"Cthulhu?"
The other side of the phone was in hands-free mode. Kudo Yusaku was a little confused about this term and looked back at Qin Zhibo and Yukiko.
Qin Zhibo shook his head. He had never heard of this word before, but he just thought the pronunciation of the word was a bit unpleasant.
As for Yukiko, she knew nothing about it.
"What is Cthulhu?" Kudo Yusaku asked immediately.
Conan was about to say that it was one of the gods from old myths that he found on the Internet after meeting an arsonist before, a humanoid octopus monster with tentacles on its chin.
But then I thought about it, if I said that, wouldn't it expose that I was involved in arson?
"Nothing..." Conan changed the subject, "What's going on with this portrait?"
Listening to Conan's mature tone on the phone, Kudo Yusaku felt that Conan's acting skills were too poor, and he basically had no acting skills.
He had already been told that Qin Zhibo was here, why was he still talking to him in such a mature voice?
"Ahem, your Uncle Qin is here..."
In the subtext, Yusaku Kudo means "Don't stop acting."
"I know, so where did this portrait come from?"
Conan's voice was still calm and calm, not at all like a first grader.
Kudo Yusaku: "..."
At this time, Qin Zhibo who was next to him came over to smooth things over so that Kudo Yusaku could continue with peace of mind.
"Conan is usually precocious, so don't pay too much attention..."
"This kid will definitely achieve a great career in the future..."
Conan: "..."
Conan didn't understand why Qin Zhibo suddenly commented on him like this in front of his parents, but he still felt beautiful after hearing it.
This feels like a parent-teacher meeting where the teacher praises his parents in front of him for doing well in school.
On the other side, Kudo Yusaku was also relieved.
Judging from these words, Qin Zhibo had already known about Conan's "precocious maturity" and told him not to care.
This shows that he still doesn’t know that “Conan” is his son.
"Oh, oh, so that's it..."
Kudo Yusaku reassured Conan and briefly explained the situation. It couldn't be simpler.
"In short, this portrait is the image of the prisoner dictated by the little girl. If you can see through the meaning..."
After hearing Kudo Yusaku's introduction, Conan immediately stared at the portrait seriously.
Neither Kudo Yusaku nor Qin Zhibo can see the meaning of the portrait. If they could see it...
But Conan stared at the portrait for a few seconds, and still didn't feel anything special, except that the portrait was a bit curious and didn't feel like a human being.
Conan approached Haiyuan Ai and asked quietly: "Do you know what this means?"
Haiyuan shook his head sadly, "I don't know..."
The older adults were speechless about this portrait, but the three little ones started chatting and discussing it.
"This portrait is so ugly..."
"It's uglier than the paintings painted by Sergeant Sato."
"Is it really possible to catch a criminal with this kind of portrait?"
In order to attract the three little ones to put down their video games, Conan lied to them that this was a portrait of a wanted criminal released by police officer Mu Mu, and asked them to write down the portrait first. If they met on the street in the future, they would be able to make merit (gei). ) opportunity.
"Are those bugs on your chin? They're so disgusting..."
"Why are his ears green? Are they from the universe?"
"I know! It's the nuclear radiation mutated lobster monster in Masked Superman!"
"Is it the episode that aired the night before yesterday? I watched that episode! Masked Superman..."
The content discussed by the three little ones immediately went astray, and the prisoner in the portrait turned into a monster in a special photo shoot.
Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo looked at each other and felt that this was indeed a world from a child's perspective, and they liked to attribute incomprehensible things to monsters.
Little girls back then also called them "green-eared spaghetti monsters," which was exactly the same idea as these three little ones.
But it was impossible to solve the case with clues of this level alone. Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo had no choice but to give up the idea of looking for clues through the three little ones.
At this moment, Dr. Ali returned home.
Haibara Ai and San Xiaozhi turned around and saw that the overalls Dr. A Li was wearing were covered with colorful paint spots, and he looked embarrassed.
"Doctor! How did you do this?" Ayumi came over and asked.
Dr. A Li gave a helpless smile and said, "I went to help my friend paint the walls today. I'm exhausted..."
Haiyuan Ai looked at the paint spots on Dr. A Li's body, and she didn't have a good expression. She raised her hand and pointed to the toilet.
"Eh..."
Dr. A Li knew that he was asking him to wash his own clothes. Usually, Haibara Ai took the initiative to take on household chores such as washing clothes and cooking.
As soon as Dr. Agasa turned around and went to the bathroom to change clothes, Moto Kojima's eyes lit up, he pointed at Dr. Agasa's back and smiled: "Haha! Dr. Agasa's ears are green!"
These words made Dr. Ali stunned for a moment, and he touched the texture of his ears.
"Oh...it must have accidentally dripped on my ears when I was painting. This should be able to be washed off..."
Over at the Los Angeles mansion, Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo, who were talking on speakerphone, also heard the exchange in the lobby.
The two of them immediately brightened up, looking at each other's eyes, and immediately synchronized the answers in their hearts.
"That's it for now, I'm going to hang up the phone, Conan..."
Kudo Yusaku quickly hung up the phone, but Conan didn't hear this.
At this time, Conan was paying full attention to the portrait, trying to solve the puzzle of the portrait.
As long as the meaning of this portrait is unraveled, both Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo must take a high look at themselves this time.
But...why do I feel more and more like I'm drawing Cthulhu the more I look at it?
This chin, and green ears...
It must be that the coloring is not applied completely, right? If the whole face is painted green, it will look more like...
Ranwen
Conan was so focused that he didn't even notice that Dr. Ali was back.
...
In a mansion in Los Angeles, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Yusaku thought of an answer at the same time after hearing a joke from Genta Kojima.
"It's paint..."
With a confident smile on his face, Kudo Yusaku explained to Yukiko, "Actually, the prisoner's ears or hair are stained with green paint. Because it cannot be wiped off immediately, it remains hanging on it..."
Qin Zhibo's inner thoughts were the same as Kudo Yusaku's.
Although the description of the investigation point specifically stated that "green ears" were thought-provoking, Qin Zhibo felt that these might be some kind of emerald earrings. After all, this was more in line with common sense in life.
Yukiko nodded as if understanding, and then asked: "But what if you know there is green paint on his ears?"
At this time, Qin Zhibo explained, "If the murderer only had green painted ears, he would not commit crimes at will because it would be too eye-catching."
"But what if he has paint spots all over him and his identity supports having those things on his body?"
"Maybe he's a painter himself?"
