After the three of them sat in the room and talked in detail, Hattori looked at Shinichi with a worried look in his eyes: "Why did that Granburch want to investigate the people who appeared next to you?"

"I'm not sure either, I just have some guesses." Shinichi crossed his fingers and placed them on his knees, frowning, "Granburch didn't kill me, maybe because he didn't want to waste me as a test subject for the survival of the APTX4869 drug, so he will help cover my identity."

"Then the person who appeared next to me is most likely also from that organization, and is someone who is suspicious of my identity. Granburch is most likely using me to eliminate those who are different from him in that organization."

Chu Ming listened to Shinichi's guess and gave a thumbs up to his imagination.

This is a good reason. The famous detective is quite good at making excuses and brainwashing himself.

As long as it is hinted that the person he is going to report to Granburch is also a bad guy in that organization, he won't feel guilty, right?

But Chu Ming still looked as if he had suddenly realized something, and his heart and eyes were full of concern for him: "Then you must be careful recently. After all, some things can only be relied on by yourself now."

Chu Ming took out his phone and created a new group chat on SIDE, dragging Shinichi and Hattori into it: "If there's any news, we can chat here. Don't worry, I'll ask the engineers to set our group chat security to the highest level when I get back, and no one else will be able to see what we chat about in there."

Shinichi's eyes lit up, and he handed the SIDE number that Granburch had stuffed into his pocket to Chu Ming: "Brother Chu Ming, can you check this number? This is what Granburch gave me before. Can you see if you can find any information in the background?"

Chu Ming took back the note that he had slipped to Shinichi himself, and said righteously, "Okay, I'll have someone investigate quietly right away."

Shinichi nodded, his eyes full of gratitude: "Thank you, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to be involved in this kind of thing..."

"Don't you think this is too formal? We are all brothers, why are you arguing about this? If something happened to us, would you just stand by and watch?"

Chu Ming's words were passionate. If one could see the favorability rating, Shinichi's favorability rating would probably be rising up up up...

Thinking about examining Xiaolan, the few of them did not stay here for long and planned to leave that day.

*

After everything was packed up, Xiaolan stood aside and looked at Shinichi with surging emotions in her eyes, full of complexity.

Before, she and Kazuha went to a cabin in the mountains. The moment she opened the door, a cloud of fog hit her face and she fainted instantly. When she woke up, she saw Shinichi sitting next to her. Almost at the moment she opened her eyes, Xiaolan's intuition told her that this was the real Shinichi.

But she always felt something was wrong.

I didn't have time to think about it carefully before because I was worried about Shinichi's safety, but now I have time to think about it carefully, and I always feel that something is wrong.

Every time Hattori talks to Conan, she always mentions Kudo. Although she always tries to cover it up, she is no longer deaf after a long time. In addition, this time, everyone was very anxious because Conan was missing, but the moment she saw Shinichi, Hattori suddenly remembered that Conan had told him to go back first.

As a detective, how could Hattori not remember such a thing?

Xiaolan just didn't want to say anything, but she was not a fool. Before, she would ask directly when she had questions, but after asking a few times and Conan kept colluding with others to try to dispel her doubts, she stopped asking.

Since they're hiding it from her, she'll just check it out herself!

Shinichi noticed Xiaolan's inquiring gaze and felt a sharp edge on his back.

He tried to say something to divert Xiaolan's attention, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if there was a fire burning in his heart. Every beat was so painful that he could not stand.

He staggered against the car, holding his hand tightly against his heart that was about to jump out of his chest, and beads of sweat rolled down his face.

Xiaolan supported him and touched Shinichi's forehead with trembling fingers. The heat of her fingertips made her exclaim: "It's so hot, Shinichi, you have a fever!"

She remembered that every time Shinichi left without saying goodbye, it seemed like today, his body suddenly felt so painful that he couldn't stand up, and then he left before she could understand what was going on...

Realizing that the antidote he had taken was about to expire, Shinichi leaned against the car, enduring the severe pain, gasping for breath. He tried to force a smile to comfort Xiaolan, but waves of pain came over him, and his smile turned into a grin.

Hattori knew something was wrong, and quickly stepped forward to support Shinichi and cover for him: "He, uh, he has a stomachache! Yes, yes, he has a stomachache and needs to go to the bathroom! I'll help him go, and brother Chu Ming, can you help bring some clothes over? Kudo has sweated too much and is soaked."

Knowing what Hattori meant, Chu Ming nodded, took his suitcase from the car and followed them into the bathroom.

As soon as Shinichi entered, he sat on the ground exhausted. Chu Ming opened the suitcase. He usually put his things in the system backpack, so most of the suitcase was empty. "When you become smaller, I will put you in the suitcase and take you out. Then I will say that I need to go on a business trip and go separately with the uncle and the others. As for your whereabouts, Hattori will help cover it up."

Shinichi responded softly, his forehead covered in sweat.

"Heiji, you—" Kazuha quietly poked her head in from outside and asked eagerly, "Did Kudo-kun finish using the toilet?"

Hattori was startled by the sudden sound. He pushed Shinichi into a cubicle and closed the door. Then he turned around and complained, "Wakaba? What are you doing! Idiot! This is the men's room!"

Seeing that only Chu Ming and a few others were in the bathroom, He Ye walked two more steps inside with confidence. Behind her followed Xiaolan, and behind them followed Maori Kogoro and the doctor they had just found.

Hattori took the lead and raised his hand to slowly push the few people out: "Oh, it's okay, it's okay, Kudo is much better now, I just gave him medicine."

As soon as he finished speaking, a heart-wrenching scream came from the cubicle, and the sound was so long that it echoed in the toilet.

Xiaolan's face changed, and she immediately pushed away Hattori's hand and rushed in: "Shinichi, are you okay, Shinichi?"

Hattori followed behind and tried to continue to stop them: "It's really okay, this is the men's room, Xiaolan, why don't you go out and wait for a while?"

"How can he be okay? He was shouting so loudly in there just now." Maori Kogoro was also a little worried and walked up from behind, "Xiaolan, this kid is right. This is the men's restroom. It's not convenient for you. I'll go in and take a look."

Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Hattori looked at Chu Ming for help. His eyes blinked as if he had a cramp, signaling Chu Ming to hurry up, as he couldn't hold on any longer.

Chu Ming coughed lightly and stopped in front of Maori Kogoro: "Hey, uncle, Shinichi is taking a shit. He was constipated and couldn't poop. He shouted to help himself. Now he heard you guys come in, he was too embarrassed to say anything. How could he feel comfortable going in with so many of you?"

Hattori was stunned behind, looking at Chu Ming with shock.

Can you think of such a reason?

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