Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Sitting in the living room on the third floor of the Mouri Detective Agency, Conan looked at the food that Xiaolan brought to him, clasped his hands together silently, and then picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Xiaolan, who was washing kitchen utensils in the kitchen, was absent-minded at the moment. She had just called Mr. Kobayashi of Teitan Elementary School and learned that Conan was still playing football with the children of the Junior Detective League in physical education class. She knew that the elementary school student in front of her was not the Conan who she was with day and night.

[Something must have happened to Shinichi, so he asked Dr. Agasa to research a drug that can shrink him.]

Xiaolan recalled how she always thought Conan was Shinichi, and rubbed her hands in sudden realization. She thought it must be Shinichi who always exchanged identities with her and her father when they were not paying attention, because Conan looked very similar to him when he was a child. This is why the two of them used the name Edogawa Conan together.

This would make it possible for Shinichi and Conan to have a conversation downstairs when Kid stole the Easter egg last time. These two people really went to great lengths to hide it from her.

[No, then when is it Shinichi and when is it Conan! ]

When Xiaolan thought that she might have bathed with Shinichi inadvertently, she blushed and felt a little angry.

"I say, how long are you going to eat? I've been waiting here for a long time to wash the dishes, Shinichi."

Since he had no intention of hiding anything just now, it would be okay to just reveal his identity.

"Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"

"How dare you say that..."

[I've been worried about you, you idiot! 】

Conan rarely tried his best to reason in front of "Mouri Ran". Although he saw that Xiaolan did not have the ring he gave her in Hakodate, it was normal for her to feel embarrassed considering that she was in school today. However, as a jealous little Conan still coughed twice and decided to declare his status.

"My mother has agreed that we should get married after graduation. We need to choose a wedding venue someday. Right now, the better places are basically booked until the year after next..."

"what?!"

Xiaolan's face froze at first, then instantly turned red and purple, white smoke faintly came out of her head, and she fell to the ground.

"Get…married…"

She no longer had that aggressive attitude as before, and just shyly glanced at "Shinichi" a few times. She didn't expect that her childhood sweetheart would talk about marriage so directly.

"Damn it, I don't even have enough money. I might as well borrow some from Yuuji and never pay him back."

[Yuuji? Who is that? Is he a friend he met outside…]

"Okay, I'm full, let me go find Dr. Agasa."

Conan consciously put the dishes and chopsticks back in the kitchen, then looked at Xiaolan who was sitting on the floor and said, "I'll be back for dinner in the evening. I'm going out now."

"Bon Voyage…"

Xiaolan waved blankly at the closed door.

...

"What's going on, Edogawa?"

Seeing Edogawa Conan walking back from Mr. Kobayashi, Haibara Ai, who was playing ball with the children, stopped and found that the boy with glasses was frowning and thinking. "Xiaolan called Mr. Kobayashi and asked me if I was in school."

"Why would she ask this question?" Huiyuan Ai also pondered in confusion: "Did she see you somewhere else?"

"She's in class at Teitan High School, how could she see elementary school students?"

Conan shook his head and denied it: "I think it was probably because she felt it was unreasonable that Kid pretended to be me to meet her last time."

"So they still suspect you, right?" Huihara Ai touched her hair with her hand: "Great Detective, let me remind you again, if that girl knows the existence of the organization, not only will she be in danger, but the risk of us being exposed will also increase greatly."

"Hey, hey, you're such a long-winded guy."

Conan Edogawa put his hands behind his head, saw Ayumi and the other two waving at him, and walked over slowly.

"what happened?"

"Teacher Kobayashi said that a body was found in a house next to Teitan Elementary School, so we were dismissed early this afternoon." Mitsuhiko was holding the football, and was obviously a little scared when the body was mentioned. After all, most of the murders he had encountered before were outside, and this time it was really close to their daily lives.

"What a pity! It's already time for lunch." Yuan Tai's attention was still on the food: "It would be better if we ate before going home."

"Yuanta, you only know how to eat."

The five of them returned to the classroom, packed their bags, said goodbye to their classmates and left the school, interrupting Ayumi and the other two's plan to go on an adventure. The two pseudo-children were on their way to Dr. Agasa's house.

"Aren't you going back to the Maori Detective Agency?"

Haibara Ai held the straps of her schoolbag with both hands and stared at Edogawa Conan with some surprise.

"When I think of Xiaolan still doubting my identity, I want to stay outside for a while." He was afraid of seeing Xiaolan's pleading eyes, and he would uncontrollably want to tell her everything: "Besides, there is no food to eat when I go back, it is better to go to Dr. Agasa's house."

Huiyuan Ai glared at him and said rather unhappily, "Every time you go there, the doctor finds a bunch of excuses to eat junk food. Next time I'm going to hang a sign saying Conan is not allowed at the door."

The two were arguing loudly, but after walking for a while, they found that a single-family house with a black brick wall in front of them was surrounded by a cordon, and Officer Megure was standing at the gate of the yard.

"The case hasn't been solved yet, and it seems there are some suspicious points." Edogawa Conan's eyes lit up, and he was about to rush over to show his skills when Dr. Agasa's voice came from inside.

"This is the whole story of the crime. The owner of this house was shameless and had two girlfriends at the same time. He didn't expect that both ladies got pregnant with his children. In the end, he was killed by a hatchet."

I always feel that there is a bit of gloating in the reasoning. Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai looked across the yard and happened to find another elementary school student with glasses, wearing a blue suit and holding a bow-tie voice changer, who was hiding behind Dr. Agasa and reasoning, and cooperating with the doctor seamlessly.

"What the hell is that!" Edogawa Conan suddenly hid and looked up at Huihara Ai: "Did the organization find out about us and they cloned another me to replace me?!"

And this guy is not a fool, thinking that he can hide behind the doctor without being discovered? How stupid.

"I think it would be easier to blow your little head off with a sniper rifle." Huihara Ai rolled her eyes: "There's no smell of organization on him."

Although she mocked Conan Edogawa, she also squatted carefully. After discussing, the two decided to go back to Dr. Agasa's house to set up a trap, catch the doppelganger and torture him. (End of this chapter)