Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 339: The Model Kudo Family, Yusaku and Yukiko Return to Their Country

It is impossible for Xiaolan to say to Kudo Yukiko that "Conan is Kudo Yusaku's illegitimate son."

Otherwise, she would not be a young and lively high school student, but a gossipy woman with curly hair on the streets.

The main purpose of her conversation with Yukiko was to share interesting things in life, and she also sent her the photo that Hotaru had taken before.

——Xiaolan and "Kudo Shinichi" huddled together, looking very close. Conan stood aside, looking at the two of them with a pouty mouth.

"The two of them really have a good relationship."

Xiaolan's tone was gentle, and her description of Conan was inexplicably filled with the meaning of an old mother looking at her own troublemaker.

I don’t know what Kudo Yukiko is thinking, but her smile is always very natural.

Xiaolan said goodbye to her at the right time, hung up the phone, and walked to the desk at the back of the room.

"What's the next project?" Xiaolan asked.

"Ultrasound test. I'll take you there."

The doctor quickly stood up and took God to the next department.

"Lan, was there some noise during your conversation with Ms. Yukiko just now?"

Yingsheng asked as he followed the two of them in a wheelchair.

His words made Conan and the others who were listening feel a little nervous, but the next second they breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Xiaolan's words.

"It seems so. There may be too much interference from the equipment in the hospital."

"Maybe the quality of mobile phones is not up to par. Let's buy the latest model later." Yingsheng said.

"The pace of technological advancement has been so rapid lately. I saw in Skytree's promotion that they have already developed a fully immersive virtual reality game."

"I saw it too. It's a cross-era 'cocoon'. It's really amazing."

The two chatted casually while conducting various inspections.

In Room 214, Building of the Inpatient Department, Conan and his companions eavesdropped for a long time but did not hear any valuable information.

"Maybe, they are really okay?"

Kuroba Kaito stroked his chin and looked at Conan.

Conan said solemnly: "It is possible that Shuiyue discovered the bug I installed, or he is simply being cautious and deliberately putting on an act for us."

Kuroba Kaito didn't know much about these things, so he didn't refute and continued to discuss ideas about new equipment with Dr. Agasa.

"Why did Xiaolan pull your face so hard, but the disguise on your face still didn't come off?" Conan suddenly asked.

"I have special disguise skills." said Kuroba Kaito.

Although he is now familiar with Professor Agasa and Conan, it is impossible for him to reveal his true face right away.

"Isn't this your original appearance?"

"……Maybe."

Conan wanted to ask something else when Kudo Yukiko called his cell phone. He sighed, knowing that he couldn't escape the call, and answered it directly.

Kudo Yusaku's slightly smiling voice came from the phone: "Shinichi, what's going on with that little Conan?"

The Kudo couple have a very good relationship. Yukiko knows Kudo Yusaku very well and doesn't think her husband is the kind of person who would cheat.

After seeing the photo, she was angry for less than five seconds before she started to smile like an auntie again.

Shinichi was indeed cuter when he was a child.

Then she immediately looked in front of the mirror, put on a pitiful look as if she had just cried, and ran to the study on the first floor to find Kudo Yusaku to "ask for an explanation."

"You have no conscience, what shameful things have you done behind my back?"

"what?"

Kudo Yusaku, who was writing at his desk, looked back and instantly entered the state with a heavy expression on his face.

"My dear, I assure you, it was just a misunderstanding."

The two actors played around for a while, explained the whole thing, and then, thinking that they hadn't called their son for a long time, they called Kudo Shinichi's cell phone number.

Faced with the question, Conan hesitated for a few seconds, and finally decided to tell the truth.

His current identity has been questioned, and it must be confirmed from the outside.

"Dad, that Conan is me."

Conan uses his real voice.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Kudo Yusaku immediately became interested in this bizarre thing where his own child suddenly turned into a child.

Conan only briefly said that he was injured while chasing the suspect, someone saved him with a capsule, and when he woke up he became a child and now lives in Inspector Megure's house.

Even though he tried to downplay the incident, Kudo Yusaku immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and asked in a deep voice: "Shinichi, are you fatally injured?"

"No, it's just... just..."

"Or I'd better go ask Officer Megure."

"It's just a bullet in the stomach, it's really nothing." Conan said evasively.

Yukiko, who was listening in, immediately had tears in her eyes, feeling that her son was in great danger.

However, Kudo Yusaku has a deeper understanding of the magical extent of Conan's shrinking, and he knows that Conan is probably not telling the truth, so he continues to ask.

"What gun?"

Conan hesitated for a few seconds and whispered, "Sniper rifle."

At this moment, even Kudo Yusaku's expression changed, "Shinichi, what on earth happened to you?"

Yukiko even shed tears, making her previous makeup live up to its name. "Shin-chan, why don't you move to America and live with your parents? The safety in Beika Town is too bad. Even if Los Angeles doesn't ban guns, there won't be such things."

Conan remained silent and touched his stomach, feeling a clear dull pain from the gunshot wound that morning.

For some reason, over this period of time, he has become accustomed to shootings that he once considered major incidents.

Human adaptability is amazing.

Seeing that his son was silent, Kudo Yusaku asked, "Shinichi, is the matter you are investigating related to your shrinking?"

"Yes, they are an organization, using the name of alcohol as their code name. The person who saved me is most likely named Vermouth..."

Conan told everything he knew, and many of the things were the first time Dr. Agasa heard them.

This was even more true for Kuroba Kaito. The more he listened, the more surprised he was. He thought: Human greed always leads to the same destination. Just like the organization that competed with him for Pandora, this organization code-named after wine also pursues immortality as its ultimate goal.

I just don't know if the two organizations are related.

Kuroba Kaito looked at Dr. Agasa and said, "Should I leave here?"

"Forehead……"

Dr. Agasa scratched his head and said, "Conan probably thinks that you, Mr. Kidd, are a good person and worthy of trust. Besides, you can leave at any time and we can't stop you."

Kuroba Kaito nodded, and simply asked for leave from school today, and continued to sit in on the class.

Soon, he heard Conan talking about himself.

"The person who helped me today is Kaito Kidd."

"Kidd?"

On the other side of the phone, Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Kuroba Kaito smiled and said, "Long time no see, Yusaku-san, the father who named me."

Kuroba Kaito's father, Kuroba Toichi, was the previous Phantom Thief Kid. His original code name was Phantom Thief 1412, but because the reporter wrote the note too sloppily, Kudo Yusaku read it as "KID", and then the name became widely known.

Therefore, Kuroba Toichi jokingly calls Kudo Yu "the father who gave me my name" and calls himself Kudo Shinichi's younger brother.

This happened ten years ago. Kuroba Kaito heard about this incident from his father's former magic assistant Terai Yosuke, so he told it to add credibility to his identity.

"Hah, thank you so much, Mr. Kidd."

Kudo Yusaku laughed.

In his narration, Conan omitted the fact that they were attacked by a sniper again this morning. He simply said that they were ambushed, and that Kaito Kid knew Dr. Agasa and happened to pass by and saved them, so the Kudo couple were both in a fairly stable mood.

In fact, if you count carefully, Conan has been shot many times so far, and he is lucky to survive.

And it's not just him, everyone around him is getting hurt.

This forced him to reflect. Perhaps, as many people have said, he was a little reckless. Kuroba Kaito and Kudo Yusaku chatted for a few words, and then gave the home court to the Kudo family.

"Shinichi, what are you going to do now?" asked Kudo Yusaku.

"I want to continue investigating this matter, but my identity has been suspected." Conan said, "Dad, Mom, I hope you can come forward and confirm my current identity. Officer Megure has planned to arrange for me to go to elementary school. In this way, the suspicion of me should be dispelled."

"Shin-chan, can't you leave this matter to the police? It's too dangerous. Mom just wants you to be safe." Yukiko said with concern.

Conan was silent for a few breaths, "Sorry, Mom, I want to change back. I have reasons to continue investigating."

"Why? Because of Xiaolan?"

Conan smiled softly, "That's part of the reason, but not all. It also includes Vermouth. I have some questions I want to ask her in person. Of course, the most important thing is that this organization is too evil. I want to contribute my own strength to wipe it out as soon as possible."

Conan picked out some information from Toru Amuro's criminal confession and told it to his parents. As he spoke in a deep tone, the temperature in the ward dropped a little.

The Kudo couple were naturally well aware of their son's sense of justice, and after hearing this, they also understood his determination.

But Yukiko's determination became stronger because of this. "Shinichi, judging from the style of the other side, they are far from ordinary dark forces. They can be called a terrorist organization. You can't defeat them alone. You should leave these things to the police."

"Oh, Mom."

Conan pretended to be relaxed and said, "Even if I want to investigate now, I can't find any clues. I can only wait until I meet them one day. Besides, I'm just a child. It's impossible for me to have a head-on conflict with them. Nothing will happen."

Yukiko opened her mouth to speak, but paused when she saw her husband shaking his head slightly.

"When a man is determined, how can his parents become a burden?"

Kudo Yusaku sighed: "Shinichi, I am very happy about your growth. I have also paid attention to the cases you helped the police solve in Tokyo. You are very good."

"Of course. I've wanted to be a detective since I was a kid." Conan said with a smile.

Looking at her husband's gratified expression, Yukiko had complicated eyes and suddenly stood up and went out.

"Yukiko, what are you going to do?" Kudo Yusaku asked hurriedly.

"Pack your bags and return to Tokyo overnight."

Yukiko walked firmly without even turning her head.

It was seven o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles. The sky was quite dim, but it was not dark yet.

Kudo Yusaku's eyes were gentle, and he had to say that the greatest luck in his life was finding a perfect wife.

"Dad, I have one more thing to ask you."

Conan said: "Where did I go to kindergarten before I transferred to the Sakura class twelve years ago?"

He didn't ask this question before because he was worried that his parents would ask him a lot of questions and then return home.

But now he has confessed everything to his parents, and he will be back soon, so he can naturally ask them.

Kudo Yusaku regained his spirits instantly, "Why are you asking this?"

"So, was there really something wrong during that period?" Conan asked back.

Kudo Yusaku was not surprised by his son's sharpness. Since Conan found the suspicious points himself, he did not intend to hide it. He just asked: "Did you remember something?"

"Absolutely not."

Conan said: "But someone told me that when I was drunk, I mentioned the name 'Shiho' and called it 'my Watson'. I just want to know if this happened. Maybe it can reveal someone's conspiracy."

Kudo Yusaku was silent for a moment, "It is true, but I don't want to tell you the details now. When Yukiko and I come back, we will take you to the place where we were back then."

"Oh, Dad, are you worried about my psychological endurance?"

"Almost. Although you are grown up now, the things that happened in your childhood are like this. They will be engraved in the deepest part of your memory."

"Okay, so when can you come back?"

"It's probably after 11pm Tokyo time. You'll be able to see us tomorrow morning when you get up." Kudo Yusaku asked, "You mentioned someone's conspiracy before. Could it be that this incident many years ago is also related to the organization you are investigating now?"

"Ms. Shiho is the Shirley I mentioned before. Many things happening now happened after she escaped from the organization." Conan said.

"So that's it..."

"what--!!!"

A scream suddenly came from the corridor outside the ward, interrupting Kudo Yusaku's words.

Conan and Kuroba Kaito ran towards the door at the same time, but did not open it to go out. They just lay on the door and eavesdropped.

There were many patients in this hospital building. They all ran to the screaming scene to watch the excitement and talked about it, allowing Conan and the others to quickly hear what was happening over there.

A nurse was giving an IV drip to a patient in Ward 210, but in less than two minutes, the patient stopped breathing!
"how come……"

Conan's body was stiff, his eyes were blank, and he couldn't help but mutter.

Kuroba Kaito was also a little stunned. After a moment, he said with a sad look in his eyes: "We killed him."

Yusaku Kudo, who was listening in, immediately analyzed that Conan and his friends might have used a trick of replacing one thing with another, but it accidentally affected an innocent person.

He said in a deep voice: "This is not your fault, it's the murderer's fault. If you want to avenge the innocent, go and investigate. Since the murderer poisoned, there will always be some traces left."

Of course we have to investigate, but we can't go out now.

Conan paused for a while before sighing, "Dr. Agasa was injured this morning, so we brought him to the nearest Beika Central Hospital, which is also our target, and asked him to be admitted immediately.

After the doctor arranged the ward, we quietly transferred Dr. Agasa to another empty ward, leaving only a balloon dummy in the original ward.

There was a gas inside the dummy that was difficult to wash off, and there was also a bug in the ward. It was originally a trap.

But for some reason, other patients were admitted there and were affected.”

Kudo Yusaku frowned slightly, "Where's your bug? Isn't it working?"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at his phone and shook his head. "It should be that the signal was interfered with. We thought there was no one in the ward, so it was normal that we couldn't eavesdrop on the sound."

Kudo Yusaku suddenly realized, "Shinichi, you suspect that the man was sent in by the murderer to find out your true location, so you didn't go to the scene immediately?"

"Yes, I will wait until the police seal off this place before I go out, otherwise something else might happen."

Conan paused, "Dad, in the past, many of the cases we encountered were mostly committed by acquaintances or impulsive murders. But this series of cases related to the Black Organization is different. They involve more professionals, eavesdropping, disguises, probing, sniping, and many times it is hard to guard against."

"I see."

"Dad, you should just call me Conan."

"Okay, Conan."

In the study of a villa in Los Angeles, Kudo Yusaku's right index finger trembled slightly, and he suddenly wanted to light a pipe for himself.

Shinichi has grown up.

But, from now on, it seems that there will be no more Shinichi.

Yes, it’s just Conan, Edogawa Conan.

Kudo Yusaku suddenly smiled, "Conan, do you want to be my illegitimate child?"

Conan also smiled, "Since you and I look so much alike, there's nothing I can do about it. It's just that you and mom will have to suffer a little."

"Compared to the dangers you encountered, this is nothing. You must have concealed a lot of things."

"Not really. Anyway, I am still alive and kicking."

"Okay, what's your mother's name?"

"Edogawa Fumiyo."

"Wendai..."

Kudo Yusaku murmured for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's a good name. I will ask my friends in the CIA to help me make a fake identity. Can you ask Officer Megure to help you?"

Conan said, "Okay, just send the photos over later... No, there's also mom's personal file, your story of meeting, and so on. It'd be best if it's in the countryside where it's hard to verify. The Black Organization is very powerful, and they have undercover agents in the police, so we can't let them find out."

"Don't worry, your father is a famous novelist, and no one will find any flaws."

"sorry."

"What are you talking about? Be safe over there. We'll be back tonight."

"Well, bye dad."

After hanging up the phone, Conan was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and continued to eavesdrop on Hotaru and Xiaolan.

The two chatted as usual until noon.

"The wheelchair is out of battery." Yingsheng said.

(End of this chapter)