Conan's other self

"So, while I'm running around in a blizzard, solving murder cases, and even worrying about gunmen, you guys are having fun together eating chocolate?"

Sitting on the sofa at Dr. Ali's house, Conan was a little depressed.

Early this morning, he rushed back from the resort with Xiaolan and his group.

And because there was a snowstorm there and there was no cell phone signal, he and Fengyuan lost contact after exchanging a few messages yesterday. He didn't know what happened to Haibara Ai and Ayumi after they disappeared. So after he came back, he rushed to the doctor's house to have a look.

"To be precise, we didn't get together to eat chocolate. We didn't eat it on the spot," Feng Yuan denied. "We just went out to have dinner together."

"Haha... I mean, I'm almost hungry..."

With that said, Conan picked up the chocolate next to him.

That was the giri chocolate that Haibara Ai asked Fengyuan to give to him. Of course, the one Ayumi gave him was intended to be given by herself.

Conan opened the package and took a look. Just by looking at the huge glasses on it, he knew what he looked like. "The ones at the resort are not much better... Xiaolan and the others have to go there..."

"Then what?"

"What then?"

"Xiaolan's chocolate."

"Oh... I haven't thought about it yet," Conan said, biting off his head in one bite of chocolate, "After she came back, she went out with Sonoko again, and I didn't follow her..."

"It's better to call her tonight..." Chewing chocolate in his mouth, Conan said vaguely, "That's all we can do..."

Conan obviously had other things to do when he came over. He swallowed the chocolate into his stomach in a few mouthfuls and then started talking about business.

"The man wearing the black knitted hat..."

"Akai Shuichi."

"Xiaolan seems to have seen him somewhere," Conan said, "But I don't know where she has seen him...so I'm going to ask to see if you still remember..."

"Ten years ago?"

After talking to Haibara Ai last time, he also mentioned it to Conan, but Conan obviously didn't need this answer.

"Other than that? Even I don't remember things that happened so long ago. Only you can remember... Xiaolan must have seen him after that."

"...You might as well ask her directly."

"I tried asking," Conan shook his head and his expression became serious, "But she just had some impressions... Also, I always feel like someone is watching near the detective agency recently."

"Maple, daily life is about to end."

…

Maplehara didn't know whether daily life was coming to an end, but within two days, Conan came to the doctor's house again to discuss organizational matters with him.

Dr. Ali is here this time.

Haihara Ai is still busy working in the basement.

"What! All the investigative records in the Metropolitan Police Department regarding the cases that Detective Mori had searched before are missing?" Dr. Ari looked at Conan with a surprised expression, "Did Officer Takagi really say that?"

Yesterday, Conan, Xiaolan and Sonoko met Teacher Judy, and then they encountered a murder case together. While solving the case, Officer Takagi quietly told him the news.

"Doctor, you can hear it from outside." Fengyuan advised.

"Oh..." Dr. A Li lowered his voice slightly, "could it be that the person who stole those investigation records was..."

Conan nodded, "Well, maybe it was a good thing those guys did. If they heard that I was still alive after being killed by that drug, and found Mouri Kogoro's reasoning suspicious, then it is not difficult to imagine why they did this. Already…

The accomplices of the men in black should easily be able to think of it... Kudo Shinichi might be behind the scenes for Kogoro Mori... I disappeared and the sleeping Kogoro appeared at almost the same time, so it is no wonder that it arouses suspicion..."

"Hello…"

"However, this is just a rumor after all. There is nothing to worry about! Because no one has seen Kudo Shinichi with their own eyes...and they must not have imagined that after taking the medicine, not only did I shrink in size, but I also turned into two people..."

Conan said, glancing at Maplehara who was sitting on the sofa and listening to him intently, "So, even if they notice that I look around at the crime scene every time, I think they will think that I am smarter than my actual age. Just a child…

What's more, we are still not sure whether those investigation records were stolen by their group...

What is certain at present is that someone is really secretly investigating my uncle’s affairs... But the strange thing is... the guy who stole those investigation records later returned them to the Metropolitan Police intact..."

"Is this... could it be that it was sent back because the investigation has been completed and there is no use value?" Dr. A Li asked.

"If that's the case, then you can just throw it away," Conan said. "Why do you want to send back those investigation records completely to raise suspicion and make everyone wary?"

"indeed…"

"This may be a signal from the other party, wanting to tell us that they know everything about our every move...or..."

"A trap to lure someone out." Feng Yuan took over.

"Haihara and I discussed it," Maplehara continued after glancing at the stairs leading up from the basement. "There were three suspicious people on the bus at that time, Doctor Shinde, Teacher Judy, and Shuichi Akai.

When we met James later, Akai Shuichi passed by us. Haibara felt that it was not Akai Shuichi who made her radar react obviously on the bus..."

"So it's between the new doctor and Teacher Judy?" Dr. A Li said.

"We can't just rule out Shuichi Akai. After all, they may not be the same person," Conan said. "However, Haibara has never met those two alone... In fact, letting her meet may be able to identify the people in the organization. …”

"But it's too risky."

"Yes." Conan said, "There is another thing..."

"Last time at the Cupido Hotel, Maplehara reminded me that there were accomplices from the organization at the scene. We deliberately left the seven people holding purple handkerchiefs behind, but found nothing...

But after that, in addition to Pisco, the other six prisoners were Nanjo Mikao, Sanhei Yasuo, Tatar Yoshiharu, Morimi Naoya, Makikura Naomichi and Chrissy Wynyard...

All six of them are celebrities who often appear in the media...Only one of them announced his retirement after that incident...and has disappeared since then..."

"Then, that person is..."

"Chrissy Wynyard." Fengyuan said.

"That famous second-generation actress?" Dr. A Li was a little surprised.

"Well, the only daughter of the famous actress Sharon Wynyard." Fengyuan said, "I saw Sharon for the last time two years ago in New York. She passed away a year ago..."

"Then it's coming out! I remember that the new doctor is a man..."

"It's really as simple as this..." Conan's face looked a little ugly, "If she is really their accomplice... there is no doubt that she must be a very difficult opponent..."

"Difficult?"

"Sharon showed her superb disguise skills in front of us two years ago. She pretended to be a middle-aged male police officer. No one could recognize her," Maplehara explained to the doctor, "and Chris was exposed for the first time. It was at her mother's funeral..."

"So... we suspect that they are actually the same person."

There were extremely light footsteps from the other side of the stairs.

Haihara Ai obviously didn't listen anymore and went back to the basement.