"You're looking for Shinichi?" Ran looked at the dark-skinned young man in front of her in surprise.
"Yes... is he here?" The Osaka youth said, walking into the Mouri Detective Agency without permission.
Just as Ran was about to say something, she heard Baishi Hui say, "Is there something you need me for?"
"You are KudoShinichi?" The Osaka youth looked Baishi Hui up and down.
"Yes, I am KudoShinichi." Baishi Hui nodded in acknowledgement.
Heiji took out his phone, opened a photo to compare, and said, "Is this photo you?"
"It's me." Baishi Hui said without thinking.
"Really?" The Osaka youth frowned.
"Yes! I was very thin back then!" Baishi Hui said frankly.
"That's not you!" The Osaka youth put down his phone and said angrily, "Stop trying to fool me! You're clearly much more handsome than KudoShinichi!"
Upon hearing this, Baishi Hui sighed and said, "You discovered such a big flaw... it seems I can't fool you."
Ran watched Baishi Hui tease the young man from the side and couldn't help but snicker.
Just then, another voice rang out: "What kind of eyesight do you have? It's obvious that Shinichi is much more handsome than him, okay?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Ran turned around in surprise and said, "Conan, you're back... Huh? Shinichi?!"
Her eyes widened, and she covered her mouth, looking in surprise at Shinichi who appeared with Conan.
"Ran, long time no see!" Shinichi put one hand in his pocket, greeting Ran in a casual manner, exuding a sense of ease in his every move.
At this moment, Baishi Hui and Heiji also turned their gaze to the doorway, focusing on Shinichi.
"Oh? KudoShinichi!" The Osaka youth's eyes lit up, and just as he was excitedly about to walk over, he was pushed away by Baishi Hui.
"Shinichi!! Long time no see, I missed you so much!" Baishi Hui walked over, opened his arms, and hugged the other person.
"Ah?" Shinichi was completely stunned, not expecting the other party to be so enthusiastic, and for a moment, he couldn't push him away.
He could only subconsciously look at Conan, asking with his eyes, "Are your relationship that good?"
"..." Conan was also puzzled, their relationship didn't seem to be at this level, right?
"Let me see." Baishi Hui said, while pinching Shinichi's hands, thighs, and butt, he sighed, "Thin arms and legs, you've lost a lot of weight!"
"Ah ah... solving cases is quite hard." Shinichi nervously got out of the other party's embrace and awkwardly tidied his clothes.
"You came at the right time, someone is looking for you." Baishi Hui said, pulling Shinichi in front of the Osaka youth.
"You are KudoShinichi?" The Osaka youth pulled down his baseball cap, confirming.
"Who are you?" Shinichi looked at the young man in front of him in confusion.
Conan walked forward curiously and said, "What do you need Shinichi for?"
After confirming the identity, the Osaka youth said, "My name is HattoriHeiji, and I'm from Osaka!! I'm here to challenge you!"
"HattoriHeiji?" Conan frowned when he heard this name, apparently having never heard of this person.
Baishi Hui introduced from the side, "He's a high school Detective from Osaka, at the same level as you. There's even a saying online about Heiji of Kansai and Kudo of Kanto."
"Huh? Is that so?" When Conan heard this, he immediately became interested, as this Heiji's reputation was on par with his own.
A high school Detective like himself? He should be quite capable, right?
He said excitedly, "Then what do you want to compete in?"
Heiji said without hesitation, "After the client arrives later, whoever completes the request first wins, how about that?"
"Okay!" Conan agreed without thinking.
"Wait a minute!!" At this moment, Shinichi quickly shouted to stop, pulling Conan to the corner, and said angrily, "Hey! Shinichi, don't forget the purpose of us coming here! I'm not here to help you show off!"
Conan immediately became anxious and quickly said, "But they've come to our door, if I avoid the fight and others find out, they'll definitely think I'm a coward!! Mother, I'm not a wimp!"
"No!" Yukiko, disguised as Shinichi, shook her head repeatedly and reminded, "Did you forget what your Dad said? No matter what, you cannot appear in public!!"
"Dear Mother! I beg you, just help me out this once!" Conan pleaded repeatedly, after becoming Conan, he hadn't encountered anything that made him so motivated in a long time!
"No! Absolutely not!!" Yukiko's attitude was firm.
"Mother! Don't force me to kneel down and beg you!" Conan was unwilling to give up, saying, "If I kneel down on the spot, it will be hard to clean up the mess!!"
"You!! Are you threatening me?" Yukiko was quite surprised, not expecting Conan to say such spineless words, was this still her good son?
"..."
Looking at Shinichi and Conan whispering, Ran leaned next to Baishi Hui and asked curiously, "What are they talking about?"
"They're probably discussing whether to accept HattoriHeiji's challenge." Baishi Hui looked at Shinichi, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
Through the handling just now, he could clearly feel that the other party's flesh was soft.
It could be confirmed that this "KudoShinichi" was Yukiko in disguise.
When Baishi Hui saw the other party appear in the guise of KudoShinichi, he immediately knew the other party's plan.
Actually, this wasn't hard to guess.
The other party definitely wasn't here for him, so they must be here for Ran.
Since you've made your move, I have to counterattack as well.
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui deliberately asked, "Ran, do you know when they met?"
"This... I don't know either." Ran recalled, realizing that she had never heard Shinichi mention Conan before!
If Conan hadn't brought it up himself, she wouldn't have known about this at all.
She thought she knew Shinichi inside and out, but now it seemed... that wasn't the case.
Thinking of this, she felt a little lost inside.
Baishi Hui said with emotion, "Their relationship is so good, no wonder they talk and act so similarly... Frankly, sometimes I even feel like Conan is Shinichi!"
"Mhm mhm!!" Ran nodded vigorously, she didn't expect Baishi Hui to have the same thought as her, saying, "I often feel that way too!"
Just as Baishi Hui was about to say something else, he sensed someone coming up the stairs.
Turning around, he saw a middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses appear at the doorway.
He walked up and said, "Welcome to the Mouri Detective Agency... Please come in, distinguished guest."
"Heiji, Shinichi... we have a guest!"
Seeing this, Heiji quickly sat down on the sofa, his eyes full of anticipation, and said, "Distinguished guest, what kind of trouble have you encountered?"
Seeing that the competition had started, Conan no longer tried to persuade his Conan's Mom and quickly Ran to sit on the sofa.
This made Yukiko, who was disguised as Shinichi, clench her fists in anger, but with so many people here and her being in disguise, it was really inconvenient to act out, so she could only endure it.