Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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"To be honest, it was after seeing your performance as a high school detective on TV and in the newspapers that I thought I'd like to meet you if I had the honor, and ask you some questions..."

When Conan read the letter, he didn't think much of it.

But now that I know that Emperor Sengu II knows Chen Anxia, ​​I feel that this letter is a bit strange.

It's worth noting that besides being a celebrity, Chen Anxia is most famous for his detective identity, which has earned him the title of "modern Sherlock Holmes."

Although Conan didn't want to admit it, Chen Anxia, ​​this high school detective, surpassed him in terms of ability, fame, and popularity.

Under such circumstances, if Teiji Moriko really had something to ask for advice on detective matters, then Chen Anxia would undoubtedly be a better choice than Shinichi Kudo.

'Then why doesn't Moriko Teiji consult Chen Anxia directly, but instead comes to me for advice?'

'Could it be that the question Moriko Teiji wants to ask is one that his friend Chen Anxia cannot know?'

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Various thoughts flashed through Conan's mind, but because he couldn't find answers, he ultimately let them go.

During the garden tea party, Moriko Teiji behaved very appropriately. Perhaps because the object of his resentment was not present, Moriko Teiji did not show the slightest abnormality.

Under these circumstances, the garden tea party concluded very smoothly.

After the garden tea party, Chen Anxia chose to stay at Moriko Teiji's villa and exchange knowledge about architectural design with Moriko Teiji.

The reason why Chen Anxia and Moriko Teiji became such close friends despite their age difference is because both of them pursued perfection in their architectural styles.

However, compared to the pursuit of perfect symmetry by Emperor Sengu II, Chen Anxia pursued comprehensiveness and a perfection that approached the truth.

This is also why Chen Anxia named himself 'Truth'.

Of course, Chen Anxia had long ago discerned the perfection that Sengu Di Er pursued, so his conversations with Sengu Di Er were mainly about the perfection of left-right symmetry.

Chen Anxia entered the field of architecture because he wanted to test whether his data modeling skills could be applied to the field.

I also want to see if pursuing a perfect architectural style can improve my data modeling skills and help me discover some errors that I haven't noticed before.

The result is already obvious.

The next day, after having breakfast, Chen Anxia planned to say goodbye to Sengu Di Er.

Morigu Teiji clearly considered Chen Anxia a true friend, personally escorting Chen Anxia to the door to get into his car.

Just before getting on the bus, Chen Anxia suddenly remembered something and looked at Moriko Teiji, asking, "By the way, I heard from Ran yesterday that you have a question you want to ask high school detective Kudo Shinichi?"

“If you don’t mind, you can ask me directly. If he can answer a question, I should be able to answer it too.”

Sengu Di Er was taken aback when Chen Anxia suddenly brought this up.

Then Moriko Teiji smiled nonchalantly and said, "Ah, that problem has been solved by Detective Mori, so there's nothing to worry about."

Upon seeing this, Chen Anxia smiled and replied, "It's good that you're alright. I'll be going now; I have a schedule to catch up on later."

Moriko Teiji naturally agreed to this.

After watching the car carrying Chen Anxia drive away, the smile on Moriko Teiji's face gradually disappeared, replaced by an extremely cold expression. He muttered to himself, "I should probably prepare a proper gift for Kudo Shinichi too..."

"Even though what I'm doing might mean we can't even be friends anymore, I won't regret it..."

On the other side, Chen Anxia had a somber expression on his face ever since he got into the car.

When he just mentioned Shinichi Kudo's name, Teiji Moriko, despite his good disguise, could not escape Chen Anxia's discerning eyes.

In that instant, Chen Anxia was certain that he had indeed seen resentment in the eyes of Emperor Sengu II.

This also made Chen Anxia realize that the reason why Moriko Teiji invited Kudo Shinichi was probably not as simple as wanting to ask him questions.

Chen Anxia simply didn't know what Shinichi Kudo had done to incur Teiji Moriko's resentment.

Thinking about it, Chen Anxia made a phone call to Conan.

Chen Anxia wanted to see if he could find out the reason from Conan, so that he could find a way to resolve Moriko Teiji's resentment.

For Chen Anxia, ​​both Shinichi Kudo and Teiji Moriko were his friends.

Therefore, Chen Anxia naturally did not want his two friends to become adversaries.

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Chapter 440 The Promised Time, Disguised as Shinichi Kudo!? (Please Subscribe!)

Beika Town, Mori Detective Agency.

Conan, who had just finished washing up and was about to enjoy the delicious breakfast prepared by Ran Mouri, received a phone call from Chen Anxia.

Without the slightest hesitation, Conan walked out of the Mouri Detective Agency and went to a quiet corner to answer the phone.

Before Chen Anxia could even speak, Conan eagerly asked, "Anxia, ​​is there any news about them again?"

"No," Chen Anxia replied, then asked, "I called you this time to ask if you remember any conflict with Professor Sengu?"

Upon hearing Chen Anxia's words, Conan was stunned for a moment, and asked with some confusion, "What do you mean? What grudge could I possibly have against Professor Moriko?"

"Also, Anxia, ​​why did you ask that? Did Professor Sengu say something to you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Anxia didn't beat around the bush and directly told Conan what she had observed.

Upon learning this, Conan appeared even more bewildered, asking with increasing confusion, "Professor Moriko harbors resentment towards me? Why?"

“I don’t remember having any conflict with him, and yesterday’s tea party was the first time I met him. We didn’t know each other at all before that.”

Conan's words made Chen Anxia frown slightly, and then she said, "It's possible that the cases you solved in the past are related to him. Think about it carefully yourself."

"If you really can't remember, just be careful in the future and don't have any contact with him anymore. This is better for both of you."

Upon hearing this, Conan nodded and replied, "Ah, I understand, I'll be careful."

As he spoke, Conan looked at his current body and said with a wry smile, "Besides, even if I wanted to contact him as Shinichi Kudo, I couldn't do it now."

Chen Anxia was naturally aware of this, but he was just giving Conan a heads-up, just in case.

After that phone call, Conan thought carefully about the cases he had handled in the past, but he really didn't know which case would be related to Teiji Moriko.

After racking his brains to no avail, Conan stopped thinking about it and instead focused his energy on the upcoming meeting with Rena Mizunashi.

In Conan's view, he and Teiji Moriko are from completely different worlds and will never have any interaction in the future, so he doesn't care.

On the other hand, Chen Anxia shared a similar view with Conan, believing that Conan and Moriko Teiji would likely have no further interaction in the future, so he didn't care.

If Chen Anxia had seen the theatrical version of "Detective Conan", she might have some recollection of this matter.

Unfortunately, Chen Anxia had never watched any of the Detective Conan movies, nor had he even finished watching the entire Detective Conan series, so it was impossible for him to have any recollection of it.

Time passed by, and before they knew it, the Sunday that Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo had agreed upon arrived.

Tomorrow is Shinichi Kudo's birthday, which is why Ran Mouri wants to go to a midnight movie with him, listen to the midnight bells together, and celebrate his birthday on time.

In order to choose a gift for Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri made an appointment with Sonoko Suzuki to go shopping early and left the Mouri Detective Agency early as well.

As for Conan, he was currently at Professor Agasa's house with a worried expression on his face.

Seeing this, Professor Agasa couldn't help but say, "If that's the case, why didn't you reject Ran sooner?"

Upon hearing this, Conan couldn't help but sigh heavily and said, "I want to too, but every time I see Ran's expectant look, I just can't bring myself to say it."

As he spoke, Conan seemed to have thought of something and looked at Professor Agasa, asking, "How about you make me a robot that looks exactly like Shinichi Kudo, so it can go to the appointment in my place?"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Agasa was speechless and couldn't help but complain, "How is this even possible? No matter how powerful I am, I cannot create such a cutting-edge technology that is completely out of date and may not even be born in the next hundred years."

Conan naturally understood this as well, but he was just saying it casually.

After all, fully human-like intelligent robots involve too many cutting-edge technologies. Putting aside other aspects, artificial intelligence alone is a challenge that the scientific community has not yet fully overcome.

Just then, Yukiko Kudo, who had just finished preparing the fruit and brought it over, overheard Conan and Professor Agasa's conversation and couldn't help but say, "If I had Sharon's disguise skills, I could disguise myself as you and go on a date with Ran."

"Unfortunately, with my disguise skills, I can't perfectly conceal my female physical features, nor can I perfectly impersonate you..."

As the saying goes, what is said without intention may be taken to heart by the listener.

After hearing Yukiko Kudo's words, Conan was taken aback at first, then his eyes lit up slightly and he said, "Mom, if there were someone with a similar build to me, could you help them perfectly impersonate me?"

Upon hearing this, Yukiko Kudo nodded slightly and replied, "Although my skills are not as good as Sharon's, if it's someone with a similar build to Shinichi, I can still make him perfectly impersonate you."

"But where are we going to find one now..."

As she spoke, Yukiko Kudo seemed to remember something, suddenly paused, and then looked at Conan, asking, "Hey, hey, hey, could it be...?"

Conan knew what Yukiko Kudo wanted to say, so he nodded slightly and smiled, "Ah, it's him."

“Perfect timing. I know he has no scheduled activities starting this afternoon, so getting him to come and help shouldn’t be a problem.”

Professor Agasa, standing to the side, looked bewildered as Conan and Yukiko Kudo spoke in cryptic language. He didn't know what to say and could only stand there awkwardly.

Conan clearly had no intention of answering Professor Agasa's questions, and simply took out his phone and dialed a number.

A few minutes later, Conan hung up the phone with great joy and looked at Yukiko Kudo, saying, "Mom, he agreed."

"But he made a request: he wanted to learn your disguise techniques to help him develop his acting career, and I agreed on your behalf."

It was only at this point that Professor Agasa realized that the person Conan and Yukiko Kudo were talking about was Chen Anxia.

While Yukiko Kudo was happy for Conan, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at Conan for making decisions on his own.

However, Yukiko Kudo knew that Chen Anxia was risking his life to help her son investigate the mysterious organization, and she had no objection to handing over her disguise skills to Chen Anxia.

In Yukiko Kudo's view, this was also a good way to repay Chen Anxia's kindness to her son.

As for the reason why Yukiko Kudo returned to Japan this time, it was naturally because she learned about Rena Mizunashi's situation from Professor Agasa. Because she was worried about Conan, she specially rushed back to help him.

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Chapter 441 Countdown: Make a call to Shinichi Kudo!?

About an hour later, Chen Anxia and Hua Sheng arrived at Dr. Agasa's house.

Upon seeing Chen Anxia, ​​Yukiko Kudo greeted him warmly, saying, "It's been a long time, Anxia."

In response, Chen Anxia replied, "Yes, it's been a long time, Yukiko-senpai."

Upon seeing this, Yukiko Kudo smiled slightly and said, "Calling me 'senior' is too formal. If you don't mind, you can call me Yukiko-nee."

Upon hearing this, Chen Anxia was taken aback at first, then called out, "Sister Yukiko."

Upon hearing Chen Anxia call her "Yukiko-nee" (older sister Yukiko), Kudo Yukiko instantly felt as if she had become twenty years younger...