Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 338 Xiaolan: You will bless me and Ying, right, Conan-kun?
Xiaolan nodded with a complicated expression, then shook her head, "I just received your call, but I didn't see you in person."

"So that's it..."

Kudo Shinichi, also known as Kaito Kid and Kuroba Kaito, sighed for Xiaolan in his heart.

Poor girl, she has been deceived.

I'm sorry, but the two Kudo Shinichi you met today are not real.

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Conan from the corner of his eye, and seeing that he also had a complicated expression, he continued, "Xiaolan, did you go to Tanaka's house this morning?"

Xiaolan shook her head: "Shinichi, you used to go to school with me, you should know that I don't usually go that way."

Of course Kuroba Kaito didn't know, but Conan had told him about this doubt before, so he nodded.

Xiaolan continued: "This morning, I just left the house and I received a call from you, Shinichi... No, it should be the fake Shinichi. He told me about the things at the Tanaka residence and asked me to admit that the Xiaolan there was me, no matter who asked."

Xiaolan pointed to the wound on her left shoulder and said, "That person told me that when I was shooting back, a sharp playing card hit my left shoulder."

Xiaolan raised her left hand slightly, made a pistol gesture, and ran her right index finger along the blood scab on her left shoulder.

"I thought that was it, so I cut a wound myself with a knife."

Conan looked at the blood scab on Xiaolan's shoulder and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The wound is horizontal at this time!
Conan suddenly realized everything and didn't know whether to be surprised or happy. All kinds of complicated emotions surged in his heart.

Great! The one I fought with this morning wasn’t Xiaolan, but an imposter.

It’s too bad that Xiaolan was taken advantage of by the imposter.

Fortunately, when the impostor wanted Xiaolan to take responsibility for her, he did not emphasize the posture in which she was scratched by the playing card, and that she was actually holding the gun with her right hand.

When Xiaolan heard her say that her left shoulder was injured, she mistakenly thought that she was shot with her left hand and stretched her left hand forward to fake the wound.

Compared with the fake's posture when his left shoulder was hit by the playing card, the angle is exactly 90 degrees.

Wound direction, vertical!
"Sister Xiaolan, doesn't it hurt when you cut yourself?" Conan asked.

That impostor had such a vicious mind. If Xiaolan hadn't had this misunderstanding, I would have thought that the person who shot was her!

"Of course it hurts."

Xiaolan ruffled Conan's hair with a hint of yearning in her eyes, "But, this is something your brother Shinichi asked me to do, and it's the first time he asked me to participate in his case investigation. How could I refuse, although..."

Xiaolan's eyes dimmed a little, "He is fake, I am just a fool who was used."

Tsk-!
A rusty and blunt knife pierced into his heart, and Conan suddenly felt an indescribable pain.

Damn!

Damn me!
Xiaolan obviously trusts me to this extent, what on earth have I been doing before?

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, that won't happen again."

Kuroba Kaito said softly.

Although, what I said was also a lie...

But I'm sorry, girl who looks so much like Aoko, your Shinichi is in an extremely dangerous situation right now, and for your safety, he can't tell you the truth.

"So, can you tell me, Shinichi, what are you investigating right now?"

Xiaolan raised her head and looked at Kuroba Kaito.

Kuroba Kaito was silent for a few seconds, and waited for Dr. Agasa to finish speaking quickly in the headset before he spoke: "It's about the research institute and Miss Shiho. Did Suigetsu tell you about it? This matter involves a lot and is very dangerous. Xiaolan, if you find something like this in the morning again in the future, you must confirm it more."

"I know something, Shinichi, can I help you?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at the expectation in Xiaolan's eyes, then glanced at Conan secretly. Seeing that he lowered his head and said nothing, he finally shook his head slightly.

"Xiao Lan, as long as you protect yourself, it will be the greatest help to me. That way, I will feel more at ease when investigating cases outside."

"I see."

Xiaolan looked sad, then shook her head gently and smiled gently, "Then Shinichi, you should go and investigate the case as soon as possible. If you can use me in any way, please tell me. No matter what I am doing, I will come here as soon as possible."

Kuroba Kaito nodded heavily, "I definitely will!"

After saying that, he pulled Conan away, planning to go to a deserted place and give Conan a good beating on the head.

Although he has never confirmed his relationship with Aoko, the little detective here is obviously more ignorant than him!
"Wait a moment."

Xiaolan called them, raised her hand and pinched her cheeks, pulled hard, and let go, and her cheeks turned red again.

"Only after verifying it this way can it be considered complete," she said with a smile.

Conan had mixed feelings, but he didn't move his feet until he finally moved a few degrees to the outside.

Kuroba Kaito smiled and shook his head: "That's not the case. Let's go, Xiaolan. I wish you good health."

"Eh? What a strange blessing."

"Haha, because this is a hospital."

Kuroba Kaito returned to the door and looked at Hotaru, "Sorry, Suigetsu, I disturbed you, it was just a false alarm, nothing serious."

Yingsheng nodded, "The face-changing monster is really troublesome. It has caused a crisis of trust. Will the first thing people do when they meet in the future be to pull each other's faces? How strange."

The corner of Kuroba Kaito's eye twitched slightly, "That shouldn't be the case. We will definitely catch that person."

"Are you sure only one of them will change its face now?"

"That's right, you and Xiaolan each have an imposter, at least two." Kuroba Kaito looked at Hotaru's legs, "Do you mind if I ask out of curiosity? How did you provoke the Yakuza?"

"To put it simply, the daughter of a gangster fell in love with me." Yingsheng sighed, "Then she ran into me when I was dating other women."

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

Conan: "...You deserve it."

Yingsheng curled his lips and raised his hand to slam his head, "Little friend, why didn't you tell your sister Xiaolan about that?"

Conan covered his forehead and snorted, "Brother Shinichi has returned, and Sister Xiaolan will not continue to stay with a scumbag like you."

In fact, Conan didn't say those things just now. He was simply overwhelmed by all kinds of complicated emotions and forgot about it for a while.

As soon as he finished his polite words, he immediately ran back into the house, "Sister Xiaolan, I want to tell you something..."

"Tsk, what a naughty child."

Yingsheng shook his head and looked up at Kuroba Kaito, "I know you are suspicious, but I was carried to the hospital by a kind passerby around 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Many people saw my miserable appearance. You can verify it yourself."

Kuroba Kaito nodded, "Remember the Blue Castle case you told me about before?"

"Of course, you're a very good detective."

"Sorry, actually I heard Conan talk about this case before, but I didn't listen carefully. I was thinking about the last case you mentioned. The prototype was Tsukikage Island, right? It was solved by you, Suigetsu, in the name of Aida Detective Agency."

"I just put in some effort. The ones who really used their brains were Xiaolan and Ms. Aida."

"Oh, so..."

"what?!"

Conan's shocked voice suddenly came from inside the door, interrupting Kuroba Kaito's words. He turned around and saw Conan looking at Xiaolan squatting in front of him with a dazed look on his face.

"Xiao Lan...Sister...you, you are going to live together with Brother Shuiyue?!"

Xiaolan lowered her eyebrows slightly, "We are a couple, this is normal, Conan-kun, will you bless us?"

"of course not!!"

Conan almost broke down on the spot, and Xiaolan asked herself if she would bless them?
What a hell of a joke!

Conan gritted his teeth and said, "Sister Xiaolan, didn't you hear what I just said? Mizuki Hotaru is not a good person, he is a big pervert!"

Xiaolan was silent for a few breaths: "What does it matter?"

"It does matter! It matters a lot! Don't you like Shinichi-nii?"

"Different."

"What's the difference?"

Xiaolan just shook her head and stopped talking.

Conan couldn't see Xiaolan's eyes, guessing that she must be in pain now, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Did Mizuki Hotaru do something to you? So that you have to be with him?"

Xiaolan closed her eyes completely. When she opened them again after a few seconds, she looked calm and smiled gently.

"What are you thinking about, little brat? You are too precocious. I was just kidding you." "???"

Conan's heavy heart was shrouded in confusion again. Looking at Xiaolan's smile, he couldn't say a word.

"Conan, let's go."

At the door, Kuroba Kaito was waving.

"Conan, have you forgotten the lesson you learned before? Egg Head! Egg Haed! Mizuki Hotaru is watching you!"

In the headset, Dr. Agasa coughed rapidly.

Conan's heart trembled slightly, and finally, he pouting his cheeks and making an angry expression like a child.

"Humph, Sister Xiaolan, you are also a bad guy."

After saying that, he turned and ran to the door, grabbed Kuroba Kaito's hand, and walked towards the elevator.

"The relationship between brothers is really good."

Looking at their backs, Yingsheng sighed.

"I told you it wasn't the case!"

Conan snorted without even turning his head.

"No, no, no. Even if you are not related by blood, you are definitely half-brothers created by God. Not only do you look alike, but you are both good at reasoning, both are fans of Sherlock Holmes, and even like the same type of girls."

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

Conan and Kuroba Kaito both rolled their eyes.

"Look, you two have such good chemistry." Yingsheng smiled, and suddenly said a second before the two entered the elevator, "Kudo, Xiaolan and I are going to live together. This is true."

Kuroba Kaito threw the stiff Conan into the elevator and turned to look at Hotaru.

"what do you want to say?"

"If you're still interested, time is running out." Yingsheng said with a smile.

"I don't understand what you mean." said Kuroba Kaito.

"To me, Xiaolan is no different from other women, and I want to be friends with you."

"Thank you. We will be friends."

Kuroba Kaito did not give a positive response. He entered the elevator and pressed the button for the first floor. After the elevator went down two floors, he looked down at Conan.

"What do you think, Mr. Detective?"

"Can you please continue to disguise me?" Conan asked in a deep voice.

"It's possible, but it can't last too long. Miss Lan is feeling very complicated right now. Do you understand?"

"Do you think it's possible that Xiaolan is still acting with Mizuki Hotaru? Otherwise, Mizuki Hotaru shouldn't tell me his true thoughts about Xiaolan, let alone tell me that 'time is running out.' It's as if he's expecting me to take some action."

Kuroba Kaito shrugged: "I don't know them, maybe, but it doesn't rule out another possibility. They are using this method to test your true identity."

Of course Conan knew this possibility, but when he thought of Xiaolan's gentle eyes, he felt that this possibility was unlikely.

How could Xiaolan be that kind of person?

And the most crucial thing, of course, is the injury on Xiaolan's left shoulder, which is enough to explain many problems.

"A suspicious point suddenly occurred to me." said Kuroba Kaito.

"What?" Conan asked.

"Where did you say Miss Lan faked her injury, and where did she wrap the gauze?" Kuroba Kaito said, "If she wanted to pretend that she was injured at Tanaka's house and came to the hospital to wrap the gauze, then part of the blood should have scabbed over beforehand, and it wouldn't have stuck to the gauze so much."

"Are you trying to say that it's possible that Xiaolan covered up her old scars with new ones?"

Conan shook his head and said, "Ran wouldn't think so much. She probably faked the injury at home and bandaged it immediately. And we all saw it with our own eyes. She only has one scar on her shoulder, which is perpendicular to the one I caused. It can't be concealed at all."

Kuroba Kaito thought about it and felt that he was overthinking. Unless Xiaolan also knew the art of disguise and used fake skin to cover up the original wound, there was no possibility of that happening.

and……

Kuroba Kaito sighed, "A sweet and soft girl like Miss Lan doesn't look like a bad person at first glance."

"Damn it, don't you dare have any evil thoughts!"

"Tsk, I think you're the pervert." Kuroba Kaito curled his lips, "Let's get back to business. According to Miss Lan, she went back to the Maori residence last night. Didn't the police find out?"

"Well, that's what the police are like."

The two went downstairs and asked the nurse about what happened yesterday with the firefly, and confirmed that it was true.

When Yingsheng was carried over, his legs were covered in blood, without a single piece of healthy flesh, and his pupils were dilated, looking as if he was about to die.

Just as the hospital was about to push him into the ICU for emergency treatment, a girl came and took him away.

Conan snorted in dissatisfaction: "This guy is really a scumbag."

Kuroba Kaito scratched his head. It seemed that his popularity with women was earned at the cost of his life, which was not easy.

After asking this question, Conan and the others did not leave the hospital, but walked to Room 214, Building of the inpatient department and pushed the door open.

On the hospital bed near the door, there was a fat, bald old man in a white coat, his face looking quite pale.

When he saw the person coming, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"Thank you so much this time, Master Kidd."

Kuroba Kaito shook his head. "Nothing. It's just that your delivery has never been late. This time it was late, so I came to take a look. I accidentally heard the police saying my name. I followed them to Tanaka's house out of curiosity. After I found you and this kid running around at the scene, I eavesdropped for a while."

Dr. Agasa looked at Conan and said in a muffled voice: "Perhaps it was because of this kind of thing that the people who were secretly observing discovered the suspicious points."

Conan remained silent.

"I think there's more to it than just this one." Kuroba Kaito pulled out a chair next to the bed and sat down. "I hid in the trunk of your car and heard the entire conversation between Conan and Mizuki Hotaru. If he was the one who sent the sniper, then every word he said must have had ulterior motives."

Kuroba Kaito looked at Conan, "And the most important thing is the case in the art gallery last night. Conan, you shouldn't reveal that you know about it."

Conan nodded. "The newspaper didn't mention the idea of ​​solving the case, and this case has nothing to do with me. I admire Aida Masayo's idea, which means I have a deep understanding of this matter from other channels. So, do you also know something about the girl next to Aida Masayo who is called 'Angel'?"

"That's it."

Kuroba Kaito said: "And the actions you took this morning clearly treated Miss Ran as a fake. Where did you get such certainty from? Did you know in advance that she had appeared somewhere else? Conan, you think that the 'angel' last night was Miss Ran, right?"

Conan sighed, "Yes, not only because of this title, but also because she and Aida Masayo knew each other, and she also used karate to subdue Director Ochiai with one move."

"If there is something wrong with Shuiyue Yingsheng, then..."

Kuroba Kaito said with a serious expression, "Conan, he probably started to doubt you when you asked him the second time whether Miss Ran had been injured, and everything after that was just testing you."

"I'm sorry, I admit I was a little confused at the time."

"I'm not the one you should be sorry for."

Conan took a few steps forward and bowed deeply to Dr. Agasa with a serious expression.

"If it weren't for the glasses you invented, Doctor, that gave me a warning and you turned sharply at the critical moment, I would definitely have died. Doctor, you saved me. I'm sorry. It's all my fault for being too reckless."

Dr. Agasa smiled and shook his head: "Nothing, the other side only fired two shots, and when they saw Mr. Kidd coming out, they immediately stopped."

He tilted his head to look at Kuroba Kaito, "By the way, how did Mr. Kid know that his target was Kudo Shinichi and not Conan? Did he disguise himself in advance?"

Kuroba Kaito really wanted to say: I look like this, who knew I would look like Kudo Shinichi.

Kuroba Kaito shook his head and said, "It was just a coincidence. Besides, that person still wanted to attack me at that time, and he retreated when he saw me holding a gun."

"Did you see the sniper's appearance?" Conan asked.

"No, he was hiding too deep in the room. I just felt like he must be a very cold person."

"He knew we would come to the hospital from Tanaka's house. I think it has something to do with Suigetsu."

"Maybe. Didn't you just plant a bug?"

Conan nodded, took out his phone, checked, turned on the speaker, and after a while he heard:

"Hello, Aunt Yukiko, I'm Xiaolan, and I found a child who looks exactly like Shinichi when he was a child."

Conan: “???????”

(End of this chapter)