After a night of fierce fighting, "Conan" lay on the camp bed and fell asleep.
Outside the camp, the noisy shouts of soldiers were heard, awakening "Conan" from his deep sleep.
He slowly sat up from the bed, habitually reached for the black-rimmed glasses beside the pillow, put them on his face, and then walked out of bed.
When he opened the curtain of the camp tent, he found that the soldiers outside were carrying various supplies in the camp, and they looked a little anxious.
"Uncle, what are you doing?"
"Conan" casually stopped a passing soldier, and the soldier answered his question calmly.
"The mission is over, we have to return to our respective teams..."
After the soldiers completed their mission, out of instinctive fear in their hearts, they could not wait to leave this ghostly place where alien monsters once roamed, and did not want to stay for a moment longer.
At this time, a soldier standing nearby counting supplies, holding a list in his hand, asked the two soldiers who had just moved a diesel generator.
"No, according to the list, there are still two diesel generators missing."
A soldier did not hesitate and replied directly: "The commander just asked people to move two generators to the mining area."
"……Okay, I get it now."
The soldier who was counting the supplies didn't say anything more and just checked something off on the list.
"Conan" listened to the interactions between the soldiers and realized that his father was over there in the mining area.
After the battle, Lupine and his gang, Kogoro Mori, and Koichi Zenagata returned to the capital first, informing Ran Mori and Fujiko Mine that they could not change their bodies yet.
"Conan" acted cute and said that he wanted to stay here and go back with Kudo Yusaku after everything was sorted out.
In fact, this was his intuition telling him that the matter was not over yet.
When the last surviving Mi-Go was shot, the masked man from the FBI said that there might be another way to get his body back.
This method makes "Conan" have to pay attention.
He had been waiting here because he wanted to know from his father what method the masked man named "Qin" had said as soon as possible.
But while waiting in the tent, my tired body made my brain more and more drowsy, and I gradually fell asleep.
Could it be that the two generators shipped there are related to the method of replacing the body?
Thinking of this, "Conan" quickly raised his legs and ran towards the mining area.
…
A pair of short legs ran wildly on the forest path that had been trampled in just one night, and the weeds on the roadside repeatedly scratched the exposed calves under the shorts.
But "Conan" didn't care about these harassments. He ran along the path while reviewing the whole incident in his mind.
Thinking about it carefully, he actually felt something was wrong when he was in Japan.
At a reception for the Uyghur mission at the Sakura Hotel in Tokyo, a kid wearing a brown paper bag, about the same size as him and wearing the same clothes once attacked him from behind.
At that time, Kogoro Mouri caught the assassin who wanted to kill Princess Mira. The scene was chaotic, and not many people paid attention to the fight between the two children.
But in the chaotic scene, he vaguely heard an adult coming over and taking away the child who attacked him from behind.
And while holding the child, he also explained to the people around him that it was his child.
Looking back now, that voice is very similar to the FBI masked man named "Qin".
Also, when he was fighting Mi·Ge in the mine passage just now, "Qin"'s mask accidentally fell off. At that moment, "Conan" saw "Qin's" mixed-race face hidden under the mask.
"Conan" also has some impressions of this face.
It wasn't too long ago. Just a few days ago, the "Queen" and "Prince" suddenly resurrected and captured everyone. They escaped in the middle of the night and met up with the Changata Police Department who also escaped.
When the two of them returned to the center of the capital the next morning to collect intelligence and purchase supplies, they were waiting alone in an alley on the street for the Zenigata Police Department to come back. This man took the initiative to talk to them.
The impression on "Conan" was very deep, firstly because this man's mixed-race face was not common, and secondly because this man seemed to have recognized the wrong person and thought he was a certain person and wanted to take him back.
Looking back now, if this man is "Qin", then the person he admits to wrong can only be the "son" he has always carried with him.
But why did he confuse me with his son at that time?
Suddenly, "Conan"'s pupils froze, and a very scary, but completely logical reasoning came into his mind.
That's his face, very similar to his son's face!
very alike!
It's so like that even the people closest to you can't recognize it!
As soon as this reasoning appeared, "Conan"'s body shuddered, and a layer of goosebumps appeared from his shoulders to his back.
His running speed gradually slowed down, he silently took out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed a phone number.
beep--
beep--
"Hello~cool kid, what's the matter?"
Teacher Judy's enthusiastic and energetic voice came from the other side of the phone, as if she had emerged from the shadow of Shuichi Akai's "sacrifice".
"Teacher Judy..."
"Um?"
"Can you give me back the mobile phone I lent you last time in the hospital?"
"Oh~ I remember didn't I return it to you before?"
"No, I mean my original mobile phone..."
"..."
Teacher Judy on the other side of the phone was silent for a while. She certainly knew what Conan's words meant.
She bought a new mobile phone of the same model and returned it to Conan, and Conan's original mobile phone had been submitted to the Japanese police as evidence of Shuichi Akai's death.
"...Cool kid, do you know something?"
Teacher Judy's tone suddenly became heavier, and the rise and fall of her chest gradually accelerated.
"Conan" stood in silence for a few seconds, then changed the topic and his tone suddenly became relaxed.
"No~ nothing happened..."
"I misremembered. Sorry to bother you, Teacher Judy."
After hanging up the phone, "Conan" kicked up the phone, but slowed down his pace towards the ore area.
At this time, he only had a wise saying from his idol Sherlock Holmes in his mind -
When you eliminate all impossibilities, no matter how unbelievable what remains, it must be the truth!
…
When "Conan" came to the mining area, Mi Go's body on the plastic sheet had almost melted.
He glanced at the turbid solution and walked straight to the mine.
Several soldiers are guarding the entrance of the mine.
Seeing "Conan" approaching, the soldier strictly followed Kudo Yusaku's orders and immediately stopped him.
"Kid, you can't go in."
"I have to go in."
The tone of "Conan" was not very strong, but it revealed unwavering determination.
The soldier quickly stepped forward, held down "Conan"'s shoulders, and reiterated, "This is the commander's order, no one is allowed to enter!"
"I don't care who orders it! I just want to go in!"
"Conan" suddenly started to rush into the cave entrance hysterically. Just as the soldiers were about to use more force to stop him, a steady voice came from inside the cave entrance.
"Let the boy go."
A tall adult man walked out of the mine, wearing a pair of elegant glasses on his cheeks. It was Kudo Yusaku.
He walked out of the dim mine, his body covered with light again, and ordered to the soldiers.
"The body is almost tanned. You go back to the base camp and call other people to move all the solution here."
"yes!"
The soldier was a little confused as to why the radio was on and not in use, but he still carried out the order firmly.
But in fact, it was Kudo Yusaku who deliberately lured these soldiers away.
When the soldiers left in a hurry, "Conan" looked up at his biological father and questioned him in a deep voice.
"They left?"
The eyes under the glasses were slightly startled, and Kudo Yusaku paused for a moment.
"Um."
"Conan" thought for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he continued to ask.
"Can they come back?"
"..."
Kudo Yusaku turned his head and looked at the sky in the distance, saying meaningfully.
"I hope so..."
…
Boundless blue.
Then transformed into darkness.
Qin Zhibo felt that his body was floating in a completely weightless environment, and the surrounding darkness was as endless as deathly silence.
In this space, the sense of time is infinitely diluted, and there is no difference between the past second and the past hour.
Ah.
Anyway, I never have a sense of time...
Qin Zhibo laughed at himself in his heart and closed his eyes again.
His state of mind was completely calm at this time, and his body did not want to make any movements, as if lying flat was the only true meaning in life.
Just pretend you are tired and take a rest.
But just when he was about to take a good rest, gravity suddenly struck from a certain direction, pulling his body to a great extent.
Qin Zhibo suddenly opened his eyes and saw that his body was infinitely elongated like ramen noodles, especially his legs, which were as exaggerated as Tom Cat's crotch splitting a big tree.
What's even more incredible is that at the end of these extremely slender legs is the familiar blue planet.
Observing the Earth from a distance almost as long as one's legs is like stepping on a beautiful glass bead. The top-heavy feeling is dizzying.
Qin Zhibo:Will-5
I am...
Qin Zhibo's thoughts didn't even come out, and a huge force of gravity suddenly hit his upper body.
His body was compressed quickly like dough, enough to observe the rapid shortening of the entire earth's legs.
His upper body traveled through outer space at an incredible speed and approached the earth.
That haunting blue color also expanded at a terrifying speed, quickly filling the entire field of vision.
He saw that he had passed through the atmosphere, exosphere, warm layer, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. These five levels were passing rapidly before his eyes.
Then, he saw the outline of the huge modern city below.
But even so, his feet still stepped on a smaller place, and his elongated body still needed to continue to shrink.
Tokyo, Yoneka Town, 2-chome, 22nd Place... they came into view one by one.
When he arrived here, Qin Zhibo felt that his body was stuck. At the end of his slender legs was a large villa shaped like a rice cooker.
If you are someone who is afraid of heights, such as Kogoro Mori, you will definitely be scared to death when you see this scene.
But for Qin Zhibo, who has an iron will...
That's it?
Just as he finished his thoughts, his body suddenly shrank again.
Whoosh——
After an extremely fast voice, Qin Zhibo's brain became dizzy.
But thankfully, his hands finally touched the solid ground, which was not cold to the touch and had regular grid patterns.
I looked down and saw, oh, it turned out to be the floor.
The surrounding view gradually became clearer. It was a large and modernly decorated living room. However, the living room was a bit messy at this time, with various furniture and ornaments scattered all over the floor.
Qin Zhibo looked around, and after a few seconds, his brain suddenly understood where this place was.
Dr. Ali’s house!
This is Dr. Ali’s home!
here it is……
Qin Zhibo's mood just cheered up, but then it was like a basin of cold water being poured on his head.
It’s Dr. Ali’s house and I’m so excited!
Isn’t this from Vespania back to Japan?
After doing it for a long time, you saved a lot of money on air tickets?
No, it also saves you from having your passport checked by customs...
Less than one meter away from Qin Zhibo, Conan slowly got up from the floor and looked around at the surrounding environment.
As a frequent visitor to Dr. Ali's house, he naturally recognized this place faster than Qin Zhibo.
This is... Dr. A Li's house?
Conan looked around at this familiar yet unfamiliar environment, wondering why Dr. Ali's house was more chaotic than in his memory.
Although Dr. A Li has been single for decades, he is not so sloppy, right?
Just when both of them were surprised by the environment after "traveling", a human voice came from not far away in the living room.
"It's so bright!"
"What just happened? It shook my eyes so much... Ayumi, are you okay?"
"Um...Conan! Where is Conan?"
A delicate girl's voice came from the back of the sofa, or Qin Zhibo and Conan were lying on the back of the sofa, and the human voice came from the front of the sofa.
Qin Zhibo and Conan looked at each other, their expressions suddenly startled, and their movements were very synchronized, and they quickly grabbed the back of the sofa to look outside.
"Conan is there!"
Ayumi pointed at Conan in surprise, and then she and the three little ones ran over excitedly.
Dr. Ali next to him also rubbed his eyes twice, put on his glasses again, and walked over.
"Mr. Qin, has the prisoner been caught?"
"Prisoner?"
Qin Zhibo's thinking paused, and he suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at the storage room next to the entrance to the basement.
The wooden door of the storage room was violently damaged, the door shaft was ripped open, and it was almost falling off.
This scene happened a long time ago, and Qin Zhibo and Conan realized something at the same time.
They have traveled back in time!
Not only did he come back, but he also returned to the moment when he crossed over from this world!
Qin Zhibo: "..."
Conan: "..."
The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say, their brains completely occupied by shock.
Everything that happened before seemed like a dream.
It's just that this dream is a bit long and a bit real...
Or is the so-called "time travel" really just a dream?
At this time, the three little ones came around from the side of the sofa, looked at the floor, and made disappointed sounds.
"what the hell?"
"The prisoner who broke into the empty door has already escaped~"
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