Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 186 We are no longer “brothers”!

It is well known that Kudo Shinichi is a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes. So it is not surprising to see him on a Sherlock Holmes-themed tour group.

This makes a lot of sense!
If Shizuka Tachibana had met Shinichi Kudo at the scene of a murder or incident, Ran would not have been so confused.

But it happened to be in a tour group. In a tour group, the savior of the Japanese police, who is so busy with work every day and doesn’t even have time to make a phone call, actually has time to travel?
Isn’t this the same as when a boyfriend tells his girlfriend he’s working overtime and brings her midnight snacks, only to find out that he’s playing office games with his colleagues?
(Offices now have surveillance cameras, so I don’t recommend imitating this. If you really want to, you can find a theme hotel.)

Ran, who was frozen by Kudo Shinichi's speechless operation, suddenly calmed down, and all the distracting thoughts in her heart were suppressed. Then she asked Tachibana Shizuka:
"Is it really Shinichi? I mean, it's not like Kaito Kidd, is it?"

Ran in Tachibana Shizuka's world is quite knowledgeable. After experiencing the situation where Kaito Kid and Kudo Shinichi shared the same face, Ran became instinctively wary of the newly emerged Kudo Shinichi.

"It's true. Not only Kudo Shinichi, he also brought his mother with him." In order to prevent Xiaolan from further misunderstanding, Tachibana Seiji decided to explain everything clearly in one go.

"In fact, Kudo Shinichi didn't go abroad, nor did he encounter any difficult cases. He wasn't even far away from you."

Tachibana Shizuka noticed that Xiaolan's expression was not surprised. He guessed that this was not the first time Xiaolan had heard his argument.

Who made this small group, this small team, have Hattori Heiji always persistently looking for Kudo Shinichi?

If Xiaolan wants to find Kudo Shinichi, this is definitely an obstacle that cannot be avoided. A lot of information about Kudo was obtained by Hattori Heiji from Xiaolan.

This is exactly what Shizuka Tachibana doesn't understand - after Kudo Shinichi becomes Conan, he needs to create a character that Kudo is dead in order to conceal the organization's investigation.

At the recommendation of Dr. Agasa, he didn't even move into his own home, but into the Mori Detective Agency.

Because Conan doesn't want to bring danger to Xiaolan, he has to hide his identity from Xiaolan. Even if the evidence is thrown in her face, he will find ways to cover it up.

So the question is, since Conan is so afraid that his identity will be exposed and bring danger to Xiaolan, why does he secretly contact Xiaolan using the identity of Kudo Shinichi?

Wouldn't it be normal for normal organization members to monitor people related to Kudo as soon as they confirm that Kudo Shinichi is missing?
Conan's parents are difficult to monitor in the United States. As his classmate and childhood sweetheart, shouldn't Xiaolan be the focus of surveillance?
Then Conan's call successfully broke Xiaolan's plan. After her childhood sweetheart disappeared, Xiaolan was worried for a few days. After these days, Xiaolan even asked for leave for Kudo Shinichi.

The reason is that I am out of town to solve the commission and cannot come back.
Anyone would think something was wrong with such unusual behavior, right? Doesn't it easily lead to the conclusion that Kudo Shinichi is not dead, and that Xiaolan can even contact him?

Wouldn’t this bring greater risks and dangers to Xiaolan?

Logically speaking, Tachibana Shizuka really cannot understand this kind of behavior of saying one thing and doing another. It can only be said that you don't understand the detective's thought process.

But now Tachibana Shizuka obviously doesn't intend to give Conan the chance to continue fooling around: "Kudo is Conan, Conan is Kudo.

I happened to meet Mrs. Kudo and Conan on a tour group, and then we encountered a murder case."

Shizuka Tachibana briefly told Xiaolan about the events that happened in the tour group, focusing on the double yellow performance by Yukiko Kudo and Conan.

"Mrs. Kudo knew Conan's identity. I talked to her about it afterwards. Not only did she know, but Conan's father, Kudo Yusaku, also knew, as did Professor Agasa.

He was the first to know.”

Although Shizuka Tachibana and Yukiko Kudo did not talk about these things, this did not prevent Shizuka Tachibana from adding some personal thoughts when retelling.

The most brilliant deception is nine truths and one lie. So did Tachibana Shizuka lie? He didn't. Every word he said was true!

The amount of information given by Tachibana Shizuka was too much, and even Xiaolan couldn't react for a moment and her brain crashed again.

"Wait, wait, Shizue!" Xiaolan opened her eyes wide and tried hard to distinguish the large amount of information that Shizue Tachibana poured into her, and then grasp the key points.

"How is it possible that Conan is Shinichi?!"

"The world is full of wonders, so this is certainly possible. Remember the Dorobiga Paradise you and Kudo went to?

It was on that day that he was drugged and became smaller."

In fact, Kudo Yusaku's judgment of Tachibana Shizuka was somewhat inconsistent. Kudo Yusaku thought that Tachibana Shizuka found out Conan's true identity through subsequent investigation, which is wrong.

Shizuka Tachibana knew Conan's identity very early on. From a certain perspective, Shizuka Tachibana was watching Conan being drugged by Gin.

It was obvious that Tachibana Shizuka knew much more than Kudo Yusaku expected.

For example, now Tachibana Shizuka can clearly explain how Conan became Edogawa Conan.

I'm afraid that besides Conan himself, even Gin probably can't explain it clearly because Gin didn't see Conan shrink.

"Dorobiga Paradise. Those two men in black?!" As soon as Tachibana Shizuka mentioned Dorobiga Paradise, Xiaolan thought of it.

That day at the amusement park, Kudo Shinichi solved a murder case very smoothly, and by the way, he paid attention to two men in black at the scene.

Those two ferocious-looking men in black looked like they were not to be trifled with, but such people were not uncommon in life.

What's more, the island country is a place where the underworld is legal.

"Was it when we separated that night?" Xiaolan recalled the ominous premonition she had when she parted with Kudo Shinichi that day.

"That's right, according to Conan, he was observing an illegal transaction when he was ambushed by someone's accomplice and then poisoned.

For some reason, the poison that should have killed him didn't kill him, but only turned him into a child.

This can be considered a blessing in disguise.”

"No wonder." Xiaolan thought for a moment, and she wondered why the child of Dr. Agasa's distant relative would be with the doctor at his new home late at night.

When I first met Conan, I didn't bother to ask him because he was the one who grabbed my attention. Now that I think about it, there are really flaws everywhere.

"But why did Dr. Agasa let Conan and Shinichi live in my house?" This is what Xiaolan couldn't understand the most. It was Dr. Agasa who asked her to take care of Conan.

The doctor wouldn't do something so strange, would he?

"Because your father is a detective, according to what they say, you might be able to find clues about the member of the organization who drugged Conan when you receive a commission."

What Tachibana Shizuka said was not made up at all. In fact, it was exactly what Professor Agasa and Conan said at the time.

"Dad?" Xiaolan was stunned for a moment: "But the business of the agency should not be very good at that time." Xiaolan thought about how two days before she picked up Conan, Maori Kogoro was furious at Kudo Shinichi in the newspaper, and the agency had no commissions for half a year.

"But hasn't the office's business gradually improved since Conan came? Oh, and there's one more thing. It's about the situation regarding Mr. Maori that you asked me to investigate, Xiaolan."

"Conan made a lot of efforts to help Uncle Maori become a famous detective. Dr. Agasa developed a watch-shaped anesthetic needle and a bow-tie voice changer for him.

The anesthetic needle can make Uncle Maori fall asleep on the spot, which is also the origin of the name Sleeping Kogoro; as for the Butterfly Festival voice changer, it can make Conan sound like anyone's voice.

After Mr. Maori fell asleep at the scene, Conan used Mr. Maori's voice to explain his reasoning.

For the person who eats the melon, it is undoubtedly a happiness to eat one bite of the melon after another, but when the melon is eaten by his family, the feeling is hard to describe.

Xiaolan actually ate the melon from her own father.

"So Dad is still the same confused uncle as before, hasn't changed at all." Xiaolan felt a little disappointed, but this had nothing to do with whether Kogoro Mouri was a famous detective or not.

Mainly because she felt that if Kogoro Mouri was a famous detective, it would be easier for her mother to move back.

Unfortunately, the difficulty of this matter seems to have returned to its original level?

"I think, Xiaolan, you may have some misunderstandings about Uncle Maori." Tachibana Shizuka couldn't help but speak up for this uncle:

"We researched Uncle's police academy record together. His title of Police Academy Legend is real. Just because you shoot a gun doesn't make you a Police Academy Legend. You'd be considered a sharpshooter at best."

As for reasoning ability, you saw it at that hot spring hotel, that time when the uncle was at his class reunion. Didn't you see it too?
Even though we spend so much time together, I'm not sure if Uncle Maori knows Conan's identity."

Whenever Tachibana Shizuka thinks of the highlight moments of Kogoro Mori in the original work, he always feels that this uncle should not be that simple.

Perhaps Kogoro Mori cannot reach the level of Yusaku Kudo in terms of wisdom, but overall, Uncle Mori is definitely not just a confused uncle.

The detective industry is different from other industries. Perhaps some industries can explode without accumulated foundation, but in the detective industry, it is impossible to get a highlight moment without some skills.

Although the highlights of Maori Kogoro in the original work are not frequent, they are not rare. In the past 20 years, there have been at least a few highlights that fans have talked about with relish.

If you only regard such a person as a confused uncle, then you are really confused.

The more Xiaolan thought about it, the more confused she became. Conan at home was her childhood sweetheart who kept his identity secret and had always pretended to be ignorant at home.

The father at home is not the confused uncle she imagined. Xiaolan didn't know why she suddenly thought of what her mother said.

Detectives are not good people!

Originally, Xiaolan thought this sentence was just a complaint from Kisaki Eri, but she didn't expect that this sentence was actually a reflection of her mother's many years of life experience.

This is the fucking truth!
Let’s put his father’s situation aside for now. No matter whether Kogoro Mouri is confused or not, he is still his father.

But Shinichi
"Jingsi, that organization should be very dangerous, right?" Xiaolan suddenly asked after thinking for a long time.

"It's very dangerous." Tachibana Shizuka answered without hesitation: "Remember the explosion at the game conference?
The one who died was a member of that organization. After his accidental death, the organization immediately blew up a base where he had previously been to negotiate a deal."

"Tell me, why did Shinichi do this?" Xiaolan's eyes were full of confusion.

"If Shinichi needed help, he could have told me the truth, but why did he hide it from me?

So many people already know his identity!"

Professor Agasa, Yusaku Kudo, and Yukiko Kudo, although they all seem to be Conan's relatives and elders, Xiaolan, who grew up with Shinichi Kudo, is no worse than them.

Can you, Conan, tell your identity to others but keep it secret from her?

She clearly didn't reveal her identity to the other person because she was afraid of bringing danger to him, yet she still lived in his house with all the risks.
Xiaolan doesn't quite understand Conan's behavior.

Tachibana Shizuka didn't give an answer to the question, so Xiaolan had to figure it out herself. After a long silence, Xiaolan asked softly:
"Can I go see him tomorrow?"

"Of course, but you have to be mentally prepared. Conan doesn't know we know his identity yet, and Mrs. Kudo is also hiding it from Conan.

Conan is too impulsive, so Mrs. Kudo plans to reveal this to him later."

"I see. Could you please accompany me to the new family tomorrow, Jingsi?"

Xiaolan nodded slightly and told Tachibana Shizuka her request. Originally, Xiaolan was as familiar with Kudo's house as her own home.

When the Kudo couple are not around, Xiaolan often comes to help Kudo Shinichi clean the huge Kudo house.

But now Xiaolan suddenly found that the elders she was familiar with had become strangers, plus Shinichi who had been pretending to be stupid.

Xiaolan didn't even know how she would face Kudo Yukiko and Conan tomorrow.

But she still wanted to meet these two people, and meet the new mother who had watched her grow up and made her feel extremely close to her.

Go and see the little boy whom I once admired very much and who grew up with me.

It seems that once people grow up, they can't change. Why should they change? Maybe Shinichi has never changed, but it's Ran Mouri who has changed!
"Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning? Then we can go directly to Kudo's house?"

"Well, please, Shizue." Xiaolan raised her eyes and looked into Shizue Tachibana's eyes and said.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

"That's it for tonight. I'll go back first." Xiaolan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, sorted herself out, gave Tachibana Shizuka a smile, and opened the passenger door.

Tachibana Shizuka smiled and waved to Xiaolan, then watched Xiaolan return to the corridor of the office.

Normally, Xiaolan probably wouldn't say goodbye so hastily, but girls always have some emotions that they don't want to expose in front of others.

Tachibana Shizuka understood, so the Land Rover stopped at the office door for a moment, turned on the turn signal, and left Beika Town, leaving a trail of exhaust fumes.

(End of this chapter)