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“Brother Pingqing, you’re wrong. I’m sure I wasn’t injured before I got home. He said it was my nightmare and that it will appear again.”

Pingqing leaned forward and touched Conan's forehead. "Are you really not sick? Did you read some ghost story somewhere and are now telling it to comfort me?"

Conan rolled his eyes. This was exactly what Ai Haibara had said.

No, Haibara directly said that he had something wrong with his brain.

“Brother Pingqing, I’m serious. Besides, I’m not you, how could I do something like this to lie to you?”

Hearing this, Pingqing patted Conan's big head and chuckled, "Looks like Conan needs to experience nightmares a few more times."

"Since he says he'll come, let's wait for him. If he dares to come, we'll find a way to catch him and see if he's really a ghost."

Conan's eyes widened, his voice filled with shock, "Catch a ghost? We don't even know when that thing appeared, how are we supposed to catch it?"

Ping Qing choked for a moment, then realized that was indeed the case.

"What should we do then? Should we ask the uncle to find you a medium to get rid of the bad luck?"

Hearing Pingqing's unreliable words, Conan was even more speechless. If he told his uncle he had encountered a ghost, he would definitely get scolded.

“Brother Pingqing, there are no ghosts in this world. I still think someone is playing tricks on us.”

"So, what did you discover?"

If Conan discovers any traces left behind, he'll be more careful next time.

Conan immediately deflated, "No."

“But your experience is too bizarre. Why don’t you go to the hospital to get it checked out? See if it’s a psychological or mental problem. If you’re embarrassed, I can talk to the uncle and tell him that your health is the most important thing.”

Conan: ...

As they talked, Pingqing came to believe that he had a health problem.

Seeing Conan standing there dumbfounded, Hirai frowned. "Could it be that there really are ghosts in this world? Conan, are you sure you haven't been scared out of your wits?"

Before Conan could speak, Pingqing grabbed him and said, "I'll go to the hospital right now and get him checked out properly, just in case something really wrong."

Seeing that Ping Qingzhen was about to take him to find his uncle, Conan grabbed Ping Qing's clothes, "Ping Qing brother, wait a minute, wait a minute."

Pingqing stopped and looked at Conan. "What's wrong?"

“Brother Pingqing, I’m really fine, so there’s no need to tell Uncle.”

"Is it really okay?"

Conan nodded quickly, "It's really nothing."

Pingqing sighed and tossed Conan back onto the sofa. "Conan, if you feel unwell, you must tell us. We'll worry if something happens."

After speaking, he coughed twice, trying hard to suppress the wildly upturned corners of his mouth, as he had almost burst out laughing.

"Well, I see."

"By the way, did anything fun happen when you went to make chocolate this time? Xiaolan seemed to be having a lot of fun."

Conan sighed and began to talk about his trip.

When Taira no Kiyoshi heard that Kyogoku Makoto was also there, his eyes flashed. This big shot was here too. He really wanted to see Kyogoku Makoto and Akai Shuichi fight.

Sonoko's family is connected to the organization. It would be great if Kyogoku Makoto joined the organization too; he would be an invincible human weapon of mass destruction.

Alas, what a pity.

“Brother Pingqing, what should I do? I saw Xiaolan secretly wiping away tears, and I really want to tell her everything, but I’m so afraid of putting her in danger.”

Upon hearing this, Pingqing scoffed.

"Conan, you made a mistake from the very beginning."

Conan looked at Pingqing with a bewildered expression, "Did you do something wrong? Pingqing-nii, what do you mean by this?"

Ping Qing looked down at his hands, recalling the blow he had given Conan on the head that night, and curled his lips into a smile.

"You knew you'd shrunk, you witnessed the organization's transaction, and you knew you were in grave danger. Going to Professor Agasa was fine, but why didn't you consider the danger you'd bring to Ran's family when you were sent there? Shouldn't you have contacted your parents first?"

Conan opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"You know your identity can't be exposed, so why don't you tone it down a bit? Every time a case happens, you act like you want to tell the whole world that you and Shinichi Kudo are the same person."

"Heiji Hattori knew your true identity after just one meeting with you. Now, guess how many people have already guessed your identity but haven't said anything."

“Even Ayumi Mitsuhiko and the others can see that you know a lot. Think about your performance at the crime scene. Your knowledge is beyond that of an ordinary person. I think any normal person would be suspicious of you.”

"Later, when your parents found out, you said they wanted you to leave Japan so they could use their connections to help you investigate the organization and get the antidote."

"You chose to stay in Japan, to stay at Uncle's house. Didn't you ever consider that the longer you stay with Uncle and Ran, the more dangerous it will be for them?"

"And those gadgets that Professor Agasa made for you, especially that tranquilizer dart, you said it could tranquilize an elephant, even the people in the organization couldn't withstand it."

"When you use it on Uncle and Sonoko, do you ever think about the consequences for them? What if there are any side effects?"

"When you were investigating the organization with Professor Agasa, did you ever think about how much harm it would cause him if you were discovered? Didn't he watch you grow up?"

"And Xiaolan doesn't know your identity, she treats you like a real child, and what did you do? You took a bath with her and took advantage of her, isn't that being a pervert?"

"Shinichi Kudo, you're already 17 years old. Just because you look like a child doesn't mean you really are. You're doing these things like a child. Have you ever respected Ran?"

"You didn't. Don't you know how to refuse? If Xiaolan finds out your true identity, how will she face you? You also said that Xiaolan has suspected you many times, so have you thought about how to resolve this?"

"If she already knows but doesn't say anything, then she must be worried about you the whole time. Do you know how much pain she's in?"

"Have you thought about these questions? If something happens to someone close to you one day, it will be because of you. Shinichi Kudo, you caused all of this."

After finishing his sentence, Pingqing drank a glass of water. He was exhausted from talking so much.

Tsk, it seems like that's how they tricked Akemi Miyano back then.

After a period of relative calm, the two sisters made a suicide pact.

Conan wouldn't do something like that.

Conan was quite shocked by Hirai's words. He lowered his head and began to think about his actions, which seemed to confirm what Hirai had said.

He really didn't think about the consequences when he used an anesthetic on his uncle and Sonoko, and he really didn't think about Ran at the time. What should he do now?

Watching Conan's ever-changing expressions, Heijiro watched with great pleasure.