Evening.
After Ran finished shopping and returned to the office, she found an extra child there.
"Dad, who is this child?" Ran looked at Conan curiously, feeling a strange sense of familiarity.
Mouri Kogoro, who was already snoring away on the sofa, naturally couldn't answer this question.
Baishi Hui replied casually, "He is your Dad's illegitimate child outside."
"What?!" When Ran heard this news, she immediately felt like the sky had fallen!
She looked at Conan in disbelief, covering her small mouth in surprise, "So... he... he's my half-brother?"
"..." Conan looked at Ran with a speechless expression, feeling quite annoyed.
You just believe whatever people say?
Why are you so easy to fool?
After complaining internally, Conan had no choice but to explain, "I'm not! Don't listen to his nonsense. My name is Edogawa Conan, and I came here to be Uncle Mouri's assistant because I admire him!"
"You admire my Dad?" Ran seemed even more surprised to hear this reason.
Baishi Hui took in Ran's expression and smiled, "Is the reason I gave easier for you to accept?"
Ran hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
No one knew her Dad's character better than she did!
Compared to "Conan admires my Dad," she still felt that the reason "Conan is my Dad's illegitimate child" was more acceptable!
Conan could understand Ran's suspicion, after all... there really wasn't much about Uncle Mouri to admire.
He quickly took out his phone, found the news, and showed it to Ran, saying, "Uncle Mouri is amazing! He's already in the news now, becoming a hero for saving people!"
"Hero?" Ran took the phone with half-belief and saw that it was actually true!
Her beautiful eyes were filled with surprise, and she said in disbelief, "Dad is that amazing?"
"Uncle Mouri is very amazing, I want to be like him when I grow up!!" Conan said with an adoring tone, emphasizing again that his admiration was reasonable!
"I think... it's better if you don't become like my Dad, Conan."
Ran returned the phone to Conan and kindly reminded him, "He's not just a lazy, gluttonous ordinary middle-aged man, he also likes drinking, horse racing, and looking at pretty women! He can't even get his wife back after she left home."
"..." Conan was speechless for a moment; it was the first time he had been so silent in his life.
Baishi Hui timely changed the subject, saying, "From now on, Conan will be the Mouri Detective's assistant here. Although there's no salary, dinner is provided. Ran, don't forget to cook his dinner."
"Huh? Conan is eating dinner here too? That's great." Ran smiled happily, not complaining about the increased workload, but instead happy that the house would be livelier from now on.
She bent down and patted Conan's head, smiling, "My name is Ran. Please take care of me from now on, Conan."
"Please take care of me from now on, Xiao Lan!!" Conan replied in a cute manner.
"Then please wait here for a while, Conan. I'm going upstairs to make dinner now!" Ran instructed before heading upstairs to cook.
"Okay!!" After saying that, Conan went back to sit on the sofa and rest while watching TV.
After all, he had been tidying up this doghouse all day and was exhausted.
Baishi Hui looked at Conan's gloomy expression and knew how bitter the other person felt.
It just had to be the person he looked down on the most who could help him.
This was quite difficult for the arrogant Kudo Shinichi.
He had always looked down on third-rate Detectives like Mouri Kogoro who had no ability, just making a living by investigating extramarital affairs and finding cats and dogs.
However, after Shinichi's incident, he scanned his circle of friends.
He suddenly realized that the only one who could help him was this third-rate Detective!
Only in this place could he gather information!
Thankfully, he had now become Edogawa Conan, so he didn't have much psychological burden.
If he had come as Kudo Shinichi, he probably wouldn't know how to swallow his pride.
"Hmm?" At this moment, Conan, who was watching the news on TV, froze for a moment. He then quickly said, "Shirashi... brother, look at the news!!"
Baishi Hui looked at the TV curiously. The anchor, Rena Mizunashi, was reporting live on a bizarre murder case: "Good evening, everyone. An hour ago, an accidental case occurred at Toro Tropical Land."
"While a man was riding the roller coaster, due to some unexpected circumstance, his head was severed by something sharp, becoming a headless body!"
"We will now interview the victim's girlfriend, Aiko, to understand what happened at the time."
Rena Mizunashi began interviewing the sobbing Aiko, saying, "Miss Aiko, do you remember what happened at the time?"
Aiko wiped away her tears and said, "When... when we passed through that tunnel, An Tian was fine, but as soon as we came out of the tunnel, An Tian's head... was... was gone."
As she said this, fear still lingered on her face.
Baishi Hui, watching from in front of the TV, frowned at this point.
He didn't expect the murder to still happen in the end.
But upon careful thought, he felt relieved.
Hitomi's murder plan must have been brewing for a long time.
The killing intent had not faded with time; instead, it had grown even stronger!
It was imaginable how much she hated the other person.
Hitomi would absolutely not give up because of one or two failures.
If it didn't work this time, then next time.
There would always be an opportunity to strike.
How could he possibly stop the other person?
If he truly wanted to stop Hitomi's murder, he could only persuade her to abandon her weapon.
Baishi Hui didn't have the time or the inclination to do such things.
The parties involved don't care, so why should he, an outsider, worry so much?
"Shirashi brother!" Conan saw that Baishi Hui was indifferent and felt extremely anxious, unable to help but say, "This murder case is so bizarre! Aren't you going to take a look?"
"No intention of doing so," Baishi Hui replied.
He could guess what Conan was thinking with his toes.
It was nothing more than the joy of the hunt, wanting to go see if it was an accident or a murder!
He said, "I don't need to see it to know it's murder. I know the deceased; he was an irresponsible scumbag who caused trouble everywhere... He was bound to end up like this sooner or later."
When Conan heard this, he became even more anxious, "Since you know, then why don't you find out the truth?"
"First, solving this case is of no benefit to me."
Baishi Hui picked up his teacup and took a sip, saying unhurriedly, "Secondly, I have no good feelings towards the deceased, and... I think it's quite good to classify this matter as an accidental death."
"At least his parents can get a lot of compensation from the amusement park, which can ensure they won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives."
Upon hearing this, Conan immediately retorted, "What about the murderer? Are you just going to let him get away with it?"
Baishi Hui smiled when he heard this. He pointed in the direction of the city hall and said to Conan, "What's the point of these petty skirmishes? If you want to catch someone, go catch those outlaws!"
"I don't have the ability now, but when I do in the future, I will definitely catch them all!" Conan said righteously.
"Here's to you for that sentence!" Baishi Hui praised, then immediately raised his glass and drank it down.