Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

But just as he was about to break free, he caught a glimpse of Mao Lilan beside him out of the corner of his eye, and a chill suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart to his whole body.

Mao Lilan watched them hugging each other. It was not until the strange woman let go of her hand and stood up again that she hesitantly asked, "Excuse me, who are you...?"

"Sorry, I was so excited that I forgot to introduce myself."

The woman wiped her tears, took out a business card from her handbag and handed it to Mao Lilan.

"My name is Edogawa Fumiyo, and Conan is my child. Not long ago, my husband and I went on a business trip to the United States. Because we were in a hurry, we temporarily left the child at a friend's house..."

Mao Lilan took the business card, her face still a little confused. She looked at Edogawa Conan again with this expression, as if asking silently.

However, Edogawa Conan couldn't respond a single word.

If it was just an ordinary trafficker, it would be fine. But what if it was... what if someone from that organization discovered his identity and came looking for him...

——If they find out that Xiaolan has guessed his identity, they will kill her!

Conan Edogawa's mind was working quickly. He knew that he couldn't ask for help, and he even had to help the other party cover up the lie. He had to trick Xiaolan over.

So he quickly put on an exaggerated smile, rushed over to hug Edogawa Fumiyo's legs, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Why did you come now!"

"I'm sorry, Conan, I won't do that again." Edogawa Fumiyo patted his head, "It's rare. After you went to school, you rarely act like a spoiled child to me like this."

When she touched Edogawa Conan on the head, the back of his clothes was soaked with cold sweat without him noticing, but he still had to act along and continued to pretend to be an angry child.

Mao Lilan looked at them blankly. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't open her mouth.

After the touching but brief mother-son reunion scene, Edogawa Fumiyo took Edogawa Conan out of the house, and Mao Li Ran accompanied them all the way downstairs.

Edogawa Fumiyo stood by the car and bowed slightly to Mao Lilan: "I am really sorry for causing you trouble during this period. I came in a hurry today and didn't have time to prepare a thank-you gift. I will definitely come to thank you again another day."

Conan Edogawa was sitting in the car, looking at Mouri Ran through the lowered window and forcing a smile at her.

"Goodbye, Sister Xiaolan."

When Mao Lilan heard this name, something flickered in her eyes. After a while, she smiled at him and waved to him.

"Goodbye, Conan."

The car drove away.

……

At 8 o'clock in the evening, there were many vehicles on the road.

It was not until they had driven a long distance and could not return to the Maori Detective Agency in a short time that Edogawa Conan stopped the car at a red light and asked with a wary look on his face:

"Who are you anyway?"

Edogawa Fumiyo held the steering wheel with both hands, her eyes hidden behind the lenses, making it difficult to see her expression for a moment.

"I am your mother." She said in a firm tone.

Edogawa Conan unbuckled his seat belt silently: "No, my mother is..."

"Kudo Yukiko."

"!"

Although he had expected it, the moment he heard the name, Conan Edogawa was sure that the other party was not a human trafficker, but more likely a member of that organization!

His identity... is exposed!

The woman next to him began to introduce Kudo Yukiko's life experience in detail, but Edogawa Conan didn't hear a word she said. He looked up at the traffic and streets outside, thinking frantically about what to do.

He couldn't go back to the detective agency. Judging from the fact that they came to take him away in disguise and didn't just plant a bomb and take him away in one go, they were not mindless attackers and would probably avoid killing unsuspecting people at will.

Go to the doctor's house... Oh, now that he's been exposed, what happened to Huibara? ? !

The doctor is not here now. Could it be that the phone call he received earlier was from the organization, who deliberately sent him away to facilitate the kidnapping of Huiyuan? !

——Edogawa Conan and Kudo Shinichi felt such fear for the first time in their lives.

"…Am I right? You are the only son they left in Japan, Kudo Shinichi!"

Fumiyo Edogawa was completely unaware that Conan Edogawa had already gone through the death process several times in his mind and had just finished his lines.

Edogawa Conan was startled and suddenly stood up from his seat. A small pistol was extended from the side and pressed against the center of his forehead.

"Be obedient, little brat." Edogawa Fumiyo smiled sinisterly, "If you run around, I don't mind breaking your limbs. As long as you're alive, that's all that matters..."

Edogawa Conan looked at her silently. At such a critical moment, he suddenly saw a figure walking in front of the car.

He was a black-haired young man carrying a guitar bag. He had a pale face, unshaved beard, obvious dark circles under his eyes, and looked tired and decadent.

He was so inconspicuous, blending in with the crowd and rushing past without attracting anyone's attention.

Except for Conan Edogawa.

He recognized him.

Three years ago, he went to Minato Middle School as an exchange student for one semester, and during that time he attended the funeral of a classmate.

Mr. Amuro, or Mr. Furuya, who was a public security official, also attended the funeral. But when the family members arrived, he suddenly said hello to them and said he had to leave for a while because of something.

Conan Edogawa remembers it very clearly. It was this man who appeared at the door and called Mr. Fūya away!

Conan Edogawa made several speculations about why Furuya Rei went to Minato Middle School to be a teacher under a false identity three years ago and why he was close to Aoyagi Akimitsu. The most likely one was that it was for the purpose of investigation.

After all, one of the duties of the public security is to screen suspicious foreigners in the country and investigate whether they are foreign spies. As an FBI agent of the United States, Aoyagi Akimitsu came to a Japanese school to be a teacher, which would easily attract the attention of the public security.

Of course, the above has nothing to do with his current situation. What Edogawa Conan cares about is——

Since Furuya Rei is a public security officer, could the man who suddenly called him away at that time also be a public security officer?

Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan jumped off his seat, stepped heavily on the accelerator, and the car instantly crossed the zebra crossing and rushed into the oncoming traffic!

A bunch of cars that were driving normally had to brake suddenly. For a moment, the road was filled with the sound of horns and shouting.

Edogawa Conan ignored the screams of the woman beside him, opened the car door, walked through the crowd of crookedly parked cars, and ran towards the man!

There was a sudden car accident on the road. Many people stopped and turned around to watch. Only that man seemed to have heard nothing. He did not look back or stop, but continued to walk forward with firm steps.

"Please wait——"

Before he could even utter the words to ask for help, a hand suddenly reached out from the alley next to him and grabbed him and pulled him over there.

Edogawa Conan was startled again and instinctively tried to break free, but when he looked up, he saw a familiar face.

"A-Mr. Aoyagi...?"

The man whose name was called stood at the edge of a dim alley. The bright and dazzling lights of the busy street fell in front of him, stopping one step away from him, not shining on him. He looked down at him, and the smile on his face became blurred.

"Why are you here?" asked Aoyagi Binguang.

Chapter 294: Has the vest been taken off?

The alley is very quiet. Although it is only a few steps away from the commercial street, it seems as if there is a barrier between them.

Edogawa Conan stared at Aoyagi Akimitsu in a daze.

"Mr. Qingliu, you...then why are you here?"

"I finished my statement at the Metropolitan Police Department and asked them to take me to a supermarket near my residence. I just came out after shopping."

Aoyagi Akimichi answered Edogawa Conan's question first, and even raised his hand to signal the shopping bag in his hand. Edogawa Conan saw that there were some ingredients in it.

"Near where you live?" He grasped the key point, "Is this the port area?"

"Yes," Aoyagi Hikari replied, "I live across the street."

Edogawa Conan looked back and saw a very conspicuous high-rise building behind the commercial street.

Japan is a country prone to earthquakes, and most residential buildings are single-family houses or low-rise apartments with four or five floors. Only people with better conditions live in such towers.

Aoyagi Hikari asked again: "Why are you here? Although Mika is not far from the port area, why did you come here alone so late at night?"

"I……"

Edogawa Conan turned around, his mind in a mess and he was in a dilemma.

Half an hour ago, Huiyuan Ai warned him not to reveal his identity at will; half an hour later, he was almost taken away by a woman who was suspected to be a member of the organization, and the situation on Huiyuan's side was also unclear...

say?

he asked himself.

If he doesn't tell, Aoyagi Akimitsu will send him back to the Mouri Detective Agency or contact Xiaolan to pick her up. He can't help with Haibara, and the people from the organization will come again, and both Uncle Mouri and Xiaolan will be in danger.

But if I told him, it would drag the innocent Mr. Qingliu into huge trouble, and...

Something vaguely flashed through Edogawa Conan's mind, and even he himself couldn't grasp the specific content.

Reason told him that he should trust Aoyagi Akimitsu. After all, they had known each other for three years and he knew what kind of person he was. Moreover, he was the only person he could turn to for help at the moment, which was safer than chasing after that unknown person.

However, for some reason, Edogawa Conan felt that Aoyagi Akimitsu seemed a little different from during the day.

Aoyagi Bingguang looked at him patiently without urging him.

On the street not far away, the sound of horns and shouting gradually subsided, and a car drove over and stopped on the side of the road. Edogawa Conan came to his senses and subconsciously wanted to run into the alley, but was stopped by Aoyagi Akimitsu.

Aoyagi Binguang held him with one hand and held the shopping bag with the other. He followed his frightened gaze towards the street and saw the car and the slightly plump woman who got out of the car.

The woman was on the phone and looked around. Aoyagi Binguang was leaning against the wall to avoid her sight. Not long after, she hung up the phone, turned around and ran in one direction.

Conan Edogawa hid beside Aoyagi Akimichi's legs, and his pounding heart did not calm down until he watched the woman leave.

"She's looking for you?" asked Aoyagi Binguang.

"……Um."

Edogawa Conan responded in a low voice, and at the same time began to think about how to explain the whole story without revealing his identity.

However, just as the lie was about to begin, Aoyagi Binkou's voice sounded again from above.

"If you want to play hide-and-seek, it's better to play during the day. Running around at night is likely to lead to encountering real bad guys."

There was a hint of helplessness in his tone. Seeing Edogawa Conan's bewildered expression and the cold sweat rolling down his forehead, he took out a pack of tissues from the shopping bag and handed it to him.

"Why that expression? ... Didn't you recognize that it was your mother, Kudo?"

Edogawa Conan's hands trembled.

The tissue fell to the ground, and he widened his eyes, looking at Aoyagi Binkou in disbelief.