Conan: When Shinjiu and Maolilan swap bodies

……

Qingze's follow-up arrangements weren't over yet. "Call Gin and tell him this..."

Although revealing their romantic relationship was a matter of necessity, he had his own contingency plans.

Ran Mouri nodded, mimicked his tone and words, and picked up her phone to call Gin.

My phone number was previously blocked by Gin, but it has suddenly been released now.

Clearly, Gin deliberately removed him from the blacklist.

I want to see if he'll make that call.

The call was dialed and answered after only a few rings; the person on the other end was waiting for the call.

The two remained silent, neither speaking, but Qingze was the first to speak.

"Gin, keep this a secret. Consider it a favor I owe you."

The young man's voice was earnest, unusually free of his usual sarcastic tone.

Gin, sitting alone in his car, gave a playful smile, as if he had discovered something amusing.

"Ha, favors? Is that something you would actually say?"

This person was truly blinded by love.

It's pathetic, laughable, and tragic.

The voice on the other end turned cold.

"You probably don't want me to kick you while you're down someday, right? It's not like you're losing anything, so why not accept this favor from me?"

Gin was already waiting for his call, so of course he wouldn't refuse the favor.

“Then I’ll accept it, but I must remind you, Koniak.”

He lit a cigarette, and the smoke billowed from his lips, blurring his face.

“Useless emotions will only become a weakness, and your husband doesn’t want you to have a weakness.”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then the call was disconnected.

Chapter 72 will add a "love-obsessed" element to the character design.

After finishing the call, Ran Mouri looked at Aoyama with a complicated expression.

Being in an organization is really tough; even dating has to be done in secret.

If you're not careful, the person you like can become your weakness and a handle to be used against you.

Fortunately, both she and Qingze are capable of protecting themselves.

Qingze spoke in a low, melancholy tone.

"Now, Koniak's character needs to have a romantic trouble added."

What does "love-obsessed" mean?

This was the first time Ran Mouri had ever heard this word.

"It's about becoming overly invested in a relationship, valuing love above all else, and losing your self-judgment and focus in life because of love..."

Ran Mouri understood.

This character is quite easy to portray.

"Is being too love-obsessed a bit too much for Koniak's character?"

Surely a killer like that wouldn't value love above all else?

"What kind of person do you think Koniak is?" Qingze looked at her expressionlessly. "He's an extreme and obsessive madman. Obsessive people crave love too much, and when in love, they become overly dependent on it, seeing love as everything..."

Koniak's personality was unhealthy.

He was a trained assassin, a weapon.

It's reasonable that people with disabilities lack love, and those who lack love are prone to being love-struck.

Seeing Qingze so coldly dismantle her other identity, Ran Mouri felt inexplicably sorry for him.

If we separate these two identities in this way, won't mental health issues like split personality develop over time?

"And... what about you, Mr. Qingze?"

A mocking smile appeared on Qingze's face. "What does Koniak's personality disorder have to do with me, Qingze?"

Ran Mouri sighed in exasperation upon hearing this.

Mr. Qingze's words are always contradictory.

Previously, it was said that Koniak's personality was his true personality.

Ran Mouri watched him quietly, feeling as if he had isolated himself from the whole world, like an outsider, coldly and sharply commenting on her.

She suddenly opened her arms and said, "Give me a hug."

Qingze glanced at him sideways.

"what?"

"Let's practice beforehand."

Seeing Ran Mouri's expectant gaze, Qingze remained motionless, his brows furrowed in indifference.

"There's no need. I don't like being touched."

Ran Mouri lowered her hand in disappointment, as if the intimacy they had been playing out was just an illusion.

"Then I'll go find someone to replace the door. You get some rest."

Ran Mouri disappeared, and the room fell silent again.

Aozawa sat indifferently on the tatami mat, one hand resting on the table.

His connection with Ran Mouri was just an accident, and it will be completely severed once the accident is over.

Qingze is Koniak; these two identities belong to the same person. Even if we try to deceive the outside world, this is an indisputable fact.

……

Subaru Okiya heard the sounds of renovations through the bugging device.

Although there was a floor between them, the sound of the electric drill still traveled through the floorboards to the listening device on the second floor.

He frowned.

There shouldn't be anyone at the Mori office at this time, so why is there still the sound of renovations?

Was it someone from the Black Organization who installed some kind of eavesdropping and surveillance device when no one was around?

He left the Kudo residence and strolled to the vicinity of the Mouri Detective Agency as if taking a walk.

Not long after, several construction workers carried a door down from upstairs.

This is the security door that was replaced; they recycled it for free.

Subaru Okiya frowned slightly.

Replace the door?

Why replace the door?

He inadvertently brushed past the construction workers and noticed the bullet holes in the door lock.

He was startled.

Has the organization already been here?

There shouldn't be anyone at the Mori office at this time, so who would have asked for the door to be changed?

After much deliberation, he decided to go upstairs to check the situation.

There was a knock on the door. Qingze stood behind the door and looked through the peephole at the pink-haired man standing in the doorway.

Pink-haired? Who?

Ran Mouri never mentioned this person.

His fingers flew across the keyboard silently as he sent a message to Ran Mouri.

[A pink-haired, bespectacled man with squinty eyes knocks on the door. Do you recognize him?]

Ran Mouri quickly recalled all the pink-haired people she knew.

[It should be Mr. Subaru Okiya; he's staying at the Shinichi House.]

After learning the name, Qingze opened the door.

The haggard-looking girl looked surprised when she saw the person at the door.

"Mr. Okiya, what brings you here?"

Subaru Okiya was also surprised to find Ran Mouri at home.

"Miss Mori, didn't you go to school?"

"I'm not feeling well and am resting at home. Is there anything I can help you with, Mr. Okishi?"

"When I passed by, I saw someone carrying a door down from upstairs, and I was a little worried that something might have happened."

"It's nothing, Mr. Okiya, don't worry."

The girl's attitude was normal, and she didn't seem to think anything had happened.

But the bullet hole on the door and the replaced door don't look like nothing happened.

Subaru Okiya's already narrowed eyes narrowed even more.

But he wasn't familiar with the Mori family, so he had no reason to ask Ran Mori about these things that she had deliberately kept hidden.

"If anything happens to you, Miss Mori, I suggest you call the police."

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Mr. Okiya."

Subaru Okiya left, and Aozawa pondered the man's purpose in coming.

Did you deliberately come up because you saw the bullet holes in the door?

But why did it happen to be here, and why did it happen to be when the renovation workers were carrying the door panels downstairs?

Or did they hear something through a bugging device and that's why they came over?

As he walked to the window of his room, he saw Subaru Okiya's figure receding into the distance below.

"Who is that Subaru Okiya?" Aozawa asked into the phone as he drew the curtains.

"What's wrong with Mr. Okiya?"

"His appearance was too coincidental; it's hard not to be suspicious."

Ran Mouri recalled Subaru Okiya's situation and said:

"He's a graduate student in engineering at Tokyo University. His rented apartment caught fire, so he stayed at Shinichi's place. I didn't have much interaction with him; we were just acquaintances..."

Why would he stay at Shinichi Kudo's house?

"It seems like it was Conan who suggested it. Conan was also there when the arson case was solved."

Ran Mouri didn't say much about Subaru Okiya's situation.

She knew nothing about this person and had no understanding of him whatsoever.

I only run into him when I go to clean the new house.

"Mr. Qingze, how do you release the force of a pistol? My arm is so sore after practicing for a while."

Ran Mouri rubbed her sore arms, looking extremely distressed.

"Let's video chat, let's see how you practice..."

……

School in the afternoon.