The Split-Actress in Conan's World

With the help of Chiyo and Conan, Dr. Agasa quickly set up the tent.

"Very good, let's start preparing food next." He looked at the tent, which was much larger than the Beetle, with satisfaction and clapped his hands.

"I and Aijun will be in charge of making the fire, and you can go to the woods over there and pick up some branches for firewood, how about that?"

"Okay——" The three little ones raised their hands happily.

Chiyoko was staring at a thrush in a daze.

Haibara Ai walked up to him and raised an eyebrow at his light yellow sweatshirt with Winnie the Pooh painted on it.

"Remember to turn on the communication."

She whispered, "If you get lost with the children in a wood like this, be prepared to be laughed at by me for a month."

"If you want, it's fine for a year." Chiyoko took out the badge, opened it, and waved it in front of her, saying nonchalantly.

"Then let's set off."

Conan was wearing a light grey vest and a pair of short jeans.

Several children followed.

This time we set out on a camping trip early in the morning, and after more than an hour's drive, it was already noon.

The weather was just right, the sun was not too hot, a cool breeze blew through the woods, the dense leaves rustled, it was very pleasant.

Yuantai squatted under a big tree, picking up fallen branches and looking forward to the big meal in the near future.

"BBQ... Hey, BBQ..."

Conan was holding a bundle of dry firewood, while Chiyo, who was standing beside him, was carrying a larger bundle on her shoulders.

"That's almost enough, let's go back!" Conan shouted to the three little ones.

"Wait, come here first!" Mitsuhiko stood behind a big rock and waved to them mysteriously.

"What's wrong?" Conan walked over after hearing that and saw a pitch-black hole hidden behind the big rock.

"This is just an ordinary stalactite cave," he said casually.

A wooden sign was also tied to the entrance of the cave using wooden stakes and ropes.

"It says 'Danger, Keep Out'..." Yuanta read it out.

Chiyoko held the detective badge in her other hand and said uninterestedly, "Since it says do not enter, just go back."

It was obvious that the three excited little ones would not listen to him.

"What's more interesting is the text on this stone." Mitsuhiko pointed to the huge rock blocking the entrance to the cave. From the back, he could see several rows of small words written on it.

"The path of transformation..."

"The light of bliss will shine upon you..."

The rest of the text is so worn that it is difficult to discern.

"The light of bliss?" Yuan Tai repeated in confusion.

Mitsuhiko guessed: "It probably refers to the light of happiness."

"Could it be that this is..." Ayumi's eyes lit up.

The three kids looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Treasure?!"

Conan twitched his lips.

These three people are here again.

But this stone is really suspicious.

He carefully looked at the blurred kana characters on it and could vaguely make out the words "Tokugawa's Secret Gold".

In terms of the antiquity of the writing—

Maybe it's true.

"Huh?" When he turned around again, only Chiyoko was left standing there alone.

"What about people?"

Chiyoko silently pointed to the cave entrance.

The three little ones excitedly turned on their watch-shaped flashlights and entered the stalactite cave.

"Hey, come out!"

"It's okay, I'm just going in to take a look." Mitsuhiko laughed.

"Really..." Conan squeezed his dead fish eyes helplessly, put the firewood on the ground, turned the dial to turn on the flashlight and followed.

"What happened again?" Haibara Ai vaguely guessed that something was going on from the movement here through the detective badge.

Chiyoko put down the firewood on her shoulder, walked in leisurely, looked at the environment inside, and said to the badge: "They found a stone tablet with words engraved on it, and then ran into the cave to explore."

"These kids are really restless." Haibara Ai also knew that this was their character and didn't say much.

"Then I'll ask you to keep them safe. Kudo gets excited when he encounters this kind of puzzle. He's probably unreliable."

"The workload has increased so much all of a sudden, shouldn't the commission fee also be increased? Is it okay to prepare a separate lunch for me later?"

"Stop talking so much."

He pinned the badge on his collar, freed his hand to turn on the flashlight, and hung far behind the four children.

"What a big cave!" Yuan Tai exclaimed as they went deeper and deeper.

Conan's flashlight suddenly swept across a stone pestle. He immediately locked onto it, squatted down, and picked up the suspicious object.

It was a cigarette butt.

He reached out and touched it, and found the filter was still wet.

His expression suddenly became serious and he looked deeper into the cave.

Besides them, there are other people here!

......

Ai Haibara pinned the detective badge on her collar and freed her hands to prepare cooking.

The dishes include stewed pork ribs with carrots, boiled vegetables, grilled fish and mushroom soup.

The raw materials here are all purchased before departure, not collected in the wild, so there is no need to worry about food safety.

She thought about it and decided to add a bowl of pumpkin soup.

Make it sweeter.

Just as she turned around to take the pumpkin out of the car, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Speaking of which, there has been no news about the badge for a long time, right?

Just as she was hesitating whether to ask Chiyo over there, a loud gunshot was heard from the other side of the badge.

Her expression changed immediately.

But she quickly calmed down and did not speak rashly. Instead, she moved away from the doctor and tried to avoid making any noise.

She tapped the Morse code frequency on the badge.

"how?"

Soon, the badge responded with the same code: "Man, three, guns, call the police."

Although the answer was very brief, Haibara Ai roughly understood what had happened. She immediately took out her cell phone, temporarily turned off the badge, and called the police.

While calling the police, she analyzed the situation in her mind.

The gunshot was far away, and I didn't hear Chiyo's reaction after being shot, so he was probably okay.

He chose not to speak in response, probably because he was afraid of attracting the criminal's attention, so he remained in the dark and was not exposed.

Although there are three gangsters, Chiyo should be able to deal with them under normal circumstances and there is no need to lie dormant. So if the three men don't have guns in their hands, they must be holding someone hostage, so it is not convenient for Chiyo to take action.

When she had done this, she reopened the badge and continued tapping.

“Who was shot?”

The other side quickly responded with a tap: "Conan."

"Part?"

"belly."

Huibara Ai's heart sank suddenly.

She could imagine that no matter how reckless Kudo was, he would not easily expose himself to the gun. He could only be shot while protecting the children.

The injured part is still the abdomen...

Not to mention that damage to the internal organs can easily lead to life-threatening consequences, the confusion caused by excessive bleeding alone is enough to make this difficult situation even worse.

Chiyo can't move freely, and without Kudo's brain...

The more she thought about it, the more critical the situation became.

"Doc, get back to the car and lock all the doors and windows!"

After saying this in front of Dr. Agasa's confused expression, Haibara Ai ran towards the woods nearby.

In the stalactite cave.

Chiyoko crouched down, hid behind a stone pillar, and stared at the light not far away.

Judging from their previous conversation, they were a group of bank robbers. Because one of them's face was seen, they killed him to silence him and transported the body here, hoping that it would never be discovered.

The children discovered the scene where they dumped the bodies. The three robbers pulled out their guns without hesitation, intending to keep them all here. In order to save them, Conan was shot in the abdomen.

Now the children had no choice but to carry Conan and hide deep in the cave.

The three robbers discussed for a while and decided that two of them would go deeper in the pursuit while the remaining one would stay where they were to prevent any robbers from slipping through the net or others from accidentally entering the place.

Chiyo narrowed her eyes and looked at the gangster.

He moved silently in the darkness, hiding behind one stone pillar and slowly approaching the robber's location.

"Huh?" The robber suddenly stood up suspiciously and shrugged.

"Why is there a strange smell?"

Chiyoko silently sniffed her own cuffs.

It tastes like the cheesecake I had in the morning.

He was silent.

However, since he had already reached this distance, he no longer lay dormant. Instead, he suddenly jumped up and grabbed the robber's neck from behind.

"Uh......"

The robber covered his neck tightly and tried to pry his hands open, but his efforts were in vain and he could only squeeze out a low roar from his throat.

Chiyoko's hand tightly grasped the large artery on the side of his neck, and the blood supply to the brain was immediately blocked. After a full ten seconds, he fell to the ground powerlessly.

He looked vigilantly at the passage leading deep into the cave. The two guys didn't notice the situation here, nor did they come back to take a look as if they had an epiphany.

After breaking the guy's hands and feet to prevent him from escaping after waking up, Chiyoko slowly walked towards the depths.

After a while, we came to a fork in the road.

A glowing watch was lying quietly on the ground at the left intersection.

Probably a trick to confuse the robbers.

Chiyoko could guess what Conan was thinking.

Since this group of robbers were able to successfully rob the bank, there must have been a member who was like a think tank. By taking advantage of his cleverness and contempt for children, he was able to mislead them into concluding that "the children deliberately left traces in order to trick them into following this route."

So the robbers probably went another way.

But in fact, they are taking the path of having watches.

He thought about it and decided to chase in the direction Conan and the others were going.

Because there is no certainty whether the criminals will act separately.

He needed to ensure the safety of the children first, and then find a way to deal with the two robbers.

In the dark cave, several watches emitted a fairly strong light.

"Conan, are you okay?"

Mitsuhiko looked at Conan, who was dying on Genta's back, with concern.

"I put a larger band-aid on it first..." Conan forced himself to smile, his breath barely fading.

He said to Yuantai under him: "Yuantai, speed up, we may be caught up if you continue like this."

"But I'm afraid if I shake it too much, it will hurt you..." Yuan Tai was a little embarrassed.

Two tears welled up in the corners of Ayumi's eyes, and her voice became nasal: "It's all my fault."