Conan's other self

Chapter 25 It’s me and not me (1)



"By the way...you guys like to call the police too much."

That day, on the way home from school, Conan complained to Feng Yuan, "Last time when Ayumi disappeared from Hide and Seek, you called the police directly. You also secretly called the police this time about the treasure hunt..."

He was referring to what happened yesterday.

Yesterday, the young detective team accidentally picked up a treasure map and started a treasure hunt. However, this treasure map actually belongs to an Italian bandit group, and they were secretly followed by this bandit group during their treasure hunt.

What Conan didn't expect was that Maplehara secretly used Shinichi's voice to lie that there was a group of gangsters intent on abducting children, and deceived people from the Memu Police Department to follow the group to find their lair.

As a result, the treasure was found, but before he could show off his reasoning in front of the group of guys, the group of guys were knocked down by a swarm of police officers.

"I always feel like it's a lot less fun to be with you... Sneeze!" Conan complained and sneezed.

Then the sneezing wouldn't stop.

Maplehara silently moved away from Conan.

"Before you care about fun, you should take care of your body first."

"It's just a cold at most... Ah Sneeze!"

After sneezing and blowing his nose, Conan felt a little dizzy and didn't react until he bumped into a phone booth near the Mori Detective Agency.

"Ah Sneeze! Ah... By the way, it seems I haven't called Xiaolan for a while - are you coming?"

"You come on." Fengyuan refused.

Ever since Xiaolan almost discovered his identity last time, Conan began to systematically call Xiaolan using Shinichi's voice. Occasionally, it would be Feng Yuan who made the call, and Conan would deliberately wander around in front of Xiao Lan who answered the phone to dispel Xiao Lan's suspicion.

Conan sneezed and walked into the phone booth. Feng Principle was waiting outside with his schoolbag on his back.

Today, Dr. Ali went to a familiar store to promote his new invention, so Fengyuan planned to have a meal at Xiaolan's house.

There were only twos and threes of pedestrians on the road, and quite a few were sneezing. It seemed like it was a day when flu was most common.

Maplehara was bored and counted the sneezers, but after a while, Conan slipped out again.

"So fast?"

"It seems like we have a visitor, Ah Zhi..." Conan said, "I really can't bear it. I don't call because I'm afraid she'll worry, so when I do, I sound nonchalant again. By the way... Ah Zhi... why is she calling you when she calls you? He can always talk a lot, as if he doesn't care about me... Ah Zhi..."

Of course it's because you only talk about things she doesn't like.

Feng Yuan complained in his heart.

Conan, who was in a cold state, not only became more nagging, but also didn't care whether others responded, as if he was talking to himself. So Fengyuan didn't bother to respond.

Conan kept chattering all the way, and the two soon arrived at the downstairs of the Maori Detective Agency. Inside, there was a rare scene where someone was talking quarrelsomely.

"If I tell you I don't know, I just don't know!"

"You don't have to lie to me anymore!" The unfamiliar voice seemed to be arguing with Xiaolan, "I know that kid must be here with you! Call him out quickly!"

"I told you he's not here..."

Fengyuan knocked on the door, then opened the door and walked in.

The person who was having a "friendly exchange of opinions" with Xiaolan was a dark-skinned high school student wearing a hat.

Feng Yuan immediately had a guess at this person's identity.

Although the three-dimensional appearance and the two-dimensional image cannot be generalized, this dark complexion is still quite rare in Japan.

Think of Conan again and catch a cold...

"Ah sneeze!"

Conan followed in.

"Hurry up and hand over Kudo Shinichi!"

"Ah, sneeze!" Conan, who was suddenly called by his real name, sneezed again.

"Conan, Xiao Kong! You are back!" Xiaolan, who was a little annoyed by the visitor, chose to put the dark-skinned Kansai guest aside, "Conan also has a cold..."

"Um…"

"What about you, Sora? How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, Sister Xiaolan." Fengyuan replied.

Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief and took a tissue to help Conan blow his nose. "Conan and Shinichi both have colds. This influenza is really serious..."

"Kudo has a cold?" The dark-skinned visitor asked, "Don't you know where Kudo is? Then how do you know he has a cold?"

"That's the phone!" Xiaolan turned her head and looked like she was looking at a fool, "When Shinichi called just now, he still had a nasal voice!"

"Is there a call from Kudo?"

"So what! After Shinichi leaves, can't he call back occasionally!?"

"Hmm..." The dark-skinned visitor held his chin in thought, "So the rumor that you are Kudo Shinichi's woman is true!"

"F-woman!?"

Xiaolan and Conan's faces turned red, and Fengyuan put down his schoolbag and sat on the chair.

"Who did you listen to!?" Xiaolan said angrily with a red face.

"Your friend Suzuki said that Kudo didn't even go to school. She said you must have hidden him in the house."

Damn garden! Xiaolan and Conan thought together.

"Hey! You just said that Kudo called you. What did he talk to you on the phone?"

"It's nothing! Just discussing the mystery novels and football games that Shinichi has read recently..."

"that's all?"

"That's right! Shinichi never mentioned that there will be a weird boy with a Kansai accent coming to find him..."

"What about your own business?" the swarthy visitor interrupted.

"Huh? My own business?"

"That's right! I usually ask you how you are doing, right?"

"That's right! Of course I have asked!" Xiaolan looked a little proud, "Xinyi will ask occasionally, and he will listen to me patiently!"

Weird, different from what I thought?

The swarthy visitor thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "Occasionally! You just said occasionally, right?"

"Yes, yes..."

"Don't talk about it being accidental! Just talk about the phone call just now! Did he ask about you?"

"That's not true..."

Conan, who was listening on the sidelines, looked a little ugly. Only then did he realize the difference between him and Fengyuan when they called Xiaolan.

The dark-skinned visitor rushed to the window, opened it and looked outside.

"Hey!" Uncle Maori, who had been completely invisible during this period, finally made a voice.

"What are you going to do!?" Xiaolan took over Uncle Maori's words.

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"Um?"

"Sometimes he will ask how you are doing, but sometimes he won't ask at all. There is only one reason for this... When Kudo doesn't ask how you are doing, he must be watching you from somewhere!"

"Huh?"

"Hmph, he didn't ask how you are doing on the phone this time, which means he is nearby now, maybe peeping somewhere! What a nasty boy. Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet..."

"My name is Hattori Heiji, and I'm a high school detective like Kudo!"


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