Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 9 Married Men Aren't Necessary

"The person who took Shinichi away was a guy named Shoichi."

“I know him. He has some mental issues. It was probably just an accident. He doesn’t know anything about Shinichi.”

"What about us?"

"Let's continue. Shinichi hasn't learned his lesson yet. We can't end this plan so easily."

"Okay, I'll go and bring him back."

When Conan walked out of the police station, he saw that smiling, plump woman again.

In order not to implicate Kogoro Mouri and Ran, after saying goodbye again, he got into the fat woman's car.

He tried to resist, but was quickly subdued by the plump woman.

A sleeping potion has kept him in a deep sleep until now.

Conan woke up groggily and heard two people talking outside the room. He looked out through a hole in the room.

I saw that the plump woman was talking to someone wearing a mask.

"What do you plan to do with this brat?"

“Of course, we should kill him,” the man said.

The plump woman retorted, "I've already received orders from my superiors to take this guy back for experiments."

"Having learned the organization's secrets, how could I possibly let him live?"

"But……"

"Stop talking!" The man pulled out a gun and pointed it at the fat woman: "If you keep babbling, there will only be one more corpse here."

"Alright," the plump woman conceded.

The man put away his pistol and said, "Let's get some sleep. We have a deal to do tomorrow. After the deal is done, we'll blow the person we're trading with into the air with a bomb."

Conan overheard their conversation word for word.

What about tomorrow's trading?
……

"Mr. Shoichi, Ai, get up and have breakfast."

Early in the morning, after preparing breakfast, Miss Yuko knocked on the door of Masakazu's bedroom.

Ai sat up in a daze, looked at the man next to her, and her mind went blank.

What was I doing yesterday?

"Get up, stop lying in bed." Zheng pulled Ai off the bed.

As Ai walked out of Shoichi's bedroom and met Yuko's gaze, she felt utterly ashamed.

Miss Yuuko, you don't think I'm a weirdo, do you?
Xiao Ai found the entire breakfast unpalatable, while Zheng Yi, on the other hand, showed no signs of anything amiss.

The thought that she had gone to avenge her sister last night, but had somehow ended up delivering a knife and asking for a hug, filled Ai with shame.

I'll endure this for now; I'll avenge my sister sooner or later.

"Let's go, I'll take you to school."

After breakfast, Masaichi drove Ai to school.

When he encountered Yumi Miyamoto on the road, he even stopped the car and greeted her.

The driver's license has been issued, and Zheng Yi can now legally drive on the road.

After arriving at the school, Masakazu led Ai to see the principal. Standing next to the principal was a female teacher, who was probably Ai's homeroom teacher.

"Teacher, I'm entrusting Ai to your care," Zhengyi said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not let your child suffer any injustice at school," the female teacher said, bowing.

Zheng Yi patted Ai's head. "Listen to your teachers at school. Now go back to your classroom with your teacher."

Teitan Junior High School, second grade, Class B.

Sonoko was staring in the direction of the office with a lovesick expression.

"Ran, I saw a really handsome guy walk into the office! And Mr. Yonehara went in too. Do you think that handsome guy is going to transfer to our class?" Sonoko said, tugging at Ran's arm.

Ran was in a bad mood because of Conan's departure, but she still smiled and advised Sonoko not to have unrealistic expectations.

None of the handsome guys you meet are good people.

Soon, Ms. Yonehara walked into the classroom alone. "Quiet down, everyone. I have something to tell you. A transfer student has joined our class. I hope you can get along well with him/her."

"Teacher! Can the new student sit next to me?" Sonoko said loudly.

Mr. Yonehara nodded. "Of course."

"Ai, come in," Ms. Yonehara said to the door.

Just hearing the name made Sonoko swoon.

"Ai, what a melancholic name. She must be a cool and aloof handsome guy."

But when Ai walked into the classroom, Sonoko's expression froze.

No, I'm such a handsome guy!

What's with this little girl? She must be that handsome guy's sister, right?

"Hello everyone, my name is Ai Haibara." This is Ai's brief self-introduction.

Ran was surprised by her new classmate's age, then said to Sonoko with a smile, "Sonoko, you guessed right, he really is the aloof type, it's a pity he's not handsome."

Sonoko's heart was broken.

After Ai sat down, Sonoko came over to greet her, and after a few words, she steered the conversation to the man who had brought Ai to school.

"Did your brother bring you to school?" Sonoko asked seemingly casually.

"No." Ai shook her head coldly.

Sonoko wondered, could it be her father?

Married men are not necessarily unacceptable.

Did he go back after dropping you off here?

Ai glanced at the infatuated woman.

Zheng Yi isn't a good person either, so you'd better not jump into the fire.

You can't hold onto a man like that.

“He went back. He has a mental illness and cannot stay away from the mental hospital for too long.”

The agonizing half-day is finally over.

Ai felt that the students at school were too immature.

Besides Sonoko, who's obsessed with dating handsome guys, there's Ran, who's obsessed with Shinichi Kudo, and a wicked woman who's obsessed with cute things who's trying to take advantage of her.

This school is absolutely terrible.

"Is it because you're not used to the new school?"

Miss Yuko got out of the car and waved to Ai.

"Miss Yuko?"

Yuko smiled and said, "Mr. Zhengyi had something to do at noon and won't be home for lunch, so I'm here to pick you up. How are you getting along with your new classmates?"

"It's alright," Ai said against her will.

It's just that I don't have much in common with those silly students.

I've been in organizations for so long that I've forgotten how to interact normally with people.

……

"Manager Zhengyi, thank you so much for your help. Without your help, my company would never have been able to go public so quickly."

"Not at all, it was just a small favor. You're a long-time customer of our bank, so this little help is nothing."

"This is my thank-you gift; you must accept it."

After accepting the heartfelt gift, Zheng Yi walked out of room 302.

Feeling the weight of the suitcase, Zheng Yi was quite satisfied, feeling that all the help he had given him had been worthwhile.

"careful!"

A little boy suddenly appeared, tackled Zheng Yi to the ground with a thud, picked up his suitcase, and ran outside.

(End of this chapter)