grandmother……

Looking at the kind woman wearing a pink woolen coat in front of them, Conan and Kuroba Kaito were inevitably stunned.

It turns out that my grandma... is still alive?

Growing up, neither Kudo Yusaku nor Kuroba Toichi took the initiative to mention the family situation of the previous generation.

Whenever Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Toto asked their fathers where their grandparents were when they were children, their parents would always excuse them by saying "in a very far away place".

After a long time, the two stopped asking.

Because in the adult world, "in a very distant place" means that you have died.

But now, their grandmothers appeared in front of them.

"you……"

"Really our grandma?"

Conan's eyes were still a little confused, but he still asked tentatively.

With the previous experience of being deceived by his parents and Dr. Ali, he is now very wary of this kind of thing.

"Of course..."

Shizuka Kudo smiled and nodded, bending down to look at Conan who was sitting short.

"Your current name is Edogawa Conan, right?"

"It looks exactly like Yusaku when he was a child..."

As soon as these words came out, Yukiko Kudo and Chikage Kuroba, who were standing on both sides, grinned and twitched twice.

Because this sentence also applies to Kuroba Kaito and Kuroba Toichi.

It should be said that the four of them all look like they were carved out of the same mold, but they are just in different age groups.

Sure enough, the next second, Kudo Shizuka turned to look at Kuroba Kaito next to her, and said with a smile: "Kaito, you look exactly like the thief when you were a child..."

At this moment, Yukiko interrupted: "How about we sit down and talk?"

"Yes." Kuroba Qiankage also echoed: The meeting next door should continue for a while..."

After a few people sat down on the sofa, Kudo Shizuka introduced herself again.

"My name is Kudo Shizuka, and I am the biological mother of Kuroba Toichi and Kudo Yusaku, also your grandmother."

"This is my business card for you..."

Kudo Shizuka took out two pieces of paper from her lady's handbag and handed them to Conan and Kuroba Kaito respectively.

The two took the business card and stared at it blankly.

Miskatonic University, School of Biology, Professor Shizuka Kudo.

Conan took the business card and checked it several times to make sure it said Miskatonic University, Qin Zhibo's alma mater.

"This is my current job..."

Kudo Shizuka buttoned the metal button of her handbag and continued: "Maybe some of you haven't heard of it. This is a university located in Massachusetts, USA..."

Conan thought to himself: Of course I have heard of this university.

I guess the person next to me is the only one who hasn’t heard of it, right?

Looking to the side, Kuroba Kaito nodded clearly and remembered another knowledge point.

Shizuka Kudo continued: "Maybe you are a little strange, why I haven't seen you or even contacted you for so many years..."

"Actually, this matter has something to do with my husband, your grandfather."

"His name is Kuroba Yoichi..."

When she said this, a hint of unspeakable bitterness appeared on Kudo Shizuka's face.

She pursed her lips and then continued: "Speaking of the first time I met Yoruichi, it was about 45 years ago."

"At that time, I had just graduated from the University of Tokyo and was working as an ordinary researcher at a medical research institute in Tokyo."

"It was a rainy day. I worked overtime from the institute and came out very late. I was waiting for the bus at the station as usual."

"At that time, a man in a black trench coat ran out of the rain and shook the water off his head like a small animal."

"I subconsciously stepped aside, but he didn't pay attention. Instead, he talked to me without hesitation."

"His chatting style is very humorous and always makes people feel happy."

"We talked until late that day, from the station to the car, and then said goodbye reluctantly when we got off the bus."

"Every day that followed, I deliberately worked overtime late just to meet him during that time."

"After a while, we fell in love."

"After we officially started dating, I slowly learned about his identity."

"Yorichi Kuroba is an explorer, to be precise, a freelance writer for a geographical magazine."

"Every once in a while, he would pack up his bags and leave the place where he lived, and then go to a corner of the world to have an extraordinary adventure."

"Each time, he would write an article about his adventures and publish it in a geographical magazine."

"So, he and I agreed never to ask where he was going, but to watch his adventures full of surprises in geographical magazines."

"Three years have passed like this."

"In the past three years, he has been away for about a week every month, going on adventures around the world, and then writing articles for magazines."

"And I also detected pregnancy one day."

"After learning that I was pregnant, for the first time, I no longer looked forward to seeing his adventure stories in magazines, but instead eagerly hoped that he would come back safely."

"So the first time after Yoichi came back, I told him about my pregnancy and my intention to stop him from going out on adventures in the future."

"And he was silent for a long time, and then told me the truth about his life experience..."

At this point, Kudo Shizuka's eyes flashed with memories, and her mind seemed to return to that night.

"Jingxiang, I don't want to lie to you anymore..."

"Actually, the night you and I first met was not a coincidence."

"I was born into a very large family, and every child born in this family has no freedom at all."

"All family members must accept the family's arrangements for everything, even marriage partners."

"And the person I was arranged to marry by my family is you..."

Kudo Shizuka's hands tightly grasped the metal ring of the handbag, frowning slightly, with a trace of pain in her eyes.

"At that time, besides being shocked, I was also angry."

"I feel like I've been greatly deceived."

"But Yoruichi held me tightly and said that his feelings for me were not false, so he chose to tell the truth at this time."

"He also said that actually his job is not to be an explorer, it was just a cover."

"His real job is actually..."

"Killer."

When they heard this, Conan and Kuroba Kaito's eyes widened involuntarily.

Their grandfather is actually a killer?

Originally, it was outrageous that Kuroba's lineage, including Kuroba Toichi and Kuroba Kaito, were international thieves, but now they are even involved in human lives.

Now Conan can't take the public exam at all...

"Kill, killer?"

It was also the first time Yukiko heard about this, and her mouth opened slightly in surprise.

Shizuka Kudo nodded affirmatively, "I was just like you at first, I didn't believe what he said."

"I didn't believe him until he took out a pistol from his suitcase..."

"Yorichi told me that their family business is very large and needs someone to take care of everything from white to black, and he belongs to the 'black' one."

"In order to maintain the family's excellent bloodline, all family members will be assigned a partner outside the family after reaching the appropriate age."

"This target is usually an outstanding talent in a certain industry. All family members must find ways to marry the target and have children."

"The children born will also be brought back to the family for training at the right time, and will eventually become part of the family..."

"If anyone tries to defy this rule, there is no end in sight."

"After Ye Yi told me the truth, I thought about hating him, but in the end I had to accept my fate..."

"But no one expected that when I went for a check-up in the hospital, I found out that I was pregnant with twins."

"So, Yoruichi thought of a way to save at least one child."

"He will take one child back to the family to work with him, and the other child will follow me to live a normal life."
To be continued...