Chapter 110 What can I do for you?
Yuya's heart tightened.
He suddenly realized that they were too self-righteous. They said they concealed their identities to protect her, but in fact they never considered her own feelings.
Ran Mao Li didn't say anything else, just looked at Yuya, with doubt, puzzlement, sadness, confusion... all kinds of emotions in her eyes, blocking all the words that Yuya wanted to say in his throat.
Suddenly he felt his pants being pulled, he looked down and saw Conan with his head down, his expression invisible.
"It's okay, Yuya, it's okay..." Conan's voice was low and his whole body was trembling.
Yuya's pupils shrank slightly, and after a while, he looked at Mao Lilan: "Lan, it's not convenient here, let's talk somewhere else?"
Mao Lilan wiped her tears and nodded gently.
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Kamiya family
Ran Mouri sat quietly on the sofa, her eyes fixed on Conan sitting opposite her.
The curtains in the room were drawn, and after checking to make sure there were no eavesdropping devices or the like, Yuya sat next to Conan.
Conan lowered his head and said nothing.
After all, it couldn't be hidden.
Yes, in the animation, Conan himself grew bigger and appeared in front of Mouri Ran, but that was the real Kudo Shinichi, so she wouldn't notice anything wrong.
But if Yuya was pretending, no matter how convincing he was, such close contact would still feel awkward in the eyes of familiar people.
It's not that some incongruous words can't be fooled, but Ran Mouri has always had strong doubts about Conan's identity, and finally she is convinced that he is Kudo Shinichi.
Yuya appeared with Kudo Shinichi's face, and Mao Lilan seemed to be talking and laughing with him, but as she herself said, she was too familiar with Kudo Shinichi, so familiar that her body instinctively felt uncomfortable.
Especially when solving a case, because he needs to focus on the case and find and organize clues, You unknowingly brings back some of his original habits.
The three of them grew up together, and Mao Lilan is not only familiar with Kudo Shinichi, but also with You.
The habit that was supposed to be in another person appeared in this person, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
Finally, when You said that catchphrase without hesitation, it directly shattered the sense of disobedience in her heart and made her sure...
He is not him.
"Lan..." Youya called softly.
Mao Lilan looked at him and forced a smile: "Yuya, can you... not talk to me with that face?"
Youya was stunned for a moment, nodded, raised his hand to tear off the mask, and sighed deeply.
Mao Lilan stared at the scene in a daze.
Is it really possible to completely disguise yourself as another person like in the movies? I heard that Kaito Kid can do it too.
But no matter how much you pretend to be like him, you are still not him.
She looked at Conan who was hanging his head and whispered, "So, Conan is... Shinichi?"
Conan raised his head and looked at Mao Lilan, and nodded silently.
"Why would you go to such lengths to lie to me?" Mao Lilan asked in a dry voice, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Did you encounter something extremely dangerous?"
She had calmed down after her initial emotional turmoil.
She felt that if nothing extremely serious had happened, there was no need for Conan or Shinichi to hide themselves like this and they could just reveal their identities directly.
Although it was a bit absurd to become smaller, but hadn't there been scenes like that in movies? So she was not unacceptable.
The three of them grew up together, so can't they trust each other?
Conan opened his mouth and looked at Yuya.
Youye nodded. Now that things have come to this, he might as well tell it all.
Conan sighed and slowly told Mouri Ran the reason why he became smaller, but he omitted the story of Miyano Shiho.
Ran Mao Li widened her eyes. She could never have imagined that the country where she had lived for seventeen years actually had such a terrifying organization hidden in secret.
"So, you have been hiding the fact that you have become smaller for my safety?" Mao Lilan murmured, feeling sad but also very touched.
It turns out that he didn't really want to lie to me, he was doing it for my own good.
Conan nodded: "That's right, we know very little about the organization's intelligence. The only thing we know is that they are very secretive and cruel. If there is a possibility of leaking the organization's intelligence, they will kill without mercy."
"You will definitely encounter unforeseen dangers while investigating the organization. I don't want you to..."
Mao Lilan's face turned pale: "You have been fighting against such a terrifying organization?"
Conan shook his head. "It's not really a confrontation, because we can't even find the shadow of the organization. The only time we managed to capture a member of the organization, he was sniped before he got into the police car. We didn't get any clues."
"They have members lurking in various fields. We don't know how much power and influence they have."
"If I hadn't encountered something like this, who would have known that such a terrifying and huge organization existed?"
Mao Lilan was silent for a while, and then said: "I'm sorry, I don't know if it's because of this reason... Should I not ask?"
But now that I have asked, it is too late to take it back.
"No, it was my fault for hiding it from you..." Conan lowered his head.
Mao Lilan sat there blankly, and after a while she smiled bitterly. She felt deeply powerless.
"I'm sorry, Shinichi. Although I know why you became smaller, I find that I can't help you at all."
She knew very well that she was just a weak high school girl. Although her karate skills were good enough to deal with ordinary criminals, it would probably be of no use against the members of the organization mentioned by Conan, right?
After all, the other party dares to use guns to kill people at will. He is the kind of terrorist who kills without blinking an eye.
She doesn't have strong reasoning ability like Yuya, and can't provide assistance in investigating the organization's intelligence.
Should I... not expose Yuya and Shinichi? They are doing this for my own good. Mao Lilan suddenly felt regretful.
Conan stared at Mao Lilan blankly: "Lan..."
She didn't blame me? I kept it a secret from her for so long, but instead of blaming me, she felt sad that she couldn't help?
Damn it, Kudo Shinichi, you are such a bastard! Conan slapped himself hard in his heart, the kind that made loud slapping sounds.
Mao Lilan clenched her fists.
No, I can't let Shinichi and Yuya face it alone. I'm sure I can do something.
But no matter what she did, she couldn't figure out what she could do.
Karate? No, Yuya's karate is much better than hers, and he also has other fighting skills.
Reasoning? No, even though she had good grades, that didn't mean she had strong reasoning skills. Besides, Shinichi and Yuya didn't need her for their reasoning skills.
So...what can she do?
Mao Lilan fell into deep confusion.
The three of them didn't speak, and the room became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Yuya let out a breath, stood up and walked to the kitchen to pour three drinks, took one for himself, and shared one with Ran Mouri and Conan each.
The coffee is a bit bitter, Yuya thought to himself, but these two people must be feeling even more bitter, right?
Yuya hadn't expected that either.
He thought that Ran Mouri would be angry, furious, and questioning, but he never thought that she would feel guilty for not being able to help Conan.
What kind of girl is this? Kudo Shinichi you.
Damn lucky indeed.