Chapter 11: reprimanding Conon
Strangely even though Kogoro was hit by the ashtray and made a loud noise no one actually cared about this matter. It is like this thing is invisible in their eyes. Yuuki Rito was the only one that saw it all clearly.
"It should be the plot protection that stopped others from noticing it and their IQ might also be dropped significantly." Yuuki Rito murmured but did not stop Conon from putting up an act instead he went towards Conon to provide him with cover.
Conon looked at Yuuki Rito with appreciative look and used the voice changer to change into the voice of Kogoro and started his deduction. Finally it is concluded that all of this happened because of a lie, a misunderstanding and a coincidence.
Well a person died because of this simple thing. For others it might be a simple thing but the person in question might not think so. Humans are unique and feelings are also unique. Each would show their feelings in a different way.
When a person is in depression and also desperation, they are bound to make some mistakes in the spur of the moment. The mistakes can be big and small. If it is big then it might cost the life of the person just like the current situation.
A moment of extreme depression that covered his reasoning has caused the current situation for the former lover of Yoko. Yuuko and the manager of Yoko are also indirectly related to this matter. Yoko is just a victim of the entire thing.
Yuuki Rito saw things clearly and he did not have much psychological burden in this matter because he doesn't care and he has seen many things worse than this in the previous world. For now he just felt numb about this kind of thing.
After the case is solved the people returned back to their lives. Yoko started to perform as usual. She is a strong woman. Even after what happened she still braced herself to work as usual.
Ran on the other hand is feeling sad that Shinichi has not appeared for a long time and she was slightly leaning towards something happened to Shinichi. Rito noticed this and after returning back to home Rito dragged Conon to his side and said.
"Ran is feeling sad that you have not appeared for a while. I know that you two like each other and don't make stupid excuses with me." Rito's words directly stopped the thoughts of Conon from denying them. Rito continued.
"Take your time to make a call to her using the voice changer and talk to her with your original adult voice. Let her think that you are solving some case and is out but nothing happened to you. Don't make her sad. I think of her as my sister.
If you make her cry I will beat you up. Remember you are a kid now. Even when you are an adult you could not fight against me. Now with your current appearance, think about it well before acting." Rito said solemnly to Conon making him startle.
Naturally Conon knows the thoughts of Ran towards him. But after the warning he also understood that he is neglecting the things very much and taking things for granted. He also loves Ran and he doesn't want to lose her love and make her sad.
So that evening he called the detective agency when Kogoro is sleeping after drinking many cans of beer. When he was talking at the telephone booth nearby Rito is present by his side. After all Conon is a kid now and he did not have special gadgets to protect him.
Naturally it is not safe for kids to walk around during the night time. No matter how much they say that their country is secure, you cannot believe it because things are unpredictable. The country and city are secure did not mean that it is absolutely safe.
It is just that the number of cases that is registered is low. Other than that there is no parameter that can let them show that their place is safe. Since there are many unregistered cases and some covered up you cannot be sure of any place.
The most secured place you thought might be the most dangerous place that is just like a sleeping beast that can wake up anytime. Once you got stuck in its cave there is no way to escape unless you are very lucky.
You should never let your life depend on luck because luck is unpredictable and only morons would hang their fate and life on luck. A person with little intelligence would never do this kind of stupid thing instead he would make preparations to improve the probability of survival.
After Conon was done talking with Ran, Rito took him back silently and they rested for the day. Rito on the other hand is quite excited because the next case is related to the missing treasure or stolen treasure.
Rito wanted to take a step ahead to steal it and sell it ahead to the countries outside or black market to make a larger profit. After all he did not have a sense of belonging to any country or state.
He is a drifting person without a place to call it his home. Technically he would call the entire earth his home and every other person is something of use to him or connected to him.
His original soul is from a different world and he has been the same in the past life as well. As for Conon and others he would only leave few pieces for them to show off. Since Rito already knows where the treasure is he will move early after the news of stolen treasure is published.
This is the important thing. After all the stolen treasure has robbers involved and Rito should not leave any clues pointing at him. He has already come into contact with the black market of the underworld and he has special channels for these things.
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