Zongman: Starting as a Prop Master

Chapter 1037: The Center of the World, on the Eve of Turmoil

Deep in the ancient forest,

Edogawa Conan avoided everyone's sight and hid his petite body in the dense shade of a towering tree.

After confirming that the surrounding environment was safe, Edogawa Conan took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

A few dozen seconds later, as the phone was connected, a crisp and lively female voice came over.

"Moshimoshi, this is the Kudo family, who are you looking for?"

Listening to the childish voice of a high school girl in the receiver, Conan did not feel the slightest bit of emotion and responded calmly:

"Mom, it's me."

Pause for a few seconds.

Suddenly, the same female voice cheered in surprise from the other end of the line:

"Ah, it's Xiaoxin. You called me because you missed your mother?"

Listening to his mother's sweet voice, Conan's mouth twitched. He didn't think much of the familiar name "Shin-chan" before.

But now, the moment he heard these two words, he suddenly thought of the Potato Head kid.

Suddenly, a sudden sense of disobedience and discomfort came to my mind.

With dead fish eyes, Conan complained to Kudo Yukiko on the other side:

"Mom, can you please stop calling me Shin-chan?"

On the other end of the phone, Kudo Yukiko's lively voice did not diminish her interest because of Conan's objection, but became even more excited.

"What's wrong? Mom thinks the name Shin-chan is very cute, especially after Shin-chan became Conan, he became even cuter. It seems that even mom has become younger."

After being speechless for a while, Conan responded calmly:

"In our class, there is a kid named Shin-chan. How should I put it? That kid is a little bit different, so..."

Jiujiu, probably because he heard the resentment in his son's words.

The lively voice of Kudo Yukiko "330" on the other end gradually faded away.

"Okay, how about Mommy call you Xiaoyi from now on!"

The corners of his mouth trembled wildly, and another figure entered his mind again.

Holding the phone, Conan complained in a very speechless manner:

"His elder brother is called Xiaoyi."

After a long silence, Yukiko Kudo on the other end of the phone suddenly chuckled:

"What a coincidence, our Shinichi seems to have a strong affinity with their family."

After thinking about it carefully, Edogawa Conan, no, it should be Kudo Shinichi, I suddenly realized that based on the names, I do have a strong connection with the two brothers.

Of course, apart from the names, there was no conflict between him and the other two in other aspects.

After a while, Conan shook his head and threw this ridiculous idea out of his mind. He looked at Yukiko Kudo opposite him and asked:

"Okay, Mom, let's stop talking about this. Where's Dad?"

Hearing Conan's question, the voice of Kudo Yukiko calling someone came from the other end of the phone:

"Yusaku, Shin-chan, no, it's Shinichi who wants to see you."

Soon, the calm voice of a middle-aged man came from the phone:

"Shinichi, it's me."

Hearing the familiar male voice, Conan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

My eccentric mother is always a real headache for me.

Throwing away the little bit of resentment in his heart, Kudo Shinichi started talking about business.

"Dad, how is the investigation of the information about Nohara Ichinosuke's family going with you?"

On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged man who looked like Kudo Shinichi, but more mature and steady, took out some documents that he had read thousands of times, checked them, and answered.

"Xiao Xin, their family's water may be deeper than you think."

Hearing this, Kudo Shinichi asked anxiously:

"Dad, what's going on? Is their entire family's information kept confidential, so we can't find out anything?"

Shaking his head, Kudo Yusaku said distressedly:

"No, on the contrary. The friend I asked for help quickly found out their family's information."

As he spoke, he flipped through the information provided by his friend and began to tell the story.

"The head of the Nohara family, Nohara Hiroshi, is 35 years old this year and is from Akita. He graduated from Waseda University years ago and then went to work at Futaba Trading Company. Six years ago, he met and married Koyama Misae. Five years ago, his wife gave birth to two sons, Nohara Ichinosuke and Nohara Shinnosuke."

After briefly discussing Nohara Hiroshi's information, Kudo Yusaku became the next target.

"My wife, Nohara Misae, formerly known as Koyama Misae, is 29 years old. She graduated from a women's university and became a full-time housewife after marriage."

Compared to Hiroshi Nohara, Misae Nohara's resume is simpler and there is almost nothing outstanding about it.

After telling her information, Kudo Yusaku changed another file.

"My eldest son, Nohara Ichinosuke, has shown extraordinary intelligence since he was young, but he is still within the normal range and there is nothing too outstanding about him."

"My youngest son, Nohara Shinnosuke, is just an ordinary child except for his bad habits and low IQ."

In one breath, Kudo Yusaku revealed all the unremarkable information about the Nohara family from more than a month ago.

After a moment's silence, Kudo Yusaku began to describe the unusual things in a slightly concentrated voice.

"However, things took a turn for the worse more than a month ago."

After changing the file, a girl with shoulder-length brown wavy hair and cold eyes appeared in front of Kudo Yusaku.

"After Nohara Ichinosuke picked up an unregistered girl named Haibara Ai, Nohara Hiroshi also resigned from Futaba Trading Company and took out several billion US dollars to acquire the current Nichimi Television and Nichimi Co., Ltd."

"It's very strange that no matter how hard we search, we can't find the source of this huge amount of money."

After collecting the information given by his friend, Kudo Yusaku made a simple summary.

"In general, apart from a sum of money from an unknown source, they are just an ordinary family of four."

During the whole process, Kudo Shinichi didn't say anything and just listened to Kudo Yusaku silently.

After explaining the seemingly normal and reasonable information given by his friend, Kudo Yusaku rubbed his brows in distress and said in disbelief;

"To be honest, if you hadn't told me the news, I would never have believed it."

"Nohara Ichinosuke and Haibara Ai are suspected to be members of the organization, and they also possess a complete potion that allows them to switch back and forth between adults and children at any time."

If he had not seen it with his own eyes and found that his son had indeed shrunk, he probably would not have believed that there was such a magical "poison" in the world, not to mention that it could transform back and forth between adults and children.

"Also, my friend and I have carefully studied the video you sent of Dr. Tanaka's murder."

"We ultimately concluded that his death was indeed an accident and not caused by human factors."

No matter how he and his friends replayed it frame by frame, no matter how they analyzed it, all the misfortunes that happened to Dr. Tian before his death were just coincidences, and there was no trace of human design or planning.

"only……"

Rubbing his temple with his thumb, Kudo Yusaku told the result of his final deduction.

"As Sherlock Holmes said, when you eliminate all the impossibilities, whatever remains, no matter how absurd, can only be the truth."

"Unfortunately, we can't find anything about the box you mentioned."

Hearing what Kudo Yusaku said, Kudo Shinichi nodded as if it was what he expected.

If Ichinosuke hadn't wanted to cover it up, he would probably never have realized the truth of the matter in his entire life.

With a bitter smile, Conan interrupted Kudo Yusaku's thoughts.

"Dad, now I don't doubt that they are members of the organization."

After seeing how many good things Kazunosuke brought with him and how he spent money lavishly, Kudo Shinichi directly separated his camp from the Black Organization.

How could an organization that trades hundreds of millions of yen and sends people to rob billions have a member like Kazunosuke who throws out tens of billions of dollars without blinking an eye?

He is more concerned about something else now.

"Dad, there are more magical things now than just that box."

As he spoke, Conan sent over a video that he had already filmed.

In the video, a group of more than ten children, plus an adult, showed their half-human, half-animal bodies, flapped the wings behind them, and flew freely in the air.

Half human, half animal, Conan mentioned it yesterday, so Kudo Yusaku was not too surprised.

His eyes were focused on the pair of wings that looked unreasonable in any way.

Combined with what Conan just said, Kudo Yusaku instantly noticed the hats everyone was wearing on their heads.

After comparing the shapes and colors of the wings of these people, he quickly came to the conclusion.

"Shinichi, are you saying that these hats were also taken out by Nohara Ichinosuke?"

Kudo Shinichi was not surprised at all that Ko's father discovered the problem so quickly.

"Yes, according to him, these hats are called new bird hats. After putting them on, wings of the corresponding birds will grow. When you flap the wings, you can fly freely in the sky."

Conan added a little more explanation.

“Not only children, but even adults have no problem at all.”

Hearing this, Kudo Yusaku nodded.

Even though she turned into a mermaid, he still recognized Suzuki Sonoko.

Seeing how easily she and another adult woman were flying, Kudo Yusaku had no doubt that even a strong adult man would be able to fly into the sky easily.

Here, Conan continued:

"In addition to this new bird hat, Nohara Ichinosuke also took out a rain cloud that can accelerate plant growth, and exchanged the formula of animal transformation potion and antidote with the four Zenshou...."

"Also, I discovered that Nohara Ichinosuke has super powers!"

"superpower?"