Shirou's clones number 30 million

The next day.

"What kind of joke is this? That brat is really gone."

At the funeral, Sonoko Suzuki stared at the huge portrait for a long time before suddenly turning to Ran Mouri.

"Ran! Aren't you close with Conan? Why don't you seem sad at all?"

"Uh... I've already cried."

Ran Mouri unconsciously looked away, her face inexplicably burning.

She really dislikes lying; she argued with Shinichi Kudo for a long time yesterday.

However, he was determined to hold a funeral.

She never won an argument with him.

Naturally, the result was this hasty and simple funeral.

"That brat Conan, he was so smart, I never expected him to die in a car accident, damn it! It's infuriating."

"The garden..."

Ran Mouri couldn't bear to look at Sonoko Suzuki's face, because she was worried that she wouldn't be able to hold back and would tell her the truth.

But Conan is Shinichi, and this kind of thing absolutely cannot be told to more people, especially not to someone like Sonoko who is not good at keeping secrets.

Amidst the complaints, the cries of elementary school students could be heard from afar.

In front of them, Shinichi Kudo kept bowing his head and apologizing.

"I'm sorry, Conan asked me not to tell you about his death before he passed away. I originally wanted to hold a secret funeral."

"Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Genta, Conan asked me to tell you that he has been very happy living with you for the past five years."

Seeing the elementary school students crying, Shinichi Kudo felt extremely depressed, and his heart was filled with guilt.

However, you can only choose between Shinichi Kudo and Conan Edogawa.

Conan will never appear again, which is no different from death.

"I'm sorry, but before Conan died, the people he talked about the most were you guys."

Everyone else was fine, even Uncle Mori, with whom they had spent the most time, knew the inside story.

Only Ayumi and the others could not be told the truth; they could only be cruelly deceived in this way.

"Kudo!!"

Behind him, a voice tinged with anger made Shinichi Kudo instinctively turn around.

What came into view was Hattori Heiji's face, which was full of dissatisfaction.

"what happened to you?"

"How dare you ask me? Why did Conan die?"

"Feel sorry."

"After receiving your text message last night, we rushed over overnight. I don't care about myself, but Ye and I cried so much. Why did you do this?"

"I'm sorry, please say sorry to Kazuha for me."

"The person is right over there, go and talk to them yourself."

Hattori Heiji paused, then continued:

"I understand why you did that, but there must be a better way, right?"

"For example?" Shinichi Kudo countered.

This rhetorical question caused Hattori Heiji to fall silent.

After a long silence, he said with a straight face:

"I can't think of a better way, but if it were you, you definitely could."

"Besides, Hayami is also in Tokyo; he'll definitely be able to find a way to satisfy both sides."

Shinichi Kudo was speechless for a long time, then shook his head slightly and sighed:

"There's no way to have the best of both worlds in this kind of situation. This is already the best option."

As Kazuha joined the elementary school students' crying group, Sonoko Suzuki also started crying.

After a while, even Ran Mouri started to sob softly.

Seeing this, Shinichi Kudo walked to Ran Mouri's side and asked in a low voice:

Why are you crying too?

"When I think about how Conan died in a car accident at such a young age, tears welled up in my eyes."

"Stop crying, come with me to greet the guests."

"Go by yourself, let me cry here a little longer."

Are you kidding me? Don't you know the truth?

Oh well, this is fine too.

Chapter 428 At the Funeral

Chapter 428, Section 429: On the Funeral

Upon entering the funeral hall, the first thing that catches the eye is the portrait of the deceased wearing glasses.

Although it was a hastily organized funeral, it looked quite proper and was no different from a normal funeral.

The only shortcoming is that the deceased's family consists of only three people: Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri, and Professor Agasa.

As for Kogoro Mouri, he was not present at the beginning.

The reason was that he'd rather have a few more drinks than come here to scam people; he had no interest in playing around with little kids.

However, after Hattori Heiji, he and Kisaki Eri also came in together.

"Sigh... I never thought I would one day attend the kid's funeral. What an unexpected turn of events."

"In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, but the scene of the day he first came to our house is still vivid in my mind."

He kept staring into Shinichi Kudo's eyes as he spoke.

"Shinichi, is this okay?"

"Ah... let Conan leave this world peacefully."

“I wasn’t planning to come, but after spending five years together, today is the day he bids farewell to this world, so I had to come and witness it.”

"Thank you."

"Where are Conan's parents? Neither of them are here?"

"I didn't inform them. Conan... is the most important person to me. My presence is enough."

Following Kogoro Mouri and his wife, Kaito Kuroba and his wife also entered.

"Yo... Kudo, speaking of which, this is our first official meeting, isn't it?"

"Kaito Kid, no, Kaito Kuroba, thank you for attending Conan's funeral."

"Given my relationship with the kid, I definitely had to come to see him off. However, you notified me way too late. Shouldn't you usually give several days' notice for these kinds of things?"

"I'm sorry, we only decided to make the funeral public yesterday. Before that, we were planning to hold a private funeral."

Kaito Kuroba instantly realized the meaning behind his words, nodded slightly, and patted his shoulder twice.

"That's true, these kinds of decisions are definitely difficult to make, and you've had a tough time too."

"Conan...is he really in trouble?"

The female voice coming from the side made Shinichi Kudo turn his head to look.

Saionji World?

I had previously helped her investigate the death of a friend, so we were acquainted.

Just as Shinichi Kudo was about to speak, he suddenly realized that given his current status, he shouldn't know her, and immediately changed his mind:

"you are?"

“My name is Saionji Sekai. I was taken care of by Conan before. He was very smart, not like a normal child at all. When I heard about his death, I thought it was just a joke.”

"I'm sorry, actually, I still find it hard to accept Conan's death. But everyone dies, Conan was just unlucky."

"Yes, everyone dies, no one is an exception."

Saionji Sekai lowered his head and silently walked past Shinichi Kudo.

Just then, a couple rushed in.

"Shinichi, why didn't you notify us?"

"Mom, what brings you here?"

Seeing his anxious parents, Shinichi Kudo was clearly taken aback.

Because Conan's background is questionable, he deliberately didn't inform his parents, but they unexpectedly came.

"As Conan's mother, it would be really strange if I didn't even attend his funeral, wouldn't it?"

"I'm sorry, you... didn't need to come," Shinichi Kudo said softly.

"No, this is the day Conan says goodbye to this world. How could we, as his parents, not be there?"

Yusaku Kudo paused for a moment, then leaned close to Shinichi Kudo's ear and whispered:

"Didn't we agree that Conan would go abroad? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"I'm sorry, but the fact that I'm Conan's older brother has been exposed, and it can't be hidden anymore. This is the only way to solve this once and for all."

Shinichi Kudo was extremely depressed. His eyelids drooped involuntarily. He wanted to complain, but he couldn't say anything.

At times like these, I always feel that anything I say is just an excuse.

If we had met earlier, there might have been a better solution.