Model worker and his little darling

Seeing that everyone had left, Pingqing simply closed the door, making it impossible for them to come back in. He didn't want to reveal the Golden House yet; let them think it was a haunted house for now.

Conan turned around and saw the gate suddenly close. He was startled. Was there someone else in the annex?

The others also stepped into the rain, ready to leave; they had truly had enough of this awful place.

Seeing that Harufumi Mogi had already gotten into the car, Ran started to get anxious, "Dad, let's hurry up and go too."

Kaito Kuroba instantly changed his clothes, transforming back into a dashing young man in white. "I'm sorry, I can't go home with you."

Ran looked at Kidd with a blank expression: "You're Kidd? Then where's my dad?"

Kidd pulled up Lan's hand: "Don't worry, your dad is at the gas station, he's safe now."

Conan stepped between the two: "You bastard, let go of Ran-neechan!" He then aimed a tranquilizer dart at Kid, determined to arrest the phantom thief today.

Kaito Kuroba grinned at Conan, the little detective was really jealous, and then immediately unfolded his hang glider and flew away.

"Goodbye, fellow detectives."

Seeing Kidd fly away, Ran was confused. "How are we going to get back now?"

In the end, Chizuru drove the car that Kogoro Mouri had rented, taking Ran and Conan down the mountain. At the gas station, they found Kogoro Mouri tied up with the manager.

Harufumi Mogi left with Hakuba Saguru, who didn't have a car.

As everyone left, they all turned back to look at the Twilight Villa, and two words came to mind—bad luck.

Pingqing stood on the rooftop, watching the departing detectives from afar, hoping they could cherish the memory of this wonderful night.

……

After being startled and getting caught in the rain, Conan, who was already weak, gloriously caught a cold.

After school, Conan, feeling dizzy and disoriented, returned to the agency after parting ways with the other four children. There he saw the old man watching a horse race, drinking happily.

"Conan, go get me some snacks to go with my drinks."

Conan was speechless. He went to the kitchen, poured himself a glass of water, and then took out Uncle Mori's favorite edamame.

Before long, Conan began to feel unwell, and a sharp pain swept through his entire body.

Conan was shocked. He was all too familiar with this feeling. He felt the same way after taking Ai Haibara's antidote last time. Could it be because of that glass of water just now?

After glancing at the man engrossed in the horse race, Conan stumbled and ran next door. Ran would be back soon; he couldn't stay here and revert to his Shinichi Kudo form.

Hirai, who was lying at home like a corpse, was annoyed when he heard a knock on the door. At this time, only Conan would come to see him.

I had finally resolved the matter at the Twilight Villa, and before I could even get some rest, they came knocking on my door.

As soon as the door opened, Conan was seen lying limp on the ground, groaning in pain.

This startled Hirakiyo, who immediately dragged Conan into the house.

Smelling the alcohol on Conan, Hirashige's lips twitched. What could he say? Conan had a cold and happened to drink alcohol, which taught him that strong liquor was also an antidote.

After Conan let out a painful howl, he transformed back into Shinichi Kudo right before Hirai's eyes.

Seeing Shinichi Kudo lying naked in front of him, Hirai went back to his room, found a set of unwanted clothes, and threw them at him.

"Put your clothes on first. I'm not interested in your naked body. The clothes are a bit big on you, but you'll have to make do."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo blushed and got dressed.

"Brother Pingqing, thank you for your trouble."

"It's nothing. What happened to you? Did you steal Haibara's antidote and want to grow bigger to see Ran?"

Seeing Hirai staring at him curiously, Shinichi Kudo shook his head. "I just drank a sip of water and this happened."

"Let's go, I'll take you to Haibara for a check-up to see if it has any effect on your health. I'll also take the water you drink with me so Haibara can take a look at it."

Looking at the bottle in his hand, Pingqing glanced at Kudo Shinichi, his heart filled with doubt. Did he lose his sense of taste because of a cold? Wouldn't a glass of strong baijiu burn his throat?

Walking down the street, Shinichi Kudo's eyes lit up when he saw Ran across the street. Just as he was about to say hello, Hirai pulled him away.

"Pingqing-ge, can't you even say a word to Xiaolan?"

"Now that we've met, how are you going to get away? Do you really want to turn back into Conan in front of Ran? Meeting now will only cause more trouble, make Ran miss you more, and make her even more heartbroken."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo followed behind Kiyoshi with his head down.

When they saw Shinichi Kudo appear before them, both Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara were shocked.

Pingqing gave a brief explanation and handed over the bottle of baijiu he was holding.

Haibara gave Shinichi Kudo a complicated look. "She just went home, had a drink of water, and turned back to normal. Is that so absurd?"

He then led a few people to the underground laboratory and instructed Shinichi Kudo to lie on the bed.

Haibara, dressed in a white lab coat, covered Shinichi Kudo's body with positive and negative electrode pads to record his body data.

Ping Qing looked around the laboratory; this was the first time he'd ever been allowed in openly. He'd transmit the data here to the research institute in a bit, and the rest would be none of his concern.

Looking at the busy Haibara, Hirai nodded in satisfaction. In the organization, she was always slacking off, yet she was still monitored to prevent her from causing trouble, and when things went wrong, people had to clean up her messes.

The lab spends money like water every day, but hasn't seen any results.

Now that he has a different role, he's much more dedicated to his work. And he's not spending any of the organization's money, and the experiments are progressing well. We should have kept him outside the organization earlier.

"Your physical data is normal."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo was overjoyed. "So this is the antidote? I've recovered?"

Haibara ruthlessly shattered Shinichi Kudo's fantasy, "This thing is currently harmless. I need to analyze its composition. Recovery is impossible. Now we need to see how long you can maintain this state."

"I only had one drink. Can I have a little more?"

Ignoring Shinichi Kudo's ramblings, Ai Haibara was comparing her previous physical data.

Not long after, Shinichi Kudo clutched his heart, feeling a familiar pain. "It seems like I'm going to turn back into a human again."

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Shinichi Kudo slowly transformed into Conan Edogawa while wailing.

Professor Agasa's eyes lit up. Although he knew that Shinichi was Conan, this was the first time he had ever witnessed the transformation process. This drug was truly amazing.

"This lasted for about two hours. Combining this with your previous antidote should extend the antidote's duration."

Hearing what Hirakiyo said, Haibara nodded.

The group then left the lab, leaving Haibara to conduct her research alone.