The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"But then again, isn't November 24th today?" Yuan Tai suddenly thought of something very important.

"And the doctor is fifty years old this year. If he was ten years old back then, this year would be his fortieth year..." Mitsuhiko's eyes lit up.

"Maybe that girl..." Ayumi had an expectant smile on her face again.

“I’ll be waiting there today too!!”

The three little ones said in unison.

"Well, it's hard to imagine that a promise made at the age of ten would make people wait foolishly for decades." Chiyoko poured a bucket of cold water on this and was not very optimistic about it.

After all, they were both just ignorant children at the beginning. Now that so much time has passed, even if there are still some regrets, it is about time to let it go.

"Even if that person has been coming every decade, he may not come this time, right? After all, the doctor never showed up once in the past thirty years." Hearing Chiyoko's words, the three little ones cast contemptuous looks at Dr. Agasa.

"The main problem is that the doctor can't figure out where the most important 'old place' is." Huihara Ai pointed out the key point lightly.

"......I'm so sorry." Dr. Agasa was a little shocked.

"Really..." Conan looked at the postcard, "The doctor has always been slow in this area."

You really have the right to say that Dr.

Chiyoko was silently compiling an idea about this detective boy who had no self-awareness.

On the other side, the three little ones have already started helping the doctor think of the answer.

"Could it be the doorstep of the house with the scary big dog?" Yuantai suggested a possibility.

"Yes, yes, that's the place where the two people first met. It should be very memorable, right?" Mitsuhiko agreed.

"I thought so too, but ten years after she moved out, I waited at Noi's house for a whole day but didn't see her." Dr. Agasa expressed regret that this seemingly correct answer had long been ruled out by him.

"So it's the house of the person who keeps the hamster?" Ayumi guessed.

"The twentieth year was spent at the Chouno family..." The doctor also smiled helplessly.

"Has the girl written to me again since then?"

"Although she knows my address, I moved here after entering junior high school, so..."

"It's so troublesome. Why don't you just write to her yourself?" Yuantai lost his patience.

"How do I write the name and address without knowing it?" Dr. Agasa said that this simple and direct method has no room for implementation.

"What? You don't even know her name?!" The children were shocked again.

As a result, he looked at the doctor with even more pitiful eyes.

The doctor was also a little embarrassed by their gazes, and quickly defended himself: "Of course I know her name, okay? It's just that I always called her 'Kinoshita' at that time, and rarely called her by her name, so the impression is a little vague..."

"The doctor is so timid..." He was looked down upon by the primary school students.

Dr. Agasa stood up angrily, "Don't you dare to call Ai-kun 'Huihara-san'?"

The three little ones were silent.

Chiyoko noticed the farce over there and poked Huihara Ai beside her: "It seems that you are really strict in front of the children."

"......I didn't sternly refuse them from calling my name." Haibara Ai replied calmly.

At least she didn't really hate it when that kid called her "Ai".

It's just that the child is too delicate, and I always have to be cautious when interacting with her.

She couldn't help but reflect on herself, is the image she usually shows really that stern?

Conan also joined in giving advice to the doctor: "Wouldn't you have known where she was if you had asked the adults in the elementary school?"

"My brain wasn't that flexible back then..." the doctor said with a naive smile. He still had the mindset of an elementary school student at that time and never thought of asking teachers to check such things.

"The information at Teitan Elementary School has always been well preserved. It should be too late to call and ask now, right?" Ayumi suggested.

Yuan Tai couldn't wait any longer: "Then let's call now!"

"But today is Sunday and the administrator is on vacation." Mitsuhiko was a little distressed.

Huiyuan Ai suddenly spoke up: "Even if we know her address and contact information, it will only bring her harm, right?"

"Let her know that the doctor actually couldn't remember the place she thought was worth remembering, which caused her to wait for forty years in vain..."

“Some memories are best left as memories forever.”

She spread her hands and said in a lighter tone: "Of course, the premise is that she really waited foolishly for forty years."

"But we just want to put an end to the doctor's past regrets, right?" Chiyoko looked at her, her tone somewhat helpless.

“It is true that some memories are not suitable for facing reality, but there are always some stories, no matter whether the ending is good or bad, that need to be put to an end in order to move on to a new story without burden.”

"At least give the Doctor a chance to say the words he couldn't say back then, and then formally say 'goodbye' and bid farewell to the past, right?"

Huibara Ai glanced at him and didn't refute. She kicked the wheelchair lightly and leaned over to whisper in his ear.

"You're really good at talking."

Chiyoko's face froze.

"Anyway, we still have to find a way to find that 'old place'!" Ayumi concluded.

"But that happened forty years ago..." Dr. Agasa was a little embarrassed. With his already poor memory, it was really a pipe dream to recall it now after such a long time.

"There are still some clues." Conan smiled with relief and pointed to the back of the postcard.

"Look, besides Dr. Agasa's name, there are also a lot of numbers written underneath. They should be the code that reveals the address!"

"Oh, really."

"But what do these mean? '4163.33.6.0'..."

"It says 'Hint is an animal'..."

"If it were Conan, he should understand, right?" Ayumi looked at him expectantly.

"No, I have no idea at all." Conan shook his head calmly. It was difficult to guess the logic behind the numerical code left by a fourth-grade girl in elementary school.

"If she only waits until sunset, there are only four hours left." Haibara Ai looked at the watch and reminded.

"Then let's ask the sleeping Kogoro to help us solve the puzzle!" Mitsuhiko decided to ask for help very decisively.

Conan laughed dryly. It would be useless to ask that confused old man to come...

and--

"Uncle went to attend the concert of Ms. Okino Yoko and Ms. Nakayama Misa. He is not at home at all."

"Misa?" When Dr. Agasa heard this name, he suddenly became thoughtful.

"Did you remember something?" Ayumi raised her head expectantly.

"I seem to have some impression..." The doctor's round eyebrows were tangled together.

"Since that uncle is not here, why don't we go ask Sister Sonoko?" Genta suggested another helper.

Sometimes Conan also uses Suzuki Sonoko's identity to make inferences.

Conan squeezed out dead fish eyes: "Sonoko-sister is not here either. In order to buy the limited edition brand name, she dragged Xiaolan-sister to line up early in the morning."

"Ah, is it a souvenir of the famous designer Fusae Campbell's visit to Japan?" Haibara Ai suddenly became interested. After all, this was the founder of her favorite brand.

This famous designer came to Japan from Paris these days. The Fusha Group specially organized a seven-day fashion expo and released many limited editions.

She had planned to go and see it, but...

She glanced at the boy in the wheelchair and sighed.

Forget it, I'll let him compensate me after he gets better. Although it's a limited edition, there should be many channels where I can buy it again.

As for what method to use?

Let him worry about it.

"Fusae? Hiss... this name seems so familiar..." Dr. Agasa became more and more confused.

Yuantai couldn't help feeling discouraged when he heard that the person he was asking for help didn't have time either.

"Really? What's so good about that leaf pattern bag? And it's so expensive..."

"That's not a leaf, it's a ginkgo leaf. This is the brand trademark of Fusae." Mitsuhiko corrected.

"It's not just expensive stuff. Fusae also has many styles at other price points. Compared to most premium brands, the price-performance ratio is already very high." Haibara Ai silently defends the brand she supports.

Chiyoko nodded, fully understanding this.

You know, compared to the painful headline issue of Pudala, Fusha Eikan is nothing.

Over there, Ayumi looked at the digital code and suddenly had an idea.

"Could it be referring to the number of animals in our elementary school?"

"Look, there are six rabbits. As for the poultry, there are 33 chickens, white-bellied birds and pigeons."

"What about 0?" Conan asked, surprised by her wild speculation.

"Uh, is it the turtle that died during the summer vacation?"

"Haha...it's impossible no matter how you think about it. After all, when I was in school, turtles were still alive and well in the school. Besides turtles, the only other animals were chickens." The doctor laughed.

"Yeah, the previous 4163 doesn't make sense either." Ayumi was a little frustrated.

"But turtles live really long. Forty years have passed..." Yuantai widened his eyes.

"No, it is said that this is actually the third generation. Every time an animal dies, the zoo will give us another one." Mitsuhiko explained.

"It seems that it's because the zoo's director, Mr. Oda Yoichiro, was an outstanding graduate of Teitan." The doctor told the three little ones the reason.

"Oda Yoichiro?" The three kids were stunned.

They suddenly shouted, looking excited, "That's it!!!"

Yo Ichiro (Yo Ichi Ro) Mr. (San).

4163 (yo ichi ro sa n).

So at the urging of the three little ones, Dr. Agasa drove dazed and brought the six children to the Dongdu Zoo.

Well, Chiyoko's wheelchair was folded up and stuffed into the trunk.