Conan's other self

The second day after returning from Kyoto.

"Here, the new detective team badge."

Fengyuan was about to go out when the doctor put two brand-new detective team badges in his hands, "I've already given Xiao Ai's one, and these two belong to you and Conan."

"Thank you Doctor."

Feng Yuan took the badge and looked at it curiously.

The front of the badge is the same as before, but a tiny knob for adjusting the channel is added to the back.

The intercom function of the badge is very convenient, but sometimes some of the conversation content between the three of them is not suitable for Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi to hear, so the doctor helped to add the function so that the badge can be heard between the three of them. Or talk to each other individually.

After changing the badge on his body and putting Conan's badge in his pocket, Maplehara went out to the Mori Detective Agency.

Xiaolan said that she had made some snacks and wanted him to try them. If he thought they were good, he would take them back to Xiao Ai and the doctor.

That's what he said, but Fengyuan felt that Xiaolan might have started to doubt his identity and deliberately called him over to test him.

After leaving the doctor's house, Maplehara quickly came to the Mori Detective Agency. Xiaolan seemed to be normal, and it didn't seem like she had any strange thoughts at all——

— if she hadn't brought over a plate of lemon pie.

"How about it?"

"Delicious!"

Conan swallowed the lemon pie in his mouth and responded cutely to his sister Xiaolan. Then he was somewhat surprised to notice that Xiaolan had been staring at Fengyuan, waiting for his response.

"It's delicious, thank you sister Xiaolan."

"He also likes Shinichi very much," Xiaolan said, "Xiao Kong, your taste is similar to Shinichi!"

Hey, Conan just said it's delicious, don't ignore Conan like this, Maplehara thought, "Conan likes it too!"

"Really?" Xiaolan looked at Conan.

"Yes, yes..." Conan stuttered back.

"If the taste is okay, then I will make some more," Xiaolan turned to Fengyuan again, "Can you take it back later and give it to the doctor and Xiao Ai to try?"

With that said, without waiting for a response, Xiaolan walked towards the kitchen. Uncle Maori, who was watching the horse racing on the side, glanced at the two children in boredom and turned his attention away.

Conan finally realized something was wrong and looked at Maplehara.

"Isn't she suspicious of you?"

"Did you just find out?" Fengyuan replied.

…

On the other side, Xiaolan in the kitchen was lost in thought.

To be honest, she felt that Xiao Kong's child's personality was not very similar to Shinichi's, but if she thought about it carefully, there were a lot of doubts.

The day before yesterday, she saw someone who looked like Shinichi, and Xiao Kong was not with everyone. But now it seems that Xiao Kong not only looks exactly like Xin Xiao when he was a child, but his singing is also very unpleasant and his taste is the same.

She had previously suspected that Conan was Shinichi because he took some strange medicine invented by the doctor and became smaller, but later she gave up the suspicion because Conan was wandering around in front of her when Shinichi called.

But thinking about it carefully, Xiao Kong was not there when Shinichi called.

She still remembers when she first met Hattori, Hattori said that the reason why Shinichi would sometimes ask her how she was doing, but sometimes not, was because Shinichi was sometimes looking at her...

Xiao Kong only comes here occasionally.

When she saw Shinichi for the first time after they separated from him at the amusement park, Sora was still at the scene of the crime, but that time she herself suspected that Sora was actually Conan pretending to be there.

This is because at that time, the child was as active as Conan, but Conan was relatively quiet.

Speaking of this, Conan is always active at crime scenes and his performance is outstanding, but when Sora is around, Conan's behavior is completely different...

For example, in the reasoning showdown with Shinichi's mother, Conan had always been very well-behaved and didn't even run around at the scene of the crime. When Hattori came over a few days ago, Conan showed no special behavior.

How strange…

Is that guy Shinichi secretly talking to Conan on the phone to instruct Conan to investigate the case? There is no need to use Conan when he himself is present...

hateful! That must be it!

He actually used a child to lie to himself!

Thinking of this, Xiaolan felt more and more that Kaedehara Sora was actually Shinichi, and Conan was indeed Shinichi's distant relative, and might even be the child of Shinichi's mother in the United States.

However, Xiao Kong and Xiao Ai have such a good relationship. That time, Xinyi’s mother even joked that he and Xiao Ai were her son and daughter-in-law...

And if Xiao Kong is really Shinichi, Shinichi's mother may not be joking. Xiao Ai may also have taken medicine to become smaller...

So what did the last confession mean?

Xiaolan hammered the chopping board, breaking off one corner, and then she regained consciousness a little.

Maybe that's not the case, I just think too much...

Xiaolan's thoughts were complicated, and then she heard the doorbell.

This time, a client obviously came to the door. Xiaolan hurriedly ran out of the kitchen to open the door, and then found that Xiaokong had already helped open the door under the instruction of her father and welcomed the client in.

This is a well-maintained actress named Maki Shuri who looks to be in her thirties. Accompanying her was one of her female assistants named Masayo Yaguchi.

After Xiaolan waited for her client to sit down, she walked away to prepare tea for the guests. Then she noticed the kid Xiao Kong coming over to help her.

Speaking of which, that guy Shinichi wouldn't be like this...

Xiaolan thought to herself, and the two of them prepared refreshments together, and then heard Uncle Maori shout in surprise: "Kaitai Kidd!?"

Kaitou Kidd?

Feng Yuan looked back curiously.

I tried to blame him the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect to encounter something related to him today.

The world is really a coincidence.

He himself has never seen this famous phantom thief.

Conan has met him a few times and told him about it.

Sitting on the sofa, Maki Shuri took out a folded letter and handed it to Uncle Maori.

Uncle Maori took it and took a brief look at it, "I see, this is a warning letter sent to you by Kaitou Kidd."

"Yes." Maki Shuri replied, "I found this letter on the balcony of the apartment next to a large bouquet of roses."

"That's it..."

Uncle Maori picked up Kaitou Kidd's notice letter again and read it while reading, "Romeo, Juliet, conqueror, cheers!"

It is worth mentioning that these four words are all in English. "Among these 26 letters flying and intertwining, I will go to get the gem of fate, Kaitou Kidd. There is also a poker torn in half." Card."

"Please use it." Xiaolan brought the tea to the client. After finishing his help, Fengyuan sat down next to Conan and continued to listen quietly.

"Thank you." the female assistant replied.

Uncle Maori began to think.

Maki Shuri picked up the teacup and just took a sip before putting it down. The teacup even deliberately touched the saucer, making a loud noise.

Miss Yaguchi next to her was obviously used to her little actions, and she immediately reacted and asked: "What do you think, Mr. Mori?"

"Well, this gem of fate refers to...?"

"He is referring to this thing." Maki Shuri took out an exquisite jewelry box and opened it. What caught everyone's eyes was a sparkling gem.

"oh…"

"So beautiful…"

"Is this the Sapphire Star?"

"Well, that's right." Ms. Makisuri introduced, "The three intertwined lines on the surface of this sapphire symbolize trust, hope and destiny respectively. Because of this, it is called the gem of destiny."

"I see, this gem is really beautiful."

"It is because Josephine also loves sapphire that we used it in this performance this time."

"show?"

"Ah, I've heard about this," Xiaolan interjected, "You are currently performing the play Josephine at the newly opened Space Theater in Shiodome, right?"

"Josephine?" Uncle Maori continued to ask.

"She is Napoleon's first princess," Conan said. "She is also famous for liking roses, right?"

"That's why he wanted to send roses..." Fengyuan thought in a low voice.

"That's right, little brother, you really know a lot."

"What, this brat knows some useless common sense!"

Uncle Maori helped Conan modestly, then picked up the notice letter again, looked at the four English words on it, chanted it over and over again, and began to think.

Maplehara and Conan also thought about the meaning of the notice letter.

Xiaolan quietly stared at the two people.

To be honest, the way these two people think is quite like Shinichi...

"Miss Juri," Uncle Maori suddenly thought of something, "Excuse me, is there a Romeo and Juliet play in the stage play you are launching this time?"

"Well, although I didn't attend the performance, it happened to be the opening performance. Is there any problem?"

"I think I already know the answer."

"Eh?" Everyone looked at Uncle Maori in surprise. Even Conan was a little surprised, except for Feng Yuan.

"is that true?"

"That's right!"

Uncle Maori patted the notice letter on the table, stood up, straightened his collar, and began to reason.

"In the notice letter sent by Kidd, there are three W's and one H. In other words, these English letters represent the mastermind, time, place and method respectively."

"I see!"

"First of all, there's the mastermind, which of course is Kidd. As for the crime location, it's the theater where Romeo and Juliet is performed, which is the stage of the Universal Theater.

As for the time, the teaser letter mentioned applause, so it should be the time to receive applause from the audience. Finally, there is his method. The letter mentions the Conqueror, which refers to Napoleon, the character that Kaito Kidd intends to pretend to be.

The playing card was torn in half, which represents the V for victory. Therefore, Kaitou Kidd would pretend to be Napoleon and look for an opportunity to steal this sapphire when Josephine was receiving applause from the audience. star! "

"That's awesome!" Maki Shuli felt that what Uncle Maori said was very reasonable and couldn't help but applaud, "You are so awesome, Mr. Maori! You are worthy of being a detective!"

"No, no, it's nothing." Uncle Maori said proudly.

"Hey, uncle," Conan shouted, "it says 26 letters are flying and interlaced. What does it mean?"

"Idiot!" Uncle Maori replied angrily, "Calculate the English letters above. Romeo, Juliet, Victor, and Bravo add up to 26 letters!"

"But you don't need to look to see that there are only 22 letters, uncle." Fengyuan also said. Although he didn't want to be suspected by Xiaolan, he also didn't want to pretend to be stupid. It would be easier to maintain the persona of a "smart kid".

"ah?"

"Yes!" Conan counted on his fingers.

"How is this possible!" Uncle Maoli said.

"That's not right, Dad, Xiaokong is right." Xiaolan expressed her opinion, "I also did the math, and even if I add an exclamation point, there is still a difference of three letters."

"This...that must be Kaitou Kidd, he must have made a miscalculation..."

"Hey hey..."

"Ahem," Uncle Maori quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Miss Juri, when is Josephine's performance?"

"Today is the last day."

"Oh! In short!" Uncle Mouri said, "Kid will definitely steal the sapphire star tonight!"

After all, Mouri Kogoro is a famous detective. Although there was a little episode, Maki Shuri still chose to believe him.

"Okay, I understand." Maki Shuli said, "I still want to discuss something with you. Although the police will come to guard later, but can you please come to the theater tonight to stop Kaitou Kidd from stealing this... Where was the gem stolen?"

"No problem," Uncle Maori put his hands in his pockets and walked confidently in front of Maki, "But Moori Kogoro never refuses a beautiful woman's request."

"Thank you so much!" Makiuri touched Miss Yaguchi with her elbow, "Hey, take it out quickly."

Miss Yaguchi responded and took out an envelope from the bag she carried with her. Makiuri grabbed it and handed it to Uncle Mori.

"These are the tickets for tonight's theater. You are welcome to bring your friends to enjoy it."

After the two people left, Xiaolan opened the envelope curiously and took a look and found that there were many sheets inside.

"There are so many!" Xiaolan was a little surprised, "Xiaokong, would you like to go too? There will be Doctor, Xiaoai and others..."

"Hey, this is my job——"

"What does it matter! Miss Juri also said that you can bring your friends with you!" Xiaolan said, looking at Fengyuan, "And Xiaokong is so smart, she can definitely help dad stop Kidd, right?"

"..."

…

A few hours later, Shiodome View Building, Space Theater.

After leaving the office, Fengyuan returned to the doctor's house with the snacks made by Xiaolan, and Conan followed him.

After that, they called the other members of the Young Detective Team, and then arrived together to meet up with Mori and his party.

The garden is also there.

The primary school students were noisy excitedly for a while, and then Uncle Maori came over and said, "Hey, I'm talking about you guys! This time I made an exception and brought you here, so please be polite!"

"good!"

"I'm sorry," Dr. Ali touched his head in embarrassment, "I'm here too..."

"Ah, no..."

"Mr. Mori!" As he was speaking, Miss Yaguchi came over, "Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

Before the show started, Miss Yaguchi took them to visit Maki Shuri's lounge. Maki Shuri was sitting in front of the dressing mirror and flipping through a magazine while her other female assistant was helping her take care of her hair.

Maki Shuri helped introduce him. This person’s name is Sakai Natsuki.

Elementary school students came in next, and the room suddenly became noisy. Maplehara noticed that Makiri had an impatient expression.

"Sorry, you gave me a few tickets," Uncle Maori also noticed, "I brought these children with me."

"No, it's okay."

"Miss Juri, do you usually go diving?" Uncle Maori looked at the photo on the table.

"Yes, I just started learning it recently. Do you want to go together some other time?"

"Okay, definitely!"

Uncle Maori readily agreed, but in fact he had never dived.

The primary school students visited the room curiously.

After secretly looking at Xiaolan, Haiyuan Ai found that she was not staring at Fengyuan like the day before yesterday, so he shifted his attention.

Noticing that there were a large number of high-end cosmetics on the table, Haihara Ai walked closer and took a closer look.

Ayumi also came over, "There are a lot of cosmetics here."

"Yes." Hui Yuan Ai responded.

"This should be called foundation, right?" Ayumi picked up one of the small boxes curiously.

"Yes, there are just foundations..." Haiyuan Ai counted, "There are five kinds in total."

"So many!"

"Hey, little sister, listen up, you two!" A sudden voice startled Ayumi, "It's a little early to start learning makeup now!"

The speaker was Natsuki Sakai. She took the foundation box from Ayumi's hand and put away all the cosmetics on the table. "Children should be like children, understand?"

"Understood." Ayumi responded somewhat reluctantly.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, attracting everyone's attention.

Miss Yaguchi answered the door, and in came several actors still wearing costumes.

One of them is obviously dressed like Napoleon, Mr. Narizawa Bunjiro, who plays Napoleon, and he is a fan of Uncle Mori.

He helped introduce the next three companions.

Next to him, playing the role of Josephine's good friend Teresa Tallian, is Ms. Tajima.

Playing the role of Josephine's lover, Hippolyte Charul, is Mr. Shinjo Isao.

The director and Josephine's patron, who also plays Barras de Boer, is Mr. Banheng.

"Is everyone here?" Just after the introduction, another voice came from the door.

This time it's Police Officer Nakamori, who has been mainly responsible for catching Kaitou Kidd.

It seems that during the last operation to arrest Kidd, Officer Nakamori and Uncle Mouri had some minor conflicts. After meeting, the two held each other's hands tightly and kept increasing their strength, as if they wanted to squeeze each other. When he entered the hospital, he looked like a primary school student.

"By the way, this time I specially brought someone to help investigate this case."

After a while, Officer Zhongmori rubbed his hands and said, "Well, although I kept telling him that it was no longer necessary, that guy Megure..."

"Um?"

"Ah, no, I said, but Officer Megure strongly recommended him," Officer Zhongmori quickly changed his words, and then shouted towards the door, "Come in quickly!"

Feng Yuan, like everyone else, looked towards the door curiously.

Clear and slow footsteps could be heard, and the person seemed to be walking extremely slowly as if to appease everyone. Then, Maplehara saw a high school boy who looked very familiar walking into the room.

At this moment, Feng Yuan felt a little complicated.

When the man in front of him walked into the room, he slightly raised his head that had been hanging just now and looked at the surprised people in the room.

"Hello everyone, my name is Kudo Shinichi."