Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Everyone, just hold on for five more minutes this time! We'll be able to take a lunch break soon."

Xiaolan, wearing a karate uniform, is at the front of the dojo. Although she is said to be there to assist in teaching, in fact, she has been the main teacher from the beginning until now.

The root cause of this problem is that the current head coach of Tamagawa Dojo, Ryota Tamagawa, was injured not long ago and had a broken arm, so he had to hang it by his neck.

"The gym was already in a slump, and the head coach was injured and had to suspend classes for a month. If the principal hadn't given this uncle a spot in an off-campus experience center because he was a former student of Teitan, the gym would have been closed this month."

While analyzing the current situation of the gym, Haibara Ai tried hard to follow Mouri Ran's punches. Having learned some women's fighting techniques, she could barely keep up, but the postures of the other children were obviously very wrong.

"The previous owner of this dojo was quite good, so even though this uncle didn't achieve any success in martial arts after he passed away, the dojo managed to stay open."

Conan replied without expressing his true thoughts.

This uncle was an average student and did not get into college after graduating from high school. He also found it too hard to make money through other jobs, so he worked as an assistant under his father based on the little he had learned at home. It was because of the frequent quarrels between Uncle Mori and his father that Mori Ran stopped studying at the gym.

The address of Tamagawa Dokan is in a building at Haido-cho 5-chome. This uncle has sold the original floors over the years and rented out one of the floors again, all because he can no longer earn the annual property tax.

From Conan's perspective, even though he can understand that it is not easy for ordinary people to run a gym, it is still difficult to identify with such a person.

“Break time!”

When Xiaolan said "take a break", the students who were still holding on immediately relaxed out of exhaustion. The other children all ran out to find their parents, and the young detectives who came with Xiaolan were all waved over by her.

"Hey, sports drink."

Xiaolan took out sports drinks from the big bag she brought and distributed them to everyone, then asked Conan to help her open the bag and take out a five-layer lunch box.

"I borrowed the kitchen of the Shin family today and cooked a lot of dishes."

They were the only ones left in the dojo for the time being, so a few children spread a tablecloth on the ground and everyone sat down. Chopsticks were distributed to the children. Xiaolan's gaze stayed on Rize for a few seconds, then she smiled and said.

"Let's get started!"

"Hi!"

While eating the stew she made, Xiaolan's eyes finally fell on Rize.

[Rise-chan...why have you been staying at the Shin's house these days? ]

Besides, at that time on Hachijo Island, Shinichi's father treated her very differently. He went there to give her money, but in the end he came back with Yuuji and the others.

Xiaolan remembered that at that time several children ran back in a hurry to tell her that Ai and another boy were missing, and were finally brought back by Vermouth.

[The more I think about it, the more confused I get. It would be great if someone could just tell me the answer. ]

Xiaolan slowly turned to Conan who was eating happily, and found that he didn't seem to have any strange feelings towards this girl.

"The karate uniform Conan is wearing today is not issued to us by the gym." Genta held a rice ball in his hand: "And the same goes for Huiyuan and Kuroba."

"We are both wearing the karate uniforms that Yuzuki-san and Kaori-san used to wear during their physical education class." Haibara Ai patted the loose karate uniforms on herself and Rize, and said with a look of disgust, "Originally, Rize had a more suitable one, but someone kept rolling on the ground and insisted on wearing that one."

The others all recognized who Haibara Ai was talking about and glanced at Conan, but the great detective didn't move his head, but raised his eyes, and happened to meet the eyes of the others, and then he slowly stopped talking.

"What? This is Xiaolan's old karate uniform."

"Conan, I'm a sister complex." Rize picked up the thermos cup of miso soup.

"What? Isn't this guy also..."

Conan pointed his finger at Haibara, but because his finger was pinched and twisted violently, he didn't finish his words.

"What time does the afternoon practice start?"

Ayumi's physical strength is not as good as Conan and the other men. Just a few hours in the morning is already a bit too much for her. In addition, karate training is too boring. The child is more looking forward to going home than being in school. "It will probably be over by five o'clock."

Ran Mouri could see at a glance what the children were thinking. Except for Conan and Haibara, all of them had the idea of ​​giving up. For a moment, she didn't know how to persuade them to persevere.

"gross profit."

Ryota Tamagawa was standing at the entrance of the dojo, holding a box of snacks in his hand. He waited for Xiaolan to come over and handed it to her.

"Thank you so much today."

The man looked at the children who were eating and said, "I originally thought that I could just take them out to play for a day."

"But if the other children's parents knew about this, they would definitely complain to the teachers at school."

Xiaolan shook her head and denied Tamagawa Ryota's point of view: "If one of these children is interested in karate, he might give up karate because of this."

"You're right. If the old man saw it, he would definitely scold me." Tamagawa Ryota smiled bitterly: "Well... I'm sorry, I have something to think about..."

"Sister Xiaolan!"

Conan appeared next to the two of them as if he had teleported, pushed Xiaolan back a few steps, and deliberately put on a cute smile.

"What? Are you talking about something fun?"

"No, little brother, I didn't say anything." Tamagawa Ryota noticed Xiaolan's surprise and waved his hand hurriedly: "I won't disturb you guys from eating. The afternoon class starts at three o'clock, and we still have to take a break at noon, right?"

After saying that, the man hurriedly left the dojo.

"Really? You're interrupting others on purpose again." Xiaolan couldn't do anything about Conan, so she squatted down and wiped the sauce from the corner of Conan's mouth with her hand.

"Mr. Ryota obviously has something to tell me."

"He doesn't have good intentions. If he makes any excessive requests, you won't be able to refuse him, Xiaolan." Conan put his hands on his hips: "It is my responsibility as a boyfriend to eliminate your worries in advance."

"My boyfriend is Kudo Shinichi, not Edogawa Conan." Xiaolan poked Conan's forehead with her finger, warning him to be more restrained when outside.

"No wonder Conan is such a sister complex. If my sister treated me so gently, I would definitely be even more extreme than him."

Looking at the intimate interaction between the "sister and brother", Mitsuhiko held up his chin and said, "Besides, they are not sister and brother, they are obviously mother and son. The sister will not wipe the brother's mouth."

"Maybe it's because Conan and Ran aren't real siblings, and Conan is also very pitiful." Ayumi looked at Ai: "But we can't let Shinichi know, he will definitely be jealous."

"Yes..." Haibara Ai took out her cell phone and looked at the message sent by Yuji, "What time will I pick you up?" and smiled inadvertently.

[Five o'clock.]
Rize, who was sitting on the side eating, was always paying attention to Mouri Ran and Conan. She didn't know that Kudo Yuji knew her daughter's identity. The girl decided to make Mr. Kudo love her from the bottom of his heart during this time, so she secretly prepared a draft of the Good Daughter Plan in her heart.

"When you are at home, do you do anything to make your parents happy?"

Rize's remarks were rather ordinary, so Haibara Ai didn't take them seriously.

"I would ask for eel rice, and although my mother was helpless, she was happy when she cooked for me."

"I like dolls and always ask my mother to buy them for me."

"Every time I won an argument with my sister, my mother would criticize me with a smile, but she was actually very happy inside."

The three little ones' answers made the girl think for a while, and then she listed the first rule of the Good Daughter Plan.

[1. Children who make noises are lovable.]
(End of this chapter)