Model worker and his little darling

When they arrived at Professor Agasa's house, they found not only the professor and Ai Haibara, but also Ayumi and her two friends.

When Haibara saw Hirai, she immediately hid behind Professor Agasa.

Ayumi and the others immediately swarmed around Conan when they saw him.

"Conan, is that really you in the skirt?"

"Yeah, Conan, why are you wearing a skirt?"

"Conan, are you in some kind of danger?"

Conan: ...

Now he was not only being targeted by the men in black, but he was also dead; everyone knew about his wearing a skirt.

Good heavens, he wants to live on a different planet.

Seeing Conan's dazed expression, Ayumi reached out and touched his forehead. "Conan, what's wrong? Are you sick?"

Ran pulled Conan aside, saying, "Don't worry, Conan is just thinking about that photo."

Conan also realized what was happening and looked anxiously at the professor, "Professor, have you found anything?"

Professor Agasa shook his head.

Pingqing stepped forward and said, "Let me try."

So everyone sat around Pingqing and watched his fingers fly across the keyboard.

Haibara is observing Hirai, who may be a member of the organization, and whose computer skills seem to be even better than the professor's.

After a long while, Pingqing shook his head. "I can't find it. This photo seems to have appeared out of thin air."

Dr. Agasa nodded. "That's true."

Uncle Mori also went to contact the media to clarify the facts.

And just like that, the matter was over, but everyone who needed to know about Conan's cross-dressing knew it.

For example, a certain Osaka black chicken (a derogatory term for someone who is unpopular with Conan) called to mock Conan, but after hearing Conan's worries, the two of them analyzed the situation, scaring Conan and Haibara half to death again.

Looking at the image transmitted by the system, Ping Qing nodded in satisfaction. These people just love to overthink things; they can scare themselves to death with their imaginations.

Looking at the snowflakes fluttering outside, it's winter again. Just a couple of days ago, they were planning a beach vacation in Izu.

Thinking he had nothing else to do, Pingqing decided to take a stroll around the base. When he arrived, he found that Gin and Vodka had just returned from a mission.

Well, today is another hard-working day for the two model workers.

Gin was speechless as he watched Pingqing crunching candy behind him. Usually, Pingqing wouldn't come for months at a time, and Gin would have to call to invite him. Today, Pingqing had actually come to the base on his own.

"Why are you at the base today?"

"miss you!"

Upon hearing this, Gin turned around and hugged Taira.

Just as Ping Qing was thinking about going to the armory to grab some new stuff, he suddenly became alert.

Huh? This is Gin's lounge. How did he get here? Why is Gin hugging him?

[Host, you just said you missed Gin.]

Hirai also reached out and hugged Gin. Well, they had only been apart for a few days.

Gin patted Hirai's head. "Since you're here, let's go see Pisco together later." He had originally planned to go by himself, but since Hirai was at the base, he decided to go with him.

Upon hearing this, Pingqing's eyes lit up. Was it finally time to start something? He had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Koto-chan, when are we going?"

"night."

Pingqing glanced at the time; it was almost dark.

"Gin-chan, call me when you leave." With that, she let go of Gin and ran off.

Then he spent a long time picking and choosing in the armory before finally coming out satisfied. He was surprised to find that the organization had come up with something new again. Why didn't anyone tell him?

Returning to Gin's side, she found that Gin and Vodka were already getting ready to leave. She glanced down at her own clothes, which seemed rather mismatched with theirs.

"Koto-chan, I'm going to change my clothes."

After changing into all black, Ping Qing felt great. Black was the most mysterious color. Today was the first time he had met Pisco, and he wanted to exude an air of superiority.

When I went outside and saw the hats on Gin and Vodka's heads, wow, he's never worn a hat before.

"Koto-chan, do you have any more hats? I want to wear a hat too."

Seeing Gin walk towards his lounge, Taira immediately followed, opened Gin's wardrobe, and found it completely black.

Ping Qing remained silent. Was there no other color in this human world?

Gin slapped a hat on Taira's head. "Alright, let's go."

Pingqing put on his hat, took out a mirror and looked at himself. It was great. If he wore this outfit and walked around in front of Conan, he wondered how scared he would be.

Vodka watched as two similar-looking people walked out one after the other, and glanced curiously at Ping Qing. He'd never seen him dress up like this before. Why was he dressed like a peacock today, changing clothes and putting on a hat? They were going to see that old man Pisco, not some beautiful woman.

Feeling Vodka's gaze, Pingqing looked at himself and saw that nothing was wrong. He then looked at Vodka and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Vodka shook his head. "I'm just curious why you're dressed like this today?"

“Isn’t Pisco a founding member of the organization? This is just to show respect for him. The main thing is that you two are both dressed in black and wearing hats, making me look like an outsider. I’m just trying to keep up with you.”

We arrived at the top floor of the Pisco company building and found that people were already waiting there.

Piscoe smiled when he saw Pingqing, "Yulu, I didn't expect you to have grown so much. When I met your father in America, you were only two or three years old."

Pingqing nodded slightly and called him "Uncle".

Sigh, that's the downside of being young.

But how come he didn't know that Pisco and his father had met before? Judging from his eagerness, anyone who didn't know better would think they were very close. He'd been in Japan for so long, and Pisco hadn't even asked about him once.

At this moment, Gin spoke up, "Have you made all the arrangements on your end? There are still five days before the operation begins."

Pisco nodded and spoke to Gin in a low voice.

Ping Qing stood by the window, and a red dot appeared on the system map—a familiar face he hadn't seen in a long time.

Before long, Gin and the other person finished talking, but neither of them looked very happy.

Ping Qing curled his lip. He had heard the word "undercover agent" several times just now. They were planning to catch a mouse through this operation. But they caught nothing and even lost Pisk.

Pisco looked at Pingqing and said, "If you need any help in the future, you can come to me."

Heikichi nodded and followed Gin.

"Hmm? Why are the footprints next to the car so messy?"

Vodka opened the car door. "It's probably just some passersby who came to admire it. You rarely see a car like that these days."

Ping Qing frowned. He remembered these were Conan and Ai Haibara's footprints. But they came at night; how could he have run into them again?

It's so late, and it's still snowing. What are these two doing?

I glanced around and saw an acquaintance I'd never met before in the coffee shop across the street, and Professor Agasa's Beetle parked not far away.

Gin saw that Hirashige was standing still and was about to speak when Hirashige shook his head at him, indicating that he and Vodka should get in the car first.

Ha, I was thinking of wearing this outfit to scare Conan back at the base, but I never expected to run into him like this.

He pulled his hat brim down low and walked toward the back of the car with a murderous aura.

Conan squatted on the ground playing in the snow like a child, while Haibara, wearing a hat, squatted on the ground, hugging his legs and shivering.

"What are you two children doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Haibara trembled even more violently. This person was Mishika!

Conan looked up and said in an innocent tone, "My sister and I are playing in the snow."

"Oh, really? This little girl doesn't seem to be feeling well. Is she sick? Can I take her to the hospital?"

"No need, she's just hungry. We're going home soon, thank you for your concern, Uncle."

Seeing that Haibara looked like she was about to faint, Taira Kiyoshi got into the car.