Conan's other self

Haihara Ai is observing Conan.

She wanted to see if Conan looked like another Kudo Shinichi.

For this reason, she hoped that Feng Yuan and Dr. A Li would not tell Conan about her yet.

And Maplehara was very embarrassed about having to keep Conan in the dark again. But I’ve done this a lot, and it doesn’t seem to matter if I do it one more time… Fengyuan agreed.

But now, there happens to be a commission that allows Haihara Ai to observe the target more comprehensively.

The client's name is Junye.

After listening to his story, the Young Detective Team planned to go to Junye's home to look for clues.

The distance wasn't too far, and the kids couldn't afford a taxi, so they walked to their destination.

When they arrived, Junye's mother was sending the police officers who came to follow up on the situation away. The group said hello and slipped into Junye's brother's room to start searching for clues.

Already a little tired from walking, Yuanta sat on the bed after looking for a while.

"No matter how much you search here, you won't find anything!" Yuantai said to Conan, who looked the most positive, "I think he ran away from home."

"Impossible," Conan opened the drawer, took out a wallet and looked at Junya, "Is this wallet your brother's?"

"Um…"

"If you are going to run away from home, you will at least bring your wallet, right?"

"Then my brother..."

"I think there was probably an accident or something involved."

Conan said this, and Junya's mood became depressed.

He really doesn't look like an ordinary child...Haihara Ai, who saw this scene in his eyes, thought to himself, then glanced at Fengyuan and found that he was curiously looking at a pile of books on the table...

On the contrary, Kudo looks like a child...

Soon, Ayumi found some clues under the bed, interrupting her thoughts.

"There are so many strange paintings under the bed!" Ayumi said as she pulled out several large paintings from under the bed.

The elementary school students all gathered together.

"The painting is really bad." Yuantai commented.

"Whose painting is this?"

"Picasso." Hui Yuan Ai said.

"Huh?"

"Wow! It's true!" Mitsuhiko is considered to be knowledgeable among elementary school students, and he quickly recognized it, "It's a 'Crying Woman' imitating Picasso."

Soon, they discovered that not only the top painting, but also the paintings below were all imitations, including those of Van Gogh, Monet, and so on.

"These were all painted by my brother." Junye explained, "My brother is in the art club in high school, and he is very good at imitating other people's paintings."

Genta and Mitsuhiko therefore speculated that Junya's brother was kidnapped to draw fakes to replace the real ones, but this guess was quickly rejected by Conan.

"It's unlikely," Conan said. "These sketches are indeed very good, but the colors and brushstrokes are still too young, and they are far from enough to be considered fakes."

"And this is not a kidnapping incident for the purpose of ransom," Conan continued under Haihara Ai's scrutinizing gaze. "If you want to do this, it may be more appropriate to kidnap you than your brother. However, what is more concerning is that It’s this painting…”

As Conan spoke, he stood up one of the paintings for everyone to see. The painting was a portrait of a person, which was very lifelike.

"Huh? I seem to have seen this person somewhere..."

"It's Natsume Soseki."

"My brother is a fan of Soseki," Junya explained after Conan's words. "He liked this painting very much and even sent it to an exhibition! However, because it was painted in imitation of a photo, the visitors criticized it. Only one person Strange women marveled.”

"Strange woman?" Conan asked.

"Well, she's a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and all dressed in black."

Dark all over...

Conan's eyes widened after grasping the keyword, and he grabbed Junya's shoulders, "When? When did you see that woman?"

"About ten days ago." Junya was obviously a little scared by Conan.

"Are there any other characteristics?" Fengyuan asked.

"Okay, I seem to be wearing several necklaces..."

Conan, who suspected that the woman was a member of the black organization because she was wearing all black, looked even more anxious.

He quickly suggested that Toshiya's brother might have been summoned somewhere nearby and then taken away.

So the young detective team and Junya set out together to search the places where Junya's brother might go.

This is what Uncle Maori is best at, and Conan has also gained a lot of experience in the past few days.

However, the police had already done all these things, so they found nothing.

Thinking of this, Conan couldn't help but look back at Feng Yuan, who was walking at the back.

It was obviously something related to the black organization, but the guy didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He kept walking with the kid named Haihara Ai, making it impossible for him to discuss it with him...

"Aren't you going to help, Kudo?" Noticing Conan's eyes, Haibara Ai whispered to Fengyuan.

"He alone is enough." Feng Yuan replied.

He still believes in Conan about this kind of thing...

However…

Until it was almost dark, they still made no progress.

"It's getting dark." Ayumi was a little discouraged.

Naturally, these children didn't care much about the darkness, but the lack of progress made them a little discouraged...

So did Mitsuhiko and Genta.

Conan planned to let these children go home first.

It's not good for elementary school students to go home too late...and Conan himself didn't want to give up.

He planned to find an opportunity to take Feng Yuan away from the child named Hai Yuan Ai and discuss it with him.

Thinking this, Conan looked back.

Then I found that the two people disappeared without knowing when.

…

There will be accidents in the case, and so will the solving of the case.

"Ah, he seems to have betrayed your trust, Detective." Haihara Ai said, "Aren't you going to help?"

"..."

Fengyuan had some impressions of what was happening now. He remembered that Conan accidentally met the key clue, which was a person who happened to use counterfeit money in front of him.

I don’t know if they haven’t met yet, or if they accidentally missed it...

After thinking for a moment, Fengyuan turned around and walked towards the phone booth he just passed.

Hui Yuan Ai followed curiously.

She wanted to see how the man who saved her sister solved the incident.

"I'm just trying to see if I can get any clues for Conan." Fengyuan explained as he walked.

He really meant it.

But Haihara Ai didn't seem to believe it.

"Hmm. Do you mind letting me see it?" Haihara Ai said.

Feng Yuan walked into the phone booth, picked up the phone, and leaned sideways against the glass to make room for Hai Yuan Ai.

Seeing this, Haiyuan Ai squeezed in and helped close the door of the phone booth.

The phone booth is not big, but the two of them are just children now, so they can barely stand.

Haiyuan Ai leaned on the glass and looked at Fengyuan quietly, curious about what would happen next.

Maplehara called the Megure Police Department.