Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"I am back."

After taking off his clothes at the door of the mansion, Mr. Yoshioka looked at Mary Yoshioka who took them and folded them carefully, and pounded his shoulders tiredly.

"How's the Metropolitan Police Department doing?"

"Not bad." Sitting on the sofa, Toru Amuro looked at the hot water handed to him by the girl and whispered thank you. Just as he was about to drink it, the soft hand massaging his temple stimulated his muscles to tense.

"Relax."

Patting Toru Amuro's shoulder gently, Mary Yoshioka looked at this young man who was about the same age as her eldest son, and sighed helplessly when she thought of her eldest son who was currently missing. Perhaps she shouldn't have encouraged her son to join the FBI after hearing his heroic words. The second son's wedding date was approaching, but there was no man in the family who could come forward.

No, strictly speaking, Hideyoshi Haneda is no longer a member of the Akai family. He is known as the Taiko Meijin, but he can still call Akai Mari his son simply because the Haneda family has a good relationship with the Akai family. If it were any other shogi family, they might force their son to sever ties with the surprised Mari.

[No, even I am no longer called Akai.]

"Mrs. Mary?"

The sudden question pulled Yoshioka Mary back from her confusion. She then realized that her hands were accidentally kneading Amuro Toru's face, so she coughed and said seriously: "This is a facial muscle massage."

"Yeah."

【It’s absolutely a lie.】

"That crazy Russian woman blew up several streets, but the news didn't mention it at all." Yoshioka Mary looked at the TV and saw that the manager Oe was mourned for the third time, and asked curiously: "How did he die?"

"We said to the public that we rescued several children, but we missed the best time to escape."

"Looks like there's something going on?" Yoshioka Mary pressed the remote control and switched to a channel that specifically broadcasts shogi competitions, watching the second child playing against a junior high school student wearing glasses.

"I know something I shouldn't know."

Toru Amuro thought of his children who were still in Kyoto and felt a little relieved. At least this time the danger was borne by the adults.

"Mr. Haneda should be back from Kyoto tomorrow, right?"

Toru Amuro looked at the itinerary that Yuki Amami had recorded for him. There was only a simple word "wedding" for the next three days. He thought of Jinpei Matsuda who had taken over his detective agency, and the Date couple who were currently staying at Matsuda's new home, and his eyes drooped.

……

"sleepy."

The sunlight shone through the window onto the bed. Yuji opened his tightly closed eyes and noticed that Haibara Ai was sleeping with her arms around him. She had returned to her original state and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He asked why he suddenly took medicine and changed back for no reason. It turned out that someone had revealed the matter between Yuzuki and Kaori to Haibara Ai. Looking at the phone with the screen turned off, he whispered in a murderous tone: "When I get back, I will sell your game account."

Sure enough, the phone rang the next second, but Yuji didn't intend to answer it. He just turned off the phone and threw it on the bedside, watching Haibara Ai rubbing her eyes.

"coward."

As soon as the girl opened her eyes, she gently kicked Yuuji: "Everything has changed back, why?"

"No, if you change back halfway, you'll have to go to the hospital. Your health is the most important thing. You can wait until you change back to normal before you think about other things. Okay?"

Yuji looked at Huihara Ai burying her head in his arms, and then hummed softly: "I don't want to fall too far behind."

She now despised herself for being immersed in tenderness some time ago. She even forgot to continue researching the antidote for a while. If she could have developed the antidote earlier, she wouldn't be like this now. Because of her loli body, she could only be intimate with Yuji in words.

"It's decided. When we get back, we'll draw three tubes of Edogawa's blood for research."

Xiao Ai sat up as if she had been given an injection of chicken blood, and urged the boy to wash up quickly. The school would gather at the hotel entrance in the afternoon to return to Tokyo. They could also use this half day to buy some souvenirs.

She certainly hadn't forgotten a certain infatuated girl. "Why are they here again?"

The hotel where they stayed was very close to the place where they bought rice cakes before, but after seeing Akiko and the two little kids appear at the door of the hotel and then showing a helpless smile, Yuji still looked at the Miyanoshita siblings from a distance with confusion.

[Let Hiroki check it out when we get back. ]

"At this age, you should be in elementary school, right?" The boy narrowed his eyes and said, "Today is not a day off. Did you skip class?"

"Rather than that, I'd better go back to the doctor first. The two of them have met Kudo Shiho, and if they see me, they might be exposed."

Huihara Ai stroked her hair and said, "Just wait. It won't be long before the antidote is fully developed. You might even miss my current body. Don't regret not taking action now."

"You make me sound like some kind of perverted demon..."

The boy let go of Haibara Ai's hand, and just as he walked in front of the three people, he saw Miyanoshita Shimi secretly looking behind him.

"Where's the sister from last night?"

This guy is coveting his wife... Of course this is impossible, but Yuji always feels that this scene is very similar to déjà vu, and even a strange idea emerges in his head.

[It’s impossible that the Miyano couple didn’t actually die in the fire, but took the experimental drug A and escaped…]

He thought it was impossible for a parent to fake their death, hide it from their children, secretly run away to a place where no one knew, and not come back to see them for so many years...

The sense of déjà vu seems to be stronger.

It's different. Kaito is a boy after all, so it's understandable that his father is careless. But the Miyano family are all girls, and leaving them in that kind of organization is not something the Miyano couple would do.

[If it doesn’t work, try it out…]

"They said the school was closed for half a year and switched to online classes because a teacher committed murder and five children were found trapped in the concrete wall of the toilet."

Akiko saw Yuuji walking towards her and looked him up and down at his clothes: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

"No, I just think Sister Mingzi is wearing very beautiful clothes today."

[What are you talking about? Didn't you buy me this dress when we first met? ]

Akiko looked at Yuji strangely and found that the boy was rubbing his ears and blushing (acting).

"Sister Akiko, Shiho is not here now, so we can finally have some time just for the two of us."

"Ahem, Yuuji, don't say that." Akiko turned her head awkwardly and secretly pouted at the boy, guessing that the boy was playing a trick on her: "I have to buy souvenirs quickly, and I have to go back to prepare for Officer Matsuda's wedding."

She won't be fooled. A simple joke won't make her shy. Don't underestimate adults, kid!

As soon as she came to her senses, Akiko found that Yuuji was very close to her, holding her hand and pecking the back of it.

"This is a kiss for your sister." Akiko watched the boy put his hands down and then held her shoulders with both hands. "This is not."

"Wait, you..."

Secretly glancing in the direction where Haibara Ai disappeared, Akiko suddenly closed her eyes after a mental struggle.

[As for my brother, it must be okay, it’s just a kiss, it’s nothing for an adult…]

He could already smell the fragrance of Akiko's breath, and Yuji suddenly felt a chill on his back, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

It's finally revealed. (End of this chapter)