"Ah! Ah!! Ah!!!"
"It's not my fault! Why should I apologize!"
"You were clearly toying with me! Otherwise, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"
"Ah ah!! I'm sorry... I was wrong! Stop hitting me! It was my fault for not recognizing you, I'm truly sorry!"
"......"
Inside the Kudo Residence living room, Conan was yelping from being hit.
At first, he argued heatedly, thinking he hadn't done anything wrong, so why apologize?
But after a few slaps, he suddenly woke up—you reason with Dad, when has Conan's Mom ever reasoned with him?
He immediately admitted his mistake, hoping for lenient treatment.
"How dare you shoot your Mother with a tranquilizer gun! What if it caused some side effects and I ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, did you think about that?" Yukiko slapped Conan's butt a few more times to vent her inner dissatisfaction!
But in reality, her resentment stemmed more from her car lights being broken.
That feeling of humiliation and grievance made her feel terrible!
Yukiko couldn't get angry at Baishi Hui, so she could only take it out on Conan.
"Dr. Agasa said that... this amount won't cause any side effects!!" Conan couldn't help but retort.
He felt that Conan's Mom was overthinking, talking nonsense, and spouting rubbish!
How could an actress like her know more about tranquilizers than a professional like Dr. Agasa?
"You still don't think you're wrong!" Yukiko said, delivering a few more slaps.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Conan quickly admitted his mistake, but he didn't grasp the essence of why Yukiko was hitting him.
So no matter how much he apologized, the slaps wouldn't stop.
Just then, with a click, Yusaku came out of the restroom, showing a relieved expression.
Thankfully, it's still usable... but just in case, it's better to get it checked at the hospital tomorrow.
As he thought about this, he saw Yukiko furiously slapping Conan.
"Yukiko, that's enough." Yusaku advised gently, saying, "Shinichi didn't do it on purpose... Nobody knew things would turn out this way."
"I know! But I just can't get over it!" After slapping Conan's butt hard one more time, Yukiko finally let him go.
Conan quickly pulled up his pants and Ran to his Dad's side, looking resentfully at Conan's Mom, his face full of grief and indignation.
"Your Mother prepared for this good show for a long time... Shinichi, try to understand a little." Yusaku rubbed Conan's head to comfort him.
"......" Conan wanted to say he didn't want to understand, but seeing Yukiko's lingering anger, he forced a smile and said, "I understand, I understand!"
Yusaku glanced at Yukiko and saw that she was still angry.
Even he didn't dare to provoke her at this moment, so he immediately said, "Conan, go into the study. I'll put some medicine on you."
"Mhm, okay!!" Conan quickly nodded.
After getting the medicine, the father and son quickly returned to the study.
"Listening to you, it seems you don't know this Shirashi-kun too well either." Yusaku gestured for Conan to take off his pants.
"He doesn't know me very well either." Conan refused, he wasn't a child, he could handle this himself.
"This friend of yours is quite interesting." Yusaku handed the medicinal wine to Conan and said with interest, "He could even notice that something was wrong with you... It seems he's a very observant person."
"Mhm... This guy is definitely not as simple as he looks." Conan said while applying medicine to his butt, "He's done things like kidnapping, shooting, and killing!"
"But every time he does it, it's reasonable and flawless, making it impossible to dislike him!"
Speaking of this, his face rarely showed a depressed look.
If these things were done by someone else, he probably would have long since tried every means to find evidence and send them to jail.
However, Baishi Hui doing these things made it truly impossible for him to dislike him.
Kidnapping—Baishi Hui's kidnapping was unsuccessful, and both victims forgave him, what could he say?
Shooting—If Baishi Hui hadn't secretly shot him, he probably would have been dealt with by that blonde Black-Clad Man long ago.
Killing—The robber in the department store had a gun, in such a situation, who would dare to hold back? Even he himself, considering the safety of those around him, wouldn't dare to hold back.
Yusaku nodded in agreement and concluded, "This classmate of yours is very good at grasping people's hearts... But fortunately, he is not your enemy."
"Is that so?" Conan didn't answer with a positive tone.
Yusaku said patiently, "Shinichi, if you want to investigate those Black-Clad Men, this Shirashi-kun is your best helper! He might not be a good person in the traditional sense, but he is definitely someone who can help you!"
"This... I know," Conan replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Since you know, then don't hold grudges. Making more friends is not wrong. This world is not that simple—" As Yusaku was about to continue, the study door suddenly clicked open.
Yukiko walked in and interrupted, "Yusaku, that's not the point! The point is that boy named Baishi Hui is Shinichi's love rival!!"
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Conan waved his hands in panic, giving a triple denial.
"Ah!!" Yusaku showed a look of understanding, then he spread his hands and said, "If that's the case, then I can't help you... Dad didn't experience such things when he was young."
"Huh? You didn't?" Conan was very disappointed, he still wanted to ask for experience in this area.
"How about it? Do you want me to help you?" Yukiko folded her arms across her chest, looked at Conan with a smug expression, practically writing 'Beg me' on her face.
"You? Can you do it?" Conan looked at Yukiko with skeptical eyes, feeling it wasn't reliable, thinking she wanted to have fun at his expense as usual.
Yusaku said at the right moment, "Shinichi, your Mother was a heartthrob when she was young! Her suitors lined up from Tokyo to Osaka! It's also thanks to her starring in my adapted work that I had the chance to meet her."
As soon as Conan heard this, he immediately changed his attitude.
He grinned and leaned in, actively pulling her to sit on the sofa, while massaging her shoulders and saying, "Sumimasen Mama-chan, I spoke a bit loudly and had a bad attitude just now, please don't take it to heart!"
Under his persistent efforts, Yukiko reluctantly agreed.
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The following afternoon, at the Mouri Detective Agency.
"Will Conan not be coming over anymore?" Ran was somewhat sad after learning that Conan had been picked up by his parents.
After spending so many days together, she had already come to regard him as a younger brother.
"Don't worry, Conan will come back," Baishi Hui said in a definite tone.
"Really?" Ran had a glimmer of expectation in her eyes.
"Of course... as long as he still wants to be a Detective, he will definitely come back." Just as Baishi Hui finished speaking, the doorbell rang.
"Is it Conan?" Ran went to open the door with a hint of anticipation.
However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw a young man with a dark complexion.
Although she was disappointed, she still said politely, "Hello, may I ask... is there something you need?"
She took a closer look and realized that his complexion wasn't dark, but rather his overall skin was dark.
"I'm looking for Kudo Shinichi!" The dark-skinned young man said with an Osaka accent.