Conan's other self

Okiya Subaru moved into Kudo Shin's family, but it didn't bring much change to Maplehara's life.

He only came over occasionally to help the doctor.

However, Subaru Okiya was not involved deeply, because there were some inventions of the doctor that he was not allowed to know. Such as poker pistols and hang gliders.

That afternoon, Fengyuan went to the nearby post office, helped the doctor mail the latest version of the poker pistol and other props, and then went straight back to the doctor's house.

When he came back, what surprised him a little was that the door to the doctor's house was still open.

The doctor seems to be talking to someone in the living room...

"I'm back…"

"You're back!" Hattori Heiji, who was listening to Dr. Agasa talking about inventions, turned back with a smile.

"..."

It's so weird...I don't want to hear this kind of conversation at all...

After thinking about it, Fengyuan closed the door and decided to report the situation to the doctor first, "...Doctor, the things have been sent."

"Great, I was delayed for two days this time, I hope there is nothing wrong..."

The doctor breathed a sigh of relief. His bartender friend asked him to make something and send it to him. He remembered to do it, but he forgot to send it for a while.

"What about you?" Maplehara looked at Hattori Heiji. The guy's expression was a little strange now, "Are you going to see Takarazuka this time?"

"Ah? What's so interesting about that kind of thing!" Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, then cleared his throat and became serious, "I have a very, very important thing to do here this time, Kudo..."

Seeing you like this makes me think it's not that important...

Feng Yuan couldn't help complaining in his heart, but he still gave Hattori Heiji a compliment, "What's the matter?"

"You made the wrong reasoning in one of your cases!"

"Huh?" It was the doctor who made a surprised sound.

Feng Principle was unmoved, "Which one?"

"...Hey, can't you show a shocked expression?"

Hattori Heiji was a little disappointed. Just to see Kudo's shocked expression with his own eyes, he didn't say it on the phone. Instead, he ran over and said it in person, but he still didn't get what he wanted.

"...Then I'm shocked now." Fengyuan said helplessly.

"Tch, that's really boring."

Hattori Heiji explained, "It's like this. I received a letter saying that he found a reasoning error in the murder case you solved a year ago. He wanted to meet with me to discuss it in detail, and then asked me to correct it. Error reopens the investigation... to find the real truth!”

"Where's the letter?"

"This is it…"

Hattori Heiji took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Maplehara. Maplehara reached out and took it, looking at the envelope first.

The back of the envelope is signed with the sender's name.

"Maito Yada from Higashiokusui Village, I do remember this case..."

"Do you know him too?"

"Yeah, there was a young man who helped me when I went to investigate the murder in their village. He was a pretty nice guy..."

"What about the case?" Hattori Heiji said, "Isn't it true that your reasoning was wrong?"

"I don't know." Feng Yuan shook his head.

"ah?"

"Based on the clues I learned, I think the reasoning is correct," said Maplehara, "but it does not rule out the possibility of other clues being discovered later. So if you want to know whether there is any problem with the reasoning, you still have to go see it in person. Just one side will do.”

"I think so too..." Hattori Heiji took out another envelope from his arms, "The envelope that was sent to me at that time also included a letter to you..."

Feng Yuan returned the last letter, took this letter, and noticed that the envelope had been opened.

"I didn't dismantle this," Hattori Heiji explained, "it was that Kudo over there who dismantled it. I've already told him, and invited that uncle to go to Tokyo with you... uh, that Kudo woman. I’m staying in Suicun for a few days. There is a famous hot spring there…”

That hot spring is not interesting at all...

Thinking in his mind, Feng Yuan took out the letter and read it.

[Your Excellency Kudo Shinichi signs the signature... I have found evidence to prove that your reasoning is wrong. If you don't want your detective's reputation and self-esteem to be hurt, how about meeting alone? The location is the mountain hut where I first met you. I've been waiting there.

Makoto Yata. 】

"How about we go and take a look together?" After Maplehara had almost finished reading the letter, Hattori Heiji said, "Bring your woman with you..."

Feng Yuan's brows twitched.

"Doctor, would you like to come with us? Bathing in hot springs is very good for your health!" Hattori Heiji looked at the doctor and continued to invite.

"Ah...I won't go..."

After hesitating for a while, although he was worried whether Shinichi's reasoning was really wrong, the doctor still felt that the other party was more likely to be wrong. He had work to do, so he decided not to go.

Feng agreed in principle.

Then he went to the basement, where Haihara Ai was working in the innermost room where various instruments were placed. After listening to Feng Yuan's basic situation and thinking about it for a while, Hai Yuan Ai also agreed.

Since they planned to stay in Higashi Aosui Village for a few days, they started packing. The same goes for Conan and the others, and Kazuya is also there.

They planned to travel in Uncle Maori's rental car.

After finishing cleaning up there, Uncle Maoli drove Xiaolan and others to the door of the doctor's house. They all got out of the car first and greeted the doctor.

"Tsk, hurry up!" After a moment, Uncle Maori, who sat back in the driver's seat, urged.

"Don't worry, uncle." Hattori Heiji replied, and then grabbed Kazuha who was about to return to the back seat to sit with Xiaolan, "Hey, you sit in the front, Kazuha."

"Ah? Why?"

"There's no room to sit in the back!"

"Then you sit in the front, idiot!"

"What are you saying! Idiot! There are so many people, of course Xiaolan has to hold that kid," Hattori Heiji said, pulling Fengyuan, "I'm holding this kid..."

"It's okay if I hold Xiao Kong!"

"no!"

"Eh?"

"Ah, I mean, I have something to say to this brat..."

"Hey!" Uncle Maori stuck his head out and urged, "How long do you want to wait? Get in the car quickly!"

Hui Yuan Ai yawned and got into the car.

She doesn't really want to talk when there are many people. Maplehara sat next to her, and then decisively pushed Hattori Heiji aside when he tried to hold him in his arms, and cast a warning look.

"You can sit down if you squeeze a little bit, Hattori-nii!"

"Tsk, what an unlovable kid..."

Hattori Heiji chose to give up.

But at this time, Kazuha had already sat in the front, and Uncle Mouri looked very impatient, so he had to squeeze in between Feng Yuan and Xiao Lan, who was holding Conan, and bear the unkind eyes from Conan.

Haiyuan Ai leaned against the car door and looked out the window, slightly lost in thought.

She is actually not very interested in hot springs, nor the scenery in the countryside. After all, the Young Detective Team often goes camping with the doctor, and she has seen a lot of similar scenery.

But she was somewhat interested in the places Kudo had been and the things he had experienced.

Feng Principle is recalling what happened a year ago.

In fact, the first time Kudo Shinichi solved a case independently was only a year ago, on a plane to the United States, so at this time he could only be regarded as a rookie detective...

Just recalling it, he didn't feel that there was any loophole in the reasoning. On the contrary, he somewhat understood why some people insisted that there was something wrong with Kudo Shinichi's reasoning...

At this time, Conan, who was suffering from a cold and wearing a mask, suddenly coughed violently, interrupting his thoughts.

"Are you okay, Conan?"

"It's okay..." Conan said, then coughed twice more.

"It doesn't look like nothing is wrong at all..." Feng Yuan said.

"Ah, that's right!" Hattori Heiji suddenly remembered something, "I almost forgot, I asked for some cold medicine from Dr. Agasa... Kazuha, you brought hot water, right?"

"Yes, I brought it!"

Kazuha took out a water cup from her bag and handed it to Hattori Heiji, while Hattori took out a cold medicine capsule from his arms.

After thinking for a while, Fengyuan asked in a low voice to Huiyuan Ai beside him: "Huiyuan, I remember that the cold medicine at home is all that kind of medicine, right?"

"There are also ordinary cold medicines," Haiyuan Ai looked at the scenery outside the window, "I just asked the doctor to buy some for backup not long ago..."

"What's wrong?" Hui Yuan Ai turned to look at Feng Yuan.

Conan swallowed the cold medicine with a gulp.

"It's nothing..." Fengyuan said.

The doctor shouldn't even take the wrong medicine...

"Okay, you'll be fine after taking the medicine," Hattori Heiji reached out and rubbed Conan's head, "right, kid?"

Conan gave a dead look back.

"But doesn't it matter?" Kazuye turned around and asked, "Didn't the person you are meeting now write a letter to discuss something with Kudo? In the end, you didn't bring Kudo with you. Wouldn't he be very disappointed?"

"Ah? Is that so?" Xiaolan obviously didn't know the reason why they came.

"yes!"

Ye Yingdao, and then explained the specific reasons with Hattori Heiji, which was similar to what Hattori Heiji said to Maplehara alone before.

At the end, Hattori Heiji put his left hand on Maplehara's shoulder, showing a meaningful expression, "But I have already sent an email to Kudo about this matter... maybe he will come too..."

Or two...

Gee, that guy really made a profit...

Hattori Heiji thought this, and Xiaolan next to him blushed a little when he thought that Shinichi might appear.

Next, they talked about why the letter was sent to Hattori Heiji. This was of course because not only was Kudo Shinichi nowhere to be found, but his house was also occupied by others.

But of course Hattori Heiji would not explain it like this, but found an excuse to get over it. Next, they talked about the hot springs in Higashi Ousui Village. Near evening, they arrived at their destination.

Higashiokuho Village is also located in Tokyo. Both sides of the road are very regular farmland. The air is fresh, which makes the four non-elementary school students who do not often go camping feel a little fresh.

After dropping off their luggage at the hotel, they prepared to go to the village office to ask for Yada Makoto's address.

Maplehara and Conan, who deliberately stayed behind the team, planned to go directly to the place agreed upon by Makoto Yada.

"Is it okay? The person named Yata invited Kudo Shinichi alone, right?" Haibara Ai, who was also lagging behind, said to Maplehara and Conan, specifically strengthening the word "one person" Tone.

"It doesn't matter, we won't declare our home directly."

Feng Yuan said, "The other party won't feel anything wrong when they see two children coming..."

"I just feel that Kudo Shinichi didn't come..." Conan agreed.

"When the time comes, just say..."

"Brother Shinichi asked us to come over and take a look - like this?" Haihara Ai took over Fengyuan's words.

"...That's right."

The place agreed upon by Makoto Yada was a cabin in the forest. It was deep in the woods and not too close, so Maplehara and Conan planned to go in before nightfall.

Haibara Ai had no intention of following him, because after all, the other party invited Kudo Shinichi alone.

After watching the two of them walk a few steps, Haihara Ai rushed towards Uncle Maori and others in front.

They were asking Yada Makoto for his address in the village office.

"What?! Missing?!"

As soon as she walked in, Haibara Ai heard Hattori Heiji shouting loudly to the staff.

She subconsciously turned around, only to find that Fengyuan and Conan were no longer visible. They had probably walked into the forest.

"Is this true?!" Hattori Heiji then asked.

"Yes, we submitted a search request half a year ago..." the staff member replied, "but Chengren longs for the city, so people in the village wonder if he left the village to work in the city..."

"That's it..."

"So, what do you want to do with Yada Makoto?"

"We received his letter..." Hattori Heiji replied, "He said he wanted to discuss with us the reasoning errors of Kudo Shinichi, who solved the murder here a year ago!"

"Ah? Who are you talking about?"

"Kudo Shinichi! So I brought Kudo Shinichi here——"

With a snap, the staff member who was about to take notes unconsciously broke the tip of the pencil in his hand.

At the same time, the village hall seemed to fall into deathly silence for a moment.

Almost all the villagers who were busy with their own affairs silently gathered around and looked at the group of them with hostility.

It seems you've caused quite a bit of trouble, Kudo...

Thinking that Fengyuan and Conan had gone deep into the forest, Haiyuan Ai became a little worried.

"What's wrong…"

Hattori Heiji and others also realized that something was not right.

"Liar!" A child walked out of the crowd and pointed at He Ye who was closest to him, "Are you an accomplice of that liar?"

"Liar, liar?"

"Hey, little brother..."

A nearby villager quickly pulled the child away, as if just being close to Kudo Shinichi's accomplices would have a negative impact on the child's physical and mental development.

"Anyway!" the staff member said, "If you have any questions about the incident, please ask the police in the village! We have nothing to say to you!"

This is an eviction order.

They choose to obey.

"Hey, Kudo's new... er, the little sister of the doctor's family," Hattori Heiji walked up to Haibara Ai and asked in a low voice after leaving the village office, "Has your Kudo told you what he was doing here? ?"

"..."

No wonder Kudo convinced Heiji that the most regrettable thing about him was having a mouth.

Hui Yuan Ai shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Oops! Where are Conan and Xiao Kong!" Xiao Lan suddenly realized that two people were missing and looked around.

"That brat Conan said he went back to the hotel first!" Uncle Maori said, "Does he have a serious cold?"

"Fengyuan and Conan left together," Haibara Ai followed Uncle Maori's words and said, "Probably he went back with Conan..."

"Then I'll go back to the hotel!" Xiaolan was a little worried, "If you need someone to accompany you, Conan's cold may become serious again..."

Xiaolan separated from them here, and they went to the police station to ask about the situation of the case.

Just when they were about to ask the police to take them to the scene to take a look, Xiaolan ran back panting and told them that she had not found Maplehara and Conan.

"Aren't they back at the hotel yet?"

"Yeah! People in the village said they saw the two of them heading into the forest!"

"Then just call his cell phone!"

"No! There's no signal here!" He Ye, who took out his cell phone after hearing the news, said.

Haibara Ai took out his detective team badge, but found that it didn't seem to work.

Really, it’s useless when you need it...

Putting the badge back into his pocket, Haibara Ai then took out his mobile phone to confirm and found that there was indeed no signal. Xiaolan and others had already rushed out and started looking for someone, so she quickly followed them.

However, after just searching for a while, they heard the conversation between two young men next to them.

"Hey, did you hear? There's a naked body floating in the lake!"

"Yeah!" another person replied, "But he seems to be still angry, so my mom went over with a blanket!"

"What?!" Hattori Heiji turned around in surprise and ran over quickly, "Hello? Is there only one person? Isn't he an elementary school student?"

"only one person…"

"He is a young man of high school age..."

"Oh...that shouldn't be..."

Hattori Heiji breathed a sigh of relief.

Kudo Shinichi is now two people, even if they change back, they should be two people facing each other...

They can't really fit together like I joked about last time...

However, after all, it was a potentially related incident and it was very close to here, so they still followed it and took a look.

Then…

They were stunned.

The appearance of the high school student sitting quietly by the river, wrapped only in a blanket...

"Xin, Xinyi!" Xiaolan ran forward, "How could it be? Why did Xinyi..."

The man turned back slowly, looking confused.

"Shinichi...is this my name?"