Conan's other self

The backrest of the sofa was not high. Fengyuan rested his chin on the backrest with his hands and looked down at Haihara Ai who was lying on the sofa. He could vaguely feel her breath smelling of alcohol.

Looking at his face reflected in the slightly blurred ice-blue eyes, Fengyuan broke the brief silence:

"Has the antidote been made?"

"...It's just a temporary antidote," Hui Yuan Ai hesitated and replied, "It's made with ingredients extracted from Baigan wine."

She originally wanted to wait until she finished the test before telling her, but now she obviously couldn't keep it a secret.

And... being looked at like this, she somehow didn't want to lie.

Normally, she would never lie on the sofa and look at Kudo like she did now, regardless of her appearance. It's just that she is dizzy now and doesn't want to move.

She also wanted to just watch.

This was the first time she looked at Kudo from this angle, the first time she directly observed the way he looked at her.

In her sight, the person in front of her looked softly, and then smiled softly.

"You are nothing like Mei."

"...You said it was just a random name."

"Yes," Fengyuan said seriously, "but when I picked the name casually, I also made up a setting for the name."

"For example, they are both good at cooking."

Hui Yuarai snorted to express his dissatisfaction and did not want to speak.

Fengyuan also knew that she was in a bad state now, so he didn't care whether she responded or not, but continued talking.

"Just leave it to me and Conan to test the medicine."

"You are a professional. You developed the drugs and antidotes. You know better."

"You can help take care of Conan and I while we test the medicine. But if something goes wrong when you try the medicine yourself, Conan and I can't do anything."

"So, don't do this anymore."

Haiyuan Ai looked like she might fall asleep at any time, but Fengyuan still felt that she had listened to what she said. She also retracted her gaze from before, and was now looking at the ceiling with wandering eyes.

"I thought you would be more sensible." Fengyuan continued, "The last time we were in the cave, you asked me about my situation when Conan changed back... I guess it was the last time I told him that he wanted to change. When you go back, you have to make me into an antidote, so he asked you..."

"It's just a joke."

This is really just a joke. After all, the so-called "split" is just a setting he made up.

It's just that the behavior of Conan, Haibara Ai and even Dr. Ali made him feel a little strange. I actually want to comfort them because of such a casual joke...

But no matter what, it also meant that he was being cared for, and Fengyuan was quite touched.

But… it’s quite disturbing if it’s always like this.

"You see, Conan and I have both changed back once, and nothing strange has happened. The antidote is just a dry ingredient, and we have tried it once."

Feng Yuan continued.

"If you are still worried...then give it a try. One of Conan and I will take the antidote, and you can obtain research data from both of us at the same time."

"Seeing that you don't have any reaction, then that's the deal?"

"I will find time to discuss it with Conan. As for you..." Fengyuan paused and gave up the option of carrying her back to the bed. "Just sleep here for a while. I will get you a quilt."

Huihara Ai did not refuse.

As a scientist who was able to publish papers in top journals at the age of eleven, and as the developer of APTX4869, she actually didn't think it would happen that two people would become one person.

It's just that in the previous nightmare, the scene where "Kudo" was not there from the beginning always lingered in her mind, making it difficult for her to look at the current situation rationally.

After listening to a large number of calls and maintaining his sleeping position, Haiyuan Ai soon felt sleepiness coming over him and fell into a deep sleep.

…

Because it was not suitable to talk about medicine-related matters on the phone, after Haihara Ai fell asleep, Fengyuan went out to discuss with Conan.

Conan has used Uncle Maori to solve the case.

Although they said it was a discussion, Maplehara knew very well that Conan would be the one to test the medicine. After all, Conan had been thinking about changing back for a long time. In contrast, Maplehara himself had no idea about "temporarily" changing back.

It was impossible for him to compete with Conan for the opportunity to transform back into Kudo Shinichi and meet Xiaolan, not to mention that he had no interest in it.

At the same time, the temporary antidote has a similar effect to Baigan wine, so there is not much risk, and in Maplehara's memory, there was no problem this time. Therefore, Maplehara didn't have any psychological burden on letting Conan test the medicine.

Conan accepted it gladly, just as he thought. To be precise, ecstatic.

However, the temporary antidote has a time limit. Naturally, Conan cannot take it now, but plans to make good use of the time.

On the other hand, in order to further dispel Xiaolan's doubts about Conan's identity, Maplehara also plans to play Conan for a period of time and appear together with "Kudo Shinichi".

So the two discussed the plan carefully.

At night, Conan secretly stuffed a set of washed clothes into his schoolbag, told Xiaolan to discuss with Fengyuan about the performance in a few days, and ran all the way to Dr. Ali's house.

Hui Yuan Ai has woken up.

Maplehara didn't waste any time. After taking a shower and changing into Conan's clothes, he put on his glasses and headed to the Mori Detective Agency.

The two had already exchanged identities once before when they rescued Miyano Akemi, so both Maplehara and Conan were familiar with it.

Only then did Haihara Ai come out of the basement and explain the precautions to Conan.

"The antidote has not been tested yet," Haihara Ai said, "I can't guarantee that there will be no problems."

"It doesn't matter!"

“…The effects last about two days, probably shorter actually.”

"…also."

"You can only meet your Xiaolan in private," Haiyuan Ai then reminded, "You are not allowed to appear in public."

In the organization, Kudo Shinichi is dead, and in the school, Kudo Shinichi is also missing. If he is too public, it will obviously have adverse effects.

"Know it!"

Although the conditions came one after another, Conan still accepted them honestly. After all, he was the more anxious one. Besides, he didn't plan to show up in public. Tomorrow the school would probably just clean up the mess from the school festival, and he didn't want to do that...

"You can take the antidote at noon tomorrow and then cooperate with me to do some tests and let me extract samples. Is that okay?"

"No problem, anything is fine." Conan said. He planned to ask Xiaolan to have dinner together tomorrow night. By the way, he would say something he had wanted to say for a long time, so he decided to take the antidote at noon tomorrow. "You are so long-winded, Haiyuan." ."

"…The last thing," Haihara Ai said angrily, "put your glasses back on."

"Ah?" Conan was stunned for a moment, a little confused, "I have to pretend to be Maplehara now..."

"It's not necessary here," Hui Yuan Ai threatened, "If you don't put it back on, I will add laxatives to your antidote."

After saying that, Haihara Ai walked towards the basement and continued working.

Conan watched Haibara Ai leave with a speechless expression, and then looked at Dr. Ali, who had been looking at him silently, "Doctor, why is this guy so angry today?"

"Uh... I think maybe I'm just nervous. After all, I have to test the antidote..." Dr. Ali gave an explanation that he didn't even believe, and then touched his head a little embarrassedly, "And Conan, I also think you put on your glasses." It’s better to put it back on…”

"ha?"

Conan looked at Dr. Ari in shock.

"Because I'm used to it, haha." Dr. Ali said, "If I don't wear glasses, I always think it's Xiao Kong..."

Conan looked at Dr. Ari speechlessly, then took out his glasses from his pocket and put them back on. He is actually used to wearing glasses, but he felt a little weird when he didn't wear them just now...

But, why do you feel that there is no place for yourself in the doctor's family?

Conan felt depressed, but thinking that he could ask Xiaolan out tomorrow, he was both nervous and looking forward to it.

Time soon came to the next day.