Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Shinichi Kudo didn't believe Kitagawa Taki's claims at all.

"I'm an exorcist, and my eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people!"

"cut!"

Shinichi Kudo curled his lip. He only believed in science, and all exorcists were just a bunch of charlatans.

Then he asked, "If you could really see it, why didn't you stop that woman?"

Kitagawa Taki shrugged: "How was I supposed to know she was going to kill someone? Besides, I didn't dare move or make a sound, afraid of startling her and causing her to fall. Wouldn't that make me a murderer?"

"Shinichi, stop talking. Kitagawa-sensei couldn't possibly be that kind of person," Ran Mouri said, unable to bear it any longer.

Sonoko Suzuki also voiced her support for Taki Kitagawa: "Kudo, why aren't you comforting Ran? Why are you picking on Taki instead!"

Seeing that both women were denouncing him, Shinichi Kudo was speechless for a moment, and muttered in a low voice, "It's just a lost head, this kind of thing will happen often in the future."

Kitagawa Taki shook his head. Calling Shinichi Kudo a "straight man" would be an understatement.

Just then, Vodka rushed past the group and disappeared into the darkness.

'It's that man in black!'

Shinichi Kudo's gaze sharpened, and he immediately followed. Turning back to the three, he said, "Sorry, I have some urgent business to attend to. You can go back first!"

"Shinichi..." Ran Mouri stared blankly at Shinichi Kudo's retreating figure.

She was about to chase after him when she was stopped by Sonoko Suzuki.

"Forget about that deduction maniac, Lan, let's go home!"

Sonoko Suzuki became increasingly annoyed with Shinichi Kudo, ignoring Ran and constantly targeting Taki Kitagawa.

"But..." Ran Mouri wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Sonoko Suzuki.

"No buts, that guy has always been doing things his own way, there's no point in chasing after him."

Sonoko Suzuki even felt that even if she and Taki Kitagawa weren't there today, Shinichi Kudo could still leave Ran, who had just experienced a horrific murder, aside and ignore her.

Kitagawa Taki had no interest in watching how Kudo Shinichi shrunk. What was so interesting about a grown man? If it were Miyano Shiho, he might have gone to see it.

Seeing that Shinichi Kudo was chasing after him like that, he really wanted to remind him to wear a helmet.

After all, who would spy on someone without wearing a helmet?

……

Shinichi Kudo followed Vodka all the way to a small grove of trees.

Vodka is making a deal with a fat old man in a suit.

'Who exactly are they?'

Shinichi Kudo was so engrossed in watching that he was completely unaware of the danger coming from behind him.

"The detective game is over!"

Gin slammed a stick into the back of Shinichi Kudo's head.

Shinichi Kudo was so dizzy from the knocking that he collapsed to the ground.

"I was actually followed by a brat!"

"Damn it! That damned detective, brother, kill him!" Vodka, enraged, pulled out his revolver and was about to kill Shinichi Kudo.

"Wait! The police are still in the amusement park. Don't cause any unnecessary trouble!"

As he spoke, Gin pulled a silver box out of his clothes.

"Use this, a newly developed poison. Once a person is poisoned, it won't be detected during an autopsy."

Gin forced Shinichi Kudo to swallow the red capsule.

"Let's go, he's already a dead man."

Gin and Vodka quickly left the scene.

Shinichi Kudo lay on the lawn, and soon the drug took effect. His whole body felt hot and burning, as if his bones were melting. Finally, he lost consciousness from the pain...

Chapter 11 Conan's Passion

Shinichi Kudo slowly woke up to find two policemen looking at him with concern.

"Little friend, what are you doing here all alone?"

'Little kid? I'm eighteen, okay?' Shinichi Kudo felt that these two policemen were acting strangely.

"What happened to the injury on your head?"

Shinichi Kudo then remembered that he had been hit on the head with a club. That damned man in black had actually ambushed him, an 18-year-old boy.

He touched his head and realized something was wrong, then touched his body.

'My body has shrunk!?'

'Could it be because of the medicine that guy gave me?'

Shinichi Kudo slipped away while the police were reporting to their superiors. He's shrunk now and has no legal status.

The shrunken Shinichi Kudo ran wildly all the way back to his home.

Exhausted like a dog, I found that I couldn't even reach the lock on the front door.

Suddenly, an explosion came from next door.

Professor Agasa emerged from the broken wall, and Shinichi Kudo rushed forward, trying his best to prove his identity.

After learning the details, Dr. Agasa warned Shinichi Kudo not to reveal the matter, otherwise those ruthless killers might endanger his family and friends.

At that moment, Kitagawa Taki came out of the house.

"Doctor, who is this child? He looks so much like Kudo when he was a child."

Dr. Agasa was momentarily at a loss for how to explain Shinichi Kudo's identity, so he just laughed it off.

Shinichi Kudo shuddered in fright and said in a cute way, "I'm just a distant relative of Shinichi-nii-san, we just look a bit alike."

"Oh, oh." Kitagawa Taki tugged at his head.

Why are you wearing Kudo's clothes?

'Oh no!' Shinichi Kudo sensed something was wrong; he hadn't even had time to change his clothes yet.

Shinichi Kudo chuckled awkwardly and forced an explanation: "Hahaha, I admire Shinichi-nii so much that I bought the same clothes as him, but they're a bit too big."

Kitagawa Taki continued, "Oh, I see. Little friend, what's your name?"

'That damn Kitagawa Taki, checking my household registration like this! Even the police didn't ask me this many questions!!'

Kitagawa Taki kept asking Shinichi Kudo a series of crucial questions that made his scalp tingle.

"Forehead……"

"Little boy, you haven't even forgotten your own name, have you?"

Shinichi Kudo had a sudden inspiration, "Conan, my name is Conan Edogawa!"

"Edogawa Conan, that's an interesting name! Conan Doyle? Edogawa Ranpo? Your parents must be mystery fans, right?"

Conan nodded repeatedly, wanting to get through this quickly. "Yes, yes."

He had a feeling that this guy could see right through him, and he tried to reassure himself that Kitagawa Taki wouldn't believe such a fantastical thing as shrinking his body, right?!

……

Conan followed Ran home, just like in the original storyline.

When he got to the ground floor of the Mori Detective Agency, he noticed the Kitagawa Exorcism Agency across the street.

'It can't be such a coincidence, can it?'

Conan's lips twitched; he was now so sensitive to the name "Kitagawa" that he asked Ran, "Ran-neechan, what's that Kitagawa Exorcism Agency over there?"

Xiaolan said, "Oh, that one? That was opened by my former teacher."

Because Ran didn't know much about exorcisms, she didn't know how to talk to Conan about it.

"Ha ha……"

In any case, Conan doesn't believe that Kitagawa Taki can open this exorcism agency.

"Come on, let me introduce you to your father."

After saying that, Ran led Conan to the second floor.

Kogoro Mouri was leaning back in his chair drinking when he saw Ran bring back a strange child. He asked:

"Lan, who is this little brat?"

Ran introduced, "Dad, his name is Conan Edogawa, and he's Shinichi's relative's child."

Kogoro Mouri took another sip of his drink and said, "What's that brat's kid doing here?"

Ran said, "Conan wants to stay at our house."

Kogoro Mori sobered up instantly and shouted, "No, absolutely not!"

His firm is struggling financially; they haven't had any clients in six months. Where would he get the spare money to support a little kid?

Conan chimed in at the opportune moment, "My parents will give a large sum of child support."

"Child support? A huge sum? Conan, is this your home from now on?"

Kogoro Mouri's attitude instantly reversed.

"Lan, take him to my room and tidy up a bit!"

Just then, the phone rang.

Kogoro Mouri answered the phone, "Hello, Mouri Detective Agency, um... kidnapping? Men in black? Okay, I'll be right there!"

'The man in black?'

Conan's body trembled, and the two guys who had shrunk him instantly flashed into his mind.

Kogoro Mouri quickly went out, hailed a taxi, and rushed to his client's house.