Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Yuya didn't care about this and pointed the tablet at Shuichi Akai: "Also, Mr. Akai should know the FBI's head at the time, right?"

Shuichi Akai glanced at the screen and nodded: "Alan Mackenzie, of course I know him, back then he was considered a candidate for the next president."

Yuya: "He is currently the president of WSG and will be coming to Japan soon."

Shuichi Akai: "You care about him a lot?"

Yuya said, "The same case happened in the US 11 years ago, right? This Alan was the FBI director at the time."

Shuichi Akai: "However, before that case resulted in a death, the FBI arrested the perpetrator. He not only admitted to imitating the case from four years ago, but also confessed to being an accomplice back then."

Yuya stroked his chin and said, "Is the FBI's deployment this time because they think the current case in Tokyo is a copy of the two cases from back then?"

"The first case targeted President Mitsuzuka, a high-ranking executive of a sugar company; the second case targeted Chairman Suzuki, a high-ranking executive of a corporate conglomerate... It's exactly the same as those two cases."

Shuichi Akai suddenly realized: "So, if there's a third case, it's targeting the top executives of the car manufacturing company?"

Yuya nodded slightly: "Based on the current analysis, that's indeed the case."

Shuichi Akai's lips curled into a smile: "Very important information, thank you very much...brother-in-law."

Yuya: "...You're welcome, brother-in-law."

Shuichi Akai left; he needed to report the information to his superior as soon as possible.

Yuya came downstairs and saw the three little ones arguing loudly with Sonoko Suzuki.

Genta said with dissatisfaction, "There are four members of the Junior Detective League, plus Yuya-nii, Mio-neechan, Ran-neechan, Harumi-neechan, and you, Sonoko-neechan, making a total of nine people. Sonoko-neechan, how come you only got seven tickets?!"

Sonoko Suzuki was annoyed: "I was the one who brought the ticket, so why am I put last in line?!"

She snorted: "Do you think train tickets fall from the sky? Even for someone like me, Miss Sonoko, getting these seven tickets is already quite an achievement! So, unfortunately, two of us will not be able to get tickets."

Curaçao was the first to raise her hand: "I'll pass, I'm not used to riding those high-speed trains."

That was, of course, a lie. She was just worried that the train would be crowded and conspicuous, making it easy to expose her identity.

The three little ones were unwilling, but they had no choice, since Curaçao himself had said so.

Seeing this, Sonoko Suzuki held up one finger: "In that case, we'll have to choose another person who can't ride the train."

"Hey!" the three little ones exclaimed anxiously, "How are we supposed to choose?!"

Unless someone is willing to give up voluntarily, it feels difficult to decide which option to choose.

Sonoko Suzuki smiled smugly: "Since you are the Junior Detective Club, and there are two detectives, one big and one small," she glanced at everyone present, "Ran and Mio are also detectives' girlfriends, and I, Sonoko, am also the Queen of Deduction, so naturally we will decide through deduction!"

Ran Mouri blushed slightly and smiled shyly.

Shiho Miyano, however, calmly crossed her arms and asked, "So, Sonoko, are you going to give me a mystery puzzle?"

"Bingo!" Sonoko Suzuki snapped her fingers. "Let's settle this with a mystery puzzle. Whoever comes up with the answer first gets the ticket, and the last person to come up with the answer, or the last person to come up with the answer, doesn't get the ticket. How about it?"

The three little ones exchanged a glance and nodded vigorously: "We agree!"

Yuya and Conan had completely indifferent expressions. They knew all too well how Suzuki Sonoko earned the title of "Queen of Deduction." Could the mystery she came up with possibly stump the two of them?

Yuya and Conan can win the train tickets through their own abilities.

With Shiho Miyano's intelligence, the mystery puzzles devised by Sonoko Suzuki would certainly not be difficult for her.

As Sonoko Suzuki's best friend, Ran Mouri will definitely get a ticket too.

As for the three little ones, she only got the tickets because of their strong pleas, so naturally they were included. Even if she couldn't figure it out herself, Suzuki Sonoko would probably find a way to give them a hint.

Therefore, the only person who couldn't get a ticket could be Sonoko Suzuki herself.

At this moment, Yuya was also moved by Sonoko Suzuki's fearless spirit of self-sacrifice.

The reason for coming up with this method to decide who gets the tickets is that getting the tickets is really not easy, and we want the three kids to understand that you can't get something for nothing.

Next, Sonoko Suzuki presented the mystery she had spent most of the night figuring out.

As Yuya had predicted, he and Conan blurted out their answers, Shiho Miyano quickly came up with hers, and Ran Mouri and the three little ones, with Sonoko Suzuki's "efforts" in prompting, also figured out their answers.

In the end, only Sonoko Suzuki lost.

The three little ones happily took their toys and left, ready to board the first train.

Ran Mouri said apologetically to Sonoko Suzuki, "Sonoko, you were the one who got the ticket, but..."

Sonoko Suzuki waved her hand dismissively: "It's nothing. What haven't I, Sonoko, seen? It's just maglev, what's so special about it?"

As she spoke, she suddenly chuckled, "Besides, there's a competition for Ah Zhen on the day the train departs, so I have to go cheer him on!"

"I'd much rather see A-Zhen sweating it out on the field than sit on a boring train!"

As she spoke, she seemed to be thinking of something, and her whole face was filled with the expression of a lovesick woman.

Ran Mouri was speechless; she didn't know whether she should continue thanking her best friend.

···

In a hotel room.

Sera Marie looked at a document on her phone, coughing softly. Next to her were two platinum tickets for the inaugural Maglev train.

Just then, the door opened, and Sera Masumi returned.

"Zhen Chun, I got it."

"What?" Sera Masumi asked in confusion.

"Platinum tickets for the inaugural Maglev train." Sera Mary handed over the two tickets.

Sera Masumi took it, her face full of admiration, and said, "As expected of a mother. Speaking of which, Ran just told me that Kamiya and Conan will also be taking this train."

Sera Mary's eyes narrowed slightly: "The two of them?"

She still clearly remembered the note her daughter had placed in Conan's medicine box, and her expression turned serious.

I wonder if I'll run into them this time.