It's just a grocery store.

After leaving the restaurant, Reitoki and Natsume continued to walk with Mao Lilan. After discussion, they decided to go to Kudo's house to look for someone first.

In order to be quick, they took a taxi directly there, so when they arrived, they saw the lights on at Kudo's house.

Zero Hour: "Looks like we're home now."

Natsume: "Then nothing should have happened."

Zero didn't care about Kudo Shinichi's life or death, and was full of sarcasm. Anyway, Kudo Shinichi had already turned into Edogawa Conan, so he wouldn't be beaten.

Natsume was simply feeling grateful for Kudo Shinichi's safety, and didn't notice the bad behavior of Zero Time and the anger of Mouri Ran next to him.

Ran Mouri clenched her fists, obviously annoyed that Kudo Shinichi left her alone in the amusement park, and walked straight in.

Mao Lilan walked in and shouted:

"Shinichi!——"

Reitoki and Natsume followed behind and walked into the house, but only saw an old man.

Mao Lilan: "Shinichi! Dr. Agasa, why are you here? Where is Shinichi?"

Dr. Agasa on the opposite side was startled, stammering, and his eyes kept looking in one direction.

At midnight, I looked in that direction and ran into Kudo Shinichi, who had just changed his clothes and came out.

Zero Hour: Isn’t this a coincidence?

Lingshi grabbed the child by the armpit and lifted him up, pretending to be surprised:

"Well, where did this child come from?"

What a pity, Kudo Shinichi, you missed the hints I gave you twice in a row. This time you didn’t go to Jingguang’s place and went back home.

Zero Hour brought the person out in a vicious way and showed him in front of everyone. Dr. Agasa became even more nervous and couldn't even speak.

"This, that, he is..."

Kudo Shinichi was still quick-witted. He rolled his eyes and said directly:

"My name is Edogawa Conan!"

Zero Hour: "Wow—I thought it was Shinichi's younger brother, he looks so much like him, but it turns out he's not Kudo?"

Kudo Shinichi: ...Zero Hour You&*∑

Kudo Shinichi complained in his heart, and seeing that Professor Agasa was unable to get a word in, he could only speak on his own:

"I'm Shinichi's cousin, cousin, it seems normal."

Zero Hour: “Is that so—”

Conan: Stop using that tone!

Mao Lilan was attracted by Conan's appearance.

"So cute, he really looks like Shinichi. Wait, what about Shinichi?"

Conan continued:

"Brother Shinichi said he had to go handle a case, so he wanted to ask Professor Agasa to take care of me..."

Mao Lilan: "Huh!? So that means Shinichi is not here now?"

This momentum frightened Conan so much that he didn't dare to continue speaking.

"He ran away without a word, and now he's throwing his own things to Professor Agasa to cause trouble..."

"Ah, it's a good thing you're here, Xiaolan. How about you help take care of the child? I don't know how to take care of a child."

Professor Agasa finally found a chance to speak. Ran Mouri hesitated, but was finally ruthlessly suppressed by Zero Time.

Mao Lilan: "Huh? But I..."

Zero Hour: "Mr. Maori might be a difficult hurdle, and taking care of Mr. Maori and Ran is already very hard, if there are more children..."

These words really touched the heart of Mao Lilan. She was indeed worried that her father would not agree.

Zero time said again:

"But if you don't mind, can you leave the child to me?"

Lingshi raised Conan in his hand and held him by the knee with one hand.

"After all, I have a pretty good relationship with Shinichi, and I have some experience taking care of children."

System: Mr. Huang Quan doesn’t count. He has survived your misfortune simply because of his strong self-care ability.

Midnight: Doesn't Kudo Shinichi have the ability to take care of himself? Wouldn't it be better to just provide him with food and shelter?

System: ...seems to be fine.

Conan, who was being hugged, was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and thought carefully about whether his relationship with Zero Time was really that good.

Dr. Agasa obviously did not expect things to develop in this way, and didn't know how to answer at the moment. Ran Mouri was obviously still a little hesitant.

"But, wouldn't that be too much trouble for Mr. Zero?"

"No, don't look at me like this, I actually like children."

By the way, I added in my mind that I only like obedient people.

Before Conan could react, the matter was settled by Lingshi, who ruffled Conan's hair.

"Please give me your guidance in the future, Conan-kun. My name is Zero Time."

"Now let's send your sister Lan home first, and then take you home."

Conan stretched out his hand to stop Zero's evil hand, but because he didn't have enough strength, he was forced to mess up his hair.

"Uncle, please stop messing up my hair."

Conan was forced to call him uncle, although this title was fine for Kudo Shinichi, and Zero Hour really deserved the title.

But this guy's face is really deceptive. He is 35 years old, but his face is still well maintained. It's no problem to say that he is the same age as Matsuda and others.

Midnight: What if my partner dislikes me if I don’t take good care of myself? I’ll find a smaller problem than myself.

Upon learning that Kudo Shinichi was busy with another so-called case, Mao Li Ran had no choice but to say goodbye to Dr. Agasa, and the group headed towards the Maori family again.

On the way, Lingshi kept testing Conan for no other reason than pure malice.

"By the way, Conan, have you seen Shinichi? I couldn't find him at the amusement park just now. Did he leave because of you or the case?"

Conan: ...Oh no, I just left Xiaolan alone in the amusement park.

Conan finally remembered the bad things he had done, and cold sweat broke out on his back. He said embarrassedly:

"Maybe it's because of me. It seems that Shinichi-nii left after sending me to Professor Agasa."

Thinking that Kudo Shinichi was in a hurry to pick up the child, Mao Lilan was not so angry anymore, she just complained:

"Then why don't you just tell me? I can go with you."

Conan: How could we go together? Those two dangerous guys...

As he spoke, he walked downstairs to the Mouri Detective Agency, only to see Mouri Kogoro rushing downstairs and hailing a taxi.

Mao Lilan: "Dad! Why are you running so fast? Where are you going so late at night?"

Maori Kogoro opened the car door and turned around when he heard his daughter's voice.

"Xiao Lan, why are you back so late? Didn't you go out to play with that detective boy? Where is he? Why is it midnight next to you?"

Lingshi: "I just happened to meet you, so I helped Maoli brother to send the child home at night."

Reitoki has a pretty good relationship with Kogoro Mori, and they occasionally go to an izakaya to drink together.

Maori Kogoro was very grateful after hearing this.

"Thank you so much, brother. That guy is really unreliable. Fortunately, I met you."

"father!"

Maori Ran protested, Maori Kogoro also thought of his own things,

"Xiao Lan, go home first. I have a case and need to go out. The client's daughter has been kidnapped by a man in black!"

When Conan heard the word "Black Clothes", he became excited and broke free from Lingshi's hand in an instant and ran into the car.

Zero Hour: ...Forget about this kid.

Lingshi pulled Natsume over and pushed him into the car from the other side.

"Conan, please."

Natsume: What are you doing all of a sudden?

Naturally, Mouri Ran also saw Conan get into the car and followed him in, while Mouri Kogoro had already sat in the passenger seat.

The taxi sped away, and Ling Shi waved behind him.

System: Host, you are trying to trick Natsume, he is a good boy.

Midnight: What is a trap? This is training. It’s just a kidnapping case. It’s just the right time for him to slowly get in touch with Conan.

I have a small plan at midnight, and now is the time to test whether Natsume can meet the requirements of this plan.