Conan: The Mechanic

【Mori Detective Agency】

Kudo Shinichi stood downstairs in the office with mixed feelings.

I have spent more than half a year here, but now, I can finally come back here with my true identity again.

But, how should I face them?

"Forget it, that's fine," he suddenly seemed to think of something, took a deep breath, and comforted himself. "Maybe... I can take this thing down today?"

Concentrating on these messy thoughts, Shinichi turned to the direction of the stairs and walked upstairs.

"Ran..." Fei Yingri, who was sorting documents with Kogoro Mouri on the second floor, heard footsteps of an adult behind her and was about to say hello, but suddenly felt that the footsteps were heavier than Xiaolan. "Shinichi? You...you are..."

"Auntie, didn't I say it four days ago," Kudo Shinichi greeted Concubine Yingri. "I'll see you today in my whole body, then pack my luggage and take it back there."

"Why did you come back here?" Kogoro Mori frowned. "Xiao Lan... She went to your house, and you came here just in time for nothing."

"I'm too impatient, you guys who came to look for it directly, haven't had time to go home..." Kudo Shinichi shook his head. "If that's the case, I'll rush back to find her first?"

"Okay, what do you have for dinner?" Fei Yingli asked seemingly unintentionally. "Don't look at me with that expression. This time it's Kogoro who cooks. Although he's too lazy to do it, his craftsmanship is justified."

"Uh, I want to take Xiao Ran out for a meal today," Kudo Shinichi's expression suddenly became a little twisted. "I haven't seen you for so long, I think I should... invite her to dinner and express my gratitude."

"What the **** kind of reason is that?" Kogoro Mori frowned. "But forget it, it just so happens that I don't have to waste time..."

"Where are you going to eat?" Fei Yingli raised her eyebrows.

"Rice Flower Central Building..." Kudo Shinichi was halfway through his answer, but he seemed to have thought of something. "Ah...I mean go for a walk there, buy a little thank you gift, and then just find a place to eat."

"Mihua Central Building," Fei Yingli repeated noncommittally. "I remember that there is a restaurant with a little countertop. It seems that there is only the [Looking Restaurant], right? But the consumption level of that restaurant seems to be quite high. Do you have enough money?"

After speaking, Fei Eri and Kudo Shin looked at each other until the latter's expression changed from the embarrassment of being exposed to the calm.

"My father gave me his credit card." He made an answer that brightened Fei Yingri's expression.

"That's right," she lowered her head slightly, so that the reflection of the glasses blocked Kudo Shinichi's gaze into her eyes. "Then... let's go. By the way, I heard that the food over there seems to be a bit slow, so it may take a long time to finish eating and go home, is that true?"

"No such thing," Kudo Shinichi shook his head immediately. "It won't be too late. At most, I'll take a walk after dinner."

"That's right, I must have misremembered." Fei Yingli nodded. "Go, don't waste your time. Oh, by the way, husband, I'll go out too and buy some cooking ingredients."

"You... you still have to cook? Although your cooking skills have improved a lot during this time, I think we are still..." Kogoro Mouri sounded a somewhat disturbed voice.

"The more you practice, the more delicious it will be. I can't let Xiao Lan be the test subject, right?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Shin Kudo shook his head in disbelief, and after paying tribute to Kogoro Mouri and Concubine Eri, he turned and left the Mouri Detective Agency.

"Aunt Eri's insight is really..." When Kudo Shinichi closed the door of the detective office and walked down the stairs, his expression was only helpless to be completely seen through. "But if that's the case, can it be understood that she acquiesced?"

Kudo Shinichi, who felt a little relieved just because of such a guess, walked down the stairs completely and was about to go to the bus stop, but the voice from behind made his expression stagnate.

"Brother Xinyi?"

In front of him, Ayumi confirmed his identity with a very firm voice.

"!?" Kudo Shinichi looked at the panting little girl in surprise.

This child... how come here?

"Brother Shinichi, do you know where Conan went?" Ayumi asked, staring at Shinichi.

"Ah..." Shinichi looked awkwardly looking for words that could deceive her.

"You are here, just like the two older brothers and sisters in the Qianyu family, you are here to pack things for the person you know well, right?" Ayumi's expression was a little anxious. "Brother Shinichi, please, tell me where Conan is going, okay? You must know, right?"

"I'm sorry, I really can't tell you this. He asked me to keep it a secret from you." Kudo Shinichi shook his head immediately. "You... there's really no need to do this, it's impossible between the two of you."

"I...I understand," Ayumi's expression seemed to be poured with cold water. "But...I just want to know where he's going, or at least have an address to write to - really just to write! Just to keep a fancy address for myself! "

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

Leave the contact information to a girl whose heart is broken for her... If it was just an ordinary person, this kind of thing would probably be easy to do, right? But it was me who encountered such a problem...

Ayumi, I'm sorry, but... we'll have a day when we'll part.

"That," Kudo Shinichi put a hand into his pocket~www.readwn.com~ and crouched down, motioning for Ayumi to come over. "Come here, I will tell you quietly."

Bowing his head slightly, Kudo Shinichi took out his fisted left hand from his pocket, and looked at Ayumi who brought his ears close to him.

He hid two things in his pocket, and one of them was the watch-type anesthesia gun he used to use when he was Conan.

Just like that, open the watch from the blind spot of her vision, and then anesthetize her—

But the problem is that when he opened the aiming cover of the anesthesia watch, Ayumi spoke up.

"Brother Shinichi, are you... are you going to give me Conan's watch as a souvenir?"

When an item has been used on someone who cares for a long time, it is just an unrealistic fantasy to expect a girl with good hearing to not hear it.

"Ah..." Kudo Shinichi thought for a second, then decided to get off the donkey down the slope. "Yes, Conan asked me to leave this to you as one of his...symbols. In fact, his departure was related to a change of parental position, which I cannot tell due to the confidentiality requirements of his parents' work. You're the truth. Maybe...he will contact you again in the future, maybe."

"Okay, I understand." Ayumi took the watch carefully, staring at every stripe on it.

"Go, I still have something to do, so I'll take a step first." Xinyi touched Bumei's head, and then walked around her side.

Although I still want to comfort Ayumi, but now I have more important things to do...

Thinking like this, Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath to calm himself down, and fumbled for his pocket again.

Inside, there was still a cube lying quietly.