shook his head to force himself to wake up.

"Eh? Can't you?"

Unexpectedly, Machiko would reject her. Xiaolan stood there blankly, holding on to the hem of her skirt with her little hands.

"How do you know they are related to Kudo Yuji?"

Chris moved a little to the left, exposing a third of the chair, and patted Xiaolan to sit down.

"I have my own chair."

The two people's seats were next to each other, and Xiaolan was too embarrassed to sit down. Just as she was about to move her chair, her hand was grabbed by Machiko.

"Xiaolan, no one told you that entrusting others to do things requires benefits?"

After sitting firmly on the chair, Belmode did not worry about hurting Xiaolan and pulled her down hard. He looked at the girl sitting on his lap and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"You haven't answered my question yet? How do you know it was Kudo Yuji who let them enter high school?"

Although she was a little shy in public, after hearing Machiko's words, Xiaolan replied in a low voice: "Because the girls next to Yoshioka and Jiro are Yuzuki and Kaori. We learned to disguise together, and we could tell right away. .”

In fact, there is no need to be so anxious to inquire about Yuji's whereabouts. It stands to reason that as long as we know who came back from England with Yoshioka and Jiro, it will be easy to determine Yuji's current identity.

However, she learned from Sonoko that Yoshioka and Jiro's father was a new member of the assembly. Xiaolan felt that no matter how Yuji disguised himself, the assemblyman was a bit too exaggerated. She just thought that this younger brother was hidden by Mr. Tetsuo Yoshioka.

"I can ask for you, but if it's beneficial..."

Machiko quietly stretched out her hand against the wall and gently placed it on Xiaolan's leg wearing white stockings. Feeling the tightness and elasticity caused by the fierce force, she nodded with satisfaction and agreed.

(End of this chapter)