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Ran's face was filled with disbelief.
She simply couldn't accept such a thing. A perfectly good, young, handsome eighteen-year-old High school student—and now you tell me he's turned into a good-looking... cough, an eight-year-old second-grader? How am I supposed to accept that?
"Conan, don't joke with your big sister."
Conan lowered his head slightly, his glasses reflecting the distant streetlights, making it impossible to see his eyes.
"Ran, I... I didn't mean to hide it from you. I really am Shinichi, Kudo Shinichi."
"Because after that amusement park incident, I was—"
A loud crash echoed from the distant bridge, and a car flew from the bridge into the river.
Yang Tao: "..."
Even if you are the World's Will, at least be a little reasonable, okay?
Conan's words were interrupted. He glanced at the distant car accident, then looked at Yang Tao, unsure how to speak.
"You don't need to say anything else. It's enough that Ran now knows your identity. As for the other details, you can discuss them when you get home."
"Otherwise, I'm afraid half the city will be destroyed by your hand in a moment."
Conan looked at Yang Tao with great grievance and said, "you told me to confess. Now you don't want to bother with me anymore?"
Yang Tao spread his hands helplessly and said, "I told you to confess, but I didn't tell you to activate your ability. Besides, I have no solution for this ability either."
"Ran, don't worry, I can lift Conan's condition at any time. However, the organization that caused Conan to shrink is extremely powerful. Now Shinichi is listed as deceased on their roster. If Shinichi were to recover rashly, not only Shinichi but also you, Mr. Mouri, and Shinichi's parents would be in danger."
Yang Tao's words were very sincere, but he didn't know how much Ran actually took in.
She was now staring blankly at Conan as if she had gone silly. After at least three minutes, she finally said with a trembling voice, "Conan, are you and Mr. Yang Tao joking? This isn't funny at all..."
"Sorry, Ran, I am..."
"Ah~ Some... someone's been hanged!"
A pale-faced couple, a 'wild mandarin duck' pair, scurried out from the nearby woods, the man still clutching his pants tightly.
"I am Shinichi..."
Wahhh...
A series of police sirens blared, directly drowning out Conan's voice.
"..."
It's not that I don't want to say...
"Ran, what he said is true, but I can't say it... But don't worry, I will deal with that mysterious organization and won't let you get hurt."
Ran suddenly squatted down, hugged Conan, and started crying.
"I... I've been waiting for you all this time, and you couldn't even bear to call me..."
"I'm sorry..."
Seeing this deeply moving scene, Yang Tao almost couldn't help but shed tears. He looked at the two and said, "So... Ran, are you still going to hug Conan to sleep tonight?"
The crying stopped abruptly.
Conan didn't know why, but he suddenly felt an inexplicable killing intent surrounding his body, making him feel suffocated.
He seemed to see his grandmother and his mother abroad, both beckoning to him with benevolent expressions...
'Is... is this the legendary dying vision?'
Bang...
Ran punched Conan on the head. Yang Tao saw a large lump visibly rising on Conan's head.
You must know, this is the real world.
However, he wasn't too worried. Conan's ability to withstand blows was comparable only to Ran's physical attacks.
Ran hugged the unconscious Conan in her arms, then bowed deeply and said, "Mr. Yang Tao, although I don't know what your purpose is, I am grateful in my heart for letting me know the truth."
"And for letting me know that Shinichi didn't abandon me."
Yang Tao quickly said, "you're welcome. I just felt that you were too pitiful to be kept in the dark. Alright, I'm leaving. You two can ride this small motorcycle back."
"Hmm... Don't let Conan deal with cases today. Let him rest well for a day. He's tired too."
"Then how will you leave?"
Yang Tao smiled, extended his hand, summoned a wooden door, and walked in, saying, "The place I am is my home."
With that, he closed the wooden door and disappeared from Ran's sight.
Ran: "..."
This scene greatly surprised Ran, but then she glanced at Conan sleeping in her arms, and a smile appeared on her face again.
"Shinichi, it seems you're hiding a lot more..."
...
[Main World]
The feeling of changing the plot made him feel great.
"Hehe, I wonder what it'll be like when Conan wakes up. I really want to go and see. Or should I try the invisibility cloak?"
However, he quickly rejected this idea and admonished himself internally: "Yang Tao, you are a normal person, not a pervert. Peeping at High school students in the middle of the night is absolutely unacceptable. Even if it's Conan being tormented, I can't do that."
Stifling his curiosity deep in his heart, Yang Tao walked towards the [Main World] village.
He soon found the former Librarian in the village library. The Librarian, who had been lying on the bed, immediately stood up and jumped off the bed upon seeing him, asking in an expectant tone:
"Sir Hero, are you here to exchange for some emeralds?"
"Hmm, let's just exchange three to five hundred first..."
He took out a whole box of A4 paper from his backpack and placed it on the ground, then took out an axe and violently broke open the packaging. He took out a pack of A4 paper and immediately began converting it into paper from Minecraft.
"Come on, we're not short on paper!"
A few minutes later, Yang Tao slapped the box he had just put down.
"Trade limit?!"
"You even have a trade limit? Why didn't you say so earlier!"
The Villagers in Minecraft have a limit on the items they exchange. New trades are only refreshed by leveling up or waiting overnight.
"12 emeralds? How am I supposed to explain this to the other Villagers outside?"
The Librarian, seeing Yang Tao so angry, said timidly, "This... I can't control this. It's just the rule. Sir Hero, why don't you come back tomorrow?"
"You..."
Yang Tao sighed, looking at the Librarian. He really wanted to punch the Librarian, but attacking Villagers would lower 'reputation,' and if 'reputation' was lowered, when he went to buy things from Villagers again, they would raise their prices.
Each one of them was a bona fide profiteer.
Looking at the only 12 emeralds in his backpack, Yang Tao felt a headache coming on.
"Sir Hero... Sir Hero..."
The Librarian looked pitiful.
Yang Tao took an emerald from his backpack and threw it to him, saying, "Since you are the Librarian, starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for helping me count the energy value each Villager receives."
The emerald flew directly into the Librarian's body, just like when he put things into his backpack.
With 11 emeralds, Yang Tao now truly felt that he had set the price too low. He hadn't expected the Villagers' daily limit to be so small.
"I still need to make some more lecterns. Otherwise, if I rely on just this one Librarian, who knows how long it will take to use up all the paper I have..."
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