Conan Moslin

At the end of March, the Rice Flower Museum gathered famous gems from all over the world.

Each gem has its own characteristics. Some are brilliant and colorful, some are simple and pure. Among them, the most dazzling and meaningful one is the Dark Night Star - a huge black pearl, which is displayed in the center of the exhibition hall.

It is the heirloom of the Suzuki family and their logo and symbol.

The Suzuki family collected more than just the Dark Night Stars, but this one was the most precious.

At this time, this gem, which is a symbol of the Suzuki family, is being coveted by a thief walking in the dark.

This thief is the one that the second daughter of the Suzuki family admires.

Shiro Suzuki came with his daughter and was greeting Kogoro Mori, thanking him for coming here to help.

After saying hello to Kogoro Mori, Suzuki Sonoko ran to find Xiaolan.

"Xiaolan! What are you looking at?" Sonoko was full of energy.

"Look, there are so many police officers this time..." Mao Lilan was looking through the huge glass window at the police force gradually surrounding the museum. When she saw Sonoko coming, she sighed, "He really is worthy of being a world-class super thief."

The last time at the hospital, Sonoko gave the invitation letter to her father, so she also knew some information about No. 1412.

However, Dad's foot had just healed, and Mao Lilan was a little worried about his father's agreement to hunt down Kaito Kid, so she brought Conan, who was also interested, here.

I think Conan can help his father share some of the burden, Mao Lilan thought.

Suzuki Sonoko also saw the layers of police, but she didn't seem to be worried about Kaito Kid at all.

She was full of confidence in this strange thief she had never met: "If he could be caught so easily, he wouldn't be called No. 1412 who caused headaches for people all over the world."

"That's true..." Mao Lilan nodded, then turned around and called Conan, "Conan, don't run around."

"Yeah!" Conan pulled his thoughts away from the secret code and nodded firmly in response.

Mao Lilan ignored him and continued chatting with Sonoko.

"Sonoko, I forgot to ask yesterday, why did you invite Sister Kuria in addition to my father to protect us?" Mao Lilan was really curious. After all, Sister Kuria was not a detective.

"You're talking about this." Yuanzi looked around and didn't see Li An, so she didn't continue looking. "I'm not sure about this. It was my father who heard that I knew the magician Li An, so he asked me to invite her over."

"That's right..."

They chatted for a while, and when Conan didn't want to listen anymore, a sentence reached his ears.

"Xiaolan, I remember you said last time that you saw that guy Kudo Shinichi in Shibuya. Can you tell me what happened at that time?"

Ok?

Conan, who was originally paying attention to the secret code, pricked up his ears.

……

The sky was unusually gloomy.

"Why is the weather the same as last time..." Mao Lilan sighed and raised her wrist to look at her watch.

She came to see Hime Eri, and they agreed to meet at a nearby clothing store to pick out some clothes.

Of course, I also want to persuade her to visit her injured father when she has time.

Although she checked the forecast the night before coming, she still didn't expect the weather to be so bad.

Mao Lilan was a little helpless and bought an umbrella from a nearby store.

She left the store in a hurry without even removing the label on the umbrella handle.

After all, I have to meet my mother, and it would not be good to be late.

Not long after I went out, it started raining outside.

Soon a thin mist rose around.

Mao Lilan held an umbrella and went to the place where they had agreed to meet. When she passed the traffic light, she saw two figures running side by side with their heads covered.

Girl, she didn't see it very clearly.

But the other person...

It looks a bit like... Kudo Shinichi?

Mao Lilan was stunned at that time.

But when she looked again, the traffic had already started moving, and when she looked again, the two people were gone.

……

"Maybe it's someone else who looks similar?" Seeing that she seemed a little disappointed, Sonoko hurried to comfort her.

"Well, you're right..." Ran Mouri sighed, glanced at Conan who was sulking, and quickly calmed down and put the matter behind her.

She didn't want to make Sonoko worry, and besides, the matter was over.

From a distance, Kogoro Mouri's hearty laughter was heard, and Ran Mouri turned to look at her father.

He was patting his chest and assuring Suzuki Shiro: "Don't worry, I'm here and I won't let that little thief go!"

"Then... please move to the dark star first."

"Sonoko!" "Xiaolan!"

"Here I come!" "Here I come."

Hearing the greetings from the two fathers, the two men responded and left.

Conan was left standing in front of the window sulking.

Conan was furious when he heard this, and when he saw Ran Mouri looking lost when she talked about that person, he felt even angrier.

Where on earth did this counterfeit come from!

He is right here!

But he couldn't say...

Conan felt conflicted, angry, and very sad.

He wanted to comfort Xiaolan, but he couldn't open his mouth. He could only think of explaining it to her the next time he called her.

The guy she met was a complete fake!

"Sister Xiaolan! Wait for me!" Conan put the notice in his pocket and followed Xiaolan.

……

Although her mind was blank for a while, Mao Lilan soon thought of something.

She took out her cell phone and made a call.

She regretted the moment she made the call.

Sister Li An is still sick, it's not appropriate for her to disturb her now...

Just when she was about to hang up, the call was connected.

There was no sound from the other end, as if someone was waiting for her to speak.

"Hey... I'm sorry, I forgot that you can't speak now..." Mao Lilan apologized sincerely first.

"Sister Li An, I... just want to ask you one thing..." She took a deep breath, but her tone was still a little weak, "Did your brother... go to Shibuya today?"

It was still quiet on the other side.

It seemed that he didn't hear any other questions, so the person on the other end of the phone knocked on the table to indicate that he heard the question, and then quickly hung up.

Not long after, two messages came.

"Yes" and "It's okay".

Looking at the two short replies, Mao Lilan lowered her head and muttered to herself.

"If you just look at their appearance...he and Shinichi...are really similar."

For some reason, her eyes felt a little hot.

"If the person I met was the real Shinichi...it would be great."

Conan, who was sulking when he heard Mouri Ran talking about this, didn't know that what made Mouri Ran feel lost was not the scene of seeing "Kudo Shinichi" and another girl running in the rain.

It's that I can't tell you even though I'm right beside you.

I know you are here.