Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Xiaolan seems to have changed in some way.

Since Conan returned, he has noticed that Ran Mouri's attitude towards him seems to be different.

For example, when she's thinking, she'll always give herself a mysterious smile and then ask herself what she's thinking.

For example, she now enjoys telling him about what happens at school, and even asks him to comment on it.

Conan was having a hard time.

"Haha, I'm talking to the professor about the new game he invented."

Faced with Ran Mouri's question, Conan quickly offered a rebuttal, nudging Professor Agasa lightly with his elbow.

Dr. Agasa understood immediately and, with a smile on his face, hurriedly offered his help.

"Yes, yes, that's right."

Seeing the two chatting back and forth, Ran Mouri wasn't annoyed; she simply shared her ice cream with them.

"Oh, I guessed that would be the answer too."

Ran Mouri sat down next to Conan, tapping her chin lightly with her finger.

"Professor, how many games have you been researching now? It seems like every time Conan comes to you, he's talking about how you invented a new game."

"If Conan asks you for help next time, can I come along for a bit?"

White teeth!

Conan swallowed hard; for the first time, he felt that Ran's smile looked so terrifying.

"I'm going to help them build sand sculptures. Goodbye, Sister Xiaolan!"

Conan escaped successfully.

Ran Mouri wasn't annoyed as she watched Conan flee in disarray.

Her smile remained unchanged, and then she turned to look at Professor Agasa.

"Doctor, let's have a chat."

Dr. Agasa's heart skipped a beat.

Shinichi, you ran off and left me with this mess, didn't you?

"Oh no, my stomach hurts. I'm sorry, Xiaolan, this ice cream seems to have upset my stomach. I need to go to the toilet."

Professor Agasa successfully escaped.

"..."

Ran Mouri glared at Professor Agasa's retreating figure with annoyance, then turned her gaze back to Conan on the beach not far away, where Conan was building a sandcastle with an innocent smile.

Shinichi Kudo is something else, Professor Agasa is something else.

Keep acting, you guys keep acting.

Ran Mouri now feels like she was a complete idiot before.

I've been completely fooled by their terrible acting skills before.

Ran Mouri thought to herself, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Is this how you play it? Okay.

I won't confront you directly; I'll just play along and see what explanations you come up with for me later!

……

"Oh dear, Conan, do you even know how to build a castle? It's collapsed again!"

"Hehe, my mistake."

On the beach, the castle whose foundation had just been laid collapsed once again.

Faced with his friends' reproaches, Conan could only smile apologetically and put his hands together in prayer.

Out of the corner of his eye, Conan glanced at Ran Mouri's location and noticed that she was looking at him. He quickly raised his hands and plunged them into the sand.

"Keep going, keep going! We'll definitely get it built this time!"

Conan smiled outwardly, but inwardly he was panicking.

What's going on? Why is Xiaolan starting to doubt her own identity again?

Just because your performance in the game was different from others last time?

Shouldn't it?

I've already shown my divine power in front of Xiaolan so many times before, what's one more time?

How exactly did I get exposed...?

"Edogawa-kun, are you born in the Year of the Dog?"

Ai Haibara's voice suddenly rang out beside him, and Conan temporarily interrupted his thoughts, turning his head in confusion.

"Haibara-san, what are you saying?"

Ai Haibara gave a soft snort and pointed in front of Conan.

"what is this?"

Conan snapped out of his daze and looked in front of him, following Ai Haibara's finger.

He had dug a small pit in the sand in front of him.

Conan's lips twitched slightly.

I was so focused on thinking about the problem that I didn't stop what I was doing.

"Let's not build it then. I feel like you're not paying attention, Conan."

Ayumi sighed and glanced at the azure ocean.

There are really only a few activities available on the beach: diving, volleyball, surfing, and sand sculpture.

Mitsuhiko sighed as he looked at the adults surfing on the sea in the distance.

"I really want to surf too."

"...Aren't we too old to surf?"

Upon hearing this, Conan said speechlessly, his hands unconsciously twirling around in the mud.

"Hey, look over there, isn't there a surfboard?"

Genta looked at the distant sea and raised his hand in surprise.

Everyone looked up and followed the direction Yuan Tai pointed, and sure enough, they saw a triangle hanging on the sea surface.

The reason it's triangular is because the surfboard is completely upside down, only revealing the surf fins underneath.

"I hope no one falls into the water, like in the movies where surfers get eaten by sharks while surfing."

Genta muttered to himself, prompting Ai Haibara to secretly roll her eyes.

Having watched the movie, Ai Haibara has come to fully understand the detective spirit of these three children.

But look at what you're saying, is that what a normal child would say?

A normal person would think that the board was placed on the sea and then blown away by the waves.

You're really something, directly suspecting that someone fell into the water and was eaten?

Something's not right.

Conan glanced at the fish fins in the distance, frowned, and pressed a button on his eye.

Those surfer fins seem a bit too big, don't they?

From this distance, they shouldn't be able to see that thing.

The glasses kept zooming in, and Conan could see clearly.

Those weren't fish fins on a surfboard at all; they were real creatures.

Judging from that appearance...

shark?!

The fish fins in my eyes drew out layers of waves on the sea surface and gradually grew larger in my line of sight.

It was moving very fast and was clearly swimming towards their location!

Conan's expression changed, and he quickly called out to his friends.

"You guys need to find the safety officer right now! That's not a surfboard, that's a shark!"

"what?"

The group quickly found the safety officer, who, upon seeing the situation from afar with binoculars, also became serious and immediately arranged for personnel to disperse the tourists on the beach.

As the fish fins drew closer and closer, coming within tens of meters of the beach, the safety officers gripped their steel forks, ready to pounce at any moment.

However, their expressions soon changed to blankness as the shark came ashore.

Because another man also came ashore at the same time.

The fins they had seen earlier came from the hammerhead shark that the man was carrying on his back, which was estimated to be 7 meters long!

"N-Nani?!"

Conan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

He recognized this man very well.

Isn't that Qi Ming?

"call."

On the shore, Qi Ming put the shark he was carrying on his back down.

Seeing everyone staring at him in surprise, he remained silent for a moment, then patted the shark's head.

"...How did you know I caught an 800-pound hammerhead shark?"

Everyone stood there dumbfounded, and even the safety officer was speechless at the sight.

After a while, the children, who were the most innocent, were the first to greet them with smiles.

"Wow, Brother Qi Ming caught a shark!"

"Wow, that's amazing! It's huge!"

Unlike the children's excitement, Conan felt a storm raging within him.

This isn't about how big the shark is.

How could he carry an 800-pound shark on his back while swimming over?!

Conan felt he understood this man less and less.

Is this scientific?