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

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Just as the two adults and two children were walking leisurely toward Genta's house, the roar of a large vehicle engine suddenly came from behind them.

Turning my head, I saw a dump truck slowly driving towards us.

After Akiba Reiko and Shiraishi Hara turned around and glanced back, the dump truck suddenly began to accelerate.

"Everyone move to the side of the road," Akiba Reiko reminded the group in front.

"No! Everyone, start running!" Shiraishi shouted.

"Huh?" Akiba Reiko was stunned and looked at Shiraishihara Dan in confusion.

However, before she could react, Shiraishi Hara grabbed her hand and started running.

No. .

125. Behind-the-scenes power surged towards Yukiko at the concert, almost drowning out the concert's sound.

Chapter 125

Conan and Genta reacted quickly; after all, as members of the Junior Detective League, they had experienced many similar situations, and they immediately took off running.

When they reached a fork in the road, Shiraishi shouted, "Conan, you take Genta and run separately from us."

"I see."

Conan led Genta to the right of the fork in the road, while Shiraishihara led Akiba Reiko to the left.

The dump truck turned left without hesitation, its destination obvious: Akiba Reiko. The accelerating truck even smashed a side mirror as it passed a utility pole.

Reiko Akiba then realized that the car had been deliberately accelerated and rammed into her, with her as the clear target.

"Is this also aimed at me?" Akiba Reiko murmured incredulously.

As the dump truck drew closer, Akiba Reiko tried to break free from Shiraishihara's grasp: "Let go of me, they're coming for me."

"That's precisely why I can't abandon you!" Shiraishi Hara gripped Akiba Reiko's hand tightly, and with a sudden burst of strength, lifted her up in a princess carry. Just as the dump truck was about to hit them, he leaped and landed on the wall of someone else's house nearby.

The dump truck driver, thinking he was going to kill Akiba Reiko, floored the accelerator, but missed. The front and rear of the truck crashed into the front yards of houses on either side of the road, knocking down the walls and leaving the ground littered with rubble and bricks.

Shiraishi Hara approached with Akiba Reiko in his arms, wanting to see who was driving so recklessly, only to find that the person had already fled.

"Shiraishihara, how long are you planning to hold me? Put me down right now."

Reiko Akiba reminded him with a look of disgust.

“Hey, Ms. Akiba… if it weren’t for me, you would have been hit by a dump truck. Can you be a little nicer to me?”

"There's nothing I can do. As you can see, I'm just that terrible."

Akiba Reiko opened her arms, showing no intention of thanking Shiraishihara 380.

Not long after, Conan and Genta arrived and joined them. The two peered eagerly into the driver's seat of the dump truck, but it was empty.

"The person has already run away, and it is highly unusual for a dump truck to appear in a residential area. It seems that they came with a purpose."

As he said this, Shiraishi Hara glanced at a female singer.

"Is their purpose... to target Ms. Akiba?"

Conan immediately connected the dots: the thermos had been drugged less than an hour earlier, and then he was attacked by a dump truck.

“That’s right.” Shiraishihara thought for a moment. “How about this? Conan, I’ll leave things here to you. I’ll take Ms. Akiba home first.”

“Okay.” Conan replied without hesitation. A serious case of deliberate ramming had occurred, and the police needed to be notified. However, since the perpetrator's identity was currently unknown, the police would likely have to treat it as a regular traffic accident.

"Shiraishihara, I can get back by myself. I don't need you to take me." Akiba Reiko said with a haughty expression, decisively refusing. After all, she was an adult and really didn't want a high school student to protect her.

"No, what if the criminal fails this time and keeps watch near your house? I have to get you home safely before I feel at ease."

Upon hearing this, Akiba Reiko shuddered. She couldn't understand what she had done to be hunted down like this!

Along the way, Akiba Reiko couldn't help but complain to Shiraishihara: "I really don't understand, I haven't done anything wrong, so who is trying to kill me?"

Shiraishi quickly explained, "Perhaps the criminal doesn't really want to kill you."

"Huh? That prisoner drove a dump truck into me, he clearly wanted to kill me!"

"The dump truck started speeding up because it realized we had alerted them. They didn't intend to kill you at first, they just wanted to injure you, the kind of injury that would take at least four or five days to heal."

Why would a prisoner do such a thing?

"The prisoner doesn't intend to take your life; it's more like he wants you to avoid the disaster that might follow... just like the actual concert in three days."

Akiba Reiko, being perceptive, understood immediately.

"You mean... the perpetrator planned to launch a bomb attack on the Domoto Music Hall during the actual concert?"

"This is just my personal guess."

The two chatted all the way and unknowingly arrived at the foot of Akiba Reiko's building, which was a high-rise tower.

When it was time to part, Akiba Reiko sincerely expressed her gratitude to Shiraishihara.

"Thank you, Shiraishihara..."

"Hmm? Ms. Akiba, didn't you say you weren't going to thank me? There's no need to force yourself."

"Sigh... I actually just want you to hate me. I have a feeling that I'm having some bad luck and I don't want to drag you down with me."

"Don't say that, Ms. Qiuting. You didn't do anything wrong. The one who's wrong is the criminal."

"Shiraishihara, why are you so concerned about me?"

The scene where Shiraishihara risked being hit by a dump truck to save her had truly moved her.

"Oh. Because I'm a high school detective, and this is what a high school detective should do."

"High school detective?"

“That’s right.” Shiraishi Hara was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, after he introduced himself, the other party should have known who he was. “Ms. Akiba, you haven’t heard of the name of high school detective Shiraishi Hara?”

"No, are you very famous?" Akiba Reiko looked blank and shook her head, not as if she was pretending.

"Uh... it's just average."

"Then can I hire you? High school detective, Detective Shiraishi."

"A commission? What would you commission me to do?"

"Let's find the culprit together." Akiba Reiko's eyes were resolute, her sense of justice overflowing. "Detective Shiraishi, since you've deduced that the culprit will launch a bombing attack on the concert, we must find the culprit before the concert begins. We absolutely cannot let the culprit's plot succeed!"

"...It's one thing for you to entrust me with this task, but you actually want to get involved yourself."

“Of course!” Akiba Reiko said decisively.

Although Shiraishi Hara thought that Akiba Reiko might not be of much help in this matter, he still agreed to her request, and then the two exchanged phone numbers.

"Once you get home, remember to stay inside and lock the door. Don't open the door for strangers," Shiraishi Hara instructed before parting.

"Do you need to remind me? I'm not an ignorant child." Akiba Reiko waved to Shiraishihara and then walked into the elevator to go home.

Reiko Akiba lives in a high-end tower in Tokyo, where security measures are quite comprehensive, and Shiraishihara felt that she should be safe and sound at home.

……

The next morning, while Shiraishi was still sound asleep, the doorbell rang abruptly. He groggily got out of bed, checked the time, and it was exactly 7:30.

He opened the door in a daze and found Conan standing there.

"Brother Shiraishihara!" Conan called out in his cute childish voice.

"Oh, it's Conan. Come in."

As the door slowly opened with a creaking sound, Conan stepped into the room.

Shiraishi closed the door again and then poured Conan a glass of cola.

Conan was about to speak...

"Wait a minute, let me wash my face and clear my head." Shiraishi interrupted Conan, turned around and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Conan suddenly became interested and put his detective instincts to use. He looked around the Shiraishihara house like a naughty child, but unfortunately he didn't find anything particularly interesting.

"What are you doing, Conan?"

"Huh?" Conan quickly turned his head to look at Shiraishihara, a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Brother Shiraishihara, why are there unopened stockings in the drawer?" Conan asked, pointing to several boxes of different styles of stockings in the drawer.

"Oh, I bought it to give as a gift, but I just haven't found a suitable opportunity to give it to someone."

"Giving stockings as a gift?" Conan looked on in astonishment. Giving stockings as a gift was truly bizarre. "Who are you giving them to?"

"Kudo Yukiko."

"Yukiko-neechan!" Conan was genuinely surprised. Shiraishihara giving his mother stockings—what was going on? "Why did you give Yukiko-neechan stockings?"

Shiraishi thought that compared to Kudo Yukiko who didn't wear stockings, she would bring a different kind of freshness when she wore various styles of stockings.

Stockings can be considered a great invention of modern society and a symbol of civilized progress.

However, this matter cannot be told to Conan yet. Although Shiraishihara did not intend to keep it from him forever, now is not the right time.

Shiraishi closed the drawer and kicked Conan out of the room. Just like in the cartoons, this little guy loves to rummage through other people's things.

"Conan, let's get down to business. You came to see me so early, there must be something important. Is there some new development in the bombing case?"

Shiraishihara forcibly changed the subject, and Conan immediately stopped dwelling on the previous question. He then told Shiraishihara the information he had overheard from Kogoro Mouri's phone call that morning.

"In addition to the initial school bombing, there was another explosion last night, and a fall into the sea this morning. According to information provided to Uncle Maoli by the police, what these three incidents have in common is that a part of a flute was placed next to the victims."

Four people have died and one person is seriously injured.

Based on the evidence collected at the scene, the head tube, body tube, and tail tube have all been assembled.

It's important to know that a flute is generally composed of a head tube, a body tube, and a tail tube.

"Oh……"

Shiraishihara understood.

"You mean, this evidence suggests this is a serial murder case. Now that all the clues related to the murders have been gathered, does that mean the perpetrator has killed everyone they wanted to kill, and we don't need to worry anymore?"

"No, quite the opposite, this suggests that the culprit is likely to make a bigger move next." Conan's detective intuition is always accurate, and indeed it was.

"Conan, what are you planning to do next?"

“I think… the criminals won’t give up on attacking Akiba Reiko. Akiba Reiko is a key breakthrough point. We can use her as bait to lure the criminals out.”

"Really? That's not like something you would normally say."

"Huh? Did I say something wrong?"

No, you're right.

Because of Shiraishihara's appearance, a series of chain reactions were triggered. Conan's growth process was missing from the original anime, but he is still the same passionate detective who will do anything to find the truth.

No. .

126 Akiba Reiko: This speed is so fast! *A long, satisfying sigh*

Chapter 126

"Then... Brother Shiraishihara, please take me to find Akiba Reiko. You took her home yesterday, so you must know where her house is, right?"

"That's right, Conan, you're really smart."

"Hehe..." Conan laughed so hard his eyes narrowed into slits.

Afterwards, Shiraishihara and Conan went out and took a car to the tower apartment building where Akiba Reiko lived.

With a click, the apartment door opened. Akiba Reiko, dressed in a fitted tracksuit, appeared before them.

"Excuse me," Shiraishihara and Conan said in unison.

Akiba Reiko did not respond, but expressionlessly welcomed the two into the house and poured them juice.

The three of them knelt down in front of the coffee table, looked at each other, and remained silent for a while...

Conan broke the silence first: "Reiko-neechan, actually we were looking for you..."

Reiko Akiba completely ignored Conan and asked Shiraishi Hara, "Detective Shiraishi, it's one thing for you to come looking for me, but why did you bring a kid with you?"