Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 288 The childless Megure family adopts Conan
Kudo Shinichi had no memory of what happened afterwards.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but when he woke up, the first thing he saw was not Vermouth, but a fat face that Megure Jusan was very close to.

He subconsciously shrank back and found himself in the back seat of the car, his bare feet resting on the brown seat.

With his height, can he sit like this?
A hint of doubt flashed through his mind subconsciously, but Kudo Shinichi didn't care about it at this time. He quickly looked out the windows on both sides and found that it was an unfamiliar place. He asked hurriedly: "Officer Megure, where are Kiyoko and Amuro Toru?"

As soon as he said this, he quickly covered his throat.

Something is wrong!
Why is his voice so childish?!
And when he covered his hand, he found that something was wrong with it. Why did it become so small?
I held the hand in front of my eyes and, sure enough, it was white and tender, just like the hand of a six or seven-year-old child.

He shook it a little confusedly, squeezed it, and finally confirmed that it was his own hand, and not some mannequin he was holding.

Looking down slightly, the white shirt that originally fit me well now seemed to be ten sizes too big, fitting like a sack on my body.

The same goes for pants and underwear.

that……

It has also shrunk into a small bean sprout.

I don't know what he was thinking about, but Kudo Shinichi reached out his hand there.

Megure Jusan grabbed his hand, and his already strange expression became even more confused. In short, he felt it was outrageous.

"I have confirmed that you are still a boy."

"!!!"

Kudo Shinichi slapped Megure Jusan's hand away... Well, he failed to slap it away because the kid's strength was too weak, so it was Megure Jusan who took the initiative to let go of his hand.

"Inspector Megure! I didn't expect you to be such a person!" Kudo Shinichi looked ashamed and angry.

"…The situation was urgent, I was carrying you and running away, and they fell down by themselves." Megure Jusan pointed at his abdomen, "Who cares about a child's thing? This is the most important thing. Your injuries have completely recovered on the outside, feel carefully to see if you have any internal injuries."

Only then did Kudo Shinichi remember that he had suffered a fatal injury before fainting, and he hurriedly lifted his clothes to take a look.

It is snow-white and tender, and the skin is as good as a baby's.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it hard. It was full of elasticity and reflected the vitality of life.

Moreover, there was no abnormal pain at all.

Kudo Shinichi raised his head, his eyes becoming more and more confused: "My fatal injury disappeared in the blink of an eye, and I turned into a child. What on earth is going on?"

"Well, it's a long story."

Only then did Megure Juzo straighten the rearview mirror, and Kudo Shinichi quickly looked over to see what he looked like now.

But it was blocked again.

By another self, by a big mirror.

"I just bought it specially for you. Brother Kudo, you look exactly like you did when you were a kid. You are totally growing younger than you actually are."

Megure Jusan started the car while speaking.

He could be considered to have watched Kudo Shinichi grow up. If he had only seen a smaller Kudo without knowing the truth, he might not have been able to recognize him.

But now Kudo Shinichi was gradually shrinking in front of him, so he naturally immediately connected it with his past memories.

Kudo Shinichi took the mirror, stared at himself for a few seconds, and took a deep breath.

Megure Jusan thought he would say something like life is unpredictable, and was thinking about how to comfort him, but he heard:
"It's a long story, so let's get started."

"…………Kudou brother, are you accepting reality so quickly?"

"Anyway, things have already come to this, Officer Megure, aren't you very calm?"

Kudo Shinichi put the mirror back into the armrest box: "And I became smaller because of the capsule that Qingzi fed me. Since there is a drug that can make people smaller, there may also be a drug that can make people bigger. In order to recover, I should continue to investigate."

"I have doubted my life for a long time. Don't you think that what happened to you is simply too magical?" Megure Jusan sighed, "As for what happened in Tsuburaya Town, well, I'll make it short.

Aoyagi Chisou caught up with me, knocked me down in the blink of an eye, and fed you the capsule.

But you didn't start to shrink immediately, instead you screamed in pain like a wild animal, Aoyagi Chiso looked at you, muttering something like 'I've been cheated', and Amuro Toru chased after you, so he ran away.

At that time, two helicopters from outside the Metropolitan Police Department came from the sky, and Superintendent Matsumoto asked me to evacuate quickly.

You were still screaming at that time, so I carried you to the car, but halfway through the run, I noticed that your body was shrinking.

I thought I was hallucinating at the time, so I didn't think much about it. I just threw you in the car and left.

I didn't see what happened next, but Superintendent Matsumoto told me that the police came back empty-handed again. To avoid causing panic in society, the incident in Tsuburaya Town would be blamed on the Ox Shinrikyo.

That’s it, nothing more.”

After Megure Jusan finished speaking, the car was silent for a moment. Kudo Shinichi asked thoughtfully, "Have you found out the source of the villa that Amuro Toru went to?"

"It's registered under the name of an American living in Japan, but he doesn't actually live in Tokyo. The police speculate that, just like what the teddy bear said, Toru Amuro may really be related to the United States, and overseas affairs, probably the CIA.

The police have sent inquiries to the US Embassy, ​​but it is highly unlikely that they will receive a useful response.”

The "police" that Megure Juzo refers to here only refers to the Investigation Division 1. They were accidentally involved in something beyond their scope.

"Is it impossible to track the other two helicopters?" Kudo Shinichi asked again.

"One of them was abandoned by them. It is presumed to belong to the winery. As for the other one..." Megure Jusan sighed, "You should know that the airspace above Tokyo does not belong to Japan. Inspector Matsumoto told me that due to some special reasons, it is impossible to continue tracking."

In fact, that plane belonged to the Metropolitan Police Department, but it belonged to the Zero Group and had an unconventional paint job, so the Investigation Division could not recognize it.

Of course the Metropolitan Police Department cannot fight itself, but it does not want to expose the existence of Team Zero, so it can only let the Americans take the blame.

The effect of doing this is obvious. After listening to it, Kudo Shinichi was 80% sure that Toru Amuro was a CIA undercover agent.

But he knew what was the use of doing this, so he hurriedly asked the question that concerned him most.

"Where are Kiyoko and Teddy Bear?"

"Sorry, I couldn't find any."

Megure Jusan paused, as if trying to make excuses for the police, and added: "The police also used the Interpol experimental project again, but Xuesong Kiyoko can disguise herself, and we have never even seen Teddy Bear's appearance, so we can't search for her at all."

“That experimental project is based on facial recognition?”

"It should be. It is said that it is connected to all police surveillance cameras in Japan and can accurately locate every person."

“That sounds pretty impressive.”

Kudo Shinichi's tone was quite disapproving.

Megure Jusan smiled awkwardly and did not respond. Even though he was a policeman, he had to admit that the police's recent performance was indeed too bad.

After a while, the car slowly stopped. Kudo Shinichi looked out of the window and found that it was a children's clothing store.

"Let's go, Brother Kudo, I'll go buy you some clothes." Megure Jusan said, turning around.

"I have clothes from my childhood at home, so there's no need to buy new ones." Although Kudo Shinichi accepted the reality quickly, he still felt a little awkward.

Megure Jusan shook his head: "You became smaller because of the drugs, maybe it's not an isolated case. Go home and get your childhood clothes. If someone investigates you later, you will be exposed. Brother Kudo, I'm telling you seriously, after this lesson, you must be more cautious in your actions."

Kudo Shinichi was dejected: "I'm sorry, Officer Megure, I shouldn't have chased him. I... I just guessed that Amuro Toru might play a little trick to prevent the police from losing track of him, and in fact..."

In fact, when Kudo Shinichi chased after him, the police had already lost him.

To give face to Megure Jusan, Kudo Shinichi did not say this directly, but Megure Jusan of course knew it and covered the brim of his hat with a little embarrassment.

Alas, the police.

Alas, the tax thief.

"correct."

Kudo Shinichi suddenly discovered a blind spot and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Officer Megure, you didn't report my situation?"

Logically speaking, shouldn't he be lying in the laboratory being studied by others? How could he be so leisurely buying children's clothes?

Rejuvenation, even a fool should know what a tempting secret is hidden in it.

"Report your situation, Kudo. I know you will never be free again." Megure Jusan paused, "I'll take you to the hospital for a checkup when I'm free. If there's anything wrong, I'll report it.

If everything works fine...

I said, I don’t know your current situation, I just know that you are not dead, and you and I have been in contact through phone calls since then.

Brother Kudo, didn’t you say before that you didn’t know what kind of life science technology Aoyama Pharmaceutical Company was researching that involved such a huge project?

Now we all know.

I guess the people above are probably not completely unaware of the situation. After finding out that you are not dead, they will make some guesses and won't delve too deeply into it.

By the way, not many people saw you being shot at that time. As long as you don’t take the initiative to spread the word that you are Kudo Shinichi, maybe no one will care about it. Anyway, you are not dead, and the winery is a more important target. "

Kudo Shinichi was quite touched by Megure Jusan's care. He thanked him sincerely and was about to push the door and get out of the car.

"Stay in the car first, and I'll go buy you a new set of clothes."

Megure Jusan hurriedly stopped him and said, "And Kudo brother, you have to change your name temporarily. Otherwise, if I keep calling you like this, it will be troublesome if someone accidentally hears it."

Kudo Shinichi glanced at his clothes and understood what Megure Jusan meant.

But the new name...

Click——

Megure Jusan opened the car door and said with a smile, "Don't worry about it. Brother Kudo, take your time to think about it. I guess this name will stay with you for a while. After that, do you have anyone you trust? Do you want to contact brother Yusaku?"

Someone you trust?

Kudo Shinjiro immediately thought of his neighbor Dr. Agasa, but he was now burdened with a huge responsibility and could be in danger at any time. How could he involve innocent people?

It would be fine if there was no choice, but since Inspector Megure is involved in the whole thing, in order to minimize the involvement, we can only not bother two people with one thing.

Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi stood up from the back seat and bowed deeply to Megure Juzo.

"Please, Officer Megure, take me in!"

Megure Jusan actually had the same idea, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about other things later. I'll take you to my house later."

Shopping, going home, eating, eavesdropping on fireflies.

Time flies by.

At 9:10 in the evening, Kudo Shinichi, who was standing in front of the mirror, withdrew his right hand, and his eyes completely returned to their previous calmness, without a trace of confusion.

The world in the mirror became clear, and the figure behind him had long disappeared.

All that was left was the warm light in the room.

dong dong dong-

There was a knock on the door.

"Can you open the door?"

A gentle voice came from outside the door.

"Aunt Green, of course."

Kudo Shinichi hurried over to open the door. At the door stood a woman wearing rose-red home clothes, with short, slightly curly black hair and a calm and gentle face. She was holding a stack of light blue clothes in her hands, and she had the temperament of a Yamato Nadeshiko.

She spread out her clothes at the door, which was a set of silk blue pajamas, and handed it to Kudo Shinichi with a gentle smile.

"Thirteen is always forgetful. He forgot to buy you pajamas. There's nothing else to do. I'm leaving now. You should go to bed early, little sir."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and didn't go into the house.

"Auntie Green!"

Kudo Shinichi called her, holding her pajamas tightly with both hands, and spoke in a firm tone.

"My name is Conan, Edogawa Conan!"

Megumi paused slightly, turned back and smiled.

"Good night, Conan-kun."

After watching her figure disappear around the corner of the corridor, Kudo Shinichi... no, Edogawa Conan gently closed the door, put her pajamas on the bed, and returned to the desk.

"Inspector Megure, how did you tell Aunt Midori about me?" Conan asked.

"We were in a hurry to go to the police hospital. I left right after I sent you back, and I didn't have time to tell you. And I didn't know what you were thinking, Kudo-kun, so I thought I would let you tell it to yourself while you were having dinner with A-Lu."

Megure Jusan said in the headphones.

"........."

Kudo Shinichi was speechless for a few seconds: "I was worried that what I said would not match what you said, Officer Megure, and I was thinking about the case all the time. I basically didn't talk during the meal and went back to my room as soon as I finished eating."

"Ah? This..."

Megure Jusan didn't know what to say for a long while, and said in confusion: "Alu, you don't think that I adopted you without discussing it with her, and you are avoiding her, right?"

Kudo Shinichi sighed: "I'm afraid that's the case, Officer Megure, you should talk it over with Aunt Midori.

Ok……

Just say..."

(End of this chapter)