The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"W-what?!" Inspector Megure was surprised.

"Does the deceased really have such a habit?" He looked at them seriously.

"Now that you mention it, it's true. Every time Urata drinks, he eats the ice cubes in it!" Noda Mengan suddenly realized.

Hattori Heiji's eyes were sharp: "In order to transport the homemade dry ice, the murderer did not choose to carry a bag that would easily arouse the suspicion of the police, but carried it with him."

"But if you put it in your pocket, the dry ice may melt prematurely due to the high temperature, and once the police check it, they will easily find the traces."

"So... the murderer only has one choice left!"

He pulled a ten-yuan coin from his pocket and flicked it with his thumb, sending it flying toward the back hood of Hong Shangwuyi.

Hong Shang Wuyi's expression became more and more ugly.

"Would you mind holding that coin out so we can see it?"

Inspector Megure looked over seriously.

"No, thanks." She laughed at herself and shook her head.

"Because the coin must have reacted with the cyanide and glowed, right?"

"You're right, I was the one who put the poisonous dry ice into Urata's cup." Hong Shang Mai took off her coat, looked at the ten-yuan coin shining in the hood, and looked emotional.

"It's really you..." Sangu Yangtai was stunned and looked at her in disbelief.

"Why are you doing this?" Noda Mengan asked puzzledly.

"Because of that hateful man, he is not worthy of being a doctor at all!" Hong Shang Mai looked at the dead person lying on the ground with resentment.

"You all should know that he is going to present his theory at the conference, right?" She said sarcastically, sneering softly, "In fact, in the hospital where we work, there was a patient whose symptoms seriously violated the theory he proposed."

"In order to prevent his theory from being exposed, he deliberately gave a wrong diagnosis, which caused the patient to take the wrong medicine, causing his condition to deteriorate rapidly and eventually leading to his death..."

"I only found out about this when he accidentally said it out loud after he got drunk."

Hong Shang Mai raised her hands. The police officer handcuffed her. She continued with a firm look in her eyes: "I can't sit idly by and watch such an irresponsible person continue to serve as the most important chief doctor!"

"How stupid." Haibara Ai spoke softly while standing beside Chiyoko, her light-colored eyes bright.

“No matter how much you try to disguise it, a false doctrine will never be confirmed by facts.”

"In the realm of science, truth never lies."

"Yeah." Chiyoko nodded and glanced at the relieved black knight on the stage.

“That’s the truth, too.”

Hattori Heiji squatted beside the two of them, put his arm on Chiyoko's shoulder, and said with a smile: "That's right, because there is only one truth."

"Right, Kou... Conan?"

Chiyoko rolled her eyes.

......

School Festival, a beautiful term.

It is not only a campus activity that Japanese high school students are keen on, but also a good excuse for young boys and girls to indulge in their youthful spirit.

But unfortunately, although this year's school festival got off to a good start, it obviously did not end well.

After Inspector Megure took away the real murderer of the case, the stage play that had not been completed came to a hasty end. The audience who had been locked up for a long time walked out of the theater with boredom and regret, came to the school road, and visited other stalls.

Backstage.

Mao Lilan held the black knight's cloak tightly and followed him closely, staring at the half of his face that was exposed.

She suddenly said: "Shinichi..."

"You're Shinichi, right?"

The black knight suddenly stopped, held the knight's helmet on his face with both hands and took it off.

A head of fine black short hair fell out from the helmet.

Kudo Shinichi shook his head, smoothed his messy hair, turned back and smiled: "You figured it out."

"There are some subtle feelings when acting. The most important thing is that when you called out to Inspector Megure, it suddenly matched the way you looked in my memory."

Mao Lilan shook her head slightly and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect it was really you..."

"I was so worried when you disappeared. You know, not long ago I was wondering if you had shrunk into that kid Conan. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"He really looks like you."

Kudo Shinichi secretly complained in his heart, of course it would look like...

After all, that's who he is.

He gathered his thoughts and said seriously, "Lan, I have something to tell you."

Ran Mouri's heart suddenly started beating faster. She stared at Kudo Shinichi blankly, waiting for his next words.

"Tonight, let's go to the lookout restaurant at the top of the Rice Flower Center!"

"Huh?" Mao Lilan tilted her head.

evening.

Rice Krispie Center.

"It's okay? The prices here seem quite high." Mao Lilan carefully looked at the high-end decoration in the restaurant, followed Kudo Shinichi, and sat down by a large window.

Looking out from the side, you can clearly see the entire Tokyo under the night sky.

"It's okay, I brought my dad's credit card." Kudo Shinichi smiled confidently.

After all, he promised to reimburse Chiyo for desserts for the next three months, so he couldn't mess with his own piggy bank anymore.

"What a prodigal son." Mao Lilan sighed.

"Please, they are the ones who abandon their son and go abroad to enjoy themselves, right?"

"If that's the case, it's similar to Conan's. His parents are also working abroad."

Mao Lilan's eyebrows drooped slightly, and a trace of sadness appeared on her lips: "Actually, I thought you were in trouble and had to hide, so I asked the doctor to invent something strange to help you become smaller. Doesn't it sound stupid?"

“It’s like a fairy tale idea.”

Kudo Shinichi could only laugh dryly.

"But the strange thing is, after you came back, when I looked at Conan again, he seemed like someone else. I couldn't see any trace of you, Shinichi."

Mao Lilan's eyes sparkled, and she leaned forward with a hint of anticipation: "What on earth are you..."

"What do you want to tell me?"

"What I want to say is..." Kudo Shinichi swallowed and felt his throat a little dry.

"Actually..."

"I know." Mao Lilan held her chin with one hand, and gently stirred a small vortex in the teacup with a spoon in her hand.

"You know?!" Kudo Shinichi's eyes widened and a blush unconsciously appeared on his face.

"That's right." Mao Lilan put down the spoon, picked up her bag on the seat next to her, and took out a stack of papers from it.

"Here."

Kudo Shin took it subconsciously and took a look, only to see that it was full of notes.

"What is this?" He was a little confused.

"Take a look at the class notes you took during the vacation." Mao Lilan replied as a matter of course.

"Isn't this what you want to talk about? That's why I printed it out in advance and brought it here."

"Ah, that's actually the case. I'm embarrassed to say it..." Kudo Shinichi touched his head and forced a smile, which seemed a bit forced.

"That's not right!" He suddenly threw his notes on a chair beside him, supported himself on the table with both hands, and leaned towards Mao Lilan, looking a little annoyed, like a lion being teased.

"The reason I invited you to dinner here is because I have something really important to tell you!"

"Eh?" Mao Lilan looked at his face right in front of her and felt her earlobes slightly warm.

"Actually, I..." Kudo Shinichi's heart was burning with excitement. In fact, his parents, Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko, had made their engagement in this place.

Moreover, it was during a reasoning competition that Yusaku Kudo gave clues and Yukiko dug out the truth bit by bit, and finally found this place, and the two had a wonderful candlelight dinner together.

This was simply the most romantic scene he could imagine.

Although because Xiaolan was not very willing and not good at reasoning, he did not set up any interesting reasoning links, and the romance was greatly reduced, but the final meaning was still good.

"What I want to say is..."

"Ahhhh!!!"

Along with his voice came an extremely shrill scream. Kudo Shinichi almost immediately became alert and looked towards the source of the sound.

"Hey, someone died in the elevator!"

Mao Lilan looked at the struggle on his face and suddenly smiled.

"Actually, you are very concerned about the situation over there, right?"

She lifted the hair beside her ear with relief and nodded at him: "Don't worry, I won't disappear suddenly like someone else."

Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment, then stood up from his seat, revealing that confident and focused look, just like when he rushed to every case.

"I'm sorry, Lan."

"I will be right back."

He ran in the direction of the scream.

What he didn't notice was that as he ran past quickly, a few streaks of silver appeared on the seat next to him.

"How reckless that little detective is."

Chiyoko lazily scooped a large spoonful of ice cream into her mouth, and said this as she watched Kudo Shinichi's receding back.

Sitting opposite him, Haibara Ai elegantly raised her knife and fork, calmly cut off a piece of fish fillet of the right size, and took a bite slowly.

"After all, it's hard to change one's nature."

She glanced at the huge cup of molten chocolate ice cream in front of Chiyoko and couldn't help but say, "Be careful not to end up looking like the doctor when you get old."

"It's impossible for my beautiful hair to go bald." Chiyoko waved her hand casually.

"Besides, whether or not we survive until then is another matter."

He rolled up his sleeves, checked the time, and said in surprise, "Come to think of it, nearly 21 hours have passed. This guy's physique is unexpectedly good."

"Will he shrink in public? He didn't get exposed during the school festival thanks to Hattori. It would be ridiculous if he failed here."

"There's nothing we can do. He can only smile foolishly and say something like 'the so-called detective'." Huibara Ai was also very tired. When the case was solved, it would be only the two of them who would have to deal with the trouble.

Apart from his IQ in solving cases, the great detective's ability to handle public opinion is almost zero.

It was she who used voice changing and pretended to be Dr. Agasa to ask Inspector Megure not to write Kudo Shinichi's name on the file, and it was Chiyo Hikari who searched and deleted information related to Kudo Shinichi on the Internet.

The detective boy is a fool who only cares about showing off.

After a while, Haibara Ai finished her meal in a worried mood, and Chiyoko's appetite was finally satisfied.

After paying the bill, the two walked in the direction where Kudo Shinichi left.

Of course, the meal was paid for by Chiyoko.

After all, the money in Haibara Ai's hand belonged to Professor Agasa, and he had previously prepared a big meal at the professor's house to reward Chiyo.

He almost spent all the pocket money that Rin Chiyu gave him.

Chiyoko looked at her bank card with some regret, but then she changed her mind and realized that the money she was spending from now on was not her own, so she let it go.

When they walked to the elevator door, they found that the case had been solved in less than 20 minutes. Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi were already happily preparing to pack up with the murderer.

However, Kudo Shinichi was not seen at the scene.

"It's almost reached its limit." Haibara Ai looked towards the bathroom not far away.

According to her calculations, the time it takes for the antidote to take effect after Kudo takes it will not be much different from Chiyo's, with a maximum error of one and a half hours.

Although I didn't expect that Kudo's medicine would take effect for an hour longer than Chiyo's first time, it's time to stop here.

"I'll go in and take a look." Chiyoko took the bag containing Conan's clothes from her and walked into the bathroom.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard a suppressed roar.

Following the source of the sound, he gently pushed the door of the compartment, but it didn't move.

It looks like this guy locked the door.

He walked into the next room, climbed over the partition in a few seconds, and looked down into the compartment.

I saw a thin figure huddled in adult clothes, sweating profusely.

"So it's already changed." Chiyoko jumped down lightly, squatted next to Conan, and patted his face.

"Wake up."

Conan opened his eyes hazily, and a bag hit him in the face.

"Welcome back, Edogawa Conan." Chiyoko smiled playfully and showed the watch to the sleepy Conan.

"It has been 24 minutes since you left."

"Oh no!" Conan woke up immediately, put on his clothes anxiously, and was extremely annoyed. "I haven't even said my words yet!"

"Do you want to get married to her while looking like a child? The uncle will kill you." Chiyoko came out of the cubicle and washed her hands in front of the sink.

Conan was silent for a while.

"Think about it carefully."

After wiping the water off her hands, Chiyoko walked out of the bathroom with her back to him. She paused at the door before saying, "To put it bluntly, the only ones who can deal with the organization are me and that venomous and arrogant girl. With her brain, it's only a matter of time before she returns you to your original body."

He walked out of the bathroom.

"He changed back?" Haibara Ai asked, looking at his empty hands.

"Ah."

"So the effects lasted about 21.5 hours, which is a lot longer than your first dose."

She seemed to be thinking about something, then she spread her hands towards Chiyoko, pretending to ask for something: "Give it back to me."

"What?" Chiyoko was confused.

"My bag."

"..."

Chiyoko thought about it and realized that she seemed to have just thrown the bag next to Conan and ignored it, and it seemed to have even fallen to the ground.

"Well, your bag fell on the toilet floor, so don't keep it. I'll buy you a new one later." He said embarrassedly.

Huiyuan Ai crossed her arms and looked at him coldly: "I want Fushahui's latest model."

Chiyoko vaguely remembered that the last time she saw a fashion magazine in her hand, that bag was on the cover.

The price is wonderful.

He silently twisted his empty bank card and sighed in his heart.

Kudo, there are no winners in this war.

Only the cold-blooded queen won in the end...