Conan Rick's Investigator

Secondly, I was surprised that the police solved the case so quickly this time.

No wonder Inspector Megure refused to provide any clues to me and Uncle Mori in the morning. It turned out that he had already identified the suspect.

But since you already have a clue to solve the case, why don't you tell me and Uncle Maori directly? Are you worried that we will leak the information?

Conan felt a little resentful. He threw the pillow in his arms aside, stood up and went to the bar to get a glass of water.

As the man walked to the bar, the phone on the counter rang.

Conan picked up the phone and heard a familiar voice coming from the other side.

"Hello? Dr. Agasa..."

Conan recognized the voice as Kudo Yusaku's and replied lazily, "I'm Kudo Shinichi."

Far away in a mansion in Los Angeles, Kudo Yusaku glanced at Qin Zhibo in the study and felt that it would be better to be conservative.

"Conan... That's perfect. Are your friends also at Dr. Agasa's house?"

Call me Conan?

After hearing what Kudo Yusaku called him, Conan felt a little strange, but still responded: "They are playing video games, what's wrong?"

"Well, your Uncle Qin and I are investigating a case in Los Angeles, and we need to show your children a portrait."

Yusaku Kudo deliberately revealed Qin Zhibo's existence in his words because he might have to turn on the speakerphone next to remind Conan not to say "I am Kudo" all the time.

What surprised Conan even more was that Qin Zhibo went to the United States to find his parents.

Did he go to complain to them?

Conan, who had been a little naughty since he was a child and was often called by his parents, suddenly shrank and felt a chill in his heart.

Of course there is something that Conan doesn't want the Kudo couple to know, and that is the arson case that happened before.

Originally, the Kudo couple strongly opposed Conan staying in Japan and expressed their desire to take Conan to the United States many times.

But after Conan's insistence, Kudo Yusaku agreed to let Conan stay, but on the condition that he would be taken away immediately if he encountered any danger.

I was lucky enough not to be forcibly taken away after the last cave incident. If they knew that I was almost burned to death by a group of fanatical religious arsonists, I would definitely not be able to stay in Japan.

Unexpectedly, the person who leaked the information this time was not Dr. Agasa, but Qin Zhibo who went to the United States to file a complaint in person!

"I will never leave Japan."

Conan expressed his determination to Kudo Yusaku on the other end of the phone in a calm and firm tone.

This instead stunned Kudo Yusaku, who knew nothing about the arson case.

"I know that, but I didn't say anything..."

Conan sweatdropped and asked tentatively, "Um...Didn't Qin Zhibo tell you anything about me when he went to Los Angeles?"

"No, is there anything worth saying?"

"no!"

"Hmm? Your tone is a little strange..."

"It's not strange! Not at all! I'll go call them first..."

Conan felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly put down the phone and ran to call the three little ones who were playing video games.

On the other end of the phone, Kudo Yusaku was a little concerned about Conan's words.

What reason does Qin Zhibo have to tell me what happened to Conan, the "other people's child"?

……

Soon, the three little ones reluctantly put down their video games and walked to Dr. Agasa's computer.

Yusaku Kudo sent the photo of the portrait to Dr. Agasa's email, and you can see it by opening the email.

Dr. Agasa went out for something today, so there were only the 2+3 combination of the Junior Detective League in the villa, and Haibara Ai was responsible for operating the computer.

Conan glanced at the abstract portrait on the screen and immediately picked up the phone to ask, "Hello? What's that picture?"

"It feels a bit like Cthulhu..."

Chapter 500 Kojima Genta, YYDS!

"Cthulhu?"

The other end of the phone was in speakerphone mode. Kudo Yusaku was a little confused about the term and looked back at Qin Zhibo and Yukiko.

Qin Zhibo shook his head. He had never heard of this word before, but he felt that the pronunciation of this word was a bit unpleasant.

As for Yukiko, I know even less about her.

"What is Cthulhu?" Kudo Yusaku asked immediately.

Conan was just about to say that it was one of the gods in ancient mythology that he had found on the Internet after encountering the arsonist, a humanoid octopus monster with tentacles on its chin.

But then I thought, if I said that, wouldn’t that expose my involvement in the arson case?

"Nothing..." Conan changed the subject, "What's going on with this portrait?"

Listening to Conan's mature tone on the phone, Kudo Yusaku felt that Conan's acting skills were too poor, basically he had no acting skills at all.

I've already told him that Qin Zhibo is here, so why is he still talking to me in such a mature voice?

"Ahem, your Uncle Qin is here..."

The subtext is that Kudo Yusaku means "Please don't stop acting."

"I know, so where did this portrait come from?"

Conan's voice remained calm and composed, not at all like that of a first grader.

Kudo Yusaku: "..."

At this time, Qin Zhibo came over to smooth things over so that Kudo Yusaku could continue with peace of mind.

"Conan is usually precocious, don't take it too seriously..."

"This child will definitely achieve great things in the future..."

Conan: "..."

Conan didn't understand why Qin Zhibo suddenly commented on him like this in front of his parents, but he still felt happy after hearing it.

This feels like when the teacher brags about my good performance in school in front of my parents at a parent-teacher conference.

On the other side, Kudo Yusaku was also relieved.

Judging from these words, Qin Zhibo has long known about Conan's "precocity" and even told him not to care about it.

This shows that he doesn't know yet that "Conan" is his son.

"Oh, oh, so that's how it is..."

Yusaku Kudo confidently explained the case to Conan briefly, and it was as simple as it could be.

"Anyway, this portrait is the image of the criminal described by the little girl. If you can understand its meaning..."

After hearing Kudo Yusaku's introduction, Conan immediately stared at the portrait carefully.

Neither Kudo Yusaku nor Qin Zhibo could make out any meaning from this portrait. If only I could figure it out...

But after staring at the portrait for a few seconds, Conan still didn't feel anything special, except that the portrait was a bit strange and didn't look like a human.

Conan moved closer to Huiyuan Ai and asked quietly, "Do you know what this means?"

Huiyuan shook her head sadly, "I don't know..."

The older adults were speechless about the portrait, but the three little ones started chattering about it.

"This portrait is so ugly..."

"It's even uglier than Officer Sato's drawings."

"Can you really catch the criminal with this kind of portrait?"

In order to attract the three little ones to put down their video games, Conan lied to them that this was a portrait of a wanted criminal issued by Inspector Megure, and asked them to memorize the portrait first. If they met the criminal on the street in the future, they would have another chance to make a contribution.

"Are those bugs on my chin? So disgusting..."

"Why are his ears green? Is he an alien?"

"I know! It's the radiation-mutated lobster monster from Kamen Rider!"

"Is it the episode that aired the night before yesterday? I watched that episode! Kamen Rider..."

The topic of discussion among the three children immediately went off track, and the criminal in the portrait turned into a monster from special effects.

Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo looked at each other and felt that this was indeed the world from a child's perspective, and they liked to attribute things they could not understand to monsters.

The little girl at that time also called it the "green-eared spaghetti monster", which was exactly the same as the idea of these three little ones.

But it is impossible to solve the case with only this level of clues, so Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo can only give up the idea of looking for clues through the three little ones.

And just then, Dr. Agasa came home.

Haibara Ai and the three little ones turned their heads and saw that the work overalls that Dr. Agasa was wearing were covered with colorful paint spots, and he looked in a mess.

"Doctor! How did you become like this?" Ayumi came over and asked.

Dr. Agasa gave a helpless smile and said, "I went to help a friend paint the wall today. I was exhausted..."

Ai Haibara looked at the paint spots on Dr. Agasa's body with a unhappy expression, and raised her hand to point to the toilet.

"Eh……"

Dr. Agasa knew that he was asked to wash his own clothes. Usually, it was Haibara Ai who took the initiative to do housework such as washing clothes and cooking.

Just as Dr. Agasa turned around to go to the bathroom to change clothes, Kojima Genta's eyes lit up. He pointed at Dr. Agasa's back and laughed, "Haha! Dr. Agasa's ears are green!"

These words made Dr. Agasa stunned for a moment, and he touched the texture of his ear.

"Oh... maybe some of it accidentally dripped onto my ear while I was painting. It should be washable..."

At the Los Angeles mansion, Yusaku Kudo and Tomohiro Qin, who were using the speakerphone, also heard the conversation in the hall.

Their eyes immediately lit up, and after looking into each other's eyes, they immediately came up with the answer in their minds in sync.

"That's all for now. I'm going to hang up now, Conan..."

Kudo Yusaku quickly hung up the phone, but Conan didn't hear it.

At this time, Conan was paying full attention to the portrait, trying to solve the puzzle.

As long as I can figure out the meaning of this portrait, both Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo will look up to me this time.

But... the more I look at it, the more it feels like I'm drawing Cthulhu?

This chin, and the green ears...

Maybe the coloring wasn't complete? If the entire face was painted green, it would look more like it...

Conan was so focused that he didn't even notice that Professor Agasa had returned.

……

In a Los Angeles mansion, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Yusaku thought of the answer at the same time after hearing a joke from Kojima Genta.

"It's paint..."

Kudo Yusaku explained to Yukiko with a confident smile on his face, "Actually, the criminal's ears or hair were stained with green paint, and since it couldn't be wiped off immediately, it stayed there..."

Qin Zhibo's inner thoughts are the same as Kudo Yusaku's.

Although the description of the survey point specifically mentioned that the "green ears" were thought-provoking, Qin Zhibo felt that this might be some kind of emerald earrings. After all, this is more in line with common sense.

Yukiko nodded, seeming to understand, and then asked, "But what does it matter if I know there's green paint on his ears?"

At this time, Qin Zhibo explained, "If the murderer only had green painted ears, he would not commit crimes casually because it would be too conspicuous."

"But what if he's covered in paint, and his status supports the idea that he could have those things on him?"

"Perhaps he is a painter himself?"