Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 62 Mochi Tamaya's Rice Cake
"Good morning, Yuuji-san."

Standing at the door of Yuer House with her backpack in hand, Nan Kaori watched the boy in pajamas open the door for herself. She took her pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and walked into the living room.

"It's only 10 o'clock in the morning, are you ready for lunch?"

Minami Kaori put her bag on the sofa, took out her own pink tea cup and the boy's blue cup from the water control compartment in the kitchen, and started making coffee for the two of them.

"Actually, I just got up. I slept very late last night, so I planned to have breakfast and lunch together." Yuji took out the shrimp he bought yesterday from the refrigerator and planned to make tempura.

"Good morning!" Rubbing his eyes, Conan walked into the bathroom to brush his teeth after greeting Minami Kaori.

"Good morning. Huh? Conan! Why are you here?"

"Ah, Aunt Eri is back, so Conan came to stay with me for two days."

Yuji turned down the heat of the stew, wiped his hands with a towel, and turned on the music player in the living room.

After bringing two cups of coffee, Minami Kaori took out today's newspaper from the letter box at the door. She sat at the dining table and quietly watched Yuji who returned to the kitchen to cook.

Time seemed to slow down, soothing songs played on the music player, and fried shrimp and fried eggplant wrapped in batter sizzled in the oil pan.

"Ding Dong"

The doorbell rang again, and Kaori noticed that Yuuji didn't seem to hear, so she got up and opened the door.

"Kaori!"

Usami Yuzuki was carrying a paper bag. When she saw her best friend here, she smoothed her hair and took her slippers from the shoe rack.

She smelled the fragrance in the air, then walked around Kaori and walked into the living room.

"It really is tempura, it smells so good. Can I stay here for lunch, Kudo-san?" Usami handed the paper bag to Yuji, and then introduced: "This is Mochitamaya's rice cake, the companion I brought for you Souvenir."

"Mochi Tamaya? Ah, you and Matsumoto-sensei went to Kyoto together, thank you."

Turning off the fire, Yuuji took the paper bag and opened the box containing the rice cakes.Inside was a pink and white rice cake shaped like a little bunny. He picked one up and felt it was bouncy, so he threw it into his mouth.

"Oh! It's delicious. Speaking of which, let's make rice cakes in a few days. By the way, where is this shop? I'll buy some next time I go."

Yuji placed the box on the dining table, watched Minami Kaori point at the rice cake, and then returned to the kitchen to serve out the stew.

"I remember it was Usagiyama Shopping Street in Demachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture. The boss and his wife there were childhood sweethearts. They also seemed to have a mochi shop, so it's easy to find."

Usami walked into the kitchen with him, took out a large pot from the dishwashing cabinet and wanted to pass it to Yuji, the boy looked at the girl standing beside him, he lost his mind for a moment, the pot fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

"Ah, it's broken." Usami wanted to pick up the fragment, but her index finger was cut, and she cried out in pain.

The boy took Usami's hand, and under Kaori and Yuzuki's surprised gazes, Yuji put the girl's index finger into his mouth and sucked it a little.

"Hey! Wait, Yuji-san?"

Minami Kaori also ran over. She opened Yuji's mouth and took out Yuzuki's fingers.

"Is it wrong? My mother used to make my brother and I do this if we cut her finger?"

In fact, it was a lie. For some reason, Yuji just wanted to do this.With a blushing face, he took a broom and cleaned up the floor, and finally all the lunch was placed on the dining table.

Conan put on the same suit as Edogawa III. He had no time to pay attention to his younger brother's pink love affair at this time. Xiaolan called him twenty times, and he was still thinking about whether to go back.

"Good morning!"

Sawada Hiroki walked out of the room on the first floor. It was impossible for Yuji to live in Mr. Amuro's room at the door. The boy gave the other room to Hiroki, and also gave him the basement as a laboratory.

Without waiting for the girls to ask questions, Yuji directly told them the boy's identity: "He is the son of my father's friend."

Suddenly realized that Hiroki Sawada's name is not visible, not only Schindler, but now even the organization in black is looking for him.

The boy pulled Hiroki into the bathroom under the doubtful eyes of the girls, and took out an electric pusher from under the sink while the child was just waking up.

Five minutes later, Yuji came out with a crew-cut glasses kid, and he introduced the younger brother's name to Kaori and Yuzuki.

"His name is Kiryu Kozo, he is 12 years old, and he is currently staying at my house."

Yuji pushed Hirozo and asked him to introduce himself.

"My name is... Kiryu Hirozo. It's our first time meeting you. Please take good care of me."

Although Hiroki was very reluctant, he still accepted the name knowing his situation.

"Okay, let's eat!"

Sitting on the main seat at home, Yuji took the newspaper Yuzuki gave him and placed it on the bar behind him. The five of them clasped their hands together and said something loudly.

"I'm on!" x5
After lunch, the girls took the initiative to wash the dishes, Hirozo returned to his room, Yuji and Conan sat in the living room, the boy urged his brother to call Ran.

"Hurry up! Don't Miss Xiaolan know who you are? She has called you so many times, she must have something important to tell you!"

Important matter?Conan looked at the phone, and called Xiaolan back after hesitating.

The phone was connected, and just as he was about to speak, a slightly masculine voice came from the other side.

"Miss, you look really cute."

...What a flirtatious voice!
Yuji recognized that this was Suzuki Yuko and sighed silently.This person is really only interested in girls.

Conan didn't know who was on the other side, so he took off the bow tie and shouted into the phone in Kudo Shinichi's voice: "Who are you! Stay away from my Xiaolan!"

Regardless of whether it was the other end of the phone or this end, after Conan said this sentence, they all fell silent.

After a while, Xiaolan said quietly: "No, she is Yuanzi's younger sister, we were just joking."

In the background of the conversation, Yuji could clearly hear Sonoko's laughter.

After apologizing to Sister Suzuki, Xiaolan walked a little further away, she pressed the phone to her ear, and recalled the Conan who lived and died with her last night in her mind.

"Xinyi, will you come back to my house?"

After hesitating for a while, Xiaolan unconsciously asked the question that she most wanted to know the answer to at the moment.It's not about asking Shinichi why he got smaller, nor when will he change back.

Conan froze for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

"Of course, didn't I tell you that I won't leave you alone again, and Conan's home is at the Mori Detective Agency, right?"

After getting the answer, Xiaolan was obviously very happy. She proudly held the phone in front of her and looked at the idiot's name on the phone: "Then, elementary school student Conan must go home tonight."

After actively hanging up the phone, Xiaolan returned to Sister Suzuki's side. Seeing the uncontrollable smile on her face, Sonoko made fun of her best friend again.

"Hey! Our Mrs. Kudo is in a good mood today. Has your lady done anything to make you happy?"

"Garden!"

(End of this chapter)