Chapter 112 Showdown
Chapter 113 Showdown
"In other words, you are a traitor who escaped from the organization. In the end, you were desperate and took the poison to commit suicide, but you unexpectedly became smaller. Is that right?" Conan looked at me solemnly. After nearly half an hour of explanation, Conan finally sorted out my origins. I am a killer who has lived in the organization since I was a child. But because of a sudden change, I became a traitor. In order to survive, I escaped, but was hunted by the people in the organization. I was forced to take the poison. But I unexpectedly became smaller. This is my explanation to Conan. Of course, I was talking to Conan the whole time, and I didn't give Dr. Agasa a chance to speak.

"Well, the unexpected shrinking gave me hope for survival. That's why I ran out to find you." I said with my eyes slightly closed. "Since I survived after shrinking, it proves that the world has not given up on me, so I will rely on my own strength to disintegrate that organization!"

"Then, how did you know that I became smaller? Has that organization discovered my identity?" At this point, Conan's eyes couldn't help but shrink again.

"Haha, Conan-kun, I have been talking all along. Before I answer your question, please answer my question first." I rubbed my pale blond hair and said softly. "Are you willing to cooperate with me?"

"...What is your purpose?" Conan stared at me intently, but he had no intention of answering my question.

"Well... strengthen yourself and find a chance to destroy that organization. I think you and I are on the same front on this point, right?" I chuckled helplessly. A detective is a detective. He will not bow to you before he gets what he wants. "You have the brains of a detective, and I have strong strength. Working with you, I think we can together defeat that organization..."

"Stop joking!" Before I could finish my words, Conan yelled at me angrily. "How could I possibly associate with a killer like you who can kill people at will! People like you should be sent to prison for life!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, great detective, don't be so angry." I smacked my lips and shook my index finger at him. "You have to understand something first. I took the initiative to find you so that I could have a helper to destroy the organization. And for you, I am your intelligence system. You can get a lot of information about the organization from me. Of course, this is something I know. Even a long-term killer like me has only touched the tip of the iceberg of the mystery of that organization. If you were to go looking for it alone, you would probably be killed before you even touch it."

“…” Conan stared at me. Indeed, my words meant a lot to him. If I left, he would lose the best chance to contact the organization.

"Also, there is one more thing." I continued slowly. "I am just a child with an unknown identity now. You have no evidence, so what can you use to arrest me?"

"..." Conan remained silent, but I could see his fists shaking. The anger and unwillingness on his face were so obvious. For a detective, it must be a very painful thing to have a criminal in front of him but he has no ability to catch him.

(Author: A feeling that a couple feels when they check into a hotel and suddenly the woman gets her period.)
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"Huh... OK." After a long silence, Conan finally gave in. "You stay." Conan looked at me coldly. But I just shrugged and shook my head.

"What do you mean?" Conan saw my strange expression and his brows, which were originally at a loss, were furrowed again.

"I don't feel your trust in me at all. How can we cooperate with each other?" I leaned against the sofa and said helplessly.

"Because I can't trust you at all!" Conan's anger erupted again. "A killer who has killed countless people actually wants to ask me for trust? Listen carefully, we are just cooperating. After catching that organization, I will allow you to leave, but you must remember that I will definitely find you again and send you to prison!"

"Haha, you won't." I chuckled.

"No! I will!" Conan's eyes were firm.

"Believe me, you won't." I shrugged and continued. "Hey, Kudo-kun, let me digress." I leaned on the sofa with a calm look. "If your relatives or friends around you killed someone, would you send them to jail?"

"Humph, the people around me won't kill innocent people like you." Conan said coldly. "For people like you, I wish I could send you to jail right now and make you regret your life!"

"I just told you that, that's not okay." I said quietly, crossing my hands in front of my nose while sitting on the sofa. "Xiaolan will be sad."
"Xiaolan? What does this have to do with Xiaolan?" Conan was surprised.

"What's the relationship? If Xiaolan knew that you sent her brother, whom she hadn't seen for ten years, to prison, what do you think Xiaolan would think?"

“Wha…what…”

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"What did you just say?" Conan once again widened his eyes and looked at the child named IceWine in front of him. Surprise and confusion were fully expressed on his face.

"Shinichi... He's really Kaoru." The doctor who had been sitting next to Conan finally spoke. After I told him that I was a killer, he knew that some things would be better told by me, such as the murder. So after I confronted Conan, he didn't say a word. Until I laid out my cards.

"You're kidding, aren't you?" Conan looked at the doctor in disbelief, then at me. But that pale golden color made it hard for him to equate me with the black-haired, sunny kid ten years ago.

"Ten years ago, when Xiaolan and I were delivering dinner to my father, we had a car accident." Seeing Conan still looking distrustful, I spoke slowly again. "It was that time that I pushed Xiaolan into the bushes and was knocked out. The cause of the car accident was someone from the organization. At the time, they were on a mission to bring a kidnapped child back to the organization to train him as a killer, but the target of the mission died in a car accident, so I was taken back by the organization as a replacement." I said word by word. It gave Conan enough time to think. "Due to the injury, I lost my memory. Without knowing anything, I was adopted by the organization and gradually trained to become a killer in the organization. IceWine is my code name." I stood up and walked towards Conan. "Coincidentally, about a week ago, I received an organization investigation mission, and the person being investigated was you, Kudo Shinichi." "What?!"

"That's right. The drug you were given was still in the experimental stage, and the organization didn't get any news of your death afterwards. So, the organization sent me to take on this investigation mission. That time, I was at your house and happened to meet Xiaolan who was looking for you."

"......" Conan looked at me in disbelief. His wide eyes and open mouth showed his surprise.

"Haha, they are siblings after all. I felt something was wrong the first time I saw Xiaolan, so I followed Xiaolan secretly and returned to the Maori Office."

"You mean, you went to the Mouri Detective Agency some time ago? Xiaolan was not dreaming last time, but it was real?!" Conan asked in surprise.

"Ah, it is true. After some investigation, I confirmed that I am Maori Kaoru. And after seeing the photos on Xiaolan's desk, the memories that I had lost once all came flooding back to me." I closed my eyes and whispered. "After I recovered my memory, I tried every way to escape, but was accidentally discovered. When I was hunted by that organization and had no way to escape, I took the medicine to die. But I unexpectedly became smaller, and then I remembered the little boy I had never seen in my house, and I guessed that boy was you, Kudo Shinichi."

"Xun... You are really Xun!" Conan's eyes fluctuated. At this moment, he did not care about my identity, but was inexplicably excited as if he was looking at a good friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Ah, don't you think it's a coincidence? But sometimes, the world is just so small." I looked at Conan with some helplessness. "I don't know whether the organization has any records of the drug that makes people smaller, but what I know is that your current situation should not have been discovered by the organization. And I turned into this appearance and appeared in front of you just in case. It can also be regarded as protecting you and my family. You also saw that you have become completely smaller, while I have mutated. So the chance of me being discovered is much smaller than yours." I rubbed my pale golden hair and said lightly. I have said everything I should say, and I'd better make up the rest of the story. I can't tell him everything. After all, he wants to find out the organization, and I want to destroy it.

"Why, why didn't you tell me at the beginning." Conan said with a hint of complaint in his tone.

"Nothing, I just want to test your tolerance. See if you can tolerate a killer by your side." I laughed with some contempt. "It turns out that your so-called sense of justice dominates your brain, but when you knew that I was Mao Li Kaoru, your emotions, tone, eyes, and heartbeat have all changed. In other words, when you know that the person next to you is a criminal, you will also be touched, right? Shinichi?" I smiled miserably at Conan. "So, now that you know my identity, what is your choice? Are you willing to cooperate with me?"

"... Bastard." After a long silence, Conan's eyes reflected light. I couldn't see his expression clearly. "Hey, Xun. Let me ask you." Conan said to me seriously. "How many people have you... killed in the past ten years?"

"Is it important?" I said contemptuously.

"That's right! This is very important to me!" Conan raised his head and looked at me solemnly.

"I don't know." I walked back to the sofa opposite Conan and sat down. "If it is calculated according to Japanese law, I think I should be shot at least a hundred times, right?" After hearing what I said, Conan's small body trembled violently. After that, he stopped talking. At this moment, his mood was very complicated. A best playmate in his childhood, but by some mistake, he became a killer who killed countless people. He could not accept this kind of thing no matter what. However...

"Kudo, now it's my turn to ask you." I said calmly. "If our identities were switched. It was you who was taken to that organization and lost your memory. Ten years after being trained as a killer, you regained your memory. If it were you, would you still continue to claim to be righteous?"

"..."

Silence. After my words, the room fell silent. Conan's eyes had already lost focus. Shock and confusion filled his face. Yes, if it was him, what would he do? He might not have thought about this question himself.

Ding-ling-ling-ling… Ding-ling-ling-ling…

The ringing of the phone broke the silence in the room at the right time.

"Oh, oh, it's Xiaolan." Dr. Agasa answered the phone. It was Xiaolan calling. "Ah, Conan is indeed here with me. Oh, nothing, he forgot to take his laptop. It happened that I just developed a new game, so I let Conan try it. Well, I'll send him back now. Sorry to make you worry. Okay." After a brief conversation, the doctor put down the phone. He looked at us with some embarrassment. "Shinichi, Xiaoxun... What should we do now?"

"Hu... Let's go back first, Kudo." I let out a long breath. "There's still a long time to go. We can talk about it later if there's anything."

"Ah..." Conan sighed dejectedly. "So, Kaoru, are you going to live with Dr. Agasa now?"

"Me?" I raised my eyebrows and smiled softly. "Need I say more? Now that everyone is back, of course they should go back to their own homes."

(End of this chapter)