Chapter 172: Psychological Shadows

Conan had never experienced such a deep despair.

Xiaolan doesn't want him anymore.

And all of this is his own fault.

The thought of this made Conan unable to breathe in pain.

There is nothing more desperate for him than to let his favorite Xiaolan break off with him.

He thought to himself...

I saw that Mao Lilan and Lin Xinyi hadn't had time to walk out of the door...

Behind them, the masked man, who had fainted to the ground, suddenly trembled and got up from the ground.

The gun that fell to the ground, and I don't know when, was held in his hand:

At this time, Mao Lilan and Lin Xinyi were still walking out the door, and they didn't know anything about what was happening behind them.

"This..."

Conan awoke abruptly from his painful contemplation:

"Xiaolan, Lin Xinyi, get out of the way!!"

"The masked man has woken up!"

In the panicked shout, he instinctively rushed forward, as if he wanted to use his body to block the bullets for Xiaolan and Lin Xinyi.

But his small arms and legs were no faster than the enemy's guns.

I saw a flash of fire from the muzzle of the gun, and there was a bang...

A flower of blood bloomed on Maoriran's back.

She turned suddenly, her face full of pain and disbelief.

But the masked man did not hesitate at all, and he showed no mercy to his subordinates.

Bang bang bang!

He fired three shots at Maoliran.

Blood bloomed like a fountain, staining her chest red.

"Little-Lan!"

Conan was like crazy.

He completely lost his mind and rushed towards his Xiaolan desperately.

And Mao Lilan was already in the gushing blood, and Lin Xinyi, who was already seriously injured, fell to the ground weakly.

Her big eyes were full of pain, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't have the strength.

Conan rushed to Maoriran in despair, clenched her hand tightly, and called her name:

"Xiaolan! Xiaolan! ”

But Maolilan was just breathing hard, unable to respond at all.

She looked at Conan quietly, her gaze was complex, long, and unsettling.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry! “

Conan hugged Maolilan's blood-stained body tightly and shouted with tears in his eyes.

Again, he said "I'm sorry", and this time, with all his might.

Blood gushed from Maolilan's body, staining his arms red.

And Conan couldn't react anymore.

Bathed in the blood of his lover, he was completely blackened at the age of 7.

Although he knew that the masked man was still behind him, he didn't care about it, just like a wood carved clay sculpture, he was in a daze.

Only the occasional round of the eyeball can also indicate that he is a living creature.

Then... Behind him, the masked man's footsteps came closer and closer.

Conan finally reacted slightly.

He hugged Maolilan, who had almost choked his breath, in his arms, looked up at the approaching masked man, and muttered:

"Don't come here..."

At first it was just muttering, then it turned into a hysterical rant:

"Don't come here!"

The masked man ignored it, just got closer and closer.

Conan didn't choose to attack, nor did he choose to run away, he just stubbornly stayed by Maorilan's side and didn't move.

Eventually, the Masked Man raised his gun and pointed it at Conan's head.

“......”

Conan's roar came to an abrupt end.

He closed his eyes in despair, ready to accept the final consequences of his mistakes.

Bang!

The gun went off.

But nothing happened.

Conan, with his eyes closed, heard a rustling sound.

Then he heard a familiar voice with a faint apprehension:

"Almost... There is Kiko, get up. ”

"It's all on his hands, he can't even tell the difference between fake blood and real blood..."

"It seems that our detective son has been a little broken."

"Huh?" Conan was slightly stunned.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the masked man in front of him had already taken off his mask.

The face under that mask is none other than his father, Yusaku Kudo, who has lived abroad all year round!

Conan looked dazed, and couldn't react for a long time.

And at this time... I saw that Mao Lilan, who was held in his arms and was seriously injured and dying, also suddenly "lived".

The pain on her face was gone, replaced by a light-hearted and playful smile:

"Xiaoxin doesn't cry~"

"Mommy was kidding you."

As he spoke, "Maolilan" took out the blood bag that had exploded from his arms, and at the same time reached out and gently wiped away the tears oozing from the corners of Conan's eyes.

Then, she directly reached out to the edge of her cheek, grabbed the "skin" with her five fingers and tore it hard.

This tear, the mask was removed, and "Maoliran" became Yukiko Kudo.

Conan: "......"

This usually extremely smart detective is like a duck at this time.

His expression was dumbfounded, stunned, just speechless.

"Xiaoxin, Xiaoxin?"

"Ahh You can't really be spooked silly, right? ”

Kudo Yukiko touched Conan's little face with some distress, then turned his head to Lin Shinichi and said:

"Mr. Lin, isn't the script you wrote too powerful?"

"Hey, hey..."

"Miss Kiko, don't you wronged people."

Lin Xinyi, who had just fallen to the ground with serious injuries, also jumped up alive at this time.

He glanced helplessly at Yukiko Kudo, whose tone was very distressed, but the corners of his mouth couldn't suppress the smile:

"I just provided the basic framework and ideas for this script, and the main content was compiled by you, a famous actor, personally!"

"And there was Miss Kiko just now... The acting skills are really amazing! ”

Lin Xinyi admired from the bottom of his heart.

He has never seen a mother who can pit her son like this.

His original idea of the script was just to make Conan feel heartache when he saw that the person he loved was hurt by him.

But after Ms. Yukiko got the script, she was playful, and she revised it all the way and added a lot of murderous content to it:

For example, the emotional scene just now in which the childhood plums turned against each other and the lovers broke up.

And now, the farewell scene that made Conan watch Xiaolan die in his arms.

And when it comes to the actual performance stage...

Yukiko Kudo also acted extremely devotedly and emotionally, not to mention Conan, who didn't know it, even Lin Shinichi was infected by her superb acting skills.

I have to say that she deserves to be a professional actress.

Moreover, she is also a biological mother who is very good at playing.

"Haha..."

Yukiko smiled heartlessly and accepted Lin Xinyi's praise:

"Mr. Lin, you also acted well!"

"For someone who is new to acting, you've already performed to perfection."

She praised Lin Xinyi's performance like this, just like a director who exchanged experiences with the actors after the drama was completed.

And then, she didn't notice...

Conan's little face has been completely blackened:

"Engage... What the hell! ”

"You've gone too far... It's too much! ”

It's like he's turned into a jammed repeater, and his speech is intermittent:

"How... How... You can play such a nasty joke with me! ”

Conan's eyes were still tearful when he said this.

These tears were caused by pain and despair, but now they are forced to come out of anger.

"This is no joke..."

Arikiko wiped Conan's tears like a child.

But at the same time, her voice became very serious:

"Xiaoxin, don't you realize that everything you just performed is possible to happen in reality?"

"If you're meeting a real member of the Order today, you, and the people you love, are dead by now."

Conan fell silent for a moment.

At this moment, he understood his parents and Lin Xinyi's good intentions.

They are using this live performance to make him deeply aware of his own shortcomings.

"But... It's still too much! ”

Conan gritted his teeth and said:

"How can you pretend to be Xiaolan and say that to me."

"How can there be such a mother who plays with her son's feelings!"

"It's for your own good, too."

Kudo Yukiko gently stroked Conan's big head and said seriously:

"I designed such a bridge, in addition to letting you know that you should not be reckless and risky, but also to let you, an elm, open your mind and pay attention to how to grasp the girl's heart."

"You kid... I only inherited your father's reasoning ability, but not his emotional intelligence at all. ”

"You know, your dad was a very romantic guy back then."

She sighed with some hatred, and then taught her pig how to arch the cabbage:

"Girls need care and companionship."

"A reasoning freak like you who only has cases in his eyes is not likable at all."

As he spoke, Kudo Yukiko quietly leaned into his son's ear and whispered:

"And I watched last night's live TV as well."

"Your Xiaolan, and that Mr. Lin Xinyi, look really good on TV."

"Today's entertainment newspaper is also spreading that the relationship between their master and apprentice may be unusual."

"So, Xiaoxin~"

"If you don't want Xiaolan to like someone else, let's make a change quickly!"

Hearing this, Conan suddenly shuddered.

Thinking of the terrible scene that my mother pretended to be Xiaolan just now, I thought that that situation was likely to become a reality... He trembled with fear.

"Ahem..."

Lin Xinyi on the side cleared his throat.

He brewed a good mood and looked at Conan seriously:

"Conan, you should have understood by now..."

"How serious is the problem of heroism and radical adventurism of your man?"

Lin Xinyi summed up his words very concisely, and then asked Conan with blazing eyes:

"Do you know what's wrong?"

Conan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He couldn't help but think of what had just happened...

The terrifying picture of Lin Xinyi blocking a gun for himself and seriously injuring him, Xiaolan breaking up with him, and his lover gradually dying in his arms is like a nightmare that can never wake up.

He can calculate the sinister hearts and changeable tricks, but he can't calculate the shadow area in his heart at this time.

It will be a memory that he will never forget.

"I was wrong, really wrong."

Conan confessed from the bottom of his heart.