Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Tsk, you missed it?"

After putting away the sniper rifle and moving his sore shoulder, Yuuji threw the gun to Gojo. Staring at the other party with a look that said "Is there something wrong with your brain?", he picked up the telescope and pointed it at the big tree where the black and white men were hiding, urging Gojo.

"Hi hi hi."

His aura changed as he trembled. Gojo looked coldly at the cautious Kuroba Kaito through the sniper scope. He moved the muzzle of the gun down to Hakuba's position and pulled the trigger with his elbow.

"White horse?!"

After listening carefully, he suddenly realized that the bullet was not aimed at him. Kuroba Kaito grabbed the person next to him who had not yet reacted and pulled him towards himself. He stared at the white horse with a blood mark on the side of his elbow, and changed direction with gritted teeth.

[Who is that person…?]

Due to inertia, Hakuba, whose head was pulled into Kuroba Kaito's arms, felt a burning sensation in his elbow and face.

"hateful."

The bullet holes that appeared alternately on the left and right sides forced the two of them to be on their guard every two or three seconds, knowing that this was forcing them to be on edge in case of a sudden bullet shot in the head. Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but tighten his arms around Hakuba.

Compared with previous incidents, this time we are really in crisis.

"Hei Yu..." Bai Ma was suffocated in Hei Yu's arms, her golden hair falling on the muddy ground, and something seemed to be coming out of her feminine body.

"Even if...even if we ask for help now, I'm afraid they won't be able to get there."

"Don't say stupid things."

Feeling that the tree trunk behind him had been made much thinner by bullets and might break in half at any time and not be able to protect the two of them, Kuroba Kaito pursed his lips.

"As long as you don't give up, hope will surely..."

"ah!"

In the distant building, Kuroba Chikage couldn't stop swallowing her saliva with excitement on her face. Looking at Hakuba and Kaito hugging each other, she clenched her fists and breathed rapidly, as if she had a premonition of something.

"Kudo-kun is really going too far."

Mr. Terai sighed and glanced at the silent Kuroba Touichi: "Is it... Master Touichi, did you ask him to do this?"

"It is necessary to encourage the Hakuba family and Kaito to establish an extraordinary friendship."

The previous conversation between the three people vaguely revealed his idea that he hoped Bai Ma's heart would be on his son, and now he has made it clear.

"Even if this Hakuba-san turns back into Hakuba-kun in the end, with the help of this incident, we won't have to worry about Kaito's safety in the future at least."

Black Feather Daoyi put his hands behind his back and turned his body. His original black crow suit instantly turned into a Kid suit. Looking at the lights flashing on the other side of the Axe family, he laughed and said, "Since Nakamori-kun asked Kid to take the remaining sword, I have no choice but to go in my son's place."

With a flip, the white figure suddenly fell in front of Heiyu Qianying and Terai. The glider suddenly opened in the air and flew quickly towards the group of red and blue lights with the help of the lift.

……

"How is your mother?"

After finishing the call, Yuji helped himself to the chair and returned to the ground. He looked at Ran Mouri in front of him and sighed that she was worthy of being Sister Ran, as she started taking care of people at such a young age.

"Mom has a fever and fainted. Dad is with her."

Xiaolan said cautiously, "But...but, Dad still has a job as a police officer, so...he can't always be with Mom."

"Yeah, so..."

"So." Little Mao Lilan stood up seriously. Although she was still wearing hospital clothes, she was obviously in much better spirits than when she first arrived: "I have to take my father's place and finish what he has to do." "Oh..."

Before Yuji could finish his words, he heard Ran Mouri from the other side add another sentence.

"Because my mother said that my father became a policeman through backdoor channels, and the other police officers would be angry..."

[Uncle... you didn't get in through the backdoor, did you? I remember that I passed the exam on my own, so Mao Lilan must have misunderstood.]

Giving a thumbs up, Yuji affirmed: "...Great, Sister Xiaolan, you are definitely a filial daughter."

He was so filial. He remembered the scene in the anime where Ran Mouri used the excuse that her father was torn into pieces and buried alive in the snowy mountains to rob a taxi.

"Sister Xiaolan?"

The girl, who exudes the aura of a unicorn at such a young age, looked at Yuuji in confusion.

"Ah, that... Aren't you older than me? Our two families are old acquaintances." Yuji raised his head proudly: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be your brother. The name Xiaolan is like a telephone booth on the roadside."

[But in my previous life, you were indeed my sister for 17 years. ]

“I…I understand!”

Xiaolan looked at the boy who passed her and followed him in small steps.

[Sister...sister? She seems to be a nice person...]

"So, did Ou-chan tell you anything?"

The two walked in the hospital corridor, with patients and nurses passing by on both sides. The boy, who had not yet started learning reasoning, was still a mess despite his talent from the Kudo family, so he had to pin his hopes on Mao Li Ran.

But he still felt that no matter what, he couldn't be worse than his mother. After all, Yukiko in the animation didn't seem much different from ordinary people...

"……Eh?"

He took the girl back to the psychological office and as soon as he entered the door he saw the thin man kneeling in front of his mother and Inspector Megure. For the first time in his life, Yuji opened his eyes so wide.

"It's all his fault! If he hadn't used his identity as a doctor to tell the intermediary to use the white powder..."

Hateful words were slowly coming out of the man's mouth. Yuji silently walked behind Mao Lilan, covered her ears, and then carefully sorted out the whole story.

[So a scumbag doctor deliberately used some powerful drugs during treatment, causing the patient to become addicted. Then the doctor revealed the sales channels and shared the profits with the seller. Now the family of the deceased is seeking revenge? ]

The murderer was the patient in the previous scene. After killing the doctor, he stuffed a lot of cotton into his clothes and disguised himself as a doctor to go to the store to buy bread to forge an alibi. The key to solving the case was to learn from the family that the doctor had brought a lunch box but did not eat it.

"If you ate it, you can solve the case by testing your saliva and fingerprints, so you don't dare to eat it. But if you throw away the lunch box to buy bread, it will be too weird. So you don't dare to touch the lunch box in the drawer."

Yukiko Kudo looked at the murderer, and she couldn't help feeling scared at the thought that she almost sent her son to the hands of this scumbag doctor. She even suspected that her son's illness had not been cured because the previous doctor had done something wrong.

"Let's go."

The fat police officer pushed the murderer's shoulder and said, "You have to tell me where you bought the white powder when you return to the Metropolitan Police Department. Maybe we can apply for a reduced sentence for you."

"I decided to do it because my son likes music, but changing the piano every week was too much and I realized it was wrong."

The murderer glanced at Mrs. Liuchuan and said, "It's better for this kind of person to put cocaine in a piano and sell it to his whole family."

"That's enough. If you say anything more, we can't pretend we can't hear you."

Inspector Megure shook his head. (End of this chapter)