Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Walking on the streets of Beika Town, Princess An ordered the guards to stay away, changed into casual clothes, and watched the daily life of Beika Town with the couple.

"Sailor uniform... This is my first time wearing one."

Princess An lowered her head from time to time, because the skirt of her princess dress had always dragged on the ground, but now the hem of her dress only reached her knees, making her feel a little shy.

"Japanese girls are amazing. Don't they feel embarrassed to wear this kind of clothes?"

"Because people usually wear stockings." Aoko looked Princess An up and down, and glared back when Kaito tried to look over.

"What does Princess usually wear to school?"

"Just call me An." Princess An shook her head: "We in the royal family hire royal teachers to come to the palace to teach the princes and princesses, not go to school."

"That's it."

Qingzi noticed that Princess An's expression was a little strange, so she asked.

"Oh, nothing." Princess An smiled shyly, "I just think that the temporary workers in Japan are a little different from those in our country."

"Ok?"

Kaito noticed that the princess had glanced at the job agency on the roadside. He stepped back in front of the two girls and leaned over to read: "Job 25: Please run around Go-chome at pm on the th. Isn't that today? Please pick up the designated clothes at the agency on time. Salary: yen. Anonymous."

"Job 3..." Aoko also came over: "I accidentally left the knife I used to kill chickens at the Sanchome garbage collection center. Please pick up the knife within two hours after accepting it today. The salary is yen. Anonymous."

"Is it really that easy to make money? If you act quickly, you can take both jobs and make 50,000 yen a day."

Princess An secretly converted the money into her own currency and was somewhat impressed: "Is this the strength of developed countries? I have never been to any of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. It seems that it should be easier to make money there."

"..."

"There are still many people in our country struggling to make ends meet." The princess rubbed her face and said, "I must work hard to help my father and mother govern the Principality of Sabelina."

"your Highness…"

Aoko and Kaito looked at each other and made a falling motion with their hands together: "Come on!"

The princess in front of you has finally set her ambition, so it’s better not to tell her the purpose of this work.

The three continued walking and stopping, and after seeing a huge bronze statue of Edogawa III, they turned right and entered the residential area.

As they were talking, they came to a park. The park was quite open, with trees and a small lake. They could hear children playing in it.

"Wow! It's a great detective!"

Kaito, with his hands in his pockets, met Conan's gaze, who was waving his arms in front of a bench. The elementary school student with glasses opposite him was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly as he saw the magician's fear.

"Ah! It's Kaito-nii-san!"

"Hmm? Kuroba-kun, is this someone you know?"

Princess An touched her hair, her eyes never leaving the football that the children were playing with.

"Really? It's Kaito-nii-san who looks just like Shinichi-nii-san."

Ayumi walked over to Rize, both girls focusing on the blonde.

"Rise-chan, did you notice that sister..."

"She tried to steal our football."

"That's not it. I mean, she looks familiar."

"Then you won't give the football to her." The girl ran to the football, picked it up, and looked at the blonde princess warily.

Perhaps it was a dominant trait of the Kudo family. After finding a football under the bed in a storage room at home last night, Rize used the ball to cause chaos in the Kudo family. The poor storage room was also locked up with a big iron chain by Kudo Yusaku, along with the football. In the words of the grandfather, the owner of this storage room would probably not come home for a long time, so it didn't matter if it was locked.

"It's Princess An!" The owner of a storage room came over cutely, staring at her with not-so-little-watery, even stupid eyes and pleading, "Princess, can you play football with us?"

"Tsk."

The brown-haired girl sitting on the bench smacked her lips in disgust.

"I've never played before, so forget it." Princess An was a little embarrassed: "I'm not good at playing, so you guys won't have fun."

"Football is a sport that anyone can enjoy."

Conan smiled at Kaito again and said, "Brother Kaito, come too."

"There's really nothing I can do about you." Kuroba Kaito supported his hands on his knees and looked Conan face to face.

"Great Detective, how long are you going to keep kicking?"

"Of course the sun is setting."

"..." Kuroba Kaito's smile was very stiff. This great detective really wanted to trap him here and prevent him from making any preparations.

"Rise-chan, let Princess An play soccer with us."

The three little ones all advised the girl not to worry that Her Royal Highness the Princess would take the football away.

"I will take the football away. This is something that my dad... Mr. Yuuji bought for me."

"Hey..." Princess An waved to Officer Duolun behind her, then walked up to Li Shi with her cat in her arms.

"This is my baby. I'm temporarily leaving it with you as a guarantee. Can you play football with me?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, slowly placed the ball on the ground, then watched the cat obediently jump into her arms, purring, and nodded slightly.

"It's so cute, what's its name?"

"Belmod."

Rize's hand stopped at the cat's head, and asked Haibara Ai to take a photo of her and the cat. Then, in front of everyone, she put the cat in Haibara Ai's arms on the bench and went back to playing football. But the three little ones didn't understand why Rize suddenly smiled so happily.

Kuroba and the other two also joined the football team. On the bench, Haibara Ai and Vermouth looked at each other blankly. The girl rubbed the cat's head. Although she managed her expression very well, she felt inexplicably excited in her heart.

"You have a great name, Kitty."

Haibara Ai gently lifted the cat's chin.

The fact was not as Conan thought. The group of people could not kick the sun to set at all because Yuantai kicked the football so hard that it went straight into the grass.

The fat boy was immediately asked to leave the team. Knowing that he was wrong, Yuantai did not make any excuses. After apologizing obediently, he offered to buy drinks for everyone to make up for it. Princess An, who was playing football for the first time, immediately went to pick up the ball after it flew past her.

The princess felt her bare legs being brushed by the branches of the bushes, and saw a football resting on a patch of grass. She walked over and picked it up, then stopped where she was when she looked up.

On the grass not far from the football, a fat man in a purple shirt and white trousers was lying quietly on the ground. But the princess knew at the first sight that this man was definitely not lying down here to rest because he was sleepy.

The reason was a pool of blood under the man's head and a head-sized stone stained with blood not far away.

The princess pursed her lips slightly, then screamed.

"ah!!"

(End of this chapter)