Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Ou-chan will definitely not have time to do things, so mom will debut as a detective."

Kudo Yuji looked at his mother and found that she was staring at him mischievously. The squinting eyes made the boy feel something was wrong.

"What...what?"

"Hey, Yuu-chan, you're so affectionate to Kogoro..."

Kudo Yukiko's eyes have begun to shine, and she is obviously a gossipy mother.

"Could it be... that he has taken a fancy to his daughter?"

"Huh? No, what are you talking about? You're so annoying." Kudo Yuji snorted, expressing his dissatisfaction with his mother's random matchmaking.

This is really too much. Mr. Kudo is a typical Shinichi and Ran fan. Although Xiaolan is cute and pretty, she is Shinichi's girlfriend.

"Mom, people have to have a bottom line..."

Kudo Yuji's haggard and melancholy look even gave Kudo Yukiko an illusion. She glanced at the little pudding who was hiding at the door of the ward and secretly looking at her, and asked another question.

"So... you don't like Ran-chan?"

"Ha, what are you talking about? How could anyone not like such a cute girl?"

[What on earth is going on! ]

The mother was a little crazy inside. She felt that she must have given birth to her eldest son with the wrong gender. Would he really be able to find a girlfriend in the future if he was so difficult to communicate with?

A picture suddenly emerged in Yukiko's mind. Many years later, after the Kudo family and their husband and wife had both passed away, the second son, who was still unmarried, pitifully stayed in the new family, watching the eldest brother reunited with the family...

[No! This situation must be reversed! ]

"Mom, don't think about love all the time." Yuji sighed, "Shinichi, you never talk about this kind of thing with him."

"Because I'm not worried about Shinichi at all..."

Yukiko turned her head away guiltily. The eldest and the second child were almost the same age, and the couple, who lacked energy, had to raise their children separately. So even though Yukiko had the same maternal love for Shinichi, she would always favor Yuji.

"Okay, let's go find the nurse."

Yukiko pointed to the police manual on the table and said, "I just saw Kogoro looking through his notes. There must be a lot of information about the case written on it."

"Oh."

The boy, who had never experienced the joy of solving a case, just wanted to go home quickly to watch animation and eat up the pudding that the two brothers had prepared for the day.

[Thank me, Shinichi, for not attacking Xiaolan. ]

"By the way, I have arranged a marriage with Eri before. You-chan can actually marry Ran-chan."

"Ahem..." After rolling his eyes at his mother, Yuji put his hands in his pockets and ran to the bathroom coolly.

"Ah, are you shy?"

Yukiko raised the corner of her mouth slightly, thinking that her eldest son would definitely not have trouble finding a girlfriend in the future. She was worried about Yuji's future and wanted to match Yuji with Mao Li Ran.

[What would be your reaction, little pudding? ]

……

"Where did Maoli go?"

Officer Megure, who was standing by the window of Rokugawa's office, tapped the windowsill impatiently with his hand. About twenty minutes had passed since his subordinate went downstairs, and this man had not come up to reply yet.

Even if Mrs. Rokukawa and the last patient needed time to get here from home, the next patient must be in the hospital now. Is it so difficult to get him to come up for questioning? !

"police officer!"

An older man pushed the door open and walked in. Behind him was a curly-haired woman who looked to be about 35 years old. She had obvious crow's feet and forehead wrinkles on her face. It was obvious at first glance that she was Dr. Liuchuan's wife.

[The ring on her hand is the same style as Rokukawa's.] Inspector Megure glanced at Mrs. Rokukawa, then frowned and said, "Where's Mori? Didn't he bring people up here?"

"No, officer..." The male police officer looked embarrassed and stepped aside, revealing Kudo Yukiko behind him: "It was this lady who brought the family members to the scene."

It seems that Yukiko Kudo is quite satisfied with being addressed as a male police officer. Or rather, if she were addressed as Mrs. Kudo, which is a more senior title, she might get angry. Yukiko glared at Megure who wanted to introduce Kudo Yusaku to his subordinates who were not familiar with him, and then coughed twice.

"As for me, I'm taking Yuu-chan to see a psychiatrist. We'll be next in line."

"Is that why you know the situation, that guy Maori?"

Thinking that Maori Kogoro had gone to look for the patient from the previous scene, Inspector Megure shook his head and said, "Didn't you say you were in the editorial department to finish a manuscript? Turns out you're here to see a psychiatrist."

"Ok?"

Kudo Yukiko was stunned for a moment: "No..."

"Ahem, let's let Kudo-kun come and help first..."

Inspector Megure walked past Kudo Yukiko, but what he saw out of the corner of his eye was not his old friend Kudo Yusaku, but a boy leaning against the wall in the hallway with his arms folded across his chest.

"Hey, isn't this Officer Megure?"

Meeting Megure for the first time in his life, Kudo Yuuji looked at him curiously: "Is this case also so difficult?"

"Ku...Kudo-kun?!" Inspector Megure looked at Kudo Yuji in panic, and squeezed his face in front of the boy. As if to confirm something, he turned back and asked Yukiko: "He...he is Kudo-kun?"

"What are you talking about, Officer Megure? Of course he is Kudo?"

Kudo Yukiko pretended to be helpless, but in her heart she already knew what kind of misunderstanding the fat police officer in front of her had.

"But why do you want to see a psychiatrist? ...No, it's true that you should see a psychiatrist when something like this happens."

Inspector Megure returned to the office in doubt. He temporarily put aside the Kudo issue and thought of the patient from the last round. He asked anxiously, "Isn't Mori back yet?"

"No need, I... You-chan thought you would definitely look for the patient from the previous game, so she asked me to ask the nurse to contact him in advance."

Kudo Yukiko deliberately gave the credit to "Yu-chan", then secretly handed the phone card and phone book to Yuuji, pointed to the editorial department's number and asked him to call Kudo Yusaku and ask his father to come quickly.

[Ah, I'm really curious. If Yuu-chan and You-chan appeared in front of Inspector Megure at the same time, his expression would definitely be very interesting.]

He walked downstairs with the phone card and found a public phone at the end of the inpatient department's corridor. Looking at the phone that was twice as tall as himself, Yuuji froze in place.

"that……"

A soft voice came from behind. It was Ran Maoli who was pushing a chair over. She glanced at the boy secretly and lowered her head.

"Chair……"

"Oh, thank you so much."

Yuji moved the chair in front of the phone and was about to step on it when he saw Mao Lilan putting her hand on the chair leg out of the corner of his eye.

"Eh?"

"The chair." Mao Lilan gently applied force, and the chair creaked. "The chair is not stable. I will hold on to Yuuji-kun so that he won't fall."

She looked at the boy carefully and found that he was staring at her. Mao Lilan quickly buried her head in her arms, but she pricked up her ears, wanting to hear what he had to say.

“How lovely.”

[Did he... did he say I was cute...]

"hateful."

[Damn it?!] (End of this chapter)