After reading the title of the comic book cover, Tsunayoshi Sawada fell into a strange silence.

Professor Agasa, who hadn't left yet, saw that he could actually read out the title of the book completely. Although he was not sure whether a normal human cub could do this, he started to applaud honestly with his body.

"Wow, Tsunayoshi-chan, you're such a smart kid!"

What a smart baby.

smart baby.

baby.

Sawada Tsunayoshi: ...Help!

At least Dr. Agasa was sent back to the kitchen, which seemed to be in a bad situation. The old man found that his cooking skills were indeed not up to the task. He touched his bald head, thought for a while, and chose to ask for help.

"Moshimoshi, is that Xiaolan? I'm Dr. Agasa..."

…

"Eh? Is this a dinner suitable for a baby?"

Although she had a talent for housework and cooking, the girl had never studied baby food before. Moreover, according to Dr. Agasa, the other party was a baby with a pacifier. She fell into panic thinking, "Let me see... Because the baby's development is not yet complete, there are many aspects that need to be paid attention to..."

Seeing her in such a mess, the boy who was lying on the ground reading a book not far away - Conan Edogawa, who was currently staying at the Mori Detective Office, leaned over.

Watching Mao Lilan frantically looking up information in the recipe book to come up with ideas, and listening to Professor Agasa saying that it was a little baby and then that it could act independently, the boy couldn't help but have some black lines on his head.

"Sister Xiaolan, why don't we go and see how big the baby is?" He held his chin, and his dead fish eyes turned into big eyes of Caroline when Mao Lilan looked at him. "Didn't you say last time that you had something for the doctor? You can take a look at the baby when you deliver it to the doctor."

The busy girl put down her phone and said, "Indeed, it is true."

The black-haired, blue-eyed boy immediately gave her a sweet smile.

"And I also want to see what the baby looks like~ Let's go together, Xiaolan~sister~"

——Therefore, this is why when it got dark, Mouri Ran brought Edogawa Conan to stand at the door of Dr. Agasa's house.

The two families lived not far from each other, and it only took more than ten minutes to walk there. So when Mao Lilan arrived, Professor Agasa was still preparing dinner for him and Sawada Tsunayoshi, and a sound system came out from somewhere, and he was happily dancing to the song.

So when Mao Lilan, who chose to come to the door because of worry, brought Edogawa Conan and rang the doorbell, the person who opened the door for them was not Professor Agasa as expected, but...

"How are you?"

A small head poked out from the crack of the door. It tilted its head back, looked at several girls who were probably as tall as itself, and blinked softly.

Mao Lilan took a sudden step back.

When Conan asked "Sister Lan" in doubt, the girl had already squatted down.

"Hello, little friend... You are the little baby that the doctor mentioned, right?" She tilted her head and showed a very friendly (?) smile, "My sister is Mao Lilan, and she is a friend of the doctor~"

Perhaps because she was facing a child, Mao Lilan's tone was much softer.

Conan Edogawa, who was frightened by her stepping back just now, twitched his mouth and his eyes turned into half-moon eyes.

Lan this guy...

He glanced at the brown-haired cub and then at Mao Li Ran. His nose moved and he smelled the aroma of food coming from Professor Agasa's house. He barked exaggeratedly.

"What a delicious smell - is the doctor making something delicious?"

After saying that, he took Mao Lilan's hand and shook it coquettishly, "Sister Lan, let's go in and take a look."

The movements were smooth and flowing, and by the time everyone reacted, they were already sitting in Dr. Agasa's living room, staring at each other.

Mao Lilan, who was originally there to help, rolled up her sleeves, told the older Conan to take care of her little brother, and then sneaked into the kitchen, leaving the two human cubs (fakes) looking at each other in bewilderment in the living room.

The TV that he turned on because he was worried that the children would be bored was broadcasting Kamen Rider. If it were the group of children that Edogawa Conan was familiar with, they would have rushed over to the TV by now, one by one with their hands on their cheeks, watching it with relish.

Oh no, these are all first graders. And the one in front of me...

Edogawa Conan - currently named Edogawa Conan, a first-year elementary school student, his real name is Kudo Shinichi, a second-year high school student - looked at the little cub sitting opposite him who seemed to be in the same awkward situation as himself, coughed dryly, and decided to be the first to extend a friendly hand.

After all, he is the "older brother", right? He is still a child.

So he coughed and asked, "Little brother, how old are you?"

…

Hearing the elementary school student across from him cough twice and ask a question, Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but fall into silence.

How old is he this year... He said 24, is that ok?

The Godfather's expression shifted for a moment, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Edogawa Conan: “?”

The brown-haired human baby blinked his eyes, which were far too big compared to normal humans. His light-colored eyes had the clarity that only a baby can have, and when he looked over, Conan Edogawa had the illusion that he was purified.

Then I heard the other person making a baby voice.

"I am two years old this year."

"Two years old? I see."

It turns out that a two-year-old child is about this size.

"Yeah, that's right!"

That’s right, two years and one hundred and forty-four months… isn’t that just two years too much?

The two pseudo-human cubs looked at each other, and found an opportunity to resolve the social desert from each other's eyes.

However...

I naturally started chatting with him and recommended the manga I was following recently, "I went undercover in a hostile organization and became its second-in-command. So if I don't destroy the organization, I'm going to become the boss", abbreviated as "This Thing". Conan Edogawa was so excited that he was dancing with joy to recommend this work, which was meticulously detailed and seemed fake at first glance, but was actually surprisingly in line with reality and feasible in many aspects. At the same time, he felt a strange feeling when he saw the baby listening to him seriously and reacting from time to time.

A two-year-old baby can already do this... How strange.

…

…

"It's very strange, very strange, very strange."

In Namiseki, Japan, Rambo Povino returned to the base and curled up on the sofa, cosplaying Sherlock Holmes' classic moves with a solemn expression.

The guardians of the tenth generation Vongola family still have a lot of messes to clean up. Although the safety of the tenth generation leader has been temporarily confirmed, for some reason, the other party has not contacted them at all except for that phone call. Therefore, in order to better welcome the leader's return, everyone in the Vongola family has already started to take action.

but--

"It's still very strange indeed."

The Guardian of Lightning of the Tenth Generation Vongola Family, a young man named Rambo Bovino, held his chin and said, "Even if he had a cold, I have never heard Tsuna make that kind of sound."

"Use honorifics when speaking to me, you bastard," said Hayato Jigokudera, who was sitting at the desk opposite him and busy with official business, while looking at the documents seriously and admonishing his younger brother.

Rambo made a face at him.

"Well," just when Jikudera Hayato was about to pick up the documents and beat the kid, Yamamoto Takeshi, who had heard so much, opened the door and stood between the two of them very skillfully. When Rambo took small steps to shrink behind him, he smiled heartily to Jikudera Hayato, "Rambo is still a child, Jikudera, just forgive him."

The outwardly cold and powerful Vongola Guardian tugged at his tie and clicked his tongue.

Just when the fight was about to die down, Rambo put his hands on Yamamoto Takeshi's waist and poked his head out from behind the man.

"Jiuji is an idiot." The boy, who had grown into a teenager but still had the habits of a child, uttered a few "lilalalal" sounds and was chased out of the door by Jiuji Hayato who exploded in silence.

Watching the two people running away in a noisy manner, Yamamoto Takeshi couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh.

This kind of relaxed atmosphere has not been seen for a long time.

Ever since Mille Fiore took shape and posed a threat to Vongola, and the two sides began to confront each other, the atmosphere within Vongola took a sharp turn for the worse.

Not to mention the subsequent demise of the Rainbow Sons and the death of their leader - especially the latter, which directly brought the atmosphere of the entire family to the bottom.

The person who changed this atmosphere was Tsukichi Sawada.

Tsunayoshi Sawada from the past turned the tide and brought about a new beginning, and their Tsunayoshi Sawada re-energized the people...

Just as he was thinking this, he saw a piece of white paper with only one line of words written on it scattered on the desk of Hayato Jigokudera.

"What is this?"

The black-haired young man reached out and picked up the white paper. He saw an address he had never seen before, "Yika Town...?"

On the other hand, Sasagawa Ryohei, who had hurriedly gone to the surface to be close to his wife, came back and knocked on the door of the Fengji Group's base in the underground of Namimori, Japan with an excited look.

"Hey, Hibari!" He rushed in happily, sat down in front of the young man who had quickly changed back into his kimono, and placed the book in his hand in front of him. "Look what I found!"

The black-haired young man who was drinking tea with his head down raised his eyes, and his phoenix eyes casually swept over the pink book cover that was completely inconsistent with the Vongola's Guardian of the Sun. The word "boring" was about to come out in his throat.

"It's not that. The title of the book isn't the point." Having known this guy for many years, Ryohei Sasakawa knew what he was going to say just by the movement of his eyebrows. So he quickly lifted up the book and showed the more obvious spine to Hibari Kyoya, "Look! This!"

This was the book "This Thing" which had become increasingly popular for some unspeakable reasons and actually had quite a lot of popularity. Hibari Kyoya's eyes dimmed as they fell on the words "Hibari Kyoya's work" written in capital letters on the spine of the book.

The hand holding the teacup was still steady, but the knuckles, slightly whitened from exerting too much force, indicated that the owner might not be so calm.

"Kufufufu..."

A faint voice belonging to some annoying guy rang in his ears.

At the same time, also in Japan, in a safe house not far from Beika Town, a silver-haired young man in a black T-shirt was doing basic physical training.

Sweat flowed down his cheeks and soaked into his black T-shirt. His long silver hair was tied up, revealing his well-defined face.

This person is none other than Kurosawa Jin, who is currently teaching in a special class at the Japanese Police Academy.

At this moment, his cell phone was vibrating wildly.

Not caring about the vibration of the thing, he finished this stage of his training at a leisurely pace. Then Kurosawa Jin pulled the towel over his shoulders and casually answered the phone with one hand.

"say."

His voice was cold and chilly.

However, the other side had long been accustomed to his attitude. It could be said that although they had only been together for six months, this instructor Kurosawa, who was said to have dyed his hair as black as a crow, left a deep impression on everyone.

But at this time, he was the only person he could contact.

Then after a brief silence, a burst of crying broke out from the other side.

"What, what should I do, Instructor Kurosawa! I was spotted by an officer of this organization and will be promoted to be his subordinate tomorrow... Help me, I won't become the boss of the organization by accident like the hero in "This Thing"! SOS, help me, Instructor Kurosawa, if you don't save me, this may be the last time I call you, Instructor!!!"

The black cell phone was thrown on the table, and the hands-free electronic device was turned on to amplify the voice of the rookie who was undergoing stealth training opposite, and it came clearly into the man's ears.

He lit a seven-star cigarette and took a puff. As the white smoke spread, a slight smile seemed to briefly remain on his lips.

"Stupid."