My life in the underworld begins at the Takayanagi family!

But judging from the expressions of Ichiro Takayanagi and Ran Mouri, they didn't seem to be lying at all.

This frightened Kaoru Takayanagi, and she immediately grabbed Ichiro Takayanagi's hand.

"Brother, what should we do now? Should we call the police?"

Kaoru Takayanagi's first reaction was to call the police, because the police exist to deal with this kind of thing.

"There's no need to call the police. If we do, they'll just leave this guy in the lab for research."

He and Xiaolan have no relationship anymore. After all, they were childhood sweethearts for so many years, and they can't just let him be sent to the research institute by the police like that.

Ran Mouri was a little nervous, but she didn't answer on her own initiative because Kaoru Takayanagi was asking Ichiro Takayanagi.

However, Ran Mouri breathed a sigh of relief at Ichiro Takayanagi's answer, as he did not take advantage of the opportunity to do something underhanded.

This proves that Ichiro Takayanagi is an open and honest person.

"What should we do if we don't call the police?"

"He must have been given some strange medicine by some strange people, which is why he is like this now."

I see that he is just unconscious, and the fact that he is not dead means that the drug is not lethal.

So we took him away from the amusement park and found a safer place to put him down.

After hearing Ichiro Takayanagi's idea, Ran Mouri offered her suggestion.

"Brother Gao Liu, how about we send him to my father's place?"

Ran Mouri's words made Kaoru Takayanagi glance at her sideways, knowing that Ran Mouri knew about the relationship between Shinichi Kudo and Kogoro Mouri.

Now they're even having Takayanagi Ichiro send the shrunken Kudo Shinichi over there? Isn't that a bit too filial?

“No.” Ichiro Takayanagi rejected Ran Mouri’s idea outright.

"It's not that we can't go to the detective agency, but we shouldn't send him there directly. He should go there after he's sober up."

If we were to deliver it, and he opened his eyes to find himself at the entrance of the Mori Detective Agency, he would likely assume that those who poisoned him knew about his relationship with Detective Mori, and he would choose to stay away.

So that's what Takayanagi Ichiro was thinking. Ran Mouri was completely relieved.

In any case, it's now certain that Ichiro Takayanagi won't do anything underhanded to Shinichi Kudo.

Ran Mouri nodded in agreement with Ichiro Takayanagi's suggestion, then wrapped the shrunken Shinichi Kudo in her clothes, picked him up, and headed towards the parking lot.

..............

It was quite late when Takayanagi Ichiro and the others returned.

Originally, they wanted to leave Shinichi Kudo intact on the roadside, but Ichiro Takayanagi suggested that Ran Mouri put Shinichi Kudo in the trash can instead.

Only in this way can Shinichi Kudo avoid any suspicion and make the right choice.

Not long after, it started to drizzle.

The rainwater falling into the trash can woke up Shinichi Kudo, who had been unconscious.

The distinctive smell of the trash can made him cough and have diarrhea.

He chased after two men in black today and saw one of them making a photo deal with another guy; the amount involved was around 100 million yen.

Just as he began to realize what was happening, someone hit him on the head with a heavy object from behind and then fed him something. Unfortunately, by then his consciousness had completely faded.

However, it is certain that the two men in black were the same two who were in the last line on the roller coaster.

But we still need to figure out where he is.

When he wanted to shout, he felt something shaking.

Then with a thud, the entire trash can fell to the ground, and Shinichi Kudo was completely stuck inside.

"Ouch."

After a quick glance out of the corner of his eye revealed it to be a trash can, Shinichi Kudo was completely dumbfounded.

When will I be able to get into a trash can, and get hurt so badly?

Because the rain was a bit heavy, there was some standing water on the road, and with the reflection from the streetlights, it could be used as a mirror.

So Shinichi Kudo hurriedly walked over, ignoring the fact that his clothes were completely ill-fitting.

Looking down, I saw the face I remembered; it hadn't changed at all, except that it was a little dirty because it had just come out of the trash can.

When I reached up to wipe the dirt off my face, I realized that my clothes were completely ill-fitting.

He pulled his hand out from under his clothes and realized it was a small arm and hand, not at all like a high school student's. He then lowered his head in horror.

The mirror made of water did indeed reflect a familiar image, but it wasn't his high school student appearance; it was his appearance when he was in elementary school.

Shinichi Kudo then rummaged around on his body for a while, and then straightened his clothes and pants. He finally discovered something incredible: he had gone from a high school student to an elementary school student.

It was like a dream; his body had turned into that of a primary school student, but he felt there was nothing wrong with his intelligence.

In other words, the two men in black fed themselves a strange poison, but they probably didn't even know what the poison was made of.

However, while unconscious, Shinichi Kudo overheard two wicked people talking and became quite aware of his identity as a high school detective.

In other words, his identity as a high school detective had to be sacrificed, otherwise he might get entangled with those two guys in black.

What he needed to do now was to get help from others, and Shinichi Kudo immediately thought of two people.

The first one is his next-door neighbor, Professor Agasa.

He might invent some strange and unusual things, and perhaps some of them will suit his current situation.

The second one is Kogoro Mouri, after all, he and Kogoro Mouri have also developed a deep relationship.

Moreover, there's no way he'll break through any barriers by appearing next to Kogoro Mouri in his current elementary school student identity.

"Let's ask Kogoro for help." Shinichi Kudo made his final decision.

Chapter 177 The shrinking Kudo made Kogoro even more excited.

Ever since Kogoro Mouri sent Shinichi Kudo out for a trip this morning, he has been on tenterhooks.

Whether watching a video performance or drinking, I'm not in the mood for anything; I always feel like something big is about to happen.

Takayanagi Ichiro's car had already returned to the building downstairs of his office, but Kudo Shinichi showed no intention of coming back with them.

Kogoro Mouri could go and ask him, but if Shinichi Kudo went back to his own home, his behavior would likely be suspected.

Kogoro Mouri went to great lengths to conceal his relationship with Shinichi Kudo.

Click.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri heard the sound of his office door being opened, which made him jump up in delight.

As expected, Shinichi Kudo wouldn't give up on himself and would still return to his agency.

Unfortunately, when Kogoro Mouri stood up, he didn't find Shinichi Kudo anywhere, but he did see a rather pitiful little child.

"Hey kid, who are you? Why are you coming to my detective agency?"

"Kogoro, it's me, Shinichi."

Shinichi Kudo closed the door and walked toward Kogoro Mouri.

This greatly shocked Kogoro Mouri, who could hardly believe that the kid in front of him was Shinichi Kudo.

This morning when he saw Shinichi Kudo off, he was a high school student, but now he's back as an elementary school student. Who can believe that?

"Little brat, you'd better tell the truth."

If you ran away from home, give me your parents' phone number, and I will explain the situation to them in detail.

"My parents are in Hawaii right now, Kogoro, are you really going to call them and confront them?"

"Little brat, who exactly are you?"

"Could it be another son of Yusaku Kudo, here to prank me?"

At this point, Kogoro Mouri began to doubt Shinichi Kudo's identity, since he resembled Shinichi Kudo a bit when he was young, and he also mentioned the clue that his parents were in Hawaii.

"Kogoro, I have no reason to lie to you. I really am Shinichi Kudo."

"It's just that some men in black asked me strange questions, and that's why I look like this."

"Then tell me, what exactly is our relationship?"

"Kogoro, my first time drinking, and my first time drinking, were both with you. Doesn't that prove anything?"

Besides me, who else could possibly know this?

Upon hearing Shinichi Kudo mention alcohol, Kogoro Mouri was completely certain of Shinichi's identity and immediately went to the side to hug him.

"What exactly happened? Weren't you out traveling with Xiaolan and the others?"

How did it turn out like this?

I saw that Xiaolan and the others had already returned. Could it be that you two separated?

"I'm all dirty right now, I need to wash up and change into some cleaner clothes."

"Let's go upstairs. I still have all my old clothes from when I was little. They'll definitely fit me perfectly then."

.............

Inside the bathroom, Kogoro Mouri carefully cleaned Shinichi Kudo's body.

Upon discovering that the other person had indeed turned into an elementary school student, Kogoro Mouri was not disappointed; instead, he became even more excited.

When Kogoro Mouri was a police officer, he would arrest people who committed crimes against children.

At that time, he didn't understand why those people would do such a thing, but now he has the same impulse when facing Shinichi Kudo.

However, Shinichi Kudo was much more sensible than him. He directly pinched Kogoro Mouri awake, then put on his clothes and came out.

"Kogoro, I'm going to have to pretend to be someone else from now on."

Because Shinichi Kudo has to die, otherwise those men in black definitely won't let it go.

I will continue to stay with you and use your help to find out who those men in black really are.

Furthermore, they can provide assistance during your investigations and train you to become a renowned detective.