Conan Rick's Investigator

Sunday Convenience Store, although it is closed at this time, but judging from the style of the sign, it should be the convenience store that has always been open opposite Zhibo Detective Agency.

The location is not wrong...

But why did the firm become a financial company?

Could it be done by a criminal who harbored hatred towards Qin Zhibo?

While Conan was thinking, Qin Zhibo had already run up the side stairs to the second floor and inserted the office key into the keyhole.

However, the key could not be inserted at all, and even the original door had to be replaced.

The same thing happened on the third floor. The key couldn't be inserted into the hole, let alone open the door.

How could this be?

Qin Zhibo groped for the security door in front of him that was blocking him from returning to his "home" with both hands, and he became even more confused.

Judging from the condition of the door, it is an old door that has been used for a long time and does not look like it was newly installed today.

But this is clearly his own office, and the house was bought by the original owner of this body, so how could someone else "take over" his position?

And it’s been a long time since...

Suddenly, his eyes flickered and became blurred, as if he had thought of something in his head.

Since the flash of white light created by Mi-Go, many unusual things have happened.

Cherry blossoms blooming out of season, another "Conan", a skateboard identical to the one made by Professor Agasa, bank card withdrawal issues, the office being occupied by someone else...

Is all this because...

I crossed?

……

Outside the office, Conan stood there, still thinking that someone was holding a grudge against Qin Zhibo and wanted to use this method to play a prank on Lao Qin.

If that's the case, the criminal should be waiting nearby, aiming to see the moment when Qin Zhibo is stunned by what he sees.

Thinking of this, Conan's eyes darkened, and he was about to use his observation skills to find the "real murderer" nearby.

The best observation spot isn't too far away, it should be right here...

Conan looked at a building not far away with suspicion.

But at this moment, Qin Zhibo suddenly rushed out from the dark corridor and picked up Conan and put him on the back seat of the bicycle.

"Hey hey!" Conan was a little caught off guard, "Where are you going?"

If Conan hadn't considered that the criminal might be nearby and making a rash sound would alert the enemy, he would have said that he planned to help Qin Zhibo find the prankster.

But Qin Zhibo stepped on the bicycle hard and said in a hurry: "Don't ask yet, come with me."

Conan: "?"

……

Qin Zhibo rode his bicycle very fast, making a rustling sound as he glided through the quiet rice-covered streets.

Soon, he drove Conan to Beika-cho 2-chome, the neighborhood where Dr. Agasa lived.

Conan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Qin Zhibo was here to find a place to stay.

"Are you planning to stay at Dr. Agasa's house first?"

"But this skateboard is a complete imitation of Dr. Agasa's invention. I'm afraid Dr. Agasa's house is also being monitored by that imposter of mine."

"We can only find a way to secretly tell Dr. Agasa the truth, otherwise..."

Conan in the back seat was reasoning naturally, but the bicycle suddenly stopped, causing his chin to hit Qin Zhibo's solid back, and he almost bit his tongue.

"what are you doing?"

Conan adjusted his glasses and complained slightly.

Qin Zhibo ignored Conan and turned to look at a building on the side of the road.

There was no plaque at the entrance of the building, just a notice on the glass door - "House for Sale".

Qin Zhibo did not hide the surprise in his eyes at all. Although he had been mentally prepared before coming, he was still shocked when he actually saw this scene.

Because this is supposed to be...

"Is this... Chengshi Hospital?"

Conan also glanced at the familiar building on the side of the road and spoke in a somewhat uncertain tone.

Although Chengshi Hospital is a newly opened hospital in Ni-chome, he has been here several times before. Even though the plaque is gone, he can still vaguely remember what it was like here.

"House for sale?" Conan was a little surprised. "When did Dr. Cheng Shi move out? Why didn't that Haibara guy tell me today?"

Haibara Ai and Narimi have a good relationship, so Conan doesn't believe that Narimi didn't even tell Haibara Ai.

"Do not……"

At this moment, Qin Zhibo, who was sitting in the front seat, stared expressionlessly at the empty house waiting to be sold, muttering, "He simply doesn't exist in this world..."

Conan: "Hmm?"

Qin Zhibo continued to murmur: "I'm afraid we are..."

He paused for a moment, but still spoke out his true thoughts.

"I'm afraid I've traveled through time..."

"Crossing?"

Conan was stunned. As a Japanese high school student born in 96, he didn't quite understand the concept of "time travel".

Even though science fiction movies like "Back to the Future" have shown content about traveling to the past and the future, no one in this era would connect it with reality unless they are crazy.

But as a "future man" whose soul traveled to this world, Qin Zhibo is quite clear about the authenticity of "time travel".

But he didn't expect that he would travel through time again in a daze.

"Time travel? What does that mean?" Conan frowned slightly and asked in doubt.

"Travelling through time means..."

Qin Zhibo was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to explain the concept of time travel to the "materialistic" Conan in convincing language.

Besides, even he himself doesn't know how he came to this world.

"Suppose there is a person traveling from one world to another. This is called space travel."

"There is also time travel, such as a person going back to the past, or traveling to the future..."

"But if I'm not mistaken, we should be in a parallel world to the original world now."

Qin Zhibo tried his best to explain to Conan in a simple and easy-to-understand way, but all he got in return was Conan's more confused expression.

Now Conan is not only wondering what "time travel" is, but also curious about why Qin Zhibo's brain suddenly became abnormal.

"never mind……"

Seeing that Conan didn't understand, Qin Zhibo waved his hands.

He also knew that this concept was difficult to explain to someone who had not experienced it.

"Let's find a place with internet access first. Once we find the evidence, we'll tell you and you'll understand..."

It was not difficult for Conan to find a place where he could access the Internet.

Although this world does not have advanced business places like Internet cafes, Ni-chome is Conan's base camp for 17 years.

"Let's go to my house."

"My house is quite big..."

……

Qin Zhibo took Conan on a bicycle to Kudo's house at 21--chome.

When passing by Mu Ma Zhuang at No. 23, he glanced into the yard of the apartment and did not see Toru Amuro's white Mazda RX-7 parked in the yard.

Sure enough, this is not the original world...

This is a parallel world.

The so-called parallel world is another dimensional world that has almost the same history and the same people as the original world.

There are also some movies and novels that propose the concept of parallel worlds, which means that when one thing develops in two directions, two parallel worlds will be born.

In any case, the parallel worlds are extremely similar, but there are also slight differences in some minor details.

For example, this world does not have its own detective agency.

Do I not exist in this world?

Qin Zhibo thinks that may not be the case. Maybe there is also a "Qin Zhibo" or "Vince Qin" in this world.

However, the "Qin" in this world may have never been to Japan, nor to Tokyo, let alone opened a detective agency.

Without a detective agency, you naturally cannot use the bank card opened in Japan.

The original owner of this body came to Japan, but by accident he got involved in Ethan Hondou's mission, assisted in the investigation, and came to Japan because of curiosity and accepted the invitation.

If there is even a deviation in one link, the original owner of the body would not appear in Japan, and might even be an American FBI agent.

Because of this, Qin Zhibo went to Chengshi Hospital as soon as possible to confirm his thoughts.

After coming to this world, Qin Zhibo believes that the thing that changed the trajectory of his life the most was Ma Chengshi.

If she had never been to Japan, would Asami still open a private hospital in Tokyo?

Even Chengshi's start-up capital for opening a private hospital came from the US dollars left for his son by Qin Zhibo, who found the suicide note of Chengshi's father, Keiji Aso.

And it turns out that Asami is indeed not in Tokyo.

It also indirectly proves that this world is a parallel world with many differences from the original world.

……

Passing through Muma-sho at No. 23 and Dr. Agasa's house at No. 22, you will reach Kudo's house at No. 21, a super luxurious Western-style house.

This place has not changed, and the doorplate still says "Kudo House".

The iron gate in the Kudo family's yard is never locked all year round and can be opened by pulling the handle down.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of Conan's inattention, put the bicycle into the prop box, and followed him into the gloomy house.

The next most important thing is the gate of the villa.

Conan walked to the door, took out the key, inserted it, and turned it. A click sound came from the lock cylinder.

The door is open.

Conan pushed the door open and walked in. Like the owner, he turned around and said to Qin Zhibo, "Please come in."

By doing this, Conan is implicitly admitting that he is Kudo Shinichi.

Although Conan believed that Qin Zhibo had known his true identity for a long time, this was the first time he personally admitted it.

At this time, Conan noticed that the bicycle Qin Zhibo had been riding was missing.

"Where's that bike?"

"By the way, where did you get the bike?"

"Yes..." Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and replied, "It's a shared bicycle."

"What is shared bicycle?" Conan was a little confused, why Qin Zhibo always came up with some new terms.

Just now it was “time travel”, and now here comes “shared bicycles”.

"These are the shared bikes that people park on the roadside. They can't be locked, so you just ride them and go..."

"I left the bike outside, and passersby who need it will ride it away on their own."

"Oh, that's it..." Conan nodded as if he understood. This concept of sharing is quite advanced and sounds good.

Conan put his dirty clothes and Qin Zhibo's dirty clothes into the washing machine and stirred them first. He also put aside the soaked skateboard that the fake "Conan" dropped, and then took Qin Zhibo to the study.

"This is my dad's study. The computer is over there."

In a birdcage-shaped room, a large number of books are densely arranged on the ring-shaped bookshelf, most of which are mystery works and case information collected by Kudo Yusaku over the years.

In the middle of the birdcage room is a desk with a desktop computer on it.