Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Is this the home of the kidnapped person you mentioned?"

Seeing the taxi in front of her stopped at the door of a single-family building, Sato Miwako, who did not believe the three people, did not call the kidnapped person Kudo Yusaku's illegitimate son as they said.

She also heard the story of Kudo Yusaku from Inspector Megure. He was a very talented man who loved his wife very much. How could he suddenly have an illegitimate child?

Of course, although she didn't believe it, Mao Lilan, who had heard "Shinichi" mention Yuji's name behind her, was already half-believing and half-doubting, and even the scene of the annual tragic drama emerged in her mind.

"Ah, it's here."

Matsuda simply agreed with his scarf, and urged Fujiwara with his left hand. Just now in the car, this guy said that he would be the one to take care of everything, so Curly and Little Ghost didn't intend to speak to avoid making any mistakes.

"The door... is not locked. Please come in."

Fujiwara walked in front, looking at the house that Kudo Yuuji asked him to bring these people to. He took a deep breath and pushed open the door, while beginning to recite the settings of the three of them.

"I am... the bodyguard hired by Kudo Yusaku to protect Kudo Yuji in this house. The one with his face covered with a scarf is Kudo Yuji's... tutor."

"Why does he keep rolling his face up?"

Sato Miwako glanced back at Matsuda's scarf and said, "Now that you see a police officer like me, I should have asked you to take off your scarf."

"This is because I had plastic surgery. Although I have almost recovered from the surgery, I cannot expose my face because there is a risk of infection."

The identities of the tutor and the bodyguard were confirmed by Fujiwara to Kudo Yuuji in the car, and the two answered very naturally without any flaws.

"This little brother is..."

"His name is Kanemoto Hikaru, right? He mentioned it to me at the Maori Detective Agency just now." Amuro said, "He said he likes me very much."

"Forehead…."

Jin Yuanguang and Matsuda Jinpei immediately realized something was wrong and looked up at Fujiwara.

"He is... the younger brother of a friend of Kudo Yuuji's sister. He just came to play today."

When they entered the house together, they immediately saw the messy interior. Various furniture were either lying on the ground or dismembered. It was obvious at a glance that the house had been in turmoil.

"So it was that boy who resisted."

Toru Amuro took the gloves handed to him by Miwako Sato, touched the cabinet which was misplaced but still stood, then raised his hand to the ceiling mezzanine and touched it, and found that there was no dust and it was very clean.

"It seems that the kidnappers' cleaning staff are not just pretending to clean." Amuro said: "The ceiling mezzanine, a place that ordinary people would not think of for two or three months, was also cleaned, proving that it must have been cleaned by the kidnappers."

"Really? A place like this, even my home, is only cleaned once every three or four months." Mouri Ran leaned over to take a look at Toru Amuro's gloves.

"This is..." Sato Miwako picked up two professional certificates and a student ID from the ground: "Psychological interventionist Mr. Matsuda, senior martial arts coach Mr. Hagiwara?"

Toru Amuro's heart skipped a beat. These two surnames were so telling. He might not be safe now.

"Ah! Did we lose our certificate? Sorry, please return it to me."

Matsuda Jinpei patted his head, glanced at Fujiwara out of the corner of his eye, and felt relieved. He smiled brightly and went to get his certificate as a psychological interventionist.

[That boy really helped me a lot, he must have done it on purpose. But in this case, the boy named Jin Yuan...] "Huh? Aren't you Mr. Hagiwara?" Sato Miwako stared at Matsuda strangely and turned the certificate over for Curly to see his photo.

"...Oh, I'm Hagiwara, that's right..." Curly said, "I became a tutor because I didn't want to fight and kill people."

[Damn it! As expected...]

"What about Mr. Matsuda? Why did a psychological interventionist become a bodyguard?"

Bandage paused for a moment, and when Curly-Hair was looking at him, he said, "I became a bodyguard... in order to allow those who don't want to fight and kill to be tutors with peace of mind."

[Damn it, what kind of words are these! ]

It was a little weird, but the female officer couldn't put her finger on it.

"Well, let's listen to the message left by the kidnappers first."

Miwako Sato walked to the landline phone and pressed the playback button.

[I will accept Kudo Yusaku's illegitimate child. I will prepare 10 million yen and deliver it to the 20th store in Haido-cho Shopping Street at 9 o'clock this morning.]
As soon as the recording began, the eyes of the four people in the room suddenly shrank, because the recording was made in Ida Hang's voice, but those who were familiar with the old squad leader immediately recognized that this was not Ida Hang himself.

The three people here secretly glanced at Amuro Toru, and saw that he didn't seem to hear it but lowered his head slightly as if thinking, so they knew that the blond must be angry.

"What a worthless kidnapper."

The recording ended like this. Sato Miwako listened to it twice again, then stood up silently and said the same thing as Amuro Toru.

"This kidnapper... is he underestimating Kudo Yusaku?"

If it was really his illegitimate child, would it only cost 10 million yen? In the other person's mind, the illegitimate child of a great writer was only worth 10 million yen.

"But he doesn't look down on us. Among us, is there anyone who can come up with 10 million yen?" Amuro Toru looked at Matsuda and the other two with a helpless expression, "Since you two were invited by Kudo Yusaku, you should be able to come up with 10 million yen."

"Can't we use Fukuzawa Yukichi on the top two layers and put white paper underneath?"

Matsuda Jinpei made a serious suggestion: "I borrowed a large sum of money from a bad friend in order to get married, and that guy will probably end up alone for the rest of his life. If he doesn't pay me back, I'm afraid he'll have to become a gigolo."

"It's not like he hasn't...done it before. Little Z was pretty happy with what he did." Fujiwara said.

[You're teasing me in front of my face? ]

Jin Yuanguang could hardly hold back the smile on his face.

"It means that Uncle Hagiwara's friends love what they do. I have a friend who does the same thing."

"Huh?!" Mao Lilan widened her eyes.

"The gigolo is the one who chats with auntie, right?" Jin Yuanguang smiled without any malice: "Brother Amuro is so handsome, and it's obvious that he likes to chat with auntie. I'm sure auntie would be willing to chat with you too."

"……Thanks?"

With his back to everyone, Jinpei Matsuda, who was laughing till tears came out, was sure who this boy was. (End of this chapter)