Artificial Life 5
"I'm back--"
Edogawa Conan opened the door of the Mouri Detective Agency and ran into Mouri Kogoro, who was wearing an apron. The latter looked at the young detective and sighed, and everything was self-explanatory.
"Uncle Kogoro, sister Xiaolan...how are you now?" Edogawa Conan hesitated for a moment, and also stepped forward to help them clean up the house. It can be seen that the two people in the Maori family were in no mood to do housework during his absence. Maori Kogoro just mopped the floor hastily, and there was a lot of dust in the corner. "The doctor asked me to help with the experiment these days, and I didn't have time to come back..."
"You can't help much even if you come back," Maori Kogoro glanced at the boy, his usual impolite tone made people feel a little relieved, "The matter has become so serious," as a former Neon policeman, he also had complicated feelings, "I, a famous detective, can't even get any information -"
"Anyway, go check on her," Maori Kogoro shook his head, politely declined Edogawa Conan's help, and squatted down to sort the garbage and bag it. "Aren't you always playing detective games?" He snorted, "Go and comfort some arrogant little detective who can't find anyone."
"Ahaha..." A big bead of sweat dripped down Edogawa Conan's forehead. This sentence that seemed to have a meaningful meaning almost made him sink. "Then I'll be leaving first..." He quickly took two steps at a time and trotted to the stairs. "I'll come back to help your uncle later!"
Only after seeing the boy running up the stairs did Kogoro Mouri withdraw his gaze, put down his hands that were rubbing his neck, and return his attention to the work at hand.
When standing at the door of the room, Edogawa Conan finally reacted from his fear. Although Maori Kogoro was usually a confused detective, he was overly sensitive when it came to emotions. He escaped Maori Ran's suspicion several times. When he turned around, he bumped into Maori Kogoro's eyes that seemed to have a deep meaning. His heart rate was about to stall, "Sister Xiaolan..." The boy raised his hand and knocked on the door of the room, and asked softly, "Um, I called Shinichi brother before, he is very worried about you..."
After a period of silence during which Conan Edogawa suspected whether Ran Maoli was asleep, he finally heard the answer, "Ah, Conan, you're back." The voice sounded fine, "The doctor is done... Sorry, I don't really want to open the door now." The girl in the bedroom closed her eyes. She felt that she was in good health, but there was always a kind of fatigue in her heart that made people lose the energy to do anything. "What did Shinichi say? Is there any... result in the case?"
"...We are still investigating," Edogawa Conan sat down against the door. For the safety of his childhood sweetheart, he once again chose to remain silent. The truth about Ichinose Saku was too shocking and involved the organization, so he couldn't tell Mao Lilan for the time being. "Brother Shinichi said that he would be able to..."
"Hey, Conan, do I just have to wait?"
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