Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 34: A Moment of Life and Death, The Injured Detective

After settling the three little ones who were unconscious due to excessive fright, Nightmare took out the Dovlin wine he had asked for from the bartender and carefully gave Conan a few sips. Conan's expression was visibly better.

"It seems that his injuries are not fully healed yet. Is it because he didn't use enough?" The crybaby leaned on his axe and carefully observed Conan's injuries.

"Dovrin has an effect on him, but it won't resolve his current crisis," Fool Gold pondered. "I wonder if it's because of the 'minors are not allowed to consume Dovrin' restriction."

"It's likely that his condition is too poor. Even if Dovlin can truly heal his injuries, the blood he lost won't return, and he'll still be in danger of hypothermia from the blood loss," Nightmare explained. "The rules of the two worlds are different. Whether it's Demi's Dovlin or Emily's tranquilizer, they essentially reduce fear rather than repair injuries."

The little girl became even more anxious: "Does that mean Conan is still in danger?"

"Don't worry, the two people outside have already called the police. You will be out of trouble soon."

"As for Conan, he'll have no problem holding on until then."

"After all, Xiaolan will give him a blood transfusion when the time comes."

Hearing this, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about how to explain the situation here to the police.

Hearing footsteps coming from the other side of the cave, Nightmare, Fool's Gold and Crybaby immediately teleported away.

"Conan! Everyone! Is everyone okay?" The doctor ran over breathlessly, followed by Haibara Ai and Inspector Megure.

"Doctor! Conan, Conan was shot by the gangster, please save him!" The little girl said to Dr. Agasa in a crying voice. "Genta and the others fainted from fright."

The little girl then explained to Inspector Megure that they had come to explore the stalactite cave, but had stumbled upon the scene where the criminals had dumped their bodies. They then fled but were eventually caught up, but the criminals had killed each other because of an uneven division of the money they had robbed the bank.

After hearing the explanation, Inspector Megure immediately let the few people go to the hospital.

However, the policemen were somewhat confused when they were examining the bodies of the criminals.

Aside from one gangster who was found shot to death not far from the cave entrance, the remaining three had all died in horrific circumstances. One had his chest ripped open, one had his head smashed, and another had his head chopped off. It didn't look like a case of cannibalism due to an uneven distribution of spoils; it was likely someone else had killed them.

Since the murder weapon was not found and the little girl and other children could not have such strength, Inspector Megure decided to record the situation first and send the body for examination.

At the hospital, Maori Kogoro, who had rushed over after receiving the news, was shocked: "What? Surgery?"

"Isn't that just an ordinary minor injury?"

"He was shot and is bleeding heavily." Haibara Ai explained.

"Conan, Conan, hold on, just be patient." Xiaolan pushed the operating cart anxiously.

"Doctor, this is bad. We have run out of spare blood of the same blood type as this boy."

"What did you say? Even if we ask the blood center to send blood right now, it's too late."

The medical staff were very anxious.

"Well, I have the same blood type as this child. Doctor, please use my blood." Xiaolan stood up.

"But still need to check it out."

"Okay, come with me." The nurse led Xiaolan to the blood collection room.

Lying on the operating cart, Conan realized that his identity might have been guessed by Xiaolan.

After the operation, Conan sat up from the hospital bed with difficulty and saw Xiaolan who had been taking care of him all night.

"You're lucky, little brat. If you had a special blood type and the hospital had no spare blood, you would have gone to hell." Kogoro Mouri said a few sarcastic words in a bad mood.

"You lost so much blood from Xiaolan. If you don't get better soon, you'll be in big trouble."

"I got it."

Ten days later, Conan's injuries were almost healed.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were talking about the school drama performance in the hospital corridor.

"So have you contacted him? If you told him that you are the female lead, he would definitely come." Sonoko looked gossipy and eagerly hoped that her best friend Xiaolan could be with her childhood sweetheart Kudo Shinichi.

"I don't care, as long as Conan gets better and can come to see my show. You will come, Conan." Xiaolan looked down at Conan.

"Oh, of course. By the way, who is the male lead?" asked Conan, the most jealous person in rice flower.

"It's Dr. Shinde." Sonoko said as she praised Dr. Shinde's acting skills.

Conan: Damn it, if Conan hadn’t disappeared when he transformed back, Ran might have discovered his identity and I could have played the leading role.

Later in the ward, the novelist brought the little girl to visit Conan.

"It's really dangerous, Conan. I've already heard the details from Alice. You should pay more attention to your own safety in the future." The novelist said as he sat in front of the hospital bed, peeling an apple.

"Alas, the most troublesome thing now is that Xiaolan seems to have seen through my identity."

"Uncle Orpheus, can your scientist friends make a bionic robot exactly like me and replace me for a short period of time?"

"Although Miss Tracy is an excellent mechanic specializing in this field, I'm afraid she can't help you. As far as I know, if she had this kind of technology and ability, she would probably use it on her father first." The novelist continued to peel the apple.

"Tracy's sister's father?"

"Well, her mother died early, and her father raised her, but was killed in an accident."

"Since then, she has been working on a 'reproduction' of her father using bionic robotics. Unfortunately, the work is still not perfect, so naturally, it can't help you."

"Really?" Conan said, feeling a little discouraged. "What if Xiaolan is really involved in these things?"

"I heard that Miss Haibara has developed an antidote that can transform you back for a short period of time? You can use that medicine to transform back and then participate in your school festival."

"If that happens, 'Conan' will disappear, and she'll still be suspicious."

"So we have to create a situation where 'Kudo Shinichi' and 'Conan' exist at the same time to dispel her doubts." The novelist smiled slightly and handed the peeled apple to the little girl beside him.

Conan:? You spent all this time peeling an apple, but it's not for me?

"Conan, I can pretend to be you then."

"Eh? Can this be done?"

"Of course, I'll prepare the props for the disguise. As for the voice, I'll use the mask-shaped voice changer newly invented by Professor Agasa, and then pretend to have a cold so that the voice is a little hazy."

"With this disguise, I can temporarily stabilize Xiaolan, and you don't have to worry about whether to tell the truth."

"Thanks so much, Uncle Orpheus!"

The day of the school festival soon arrived. The little girl disguised as Conan put on a mask-shaped voice changer and followed Kogoro Mouri into the backstage of the theater.

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