Conan's other self

Conan and the others were still looking at photos at the entrance, and ran out immediately when they heard the noise outside.

Before Feng Yuan could respond, Genta ran out and shouted, "Who are you?"

Even though Gentai's tone was harsh, the visitor still introduced himself very kindly: "I am a teacher at Tedan Elementary School... I am the class teacher of Amamiya Shoko who lives here. My name is Hirayama Fumigo..."

This was the person who Fengyuan and the others thought was a member of the organization. However, although Haibara Ai seemed a little nervous, Fengyuan did not feel that she was trembling while standing behind him.

"It turns out to be a teacher..."

"Huh? There's a bruise next to your right eye!"

The primary school students breathed a sigh of relief, and then noticed something strange on Teacher Hirayama's face.

"I accidentally fell down the stairs this morning..." Teacher Hirayama gently rubbed the corners of his eyes, and then accidentally knocked his glasses off, "Ah..."

"Your glasses fell off!"

"Yeah, the hinge of this pair of glasses is broken..."

"Then do you want to try these glasses?" Fengyuan reached out from his pocket and took out Conan's pair of tracking glasses.

"ah?"

Conan looked at Feng Yuan with dead eyes, and Teacher Hirayama waved his hand to say no, "Thank you, it doesn't matter..."

"And the degrees don't match up, right?" Mitsuhiko said.

"Yes, yes..."

Maplehara looked embarrassed, then nimbly avoided Conan's hand trying to take away the glasses, and stuffed the glasses back into his pocket.

"Who are you guys?" After the conversation, Teacher Hirayama asked, "Are they the neighbor's children?"

"We are students from Didan Elementary School, Class B of the first grade!" Fengyuan replied. Hui Yuan Ai looked at him in surprise.

"Oh - but what are you doing here?"

"Same as teacher," Conan took over, "we came here because we were worried. We wanted to find Shoko Amamiya from Class A, Grade 4."

"Because we knew where the keys were and wanted to know if anyone was at home, we came in without permission..." Mitsuhiko felt a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry..."

"But there is no one!" This is Yuantai.

"Really? I probably went to Kyushu after all..."

"Did Amamiya say she would stay home alone tonight?"

"Yes..." Teacher Hirayama said, "But she said yesterday that she would have breakfast and dinner at Miike's house next door..."

This was a new clue. Yuantai was the first to rush towards the house next door, and the others followed.

The hostess of the house next door, Mrs. Miike, was at home and answered their questions in a friendly manner.

"She said she would come over tonight..." Mrs. Miike replied to Genta who had just asked about the whereabouts of Amamiya Shoko, "I saw her carrying her schoolbag to school this morning..."

"Sure enough, something happened!" The primary school students looked at each other.

"What happened to Xiangzi?"

"She didn't come to school today. Maybe something happened on the way to school..."

"What?!"

"Has the school contacted you?"

"This, this... I went out shopping with my neighbor's wife and just came home... And my husband is still at work and there is no one at home. I don't know if anyone has called..."

"But it's still wrong," Haiyuan Ai asked, "Xiangzi's family went to Kyushu today to attend her grandfather's funeral. Why is she the only one staying here and coming to your house for dinner?"

"Although I don't know the reason, it seems that Xiangzi cried and begged her parents to let her stay, saying she didn't want to go..."

Hearing that Amamiya Shoko cried, the primary school students became even more worried.

"When I saw her this morning," Mrs. Miike continued to share the information she knew, "she looked like she hadn't slept much..."

"Did you have a fight with your parents?"

"Do you still think there's something wrong with her?" Conan asked aloud, "For example, is there anything different from usual?"

"Well," Mrs. Miike recalled, "when I said hello to her, she said she wanted to go to the convenience store on the corner..."

Another clue.

The elementary school students thought that Amamiya Shoko had most likely run away from home and went to the convenience store to buy food. Teacher Hirayama felt that she did not look like a runaway student.

Afterwards, the young detective team went to the convenience store on the corner of the street.

Mitsuhiko had taken a photo of the entrance with his mobile phone and showed it directly to the convenience store manager. The other person recognized it at a glance and confirmed to them that Amamiya Shoko had indeed been here in the morning.

Conan and the elementary school students continued to ask questions in front of the cashier. Because he could hear the content of their conversation, Maplehara began to wander around the store.

Haiyuan Ai was with him.

She quietly observed Teacher Hirayama who was standing in front of the convenience store and seemed to be sending emails, and whispered, "Hey, teacher, it's better to be more careful..."

"What's wrong?"

"He puts on a very kind face in front of us, but when we stay far away, he stares at us with scary eyes..."

"It's okay," Fengyuan explained in a low voice, "That's because his eyesight is not good, so he squints his eyes to see people..."

Squinting eyes are monsters.

"You mean he's wearing a pair of glasses with the wrong prescription?"

"Yeah, didn't he say he fell? He probably broke his contact lenses, so he changed to ordinary glasses with the wrong power. He originally wanted to touch the bruised area, but he knocked the glasses crookedly , which also shows that he doesn’t usually wear ordinary glasses..."

"But it's also possible that their accomplices are deliberately pretending to prevent us from taking precautions, right?"

"He has no interest at all in my...Conan's glasses," Fengyuan explained, "This is the key to distinguishing Conan and I, and you are also wearing the same glasses now. If you are really here for us, there is no reason to do so. so…"

"Maybe this is just an act?"

"Then let's talk about the most important reason..."

Feng Yuan stopped at the corner selling kitchen supplies and glanced at the shelves, "Your sensor radar doesn't respond at all, does it?"

"ah?"

"I trust your intuition very much."

"...It's dangerous to trust your intuition too much."

Haiyuan Ai couldn't help but say something. She believed in her own intuition the most, and then she changed the subject, "Then what? What do you want to buy?"

"Paper cups or plates."

Haihara Ai glanced at the shelves and found that the shelves above the labels of these two items were empty, "Are you deliberately looking for trouble with this store?"

"Nah--"

"Ah, Feng Yuan! Hai Yuan! So you are here!"

After the elementary school students over there finished asking questions, they also walked over to Feng Yuan and Hai Yuan Ai, interrupting their double call.

"The store manager said that Xiangzi bought fresh juice, milk and a knife..."

"She also said that Xiangzi stayed in the corner selling kitchen supplies for a long time," Mitsuhiko said, "Ah, this is it!"

Hui Yuan Ai glanced at Feng Yuan thoughtfully.

Conan was also a little surprised that Kaedehara had come here so early.

Could this guy be a big step ahead of me again...

Conan thought this, and the elementary school students began to guess what Shoko Amamiya wanted to buy here.

At this time, Teacher Hirayama also walked in and asked the store manager about Amamiya Shoko, and then another person walked into the store.

This was a beautiful police officer from the traffic class they had met in a certain incident before. She was also a little surprised to see the familiar young detective team.

"Huh? What are you doing here?"

"Officer Yumi!"

"It's the sister in the police patrol car!"

"It's me!" Officer Yumi responded with a smile, "But isn't your home far away from here?"

The primary school students explained each sentence one by one.

"So that's it," Officer Yumi thought, "The last place the elementary school student named Amamiya Shoko visited before he disappeared was this convenience store..."

"Um!"

"But...I wanted to ask you a question as soon as I saw you," Officer Yumi looked at Kaedehara and then at Conan, "Isn't there one of you two wearing glasses?"

"Because, because I want to change my style, my glasses prescription is not high," Conan glanced at Maplehara who looked innocent, "By the way, Officer Yumi, have the police received any reports? For example, suspicious Reports from people or traffic accidents..."

"I haven't received one today, but I have received many illegal parking notices..."

"What is illegal parking?" Ayumi was a little curious.

"It's a bad thing to park your car or motorcycle where you shouldn't park it! Now I'm about to deal with an illegal parking incident..."

"Then why did you enter this convenience store?"

"Are you hungry?" Genta asked.

"No, I'm here to buy a mask."

"Mask? Do you have a cold?"

"No, it's just that the three places I'm going to next are all nearby, and it's necessary to wear a mask..."

"Will it have a strong smell?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"There is a place... because near the garbage dump, many people throw organic waste there regardless of whether it is garbage collection day or not. It turns out that it has become a canteen for crows..."

Officer Yumi then replied, "The smell of those garbage is really unbearable... It seems that it is necessary to crack down on littering before cracking down on illegal parking..."

"What about the next two places?"

"The second place is an old warehouse that is not in use now. I don't know if it's because of the dust, but I kept sneezing as soon as I got there... I also went there yesterday, and the mucus kept flowing down my nose. I went there before. It was clear that there was no problem..."

"This is it!" Fengyuan's eyes lit up, "Can you take us here to have a look?"

"Ah...it's okay, it's okay..."

"Do you already know, Fengyuan?" The primary school students looked over expectantly.

"I have some ideas, but I have to go to the pharmacy first..."

Under the curious eyes of everyone, Feng Yuan invited Genta to have a bottle of drink and asked him to drink it on the spot.

This was nothing to Yuantai, so he readily agreed.

After Genta drank all the drinks in one go, Maplehara took the empty drink bottle and borrowed some hot water from the thermos bottle from the convenience store manager.

Then, they went to a pharmacy not far away. Maplehara bought some stick milk powder for babies, poured the milk powder into a drink bottle filled with hot water, and then shook it a few times to mix the milk powder thoroughly.

"Hey, Fengyuan...what are you going to do?"

"Do you have a baby to feed?" Hui Yuan Ai asked.

"yes…"

"Huh?" The primary school students were a little surprised.

"He does have a baby to raise, but -"

Looking at Fengyuan's series of operations, Conan had obviously figured it out, but he only agreed halfway when the elementary school students interrupted.

"It's a liar!"

"B-but mother said that children can't have babies..."

Maplehara had just finished, and he straightened the plastic bottle in his hand as he walked. Then he noticed the shocked and suspicious looks of Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko.

Haiyuan Ai was about to ask Fengyuan what was going on, but she realized something was wrong.

"Children these days are really precocious."

Officer Yumi, who was leading the way, looked back and couldn't help but sigh.

"No!" Fengyuan almost dropped the drink bottle on the ground, "What are you all thinking!"

Haiyuan Ai blushed a little, glared at Fengyuan who looked innocent, and then looked at the primary school students, "I was the one who asked this just now, right?"

"Yes, yes..."

Feng Yuan sighed inwardly and glanced at Conan. Conan avoided his gaze in embarrassment, and Feng Yuan had to explain himself.

"The baby I'm talking about refers to a small animal, probably a kitten..."

"Little, kitten?"

"Yeah. Mitsuhiko," Fengyuan explained as he walked, "You said that Xiangzi is similar to Haiyuan in another way, right?"

"Yeah...but I just can't remember..."

"I think it's because both of them like small animals..."

After all, Haiyuan is not a real elementary school student, but if Mitsuhiko feels that Xiangzi is similar to her, then it must be Haiyuan's childish side.

Thinking that Haiyuan would occasionally get up early to go to school with Ayumi to take care of small animals, and that he would sometimes go with him, Fengyuan immediately thought of it. This was almost confirmed after hearing the conversation between the convenience store manager and Conan.

"By the way, that's it! I remembered it!" Mitsuhiko also recalled it.

"Oh..." Haiyuan Ai thought for a moment, "So after you entered the convenience store, you went straight to find paper cups and paper plates, and mixed them with hot milk..."

"Yeah, I think she discovered the kitten by chance... Maybe her family didn't agree, so she went to take care of it secretly..."

"Then she said she wanted to ask us for something, that's why!"

"She looked at the kitchen supplies area for a while, probably because the paper plates and paper cups were just sold out," Conan couldn't help but reason, "Then she bought drinks and knives, thinking about using the drink bottles. Cut off the bottom to use as a bowl…”

"I see!"

"Then why are you here?" Officer Yumi asked. As he spoke, they had arrived outside the warehouse mentioned earlier. When she mentioned this before, this kid named Kaedehara Sora or Conan immediately said he was here.

However, just after she finished asking, she sneezed several times in succession.

"Because Officer Yumi, you probably have allergies."

"ah?"

"You said you didn't sneeze here before, right? But then you kept sneezing. I think it's because someone put these babies here..."

Fengyuan said, glanced to the side, hesitated for a moment and then walked into the warehouse, came to a cardboard box, and opened the lid.

What caught their eyes were two black and white kittens.

"Wow! It's a kitten——"

"so cute!"

"So, am I allergic to cats?" Officer Yumi asked.

"Well, it should be."

Fengyuan responded casually, handed the drink bottle with hot milk in his hand directly to Haibara Ai, then turned and walked out of the warehouse.

Hui Yuan Ai gently squeezed the kitten's fleshy little paws, took the drink bottle, and looked back at Feng Yuan, who was walking out.

Conan followed Maplehara out, while the elementary school students were distracted by the kitten and were completely unaware of it.

There seems to be something else going on...

But the milk is in my own hands...

After thinking for a moment, Haihara Ai reached out and took out the plastic bowl made by Xiangzi from the box and poured out the milk inside.

"Ah, Haiyuan..."

"If you let them drink milk directly, they will easily get upset." Haihara Ai replaced it with warm milk, "So use hot water close to human body temperature to dilute it and give it to them after diluting it twice... "

While talking, the kitten started to drink.

Amamiya Shoko didn't know this, and didn't understand why the kittens didn't drink the milk she provided, so they didn't want to leave, and they didn't even sleep well last night.

"But where is Xiangzi?" Mitsuhiko asked.

Hui Yuan Ai stood up and walked outside. Only then did the others realize that Feng Yuan and Conan had gone out, so they followed them out.

Maplehara and Conan were checking the situation.

There were fragments of the car light on the edge of a nearby telephone pole. I am afraid that it fell when it hit the telephone pole. The fracture surface of the fragment was still very new, so it was not long after the accident.

There was also a trail of blood on the ground. Bloodstains stretched from the telephone pole to the front of the warehouse, and there were obvious skid marks nearby.

The pupils turned pale when they heard the news.

"Did Xiangzi... get hit by a car?" Mitsuhiko asked worriedly.

"Don't worry..." Feng Yuan comforted.

"Eh?"

"Well... although it's a bit strange to say this, the blood on the ground goes back and forth. I think it should be the driver's blood... and since he can turn back, he should be fine..."

"And as for where she is..."

Conan took over the conversation and glanced at the corner ahead with Maplehara. The new doctor's clinic is over there.

The group of people rushed over.

Outside the clinic, a van was parked nearby, and you could see its headlights smashed. Shoko Amamiya is here.

From the new doctor, they learned that the injured person was indeed the driver of the car.

Amamiya Shoko just thought she had been hit and lost consciousness, and was carried here by the driver. And because she didn't get a good rest last night, she had fallen asleep now.

When Teacher Hirayama learned that she was fine, he even cried excitedly. Not only did he gain Gentai's contempt, but he also further dispelled Fengyuan, Conan and Haibara Ai's suspicions about him.

Conan finally put his glasses back on.

Haibara Ai, who had taken off her glasses, stood aside and quietly looked at the new doctor, "Did she always look like this during that time?"

She was obviously referring to Belmode.

"Yeah, exactly the same...but don't worry, he is really a new doctor, not that guy pretending..."

"Ah, do you also have... induction radar?"

Although he didn't like this name, Fengyuan always insisted on calling it that, so Haiyuan Ai had no choice but to accept it.

"No, but..."

Maplehara paused and said seriously, "I have another radar. A radar that can sense whether your radar is responding."