Gin doesn't want to work hard

Because so much time had passed, Kurosawa couldn't remember exactly what happened; his only vague impression was of Conan riding a dog and speeding down the street.

While he was thinking, the big yellow dog had already rushed into the warehouse ahead.

Kurosawa also heard the sounds of fighting coming from there.

……

Inside the warehouse.

Conan closed his eyes as he watched the baseball bat hurtling straight toward him.

The kidnapped girl also screamed.

At the critical moment, a dog's bark interrupted the man's actions.

Conan opened his eyes and found that the giant that had run away earlier had returned and was now fiercely biting the man's leg.

The man screamed, a fierce glint in his eyes, and changed the direction of his baseball bat, smashing it hard against the giant.

"Go to hell, you stupid dog!"

"Big Mac! Run!"

Conan's pupils contracted, and he shouted loudly.

The giant remained unmoved, still firmly gripping the man's leg.

Just as the baseball bat was about to hit the giant, a hand appeared and stopped it.

Conan looked in that direction and saw Kurosawa appear at the warehouse entrance at some point.

"Kurosawa-nii!"

Conan exclaimed in surprise.

Kurosawa glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, the man glared fiercely at Kurosawa and warned him.

"Kid! Mind your own business! Otherwise, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"

Kurosawa raised his eyelids slightly, ignoring him.

Kurosawa's attitude clearly angered the man.

The man was immediately enraged and tried to pull the baseball bat back forcefully.

No matter how hard he tried, the baseball bat seemed to be permanently attached to Kurosawa's hand and wouldn't budge.

In the end, the man used both hands, but it was still no use.

The man's face flushed red with anger. He released his grip and clenched his fist to punch Kurosawa.

Kurosawa's expression remained unchanged; he casually shifted his body slightly and easily dodged the attack.

Immediately, he raised his hand and smashed the man's head with a stick.

"Oh!"

After a muffled thud, the man's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground.

Conan stared blankly at the scene until the man fell to the ground, at which point he came to his senses.

Seeing the man lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance, Conan forced himself to stand up despite the pain in his body, walked over and touched his neck.

He breathed a sigh of relief after feeling his pulse.

"Don't worry, no one's dead. I know what I'm doing," Kurosawa's voice came at the right time.

"Hey, what happened to you? Detective?"

Upon hearing this, Conan sighed with an air of maturity.

"Stop talking, if it weren't for the fact that I shrunk, I wouldn't..."

and many more!

Conan realized something, froze, and turned around haltingly.

In the dark warehouse, the streetlights outside illuminated a small area near the entrance. Kurosawa, half-hidden in the darkness, slowly revealed a smile to him.

Chapter 21 The Detective Who Exposes the Secret

Conan couldn't help but take a half step back, his throat feeling a little dry.

"How...how did you know I was..."

"You know you're Shinichi Kudo?"

Kurosawa took two steps forward, bent down, and whispered what he hadn't finished saying in his ear.

Conan froze, his mind racing with uncontrollable thoughts.

what happened?

How did Kurosawa know he had shrunk?

No one but the PhD should know this!

Did the PhD tell him that?

Impossible, there simply isn't enough time.

It's impossible for the doctor to call Kurosawa specifically to tell him that he's shrunk.

So……

Is Kurosawa also a member of that organization?!

And what they were feeding themselves wasn't poison at all!

Who knows, from the very beginning, that drug was designed to shrink people.

That organization knew from the beginning that he would become Conan.

Not taking him away immediately might be some kind of perverse pleasure, or perhaps it was for some kind of experiment.

Kurosawa was sent by the organization to take him away!

Damn it, was he manipulated the whole time?

For a moment, Conan's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, and images of himself being strapped to an operating table and undergoing various experiments appeared in his mind.

Kurosawa could roughly guess what Conan was thinking, but mischievously refrained from interrupting.

After observing the young detective's terrified expression, he slowly spoke.

"Besides Ran, you're the only one who calls me 'Kurosawa-nii'."

"It's obvious that you're not Xiaolan."

"But I wasn't sure at first either, until I saw your reaction..."

Conan gradually relaxed upon hearing this.

Thinking back to when I first saw Kurosawa, I was so excited that I actually called out "Kurosawa-nii" (Brother Kurosawa).

Not wanting to expose himself with just this one name, Conan felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but say it.

"To assume I'm Shinichi Kudo based on just a title, that's just too..." Conan was speechless. "Aren't you afraid of being wrong? Calling me 'Great Detective' right off the bat..."

Kurosawa has no concept of the Way.

"I'm not a detective. If I guess wrong, I guess wrong. I can just say a few words to a little kid and that's it, right?"

Upon hearing this, Conan couldn't help but reveal his beady eyes.

"Big brother, what are you talking about? What great detective?" The little girl, who was still tied up, was some distance away from them and only vaguely heard a few words.

Seeing this, Kurosawa pushed Conan toward her, signaling him to handle the situation.

Didn't he say before that he could just say a few words to fool a child?

Conan secretly rolled his eyes, but resignedly continued to lie—or rather, explain.

Not long after, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

"Conan? Are you alright?"

Ran Mouri rushed in.

"Hey?"

Upon seeing the kidnapper lying motionless on the ground, her panicked expression froze, and her look turned puzzled.

"What happened? Kurosawa-kun? What are you doing here?"

"Make way! Make way! Look at me, Kogoro Mouri... Huh?"

Kogoro Mouri, who rushed in right after, was also taken aback when he saw this.

……

After a brief explanation, the police arrived.

The kidnapper was taken away by the police, while Kurosawa, along with Ran Mouri and the others, returned the little girl to her family.

On the road.

Ran Mouri suddenly looked at Kurosawa and asked.

"I didn't expect Kurosawa-nii to live around here. By the way, Kurosawa-nii, have you seen Shinichi?"

"Shinichi?" Kurosawa tilted his head, glancing sideways at Conan. "Isn't he..."

"Hey! Kurosawa-nii, come here, I have something to tell you!"

Upon seeing this, Conan immediately jumped up and forcibly pulled Kurosawa aside.

"What's wrong? Didn't you tell her? Aren't you already living together?"

"Wha...what cohabitation! I'm just staying at her place! That's all!"

Conan's face turned bright red. He tugged at Kurosawa's sleeve, signaling him to bend down and listen to him.

Kurosawa bent down obediently.