Chapter 136 Exchange
Chapter 137 Exchange
The prisoner only gave us three minutes to prepare, but since we knew they were not monitoring us, it didn't matter if we slowed down a bit. After all, I would be acting alone next time, and compared to Ayumi, my speed was much faster than hers. It was enough for me to use as a buffer time.

After changing my clothes, I walked out of my single room and went to where Ayumi was. I knocked on the door gently, and then I walked in after Ayumi opened the door.

"Hmm? Are my clothes a little too big?" I couldn't help but laugh as I saw Ayumi was a little shy and her clothes were baggy.

"Ah, no." Ayumi's cheeks flushed. "It's just... it's my first time wearing boy's clothes, so I'm a little uncomfortable."

"It's okay, just pull the clothes tighter so they won't be loose." I reached out and tightened the windbreaker on Ayumi. But what I didn't notice was that Ayumi's face became even redder because of my action.

"Okay, next is the hair." I turned around and took out a box from my necklace. It contained all the props I used for disguise. When I went on missions with Sister Bei, I used a lot of makeup props every time I disguised myself. I didn't expect that I can still use them now. Let's just take it as a reminiscence of the past.

I put a silver-white wig on Ayumi's head, and then used golden hair wax to outline the silver hair into a light pale golden color. I simply cut her hair into a hairstyle similar to mine, and the disguise was complete. Similarly, I also took out a wig of the same color as Ayumi's hair and put it on my head, and simply made a disguise. Ayumi's clothes have a hood, and no one will notice it when she puts it on her head. I also saved the human skin mask, after all, time is running out. Anyway, the kidnappers are not here, and the police will not look too closely, so it's okay as long as I can get away with it.

"Ming, Mingya-san." Ayumi asked softly beside me.

"Hmm?" I responded to Ayumi while packing my makeup box.

"Where did you get all these props?"

"This... is a secret." I turned my head and gave Ayumi a mysterious smile. "Let's go. We are in a hurry." I took the hairpin from Ayumi and put it on my head, completing the final disguise.

"Eh? Hmm." Ayumi didn't ask any further questions because she also knew that we were short on time.

Outside the toilet, Conan was still pacing nervously. After all, he had just received the second call from the criminal. But we haven't come out yet. Just when he wanted to go into the toilet to check the situation, he saw a smaller Kaoru and a larger Ayumi walking in front of him.

"Heh, heh... Apart from the height, you really can't tell unless you look closely." Conan squinted his half-moon eyes and said unscrupulously. Indeed, if we talk about height, Conan is about the same height as Ayumi, both about one meter, while I am about the same height as Mitsuhiko, about 1.15 meters. I am much taller than Conan, not to mention Genta. (This is the character setting in Conan's world, please ignore the normal physiological structure of the human body.)
"Conan~ Stop making fun of me." The smaller Xun was very shy.

"Okay, you take the kids and go first. I'll slip out from the other side. Where is the next location?" I slightly adjusted the position of the hairpin and said helplessly.

"Go out of this station and turn right after two streets. There is a telephone booth there. The criminals will call that number. There are still 7 minutes." Conan said while looking at his watch.

"I understand. I'll leave first. You guys should be careful not to get discovered." After saying that, I put on my hat and prepared to leave the platform.

"Wait a minute!" Conan called me. "Are you just going to run away like this? If you don't act out a scene with us, how are you going to escape the police's attention?"

"...Your question is really stupid." I squinted my eyes and stared at Conan, with an expression of "What do you think?"
"...That's true." Conan thought about it and agreed with me. "Okay, then you can take my voice-changing bow tie as well. I'm sure you'll need it when we talk on the phone later..."
"Do you think I need that thing? Conan-kun~" I imitated Ayumi's voice and gave Conan a big wink, then turned around and ran out.

"Hey, Ayumi, what did you just say?" Genta looked confused.

"Just now, was that sentence said by Mingya or Ayumi?" Mitsuhiko asked puzzledly.

"Wow, that's awesome~" Little stars twinkled in the eyes of the smaller Xun.

"This kid... how many secrets does he have?" Conan felt a cold wind blowing slowly behind him. But suddenly, Conan thought of something. "With such a voice changing skill, could it be that he knows Kid?!"

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

After I left the platform, Conan also ran to the subway with the children, and took advantage of the time difference between getting on and off the train, successfully shaking off some of the police. Then he threw the bag out of the window as planned to buy time for me. However, the police are police after all, and they quickly saw through the children's plan. Conan's whole set of actions with the children only helped me buy less than a quarter of an hour. But it was enough. Fifteen minutes was enough for me to do a lot of things.

"What?! You asked Kaoru and Ayumi to swap clothes? How could this happen!" After being discovered by the police, Conan told Inspector Megure everything.

"The criminal's target was the tape in Takayama Minami's bag, and in the phone call just now, the criminal specified that Ayumi should deliver the tape alone. And the police must not know." Conan explained. "So Kaoru and Ayumi changed their clothes, so that the criminal would think that he succeeded and make a careless mistake. That's why we didn't inform you immediately."

"Well... I understand your idea, but now Kaoru has left our sight, so he will be in danger." Megure frowned and said. "No, we have this thing." Conan took off his glasses. "Before leaving, I gave Kaoru a transmitter. As long as we use the tracking glasses that Dr. Agasa gave me, we can easily find Kaoru's location, and at the same time we can know the current location of the criminal."

"Hmm? Dr. Agasa? Haha, the doctor has made a lot of interesting things for you." Megure said with a silly smile. With this guarantee, this case can be perfectly concluded. "Okay, Conan, use your glasses to find Xiaoxun quickly. We have to be quick and never let Xiaoxun be in danger."

"Yes, I understand." Conan said as he pressed the button of the tracker. Soon, a white dot appeared in his field of vision.

"Huh?" Conan was stunned when he saw the light spot in his field of vision.

"What's wrong, Conan?" Megure asked in confusion. "Have you found any trace of Kaoru?"

"Yes, we can indeed see the light spot." Conan said solemnly. "But... why is this light spot so close to us? Right next to me." Conan turned around and finally located the direction of the light spot, and that direction happened to be where Ayumi was standing with a worried look on her face.

"Ayumi? Damn! Could it be Kaoru!" Conan's eyes narrowed. Before Ayumi could react, Conan hurriedly reached for the pocket of Ayumi's windbreaker. Sure enough, in the pocket of her right hand, a shiny badge tracker was quietly lying inside.

"Sure enough..." Conan rubbed his temple helplessly.

"What, what's wrong, Conan?" Inspector Megure couldn't help but become nervous when he saw Conan's look.

"No, it's nothing. It's just that after changing clothes with Ayumi, Kaoru put the transmitter in his windbreaker pocket and didn't take it away." Conan said dejectedly.

"N-Nani!?" Megure's face immediately changed after hearing Conan's words. After all, he couldn't contact Kaoru anymore. The police had lost their last resort.

"It's over, this is dangerous." Conan said solemnly.

"Of course it's dangerous. How can a child like Xiaoxun face the criminal?" Megure panicked and immediately gave an order. "Brother Takagi! Immediately gather all police officers to search the entire area for Xiaoxun's whereabouts! Hurry!"

Looking at the nervous Inspector Megure, Conan laughed dumbly. Because now only he knew that the danger he was talking about was not Kaoru's, but the prisoners. Facing a professional killer like Kaoru, even if there were ten prisoners, it would not be enough for him. At this time, all Conan could do was to pray silently for the prisoners.

"Conan, what are you doing?" Ayumi asked puzzledly as he looked at Conan with a look of despair.

"No, nothing." Conan retracted his praying hands. He responded helplessly. "Now that we can't contact Xun, we can only rely on himself."

"Doesn't Mingya have a mobile phone? Why don't you call him?" Mitsuhiko asked from the side.

"Hmm? That's right!" Conan suddenly realized and took out his phone immediately, but after staring at the phone for two seconds, he gave up.

"What's wrong, Conan?" Genta looked at Conan's actions with some confusion.

"No, forget it. If we call, Xun is hiding around the criminals. He might be exposed if the phone rings. For his safety, let's wait for him to call back." Conan put the phone back in his pocket. The children also looked worried and hoped that Mingya would be fine. God knows, Conan didn't dare to call because he was afraid that a phone call would disturb Xun's actions and kill the two criminals in anger.

"Xun, please don't let your hands itch and kill the criminal."

On the other hand, I ran out of the subway platform and immediately ran into the alley. I shook off the plainclothes police who were following me in a hurry. I came to the public telephone booth at the intersection, picked up the phone and started to contact the criminal.

"Moshi Moshi." I imitated Ayumi's voice and said with a little fear.

"Oh, little sister, you are so obedient." The prisoner sneered in my ear through the voice changer. "Next, please run to an industrial area three blocks away. The next phone number is at the right-hand corridor at the end of the street. Go quickly. I will call you in five minutes." After speaking, the prisoner hung up the phone directly. He didn't give me a chance to speak at all. But I didn't care. I just shrugged slightly and ran in the direction indicated by the prisoner.

That tracker? Of course I left it in my windbreaker pocket on purpose. This operation was my mission, so how could I let the police get involved? Besides, I didn't know whether I should explain this mission to TWO-MIX. If the police got involved, I would be exposed. I couldn't let Slim Wolf kill TWO-MIX and the police, right? So, when I changed my clothes, I helped Ayumi pull her clothes and put the tracker in her pocket. I guess Conan should be scolding me while looking for me nervously with the children and the police.

(End of this chapter)