Conan's other self

The cave was deeper than expected, but when they called for the second time, Conan and the others were almost at the exit there, so Maplehara and Haibara Ai also had expectations for the distance.

As they walked along and turned a few turns, the two of them noticed a stream of water that was not deep, and could see fish swimming in it.

"These fish have eyes," Haihara Ai took a look at them under the light of the flashlight and said to Feng Yuan who was standing next to him, "Maybe they swam in from a river outside the cave."

"So just follow the river?"

"Mr. Detective is really good at asking questions knowingly," Haihara Ai said, "Let's go, I don't have time to continue playing such boring games."

The idea of ​​this "competition" was obviously thought up by elementary school students after they learned that Maplehara and Haibara Ai were here. Conan didn't even turn off the signal of his tracking glasses.

Walking along the water flow, the two of them soon saw that the water flow came from a slit above, and on the other side of the water flow, there was another hole.

A large number of bats hang upside down above the cave.

The bats in the cave generally roost within three hundred meters of the entrance, which also means that the two of them are close to the exit.

Entering from the entrance of the cave, there is a relatively open area. What caught their eyes were five dark cave entrances and an egg-shaped stone placed on a rock directly in front of them.

On the side facing away from them, the words carved on the rock were almost the same as those on the outside, but they were clearer and not worn.

"Those who are lost in darkness, please take the path of the dragon, and the light of bliss will shine on you..."

Hui Yuan Ai looked at the stone tablet and read it in his mind without saying it out loud.

Although cave bats don't respond significantly to normal speech sounds, she doesn't even want to try.

After reading it, she cast an urging look at Fengyuan.

This was obviously a puzzle that Maplehara was not interested in solving.

Feng Yuan thought for a moment, found a few stones and placed an arrow pointing the direction next to the stone monument, and then walked towards the left.

There is only one hole on the left and four on the right.

The tracking glasses showed Conan and the others on the left.

After walking in, Hui Yuan Ai spoke again.

"So there is no treasure here, the two stone tablets are just used to guide the way."

"Yes." Fengyuan replied, "An annoying Riddler."

It took so much effort to get two stone tablets to guide the lost people, but they made them so obscure.

Hui Yuan Ai didn't bother to think about it and directly cast a curious look.

"It's Japanese shogi," Feng Yuan explained. "The hiragana [と] on the outside is the word engraved on the back of the [infantry] piece. What's engraved on the back of the [speeding car] piece is [dragon king], which is the so-called dragon." path of."

"And if the egg is pronounced as [Ocean], then the cave entrance at the front is [King General]," Haihara Ai took over, "This guy is really boring."

Maplehara wholeheartedly agreed.

With his original thinking mode, he could not even think of Japanese shogi, something he had never been exposed to before, so he did not think of it at first until he later tried to figure out the thoughts of Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Shinichi in his memory. , he thought of Japanese Shogi.

However, he didn't rely on solving puzzles to find his way.

After walking another hundred meters and meeting the elementary school students sitting near the exit waiting for them, the young detective team set off back to the campsite to start their business today.

…

Time continues to flow.

In the next few days, Conan lived a very boring life.

I don't know why, but he didn't encounter a single case. There was no commission from Uncle Maori, not even a commission from the detective team to find the cat.

In such peaceful days, time seemed to fly by very quickly, and soon it was the day of the Teidan High School School Festival.

"Where is Haiyuan?"

At the school festival performance venue, Conan followed Uncle Mouri to find Xiaolan who was preparing for the performance, and asked Fengyuan in a low voice.

Because it was an important annual performance, although it was a pity that Shinichi was busy with cases and could not make it back, Xiaolan still invited many people.

She invited all her former friends and neighbors, including Conan, Maplehara, Haibara and Dr. Agasa. Among them, Dr. A Li has been unable to come forward because he has to promote his invention these days.

"She has been very busy these days and has things to do." Fengyuan replied in a low voice. In fact, she doesn't like situations where there are too many people and cameras may be filming.

"Antidote?"

Conan's eyes lit up.

In the past few days, he had asked Hui Yuan Ai several times about the antidote, but Hui Yuan Ai had perfunctorily responded by saying, "You two are in a special situation."

The problem was, he couldn't argue with that.

So despite wanting to recover as soon as possible, Conan accepted the reality.

"Maybe." Feng Yuan replied ambiguously.

"What does it mean to be possible," Conan complained, "You two will be together tomorrow and every day, but you don't even know this."

"I don't think about changing back every day, so why do I ask this?"

Maplehara was not interested in temporarily changing back to Kudo Shinichi - after all, he had no "Xiaolan" that he needed to grow up to meet, so he basically didn't ask about Haihara Ai's antidote.

Hui Yuan Ai rarely takes the initiative to mention it.

So what Maplehara knows is actually similar to what Conan knows.

"Forget it," Conan replied, "it's too late now anyway."

Thinking about taking a bath with Xiaolan two weeks ago, Conan felt that it would be good to be a child for a while longer. And if Xiaolan discovers that he is Shinichi at this time, he will be finished.

So Conan thought it would be better to be honest for a while.

"Hey! You two, follow closely!" Uncle Maoli turned around and shouted, "There are so many people, be careful of getting lost!"

"Know it!"

Maplehara and Conan ended their conversation and quickly followed.

Xiaolan hasn't changed yet, and is still wearing casual clothes, hiding behind the scenes and watching the crowd of spectators outside.

"Why are there so many people?" Xiaolan asked nervously, "It's our turn to play next..."

"Because this play was highly praised before, and it was said to be more beautiful than 'Romeo and Juliet'!" Yuanzi leaned next to Xiaolan and looked at the audience excitedly.

"Sister Xiaolan!" Conan shouted.

"Ah," Xiaolan turned around, "You are here!"

"Sister Xiaolan, sister Yuanzi." Fengyuan also greeted.

"Hello, Shinichi-chan!" Sonoko responded to Fengyuan with a smile, while Conan next to him had a dark look on his face.

"Xiaolan, since your husband has something to do and can't come, why not let this kid act?" Yuanzi hugged Xiaolan affectionately, but her wrist looked unnatural, "He looks just like your husband no matter what!"

"Ahem!" Uncle Maori coughed quickly to strengthen his sense of presence.

"What are you talking about, Sonoko!" Xiaolan said, "And when Conan takes off his glasses, he looks exactly the same as when Shinichi was a kid, right, Conan?"

"Um…"

"Yuanzi, can you come here?" A man wearing glasses and looking very quiet came over, "I have a question about a line..."

"Xiaokong, you haven't seen the new doctor, have you?" Xiaolan introduced Yuanzi as he walked over, "He is the school doctor of our school."

"He served as the leading actor several times during his student days and his acting skills were great. We asked him to impart his gardening experience." Xiaolan then said to everyone.

"But Sister Yuanzi's hand seems to be injured. Can she still perform?" Conan looked worried. He had now accepted the reality that Yuanzi would perform a "kissing scene" with Xiaolan and did not want any other accidents to occur.

After all, it is better for Yuanzi to act than for other boys to act.

"Oh... Sonoko's hand was accidentally sprained during rehearsal," Xiaolan replied, "But we adjusted the script, so it doesn't matter if we continue to perform. You will definitely be surprised!"

"Okay, it's almost time. Let's go to the auditorium first." Uncle Maori glanced at his watch, "Xiaolan, don't be too nervous!"