Chukichi, answer me."

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"Chukichi?"

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"Chukichi...?"

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Chap 20

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Shukichi stared Yumi.

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It's Yumi.

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The old Yumi he is familiar with.

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But her eyes...

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Shukichi never told a lie, never.

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He is well known from Yumi as one of the most trustworthy man in her life.

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She often says that it was great to have him... by her side.

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By her side...

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Just because of that, Shukichi would never tell a lie.

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Not a lie.

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Not a lie to"Yumi".

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It's because who she is...

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She's not an ordinary woman named Yumi.

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She is his life, his pride, his happiness.

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That's real Miyamoto Yumi.

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"Shukichi" said Yumi, there's no funny Ch- in her voice , all he heard is a bitterness from such a sweet voice he loved.

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"I could explain!"

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"Not now."

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"You don't need to fly that far back to Japan, dad!" Shinichi exclaimed. As his parents were thinking to flew to met him.

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"Now I have only 2 hours and— 13 minutes, right Haibara?"

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"You are destroying my concentration, and it's 2 hours and 7 minutes." Answered an annoying Haibara.

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"Did you contact Ran?" Asked Yusaku.

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"I did."

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"What did you talk about?"

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"She always hung my call." Shinichi told his father a quarter of true truth.

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"Really...?"

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That voice, his father didn't believe him.

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"I GIVE you ANOTHER chance, Shinichi."

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"I...I don't know what shall I need to talk..."

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"You are guilty, right?"

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"I do."

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"That's a nonsense, Yumi!"

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Exclaimed Miwako from a phone call.

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"Kudou-kun and Conan-kun can't be the same person, never!"

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"Really, Yumi, what happened to you?"

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"If you are so curious, come to the office and just call Conan-kun in front of Kudou-kun and you'll find it out."

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Miwako stopped a while.

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"I bet this with you, 2000- yen for sure."

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This time, Yumi silence.

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"2000-yen? You crazy Takagi-kun girlfriend! Fine! I'll stop."

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Yumi laughed.

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"2000-yen, you idiot."

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Yumi laughed.

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Only Miwako could make.

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Only when she teases someone.

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Well, the new officer Nae-chan could make it to.

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But her real laugh is.

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When a sleepy idiot slept over her shoulder from a train station to another train station.

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That idiot who could remember her phone number with only a short glimpse.

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That idiot who cares her.

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That idiot...

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Who's the real idiot?

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Tears fall onto her cheek.

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Chukichi...