Conan's other me

Chapter 21 The Familiar Stranger ([-])

There is a small storage space under the floor mat.

Conan hid inside, curled up, praying not to be found.

The fat woman walked in first.

"It's gone! That kid is gone!"

"Huh?" The masked man followed in.

"New... this brat woke up at some point! And the window was open!" The woman bent down and poked her head out of the window to look down, "He must have jumped out of the window!"

The masked man glanced around the room, then squatted down next to the traces of the wiped alcohol, and knocked on the floor.

This place is very close to Conan, so close that Conan can feel the other party's breath blowing on his face through the gap.He didn't move, didn't even dare to breathe, but realized he might be spotted.

Sure enough, in such a short time, the wine stains could not be cleaned up at all.He's so stupid, really...

At this time, the woman's voice came, "I'm going to chase him right away!"

Yes, go after me!

The woman's voice gave Conan another glimmer of hope.He curled up, silently encouraging the woman.

however…

"What's the hurry...he's still in the house..."

The masked man chuckled, and under the suspicious eyes of the woman and Conan's desperate thoughts, he raised the small wooden door of the storage space without any hesitation.

"Got you…"

The masked man held Conan's collar with one hand, strangled Conan's neck with the other, and lifted Conan up like this.

Unable to react at all, Conan subconsciously struggled in the air.The masked man didn't hold his hands very tightly, and the focus was mainly on his collar, but Conan still felt a little out of breath.

He couldn't escape.

He failed to save Fengyuan.

He failed to return to his original form to meet Xiaolan.

He is going to die.

He can't do anything.

The masked man let go of his hand suddenly, causing Conan to fall to the floor.

The height was not high, and it didn't hurt very much. Conan got up and couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Don't worry, you are an important experimental subject..." the masked man said, "I'm not willing to kill you like this."

"Look, I obviously saved you, and didn't send you to the dissecting table like another part of you. I'm your savior...won't you be obedient?"

"..."

"You're still reluctant." Although there was no response, the masked man kept talking, leaning over to look at the silent Conan, "But, it's okay, I've already expected that you won't cooperate obediently...so I made a preparation..."

Just recovering from the feeling of dying, Conan, who planned to use the props invented by Dr. A Li as a last-ditch effort, had a bad premonition in his heart.

Then he heard the masked man say: "...bring her up!"

These words were obviously addressed to the fat woman standing by the door.

Conan was stunned.

The word "she" exploded in Conan's mind over and over again, making him feel that everything was unreal.Even though the masked man didn't say "her" name, he'd be stupid if he didn't even realize that.

"orchid…"

When he came back to his senses, Conan saw the bound girl who was brought in.

He called the girl's name softly, his voice hoarse.He thought he would lose his composure and shout loudly, but when he really saw the girl, he lost his voice a little.

The masked man held a gun to the back of Conan's head, looking at Mao Lilan, the girl who grew up with Kudo Shinichi.

"Xinyi...it's really you..." Xiaolan burst into tears, "So you really became a child..."

I'm sorry, Lan, it's all my fault.

Conan didn't know what to say.He just stared at Mao Lilan in a daze, seeing the heartache and reluctance in her eyes, his heart was full of remorse.

He shouldn't have followed those two men in black in the first place.

"Okay, this touching reunion is over," the masked man signaled the fat woman to cover Xiaolan's mouth with a towel, and took her down, "Now, will you be obedient?"

Conan looked at Xiaolan who was struggling to be taken away, and exchanged a glance with her. From that look, he seemed to read Xiaolan's inner voice: "Shinichi! Don't give up!"

I will definitely save you back!
At the moment when Xiaolan and "Bumyo Edogawa" disappeared, Conan suddenly missed the gun in the masked man's hand, then turned around and fired it in one go.

However, the button on the anesthesia needle watch facing the masked man's neck did not give him any response.

But he was doubly prepared.

When he got up from the ground just now, he had already quietly turned on the button of the foot strengthening shoes.There is nothing to kick here, but the masked man is very close, so Conan chooses to kick the masked man directly.

Hit.

But it seems that it missed.

The kick that hit the masked man was just an elementary school student's kick.Although he actually made contact with the opponent's body, even though the opponent seemed to feel pain...but it was obviously just a little pain, which was completely different from the expected scene where the opponent flew backwards.

Instead, the masked man seemed to subconsciously pull the trigger on Conan.

I'm dying.

Conan thought.

then…

It feels like being splashed with water.

"…what?"

"Hiss... it still hurts... the bastard is really ruthless." The masked man rubbed the place where he was kicked.

"...?"

puff.

After relieving the pain, looking at Conan who was still in a daze, the masked man suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha... Don't you understand? I am, the world's leading mystery novelist——" the masked man took off his mask while talking, "Yusaku Kudo!"

"Dad, Dad?"

"Oh~ Shinichi seems to be terrified! Really, I actually forgot to take a picture..." "Mao Lilan", who was still tied just now, walked in.

However, although the "girl" has the same face as Mao Lilan, her voice is completely different, combined with the fact that the masked man is her father...

"Mother?"

"That's right!" The woman tore off the disguise props on her face, revealing a beautiful face, "Ha! Even my own son didn't notice it! It seems that I am really a good actor~ But Xinyi and you are really too, Xiaoxin recognized it at a glance..."

What's new, what's new, Conan has no time to talk about it now, he just turned his head to the "fat woman" who came in again, and the other party patted his head in embarrassment...

"Dr. Li?"

"Hey...it's me, Shinichi, didn't you expect that?" Dr. Ali took off the disguise with the help of Kudo Yukiko, "But I only acted for a while, before this role was played by your mother..."

"... Where's Fengyuan?"

"Hi." Hearing that he was called, Feng Yuan walked in and said hello.

"...Damn it!" Conan's angry chest was like an accordion being pulled, "You guys! Really! It's too much!"

(End of this chapter)