Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"Wait a moment!"

Just as Conan was about to leave with Ran, Yukiko grabbed him and smiled at Ran, saying, "I've finally come back, why don't you let Conan stay with me for a couple of days? Tomorrow's Sunday, I'll take this kid out for some fun."

"Well... thank you for your help. Aunt Yukiko, I'll be going now, goodnight." Ran Mouri glanced at Conan subconsciously, and seeing that he didn't seem to mind, she said goodbye to Yukiko and left.

"Bye-bye, Sister Xiaolan~"

After watching Ran Mouri leave, Conan's smile gradually faded, and he looked up somewhat speechlessly, saying, "Mom, why did you suddenly come back? It's not really because of the argument you had with Dad this morning, is it?"

Yukiko put her hands on her hips and said with a mocking expression, "Is this how you talk to your savior?"

"Savior?"

"Although your father and I have been in Los Angeles, I have already heard about what has happened here from Professor Agasa."

Yukiko squatted down and teased with a mischievous smile, "You once took a bath with Ran, right? If she finds out about that, she'll definitely beat you to a pulp with her karate."

?(????ω????)?

Conan's face flushed slightly, and he cursed inwardly, "Professor Agasa, you gossip!"

Kawaii~

"The thought of living with such a tiny Shin-chan makes me feel young again!"

Seeing Conan's shy expression, Yukiko couldn't resist picking him up in her arms, then pushing open the villa door and saying with a smile, "Let's go~ Let's go home and take a bath~"

"I do not want!"

"Hahaha……"

Watching Yukiko and Conan's departing figures, a figure dressed in a high school uniform slowly emerged from the dark alley.

Under the streetlights, the figure revealed its true form—it was none other than the high school detective, Shinichi Kudo!

"It seems I'm not needed to help."

Shinichi Kudo's lips curled slightly as he reached up and wiped his face, revealing a wicked and arrogant face—it was none other than Sosuke Aizen!

Under Suzuki Seimei's control, Aizen slowly put on black-rimmed glasses, transforming back into his harmless and gentle self.

According to Suzuki Seimei's original plan, he intended to wait until Conan couldn't take it anymore before appearing as Shinichi Kudo to fool Ran Mouri.

With Suzuki Seimei's masterful disguise skills and the ability to imitate anyone's voice at will, it would be easy for him to fool Ran Mouri in a short time.

If Ran Mouri were to witness Shinichi Kudo and Conan appearing together, she would naturally dispel her suspicions about Conan.

As for whether Conan would suspect Aizen's identity, Suzuki Seimei only needed to tell him that Aizen was a master of disguise he had specially hired to help.

Anyway, Conan has never seen Aizen's true face. As long as Aizen doesn't reveal his identity, Conan can't possibly deduce that Aizen is the Grim Reaper.

After all, there are quite a few people in this world who are skilled in disguise, and Conan's mother is a master of disguise.

After Suzuki Seimei parted ways with Conan and the others, he had secretly summoned Aizen. However, when he saw Yukiko appear, he knew that Conan was safe this time, so he abandoned his original plan.

As expected, the final result was no surprise to Haruaki Suzuki. Ran Mouri was no match for Yukiko, a professional actress, and was easily fooled.

Chapter 125 Conan Kudo (Ninth Update, Please Subscribe)

next morning

Wearing a red leather jacket, Yukiko Kudo exuded charm as she rode her motorcycle with Conan at breakneck speed towards her friend's house in the countryside.

Yukiko's sudden return from Los Angeles wasn't simply because she had a fight with Yusaku Kudo. Rather, it was because she was invited by a friend from her school days to return to Japan on business.

Meanwhile, after receiving news that Yukiko and the others had left Tokyo, Suzuki Haruaki, under the pretext of going to the countryside for research, rode in his van and chased after them in the direction they had gone.

The friend who invited Yukiko back to Japan is named Hiromi Yabuuchi. She is Yukiko's best friend since kindergarten, and their relationship is somewhat similar to that of Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki.

Although Hiromi Yabuuchi lived in the countryside, it did not mean that she was poor. On the contrary, her father was a well-known landowner in the countryside, and her family was very wealthy.

Yukiko and Conan rode for several hours before finally stopping in front of a huge and ancient Japanese manor.

"Yukiko! You're really back~"

Hiromi Yabuuchi was pleasantly surprised to see Yukiko arrive and immediately greeted her with a smile: "Thank you for taking the time to come despite being so busy."

"For you, my childhood friend, I would fly over even from the other side of the world!" Yukiko said with a smile as she stepped forward and took Hiromi Yabuuchi's hand.

"Huh? Yusaku and Shinichi aren't here?"

“Those two are very busy people, but don’t worry, I brought this child to replace them.” As Yukiko finished speaking, she lifted Conan up in front of Hiromi Yabuuchi.

"Huh? This child looks just like Shinichi when he was little! Could it be..."

Yukiko smiled and said, "That's right! He is my second son with Yusaku in Los Angeles, Conan Kudo."

(?_?)?

Upon hearing Yukiko's words, Conan silently rolled his eyes.

"Hiromi, don't underestimate Conan!"

Ignoring Conan's eye roll, Yukiko earnestly boasted, "Although this child is still young, he has strong observation and keen insight. His reasoning ability is in no way inferior to Shinichi's!"

Strictly speaking, Yukiko's words can't really be considered deception, because Conan's reasoning ability is indeed no worse than Shinichi Kudo's, since they are the same person.

"Conan is so amazing! Then I'll have to ask you for help this time!"

Hiromi Yabuchi first patted Conan's head, then teased Yukiko, "It seems you two have a good relationship, but you didn't invite me to drink after having your second son. That's a bit too much. You'll have to punish yourself with three drinks tonight."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. I'll punish myself with three drinks tonight."

"Serves you right!"

Conan smiled with a hint of schadenfreude when he saw Yukiko's actions backfire.

A classic example of a loving mother and filial son!

"Guangmei, are we having guests today?"

A weathered voice suddenly rang out, and a stout, bald old man with a gray beard walked slowly over, accompanied by a burly, dark-skinned man.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Hiromi Yabuuchi's expression changed slightly, but she smiled and introduced, "Uncle Yoshifusa, this is Yukiko! You used to take me and her to play baseball all the time, do you remember?"

"Uncle Yoshifusa, it's been a long time," Yukiko said with a bright smile.

"Um……"

Yabuuchi Yoshifusa stared at Yukiko for a while, then shook his head and said, "I can't remember at all. I think it's because I stayed in Brazil for too long."

"Hahaha……"

Upon hearing this, Yukiko gave an awkward laugh.

Oh my god (‵o′)凸

I was a very popular female celebrity back in the day, am I really that invisible?

"Since you and Guangmei are good friends, why don't you stay here for a few more days?"

Yoshifusa Yabunouchi smiled and nodded at Yukiko, then turned to the burly, dark-skinned man beside him and said, "Alright, let's go, Carlos."

"Carlos?"

Watching Yoshifusa Yabunouchi and the others leave, Yukiko asked curiously, "Hiromi, who is this Carlos?"

“He is a close friend of my uncle Yifang from Brazil, despite the age difference. I specially brought him back with me this time when I returned to China.”

Hiromi Yabuchi, halfway through her sentence, couldn't help but ask Yukiko, "Yukiko, do you think there's anything strange about Uncle Yoshifusa?"

"A strange place? What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, do you think this Uncle Yifang is the same Uncle Yifang we've met before?"

“Although I used to often pester Uncle Yifang with you to play, he moved to Brazil before I started elementary school, and we haven’t seen each other for more than 30 years.”

Yukiko frowned and thought for a moment, then asked with some doubt, "Could it be that the matter you want Yusaku to investigate is about Uncle Yoshifusa?"

"That's right. To be honest, Uncle Yifang only returned to China from Brazil three days ago, but I always feel that he is a little different from the Uncle Yifang I knew before."

Yukiko said, "In that case, let your father meet him. I remember your father and Uncle Yoshifusa are brothers, right?"

"That's why there's nothing we can do. My dad passed away last month from inflammation, and my mom passed away fifteen years ago. In addition, Uncle Yifang's old friends have either passed away or moved away, so apart from you and me, no one else has had contact with Uncle Yifang."

Yukiko's expression changed slightly. She had only just learned of Hiromi Yabuchi's father's death. A hint of apology appeared in her beautiful eyes, and then she asked with some confusion, "But why do you care so much about Uncle Yoshifusa's status?"

"Because of the inheritance!"

Before Hiromi Yabuuchi could explain, an unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out, and a middle-aged man with black curly hair walked towards them.

"husband!"

When Hiromi Yabuchi saw the person who came, she glared at him with annoyance.

This middle-aged man with black curly hair is Hiromi Yabuuchi's husband, Hidekazu Yabuuchi. He married into the Yabuuchi family, so he changed his surname to Yabuuchi.

"What does it matter! Yukiko and you are so close, she's practically an outsider to you."

Hidekazu Yabuuchi first comforted his wife, then turned to Yukiko and said, "My father-in-law is one of the top landowners in the area, and he left behind a considerable inheritance. So we all suspect the identity of this Uncle Yifang and wonder if he is trying to swindle my father-in-law out of his inheritance."

Chapter 126 A Loving Family (Tenth Update, Please Subscribe)

“Actually, my father had already left a will before he passed away, and when the lawyer presented the will, anyone who wasn’t present wouldn’t get a single penny,” Hiromi Yabuuchi said.

"So, when do you plan to publish your will?"

As soon as Yukiko finished speaking, an unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out: "My father's funeral is tomorrow night at ten o'clock. If we don't expose that old man's true colors before then, the inheritance we can get will be reduced."

Conan instinctively looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the speaker was a man with a mustache and a woman with long, dyed yellow hair beside him.

"Yukiko, this is my younger brother Yoshiyuki, and his wife Keiko." Hiromi Yabuuchi quickly introduced them to Yukiko upon seeing the visitors.

“In my opinion, it’s not just a matter of a reduced inheritance. If the inheritance is distributed according to that will, some people might not get any at all.” A woman in a purple kimono walked over unhurriedly.

The woman in purple was named Yabuuchi Machiko. She was the second wife of Yabuuchi Hiromi's father, and thus Yabuuchi Hiromi's stepmother.

(?--)

Upon hearing this, Conan and Yukiko exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly.