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

When Edogawa Conan heard the name, he was stunned for a moment.

Mao Lilan was also confused.

She looked at the strange woman wearing glasses in front of her, then looked at Edogawa Conan who was standing not far away, and felt that all the emotions that had just been brewing disappeared in an instant.

The woman walked into the room, and now she finally saw the seven-year-old boy sitting at the table. Her eyes suddenly turned red, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Xiao Nan!"

She squatted down beside him and hugged him tightly: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I left you here alone and didn't come to pick you up in time..."

Edogawa Conan felt her cheek against his, and felt her tears flowing down his face, and his whole body stiffened.

No, this is impossible. "Edogawa Conan" is a fake identity he made up after he became smaller. People are all fake. There is no way he can have a so-called mother! He has never seen this woman before!
But just as he was about to break free, he caught a glimpse of Mao Lilan beside him out of the corner of his eye, and a chill suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart to his whole body.

Mao Lilan watched them hugging each other. It was not until the strange woman let go of her hand and stood up again that she hesitantly asked, "Excuse me, who are you...?"

"Sorry, I was so excited that I forgot to introduce myself."

The woman wiped her tears, took out a business card from her handbag and handed it to Mao Lilan.

"My name is Edogawa Fumiyo, and Conan is my child. Not long ago, my husband and I went on a business trip to the United States. Because we were in a hurry, we temporarily left the child at a friend's house..."

Mao Lilan took the business card, her face still a little confused. She looked at Edogawa Conan again with this expression, as if asking silently.

However, Edogawa Conan couldn't respond a single word.

If it was just an ordinary trafficker, it would be fine. But what if it was... what if someone from that organization discovered his identity and came looking for him...

——If they find out that Xiaolan has guessed his identity, they will kill her!
Conan Edogawa's mind was working quickly. He knew that he couldn't ask for help, and he even had to help the other party cover up the lie. He had to trick Xiaolan over.

So he quickly put on an exaggerated smile, rushed over to hug Edogawa Fumiyo's legs, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Why did you come now!"

"I'm sorry, Conan, I won't do that again." Edogawa Fumiyo patted his head, "It's rare. After you went to school, you rarely act like a spoiled child to me like this."

When she touched Edogawa Conan on the head, the back of his clothes was soaked with cold sweat without him noticing, but he still had to act along and continued to pretend to be an angry child.

Mao Lilan looked at them blankly. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't open her mouth.

After the touching but brief mother-son reunion scene, Edogawa Fumiyo took Edogawa Conan out of the house, and Mao Li Ran accompanied them all the way downstairs.

Edogawa Fumiyo stood by the car and bowed slightly to Mao Lilan: "I am really sorry for causing you trouble during this period. I came in a hurry today and didn't have time to prepare a thank-you gift. I will definitely come to thank you again another day."

Conan Edogawa was sitting in the car, looking at Mouri Ran through the lowered window and forcing a smile at her.

"Goodbye, Sister Xiaolan."

When Mao Lilan heard this name, something flickered in her eyes. After a while, she smiled at him and waved to him.

"Goodbye, Conan."

The car drove away.

……

At 8 o'clock in the evening, there were many vehicles on the road.

It was not until they had driven a long distance and could not return to the Maori Detective Agency in a short time that Edogawa Conan stopped the car at a red light and asked with a wary look on his face:

"Who are you anyway?"

Edogawa Fumiyo held the steering wheel with both hands, her eyes hidden behind the lenses, making it difficult to see her expression for a moment.

"I am your mother." She said in a firm tone.

Edogawa Conan unbuckled his seat belt silently: "No, my mother is..."

"Kudo Yukiko." "!"

Although he had expected it, the moment he heard the name, Conan Edogawa was sure that the other party was not a human trafficker, but more likely a member of that organization!

His identity... is exposed!

The woman next to him began to introduce Kudo Yukiko's life experience in detail, but Edogawa Conan didn't hear a word she said. He looked up at the traffic and streets outside, thinking frantically about what to do.

He couldn't go back to the detective agency. Judging from the fact that they came to take him away in disguise and didn't just plant a bomb and take him away in one go, they were not mindless attackers and would probably avoid killing unsuspecting people at will.

Go to the doctor's house... Oh, now that he's been exposed, what happened to Huibara? ? !

The doctor is not here now. Could it be that the phone call he received earlier was from the organization, who deliberately sent him away to facilitate the kidnapping of Huiyuan? !
——Edogawa Conan and Kudo Shinichi felt such fear for the first time in their lives.

"…Am I right? You are the only son they left in Japan, Kudo Shinichi!"

Fumiyo Edogawa was completely unaware that Conan Edogawa had already gone through the death process several times in his mind and had just finished his lines.

Edogawa Conan was startled and suddenly stood up from his seat. A small pistol was extended from the side and pressed against the center of his forehead.

"Be obedient, little brat." Edogawa Fumiyo smiled sinisterly, "If you run around, I don't mind breaking your limbs. As long as you're alive, that's all that matters..."

Edogawa Conan looked at her silently. At such a critical moment, he suddenly saw a figure walking in front of the car.

He was a black-haired young man carrying a guitar bag. He had a pale face, unshaved beard, obvious dark circles under his eyes, and looked tired and decadent.

He was so inconspicuous, blending in with the crowd and rushing past without attracting anyone's attention.

Except for Conan Edogawa.

He recognized him.

Three years ago, he went to Minato Middle School as an exchange student for one semester, and during that time he attended the funeral of a classmate.

Mr. Amuro, or Mr. Furuya, who was a public security official, also attended the funeral. But when the family members arrived, he suddenly said hello to them and said he had to leave for a while because of something.

Conan Edogawa remembers it very clearly. It was this man who appeared at the door and called Mr. Fūya away!

Conan Edogawa made several speculations about why Furuya Rei went to Minato Middle School to be a teacher under a false identity three years ago and why he was close to Aoyagi Akimitsu. The most likely one was that it was for the purpose of investigation.

After all, one of the duties of the public security is to screen suspicious foreigners in the country and investigate whether they are foreign spies. As an FBI agent of the United States, Aoyagi Akimitsu came to a Japanese school to be a teacher, which would easily attract the attention of the public security.

Of course, the above has nothing to do with his current situation. What Edogawa Conan cares about is——

Since Furuya Rei is a public security officer, could the man who suddenly called him away at that time also be a public security officer?

Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan jumped off his seat, stepped heavily on the accelerator, and the car instantly crossed the zebra crossing and rushed into the oncoming traffic!
A bunch of cars that were driving normally had to brake suddenly. For a moment, the road was filled with the sound of horns and shouting.

Edogawa Conan ignored the screams of the woman beside him, opened the car door, walked through the crowd of crookedly parked cars, and ran towards the man!

There was a sudden car accident on the road. Many people stopped and turned around to watch. Only that man seemed to have heard nothing. He did not look back or stop, but continued to walk forward with firm steps.

"Please wait——"

Before he could even utter the words to ask for help, a hand suddenly reached out from the alley next to him and grabbed him and pulled him over there.

Edogawa Conan was startled again and instinctively tried to break free, but when he looked up, he saw a familiar face.

"A-Mr. Aoyagi...?"

The man whose name was called stood at the edge of a dim alley. The bright and dazzling lights of the busy street fell in front of him, stopping one step away from him, not shining on him. He looked down at him, and the smile on his face became blurred.

"Why are you here?" Aoyagi Binguang asked. (End of this chapter)