Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

After all that fuss about their relationship, it turns out it was all about fighting over inheritance. What a loving family they are!

"Dong dong dong..."

Just as Hiromi Yabuchi and the others were discussing how to confirm Yoshifusa's identity, a knock on the door suddenly rang out.

"Excuse me, our car broke down. May I ask if we can stay here for the night?" Inoue Ryuichi knocked on the open door, and Kurosaki Tamaka, holding Suzuki Seimei's small hand, slowly walked into the villa.

Upon seeing the three of them, Conan exclaimed in surprise, "Seimei, what are you doing here?"

"Conan, Yukiko... my sister!"

When Suzuki Haruaki saw Yukiko and Conan, he deliberately put on a surprised look, then scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I originally planned to come out for a field trip on Sunday, but I didn't expect the car to break down halfway. It's getting late, so we thought we'd stay here for the night and find someone to tow the car back tomorrow."

"Oh, I see!"

Conan didn't doubt it when he heard this; he just thought it was a coincidence.

After all, Conan had no idea that he possessed the aura of death, nor did he know how much benefit Suzuki Seimei would gain by following him, so he had no suspicion that Seimei had followed him.

The reason why Suzuki Seimei's van broke down was not simply a coincidence; he had secretly sabotaged it, otherwise he would have had no reason to stay overnight.

Hiromi Yabuuchi stared at Haruaki Suzuki and the others for a while, then couldn't help but ask curiously, "Yukiko, who are these people?"

"That cute little guy is named Suzuki Haruaki. He is now in the same class as Conan. The other two are his driver and his nanny."

Hiromi Yabuchi laughed and said, "Since you're Conan's classmate, why don't you stay here tonight? We have plenty of empty rooms in our house anyway."

"Thank you sister."

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Seimei thanked Yabuuchi Hiromi.

O(∩_∩)O haha~

Hearing Suzuki Harumi call her "older sister," Yabuuchi Hiromi couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. "Little brother, you have such a sweet tongue! You're so good with words, hahaha..."

The older a woman gets, the more she cares about her age; otherwise, Yukiko wouldn't have forced Suzuki Seimei to call her "older sister."

Hiromi Yabuuchi was no exception, and with Seimei Suzuki's innocent and uninhibited remarks, she lost herself in the constant calls of "older sister."

If Hiromi Yabuuchi only agreed to let Seimei Suzuki and the others stay here before because of Conan, then now she truly wants them to stay here willingly.

Who doesn't like an honest child?

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Yabuuchi Machiko. You are rewarded with one year of [Lifespan]. You can claim it at any time."

As Suzuki Seimei walked toward Yukiko and Conan, he seemingly casually touched the purple-clad woman's thigh, successfully earning his sign-in reward.

To everyone else, the incident involving Suzuki Harumi and his two companions was just a minor episode and did not affect their original plans.

After arranging two guest rooms for Suzuki Seimei and the others, Hiromi Yabuuchi and the others began searching through the storage room at home for photos that Yoshifusa Yabuuchi had left behind.

"Honestly, we've been looking for over half an hour. Does that mean he's never taken a picture before?"

"There was nothing we could do. When my uncle moved to Brazil, it seems he took all the photos he had taken with him."

The group searched the warehouse for more than half an hour. Although they found many photos of family members, they couldn't find a single photo of Yabuuchi Yoshifusa.

"I found it!"

Just as everyone was about to give up, Conan, who was casually flipping through an old book, suddenly discovered a relevant photograph.

"Look, Mom's in this photo too!"

Seimei Suzuki curiously approached Conan and saw that the old photo was a group photo of baseball players. Young Yukiko was wearing a baseball cap and happily hugging a player's arm.

Looking at the photo of Yukiko as a little girl, Suzuki Seimei couldn't help but exclaim, "So cute!"

To be honest, when Yukiko was young, she really looked a lot like Fumino Tsukumo, except that her hair was curlier than Fumino's.

Hiromi Yabuuchi said with certainty, "Yes! It's this person. The man in the middle of the photo must be Uncle Yoshifusa, and the little girl on his shoulder is me when I was a child."

Yabuchi and the others stared at the old photo for a while, then said with a helpless expression, "But the person in this photo is too young, and his face is covered by a hat, so it can't be used as evidence at all!"

Even an ID card needs to be renewed every ten years, and ten years is enough time for a person to undergo tremendous changes.

Moreover, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa has been away from the island nation for more than 30 years. Based on just an old photo from more than 30 years ago, and with no obvious features in the photo, it is really difficult to confirm his identity.

"But then again, it really brings back memories! This photo was taken when our town held a baseball tournament back then."

Hiromi Yabuuchi took the old photo and reminisced for a while, then turned to Yukiko and asked, "Do you remember that baseball game? Uncle Yoshifusa was accidentally stepped on by a runner's spikes and suffered a serious injury. He had to be taken to the hospital and get several stitches!"

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Upon hearing this, Yukiko couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course I remember! We were both so scared that we cried. It's really embarrassing to think about it now!"

"If that's the case, then he must still have that scar on his leg."

Hearing Conan's words, Hidekazu Yabuuchi said excitedly, "That's right! If we just look at his legs for any marks, we can confirm whether he is Uncle Yoshifusa, right?"

"How can we see the marks on his legs? We can't just take off his pants, can we?"

"I have a great idea!"

Suzuki Haruaki suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone's attention. He then hooked his arm around Conan's shoulder and said with a grin, "Later, you guys send someone to deliver tea to Grandpa Yoshifusa. Conan and I will pretend to be playing around and have the person delivering the tea accidentally spill some tea on his pants. That way, we can take the opportunity to check if there are any marks on his legs."

"That's a good idea, let's do it that way!"

After everyone agreed to Suzuki Haruaki's suggestion, they discussed it for a while and finally decided to have Yabuuchi Hiromi play the role in this great show.

"Splash!"

After Hiromi Yabuuchi prepared two cups of strong tea, she led Seimei Suzuki and Conan to the living room where Yoshifusa Yabuuchi was, and opened the wooden door to the living room.

"Uncle Yifang, would you like a cup of tea?"

"Conan, don't touch me there, it's so itchy!"

Just as Hiromi Yabuuchi was carrying tea to Yoshifusa Yabuuchi, Seimei Suzuki suddenly shoved Conan with a look of disgust on his face, and Conan, who was not standing steadily, "coincidentally" bumped into Hiromi Yabuuchi's thigh.

"oops!"

Hiromi Yabuuchi couldn't help but gasp, and inadvertently spilled the tea she was holding onto Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's trouser leg.

"Ah! It's so hot, so hot..."

"Uncle Yifang, are you alright? Let me help you wipe yourself down!"

Seeing this, Hiromi Yabuuchi quickly picked up a rag from the table and began wiping the water stains off Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's trousers, while also checking if there were any injuries on his legs.

When Hiromi Yabuuchi rolled up Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's trouser leg and discovered that there were no marks on his left leg, she couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "No! There are no marks on his feet!"

"what?!"

"You really are a fake!"

"Who exactly are you?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd hiding outside rushed in with great excitement.

Faced with everyone's questions, Yabunouchi Yoshifusa was slightly taken aback at first, then rolled up his right trouser leg and said, "You're not talking about this scar, are you?"

Nani?

To everyone's disbelief, there really was a long scar on Yabunouchi Yoshifusa's right leg.

Judging from the appearance of the wound, it was clearly an old injury, not something that had just been made.

“In a baseball game more than 30 years ago, my leg accidentally went over first base, and I was accidentally stepped on by a runner with a spike,” Yabuuchi Yoshifusa explained calmly.

"What?! He clearly has bruises on his legs."

"So, he really is Uncle Yifang!"

Upon seeing that Yabuuchi Yoshifusa really had an injury on his leg, the other members of the Yabuuchi family couldn't hide their disappointment.

"Heh, so you all really do suspect me."

Seeing the disappointed expressions on everyone's faces, Yabunouchi Yoshifusa couldn't help but sneer, "Big brother is absolutely right. There isn't a single good one among you. Bringing Carlos here was definitely the right thing to do."

"Uncle Yifang, what do you mean by that?"

"To tell you the truth, Carlos is not my friend despite the age difference; he is my bodyguard whom I hired from Brazil."

"Personal bodyguard?"

Hiromi Yabuchi asked with some confusion, "Uncle Yoshifusa, why did you do this?"

"Because before I returned to the island nation, someone sent me a threatening letter," said Yoshifusa Yabuuchi, pulling a letter from his pocket and displaying it to everyone.

"We have no inheritance to give you. If you want to live, you'd better not come back!"

Upon seeing the threatening letter pieced together from magazine fragments, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

"Uncle Yifang, when did you receive this letter?"

Hiromi Yabuuchi doesn't want too many people to divide up her father's inheritance, but she won't do anything illegal or disorderly in order to fight for it.

"Just a month ago, someone mailed this letter to my home in Brazil. Of course, there was no sign on the envelope indicating who the sender was."

Yabuchi Yoshifusa glanced at everyone and said with a sneer, "I had no interest in my brother's inheritance at all. I just wanted to come and see what those idiots who sent me that threatening letter actually looked like."

"Those idiots?"

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Seimei and Conan's expressions changed slightly, revealing thoughtful looks.

Since Yabuuchi Yoshifusa used "those" to describe the situation, it means that there may have been more than one person who sent the threatening letter.

"Alright, if you have nothing else to do, then get out of here..."

Before Yabuchi Yoshifusa could finish speaking, Conan suddenly ran to his side, tugged at his sleeve, and said, "Grandpa, can you teach me to write Chinese characters? I just asked my mom, but she wouldn't teach me."

"???"

"It's just those four characters: 'Congratulations on the New Year!'"

Under Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's somewhat bewildered gaze, Conan handed him a sticky note and a pen, revealing a cute, pleading expression.

Okay~

Faced with Conan's sudden display of affection, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa couldn't bring himself to refuse and instinctively took the pen and started writing.

"I want to learn Chinese characters too!"

Suzuki Haruaki, feigning curiosity, ran up to Yabunouchi Yoshifusa, peeked at the kanji he was writing, and secretly touched his arm.