Chapter 96 Conan's Crisis
Chapter 96 Conan's Crisis
"Conan. No, I should call you Kudo Shinichi."
"Actually, you are Shinichi, right?"
Xiaolan took off his glasses, stared at him, and pretended to be tough.
It seemed as if the matter was going to be made clear today.
How could Conan admit it so easily?
He pretended to be dumb and said, "Sister Xiaolan, what are you talking about? How could I be Shinichi's brother?"
Before, when Xiaolan doubted his identity, Shinichi's phone call appeared, and there was also a picture of Shinichi and Conan in the same frame.
Logically speaking, she shouldn't question herself so directly. After all, it's not like her character.
“It’s always like this.”
Xiaolan lowered her head slightly, and her hair covered her eyes.
"You always find thousands of excuses and reasons to tell me that you are not Shinichi. But if you are not Shinichi, how can you explain so many things?"
"If there is any problem, let's face it together. Why do you have to hide it from me?"
Her voice seemed to be filled with tears.
"Is it really fun to keep lying to me like this? Seeing me worrying and scared for you, you feel very accomplished, right? You are such an idiot, such a big idiot!"
Xiaolan, I
But once the words came out, it became...
"Sister Xiaolan, I really can't be Shinichi-niang! I'm Conan, Edogawa Conan, not Kudo Shinichi."
"If you desperately want to see someone, maybe he will appear in front of you when you wake up tomorrow!"
In order to make his words seem more real, Conan made up: "I saw all this in a book. Sister Xiaolan, if you give it a try, maybe Brother Shinichi will really appear."
He had a cute smile on his face, but it was just skin deep.
Tomorrow I will ask Haibara for an antidote, and then ask Haibara to help me pretend to be "Conan".
In this way, Xiaolan might not doubt anything anymore, right?
"Edogawa Conan, Kudo Shinichi"
Xiaolan raised her head and smiled reluctantly: "Sometimes, I really hope that you two are the same person. But sometimes, I hope Conan is Conan and Shinichi is Shinichi."
If Conan is Shinichi, has he been teasing him for so long? Is it just for fun or for some other purpose?
If Conan was just Conan, we would be satisfied even if the great detective only showed up once in a long time.
At least when he is not around, there is a Conan like Shinichi who accompanies him, just as if Shinichi is right by his side.
Xiaolan reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, as if she had never cried before.
"It's getting late. Conan, go to bed early. We both have to go to school tomorrow."
Conan nodded obediently.
"Good night, Sister Xiaolan."
"Good night, Conan."
The lights went out and the room became dark again.
Through the bright moonlight, I can vaguely see my hands, which seems a little unreal.
It's getting smaller.
Conan closed his eyes and began to plan how he should appear tomorrow and make the other party completely believe that Conan and Kudo Shinichi are two people.
When Xiaolan woke up the next morning, she seemed very happy.
She hummed a little tune, her face full of anticipation, and she looked more energetic than usual.
"Xiaolan, what on earth makes you so happy?"
Xiaolan did not give a direct answer to the other party, but kept it a secret.
He said playfully, "Secret."
"Wait, look! Did something fall down just now?"
Someone's voice successfully attracted everyone to run to the window and look out.
I saw a man lying on the ground, blood on his head, his eyes closed, and he seemed to be unconscious.
"Quick, call an ambulance!"
Someone shouted quickly.
"Eh? That person, why does he look familiar?"
Someone seemed to recognize him.
The student exclaimed, "Isn't this Coach Ishigaki from the platform diving club?"
Ishigaki Sekine, male, 37 years old, coach of the diving platform club.
Some witnesses said that Ishigaki Sekine jumped down by himself and there was no one else on the roof at the time.
In other words, this was a suicide.
But in his wallet, a cake order slip was found, and the time to pick up the cake was today.
Why would a person who wants to commit suicide want to order a cake?
There must be something fishy in it.
Just then, a classmate named "Motoji Mineta" found the police and said that he knew some relevant clues.
Because someone had predicted Coach Ishigaki's death.
"prophecy?"
"Yes."
Mineta Motoji nodded and continued, "Just a week ago, our classmate Kawase Tsusuke said that the coach would jump off the roof one day."
Tsusuke Kawase is a former ace member of the platform diving team.
During a practice session, he had an accident and went into cardiopulmonary arrest, but he miraculously woke up.
It was half a year later that I returned to campus.
"You are looking for me because of Coach Ishigaki, right?"
The moment the police found him, he understood what was going on.
Gao Mu was slightly surprised, "Is this also a prophecy?"
"No," Kawase Tsusuke smiled, "I just thought about it and understood it."
As predicted a week ago, Coach Ishigaki committed suicide by jumping off a building a week later.
It is indeed easy to make people suspicious of him.
"I was in the classroom when the incident happened, and everyone can testify to that. If you suspect that I pushed Coach Ishigaki, it's actually completely unnecessary."
Megure Jusan nodded, thinking it made sense.
"But why did you make such a prophecy at that time? Could it be that you knew something?"
What kind of body is hidden under the skin? Perhaps only I know.
The usually cheerful and sunny girl suddenly committed suicide one day, surprising everyone.
After a careful investigation, it was discovered that she actually had a scarred heart.
Therefore, Megure Jusan naturally thought that the other party must have known some "secret" and that was why he said such things.
After all, sometimes suicide has precursors.
However, the other party's answer was exactly the opposite of what he thought.
"Ever since I woke up from the accident, I feel like I have abilities that are different from those of ordinary people. For example, I can see the state of people who are about to die."
Rumor has it that when a person is about to die, his body will gradually become transparent.
Does this supernatural ability really exist?
Thinking that the other party was hiding something, Megure Juzo found a technician and found Kawase Tsusuke's social account.
His name on the video website is "Prophet".
Although only a few videos were released, the number of views was in the millions. The most terrifying thing is that all these predictions came true.
For example, a celebrity who had previously said that he would not get married suddenly got married one day.
Is it possible that there really is such a mysterious thing as prophecy in the world?
From his previous deep suspicion to his current half-belief, Megure Jusan felt that this kind of case was almost beyond the scope of his duties.
"Inspector Megure, I just went to the cake shop to inquire and learned that the cake was to be given to a person named 'Ihara Ina'."
Ihara Ina, female, 17 years old, is also a member of the platform diving club.
A coach ordered a birthday cake for a female student. No matter how you think about it, his motives are not simple, or there may be some kind of relationship between the two.
But after questioning, there was no information that the two were dating.
In other words, Coach Ishigaki's order for a birthday cake might have been just out of one-sided infatuation.
"Did anything strange happen at noon today?"
"Strange thing?"
Mineta Genji thought about it carefully and shook his head.
"I was in the radio studio all day this afternoon. Ihara requested a song called 'Lost Rivers', but nothing else happened."
Megure Jusan nodded, and it didn't sound like there was anything suspicious about it.
Because of his alibi, Kawase Tsusuke was eliminated from the suspects.
On his way back to the classroom, he met a tomboyish female classmate who called him.
"Classmate, what's the matter?"
"Since you can predict, why didn't you predict the purpose of my trip?"
Kawase Tsusuke smiled and immediately understood the other party's identity.
"You should be Sera-san from Class 2B, right? The high school detective. Isn't the purpose of your visit to me to test whether I am the murderer and to doubt my prediction skills?"
Kawase Tsusuke put his index finger to his lips and smiled mysteriously: "There are many things in this world that cannot be explained by science. If you don't believe it, then I'll tell you a prophecy."
When Sera Masumi heard this, he immediately became interested.
Very curious, he asked, "What kind of prophecy?"
"that is."
Kawase Tsusuke smiled and said, "After school at four o'clock this afternoon, you will stay in the classroom until six o'clock. When you walk out of the school gate, you will take the initiative to attack the first person you see until he begs for mercy."
It sounds like something so bizarre that it is completely impossible to happen.
But who can guarantee that it will not happen?
"Xiao Lan, what good thing happened today? Why are you so happy all day long?"
Sonoko put her hand on her shoulder and said, "If you have something happy, can't you share it with me?"
"No, Sonoko."
Xiaolan looked at the other person and explained with a smile: "I just saw it in a book yesterday, saying 'If you wait for someone to appear with great expectation, then the other person will soon appear in front of you'."
Sonoko immediately understood what she meant.
Jokingly, "How long has it been? Are you missing your boyfriend again?"
Then he stood up for Xiaolan: "But Shinichi is really a bitch. He never comes to school for such a long time, making you worry about him all the time."
"It's okay. Actually, I can understand that."
Xiaolan looked at the sky outside the window, which was slightly blue.
"I met Kawase-san in the corridor earlier. He is the popular 'prophet' on the video website. He told me that Shinichi will appear again soon."
"And then, I'll never leave again."
Yuanzi looked at her and said nothing.
If there really are prophets in the world and their predictions will come true, then Xiaolan will definitely be very happy and will no longer have to pretend to be strong and wait anxiously.
It was obvious that the person existed, but he seemed to be hiding on purpose.
Unless he shows up on his own initiative, no one can find him.
"Okay, Xiaolan, time flies by in the blink of an eye. The people who are supposed to show up will eventually show up!"
Unconsciously, Yuanzi said something very philosophical.
Waiting with anticipation is always much better than waiting endlessly.
The song "Lost Rivers" is called "Lost Rivers" in Chinese. After listening to it, my soul feels sublimated.
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(End of this chapter)