Conan's other self

Okiya Subaru seemed to have been looking forward to this day for a long time.

After completing his reasoning, although he returned to his usual squinting appearance, Fengyuan still judged from the frequency of his steps when he returned that he was a little anxious.

Probably he wanted to go back and inform Judy and others of the news and ask them to conduct further investigation...

Fengyuan was thinking about it when he noticed that the doctor ran to the kitchen to get cutlery and a spoon, ready to taste the potato stew.

As expected of a doctor...

"Then," Haiyuan Ai's voice interrupted Fengyuan's thoughts, "What's your reasoning?"

"Ah?" Fengyuan was stunned for a moment.

"Stop pretending," Haiyuan Ai pulled up another chair and sat next to Fengyuan, supporting his chin with one hand and looking at him, "just now you just raised your head, but Mr. Subaru was reasoning behind it. Although you In the end, I didn’t raise any objections, but I didn’t agree with them at all—”

She paused slightly and stared into Fengyuan's eyes.

"——This doesn't look like you."

Although Kudo would sometimes watch Edogawa's reasoning without interrupting, this time he brought it up first, and in the past, he would have added a few words in this situation.

Okiya Subaru didn't talk endlessly just now.

"…You really understand."

"Thank you for the compliment~"

While talking, the doctor came out with three sets of tableware.

"Xiao Kong, Xiao Ai, come quickly——"

"You can eat first, doctor, but you can only eat one bowl." Haiyuan Ai casually replied to the doctor, "He and I still have something to say."

"Oh, okay."

From the looks of it, maybe he's talking about emotional matters...

The doctor, who had little relationship experience, thought it would be better not to disturb the two of them, so he brought the stew pot to the dining table on the other side.

The doctor quietly glanced at Haiyuan Ai again and found that she was not paying attention. He rolled his eyes slightly and suddenly had an idea. Then he quietly sneaked back to the kitchen, planning to change himself to an extra large bowl.

But Hui Yuan Ai was completely unaware of this.

"I didn't say it just now because there is a link in the reasoning. I'm not sure whether to tell Mr. Subaru yet," before Haibara Ai asked again, Maplehara explained, "Besides, I think Mr. Subaru's reasoning is actually also make sense…"

He originally planned to just say that the broken mirror might be a death message, and had no intention of interpreting it immediately.

However, after hearing this, Subaru Okiya obviously had his own thoughts, and Kaedehara just went along with it.

"He thinks so," Fengyuan continued to explain, "probably because he thought Asaka was the suspect from the beginning..."

"Originally she was the most suspicious person, but now that you say so..."

"Yeah, I didn't think so. In this way, he took a different idea from me. I think he should first try to match the code with the name Asaka, and got ASACA... and then immediately discovered, If you remove this part and change the order, you can get RUM..."

"Because you just got the news about Rum not long ago?"

"Yeah." Fengyuan replied, "That's how reasoning works. First, presuppose some possibilities, and then match the existing clues to them. Because I just learned about Rum not long ago, I will subconsciously take this. Make associations…”

Hui Yuan Ai listened quietly.

"However, if one death message is used to refer to two names, it can easily lead to confusion. Because there are many ways to combine these letters, and if they are split into two parts, there will be even more ways.

So I think this was not his intention.

And you also think it’s a little strange, right? The member of the organization who killed Haneda Koji didn't seem to clean up the scene at all. He probably just gave Haneda Koji some medicine and left directly..."

"Yeah, it's not like the organization's style at all."

"He also gave Haneda Koji enough time to leave a death message. You know, it is very easy to cut glass with scissors, let alone leave the letters P and T so accurately..."

"But it can be easily cut by just putting the mirror in the water, right?" Haihara Ai said, "Ah... that faucet that is not turned off..."

"It's possible. In any case, Haneda Koji seems to have enough time to leave a death message. He doesn't need to use such a confusing death message..."

"Maybe you don't want people from the organization to find out?"

"Yes. That's why I say Mr. Subaru's reasoning is very reasonable," Maplehara did not deny this. "But what if the word that was cut out does not actually need to be opened?"

"Eh?" Haiyuan Ai was stunned for a moment, and then began to recall the cut letters, "No need to open it..."

Feng Yuan typed those letters on the screen and showed them to Hai Yuan Ai.

Haihara Ai tried to change the order, but had no idea for a while.

"UMASCARA..." Fengyuan hesitated for a moment, but continued, "I think this may be a name you know."

Just like Subaru Okiya subconsciously used the names Rum and Asaka to make up the code, Kaplehara actually used another name to make up the code.

As a result, we got it together.

"The name I know?" Hui Yuan Ai was a little confused.

"...CARASUMA," Maplehara said softly, "If CA and KA have the same pronunciation..."

There was a brief silence.

"Ren Ye Karasuma." Haiyuan Ai lowered his eyes and looked at the floor, slightly lost in thought, "Yes, I do know this name."

For a while the only sound that could be heard in the living room was the doctor eating stew.

"Have you checked that email address?" After a few breaths, Haihara Ai continued.

She was referring to the address where Belmod sent emails that Maplehara heard when she faced Belmod on the night of the full moon. Her question also meant that she admitted something.

"I didn't conduct a detailed investigation. That would be too risky. But even if I don't conduct an investigation, I can still know some things, such as the general range of the address. I thought of this name because Conan mentioned it to me before, and he followed Uncle Maori. I’ve been to Karasuma Renye’s villa, the House of Twilight...and a mysterious, missing rich man, which fits my imagination of him quite well..."

Of course, the main reason is the impression in memory.

"Then..." Haiyuan Ai looked up into Feng Yuan's eyes, a little nervous, "Are you unhappy?"

"Eh?"

"Because I never told you this..."

"Didn't we discuss this topic before? I still think so, and it hasn't changed. The puzzles are interesting only if you solve them yourself... Moreover," Fengyuan looked at himself in Haibara's eyes, "some puzzles only require a glance. It will make people trapped in it and unable to extricate themselves..."

Haiyuan Ai couldn't help but look away.

Feng Yuan noticed that her earlobes were a little red.

"Also," Fengyuan continued, "I also have something very important that I am hiding from you."

"What's going on?" Hui Yuan Ai turned her head back, a little curious.

"A secret. I'll tell you when I'm old."

Haiyuan Ai looked at Feng Yuan's eyes and met his.

But this time Feng Yuan did not admit defeat.

"Okay, I'll wait for that day." After looking at each other for a while, Haihara Ai said softly, "Then what? What are you going to do now?"

"It's better to investigate Rum first. After all, he has already been dispatched. We still need to call Conan and ask him to come over. These things are not suitable to be discussed on the phone. But now -"

Maplehara looked at the doctor who was enjoying his meal on the other side of the living room.

"Why don't you try Subaru-san's potato stew first? If you don't go, it will be gone."

…

A few days later.

After school that day, Xiaolan took Sonoko with her to clean the Kudo family's house.

Conan, who was a little embarrassed about this and worried that something would be discovered, took Feng Yuan to clean up together, and by the way told Feng Yuan what he had encountered these days.

That day, he rushed to the doctor's house after receiving a call from Maplehara. While eating the bowl of stew left for him, he learned about Haneda Koji from Maplehara and heard the revised version of the reasoning.

With this matter in mind, he learned from Uncle Maori the next day that someone had just held a program to unravel the truth about the murder of Haneda Koji, so he went with Uncle Maori.

As a result, the man was killed before he could see him.

However, after investigation, Conan determined that this matter was not caused by someone from the organization, and what he mainly wanted to say was something else.

"So," Maplehara whispered to Conan while carrying the mystery novel, "you accidentally dropped your bow-tie voice changer on the ground, and it was picked up by Sera's mother. She also used the voice changer to pretend that it was you. Uncle Maori, who was knocked unconscious, helped complete the reasoning?"

According to Conan, Masumi Sera and her mother happened to live next door to the hotel room that was used as the murder scene.

"That's about it," Conan said. "Sera's mother seems to be very skilled. Not only can she hide under the balcony of the room, but she can also knock down the prisoner trying to escape with just one blow..."

"After all, we are from MI6..."

"Yeah, but there's still no progress..."

"Hey! Little devils!" Yuanzi on the other side was a little dissatisfied, "You just know how to whisper there, come here and help!"

"Ah, here we go..."

Maplehara and Conan quickly ended their whispers and went back to help move the books on the bookshelves aside. Beside the bookshelf, Yuanzi was responsible for cleaning the dust on the bookshelf, while Xiaolan was responsible for wiping it with a rag.

"They are children after all," Xiao Lan said, then looked at Feng Yuan and Conan, "If you are tired, you can take a rest."

"Yeah!" Fengyuan and Conan replied in unison, but still chose to continue helping.

"Really," Sonoko couldn't help complaining, "Why do I, a female high school student who comes home from school, come to help clean the room of a mystery maniac who is not at home?"

"alright…"

"I'm sorry, please come and help." At this time, Subaru Okiya also walked in with a bucket, "If I clean it by myself, the place is too big."

"It's okay," Yuanzi immediately changed his words, "I like cleaning!"

"Yuan, Yuanzi..." Xiaolan was a little speechless.

"By the way, there is another classmate named Sera Masumi, right? Isn't she here?"

"Ah, we invited Sera too!"

"But she said that she has to change hotels again, move and so on, and is very busy," Xiaolan said, showing a yearning expression, "I really yearn for this kind of life of living in a hotel every day!"

"Really?" Now it was Yuanzi's turn to be speechless.

"Have you seen any strange people around Sera-san?" Okiya Subaru asked next.

"weirdo?"

"That's right. For example, he is always alert to his surroundings and is very good at suppressing dangerous opponents instantly. The person named Asaka may not be named that, of course."

Yuanzi and Xiaolan reminisced.

Conan took the opportunity to whisper to Maplehara.

"You haven't told him your reasoning yet..."

"Wouldn't it appear that I was suspicious if I said it directly? After all, I seemed to feel the same way at the time. So it's better for you to tell him and say that you corrected him..."

"Haha..." Conan couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

After learning about Haneda Koji's affairs and secret code that day, his first reaction was also Rum.

"And it would be better to investigate Rum now..." Maplehara continued.

"That's right!" Sonoko's voice interrupted the whispers of the two of them again, "Although his name is not Asaka, there is such a person!"

"Ah? Is there one?" Xiaolan was a little curious.

Others also looked over seriously. But just looking at Sonoko's current appearance, Fengyuan felt that she was probably trying to make a joke.

"It's Xiaolan, Xiaolan!" Yuanzi said with a smile, and winked at Xiaolan, "Aren't you my exclusive bodyguard?"

"...I told you, am I a very strange person?"

"Hehe. But speaking of Asaka," Sonoko continued, "The name of the new song released by the rock singer Poturudo this time is called Asaka! It seems that he finally filled in the lyrics for the song he composed 17 years ago and is going to sing it. It was published for the first time at the conference!”

"17 years ago?" Conan immediately grasped the point.

"The name of this song is really weird."

"What's strange?" Okiya Subaru asked Xiaolan.

"When this song was published online, the name used English letters, but ASAKA's KA was not KA, but CA."

In other words, after seventeen years, KA became CA. This made Maplehara and others immediately think of the previous code, because no matter which solution was used, CA must be read as KA.

"Hey! Why is this?" Conan ran to Yuanzi anxiously, "Why is KA written as CA?"

"I, I don't know!" Looking at Conan who asked questions to him aggressively, Yuanzi was a little dazed.

"There must be some reason! You really can't remember it?"

"If you want to know so much, why not ask him in person!" Yuanzi came back to his senses, "We are going to see the rehearsal of Botuludo the day before the concert. I can take you with me!"

"Maybe I can have a few words with him?" Xiaolan agreed.

"Really, really?"

"Can I come with you, Sister Yuanzi?" Fengyuan also asked.

"Okay, as long as you don't bring too many people."

"In that case, can I also go to the rehearsal?" Okiya Subaru said.

"Ah? Mr. Subaru, are you going too?"

"I'm a die-hard fan of Poturo Road!"

"Okay, very happy!"

"By the way, when did he publish that song title online?"

"Just last week."

"After all, it is a new song released after five years, and it ranks very high on online news!"

This means that if the organization is paying attention to whether anyone is investigating what happened to Haneda Koji back then, this matter should also be noticed by people in the organization.

However, when they arrived at the rehearsal venue, they were told that they were not allowed to visit the rehearsal.

"I'm really sorry," explained Ms. Enjo Kanae, who is Hatorido's manager. "Actually, the lyrics of the new song haven't been finalized yet. He said that he should stay alone for two hours and look at the empty house. The audience wrote the lyrics. So the backing band and other staff were also kicked out by him to have dinner.”

"Does this happen often?" Xiaolan was a little curious.

"Occasionally. There are also times when I write the lyrics before the concert starts and just go on stage and sing without rehearsing..."

"oh…"

"Let him do it according to his own preferences." A very tall man, about sixty years old, came over. He was the president of this record company, Busi Yikang. "For him, this concert It’s going to be like the last one.”

"The, the last one?"

"Are the rumors that Mr. Botu is retiring true?"

"Yes, although I have stopped him several times, it is said that he will tell the fans at the end of tomorrow's concert."

"In this case, have you reached an agreement?" Another man came over. He was wearing a hat and his name was Kajitani Hirokazu. He was a reporter. "It is unreasonable to retire during the contract period. If you say you have to do it no matter what, If you want to retire, didn't you say that you would go to court to resolve the issue of liquidated damages? There are also speculations that retirement is just an excuse, maybe he just wants to jump to another record company."

"Who are you? Where did you come in from?"

"You came in through the entrance. I gave money to a staff member and got this coat worn by the staff..." As he said that, reporter Kajiya looked at Ms. Madoka again, "By the way, Miss beautiful agent, yours is Have things been settled?"

"W-what's going on?"

"The name of the new song is ASACA, isn't it rumored to be the name of Botu's new love? So you, who had been his lover for many years, got furious and had a big fight with him, refusing to let him write the new song. "

"Who, who told you! Didn't you also get scolded by the editor because the news of Botu's retirement was first reported by other magazines? You said that you have been with Botu for fifteen years, and what have you been doing in the end? ah!"

"That's why I pretended to be a staff member and sneaked in... Before Botu gave up, let me launch a satellite to win the game."

Only a few minutes after arriving, I heard a series of content that could be used as a motive for murder in a place like Mihua.

Maplehara complained in her heart, and Ms. Madoka directed the staff to take the Kajidani reporter out. Sonoko and Xiaolan, who had watched the farce, also planned to leave.

"But if it's the last concert rehearsal, wouldn't it be better to watch it?" Okiya Subaru didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"I feel sorry for you, Subaru-san..."

"But we're not that big of a fan!"

Yuanzi and Xiaolan each said one sentence at a time.

"Huh? Who told you to come here?"

"it's me!"

A familiar voice came and everyone looked towards the entrance.

Toru Amuro put his hands in his pockets and looked at everyone. Behind him, Miss Azusa Enomoto seemed a little shy, putting her hands on Toru Amuro's shoulders, with only one head exposed.

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