Chapter 71

After the ship arrived in Tokyo, Shuichi Akai was the first to say goodbye. He had to contact his FBI colleagues hiding there first, so he naturally had no time to stay.

Chaori Xiqiu took Bai Batan to a children's clothing store and bought a set of clothes and shoes, freeing her hands to hold the child.

Bai Ma Tan is finally no longer in the cradle state and can walk upright on the ground, which is a big step for mankind.

He decided to first send Kitamura Aoi, who was in a wheelchair, to the hospital to meet Kitamura Kazuha, and then bring the shrunken version of Hakuba back to Dr. Agasa's house.

Therefore, after buying children's clothes, he led the little white horse to the entrance of the after-school children's playground.

"Go ahead and play around in there. I'll pick you up later." Asahi Xiqiu squatted down, patted Bai Batan's shoulder, and took out the Ultraman transformation bracelet that he had just given away as a gift when he bought clothes.

Baiba Tan looked down at the Ultraman bracelet, then looked up at the inflatable castle filled with screaming and laughing children, and said calmly: "...I don't want this. If you have something to do, just put me in the library."

"That won't do. Children should enjoy their childhood happily." Asahi Xiqiu put the bracelet on Bai Ba Tan generously, "Go play! Remember not to run around."

Bai Ma Tan saw Asahi Xiqiu and Kitamura Aoi leaving the mall. He held the low fence of the children's playground with both hands, looked around, and felt as if he was the only one sober amid the hustle and bustle.

"Little boy, do you miss your parents?" The staff member came over with concern and said, "The children over there are playing detective games. You can play with them."

Detective game... For a real detective like me to play this kind of game with a child would be considered bullying the child.

Bai Ba Tan thought to himself, he turned his head and looked in the direction the staff pointed -

"Conan! We found it!" The girl with the hairpin happily raised the small card in her hand, and there was a girl with brown hair standing next to her.

"Ah, how come you guys are so fast? Damn, Guangyan and I are still a little short." The fat boy said, he took a step forward and pulled the thin boy next to him, "Let's go! Let's go to the castle and take a look."

The two girls followed closely and looked in another direction.

They left the small signs they collected to the primary school student wearing glasses. Next to him, a boy who looked 70% similar to him was also analyzing the words on them.

At the very edge, there stood a chubby old man who was happily watching the children playing games.

Bai Ma Detective: “.”

He was stunned for half a second, and then recognized two of them - Edogawa Conan, and... Kuroba Kaito?

When Bai Ma looked over, Hei Yu Kaidou happened to look up, and their eyes met for a moment.

As soon as they met, Hei Yu Kaidou's eyes widened. He pointed at Bai Ma Tan with one hand: "...Huh?! Why are you here——"

Bai Ma paused and walked towards the crowd. He stopped in front of the two people and said, "Student Hongzi's account is correct."

He nodded slightly and looked at Hei Yu Kuai Dou, with a smile that was slightly confident and arrogant. "It seems that you have encountered some serious troubles. Are you really like a child?"

Kuroba Kaito Half Moon Eyes: "Hey, you're talking as if you haven't encountered it... Okay, everyone is the same."

We are all little radishes now, what are we still competing for? Who is more like little radishes? Kuroba Kaito's eyes fell on Hakuba's arm. And this guy is obviously more childish, he even wears an Ultraman bracelet! !

Conan Edogawa also recognized Hakuba Tan, whose hair color, eye color, and voice tone were all very iconic. He looked stunned, surprised at another victim of Aptx4869.

But soon, Edogawa Conan came back to his senses, and he straightened his face: "Why are you here? What happened?"

Bai Matan raised one hand, pressed down his Pikachu duck cap, paused, and recounted his experience.

Asahi Yuqiu. Edogawa Conan caught that name. At the same time, he also heard from the other party's description that the other companion was Mr. Akai.

...Is there more connection between them? By the way, everyone returned to Tokyo at this time. Is something [big] going to happen?

Edogawa Conan fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

But he did not let himself dwell on this issue for too long and quickly accepted the new member of Baiba Tan.

While the three members of the Junior Detective Team had not returned yet, he changed the topic back to what should be discussed - for example, what is the pseudonym of the scaled-down version of Hakuba Detective.

Now, Dr. Agasa's house includes Haibara Ai, Kuroba Kaito, the often-appearing Edogawa Conan, and the three little members of the Junior Detective Team who come to play from time to time - if the newcomer Hakuba Tan is included, it can be called the Beika Elementary School branch.

In response to this, Dr. Agasa, who had been standing next to him, gave a positive response.

"Edogawa Conan." Dr. Agasa pointed at Conan.

"Edogawa Kebei." Dr. Agasa pointed at Kuroba Kaito again.

"From this we can summarize the pattern. The new kid should be called - Edogawa Kedong!" Dr. Agasa pointed at Hakuba Tan and said happily.

Edogawa Conan & Kuroba Kaito & Hakuba Tan: "."

Seeing the air calm down, Dr. Agasa paused for two seconds and continued, "Or... Edogawa Kashi? In this case, isn't there one person missing?"

——Four people, just the right direction.

Conan Edogawa: ...No, no, no, let's not try to make things into integers!

Seeing the children all over the floor, Dr. Agasa smiled, but suddenly an important discovery came to his mind.

...Come to think of it, aren't there too many people who are shrinking now?

But wait, isn’t Aptx4869 a drug with a 99% mortality rate as rumored? Who on earth has been using it and making it work with a 1% chance of decreasing the risk? ? ?

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In the distance, Vodka couldn't help but sneeze.

He rubbed the tip of his nose. Although he didn't understand why his elder brother didn't allow him to use Aptx4869, he still obeyed the order loyally, locked the remaining drugs in a small box, and put it in the safe house.

"Brother, everything is ready." Vodka stood up and looked at Gin, "What else should we do next?"

Gin leaned against the wall and didn't rush to answer. He raised his dark green wolf eyes slightly and his gaze fell on the mobile phone screen.

During this time, he left a lot of messages for the shrunken but seemingly powerful high school student detective using the name "Nightingale", and also sent a few messages to other organizations.

The intelligence provided by Gin is carefully selected. It will not be tracked by the organization, but it can also allow those people to interfere with the organization's actions with this information.

Recently, there have been rumors within the organization, with frequent failed transactions and many problems. So the doubts are spreading again.

As the organization's reliable top killer and a well-known model worker, Gin is naturally not among the suspects.

He took advantage of this opportunity and destroyed several organizations in the name of "killing rats" - because he had killed so many rats before, he has now become the greatest authority in this area.

Vermouth seemed to have noticed something. After a short meeting in the safe house one day, she put her arm on Gin's shoulder and smiled sweetly: "Why are you so angry recently? After all the disturbances, is your sense of smell still sharp?"

"Humph. Naturally." Gin sneered, "Not even a mouse can escape."

It's just that he changed sides, so the so-called rat naturally changed its face as well, that's all.

Bermode had conflicts with the organization before. So, although she had a slight feeling based on her woman's intuition, she didn't say anything. Instead, she smiled and said, "Okay. Catch the mice, but don't burn the house down."

Gin raised his eyelids and said in a low voice: "What if it burns?"

"Oh - that can't be helped." Bermode put down his hand on Gin's shoulder and chuckled, "But as long as I don't get burned, how can it not be a good show?"

Her beautiful eyes sparkled with sly charm, and she casually tossed her wavy blond hair. Her demeanor was carefree and confident, full of charm: "Although old houses are always hard to leave, there are always new places like places where you live."

Some things can be conveyed in conversation without having to be spoken directly.

"..." Gin said no more. He lit the match and lit the cigarette he was holding.

Bermode seemed to have no intention of continuing the conversation. She stood up, took off her wool coat hanging on the hanger and put it on. Before she pushed the door open and left, her high heels paused for another second.

"By the way," Bermode said lightly, "Did you hear that [Nightingale] seems to be back again."

Gin didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard this. He was not surprised that this news came out. After all, he did use the code name "Nightingale" to pass on messages during this period.

"Mr. K seems to be quite concerned about this." Belmode's beautiful eyes moved, "Is it the return of the soul, or is it a new life?"

"Does this matter?" Gin sneered, his dark green wolf eyes were extremely cold, "Things that cannot be killed will always exist."

Those people pursued justice, while he pursued freedom - whether the soul returns or is reborn, everything that cannot be killed will never be extinguished.

Bermode half-covered her lips and smiled, without commenting on this. She nodded and continued, "Oh, there is one more thing. Mr. K wanted to reminisce with the former knight. Since he has not come yet, the boss decided to personally invite him."

In the smoke-filled room, Gin frowned.

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Asahi Yuaki and Kitamura Aoi took the bus to Tokyo Hospital. There were round watermelons hanging in the bus, which looked very cute.

Ever since the memories of planting melons and beans emerged in my mind, whenever I look at these melons growing on the street in the morning and evening, my heart is filled with fatherly love.

He gently stroked a watermelon growing on the seat next to him, as if he were stroking a child's head.

On the way, he opened the translucent bullet screen and scanned a few times, capturing the traces of the main plot at any time in the land of Tokyo Beika Town.

From the barrage, we can see that at this time, the camera's perspective was not aimed at him - it should be on the elementary school protagonist Conan's side, and the incident seemed to be that Hakuba Detective met a few people.

[We are short of one person, come quickly @Hatsube Heiji @Osaka handsome black chicken]

[Ah, I laughed so hard. The three-quarter combination is still three-quarters today - three of them are smaller, and one is normal.]

[Okay, okay, the three-quarter combination now has another three-quarters]

[This wave, this wave is Dr. Agasa, the principal of the Beihua Elementary School branch, and Vodka, the director of the admissions office (sure)]

[Solving Japan's declining birth rate starts with vodka]

[I am dying of laughter. The fairy Asahi who brings children has come with a boy on a white horse. Shinichi has become the king of children! 】

Shinichi? Asahi Yuki was stunned when he saw this bullet screen. Shinichi, is it his good friend Kudo Shinichi? Didn't he go abroad? How did the camera suddenly capture him?

[Look at the bright side, Shinichi has more teammates now. Kidd and Hakuba have become smaller. The organization has become the enemy of the magic world and the Metropolitan Police Department! ]

[I can smell the energy building for the final battle... Is Conan finally going to become an adult again?]

Seeing this, Asahi Xiqiu was shocked.

What? Edogawa Conan can also grow big and small? What does it mean to turn back into an adult? Is he Kudo Shinichi? ?

The real protagonist is not an elementary school student, but a super combination of a high school student and an elementary school student! Asahi Yuaki suddenly realized. No wonder Edogawa Conan and Kudo Shinichi look so similar.

He had thought the world was a giant Kudo Shinichi, but it turned out to be the real thing!!

Judging from the usual situation, Haibara Ai probably has an adult identity. Asahi Yuqiu thought silently. It turns out that everyone is not 100% pure children! Before, I thought I was the only one who happily came back to elementary school.

Now that’s good, let’s review it together.

Wait. Chaori Xiqiu's thoughts paused.

Conan Edogawa looks like Kudo Shinichi because he is Kudo Shinichi.

Why does Kuroba Kaito look like Kudo Shinichi?

Isn't that right?

...Could it be that they have some other blood relationship?

Chaori Xiqiu was silent for two seconds, feeling as if he had suddenly discovered a big secret.

But before he could continue his imagination, the bus arrived at the station.

Asahi Yuqiu and Kitamura Aoi got off the bus and finally arrived at the door of the hospital.

People were coming and going at the hospital entrance. Kitamura Aoi sat in an electric wheelchair, holding the armrests tightly with both hands. She looked at the open hospital door and for a moment, she was a little hesitant and didn't dare to move forward.

Before she made up her mind and prepared to drive her wheelchair forward, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"……sunflower?"

Kitamura Kazuhisa, wearing a white coat, stood at the side door, his expression looking dazed and absent-minded.

The voice of that shout was so soft that it could be called cautious - as if it was worried that the volume would shatter the illusion in front of it, and afraid that the sound would scare away the butterflies in its beautiful dreams.

"..." Kitamura Aoi opened her mouth, and a long and strong emotion surged up and choked in her throat.

But she still had some sense and knew that it was not appropriate to talk too much about the past in public to avoid being overheard.

So she looked away with difficulty, turned her wheelchair, and moved to a secluded corner.

Kitamura Kazuhisa's body seemed to be frozen, motionless. He stared at Kitamura Aoi's back without blinking, and his hands, which were usually steady as a doctor, began to tremble.

It was only when Chao Ri Xi Qiu stepped forward and patted him, motioning for him to follow over, that he finally turned from a statue into a living person.

"Go ahead." Asahi Yuqiu patted Kitamura Kazuhisa, but did not move.

He could still read the atmosphere. This was the time when the adults were having a heart-to-heart talk, and a little kid like him had to leave, otherwise he would be soaked in their tears.

Kitamura Kazuhisa took two or three steps forward in a daze, and his former dignity, confidence, and elegance disappeared completely.

But before he finally followed, he turned around and looked at Chaohi Xiqiu again - that expression was very complicated.

After the change, he suddenly took a few steps back, hugged Chao Ri Xi Qiu tightly at an extremely fast speed, and put all his gratitude, regret and determination into it.

"...I know someone wants to harm you, but that person will not succeed." Kitamura Kazuhisa said in a low voice.

Then he let go and chased to the corner where Kitamura Aoi went.

"!" Chao Ri Xi Qiu was startled when he was suddenly hugged, and all the hair on his body stood up.

He stared with his eyes wide open, watching Kitamura Kazuhisa chasing after Kitamura Aoi, and after a while he came to his senses.

What did Kitamura Kazuhisa say just now? 'Someone wants to harm me'...?

Huh? Who is it? Who didn't even let go of the bread——? ! Asahi Yuaki was shocked, and his heart was shrieking.

Enough of the main plot, he even has a child (Watermelon), so stop forcing love on him!!

He stood there in shock for a moment, and finally decided to go out for a walk to calm down.

Today the sun is shining brightly, and the sky is clear and cloudless. The warm light shines on my body, making me feel comfortable all over.

Chao Ri Xi Qiu walked out of the hospital and stood on the street to bask in the sun. From a distance, he saw a familiar old car parked on the side of the road.

...Huh? Is that Gin's car?

Having seen it many times, Asahi Yuqiu also became familiar with Gin's Porsche 356A.

He blinked, feeling quite surprised.

Great, he finally got a rare white-haired elf friend randomly! He took out the advanced elf ball (mobile phone) and asked for his mobile phone number and mobile email address!

As it happened, I had already made an appointment with Kitamura Aoi to get the contact information of my white-haired friend so that the two of them could meet.

After that, if he becomes smaller, he can let Gin take over the watermelon shop business.

Originally, Asahi Yuaki thought that he would have to stay in Tokyo for a while before meeting his white-haired friend, but he didn't expect to meet him so soon.

The brother and sister recognition just now was very touching, so let him have a touching childhood recognition as well!

Chao Ri Xi Qiu walked towards the Porsche 356A with brisk steps.