Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

“Wow, this is the sea!”

Being held in the arms of Yuzuki and Kaori, Rize watched the white foam occasionally rolling up in the blue water, hitting the ship's hull layer by layer, and then returning to the blue waves. Not far from the bow, on the huge island, the new facilities built by the Suzuki Foundation were operating non-stop, and music could be heard coming from them.

"This is too exaggerated."

On the deck, only Kogoro Mouri appeared from the Mouri family. Because of the beating yesterday, Conan and Xiaolan hid in the cabin as soon as they got on the ship.

"It's quite befitting of a high-ranking official, and it's backed by a big consortium."

Yusaku Kudo stood next to Mori with his hands behind his back. Both fathers were wearing black suits and refused to let their wives go with them. As guardians of the entire family, their eyes were always on the children on the deck.

"By the way, where did your eldest son go?"

"How should I know? You've seen him more often than I have in the past six months. I should be the one asking you this."

Seeing Kudo Yusaku pretending to be confused, Maori Kogoro snorted, touched his pocket and remembered that smoking was not allowed on the deck, so he licked his lips with his tongue, then took out an envelope and handed it to Kudo Yusaku.

"what is this?"

"Every time I take those two kids out, Yuji helps me remotely with assistance." Kudo Yusaku pushed his glasses and immediately guessed that Conan had borrowed his brother's name.

"No, the money is too..."

Seeing the seriousness on Maori Kogoro's face, he paused and reached out to take it, pinching it lightly and said, "A bit too much?"

"Ah, I put all of Conan's pocket money this year in there as a punishment."

Kudo Yusaku glanced at him without saying anything, but in his heart he was thinking about finding time to take the money back to the boss.

"By the way, why are the couple who rented your house before here too?"

Maori Kogoro saw the Okiya couple watching the sea on the deck with their pets and said: "You drove them out when you came back, so where are they now?"

"You know Yuuji's older friend, right? The one with blond hair."

"Ah, Toru Amuro, working part-time at the coffee shop downstairs from my house."

"They are living in each other's house now. It seems that Mr. Amuro has something to do recently and is not going back to live there."

After saying this, Kudo Yusaku walked towards the children by the railing, looked at the child in Yuzuki and Kaori's arms, and reminded them to stay away from the edge of the boat.

"That's right, little sister."

"Hi!"

"Your name is very nice."

Kudo Yusaku saw that the girl's face was covered with dust, so he pointed at her face. Almost at the same time, Yuzuki took out a handkerchief and wiped it off for her.

"The boat is almost to the island, let's get off first."

After disappearing on the deck in a few steps, Kudo Yusaku pushed open the door of his room and saw Lao Er lying on the boat playing games. He put his hand on his waist and said helplessly, "Are you really not going to the wedding?"

"I can't help it." Yuji kept operating the controller without stopping, not even looking at his father: "Ms. Chris sent a message saying that there is an urgent matter over there, and I can't refuse."

"But you're going to give flowers, aren't you?"

"So I found a substitute." Yuji pulled the handle down and looked at Yuko who was sitting on the bed opposite and eating potato chips: "Thank you for your hard work tonight."

"Why don't you look for Kaito?"

Yuko put the bag of potato chips on the bedside table. Too lazy to go to the bathroom to wash her hands, she casually opened a bottle of mineral water and washed her fingers in the trash can. "He's much better at playing you than me."

"Kaito." Yuuji saw Yuuko take out a can of coffee from the bedside table and handed it to him. He casually dropped the handle on the bed and took it. "If he was pretending to be a woman, I would certainly find him, but now he is pretending to be me."

The boy put his hands flat on his head, "Kaito is taller than me, and it will be even more obvious with shoes on. And if you get caught you can say we were joking."

Yuko nodded, acknowledging that what the other person said was correct.

"Let me make it clear first, I'm not doing you a favor for nothing."

"I know, I know. What do you want?" Yuji finished his coffee and held his chin up: "Miss, don't go too far."

"What are you talking about? What's so special about you that I should worry about you?" Yuko glanced at Kudo Yusaku nervously, and found that he had a strange expression on his face. She snorted and ran out of the room.

"Tsk, you thought I didn't see that you were just thinking about Ai."

Yuji curled his lips and noticed his father's complicated expression. He asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Dad, you look disgusted."

"No...no, I'm just glad that your mother didn't come."

[Otherwise, things will definitely get messy. ]

There were only the father and son in the room. Yuuji walked closer to the window to observe, and when he saw that they were not far from landing on the island, he pulled out a suitcase from under the bed, took out a diving suit and started putting it on.

"Are you leaving now?"

"It will be difficult to find a chance to leave the team after we land on the island, so we might as well leave now." Yuji checked the oxygen tank and made sure there was enough gas in it. He picked up the tank and walked to the stern under the cover of his father.

"The Karasuma Group rented Hachijo Island, and many members of the organization took the opportunity to sneak into the island for the next operation. However, I don't know the target of the operation, and Miss Chris didn't tell me either."

The two had reached the temporary storage area for the lifeboats at the stern of the ship. There was a small dock here that could accommodate three small boats. The boy climbed onto the small boat using the ladder on the side, took out the key prepared by Yuko and inserted it into the hole, then stuck his head out from one side.

"If that guy is about to be exposed, please, Dad, please help cover her. And Shinichi, don't let him change back. Who knows who is watching."

"understood."

Kudo Yusaku paused for a moment, took out a box from somewhere, threw it on the boat, and then urged Yuuji.

The boy nodded and pressed a button to unlock the connection between the boat and the dock. As the big ship moved forward, the boat retreated and detached, then turned and rushed towards the back of Hachijo Island.

"What's in this box?"

While controlling the boat, Yuuji kicked open the lid of the box, stretched his neck to look inside, and exclaimed in surprise.

"I go!"

On the first layer of the box was a bulletproof vest, with bullets wrapped in brown paper on both sides. Without bothering to start the boat, Yuji immediately squatted down and opened the first layer. On the second layer of the box, in addition to a Glock, there were neatly arranged equipment.

"Signal receiver, pulse oscillator, universal mechanical key, eavesdropping device, biological scanner..."

According to Chris's instructions in advance, the boat was parked beside the three-pointed reef behind Hachijo Island. Sitting cross-legged on the boat, Yuuji picked up the biological scanner and pointed it at the sea. He looked at the red patterns that appeared on the small screen and checked the model.

"Even Mr. Amuro can't get this thing. Dad is really strong."

After closing the box again, Yuji checked the sealing ring, hung the oxygen cylinder on his body, put the exhalation port into his mouth, leaned his back against the sea and fell headfirst into the sea.

(End of this chapter)