Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 348 Conan's self-explosion! (asking for monthly ticket)

"Listen to me, Xiaolan."

Looking at Conan with a serious face, Mao Lilan couldn't help but sigh, with a helpless look on her face, "Hey, Conan, you can't call me Xiaolan, you have to call me Sister Xiaolan!"

When she said this, she paused, her pretty face full of seriousness and earnestness, "Remember this, you can't omit the names of your elders."

Is it because she is not arrogant, or what, the child who was originally very well-behaved now calls her by her name!
Such behavior must be stopped and education must be given.

After all, it would not be good if we let them develop the bad habit of calling their elders by their first names.

——She has a good temper, and she knows Conan, a little boy, so she won’t do anything to him even if he doesn’t use a honorific when addressing her. But other people won’t indulge them like this. If the time comes, some impolite kid will definitely be beaten!

Unfortunately, Conan didn't appreciate her kindness. "Listen to me, Xiaolan."

Perhaps, before, in order not to arouse other people's suspicion, he didn't mind asking his childhood sweetheart Ran Mao Li and other people to call her sister or brother.

But now, he is ready to reveal his identity. If he continues to ask his childhood sweetheart to call him sister, it will be too embarrassing!
In other words, if he had not accidentally become smaller and if he had not wanted to expose his identity and attract the attention of the two men in black and the organization behind them, thus bringing danger to the people around him, he would never have asked his peers to call him brother or sister.

Especially a certain damn private detective!

Hearing his words, Mao Lilan's pretty eyebrows immediately frowned, "Look, here it comes again."

What’s wrong with this child?
Why are you so naughty?

Could it be that he has reached his rebellious stage?

——The rebellious period is a stage that every child will go through, and it is also an important sign of a child’s growth.

一般来说，在孩子的成长过程中有三大叛逆期――2～3岁时的“宝宝叛逆期”、6-8岁时的“儿童叛逆期”，和12～18岁时会出现的人生的第三个叛逆期“青春叛逆期”。

Children’s rebellious behavior during these stages is a normal phenomenon in the process of growth.

But that’s not right, right?

The child was fine before getting on the car!
What’s wrong? It’s bad enough that he keeps playing pranks once he gets in the car, but now he’s even being disobedient?

Could it be that something happened in the car?

Conan had a stern face, looking extremely serious, "I am very serious."

What should I do if my childhood sweetheart doesn’t take my words seriously?
Cold!

After all, he is just a child now.

It is normal for children not to be taken seriously.

Right now, he could only use a serious expression to show his attitude.

As long as he could make his childhood sweetheart realize the seriousness of the matter, he believed that she would listen to him carefully.

As long as we have a good start, why should we be afraid of not getting good results?
Seeing his serious look, Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment. She decided to temporarily ignore the fact that the other party did not use a honorific when addressing her and listen to what the child wanted to say. "Hmm?"

After knowing each other for such a long time, this was the first time she saw him look so serious. Maybe this time, he really had something important to discuss with her.

In that case, she might as well listen to what the other party is going to say. Anyway, she doesn't have anything to do right now.

Conan lowered his head, his tone a little low, "I'm sorry, Xiaolan, I have been hiding this from you."

To be honest, if possible, he didn't want to reveal his true identity right now.

After all, he has not yet recovered his original appearance, nor has he arrested the two men in black who caused him to shrink.

In this situation, once the news that his high school detective Kudo Shinichi is still alive is exposed, it may bring danger to the people around him at any time.

It's a pity that things have come to this point now and he can no longer continue to hide it.

After all, if you want to gain the trust of others, you have to let the adult Mao Lilan take action.

If he wanted Mao Lilan to believe him and tell the Shinkansen staff that there was a bomb on the train, he had to let them know his true identity.

Otherwise, as an adult, Mao Lilan would not easily believe what a child said.

As for why, he didn't choose another adult he knew, Kogoro Mori?
Haha, believe it or not, if he dared to say that he was the high school detective Kudo Shinichi, the other party would first scold him for talking nonsense and then beat him up!
Maybe other people can't do this kind of thing, but a certain confused detective can definitely do it!

Mao Lilan tilted her head, a little confused, "Hide it from me?"

Is this child hiding something from her? How come she doesn't know?

Conan straightened his expression and took a deep breath. "Actually, I'm not Edogawa Conan, nor am I an elementary school student. I am... my real identity is..."

He knew that after this confession, there would be no going back.

After all, if you don't know his true identity, it's okay. There's nothing wrong with letting a child live in your home.

But if you knew his true identity, that he was actually a high school student of the same grade as you, I think no girl would be willing to let him continue to live in her home.

Even though this person appears to be a child on the surface, but is actually a high school student inside, he is actually my childhood sweetheart who I have known for many years.

Moreover, if more people knew that he had become smaller, there would undoubtedly be more danger.

This is not to say that he doesn't trust the character of his childhood sweetheart or thinks that she would betray him.

Naturally, he believed in his childhood sweetheart, a girl he had loved for many years. Otherwise, he would not have liked her so much and would not have thought of her first when he encountered trouble.

——Isn't the reason why he fell in love with the other person because the other person is gentle, easy-going, considerate, very polite, can get along well with everyone, and has a strong sense of responsibility and justice, and will show courage and courage when encountering danger, and often uses karate to resolve crises for himself or others?

However, as a childhood sweetheart for many years, he knew very well that besides being gentle, kind and considerate, she was also a sentimental girl who could not hide her feelings.

Once they know his situation, it will be easy for him to encounter various dangers.

Of course, being honest about your identity has its benefits.

For example, if he encounters difficulties in the future, he can directly ask for help from his childhood sweetheart who has amazing martial arts skills. He believes that with the other party's martial arts skills, he can resist all dangers.

At the same time, if he can have the help of an adult, he will no longer need to resort to tools or other people’s help to solve some problems that are inconvenient for children to handle.

I can only say that this matter has its pros and cons!
Just when Conan was about to reveal his identity, he heard Kojima Genta's voice, interrupting his train of thought. "Yeah, the ocean has passed."

Ayumi nodded cutely, "Yes, just when you turned your head, Genta."

In response, Mitsuhiko expressed a different opinion, "But, the seats here are against the mountain, so no matter what, you shouldn't be able to see it."

"backing?"

Conan was startled when he heard this word suddenly.

Because he suddenly recalled what he had said to the pretty woman in the non-smoking car.

——"'What a beautiful view.'

'Yes, because it's a nice day today, Mt. Fuji is beautiful from here.'"

Conan recalled what the pretty girl said and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because he found something wrong.

"The woman's seat was by the sea, so it was impossible for her to see Mount Fuji. So, how did she see Mount Fuji from?"

He had climbed up to sit on the pretty woman's seat before, and it was clearly near the sea. Logically speaking, it was impossible to see Mount Fuji from such a position.

However, the other party kept saying that he saw Mount Fuji.

So, the question is, where did the other party see it?
"Where exactly is it?"

The pretty woman said that she didn't look fake when she saw Mount Fuji. In other words, she might have really seen Mount Fuji. Moreover, there was no need to lie about such a thing.

However, the other party was sitting near the sea. In this case, he should not be able to see Mount Fuji no matter what!
While deep in thought, Conan suddenly had an idea and thought of a location.

dining car!

Holmes once said to Watson, "When you have eliminated the impossible, what remains, no matter how implausible, must be the truth."

The pretty woman's words were obviously contradictory to the view she could see from her seat. Excluding the possibility that she was not lying, there was only one possibility left.

That is, she was not sitting where she is now!
And as far as he knew, the position where the two men in black were sitting was against the mountain.

If she mistook the view from that position for the view from her own seat, then it would all make sense.

But if she had been to the dining car, why would she say something like "Because I didn't go to the dining car at all"?

This is really too suspicious.

Unless, that was a lie she made up to conceal the transaction!

If you think this way, then the other party's actions can also be explained.

Similarly, since the pretty woman was the one being traded by the two men in black, then the high-performance bomb that would explode after ten seconds if it were subjected to strong vibrations should be in the other party's box now.

Thinking of this, Conan looked down at his watch and found that the bomb would explode in a few minutes, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was still time left, enough for him to run to the non-smoking compartment where the pretty woman was and deal with the bomb.

Otherwise, after finally figuring out who the two men in black were trading with and where the bomb was, there would be no time to deal with it. All they could do was watch it explode and turn the Shinkansen into ashes. That would be too tragic!
However, the long-haired man in black set the explosion time at 3:10, and made sure that at that time, the pretty woman would press the button on her own without knowing it. Why?

At ten minutes past three, would something happen that would compel the pretty girl to press the button?
Recalling the things the pretty woman carried, especially an object related to buttons, Conan suddenly understood.

"Yes, it's the big brother."

"For laptops and walkmans, it is impossible to press a special key or button at 3:10. But if it is a phone call, with a specific number or time, then it is very possible!"

Thinking of this, Conan was about to go find the pretty woman, but before he could run away, he was stopped by Mao Lilan again, "Hey, what's wrong this time, Conan?"

Seeing that Mao Lilan would not let him run away, Conan rolled his eyes and shouted loudly: "Hey, Xiaolan said she would treat us to delicious food."

When he heard about food, Kojima Genta, who is a foodie, was the first to run over: "Wow, I want to eat the eel bento."

Following him were Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, "I want to eat sushi."

"Then I'll have a full French meal."

Seeing Ayumi and the other two ordering directly from the menu as if they were in a restaurant, and the food they ordered was more expensive than the last, Mao Lilan couldn't help but sigh, "You guys should be more restrained."

These kids, do they think she's a wishing machine or a food taker?
He was not polite at all and started ordering dishes directly.

Especially a certain short guy who actually wanted to have a full meal of French cuisine?

How dare you say that!
You know, even she couldn't bear to eat a full meal of French cuisine.

Even so, considering her boyfriend's wealth, a full French meal is nothing.

Even if she wanted to have such a big meal for every meal, it was not impossible.

However, she has always been frugal and couldn't bear to waste money like this.

Of course, if she won the lottery, that’s another story.

While Mouri Ran was entangled by her friends and unable to escape, Conan seized the opportunity, escaped from her control, and ran towards the non-smoking carriage on the second floor of Building 7.

When he finally ran over, he found that next to the pretty girl, there was actually a person who shouldn't be there, and the person was chatting with the pretty girl with a smile on his face. It seemed that the atmosphere between the two sides was very harmonious...

(End of this chapter)