Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Qingzi, you called me back home during the day and told me that I had to come back, but when I came back you weren't even at home."

"I...I have something important to do. I had no choice but to run away."

Nakamori Aoko came out with a rice cooking spoon to greet her father: "Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to ask Dad to go grab some beef from the Beihu supermarket. There's a limited special price today."

"There must be something wrong with special offers." Ginzo Nakamori noticed that the kid next door was also there, so he pulled out a seat for himself at the dining table. The moment he sat down, he let out a long sigh and greeted Kaito Kuroba who was sitting next to him.

"Kaito is here too."

"Aoko said she bought a piece of high-quality beef and asked me to come over for dinner."

Hei Yu kept playing with the magic playing cards in his hand, and he and Nakamori Ginzo performed the new magic they had just learned, while paying attention to what was happening next door. They only started to clean up after all the dishes were served on the table.

"You seem a little distracted while eating. Qingzi's beef is pretty good."

Ginzo Nakamori looked at Hei Yu, who had beef in his bowl but didn't eat it and kept focusing on the rice, and poked him with his hand.

"There's a problem in school that I can't figure out." Hei Yu held his chopsticks and said, "Officer Nakamori, is there really a parallel world in this world?"

“Your school is currently researching such a difficult problem.”

Nakamori Ginzo thought for a moment and said, "But if you ask me, I hope it exists."

"Oh?" Hei Yu was stunned for a moment.

"Because if that's the case, there must be a world where Kaito's father is still alive." Nakamori Ginzo picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth: "You must have a lot to say to him."

"..."

“…Oh, I suddenly feel a little guilty, me in this world. I understand you.”

Holding a telescope to observe the warm scene next door, Kaito sat at the desk in "his" room with great interest, and learned about the current situation of the Nakamori family through the eavesdropping device installed in the Nakamori family in the morning.

By the end of the day, he and Yuuji had no choice but to continue deceiving the two men. The main reason was that Nakamori Aoko acted like she would believe everything they said, while Kuroba didn't believe anything they said, so the two had to come clean.

"No news yet, Hongzi?"

He no longer wanted to stay in this world: "And where did Yuuji go? He disappeared in the afternoon."

He slowly walked to the painting in the room and touched it with his hand.

"Let's go get some props. Our uniform is torn, so we need to get a new one."

…“Kidnapping?!”

Pulling Mao Lilan to the window, Sato Miwako looked at her seriously: "This is not something that can be taken seriously just because you come here. Did they give you evidence?"

"No, I was planning to go to the house they mentioned and take a look." Mao Lilan explained in a low voice: "I was worried that they might have problems, so I said I must ask a police officer I know to come."

"Oh, you are much smarter than before." Officer Sato nodded with satisfaction: "That's how it should be. Girls should put their own safety first. It's right to call the police."

Officer Sato looked back at the man in the scarf who pressed his head into his arms, the man in the bandage who looked suspicious no matter how he looked at him, and the blonde cleaning lady who happily finished cleaning and was making sandwiches for everyone in the kitchen.

"Don't get too close to them later, stay with me." Officer Sato whispered, "I have weapons in my car, if they cause any trouble, hide behind me."

Looking at the situation inside the house, it was impossible to drag it on any longer, so they packed up and went down the stairs. Fujiwara and the other two hailed a taxi and led the way, Maori Ran followed in Sato Miwako's car, and Amuro Toru rode a pink housekeeping scooter and ran at the back.

"Hey, we didn't prepare for a kidnapping scene, and weren't we planning to wait for that guy to show up at the Maori Detective Agency? That guy didn't even show up!"

Matsuda reached out his scarf and wiped his face, revealing his nose and mouth from the scarf, and shook Fujiwara's shoulders vigorously.

"don’t worry."

Fujiwara Bandage stretched out his hand and raised it vigorously: "Follow the instructions."

"Instructions?"

Matsuda's eyes fell on Fujiwara's phone, and he saw a conversation pop up in the chat window with Kudo Yuuji. It was an "ok" sent by the boy on the other side. He suddenly jumped up and grabbed the bandaged face and kept rubbing it.

"You, you must have contacted him a long time ago, right? Damn it, I was wondering why he didn't respond when I messaged or called him, it turns out you're the traitor."

"I can't do anything about it. That guy said it's not time to go back yet and asked me to cooperate with him."

Fujiwara hit Matsuda's head hard.

"It was also a task given to us by Kudo Yuuji to get us closer to the Mori Detective Agency through the commission of his kidnapping."

Jin Yuanguang shook his cell phone and did not hide the fact that among the three people, only Matsuda Jinpei was kept in the dark.

"Damn it, why didn't you tell me!"

[Yuji: What a joke! The bone is right next to you, are you still afraid that you can’t use the Doberman?]
(End of this chapter)