The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1309 Eighteen Years Old, a Super Genius Beauty

Conan was indignant, but could only grit his teeth and feel powerless.

All I can say is that he can't do anything to Fujino...

This guy has all-around, three-dimensional defense.

No matter what I do, I can't break through the defense...

In the end, he could only give up and accept this cruel reality.

However, just as he turned his gaze to Hondo Eisuke, who had taken off his clothes and was shirtless, his brows furrowed slightly and his expression became serious.

Ai Haibara sensed the malicious gaze and looked at Conan, noticing the expression on his face.

She was slightly puzzled for a moment, then looked over as well.

Then, a look of realization dawned on his eyes.

"You must have figured something out, right?"

"What do you see?"

"The scar on that guy's chest."

After leaving the villa, on the way to Fujino, Ai Haibara deliberately slowed down and asked Conan a question.

Conan glanced at her and said in a nonchalant tone, "It's just a simple wound, what can you tell from that?"

Haibara Ai:"……"

Is this guy throwing a tantrum again?
She sincerely felt that getting along with children was indeed a bit troublesome.

She sighed helplessly, crossed her arms, and raised her chin: "Oh, I see. I thought you figured it out, but it seems I was overthinking it..."

"Ahem!"

Conan coughed lightly: "Thinking about it carefully, that scar does have some interesting details."

Ai Haibara glanced at him and felt that this Hakiko was somewhat asking for trouble. With her eyelids drooping, she said, "So, you were just pretending to be confused?"

"Well..." Conan was speechless.

In terms of reasoning, Ai Haibara may not be as good as Conan, but when it comes to arguing, few in the Conan world can out-argue her.

Ai Haibara didn't intend to definitively say anything. She took two steps forward and said in a nonchalant tone, "Fine, if you want to play dumb, then go ahead. Anyway, I'm not really interested in this kind of thing."

"No way!" Conan gave up.

He's a young man, and young people have a confident vigor and high spirits. No matter what the upper limit is, they want to show off their achievements.

But realistically, he had no one to boast about except for Professor Agasa...

Fujino is the kind of guy who's completely impervious to reason; no amount of mental attack works and he doesn't get any good feedback.

After much thought, only this little girl, who had shrunk to the same size as him, remained.

Helpless, he reasoned, "If I'm not mistaken, he must have had leukemia before. The wound on his chest when I saw him changing clothes just now was probably from a bone marrow biopsy during a leukemia test..."

Ai Haibara frowned upon hearing this, then calmly corrected him: "To be precise, bone marrow aspiration isn't only used for leukemia. For example, Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma may also require hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment."

Conan immediately gave a deadpan look: "How would I, a high school student, know so much?"

"Then you know now, don't you?"

"..."

Conan paused for a moment, not intending to delve deeper into the matter: "Regardless of what illness he has, it's highly likely that he's undergone a bone marrow stem cell transplant. After all, it's so severe that a bone marrow aspiration is necessary; there's nothing else besides a bone marrow transplant."

"My blood type must have changed because of this!"

Ai Haibara was surprised to hear this: "You know about this?"

"I'm not stupid!" Conan retorted indignantly. "A bone marrow transplant is a transplant of hematopoietic cells! After the transplant, even the hematopoietic cells become someone else's, so of course the blood type will change!"

He sighed and continued, "He said his sister had given him a blood transfusion, but his blood type is completely different from hers, so that must be the reason!"

“Bone marrow is most easily matched between relatives. It is very likely that he changed his blood type through a transplant, which is why there is such a misunderstanding now.”

"Although he was originally blood type O, his blood type changed to AB after receiving a bone marrow transplant from his sister."

"Thinking about it this way makes everything clear."

As he spoke, he gave Ai Haibara a helpless look: "I already know that even without you reminding me."

"..." Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara glanced suspiciously at the shrunken Kudo in front of her. She truly hadn't expected this; she had originally intended to remind him...

By the way, we remember that before he shrunk, he was just an ordinary high school detective, right?

He just said he was a regular high school student...

Which high school detective is learning this stuff?

Where did you learn that?

Conan didn't notice the cat's questioning gaze, but he himself became puzzled: "But why would he hide the fact that he had undergone a bone marrow transplant?"

“His sister disappeared ten years ago. He should have been seven or six years old at that time. Normally, he should have been old enough to remember things. How could he not remember this?”

What exactly is his purpose?

"Is he trying to prove to us that he has no connection with that Rena Mizunashi?"

Looking at Conan, who seemed to have triggered PTSD even more than she had, Ai Haibara pulled herself out of her thoughts, sighed, and explained, "You're overthinking things."

“Bone marrow aspiration is usually performed on the patella, but judging from the fact that he had a sternal aspiration, he must have been only five or six years old when he got leukemia. At that time, the patella was not fully developed, making it difficult to perform the aspiration and the sample collected was not sufficient. Therefore, he was forced to choose the more difficult sternal aspiration.”

"As for him not remembering..."

"It may be due to the abnormal hematopoietic cells invading the brain caused by the incomplete development of the blood-brain barrier, resulting in intermittent coma. When in a coma, one will lose memory, and it will become more and more serious in the later stages. The confused memories are intermittent, so it is normal that one does not know that one has leukemia."

"I see..." Conan stroked his chin. "How do you know so much?"

"..." Ai Haibara's eyelids drooped briefly, and she said speechlessly, "You forgot?"

"Forget what?"

"Before, I was developing drugs for the organization."

Haibara sighed and gently brushed her hair behind her ear: "Before developing drugs for the organization, I was sent abroad to study by the organization. At that time, I mainly studied biomedicine and biopharmaceutical chemistry. Bone marrow stem cells are also an important part of drug development. Do you think I learned all that for nothing?"

Conan: "..."

So you and I are only one year apart, right?

You're exaggerating your abilities to the point of being a super genius, aren't you...?

Thinking about it, it seems like that old man Fujino was like that too, only he was a bit more restrained in his showing off?
Is a one-year age difference really that big of a difference?
hateful!

Conan really thought that his studies hadn't been in vain; the medicine he made after learning it didn't just turn me into a little kid.

Even you couldn't escape it!

But after thinking about it, I decided to forget about it.

The series of traps I just encountered is still fresh in my mind.

[System task detected as completed.]

[System Rewards: 10 million yen, 1000 Detective Reputation, 1000 Detective Coins, already distributed]

Current Japanese Yen Balance: 260 million yen

[Detective Coins: 46]

[Main Profession: Detective Reputation: 1600 | 10000]

[Freely allocated experience: 5000...]

On Fujino's side, after the fat maid finished her confession, she received a system reward.

After confirming that the reward had been credited to his account, he turned around and found that Conan and Ai Haibara had not followed.

After thinking for a moment, he called out, "Conan, Ai, get in the car quickly!" "Yes, sir!"

…………

Three days later, Teitan High School, Class 2-B.

Hiratsuka Shizuka stood on the podium, holding the exam list in her hand. She tapped the podium twice to organize the list: "Well, that's it for the final exams. Next is winter break. Everyone, have a good time to relax."

"As for the substandard ones..."

At this point, her tone suddenly changed, and she clenched her fist to show everyone: "You all need to come to school for extra classes for the first week of winter break, and then take a make-up exam!"

"Until it passes, understand?!"

"Yes!"

None of the students in Class 2-B below the stage dared to raise any objections under the rule of this tyrant.

Sonoko let out a long sigh of relief, still a little shaken, and said, "Phew, thank goodness I passed, that was close!"

Ran couldn't help but complain, "That's why you should learn from Sonoko. It's no wonder you're barely passing with this carefree attitude..."

"What do you know? I'm just naturally intelligent and beautiful!" Sonoko patted her chest and said, "Besides, for exams, as long as you pass, that's all that matters. What's the point of getting such high scores?"

"..." Xiao Lan fell silent for a moment after hearing this, unsure of what to say about her cheap best friend.

Fujino felt that Sonoko's statement made some sense.

Believe it or not, these meaningless final exams are really just about passing tests.

As long as you pass the test and it doesn't affect your normal studies, getting extra scores really doesn't matter.

At least, that's how it is for Sonoko, a wealthy young lady with the surname Suzuki.

As for the exams for getting into university...

To put it bluntly, you can catch up during your senior year of high school.

Fujino believed that Sonoko's learning ability and financial resources were sufficient to accomplish this.

Sonoko then turned to Ran and Fujino and asked, "Hey, Ran and me, do you have any plans for winter break?"

Xiao Lan looked up and thought for a moment after hearing this: "I don't have any plans."

As she spoke, she smiled and looked at Fujino: "I just don't know who you are, senpai."

Fujino pondered for a moment: "As for me, I'm not sure. I don't know when I'll get a request. I'll just have to see when the time comes."

"I see." Sonoko nodded and sighed, "It's such a pity. I was planning to go out and play with you guys as soon as winter vacation started, but my older sister suddenly said something like, 'I have to go to a funeral in her place or something.'"

"Really!"

"What a spoilsport! A romantic, snowy winter break is about to start with a funeral or something!"

At this point, Sonoko's expression drooped, and she lay on the table looking somewhat listless.

Xiao Lan couldn't help but chuckle: "Looks like even a young lady has her sorrows~"

Sonoko's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Ran, are you mocking me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan gave an embarrassed smile and waved her hand, "No way..."

"The garden can't be repaired!" A voice suddenly rang out, "Xiao Lan, don't play dumb!"

"Hey, Sonoko, what are you doing?"

"Xiao Lan, I think you really don't understand!"

"Ya Mei Die!"

Fujino silently turned her head to the side and looked at the scenery outside the window. She simply couldn't bear to watch the two best friends bickering and joking around.

But speaking of funerals...

Sonoko went alone, and she even mentioned...

Could another one or two people die?
Fujino tried his best to recall the events surrounding the funeral, but couldn't remember anything involving Sonoko.

In the end, all I can do is stop thinking about it so much.

…………

Fujino was an elite member of the homecoming club. When winter break came, while others went to club activities, he left school first to pick up his little gray cat and the corgi from the house across the street.

Then, a bunch of little ones hitched a ride on my car.

"Our Junior Detective Club didn't receive any cases today either..."

"It's clearly winter break."

"Ugh……"

The young detectives usually take on one or two cases within Teitan Elementary School, but business has been a bit slow lately. They haven't even been able to get a single case involving finding a lost cat or dog, and they've all started to complain and wonder how they can make the detectives more well-known.

Fujino was quite helpless about the little ones.

You guys, stop courting death, okay?
But after thinking about it, it was possible to stop these kids from courting disaster, but the chances were slim, so I stopped worrying about it.

With a mother named Hui watching the children here, she immediately calls me, so the kids can't cause any trouble.

At most, I'll have to save the day myself...

After saying that, he sent Mika Batonman to save the day.

Fujino drove the children home one by one, but just as he set off, a phone call came in.

It was Yoko Okino who called.

Fujino was not surprised by Yoko Okino's phone calls.

After all, this is his persona in the entertainment industry!

Many of my sales figures depend on this caring older sister who isn't much older than me.

To be honest, the work in the entertainment industry is really easy, and the pay is very high.

This time, the celebrity sister found another easy job.

It's basically about catching a paparazzo who's installed a hidden camera in a celebrity's home, collecting evidence, and secretly putting the person in jail, or something like that.

To put it simply, a sasaeng fan broke into a female celebrity's home and installed a hidden camera. The female celebrity discovered the hidden camera and, fearing that her intimate photos would be leaked, came to him for help.

As for why you didn't call the police...

Do you dare call the police?

Once the police are notified, it's like broadcasting a message in the dark forest, publicly announcing that your photo has been taken without your consent, attracting reporters to come and investigate.

The thing female celebrities fear most is scandal, especially young, single female celebrities.

He'd been pursuing this female celebrity for so long, never even managing to touch her, and yet she'd seen him naked without him even lifting a finger...

Once this gets out, I don't know how much popularity he'll lose, and how many suitors will cry their eyes out.

Therefore, this kind of work should be done by detectives.

Fujino was already very skilled at this kind of work, while the younger ones became excited when they heard Yoko Okino's name:
"It's Yoko-neechan!"

"Is Fujino-nii talking on the phone with Yoko-nee-nee-san?!"

"Speaking of which, Fujino-san and Yoko-nee-san seem to know each other quite well!"

In an instant, Fujino's request for a phone call turned into a virtual chat between his little fan and his fan.

This left Fujino feeling somewhat helpless.

So, Yoko Okino is truly a charmer for everyone, regardless of age or gender, across land, sea, and air...

No wonder her career wasn't affected by those scandals with her ex-boyfriend.

(End of this chapter)