Conan’s Corpse Picker

Yusaku Kudo, dressed as the "man in black", is anxiously looking for the missing Yukiko Kudo.

On the other side, Nikkei TV Station.

Jiang Xia and Kudo Yukiko have already entered the shooting scene and are familiarizing themselves with the camera positions.

According to the regulations of this TV station, when entering the studio, you cannot bring any audio and video equipment.

So before the guests and audience went in, they handed over their mobile phones to the staff.

When the "man in black" dialed Yukiko Kudo.

In the small basket in front of the staff, a delicate lady's mobile phone vibrated.

With a smile on his face, the staff quickly muted it so as not to disturb other people's work.

...

The phone didn't work.

The man in black silently put down his phone, stared at the screen, lost in thought.

Conan hid behind the door and watched secretly.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the man in black looked calm at first glance, but he seemed a little flustered when he looked closely.

Conan was at a loss, and at the same time thought with luck: Could it be that Fumyo Edogawa did something strange and was arrested by the police?

...that would be nice, the number of enemies -1.

Just as he was thinking, the man in black suddenly turned around and walked towards the kitchen where Conan was.

Startled, Conan quickly moved back to his previous position, lay down and pretended to be asleep.

...

Soon, the kitchen door creaked.

The man in black pushed open the door and entered.

He went straight to Conan, pushed him, and said in a strange hoarse voice: "Don't pretend, I know you are awake——Where did Fumyo Edogawa go?"

Conan was worried that the man in black was deceiving him, so he still closed his eyes and did not move.

...

After a stalemate for more than a minute, the man in black sighed.

He took off the mask, revealing a face very similar to Kudo Shinichi.

Yusaku Kudo, who is Conan's father, squatted down shamelessly, and poked Conan who was covered in dirt with his mask: "Wake up. Did you see your mother? We made an appointment half an hour ago here rendezvous, but she never came."

"..."

"..."

"?????"

Conan opened his eyes in shock, looked at the "dangerous organization member" next to him in shock, and jumped up in shock: "??!"

...

In order to cooperate with his wife's plan of "let Shinichi feel the beatings of society".

This morning, Kudo Yusaku and Yukiko split into two groups and went to the hotel to set up a "killing scene".

Afterwards, he came to this empty house as planned, but he was puzzled to find that his son was still there, but his wife was gone.

Yukiko's phone has been unable to get through, showing that she is out of signal range.

Yusaku Kudo left the empty house before his son woke up and searched along the road.

He chased him to a nearby convenience store, but because of the heavy flow of people and messy footprints, he lost his track.

...

With limited information, Yusaku Kudo could only think as much as possible.

He stood in front of the convenience store and looked at the nearby subway station.

Youxizi's cell phone can't be connected. This may be because she entered a place with poor signal, such as an elevator, subway, etc... Of course, it may also be that the signal is artificially blocked.

Here, first exclude the elevator. Because he made several phone calls back and forth, with a total interval of more than ten minutes, it is impossible for Yukiko to stay in the elevator for such a long time.

The possibility of taking the subway is not very high - there is still business to do today, there is no reason for Xizi to let him go without saying a word, and run away on the subway alone.

So it is more likely that someone used a signal jammer to interfere with You Xizi's mobile phone, which caused it to be out of signal range.

But the question is, which decent person would carry a signal jammer these days.

...

The more Yusaku Kudo thought about it, the more he felt bad.

Although his wife has been out of acting for many years, it is inevitable that there will be some fanatical fans with evil intentions left behind.

In addition, there is a more dangerous situation.

——Maybe because they pretended to be members of the black organization, so they were targeted by that dangerous organization.

Thinking of this, Kudo Yusaku's expression gradually became serious.

He didn't stay any longer, and hurried back to the empty house, turning his attention to his son, intending to get more information.

——Conan, who was pretending to be asleep, was shaken by Kudo Yusaku just like that.

...

However, it is a pity that Conan failed to provide information, but was more ignorant than him.

Conan stared at the familiar face in front of him, and reacted for a while before he noticed Yusaku Kudo's question.

He repeated suspiciously: "My mother?"

Kudo Yusaku nodded: "It's 'Edogawa Fumyo', she has changed her appearance."

"..." Conan recalled the situation on the road, and turned his dead fish eyes, "No wonder' Fumyo Edogawa' kept praising 'Yukiko Kudo' when he mentioned my family situation..."

Yusaku Kudo sighed unreasonably: "In the beginning, we just wanted you to realize that fighting against that organization alone is a very dangerous thing... But now it seems that your situation may be worse than I expected. It's even more dangerous."

Conan tried to get out of the rope, and asked angrily, "Huh?"

Kudo Yusaku helped him untie the knot: "Your mother is missing and can't be reached. I'm looking for her, but now I lack clues..."

As he spoke, he threw away the rope and picked up his son who hadn't returned to God from the ground: "We can't stay here anymore, leave first, let's talk on the way."

...

at the same time.

Rimai TV backstage.

While father and son are trying to find a wife/mother. Yoko Kinoshita looked excitedly at Yukiko Kudo who took off the disguise mask, a small star appeared in her eyes.

——As Yukiko's die-hard fan, at this moment, she stood face to face with her idol, and even shook her hand... Although the idol is shy with a funny belly piled up with stuffing, Yoko Kinoshita is still extremely happy.

Yukiko Kudo has retired for a long time, and at this time, she met her fan for a long time, who is still a cute and polite junior.

The two chatted happily for a while.

Not long after, it was time to start shooting.

...

Sitting in front of the stage, Jiang Xia looked at the slightly messy scene, but she wasn't too nervous.

After all, he remembered that in the original world line, Mori Kogoro often appeared on the show.

With such a senior as an example...

Jiang Xia felt that if she worked hard, it should be fine.

...

center stage.

At the guest table, there were four people sitting - Jiang Xia, a resident guest, and the host and assistant.

Today's assistant is Yoko Kinoshita's guest appearance.

With her help, coupled with the support of an experienced host, as expected, the recording went very smoothly.

Yukiko Kudo sat in the auditorium below, looking at Jiang Xia with relief, feeling that the skills she taught must have come in handy.

...

After the on-site questioning, reasoning question and answer, etc. are over.

The live broadcast of the first half came to an end.

Commercials inserted, programs paused.

Several people had a short break.

At this time, the host suddenly raised his hand to cover his lower abdomen, groaning in pain.

Jiang Xia propped her chin, turned to look at him, and asked with concern, "Are you all right?"

"Fortunately, alas, maybe the milk in the morning has expired..." the host said, pulling a passing staff member, "Where is Suwa? Why haven't I seen him?"

Suwa is the producer of this program.

Right now, he's not in the studio.

——Because a few hours ago, the host made an appointment with him to ask Suwa to wait for him in the meeting room downstairs, saying that he had something important to discuss.

Now, the host suddenly mentioned this, hoping that someone would notice Suwa's position. It is convenient for him to create an alibi after killing someone for a while.

Jiang Xia sat beside him quietly, watching him perform kindly.