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"Hey, Yuu!" After dinner, Conan followed Yuu into Yuu's room. "You still haven't told me last time how you were poisoned and shrunk!"
"Huh, I didn't say? You must be mistaken, I did." Yuu tried to gloss over it. After all, if people knew that "Dark Knight" had failed and been poisoned and shrunk, Yuu would lose a lot of face.
But Conan wouldn't give up: "I remember very clearly, you didn't say!"
"Alright, alright!" Seeing Conan's expression, which basically saidĀ if you don't tell me, I'll keep bothering you, Yuu surrendered.
"After I infiltrated the base, I didn't find any valuable intelligence, did I? I originally wanted to come back, but I saw Sake!!" Yuu said this, his knuckles turning white from clenching his fists too tightly.
"Is that Sake who killed your parents?" Conan noticed Yuu's expression was off. "Did you kill him?"
"I did kill Sake, which is why I was discovered and captured. They said that poison still needed some human experimentation, so they force-fed me the medicine. I took advantage of their inattention, killed the guard, grabbed a car, and escaped from the base. On the way, I clawed at my throat and vomited out the medicine, but I was still affected and shrunk." Yuu chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"Yuu..." Conan wanted to comfort Yuu, but didn't know what to say.
"It's all in the past. I've accepted it. But I wonder if it's because I vomited out the medicine, I only shrank in size, but my previous physical abilities are still there. I feel like I can still take down five or six soldiers bare-handed!" As he spoke, Yuu swung his fist.
"What!!" Conan looked at Yuu in disbelief.
...
The next day after school, Yuu saw Conan walking towards a phone booth and asked curiously, "Shinichi, where are you going?"
"I'm going to call Ran. You go back first." Conan waved his hand and entered the phone booth.
"Achoo!" A sneeze came from the phone. "Seriously, I finally managed to call, and I caught a cold myself. Stupid Shinichi, hurry up and come back!!" Ran complained to Conan on the phone.
"Don't be unreasonable, alright? Didn't I tell you, I have a bunch of difficult cases around me..." Conan was very helpless.
"Wait, someone's knocking. Shinichi, let's talk next time. Remember to go see a doctor." With that, Ran hung up the phone.
"Hey, Ran!" Conan heard the busy signal and felt somewhat helpless. "I can't stand it. If I don't call, I'm afraid she'll worry. If I call, she acts like she doesn't care and talks endlessly..."
Yuu saw a dark-skinned man with a baseball cap and a large bag, speaking with an Osaka accent to Ran, and immediately understood. It was Heiji Hattori.
"So, it's that diplomat's case then. Interesting." Yuu smiled and sat on the sofa to play with his phone.
"You can't fool me. Quickly hand over Shinichi Kudo! I know that kid Shinichi Kudo is right here!" Conan, who had returned from outside, heard someone in the house asking for him, so he pushed the door open and walked in.
"Achoo..." Conan rubbed his nose. Ran turned to look. "Conan, how come you caught a cold too...? Seriously... don't move around. I'll wipe your nose. Both you and Shinichi have colds. Is this flu very serious?"
"Shinichi Kudo has a cold?" Heiji Hattori asked. "Since you don't know where he is, how do you even know he has a cold?"
"Phone, ah..." Ran said helplessly to Heiji Hattori. "Shinichi's voice sounded very nasal on the phone just now. He sometimes calls here."
"Kudo calls here, that's right. So you really are Shinichi Kudo's woman..." Heiji Hattori said, pinching his chin.
Ran, hearing him say she was Shinichi's woman, instantly flushed red and cried out, "Woman? Who said such a thing?"
"Of course, your friend Sonoko Suzuki said it. She said Kudo hasn't been to school, so you must know that kid's whereabouts!"
Ran looked helpless. "Sonoko, you're going to get it..."
Conan pouted, "That busybody..."
"What exactly did Kudo say on the phone?" Heiji Hattori demanded aggressively.
"Just some casual chat... No, why should I tell a stranger like you!" Mid-sentence, Ran realized she didn't even know who this man was.
"Uh... I'm so sorry... I haven't introduced myself yet," Heiji Hattori, who had taken off his hat, cleared his throat twice. "My name is Heiji Hattori. Like Shinichi Kudo, I'm a high school detective."
"So he's a detective... Then what are you doing here? Achoo!" Conan sneezed again.
"Oh? Little brother, you have a cold, huh? I have a special medicine here that will surely make you feel better after you take it." With that, he took out a bottle wrapped in white paper from his large bag.
Kogoro Mouri, who was reading the newspaper, pinched his chin and said, "Now that you mention it, I recall there's a very skilled detective in Kansai. Don't tell me it's you..."
"Hmm, Shinichi Kudo and I are often compared..." At this point, Heiji Hattori poured a small cup of liquid and handed it to Conan. "But I didn't expect not to hear anything about Kudo recently, nor see him in the news... Come on, little brother." Heiji Hattori handed the cup of clear liquid to Conan. "Your cold will be gone after you drink this!"
"Thank you!" Conan took the cup of clear liquid and gulped it down. "So spicy!" Conan yelled, sticking out his tongue.
Watching Conan stumble around, Ran reprimanded Heiji Hattori, "What did you give Conan to drink just now?"
"Oh, that's a specialty white wine from the Celestial Empire. It has a special effect on colds!" Heiji Hattori explained.
"Seriously, giving a child something like that! Conan, are you alright?" Ran was a bit worried about Conan.
Yuu's lips curved slightly, "It seems Conan's first transformation into an adult is about to happen!"
"Knock knock!"
A woman with a very unpleasant expression on her face entered from outside. "How long do you intend to make me ring the doorbell outside? Your detective agency is certainly good at receiving guests!" Ikemura Kimie took off her sunglasses. "I have an urgent matter I need to commission you to investigate immediately!"
Seeing a new client, Kogoro Mouri quickly rushed to greet her: "What is the matter?"
He took the documents the woman gave him. Kogoro Mouri looked at them. "You want to investigate the character of your son's girlfriend?"
Ikemura Kimie nodded.
"But the girl in the documents is an excellent student with good character. What are you dissatisfied with?"