Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Twenty... thirty... ah, a total of 400,000 yen, that's a lot!"

Sitting in a private coffee shop, Mao Lilan counted the three envelopes on the table. Opposite her was Kudo Shinichi, who looked at her with some pride but silently and tenderly.

Perhaps President Matsushita started a blood sacrifice. After the case was over yesterday, Kudo Shinichi received three commissions at the stall in front of the office building that night.

[It may also be because by the time it was time to get off work, other companies knew about President Matsushita’s situation.]
In short, the income from two orders of 100,000 and one order of 200,000 allowed Mr. Kudo to successfully build up his confidence. Unlike his previous teenage fantasies, he is now sure that he can support his family through reasoning.

"But Shinichi, you don't have to worry about that at all." Xiaolan folded the envelope and pushed it back: "With a brother like Yuuji, there will be absolutely no problem helping the police solve the case."

"To be honest, I don't plan to have anything to do with him. That old man is extremely scary."

Shinichi shook his head. Just seeing the various bodyguards that appeared inexplicably around Yuuji made his scalp tingle.

"After both sides have started families, we can meet once a year unless it is necessary." As the eldest brother, he said something very ruthless as if joking: "It would be best if our children and his children don't know each other, so they won't be dragged into dangerous things."

"Alright, alright. If Yuuji hears this, he'll definitely play a trick on us again."

Mao Lilan interrupted her boyfriend and said, "How can a brother and a younger brother have families that are not familiar with each other? Can you imagine that Mr. Kudo has a brother or a younger brother?"

"Dad?" Kudo Shinichi knew that Mr. Kudo, whom Xiaolan called, was his father. He smiled foolishly and waved his hands: "How is that possible? If he had a brother, wouldn't I not know it?"

Judging from his mother's crazy personality, if she really had an uncle or something, she would have told them a long time ago.

"But luckily my uncle assigned me this task, otherwise I would have gone to the hospital yesterday."

Kudo Shinichi looked out the window with lingering fear. The empty streets were obviously caused by the gunfight in the hospital yesterday. He remembered that the uncle also went to the hospital, so he asked Xiaolan: "Ou-chan, were you okay yesterday?"

Xiaolan, who was swiping her phone, had a speechless expression on her face. After some thought, she said, "Dad said that he had a sudden attack of sleeping sickness when he went to the toilet."

"Huh?!" Kudo Shinichi widened his eyes. When he saw Xiaolan nodded after pointing at him, he immediately waved his hands frantically: "It wasn't me who did it."

"Of course I know it's not you, Shinichi." Xiaolan rubbed her forehead in distress: "Dad said he fell asleep, and when he woke up he was in the lounge of the police station. As soon as he went out, he met the panicked Mr. Takuzo Axie."

"It sounds like Kid did it." Kudo Shinpa paused: "Yuuji is not impossible... Anyway, these two guys are not good people. So, what happened to Mr. Fujiang?"

Xiaolan sighed: "He said to my father, although I know you are not him, but this face is the only thing I can't refuse."

Kogoro Mori is entangled by Takuzo Afue because Takuzo Afue feels safe with him.

"He's already in the police station, why is he afraid that someone will attack him?"

After complaining for a while, Kudo Shinichi put Takuzo Axie behind his mind, finished the coffee in the cup and picked up the coat next to him.

"I'm going to look for a job, Xiaolan, remember to have dinner with me tonight."

After saying that, he pushed open the door of the box and ran outside quickly, leaving Xiaolan alone stirring the coffee in the cup with a spoon.

"Miss, caramel pudding."

Shortly after Kudo Shinichi left, the waiter knocked on the door with dessert in his hand. Seeing Xiaolan staring at him in surprise, he explained, "The gentleman in the next room invited you."

"No, that's too embarrassing." Xiaolan took out her wallet, roughly calculated the money for the two people's coffee and dessert, and took out two thousand yen bills and handed them to the waiter. "Please don't charge him for the dessert, I will pay for it."

"That gentleman has already paid." The waiter refused the two bills: "Including the coffee for two people."

He left the box, and Xiaolan found that the waiter seemed to have met the man next door at the door, so he stood up with the money in his hand.

"I'm so sorry, we..."

"Of course you should feel embarrassed." As expected, the person who appeared at the door was Yuuji, who was wearing a casual suit. He entered the box carrying a coffee cup that was half the size of his head. After sitting on the sofa, he snorted and turned his head towards the window.

"Really? I was so kind to pay for you guys, but you two secretly said bad things about me. That's too much."

"Hey, Shinichi, he was just joking..." Xiaolan comforted the boy very skillfully: "I'm sorry."

"I don't expect much from you two anyway."

Like a child in a normal family complaining about his parents, Yuuji rolled his eyes and continued drinking his coffee.

"Hattori-kun said he sent you a code paper yesterday." Xiaolan scooped a piece of pudding with a spoon and put it into her mouth: "But Mr. Fujiang said his code paper was destroyed in the attack, so Hattori-kun's code paper is useless?"

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"Ah... well, I guess so." The boy nodded.

"That... is great." Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, leaving Yuji stunned for a moment.

"What's so good?"

"It's that code paper." Xiaolan patted her chest and said, "You are running around outside with the code paper. What if the people who attacked Mr. Fu Jiang also attack you? If it doesn't work, you should be safe."

Not intending to say that he had both pieces of code paper in his hand, Yuji snatched the spoon from Xiaolan's hand and scooped the pudding into her mouth.

"Hey, you care about me so much, come on, eat more."

"Then...your...bodyguards...um..."

The fists on the other side were clenched and creaking. The boy saw that Xiaolan's eyes had narrowed and coughed, "Anyway, I have probably deduced the code, but I suspect that the code I cracked is wrong, so I asked the bodyguards to continue looking for places related to my code while I was running around to see if there was any new idea to decipher the code."

Wiping her mouth with a handkerchief, Xiaolan glared at Yuji: "You sneaked into the box next to ours?"

"It was all an accident, all an accident." Yuji put down the cup: "It would be better if I had those six knives to compare with."

But there is probably no chance now. After all, two knives are already in Ghost Face's hands, and there is no way to find him even if he wants to snatch them.

"By the way, did it take Shinichi a lot longer to transform back this time than before?"

Mao Lilan suddenly thought of Kudo Shinichi: "Does Xiao Ai have new research on medicine?"

"Well, let's just call it a new discovery." Yuji crossed his arms: "Maybe the day will come when he can completely change back." (End of this chapter)