The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

In the Mori Detective Agency, Ran sat expressionlessly on the edge of the bed, gently stroking the pigeon she was holding in her arms.

Her thick bangs obscured her eyes, making it impossible to see her expression, yet her figure appeared so lonely and sorrowful.

Just then, the office door was suddenly opened.

Conan walked in from outside, glancing at Ran as he muttered, "Uncle is already asleep. He must be really tired."

Conan seemed oblivious to Ran's resentful expression, and instead walked over to the chair where Ran was sitting with a smile.

"Hmm, let him sleep. He's probably exhausted." Ran paused in her stroking of the pigeons when she saw Conan come in.

After hesitating for a moment, she put the pigeon back in the basket before standing up from the chair and leaning against the windowsill to look at the rain outside.

Her tone was so flat.

It was so uneventful that even Conan sensed something was amiss.

“Ran-neechan…” Conan stared at Ran’s lonely figure and suddenly froze.

An ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

"Conan." Ran slightly raised her head, but didn't turn to look at Conan. "Your actions in the castle were really cool."

Just as Conan sensed something was wrong, Ran suddenly turned around and leaned against the windowsill.

A glistening tear was already glistening in her eyes. "Back then, I really looked like Shinichi."

For some reason, Xiaolan suddenly lost control of her emotions, and tears poured out like a burst dam.

The two streams of clear tears made Conan's expression freeze.

Seeing Ran crying her eyes out, Conan's heart clenched at that moment.

Ran already knew the answer in her heart, but she still wanted to hear Shinichi tell her the truth with her own ears. "But, you're not the same person, are you?"

Seeing Conan's silent expression.

Ran, unable to contain her hurt feelings, became even more upset. "Right, Conan? Answer me!"

In his memory, this was the first time he had ever seen Xiaolan like this.

Her voice trembled, and her pitiful appearance pierced her heart like a needle.

But he also knew very well that the torment and pain Xiaolan was suffering was probably ten or a hundred times greater than his own.

Conan lowered his head, his brows furrowed.

At that moment, he couldn't bear to look at Xiaolan's crying face.

There was no way he could fabricate any more lies under her tearful gaze.

Even knowing that revealing the truth might have serious consequences, he simply couldn't bear to keep it from Xiaolan any longer.

"call……"

Suddenly, Conan took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.

[It can't be hidden any longer...]

Chapter 388 Kid? No, it's Aragaki Yu! (1)

While giving a wry smile, Conan's expression seemed to soften as if he had found relief.

It was as if the knot in his heart that had been troubling him had finally been untied.

Conan slowly took off his glasses. "Actually, Ran... actually, I really am..."

"what!"

Just as Xiaolan's eyes widened, preparing to face the final judgment.

"Shinichi..."

“That’s right, actually I am…” Just as Conan looked up at Ran, ready to admit it all, he found that Ran’s attention was not on him.

Their gaze, however, fell upon the entrance to the detective agency.

The sadness in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a heart full of surprise and astonishment.

"What?" Conan turned around, somewhat bewildered.

But they found Shinichi Kudo leaning against the doorway, smiling and looking at Ran.

"Oh, it's Shinichi-nii..." Conan breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the familiar figure at the door.

……

But less than two seconds later, Conan's pupils suddenly contracted, and he took a step back in fright. "Huh? That's not right, how could this be!"

If the person at the door is Shinichi Kudo, then who am I?

In an instant, Conan was suddenly plunged into deep self-doubt.

Ran wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Conan in front of her, then at Shinichi by the door, and asked incredulously, "Is...is it really Shinichi?"

Shinichi's face seemed to carry a hint of complaint. "Why would you ask me that? I heard you were involved in some kind of case, so I rushed back to see you."

This……

How is this possible!

Unlike Ran's increasingly excited expression, Conan's face was filled with fear.

Shinichi Kudo, standing at the door, glanced at Conan's excited expression and greeted him with a half-smile: "Yo, long time no see, Conan!"

Of course, Ran didn't have time to pay attention to Conan's expression at this moment. She hurriedly ran past Conan to Shinichi's side and shouted, "Idiot, where have you been? You haven't contacted me at all!"

"I'm sorry, Ran!" Shinichi straightened up and looked apologetically at Ran, who had run up to him. "I have too many cases to handle, so I don't have time to stay long tonight."

Before Ran could even complain after hearing Shinichi's words, she noticed his clothes were soaked and quickly said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you a towel to dry off!"

However, watching Ran run towards the second floor, Shinichi smiled and then turned and left.

Without an umbrella, I strolled leisurely through the rain, as if taking a leisurely walk.

"Wait a minute, Phantom Thief Kid!"

While Ran was away, Conan followed her into the street.

"I almost fell for your trick. I never expected you to disguise yourself as Officer Shiratori and follow me there."

At this moment, Shinichi Kudo suddenly stopped, but did not turn around to respond to Conan who was following behind him.

Instead, he raised his hand and whistled.

The pigeon left in the office fluttered its wings and landed on his shoulder after hearing the whistle.

Conan was not annoyed by the other party's lack of response.

The scene before them clearly confirmed Shinichi Kudo's true identity.

However, what he didn't notice was—

When the pigeon landed on "Phantom Thief Kid," it seemed to twist its little head in confusion, as if it were confirming something.

The master in front of me doesn't seem to be my master?

“You know there was a case on the ship,” Conan continued his analysis.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure," Shinichi Kudo said, teasing the pigeon on his shoulder. "But I have to say, for a phantom thief, eavesdropping on radios on ships is just basic skill."

"And one more thing, you stole that egg just to return it to Miss Xia Mei, right?"

It has to be said that because of this, Conan's attitude and perception of Kaito Kid have changed quite a bit.

"You know that the creator of that egg, Mr. Kiichi, is known as the magician of the end of the century, so that's why the notice said that!"

"Oh?" Shinichi Kudo narrowed his eyes, glancing at Conan with a smile. "So, what else did you discover?"

"Humph."

At this point, Conan couldn't help but snort, a signature smile appearing on his lips, "Miss Natsumi's great-grandmother, who was Miss Maria, the third daughter of Nicholas II."

Shinichi Kudo looked at Conan with a mixture of surprise and a sense of entitlement.

"Her body was not found because she was rescued by Mr. Kiichi and brought to Japan before she was shot. In the end, they fell in love and had a child."

Conan continued to explain everything he had analyzed from the photograph inside the egg, "Unfortunately, Miss Maria passed away not long after. To protect Miss Maria's body from the Russian Revolutionary Army, Mr. Kiichi sold the jewelry she had brought with him and built that castle."

"The castle is German in style because her mother, Queen Alexandra, was German."

"Miss Maria's remains and the egg were buried in a secret chamber of the castle, while the other egg contained clues to the castle, waiting for future generations to discover it."

After saying all this, Conan shrugged contentedly, "Doesn't that solve all the mysteries?"

"Pa bang bang~"

Shinichi Kudo suddenly started clapping.

When Conan looked up at him again, he discovered that Shinichi Kudo had been covered with pigeons.

"Here's a piece of advice for you." Suddenly, Shinichi Kudo looked at Conan and slowly said, "There are some things in this world that are best left as mysteries forever."

Conan was stunned for a moment.

He seemed to realize that the person in front of him was not just referring to Miss Maria, Natsumi Kosaka's grandmother.