In the quiet ward, a young body suddenly woke up and stood up from the bed.
here it is……
Conan stared at the strange environment in front of him, and after a moment's notice, he realized that this was a hospital ward.
Am I in the hospital?
Has that matter been resolved?
Conan sat on the bed and recalled for a while, and then slowly remembered what happened before.
When he was about to take a flight back to Japan, he met Mao Lilan who was planning to take the same flight back to Japan and was kidnapped.
In order to rescue Xiaolan, he had to go to Wiltshire according to the kidnapper's request...
Later, after experiencing a series of things, he and Xiaolan were taken hostage to Stonehenge.
The kidnapper seemed to want to hold some secret ritual, and he was a kind of "sacrifice".
However, the other party mistook him for Kaitou Kidd, so he held Mao Lilan hostage, thus forcing him to show up.
Later, the real Phantom Thief Kidd appeared, along with Michael and a black version of "Phantom Thief Kidd"...
In the end, even my mother...
At this moment, the door to the ward was pushed open, and a beautiful woman with long wavy hair walked in.
When she saw Conan waking up in the hospital bed, the woman put aside the basin for water, rushed to the bed and hugged this petite and cute body.
"Shinichi! You finally woke up!"
Yukiko wiped away her tears while hugging her, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...You don't know that before you became smaller, you were making me anxious to death!"
"Mom?"
Conan's expression was a little stunned. He raised his palm and looked at it, and then realized that his body had returned to normal...
No, it's back to daily life.
This means that at least 24 hours have passed since the last time he took the antidote.
"Mom, where is Xiaolan? How is she?"
As soon as she heard that Conan was concerned about his future daughter-in-law, Yukiko's face immediately dropped, and she pretended to be angry and said: "Really, when I came up, I asked about Xiaolan, and didn't even ask how Yukiko, my sister, is doing..."
Conan glanced at him, grinning slightly, "Haha, aren't you a good person..."
Yukiko got up and walked back to where the basin was. As she walked, she said, "Don't worry, Xiaolan is fine. She and Mr. Mori have already taken a flight back to Japan."
"Going back to Japan?"
Hearing this, Conan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his eyes.
He did know that he could never appear in the UK like this, because according to the original plan, he and Dr. Ali had already taken the previous flight and returned to Japan first, and would not experience subsequent events.
But having just experienced such a big thing, his subconscious thought was that he still hoped that Xiaolan could be around, at least to confirm her safety with his own eyes.
Yukiko on the side was wetting the towel with water, and at the same time she caught a glimpse of regret in her son's eyes.
As a mother, of course she knows what her son is thinking.
So she comforted him: "Don't worry, Xiaolan's Yusaku has asked his friends from Interpol to help covertly protect him, and there are so many reliable police officers in Japan, nothing will happen."
"And she only left after confirming that you were completely safe."
Hearing this, Conan nodded clearly.
Only then did he remember to ask for key information such as where this place was and the time.
"This is London. It's been almost 17 hours since you completely passed out..."
"London?" Conan turned his head and glanced out the window. The tall buildings were dotted with dots of lights.
Yukiko wet the towel and continued: "After rescuing you and Xiaolan, I first took you to the hospital in Wiltshire for simple treatment."
"Later, I was worried that your body would suddenly shrink in front of Xiaolan, so Yuzu transferred you to a private hospital in London run by a friend he knew, and asked that friend to issue a certificate stating that there was no danger.
Let Xiaolan go back..."
Conan looked startled, "Dad is here too?"
"OK……"
As Yukiko spoke, she stepped onto the hospital bed with one leg, took off Conan's hospital gown, and prepared to wipe his body with a wet towel.
"Wow!"
Conan, who was thinking, was irritated by the humidity and screamed, and quickly pushed away the towel handed by Yukiko with his hand.
"I don't need you to wipe my body, Mom!"
"But Xiaoxin, you are already dirty~"
"That's not necessary!"
Conan's face was flushed, with embarrassment and rebellion written all over his face.
This made Yukiko turn into a drama queen again, muttering with an aggrieved face, "Obviously when Xiaolan helped you wipe your body, you didn't even say a word 'no'..."
Nonsense, then I have to be able to speak.
Conan secretly complained in his heart, then reacted and quickly asked: "Xiaolan, did she wipe her body for me?"
"Yes, Xiaolan felt that she owed you, so she offered to take care of you personally."
Another flash of inspiration came to Yukiko's head, with a naughty expression on her face, "By the way, just when Xiaolan was helping you wipe your body, you kept shouting 'Xiaolan', 'Xiaolan'
'of……"
"It made Xiaolan's face turn red..."
As soon as these words came out, Conan's face flushed even redder, and unknown gas came out of his head.
Oops, Xiaolan can hear my sleep talk!
Shouldn't she think...
Think……
Just when Conan was hesitating about the word that could pierce the window paper between the two of them, the door of the ward opened again.
The person who walked in this time was Kudo Yusaku.
Seeing Conan wake up, Kudo Yusaku's expression became much calmer and he just smiled slightly.
"You woke up..."
"Um."
"How do you feel physically?"
"It's almost the same as usual, just a little small..."
As soon as Conan finished speaking, he realized that his little body was the most "classic" form currently.
To be honest, my body has suddenly become bigger, which is a bit unaccustomed to me.
For example, Xiaolan was kidnapped this time. If he was in Conan form and could use a football belt and foot-strengthening shoes, it would probably be a different situation.
Kudo Yusaku saw the gap in Conan's eyes, so he came to the bedside and continued: "My doctor friend told me that your body structure is very strange..."
"Especially when your body grows from big to small, your body has an amazing ability to recover from injuries."
"You were seriously injured this time, but you were able to wake up so quickly and your body was still fine. It's all thanks to this."
Conan was not too surprised by this.
He had heard about this incident from Haibara Ai before. After the incident at the Cupido Hotel, Haibara Ai recovered quickly from several gunshot wounds on her body.
If it were placed on a normal seven-year-old girl, the skin, flesh, and bones would be injured, and she would have to stay in the hospital for several months.
But Haibara Ai only had three days to go back to Dr. Ali's house to rest.
After a week, you can go to school normally.
This amazing resilience must be one of the side effects of APTX-4869.
Seeing that Conan didn't take it seriously, Kudo Yusaku continued.
"And one more thing……"
"Shinichi, do you remember what your height was when you first shrunk?"
Conan looked at his father and was startled by this question in his mind.
He doesn't care much about height.
Anyway, he will recover sooner or later, and he must regain his identity as Kudo Shinichi, so he has never measured Conan's height in detail, and he doesn't care much about it.
At this time, Yukiko on the side tapped her chin with her fingertips and glanced upward, "I remember when Shinichi just celebrated his seventh birthday..."
"It should be 104cm."
Yukiko's words surprised Conan.
He knew that Yukiko had never been very sensitive to numbers, but she could remember the old sesame and rotten millet from many years ago.
This is the greatness of maternal love.
However, when Kudo Yusaku took out the physical examination report of Conan, the height item on it clearly stated 104cm.
1cm is not much, 1cm is not much.
Conan looked at the height on the report, and his expression gradually changed from calm to shocked.
Not long ago, during a physical examination at Didan Elementary School, he heard Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi all boasting that they had grown nearly 1cm in just two months.
And it has been more than two months since I became Conan, and I am still stuck at 104cm?
Doesn't this mean that once there is no permanent antidote, his height will remain at Conan's level forever?
Conan, the eternal "giant" - the man who sawed off his legs.
Kudo Yusaku said at this time: "I also asked a doctor friend about this matter, and his opinion is that every time you transform, your body may be reset to a fixed value."
"Including height, weight, bone age, skin, and even teeth..."
"Scientifically, of course this is impossible."
"But if we have to force an explanation, I'm afraid it has something to do with genes."
"Gene?" Conan looked confused.
Because Haihara Ai has been conducting research on Drug A, whether it is the antidote or Drug A itself, but she has never thought in this direction.
At least, she didn't say that to herself.
"Yes." Kudo Yusaku nodded and said seriously: "Genes support the basic structure and performance of life, and store all the information about life from conception to growth to apoptosis."
"It can be said that the reproduction of life is essentially a process of genetic deduction."
"And your body can switch back and forth between large and small, and it can reach the same state every time it shrinks or enlarges. This is definitely related to genes."
"The drug invented by that organization is like a 'tweezer' that can toggle genes."
"And every time you turn into the same physical state as when you were 7 years old, it shows that this drug may have been designed like this..."
"Not only you and Haihara Ai, but anyone else who matches the specific gene will become 7 years old, regardless of their original age."
Kudo Yusaku's analysis made Conan's eyes widen again.
He has always focused on finding organizations, but he has made no achievements in drug research itself.
Besides, Haiyuan Ai is the one who made this medicine, and no one knows this medicine better than her.
But Kudo Yusaku's words made him think deeply and fearfully.
Because in Kudo Yusaku's judgment, it was not that he and Haibara Ai were lucky enough to escape the disaster, but that all of this was within the organization's plan.
especially……
"Wait a minute, you mean 'specific genes'?"
"Specific gene means that only a certain gene will make this medicine effective?" Conan asked quickly.
Kudo Yusaku nodded, "Everyone's genes are different, which is why there are differences between people."
"Therefore, this kind of drug that targets genes cannot be effective on everyone's genes."
"Maybe it's a drug that makes your body smaller for you, but for others it's a poison that makes your genes die on their own."
“Since this kind of death at the genetic level is equivalent to the body choosing to ‘self-kill’, it is impossible to detect the toxicology by any post-mortem method.”
"Because there is no poison at all..."
After Kudo Yusaku explained it like this, Conan finally understood.
Drug A developed by the organization kills people invisible but is just a by-product. Its fundamental purpose is actually to change genes!
And it changes the genes of a specific person!
But what Conan doesn't understand the most is why he can change both his own genes and the genes of Haibara Ai?
He and Haihara Ai are two completely different people, not even related to each other, and their genes must be completely different.
Conan asked his doubts, but Kudo Yusaku hadn't thought clearly about this yet and couldn't answer.
"Okay, let's put this issue to rest for now."
Kudo Yusaku interrupted Conan's thinking, came to the door, and pushed open the ward door.
"Xinyi, I have rarely mentioned my family affairs to you because I feel the time is not yet ripe."
"But now, I think it's time to introduce me to you..."
When Kudo Yusaku opened the door, an elegant man in a suit walked in.
The man, who had two delicate mustaches, walked to the hospital bed and stood with Kudo Yusaku.
Conan looked at the two middle-aged men standing in front of the bed, his expression gradually changing from calm to shocked.
this……
Like, so similar!
How could it be so similar?
Conan's eyes carefully looked at the men standing on the left and right. Except for their beards, glasses, and hairstyles, which can be modified as personal labels, the two of them were almost identical!
Before Conan could ask, Kudo Yusaku took the initiative to introduce: "This is my twin brother. According to your seniority, you should be called uncle."
"Big, big... uncle?!"
Conan's eyes widened and he screamed.
The reason for his surprise was simple, because Kudo Yusaku had never mentioned that he had a twin brother, and he had no memory of this person since he was a child.
Facing Conan, who couldn't digest the news for a while, the man didn't care, but showed a gentlemanly smile, "Good boy... But the first meeting was a bit hasty. Uncle, I didn't bring any gifts, so please don't be offended.
"
"No wonder, no wonder..."
Conan, who was confused, shook his head, but in fact he was thinking in his heart, "It's really weird, it's really weird."
Weird things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.
But that's not all the weird things.
The man who should be called "Uncle" turned to look at the door and said, "Okay, Kaito..."
"It's time for you to come in and meet your cousin, right?"
