Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Kudo Shinichi.

His parents are the world-renowned mystery writer Kudo Yusaku and the famous actress Fujimine Yukiko. He himself is the most famous high school detective in the Kanto region.

His detective career began in the first year of high school. In just one year, he was called "the savior of the Japanese police" and "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era" by the media because he helped the police solve many cases successfully.

From a wealthy family, outstanding person, and highly anticipated, Kudo Shinichi's life can be said to be smooth. Many people think that he will continue to live smoothly and worry-free like this.

——Until the day at the amusement park.

Since then, the famous detective Kudo Shinichi has disappeared, and a primary school student named Edogawa Conan has appeared in the Mori Detective Agency, which was originally in bleak business.

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"Miss Yami..."

When Mao Lilan finished writing the transcript and walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department, she couldn't help but wipe her tears again.

Mouri Kogoro walked beside him, lit a cigarette and bit it in his mouth. He raised his head and glanced at the gloomy sky, which seemed like it would rain heavily at any time, with a somewhat depressed look on his face.

A week ago, a young woman named Hirota Masami came to the detective agency and asked Mouri Kogoro to find her father Hirota Kenzo.

Maori Kogoro ran around to collect clues, but found nothing until they saw a horse race. They found that there was a horse whose name corresponded to Hirota Kenzo's pet cats. The excited Maori Lan immediately took them to the racecourse, and they found it. .

If it were an ordinary commission, it would have ended at this point, but this commission took a turn for the worse - shortly after the person was found, Hirota Kenzo was killed and Hirota Masami disappeared.

They went to track down the tall man who was suspected of killing Hirota Kenzo, but they chased him to the hotel and found that the man was also dead. Then they received a call from Officer Megure and learned that Hirota Kenzo had no daughter at all.

then……

Thinking of this, Mouri Kogoro lowered his head and looked at his legs. Edogawa Conan was following them, his brows furrowed, his expression didn't look like a child at all.

——Then, before the police arrived at the hotel to conduct an autopsy, the kid who was staying at his house suddenly shouted "Go find Miss Yamei" and rushed out of the room, followed by Xiaolan. It was so fast that he didn't even react.

When he arrived at the port with the doctors and police, what he saw was the body of Hirota Masami who had been shot and fell to the ground. Edogawa Conan stood aside with his hands covered in blood, his head bowed.

Afterwards, Mouri Kogoro found out that Hirota Masami and two other men were the criminals of the bank robbery a month ago. Since Edogawa Conan was the last person she saw before her death, even though he was young, he was called Let's take notes together.

"Okay, Xiaolan, don't cry anymore." After finishing his cigarette, Mouri Kogoro frowned when he saw his daughter still looked sad, "This case is over."

One billion yen has been recovered safely, and all three prisoners are dead. The police may follow up, but that's the end of it for him, a detective who accidentally intervened.

"Go back quickly." Mouri Kogoro glanced at the intersection in front of him. It was difficult to take a taxi here. It was better to take the tram back while it wasn't raining yet.

"But……"

Mao Lilan looked at Edogawa Conan.

"Conan and I clearly saw Miss Yamei's gun falling far away when she fell to the ground, but the police and others..."

Mouri Kogoro scratched his head, his face a little subtle, and after a while he said: "Her fingerprints were found on that gun. It's only hers."

Dark clouds were rolling in the distant sky, and dull thunder sounded in the sky.

The three of them stopped talking and left the Metropolitan Police Department.

……

The rain finally fell before they returned to the detective agency.

Fortunately, it didn't rain heavily. It was a heavy downpour in the first ten minutes, but by the time we got to Mihua Station, it had turned into light rain.

Mao Lilan bought three transparent disposable umbrellas at the station. One of them was specially made in a small size so that Edogawa Conan could easily hold it. They walked towards 5-chome together. When passing a certain store, Mao Lilan suddenly stopped: "Oops, I forgot to buy the ingredients for today's dinner. Dad, you go back first."

The case happened last night. She had not been to the supermarket today because she had to take notes.

"Ah?" Mouri Kogoro stopped.

Edogawa Conan raised his head, and the umbrella raised with his movements: "By the way, I also want to go to the doctor's house! I forgot something there!"

Mouri Kogoro was more polite to his daughter, but he would not say to him: "It's time to have dinner soon, don't run around!"

"It's okay, Dad." Mao Lilan pulled him, "Okay, I'll take Conan to the doctor's house first, and then pick him back up after I finish shopping. Anyway, the distance is very close, so it won't take long. "

Mouri Kogoro muttered a few words, glanced at Edogawa Conan who was smiling, and waved his hands impatiently: "That's up to you, I'll leave first."

After Mouri Kogoro left, Maori Ran took Edogawa Conan to 2-chome.

Edogawa Conan... Shrinking Kudo Shinichi suppressed his smile and followed Maori Lan silently.

From last night to now, he was still thinking about the bank robbery, the details he missed, and the woman who died at the port.

Seeing a corpse and watching a person die are completely different feelings. The latter is a more real feeling of the loss of life.

Edogawa Conan holds an umbrella. It feels similar to the past. When the visual line moves downward, only a pair of immature, child-like hands can be seen.

Hirota Masami was shot in the abdomen and died of excessive blood loss. Even though he and Xiaolan both said that she did not hold the gun when she fell, and that the gun was dropped in the wrong position. If she was throwing it away, it should not be dropped in that place. Angle... The police still closed the case on the grounds that she committed suicide out of fear of crime.

Edogawa Conan clenched the handle of the umbrella. He looked at his small fist and felt a huge sense of powerlessness in his heart.

This feeling of powerlessness was even worse than when he was beaten by the prisoner who kidnapped the little girl.

If...if he was still Kudo Shinichi and not a first-year elementary school student, he could ask the police not to close the case easily and continue the investigation.

Go investigate those...

——"People in the organization like to wear black clothes. They are like a group..."

"quack……"

A shrill and ominous cry pierced his ears. Edogawa Conan suddenly looked up and saw a group of crows flapping their wings and flying up. From a distance, the black crows turned into a black shadow that was thicker than the dark clouds on the horizon.

A drop of rain happened to drip from the corner of the umbrella onto his face, and the coolness seemed to penetrate into his body.

He slowly widened his eyes, and an inexplicable and strong uneasiness gripped his heart at that moment.

At this time, Mao Lilan in front of him stopped again.

Edogawa Conan almost hit her leg, but luckily he reacted and stopped.

"Sister Xiaolan?"

He shouted in confusion, walked from behind her to her side, and looked forward subconsciously.

At this sight, Edogawa Conan froze instantly.

I saw a man in a black windbreaker standing at the door of Kudo's house, his left hand wearing a black glove retracting from the doorbell.

The black umbrella covered most of the other person's face. From his position, he could only see a few strands of long, crow-wing-like black hair hanging down to his shoulders... and a slight bulge at his waist!

Edogawa Conan is like falling into an ice cave. (End of chapter)