Conan's other self

"Time seems to be running out..."

After closing the door and dragging his suitcase, Maplehara, who had transformed into Kudo Yusaku, glanced at his watch.

"Isn't it because a certain Mr. Detective has a nosebleed..."

As he said that, Haibara gave Fengyuan a narrow look.

Although Kudo Shinichi and Kudo Yusaku looked very similar when they were young, they did not have the same face after all, so they only glanced at her and looked away.

However, when she mentioned the nosebleed incident, despite the cross-dressing on her face, she still showed a stubborn blush.

"The second time was when I was dressing up for you..."

Hui Yuan Ai continued.

Because of this, they had to dress up again. Fortunately, Kudo Yukiko prepared extra portions, so they would not be unable to go back.

Haihara Ai recalled the scene not long ago.

In that atmosphere, she couldn't help herself at that time. Not only did she give her first kiss like this, she also completely forgot about her clothes for a while.

And when she just reacted, she felt warm blood dripping on the tip of her nose.

However, when she helped him change clothes later, she was already fully dressed...

But Kudo couldn't help but have a nosebleed...

He must be thinking about something strange...

Feng Yuan couldn't help pinching his battered nose with his free right hand, "It's unexpected. It must be because the air conditioner is turned on too hot..."

"Pervert." Hui Yuan Ai snorted.

Fengyuan habitually prepared to defend himself and protect his image, but then he remembered that this moment was different from the past, so he kept his expression straight and replied seriously: "Perverts are perverts."

After saying that, he directly took Hui Yuan Ai's hand.

This is probably one of the few ways in which confession can play a role for them who have long understood each other's feelings.

In fact, Fengyuan always felt that he did not need to use confession as a clarion call to charge, but now it seems that it is always beneficial to put some things in the light.

Just as if she could hold Huiyuan's hand shamelessly and unscrupulously now, she would only--

"Big pervert."

Haiyuan Ai said again, and then inserted her fingers between Fengyuan's fingers, her eyes wandering a little, "But, is this okay? Your parents wouldn't do this, right?"

"No one cares about such details..."

The two of them left the hotel just like that.

They were waiting for a taxi outside the hotel. During this period, Fengyuan felt that he was being watched secretly by someone. He didn't look back until the feeling disappeared.

He saw a little girl who looked like a junior high school student wearing an ill-fitting gray coat, wet all over and still dripping with water. He took the opportunity to sneak into the hotel from the shadows.

Although he only saw the back, he remembered the clothes.

"What's wrong?" Hui Yuan Ai asked.

"...Nothing." After a slight hesitation, Fengyuan shook his head slightly, "It's just that a strange person sneaked into the hotel."

They didn't have enough antidotes on them anymore. Haihara Ai had worked overtime to get two extra antidotes, but one of them had already been given to Conan, so they had to rush back to Japan. .

Therefore, although there were some speculations in his mind, Fengyuan decided not to get involved yet.

Haibara Ai looked back curiously, but she didn't see anything special, and she didn't take it to heart. After all, the next time they came to London might be a long, long time later.

On the other side, Akai Marie breathed a sigh of relief.

She almost collided with those two people, and her appearance could easily arouse suspicion. While the two people were not paying attention, she quickly slipped into the hotel, and then ran into the stairwell with her head lowered under the curious gaze of a waiter.

She certainly wasn't going to take the elevator.

Speaking of which, even though she hid in the shadows when she heard the footsteps and could not see the faces of the two people. The woman among them was still wearing sunglasses and a hat, but she always felt that she had seen those two people somewhere...

However, she had just climbed up from the Thames River, luckily saved a life, and unexpectedly turned into a junior high school student. She obviously had no intention to think about it. Instead, she avoided others all the way and quietly slipped back to where she and she were. In front of my daughter's room.

Akai Marie raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Sera Masumi in the room was obviously impatient with waiting, and the rapid footsteps could be heard outside.

The door was pushed open at once, almost hitting her nose, and at the same time, Sera Masumi's anxious and expectant voice was heard:

"Mom! Have you seen dad?"

Then Sera Masumi was stunned. She didn't see anyone outside, "Huh? Mom?"

Akai Marie couldn't help coughing.

Sera Masumi then moved her gaze down and noticed the wet little sister, "Huh? Who is it? Who are you?"

"It's me..." Akai Marie coughed twice more, "I was given strange medicine by those guys and turned into this. I am your mother Marie."

"Really, really?" Sera Masumi squatted down and held Akai Mari's shoulders, showing a surprised expression, "Really mom?"

After judging some details in just a moment, Sera Masaki already believed it.

First of all, the other person was still wearing ill-fitting clothes that his mother had worn when going out.

Secondly, her voice is the same as her mother's, and her hairstyle and facial features are the same, but she has regressed to the form of a teenage middle school student.

Then, her room number was not told to anyone else. In theory, only her mother knew where she was. Finally, the other party added information that only their family members knew, and Sera Masumi quickly made his own judgment.

Mom, she has really become smaller...

Sera Masumi got out of the way and let Akai Mari enter the room, "You'd better come to the room first! You also need to change the wet clothes on your body."

"Yeah...ah cough..."

"Why are you coughing? Did you fall into the Thames and caught a cold?"

"No," Akai Marie shook her head, "It's because of taking that strange medicine. Maybe it's a side effect of that medicine."

After closing the door, Akai Marie went directly to take a shower.

When she walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, Sera sat on the bed nervously watching TV. The Wimbledon tennis finals were playing on the TV.

"It's already this season..."

"Well, I recorded the day's game." Sera Masumi replied, "Then what are we going to do next? Are we going to the hospital?"

"No, if those guys can predict that I will become like this, it would be a smarter way to set up an ambush in the hospital."

"But don't you need to investigate why your body is like this? You have to recover your body, otherwise you won't be able to fight those bad guys head-on."

"As for the body...this is no problem."

Although her body has shrunk, her skills are still there. Akai Marie feels that there is no problem in dealing with ordinary characters, "But if those guys seize the opportunity, they can't get it back..."

"But you were given a strange drug..."

"Minerva!" A loud childish voice suddenly came from the TV.

This voice was somewhat familiar, but Sera Masumi, whose worldview had just been refreshed, didn't take it to heart. Instead, she continued to persuade her mother, "Anyway, let's find out what this medicine is first..."

"I will help you!" the child's voice continued, and the two couldn't help but look at the TV. The child in the picture seemed to be hugging the sky, and the camera gave a close-up, "Because I am a disciple of Sherlock Holmes!"

Sera Masumi pressed the pause button.

There was silence in the air.

"Hey, this boy..." Akai Marie broke the silence.

"I just met her yesterday..." Sera Masumi also felt a little surprised, "I thought it was the one I met at the beach yesterday..."

Although they all thought it was a mistake yesterday, their views are obviously changing after what happened today.

and…

"Kudo Shinichi..." Akai Marie recalled, "He also said that at that time..."

"Well...he said he was a disciple of Sherlock Holmes!"

Kudo Shinichi, whom they met by chance in Japan ten years ago, once said with a similar expression that he was a disciple of Sherlock Holmes, and thought that his mother had become smaller...

"What!" Sera Masumi showed an annoyed expression, "So, he recognized us yesterday... so he pretended to be so vigilant because he was scared by me. He should also be staying in this hotel, now Maybe he's back... I'll go look for it..."

"No."

Akai Mari stopped Sera Masumi who was about to go out, "Let's investigate first. He is very wary of us...and there is no guarantee that he will be on our side..."

As she said that, she walked towards the phone in the room, "Since he has come to the UK, he will definitely leave a record..."

Her current body has long passed the period of voice change, so her voice is not much different from her original voice, so Akai Marie directly called her friend in her own name.

The person on the other side conducted a simple investigation and informed her of the results within a short time.

"I've asked my friends from MI6 to help me check," Akai Mari said. "The name Kudo Shinichi is on the passenger list of the plane. He is a sophomore in high school like Masumi."

"Then could he have brought his younger brother and younger sister to London?" Masumi Sera raised another possibility, "Although I didn't see the face of the other child yesterday, it should be a girl..."

"No, he has no younger siblings. The people who came with him are not his relatives. His parents also came to London, but they were not on the same flight as him..."

"His parents?"

"Yes...the famous Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko..." Akai Mari said, then she was slightly stunned.

Speaking of which, the two people I met at the hotel door before...

"Ah, that famous mystery novelist, I like his writing very much - oh, now seems not the time to talk about this..."

"I met them when I came back..."

"Ah? Does it look like this now?"

"Well, I was almost discovered by Kudo Yusaku..."

As a member of MI6, Akai Marie has long been accustomed to hiding herself in the dark, so even if the other party's son is likely to have taken medicine and become smaller, she does not want to expose herself like this.

Looking back now, it's a good thing I hid it at the time...

Otherwise, with the ability of that mystery novelist, he would definitely be able to think of his own situation at once...

"Let's not talk about this, there are even stranger things. Kudo Shinichi is a high school detective. I heard that during the time we left Japan, we solved many difficult incidents."

Akai Marie paused, "In the past six months, he suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a little boy who often appeared at crime scenes... It is said that he is exactly the same as this kid."

"It's exactly the same!" Masumi Sera looked at the paused scene on the TV, "Isn't this Kudo Shinichi himself? I recognized him as soon as I saw him yesterday!"

"Here's the strange thing. The intelligence also said that there seems to be another child who occasionally appears at the scene of the crime, and he looks exactly like him..."

"Ah? Didn't you say he doesn't have a younger brother?"

"Yeah, this is what I can't figure out..."

"Could it be a mistake? After all, the investigation was very hasty, and it's all about Japan..."

"In short... Kudo Shinichi must have become smaller after taking medicine like me, and it's very possible that he used some method to restore his body to its original shape when he was on a plane..."

"yes…"

"His parents were worried, so they followed him, but they didn't want his identity to be exposed, so they took another flight..."

The appearance of Kudo Yusaku and his wife also supports their speculation.

"Then what should we do? Don't we really go to them directly? Although Kudo Shinichi's parents left, mom, you didn't see Kudo Shinichi leave with him, right? He might still be in the hotel..."

And the little girl whose face I didn’t see…

Although I don’t know the specific situation, she might just be an ordinary girl who is very afraid of life...

But then again, ten years ago Kudo Shinichi was accompanied by a little girl...

"We go to Japan to find him."

Akai Marie raised her head and said her plan, "If there is that kind of medicine, we must find a way to contact that brat and do everything we can to get the medicine."

…

Returning to Rice Flowers and the familiar doctor's home, it didn't take long for Maplehara and Haihara Ai to return to their children's appearance. Compared with when they went to London, the duration of the drug's effect was obviously shorter this time.

The body seems to react very obviously to this antidote, and resistance develops very quickly. This also makes Maplehara further realize that the antidote is not something that can be taken casually.

Feng Yuan didn't care before, but now he feels a little regretful.

After all, there seems to be no obvious difference in the bodies of elementary school students even if they officially start dating.

This also made Fengyuan vaguely feel that even without this confession, he seemed to have been able to do some things that he was not too embarrassed to do before, such as holding Haiyuan's hand, teasing her hair, etc...

Kudo Yukiko did not return directly to the United States after returning to Japan.

She seemed to have noticed something. Not only did she drag Haihara Ai to live with him in Haihara Ai's bedroom for a few days, but she also began to teach her her own cross-dressing skills.

During the emergency training before going to London, she discovered that Haihara Ai was very talented in cross-dressing.

In this regard, Feng Yuan is naturally happy to see the results.

but…

"Is it okay?"

That day, Maplehara asked Kudo Yukiko alone, "I remember this is the technology of the Kuroba family, right? If it was passed on to Haibara without permission..."

"Don't worry, I've already asked my mother! Although Mr. Tuoyi is not here, his son agreed."

"Kuroba Kaito?"

"That's right. I asked him if I could teach it to a girl from my neighbor's house, and he asked me directly - do you live with a kid named Sora Maplehara?"

"..."

Kudo Yukiko imitated it perfectly, except for the different voice.

"I said yes, and he immediately agreed! There was no hesitation at all! He even gave me his notes... But..." Kudo Yukiko looked at Fengyuan with a half-smile, "The kid specifically told me that he couldn't Teach you, Xiaoxin..."

Feng Yuan blinked innocently.

Although he was specifically targeted by that guy, he was still willing to let Haiyuan learn, and Fengyuan was quite grateful.

However, it will still be a bit depressing.

"The kid also said that if you really want to learn, Xiaoxin, you can go find him yourself... and he will teach you personally?" Kudo Yukiko continued, "I think this suggestion is very good! That kid's cross-dressing skills, I am much more powerful than my mother..."

"..."

In order to avoid telling Zhen Xiang in the future, Fengyuan remained silent for the time being.

…

Kudo Yukiko didn't stay at the doctor's house for long. After all, after introducing Haihara Ai, she could also teach other parts over the phone.

After helping Subaru Okiya check his disguise, she returned to the United States.

On this day, the young detective team came to the doctor's house to play games.

Conan put down his schoolbag and quietly told Fengyuan about the recent encounters in the past two days. Haihara Ai sat aside and read a magazine.

It is worth mentioning that Maplehara cleverly concealed the fact that he and Haibara Ai also went to London together, and obviously, Kudo Yukiko did not tell Conan either.

However, he still heard a familiar name from Conan's mouth.

"Sera?"

"Yes..." Conan said, "He knows my name and knows that I am a detective..."

he?

Through this title, Conan's previous description and his own impression, Maplehara basically matched this man with the man he met before who called him Kudo Shinichi.

"Then what? It's you who solves the case, right?"

"That's right... He also reasoned, but something went wrong in the end. But I always feel that that guy knew the truth... but wanted me to reason, so he made mistakes on purpose..."

"So you used Kudo Shinichi's voice?"

"There is no other way!" Conan defended, "But I feel that that guy is not an enemy, and I always feel that I have seen it somewhere... So I thought, if you go and have a look, maybe you can remember..."

"In this case, I am just like a memorandum to you..." Fengyuan replied, "And you also said that it was just a chance encounter, and you don't know when we will see you again..."

"Hey, hey, if you don't help, won't I always have to worry about this matter..."

"Have you always cared about it?" Ayumi came over, "What?"

"Ah, nothing..."

"Is it the high school student brought by Sister Xiaolan?"

"Oh...he's the guy I haven't seen before, right?"

Mitsuhiko and Genta each said one sentence, and Conan immediately grasped the key points, and his expression changed slightly.

Haiyuan Ai also looked up with interest.

"What?" Conan looked at the primary school students, "Sister Xiaolan and an unknown man?"

“We saw it across the street when we got here!”

"But isn't that person a woman?" Mitsuhiko added.

Unfortunately, Conan, who was upset, could not hear these words.

He even completely forgot about Sera.

After struggling for a while, Conan called the Maori Detective Agency.

Thank you to classmates Vukong Mingye and che11y for their tips, and thank you all for your subscriptions, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets and any form of support. Thank you so much.