Chapter 196 Playing
"You mean..." Huiyuan Ai thought for a moment and said calmly, "The reason why those criminals kidnapped Toshiya's brother was to make him draw Natsume Soseki on the counterfeit money to pass it off as real?"

"Indeed." Genta nodded in sudden realization and said in agreement, "Toshiya-san's painting of Natsume Soseki is indistinguishable from the real thing. Even if you observe carefully, it's hard to find any difference."

"I see. No wonder he was captured by the criminals. Those criminals must have been attracted by Toshiya's painting skills." Ayumi also echoed in a low voice.

"That's right." Conan said seriously: "Toshiya's brother should have been locked up somewhere nearby and forced to forge counterfeit money. Moreover, the people who caught him were those men in black. This is a bit troublesome..."

Conan was talking halfway when he thought of the men in black. His mind wandered and he gradually lost focus. He subconsciously muttered to himself, "...these are the men in black who used drugs to shrink my body..."

Conan let something slip in his daily life.

Ayumi's eyes widened in surprise and she repeated, "Make your body smaller?"

"……Um?"

Conan finally reacted and looked back at everyone who was confused. He was stunned for a moment, then he forced a smile and said, "I just said it casually, just a little joke with you..."

Conan felt a little ashamed and embarrassed, and touched his head helplessly.

Ayumi frowned in confusion and muttered, "What a weird joke."

Seeing this, Ze Yu rolled his eyes and walked up to Conan. Under the other's puzzled gaze, he raised his arm, bent his fingers, and tapped Conan on the head lightly.

boom!
"Ouch!" Conan screamed in pain and subconsciously covered his head.

For Conan, the blow from Ze Yu on his head was neither light nor heavy, and its power was no less than that of Uncle Maori's fist.

Conan felt pain and looked at Ze Yu with a wronged look, not understanding why he suddenly attacked.

Ze Yu explained simply: "You expose yourself all day long. I'm going to teach you a little lesson."

After saying that, he pulled Conan's cheeks again, stretched them to both sides, and said speechlessly: "When will you be more restrained with your mouth?"

"Don't... pull my... face..." Conan said vaguely, shaking his head hard and struggling to break free from Ze Yu's hands.

Haibara Ai watched this scene quietly, as if thinking about something. Suddenly, she walked over and imitated Ze Yu's previous action. She also stretched out her finger and pulled Conan's face.

Conan: "..."

He was completely stunned.

Is this buy one get one free?
Ze Yu turned around, smiled and said to Hiroki, "Hiroki, do you want to give this kid a try too?"

"Forget it." Hiroki smiled and waved his hand, rejecting Ze Yu's invitation.

Conan was silent.

Before sending the invitation, did you get my consent? Don't I, a great detective, have human rights?
He is a little doubtful about life.

"Me!" At this time, Ayumi raised her little hand excitedly and said happily: "I want to try it too!"

After saying that, she walked up to Conan and pulled his cheek, causing Conan to look confused and seem to have not reacted yet.

"We want it too!"

Genta and Mitsuhiko also shouted, with smiles on their faces, and walked forward unwillingly, grabbing Conan's cheeks on each side and pulling hard.

After a while, they loosened their fingers, leaving two faint red marks on Conan's face.

Conan was dumbfounded, blinking in astonishment, and said hesitantly: "You...?"

Hiroki, who had originally rejected Ze Yu's invitation, saw that everyone was having so much fun, tilted his head and thought for a while, thinking that he seemed to have lost out. Then, he also walked forward and gently pulled Conan's face.

Conan was completely shut down.

Nakata Shunya looked at everyone playing with helplessness on his face, and quickly said seriously: "Everyone stop playing, the long-haired guy who is suspected to be the criminal is about to leave. If we don't catch up, it will be too late!"

After his reminder, everyone realized that now was not the time to play around, and immediately stopped smiling, regained their serious attitude, and quickly caught up with the long-haired man.

…………

at last………

Everyone followed the long-haired man and found their hiding place, but this place was a little special as it was opposite the station.

The most important thing is that this place is next to the Metropolitan Police Department, and you can see the police as soon as you go out.

These criminals actually built their lair next to the Metropolitan Police Department?

It's simply speechless.

Should we say that these criminals are both skilled and daring?

Or maybe they know that the most dangerous place is the safest place?
Or is it dark under the lamp?
Anyway, the meaning is similar.

Conan wanted to enter the Metropolitan Police Department to explain the situation to the police and ask them to send people to arrest the criminals, but he was stopped by Sawaha.

"Conan, they won't believe us. They will just think this is just kids playing around." Ze Yu, who had seen through everything, said nonchalantly, "Let's just do it ourselves first. After we've dealt with everything, we'll notify them to come and clean it up."

"That's right!" Yuantai and the other two agreed.

If the police are notified, will they still have a part in the show later?

Obviously no more.

Therefore, Yuantai and the others did not want to notify the police right away, but wanted to catch the criminals themselves and then notify them, so that they would have a sense of accomplishment.

After all, at their age, they are "afraid of nothing but their parents". Now, their parents are not here, how can they be subdued by just a group of criminals?

It's not like they haven't fought against criminals before, several times in fact, so they're used to it.

Anyway, with Ze Yu here, everyone just wants to have fun without considering the consequences at all.

"Is this what you all think..." Conan looked at everyone helplessly, and finally nodded and compromised.

If Ze Yu was not there, he certainly would not dare to make this decision, but now, Ze Yu was standing next to them, and Conan was confident.

With Ze Yu here, Conan can guarantee that they can go anywhere and nothing will happen.

It's just a lair of criminals. What's the big deal if we break in?

Thinking this, Conan led everyone out. They walked up the dark stairs and came to the door of the criminals' lair.

Just as Conan was about to observe what was going on inside, Ze Yu, with a calm expression, reached out and pushed open the door, scaring everyone.

However, after opening the door, everyone was surprised to find that there was no one here and only the lights were still on.

(End of this chapter)