Conan: When Shinjiu and Maolilan swap bodies

"Sister Xiaolan, my stomach isn't feeling well, I need to go to the restroom."

He clutched his stomach, looking like he had a stomachache.

Ran Mouri looked down at him. "Do you want me to take you there?"

"No need, Sister Xiaolan, I know where the toilet is."

"Then don't stay in the toilet for too long."

Ran Mouri watched his figure disappear around the corner before turning her gaze away.

Conan probably wants to investigate this case, but where can he get information about it?

Is it with Inspector Megure?

She took out her phone and sent a message to Qingze.

[Mr. Qingze, have you seen the news?]

Wearing a large sun hat, Qingze, who was fishing by the lake, raised his eyebrows slightly.

What news?

Ran Mouri found the news on her phone and forwarded the link.

Qingze clicked on the link and quickly scrolled down, finally landing on the blurry photo that was completely unrecognizable as to whose picture it was.

"They actually managed to get photographed. Curaçao is really getting worse as she gets older."

Qingze didn't utter a single sarcastic remark from his colleague.

He lowered his eyes slightly, his fingers paused on the screen for a moment, and then sent a message.

What, you suspect it's me?

A faint sneer crossed his face.

At times like this, should we stop fantasizing that he's a good person?

The message came back very quickly.

I recognize that it's not Mr. Qingze.

Qingze's lips curled up, and at that moment the fishing rod next to him moved, a fish had taken the bait.

He quickly tightened the fishing line, pulled up the fishing rod, and a fish weighing about two pounds leaped out of the water.

"It's really rare to catch a fish."

After admiring the fish he had caught for a while, he put it into the empty bucket.

While sending the message to Ran Mouri, he snapped a picture and attached it.

[You do have some discernment.]

They're fishing...

Ran Mouri smiled and put her phone away.

"Dad, our number has been called. Let's go for the checkup."

Kogoro Mouri reluctantly entered the examination room.

Qingze waited for a long time but Ran Mouri didn't reply to him.

The chat history stopped at the fish he posted.

This is the fish he caught!

Two pounds of fish!

Do you know what catching a fish means to a fisherman who can only catch corpses?

Fingers danced rapidly across the screen, typing and deleting, deleting and typing again, until finally, a message was sent.

Don't you think this fish is quite unique?

Ran Mouri, confused after receiving the message, clicked on the photo of the fish and looked at it carefully several times, but couldn't find anything unusual about it.

This is just an ordinary fish!

[Sorry, I didn't find anything special about it.] Ran Mouri's unusual honesty.

The smile on Qingze's face disappeared.

What makes this fish special is that it took his hook.

Praise me now, right now!

Upon seeing Qingze's message, Ran Mouri couldn't help but burst out laughing.

what the hell.

It turns out they wanted to give a compliment.

Mr. Qingze can be incredibly childish at times.

If you want praise, just say so.

What's so special about it? I don't understand the meaning at all.

As Kogoro Mouri walked out of the examination room, he saw his daughter holding her phone and smiling.

He pursed his lips, "Who are you chatting with, laughing so happily?"

Chapter 54 Another Consciousness Swap

The switch of consciousness happened so suddenly, without any warning.

Ran Mouri felt a low-frequency hum in her ears, then felt dizzy and swayed. When she came to her senses, she found herself in front of a large lake.

There was a boom and a bucket next to it, and a lone fish in the bucket was idly splashing water with its tail.

She was holding a phone, the screen still showing their chat interface.

After realizing what had happened, Ran Mouri immediately called Aoze.

Dad was just talking to her. Qingze was switched over. Will they notice anything amiss?

Aoze reacted much faster than Ran Mouri. Seeing the change in the scene, he knew that he and Ran Mouri had swapped consciousness again.

The scene before her resembled a hospital. She was in the corridor of the examination room, holding a phone in one hand and an examination form in the other. Kogoro Mouri, standing in front of her, frowned and reached out, seemingly intending to help her up.

"What's wrong? Are you dizzy?"

He sensed a change in his daughter in an instant, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Upon closer inspection, however, it seems that nothing has changed.

Qingze quickly entered Ran Mouri's mindset, pretending to reach out and hold his head, rubbing it, "I suddenly felt a little dizzy, but I'm fine now."

Kogoro Mouri reached out and touched the girl's forehead.

Not hot.

"He must have been overworked lately."

My daughter has been leaving early and coming home late lately; she must be exhausted.

"Xiao Lan, do you want to get checked too?"

Since we're already at the hospital, the cost of the tests won't make a difference.

“My health is much better than yours, Dad, and I have regular check-ups.”

Kogoro Mouri didn't insist. "Alright, but you should be careful not to overwork yourself."

His phone rang, and Qingze looked up to see that it was indeed Ran Mouri calling. He glanced at the medical report in his hand and handed it to Kogoro Mouri.

"Dad, I'm going to answer a phone call."

"Mr. Aozawa, I'm taking Dad and Conan for checkups. Dad just finished a CT scan, and Conan went to the restroom..."

Ran quickly recounted what had just happened to prevent Aoze from being confused and revealing any flaws.

"Ah."

Qingze gave a soft "hmm," and his calm tone immediately soothed Ran Mouri's somewhat worried heart.

"Mr. Qingze, did you hear anything before the exchange?"

"No."

Just like the first time they switched consciousnesses in the middle of the night, there was nothing unusual or unexpected; their consciousnesses were simply switched suddenly.

"Before the switch, I heard a low-frequency buzzing sound, very similar to tinnitus. I heard that same sound when I was on that machine in the hospital last time, and afterwards my head hurt a lot, and then we switched back..."

Ran Mouri recounted her discovery.

She felt that the buzzing sound was crucial, and might be the reason why their consciousnesses were switched.

Qingze frowned.

He had known all along that their consciousness swap was the result of research conducted by the organization.

This is just one confirmed fact.

The organization has many research institutes, but apart from the old man himself, no one knows exactly which ones they are.

He checked Dr. Horton's itinerary; after getting off the plane, the man was picked up by the organization's car.

Not every road has surveillance cameras, so he couldn't find out where the car eventually ended up.

But now it seems that it should be in Tokyo.

Ran Mouri must have heard a certain frequency band because of the instrument she used last time, which is why she heard that buzzing sound this time.

But even this alone is still too little information.

Qingze felt a bit of a headache.

He's not a scientist, and he has no knowledge of sound wave spectrum.

I really can't think of any kind of cutting-edge technology that could achieve such an effect.

This is clearly something that could only exist in a highly technologically advanced world, right? It's like something out of a science fiction movie...

The investigation has hit a bottleneck and made no progress; now all we can do is react to whatever comes our way.

"I understand, you can continue."

After sharing her findings, Ran Mouri began to recount her itinerary for the day.

She brought her father and Conan here specifically for their check-ups today; she has no other plans.

She specifically instructed Qingze to pay attention to his father's liver test results and to control his alcohol consumption.

Qingze agreed to everything.

Just as Ran Mouri finished speaking and was about to hang up, Aozawa suddenly spoke.

"You seem to have forgotten something."

Forgot something?

"Mr. Aozawa, do you have any plans for today?" Ran Mouri asked curiously.

She felt that Qingze had been quite free lately, spending most of his time alone at home. Now that he was fishing here alone, there shouldn't be anything he needed to tell her.

"fish."

Qingze lowered his half-moon eyes and spoke concisely.

Let's put the organization aside for now.

That was the only fish he had caught in the past month!

Those who have the privilege of seeing it should offer their praise.

Ran Mouri looked down at the fish in the bucket beside her, and a low laugh came through the receiver.

"This fish looks very difficult to catch. Mr. Qingze is really amazing!"

Qingze was satisfied.