Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"It hurts, it hurts!"

Standing in front of the glass mirror in the girls' restroom, a boy with the face of Ran Mouri was trying hard to peel off his own face. If someone who didn't know the situation saw her, they would probably think she was a monster.

Just as Conan suspected, this Mouri Ran was certainly not his girlfriend Ran with whom he often slept, but his younger brother Kudo Yuji with whom he used to sleep.

Before going out, the boy asked to borrow Xiaolan's identity. Of course, Yuuji would not be rejected, so he put on the mask that he had prepared long ago. In order to prevent it from being torn off, he even applied strong glue on the inside of the mask.

Of course, the situation was just as he expected. Face pinching has now become a key means of defense for the police. The boy was not worried about the strength of the mask, but when he could choose the person to pinch his face, he still decisively walked towards Rize.

"I kind of regret it."

Only two-thirds of the mask was removed, but there were already several broken spots on the boy's face. The wounds felt a little painful when they came into contact with the air. Yuji swallowed his saliva and planned to tear off the entire mask in one go.

"What a fool."

Ai hugged her chest and leaned against the wall of the toilet. When Yuuji said, "The walls of the toilet might be dirty," she quickly stood up and looked at the coat with some disgust.

“I quite like this dress.”

"I'll buy you a new one later." Yuji still maintained Xiaolan's voice, and when he saw Haibara Ai stretching out her hand, he hurriedly put his face close to it.

Holding the half of the boy's face that was exposed, Huiyuan Ai pinched it speechlessly and hummed, "Who said I was going to rub it for you?"

"You're not feeling sorry for me, my face is all broken." Yuji pointed at the scars: "It might even disfigure me."

"It's not that easy." The girl took out a medicine box from her pocket, opened it, took out a capsule from it, broke it open, smeared the white powder inside on the scar, and after spreading it evenly, pinched it again.

"That's good."

As for the remaining mask, after confirming the adhesion of the super glue, Haibara Ai squeezed a few drops of hand sanitizer from the toilet, then pulled apart the edges of the mask and skin, rubbed out foam to allow the hand sanitizer to fully penetrate, and it didn't take long before the mask was completely removed.

"If I had known I would have used hand sanitizer from the beginning."

Yuji threw the mask into the toilet and flushed it directly into the sewer. Then, while Haibara Ai was shocked, he put his hand into his chest and took out two stuffing objects wrapped in plastic bags.

The filler was made of silicone material used for disguise. The boy first pinched a face of Kudo Shinichi in front of the mirror, and then put on a mask of Mouri Ran on the outside.

"This way, when the critical moment comes, you can just take off the mask."

The boy nodded with satisfaction.

"Boring, I have to go back. The great detective might have suspected that you are not Mao Lilan."

The princess' bangs were really curious, and those four people always felt something was weird about them.

……

"From the moment Xiaolan and the others walked under the camera until now, the only thing shown on the screen is that Uncle and the others are playing cards."

The employees of the consortium arranged by Suzuki Sonoko were distributing hot fish soup for free. The cold weather made people's limbs frozen, and a bowl of free fish soup won a lot of praise for the Suzuki Consortium.

"Kuroba-san, you guys should drink some too." Sonoko noticed that Princess An and Aoko took the fish soup and sipped it, while Kuroba Kaito was frozen in place. "Sorry, I'm not good with fish..."

Kuroba Kaito looked at Kyogoku Makoto and Suzuki Sonoko who were drinking happily, and ran outside while covering his mouth.

"What's wrong with the fish soup?" Yuanzi picked up the fish in the bowl with chopsticks. Although the fish soup was free, what they drank was different from what people outside drank, even though they used the same environmentally friendly bowl.

"Ah Zhen, did you notice something wrong with what you drank?"

"No." Kyogoku Makoto shook his head: "Ms. Yuko ordered the fish soup to be made. She said that a lot of fish oil was added. It should be more delicious than what people outside drink."

"My sister is quite good at winning people's hearts." Sonoko laughed heartlessly with her hands on her hips, not worrying at all about the possibility that Yuko might set her sights on the inheritance rights of the consortium.

"It's just too useless..."

In the deserted alley, Kaito, who had been vomiting all over the place, quickly recovered and took out his cell phone to check the time. He found that there were still two hours left before the predicted time for him to get the gem.

Now he must find a way to get into the Suzuki Museum. This is what he must do. He can't get through to the two guys at home on the phone, and it seems that there is no one to rely on, so Mr. Kaito can only find a way himself.

"So we have to start with fish soup? How annoying."

Kaito took off the eavesdropping headphones from his ears, wiped his face with his hand, and walked towards the place where the fish soup was being distributed with Yuko's face against his. It was not until he saw the big pot where the soup was being boiled that he coughed a few times, attracting the chef's attention.

"Ms. Yuko! Why did you come all the way here? Didn't we make everything clear over the phone?"

"Ah, I'm a little worried." Kaito deliberately kept his distance from the chef. These were the confidants of the Suzuki Group, and there was no way they didn't know about the third young lady's fear of men. If he got too close, it would arouse suspicion.

"The fish soup hasn't been sent into the museum yet, has it?"

"Do we need to send it inside as well?" The chef was stunned for a moment: "I didn't think it was necessary."

"It's not realistic to let those guys catch Kid on an empty stomach." Kaito imitated Yuko's expression: "Let's send it to them. Just use the small truck you brought with the tableware."

Pointing to the white minivan, Kaito turned and left after the chef agreed.

"Hi."

The chef looked at Kaito's back: Miss Yuko guessed the method correctly as expected.

[No, it should be said that the mother understands her son.]

Kaito's choice of a truck was naturally intentional, and the white box truck was the method he chose for infiltration.

Kuroba Kaito took advantage of no one noticing and got inside the cargo box, pulling out a folding iron sheet from the back that matched the color of most truck interiors.

Several auxiliary steel pipes of the dismantled glide wing were inserted into the connecting holes reserved between the iron sheets. The four ends were firmly stuck in the four walls of the cargo box. From the inside, it was clear that the cargo box was only about 30 centimeters shorter, which could not be detected without careful inspection.

Hiding in the mezzanine, Kaito quietly waited for the chef to send him and the fish soup to the museum, closing his eyes and slowing down his breathing to reduce the possibility of being exposed. (End of this chapter)