My obsession with role-playing seems to have distorted the world's aesthetic.

Why do I have no memory of these things at all? Could it be that my subordinates betrayed me?

Wait a minute, did Gin knock me out back at the amusement park?

Chapter 429: A Year-Long Shock for Conan

Conan, helplessly confronted with the harsh reality, finally realized one thing: he might have had a past where he was trapped in darkness.

The phantom thief Kid who borrowed my identity should have some understanding of his past.

If possible, I need to find a way to make contact with the phantom thief who is disguised as me without revealing my identity.

From Gin's attitude towards Kaito Kid, Conan finally became certain of one thing: he... might be a high-ranking member of the organization that turned him into a child.

Perhaps that operation wasn't a coincidence, but rather a deliberate act by that group to make him discover the transaction site. It's very likely that it was An Zhong, a political enemy within that organization, who orchestrated the attack.

As a detective, Conan's thinking is extremely divergent. While he was engrossed in a series of imaginary scenarios, Xia Qing continued to take advantage of the fact that Conan hadn't discovered the age of the room.

This room was originally arranged by Xia Qing to explain Conan's identity, but things didn't go as planned.

Because she had already used the identity of Amon, Xia Qing sped up the process of guiding Conan to the room.

So the room isn't completely disguised yet, but Conan, who's currently in a daze and has suffered too much, probably won't be able to tell.

After the disc finished playing, Conan opened the next one. This disc had no picture on it, and the sound of keyboard typing and his own voice rang out at the same time.

Against a pure black background, white text appeared on the screen along with the sound, and Conan's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at the text.

"Wait for me... Lan, I will definitely revive you."

The text displayed on the screen sent a chill down Conan's spine. This Ran... does it refer to Ran?

That voice revealed an unbreakable will, a will that Conan could deeply empathize with.

The voice I missed on the screen turned into hoarse noise, clearly indicating that the next stage was due to a problem with the disc and it could not be played.

With his hands and feet ice-cold and sweating profusely, Conan picked up the remote control and started the delivery. His true intuition told him that this disc contained a great secret.

After a burst of noise, the progress bar on the screen finally reached a displayable image.

"The power he wields..."

It will allow me to reunite with the real Xiaolan and fulfill my 500-year-old wish.

So... I will protect Yusaku Kudo until I achieve my goal, and prevent those guys from NESTS from ruining my grand plan.

Then, after I have accomplished my purpose, I will kill Yusaku Kudo.

—Shinichi Kudo, time…

As the video on the screen finished playing, it was interrupted by a series of random hissing sounds. Conan, who was looking at the white text against a black background on the screen, lost his balance and sat down on the ground.

I think I've learned something incredible.

Who was my past self? What is the meaning of my 500-year-old wish? Why did the name Kudo Yusaku appear above? Why did my past self kill my father after achieving my goal?

Five hundred years... Judging from this tone, it's as if the person in the past lived for 500 years. How could a human possibly live that long?

Wait a minute... if you say you've lost your memory, did you achieve your past goals?

Judging from the killing mentioned at the end of this line, it seems that the amnesiac self and the father were enemies.

Wait a minute... If they are the enemy, then I've been under their surveillance all along. My father must know something about my true identity!

Father, what are you hiding from me? And what are you planning to do?

Why did I become like this? Why did I lose my memory? ...Does all of this have anything to do with you?

Although he still couldn't believe it, a seed of doubt had already been planted in Conan's heart.

Taking a deep breath, Conan felt he needed to find an opportunity to test Kudo Yusaku, who was practically the enemy, and was also his father.

Father... what role did you play in my amnesia?

The screen went black, indicating that the disc had finished playing.

Conan glanced around and picked up the next disc, but unfortunately, the next disc was all blank when he tried to read it.

After trying out most of the discs in the room, a new, playable disc finally appeared.

On the disc, Shinichi Kudo is staring directly at something next to the camera, but due to the angle, that thing is not captured on camera.

"It's finally done... The first intelligent being has finally been born."

Welcome to this world, A-310.

On the screen, Shinichi Kudo smiled as he looked at a spot out of the camera's view, while Conan frowned.

Looking into Shinichi Kudo's eyes, Conan frowned and quickly walked to the screen. After seeing the silhouette reflected in Shinichi Kudo's pupils, Conan's face was filled with disbelief.

What did I see?

At this moment, in Shinichi Kudo's clear, almost inhuman pupils, a figure that looked no taller than an elementary school student quietly appeared.

The figure reflected in his pupils looked incredibly familiar to Conan; that face was exactly like his own.

On the screen, Shinichi Kudo looked at Conan across from him, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The only successful experimental subject should have a name."

As the material for my reincarnation... I'll call you Conan, hmm, Edogawa Conan.

"Old village chief, go and tell Old Bai Gan to come and instill in this newborn Conan kid my edited memory, that... the memory of the great detective."

Shinichi Kudo turned his back to the camera and spoke to the person behind him. Upon hearing this, a voice rang out: "Understood, Lord Red Star Erguotou."

The old village chief, Lao Bai Gan (a type of Chinese liquor), Red Star Erguotou (another type of Chinese liquor)...

Although I don't know what the old village chief in front of me is, it should be a kind of liquor name. I do know a bit about Erguotou and Laobaigan.

But... so this is my true background?

Looking at the figure created on the screen and reflected in Shinichi Kudo's pupils, Conan gave a wry smile.

"Edogawa Conan, you... you're watching me!"

At that moment, on the screen, Shinichi Kudo quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes and turned around abruptly.

"We've been...discovered!"

Upon seeing this, Conan's expression changed, and he subconsciously took a few steps back. At the same time, Xia Qing had completely finished cleaning up the house.

The Shinichi Kudo on screen exudes a villainous aura, possessing an presence befitting the title of "evil savior."

Chapter 430: Conan: I actually have a daughter?

"you you."

Conan's expression changed as he watched Shinichi Kudo suddenly turn to face him. At that moment, Shinichi Kudo on the other side of the screen spoke in a somewhat displeased tone:

"So it still failed... You're probably the only one in the world who can see this video, Edogawa Conan, since only you have the exact same physique as me."

Now that you've seen this video, it proves that all my efforts were in vain.

Since I have failed, the future is in your hands.

So, you and I have never truly communicated, but we are essentially from the same origin.

I am you, and you are me. Now remember, Conan, what I'm about to tell you is of utmost importance.

Right now, Yusaku Kudo is very likely hiding inside your body. You must completely hide your own thoughts. From this moment on, you are the Wallfacer.

If even I have failed, then you only have one chance of victory: to win over all the forces you can, such as my brother, and your daughter.

Shinichi Kudo's tone was flat and indifferent, but Conan felt a lot of questions when he heard his voice.

Daughter... what the heck?! I'm only a few years old, how come I already have a daughter?

"You must still be wondering what's going on with your daughter. Since I've failed, it's not impossible for me to tell you this secret."

Actually, before you became Conan Edogawa, you had another identity, namely, a famous scientist under my command.

At that time, your name was not Conan Edogawa but Atsushi Miyano. You volunteered to participate in the soul transfer experiment.

Current technology is far from being able to create humans out of thin air; the power of a creator is still too far removed from humankind.

All you need to remember is that almost all androids have a past before they died.

The vast majority of the organization's artificial human projects rely on the souls of the dead to create artificial humans with lost consciousness and memories, and the organization's artificial human technology is what you developed in the past.

Having developed this technology, you were chosen as the first experimental subject. Out of respect, I have selected you to be my vessel, my successor.

Upon hearing Shinichi Kudo's words on the screen, Conan took a deep breath and listened quietly to the final message that Shinichi Kudo, who might have created him, left. After listening, Conan felt a bit of a headache.

"I didn't expect it to be this complicated..."

After leaving the locked room, Conan said with a complicated expression, "I never expected that my true identity would be an uncle who already has two daughters."

And what Shinichi Kudo never achieved before his death was actually his past life—well, that's a fair way to put it.

His previous life, in which he was transformed into an artificial human, was named Atsushi Miyano, and Ran, his childhood friend, was not actually a pure human either.

She was his wife in his previous life, named Elena, and also an experiment in another project of the organization.

She is an artificial human created from the soul of Atsushi Miyano, who is essentially dead, and possesses a completely new way of thinking. Her memory is blank and her personality is different from the past.

However, according to the logic of those people hidden on the surface of the world, he is no longer the Atsushi Miyano he once was.

However, due to the nature of the soul, I have never changed in their eyes. Oh, that doesn't seem accurate now. I have now transcended the identity of Atsushi Miyano.

The past has been erased, and he is now the successor to Shinichi Kudo, who seems to hold a high position of power within that organization.

She will inherit everything from Shinichi Kudo: his fate, his relationships, and his fortune.

Come to think of it, according to this calculation, Ran and I seem to already have two daughters, Miyano Akemi and Miyano Shiho... It's really difficult to manage relationships with them.

Speaking of which... isn't Akemi Miyano older than me?

Conan himself doesn't consider himself Atsushi Miyano. Just as he was feeling a bit overwhelmed, his daughter, who had appeared out of nowhere, was still researching drugs within the Black Organization.

While Conan was pondering what to do next, Xia Qing had already arrived at the organization's base.

After having someone notify Miyano Akemi to come see her, Xia Qing thought for a moment and silently used her power of styling to create a brand new illusion.

"Shirley, a very important person is looking for you."

Shiho Miyano, who was conducting research on drugs, suddenly heard a knock on the door. The voice of the person who was monitoring her came from the doorway.