Conan Rick's Investigator

So she comforted him, "Don't worry, Yusaku has asked his friends at Interpol to secretly protect Xiaolan, and there are so many reliable police officers in Japan, so nothing will happen."

"And she only left after making sure you were completely safe."

Hearing this, Conan nodded in understanding.

It was not until then that he remembered to ask where this place was and key information such as the time.

"This is London. It's been almost 17 hours since you passed out..."

"London?" Conan turned his head and glanced out the window. The towering buildings were dotted with stars of lights.

Yukiko wet the towel and continued, "After rescuing you and Xiaolan, I took you to the hospital in Wiltshire for simple treatment."

"Later I worried

Your body suddenly shrank in front of Xiaolan, so Yusaku transferred you to a private hospital in London run by a friend he knew, and asked that friend to issue a certificate that there was no danger, and finally let Xiaolan go back first..."

Conan was stunned, "Dad is here too?"

“Hmm…”

As Yukiko was speaking, she stepped onto the hospital bed, pulled open Conan's hospital gown, and prepared to wipe his body with a wet towel.

"Wow!"

Conan, who was thinking, was irritated by the humidity and screamed, and quickly pushed away the towel handed to him by Yukiko.

"I don't need you to wipe my body for me, Mom!"

"But Shin-chan, you're already dirty~"

"That's not necessary!"

Conan's face was flushed, embarrassment and rebellion were written all over his face.

This made Yukiko turn into a dramatic actress again, and she muttered with grievance, "When Xiaolan helped you wipe your body, you didn't even say a word of "no"..."

Nonsense, then I have to be able to open my mouth too.

Conan secretly complained in his heart, then reacted and quickly asked: "Did Xiaolan help me wipe my body?"

"Yes, Xiaolan felt that she owed you, so she offered to take care of you personally."

Yukiko suddenly had an idea and a naughty expression appeared on her face, "Oh right, when Xiaolan was wiping your body, you kept calling "Xiaolan", "Xiaolan" in your mouth..."

"It made Ran blush..."

After these words were spoken, Conan's face turned even redder, and an unknown gas came out of his head.

Oh no, Xiaolan can hear my talking in my sleep!

She wouldn't think...

Think……

Just as Conan was hesitating about the word that could break the window paper of their relationship, the door of the ward was pushed open again.

The person who walked in this time was Yusaku Kudo.

Seeing Conan wake up, Kudo Yusaku's expression became much calmer and he just smiled slightly.

"You woke up..."

"Um."

"How are you feeling?"

"It's about the same as usual, just a little smaller..."

As soon as Conan finished speaking, he realized that his small body was the most "classic" form at the moment.

To be honest, I’m a little uncomfortable with my body suddenly becoming bigger.

For example, this time when Xiaolan was kidnapped, if he was in Conan form, he could use a football belt and foot-strengthening shoes, the situation would probably be different.

Kudo Yusaku saw the disparity in Conan's eyes, so he came to the bedside and continued: "My doctor friend told me that your body structure is very strange..."

"Especially when your body is growing from a large size to a small size, it has an amazing ability to recover from physical injuries."

"Your injuries this time were serious, but you were able to wake up so quickly and your body is still in good condition. It's all thanks to this."

Conan wasn't too surprised by this.

He had heard about this from Haibara Ai before. After the incident at the Haido Hotel, Haibara Ai recovered quickly from the gunshot wounds on her body.

If it happened to a normal seven-year-old girl, her skin, flesh, and bones would be broken, and she would have to stay in the hospital for several months.

But Haibara Ai only has three days before she can go back to Dr. Agasa's house to recuperate.

After a week, you can go back to school as usual.

This amazing recovery ability must be one of the side effects of APTX-4869.

Seeing that Conan didn't seem to take it seriously, Kudo Yusaku continued.

"One more thing..."

"Shinichi, do you remember how tall you were when you first became small?"

Conan looked at his father, his mind suddenly startled by this question.

He doesn't care much about height.

Anyway, he would be able to recover and must restore his identity as Kudo Shinichi sooner or later, so he had never measured Conan's height specifically and didn't care too much.

At this moment, Yukiko beside her tapped her chin with her fingertips and glanced upwards, "I remember when Shinichi just turned seven..."

"It should be 104cm."

Conan was a little surprised by Yukiko's words.

He knew that Yukiko was not very sensitive to numbers, but she could remember such trivial things from many years ago.

This is the greatness of maternal love.

However, when Kudo Yusaku took out the physical examination report of Conan, the height item was clearly written as 104cm.

1cm not more, 1cm not less.

Conan looked at the height on the report and his expression gradually changed from calm to shocked.

During the physical examination at Teitan Elementary School not long ago, he heard Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi bragging that they had grown nearly 1cm taller in just two months.

It has been more than two months since I became Conan, but I am still stuck at 104cm?

Doesn't this mean that without a permanent antidote, my height will always remain at Conan's level?

Conan, the eternal "Giant" - the man with his legs sawed off.

Kudo Yusaku then spoke up, "I've also asked a doctor friend about this, and he thinks that each time you transform, your body might reset to a fixed value."

"Including height, weight, bone age, skin, and even teeth..."

"Scientifically speaking, this is of course impossible."

"But if I had to force an explanation, it might have something to do with genes."

"Genes?" Conan looked puzzled.

Because Haibara Ai has been conducting research on Drug A, whether it is the antidote or Drug A itself, but she has never thought in this direction.

At least, she didn't say that to herself.

"Yes," Kudo Yusaku nodded, his face serious. "Genes support the basic structure and function of life. They store all the information of life from conception to growth and death."

"It can be said that the reproduction of life is essentially a process of genetic interpretation."

"And your body can switch back and forth between large and small, and each time it shrinks or expands, it can reach the same state. This is definitely related to genes."

"The drugs invented by that organization are like tweezers that can move genes."

"And every time you return to your 7-year-old physical state, this suggests that this drug might have been designed this way..."

"Not only you and Haibara Ai, but anyone else who meets the specific gene will become 7 years old, regardless of their original age."

Kudo Yusaku's analysis made Conan's eyes widen again.

He has always focused on finding tissues, but has not made much progress in drug research itself.

Besides, Haibara Ai was the one who made this medicine, and no one knows this medicine better than her.

But what Kudo Yusaku said made him think about it carefully and feel terrified.

Because in Kudo Yusaku's judgment, it was not because he and Haibara Ai were lucky that they survived the disaster, but that all this was part of the organization's plan.

especially……

"Wait, you mean 'specific genes'?"

"Specific gene, does it mean that this medicine will only be effective on a certain specific gene?" Conan asked quickly.

Kudo Yusaku nodded. "Everyone's genes are different, which is why people are different from one another."

"Therefore, this kind of drug that targets gene effects may not be effective for everyone's genes."

"It might be a drug that shrinks your body for you, but it might be a poison that kills your genes for someone else."

"Because this kind of genetic extinction is equivalent to the body choosing to "suicide,"

Therefore, any autopsy method would be impossible to detect toxicology."

"Because there's no poison at all..."

After Kudo Yusaku's explanation, Conan finally understood everything.

Drug A developed by the organization has the effect of killing people invisibly as a byproduct, and its fundamental purpose is actually to change genes!

And it changes the genes of specific people!

What Conan couldn’t understand the most was why he could change both his own genes and Haibara Ai’s genes?

Not only are he and Haibara Ai two completely different people, they are not even related at all, and their genes must be completely different.

Conan asked his doubts, but Kudo Yusaku had not thought it through yet and could not give an answer.

"Okay, let's put this issue aside for now."

Yusaku Kudo interrupted Conan's thoughts, came to the door and pushed open the ward door.

"Shinichi, I rarely tell you about my family because I feel the time is not right yet."

"But now, I think it's time to introduce you..."

When Kudo Yusaku pushed open the door, an elegant man in a suit walked in.

The man had a delicate mustache. He walked to the bedside and stood with Kudo Yusaku.

Conan looked at the two middle-aged men standing in front of the bed, his expression gradually changed from calm to shock.

This……

Like, so similar!

How could it be so similar?

Conan looked carefully at the men standing on his left and right. Except for the beards, glasses, hairstyles and other personal tags that can be modified, the two men were almost exactly the same!

Before Conan could ask, Kudo Yusaku took the initiative to introduce: "This is my twin brother. According to seniority, you should call him uncle."

"Big, big... Uncle?!"

Conan's eyes widened and he screamed.

The reason for his surprise was simple, because Kudo Yusaku had never mentioned that he had a twin brother, and he had no memory of such a person since he was a child.

Conan, who was having trouble digesting the news, didn't mind. Instead, he smiled like a gentleman and said, "Good boy...but since this is our first meeting, I'm a little rushed. I didn't bring any gifts, so please don't mind."

"No, no, no..."

Conan shook his head with confused eyes, but in fact he was thinking "How weird, how weird".

Strange things happen every year, especially this year.

But there are more strange things.

The man he was supposed to call "Uncle" turned to look out the door and said, "Alright, Kaito..."

"Isn't it time for you to come in and meet your cousin?"