Detective Conan: Developing a younger version of Ran Eri, and the stunning Yukiko.

The mother crescent bear seemed to see her cub running towards her. She glanced at Shiraishihara, and with her wild animal instincts, she sensed a hint of fear. She then ran away with her cub.

The three hunters looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Young man, thank you. That bear is called Jubei. It would be best if we could avoid becoming its enemy."

"Wait a minute..." The middle-aged hunter next to him looked at the old hunter, "Didn't you say that you blinded Jubei in one eye?"

“That’s right, Jubei’s eye was indeed blinded because of me,” the old hunter said, bowing his head. “It was he who traded that eye for my life.”

Professor Agasa looked puzzled: "Exchange? What do you mean?"

"About twenty years ago, I went to the snow-covered mountains to hunt spring bears..."

The old hunter slowly recounted events from twenty years ago.

"I accidentally fell and slid down the hillside for dozens of meters, fracturing both legs severely. Unable to make a sound or move, it suddenly appeared in front of me. I thought I was going to die in its jaws, and in despair, I closed my eyes, awaiting death. But then I felt something warm on my face. Opening my eyes, I saw it had retracted the barbs on its tongue and was licking my wounds again and again. After it finished licking them, it lay down beside me and fell asleep..."

I'm not sure if it intended to eat me after waking up, or if it mistook me for one of its own kind, wrapped in its fur. But at that moment, I felt incredibly comfortable, safe, and warm, and even forgot the excruciating pain in my leg…

Then, a gunshot rang out, and it was hit in the left eye, then left my side. It turned out to be a hunter who had been tracking it; seeing it beside me, he mistook it for someone trying to eat me and shot it. In other words, I was saved from freezing to death thanks to Jubei finding me... From then on, I went into the mountains every day, and whenever I saw Jubei, I would shoot it to drive it into the remote, deep mountains.

After listening, Shiraishihara said, "So, the hunter I saw being killed in the forest when I passed by earlier was your doing, wasn't it?"

The old hunter nodded: "I did this to save Jubei!"

The young hunter beside the old hunter was shocked upon hearing this: "You actually killed someone for something like this... Hunting bears is a normal thing for hunters, yet he was shot dead by a fellow hunter..."

“Hmph! Bears are a gift from heaven, and we hunters shouldn’t treat them as enemies,” the old hunter retorted. “Besides, if they are unfortunately discovered and hunted, that’s their fate, and I’ll turn a blind eye. But that man’s behavior is truly outrageous…”

"What do you mean by that?" the young hunter asked, puzzled. "What hunter wouldn't... when faced with prey like that?"

“It was bait,” Shiraishihara said. “I guess the hunter used a bear cub as bait to lure Jubei into the trap.”

The young hunter was astonished: "What?"

“That’s right, that man killed Jubei’s other child and used him as bait,” the old hunter said gravely. “He hung the bear cub’s body from a tree and pointed his gun at Jubei, who was desperately trying to save the cub. Compared to him, he was more like a ferocious beast!”

After hearing this, everyone fell silent...

An hour later, the police arrived and took the old hunter away.

The group returned to the hotel as planned.

Seeing Yukiko sitting side by side with 0.1 Shiraishihara, Conan couldn't help but complain, "Yukiko-neechan, you should be more careful now that we're outside. Even though I can't control you, you should at least keep some distance from Shiraishihara when you're out."

Conan is quite concerned about his reputation. If Yukiko's affair were exposed, he, as her son, would lose face.

Yukiko felt deeply ashamed after being scolded by Conan.

After a moment's hesitation, she made up her mind to reveal her relationship with Shiraishihara to everyone.

She felt that if everyone knew she was Shiraishihara's girlfriend, no other girls would approach him.

After Ran became Shiraishihara's girlfriend, she acted as if nothing had happened, but in reality, she regretted not making their relationship public sooner...

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No. .

192 Yukiko goes public with her relationship and they discuss some interesting things in the evening.

Chapter 192

"Conan, it might be more advantageous for you if I reveal my relationship with Shiraishihara to everyone!"

"Yukiko-neechan...you mean to..."

Upon hearing Yukiko's words, Conan instantly understood. Now he didn't even need to find a way to let Ran know about Yukiko and Shiraishihara's relationship; if Yukiko made it public, Ran would find out quickly. Once Ran discovered Shiraishihara was two-timing her, she would definitely break up with him!

"Yukiko-neechan, thank you so much!" Conan was moved to tears, and couldn't help but think that there's no one better than a mother. For him, Yukiko had even disregarded her pride.

"Everyone……"

Yukiko suddenly stood up, as if she had something important to announce to everyone.

Shiraishi Hara sensed something was wrong, his face darkening: "Yukiko, what are you trying to do?"

"Everyone, I have something to announce to you..."

Hearing the commotion, Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys all turned their attention to Yukiko.

"I am currently dating Shiraishihara. Shiraishihara and I are now in a romantic relationship. This is an official announcement!"

Yukiko revealed her relationship with Shiraishi 06, shocking everyone.

After all, Yukiko already had a husband, and Shiraishihara was her son's classmate. The idea that the two would develop into lovers seemed to exist only in some unconventional story settings.

Genta and Mitsuhiko were overjoyed upon hearing this. They thought that since Shiraishihara already had a girlfriend, he wouldn't compete with them for Ai and Ayumi.

Genta blurted out, "That's great! Shiraishihara-nii has a girlfriend now, and my potential rival is gone!"

Mitsuhiko was more tactful: "Blessings to you both, Shiraishihara-nii and Yukiko-neechan!"

Genta and Mitsuhiko were overjoyed, but Ayumi burst into tears.

"Shiraishihara-nii-san has a girlfriend, what should I do? Waaaaah..."

Professor Agasa quickly comforted Ayumi: "Ayumi, you're still young. It's too early for you to be talking about love. Don't cry."

Professor Agasa's words of comfort only made Ayumi cry harder: "I don't care, I want to be Shiraishihara-nii's girlfriend too! Waaaaah..."

Ayumi cried her eyes out, and Shiraishi couldn't bear to see the cute little girl so heartbroken. He quickly picked her up and said, "Ayumi, when you grow up, I'll be your boyfriend, okay?"

Hearing Shiraishihara say that, Ayumi stopped crying and smiled: "Okay. Brother Shiraishihara, I will grow up quickly."

Ai couldn't help but complain, "Shiraishihara, you bastard!"

Professor Agasa shook his head helplessly. Kids these days seem to be maturing way too early. Then, he turned his attention back to Yukiko and asked, "Yukiko...you're Shiraishihara's girlfriend now, what about Yusaku?"

The Kudo couple and Professor Agasa have been friends for many years, and their relationship has always been very close. So, it was quite unexpected for him that Yukiko was dating his son's classmate.

Yukiko explained, "Professor Agasa, listen to me. Yusaku has been incredibly busy lately, so he entrusted me to Shiraishihara. I felt I couldn't accept Shiraishihara's help for no reason, so I decided to become his girlfriend."

After hearing this, Dr. Agasa couldn't help but feel envious, thinking to himself, "Why didn't I get to have such a good thing?"

After saying that, Yukiko looked at Shiraishihara cautiously, afraid that he would get angry at her.

"Yuan Jun, I announced our relationship without discussing it with you. Are you angry?"

At this moment, Yukiko stood obediently in front of Shiraishihara, like a child who had done something wrong.

"Of course I'm angry! You didn't even discuss it with me."

Shiraishihara didn't actually care that Yukiko went public with her relationship; he never intended to hide his own feelings from the beginning. He was just a little annoyed by Yukiko's little schemes, thinking he couldn't see through them.

"I'm sorry..."

"So how do you plan to make it up to me?"

"How about I keep you company for a good chat tonight and share some interesting things, okay?"

Conan, who overheard the conversation, looked bewildered: "Yukiko-neechan, what do you mean by sharing interesting things?"

Yukiko blushed and looked at Conan reproachfully: "Children shouldn't ask about adult matters."

"I'm not a child," Conan muttered. If he hadn't taken APTX4869, he would be the same age as Shiraishihara, not a child at all!

……

Next, everyone used the hotel's kitchen to cook the matsutake mushrooms they had collected.

Inside the restaurant, the tables were laden with delicious matsutake mushroom dishes that looked and smelled wonderful, making one's mouth water just by looking at them.

After enjoying the matsutake mushrooms, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Because the forest is dangerous at night, it is not advisable to leave the hotel after dark.

Yukiko asked Ai, "Ai, do you live with me or with the other children?"

Without hesitation, Ai replied, "Yukiko-neechan, I live with my friends."

She knew in her heart that with Shiraishihara around, if she lived with Yukiko, she would definitely be kept awake by the noise.

"Row."

Yukiko smiled sweetly: "Shiraishihara and I are going back to our room. Ai, you should get some rest too."

After saying that, Yukiko and Shiraishihara went back to their room.

Ai watched the two figures leave and walked up to Conan, who was lost in thought.

"Edogawa, what are you daydreaming about?"

"I... Haibara..."

Conan perked up, thinking that the other friends were rather childish, but Ai Haibara seemed more like someone his own age.

"I find it strange that you don't react much to Yukiko-neechan and Shiraishihara-nii-san dating.

"Oh. I already knew that."

"Then why didn't you stop them?"

Ai Haibara had hoped that Conan could stop Yukiko and Shiraishihara from getting together, but she was greatly disappointed.

"I'm just a primary school student, how could I possibly stop them?"

"Stop pretending with me. If you can't stop it, why don't you go find your Shinichi brother?"

"Uh... Haibara, stop talking, I can't help it either. Even Shinichi 427 probably can't do anything..."

"Edogawa, you're utterly useless!"

Ai Haibara made a face at Conan and angrily ignored him.

Conan was dealt another blow and felt extremely depressed.

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In the room, Yukiko and Shiraishihara were alone together. She took off her baseball cap, gently tossed her long hair, then took Shiraishihara's arm and acted coquettishly in front of him.

"I announced our relationship without consulting you, and you didn't even get angry at me. You're so kind."

“You were my lover to begin with, so there’s nothing wrong with going public. I’m not a petty person.”

Shiraishi was an upright man, and he didn't mind that Yukiko wanted to go public with their relationship.

"Yuan-jun, I love you so much."

Yukiko's eyes were full of love; in her heart, Shiraishihara was irreplaceable.

"Yukiko, since you put it that way, let's enjoy this time alone and share some interesting stories about each other."

"No problem!"

Yukiko readily agreed, finding it wonderful to be able to spend time alone with Shiraishihara and share the little things in their lives.

The two sat in the room, chatting happily, sharing interesting things and thoughts about their lives, in a warm and sweet atmosphere.

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No. .

193. A complete view of Yukiko, working in perfect harmony, enjoying herself.

Chapter 193

Yukiko met Shiraishihara's gaze and displayed herself to the fullest. Shiraishihara saw it clearly; her beauty was on full display and simply breathtaking.

"If you've seen enough, then... don't keep people waiting, okay?"

Yukiko's cheeks flushed, and she seemed impatient with the person so close to her...

"...You can't wait that long already?"

"Yes, I'm so anxious!"

"Hehehe..."

Shiraishi found Yukiko's behavior—so different in public and private—quite amusing, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Wow...that's amazing..."

Yukiko's voice grew weaker and weaker until it was barely audible. Her beautiful eyes were filled with eager anticipation, and even without words, Shiraishihara could understand her feelings.