[New mission: 11 o'clock in the evening, department store]

The kid who hadn't returned home in time for several nights looked at the bandit group in the department store's security room with trepidation, and was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe.

Conan whispered: "In short, we don't want them to find out, and then we notify the police. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Several children nodded obediently and crept away.

Kitahara Sosuke, who was dressed in black, grabbed the door frame and slid down silently. He turned to look at the people in the guard room, as if he saw a pile of golden treasures, and couldn't help but smile affectionately.

"Who?...Ah!"

"Help!"

"stop it!"

【mission completed!】

Conan and others tried their best and finally found passers-by to call the police for them. Officer Megure led the team and opened the door of the department store. They all went to the guard room on the second underground floor, only to find that everyone in the bandit group had been beaten.

I fainted and was tied up with tape.

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[New mission: Three days later, Suzuki Ayako’s mountain villa. 】

"Wow - thunder!"

Outside the villa, Mao Lilan, who was pulled out by the long-haired man for a walk in the rain, was startled by the sound of thunder that seemed so close at hand, and ran away screaming.

"Don't, don't go..." The long-haired man tried to stay behind, but Mao Lilan ran away in the blink of an eye.

Conan, who was following secretly, accidentally discovered that Mao Lilan was missing and hurriedly chased after him.

Mao Lilan, who ran into the forest in a panic, came to her senses and found that she was lost. She hurriedly recovered and called the long-haired man: "Mr. Ota - where are you? If you hear me, please answer me...Ota..."

The weird man covered in bandages quietly walked behind her, raised his ax high, and chopped down with all his strength!

"boom!"

A stone flew past Mao Lilan's ear at high speed and hit the bandaged man in the middle of the face with a bang. The bandaged man covered his face and wailed loudly.

Mao Lilan looked back and suddenly screamed in terror.

"Sister Xiaolan!" Conan rushed over as fast as he could. When he saw the bandaged man holding an axe, he immediately yelled: "Asshole, who are you! What do you want to do?!"

The bandaged man turned around and ran, but he stumbled suddenly, rolled to the ground, hugged his legs and started screaming again. At this time, he no longer bothered to disguise his voice, and his identity was clearly recognized by the two people——

"Mr. Takahashi?"

Mao Lilan looked at him in horror and confusion.

"Xiaolan, are you okay?" Suzuki Sonoko ran over and tried her best to protect her friend. Then she saw the man on the ground who was in pain and couldn't scream: "Who is this guy? sy"

"This is Takahashi!" Conan said solemnly: "He just wanted to attack Xiaolan...sister with an axe."

Almost... almost Xiaolan was going to be killed when he didn't see it... Conan's heart is still beating fast until now.

He could clearly see that a thin piece of stone had just flown out from the leaves and inserted into the bandage man's knee socket like a knife. It hurt him so much that he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

The long-haired man and others came over after hearing the sound, put away the bandaged man Takahashi and his ax, and called the police. Conan, on the other hand, found another blood-stained stone in the forest.

"This is...that guy...who is it?"

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A new stone was placed on the bookshelf. On the shelf, there were also a row of large and small stones placed in glass jars, some with mud or blood stains on them.

"Another piece!" Dr. Ali walked over with his hands behind his back and said, "Who did it?"

"I don't know." Conan patted the dust on his hands and said, "In the name of Shinichi Kudo, I asked the police from the Forensics Division to check it for me. Only the prisoner's fingerprints and blood stains were found on the stone. There are clues about that person.

Not at all."

"Oh..." Dr. A Li thought for a while and asked: "I remember that last time it was a prisoner who wanted to light a fire to ignite gasoline. Last time it was a female assassin who wanted to assassinate Mr. Maori. Last time he threatened a sniper.

The murderer, right? What happened this time? He must have knocked out another bad guy, right? Seriously, this technique is really amazing!"

"Doctor! What's going on with your attitude?" Conan said dissatisfied: "That guy is committing a crime! He is probably the criminal who stole 1 billion yen and 15,000 gold coins!"

"So? Shinichi." Dr. Ali touched his head and said, "Isn't it because you encountered danger this time?"

Conan curled his lips and admitted reluctantly: "That's true..."

"Look! I'm just telling you!" Dr. Ali suddenly became happy and asked again: "What happened this time?"

"I went treasure hunting with everyone in the detective team, and we met two jewel thieves armed with guns." Conan pouted and whispered: "When the other party wanted to shoot, a stone flew over and took the gun out of his hand.

They were knocked away. Then I used my penis and foot-strengthening shoes to subdue them."

"Ah? Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me when you came back?"

Dr. Agasa, who took the children to camp, has been waiting at the campground without any sense of participation. Now he has even been deprived of his right to know?

unhappy!

"I don't have time to tell you, we are still kids! We were so tired that we fell asleep just after we walked back." Conan said.

"Huh?" Dr. Ali asked, "Where are the two robbers?"

"Of course I called the police. The most important thing is to help me find out the true identity of that guy, Dr. Ali!" Conan requested.

"I don't think this is a good idea!" Dr. Ali touched his chin and said: "Judging from the current situation, no matter who that person is, he has been protecting you! If he knows, you have to find him out.

What should I do if I get angry because of his identity? Besides, what can I do if I know who he is? Do you want to send him to jail?"

"Well...if he is really the thief who likes to draw cats, then it is natural! I am a detective!" Conan rolled his eyes, "Besides, that guy may not be well-intentioned! He is following me

He suddenly appeared after his body became like this. He has been beside me like a shadow, but no one knows his identity. Doesn’t this sound dangerous? What if he is a member of the black organization? "

"But..." Dr. Ali scratched his head, "If he really is from that organization, will you still be safe and sound?"

"Who knows! Maybe they are observing me as an experiment?!" Conan was very serious, because he had had this suspicion for some time.

"No way? Wouldn't that be bad?" Dr. Ali was shocked.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it. But no matter what, only by finding out the other party's identity can we know what his purpose is. Please, Doctor!"

Conan remembered that Mao Lilan urged him to go home early for lunch before going out, so he said goodbye to Dr. A Li and left quickly.

Before you knew it, winter had arrived. Snowflakes were falling, and many pedestrians on the road were holding umbrellas. Conan, holding a small umbrella, walked all the way back to the Maori Detective Office and saw a car parked downstairs.

"Do you have a client?"

Conan looked at it but didn't care. He put away his umbrella and ran upstairs, opened the door and said, "Sister Xiaolan, I'm back!"

"Welcome back!" Mao Lilan said with a smile: "Conan, look who is here?!"

Conan looked up and saw a plump woman looking at him with a smile, tears in her eyes, and she seemed very excited.

"……ha?"

——Who is this?

Conan was confused.

"Your mother is here to pick you up, Conan-kun!" Mao Lilan bent down and said happily: "How is it? I'm very happy, right?"

Conan blinked, confused.

"Conan-chan, I'm sorry! Mom left you here alone. It must be very lonely, right?" The strange woman knelt down and hugged him, and said as if she was distressed: "Don't worry, mom is here to take you home.

!”

"you……"

Conan was about to break away from the woman's arms, but suddenly felt something pressing on his chest.

It's...a hand gun!

Thinking of the unsuspecting Sister Xiaolan and Uncle Maori next to him, Conan swallowed the words he was about to blurt out, "...Mom, Mom."

"Ah, I really miss you so much!" The woman wiped the corners of her eyes, still holding Conan firmly with one hand, and said, "Have you ever blamed your parents for leaving you alone for so long?"

"...No, no." Conan said softly with a pale face.

The woman held him in one hand and stood up. Mao Lilan said very gratefully: "Thank you for taking care of Conan these days. I will definitely come to thank you again someday."

"Okay!" Mouri Kogoro said hurriedly: "I will be at home waiting for your thank you gift at any time!"

"Dad!" Mao Lilan, who felt very embarrassed, shouted quickly, and then said: "Conan-kun, remember to write us a letter when you get home!"

"...I know, Sister Xiaolan." Conan looked at the bulging handbag in the woman's hand and replied quietly, while quickly thinking about a way to escape.

"It's a little sad to say goodbye to you little brat!" After Moori Kogoro was gloomy for a second, he immediately said energetically to the woman who called herself Edogawa Fumiyo: "Madam, don't forget your

Thank you!"

"Oh ho ho ho..." the woman said exaggeratedly, covering her mouth, and then said: "Of course! Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Mr. Conan." Mao Lilan said softly, with reluctance and sadness on her face.

After the car had driven a distance, Conan asked in the innocent tone of a child: "This aunt, who are you?"

"Hehehehe..." The woman laughed sinisterly a few times before saying, "Didn't I just say that? I am your mother!"

"That's not true!" Conan said loudly: "My mother is..."
Chapter completed!