Shibuya Shopping Street

Conan and Sonoko meet the Muraka couple in Shibuya CBD, where they are discussing the wedding ceremony. Conan secretly observes Christina; this beautiful woman speaks gently and elegantly, hardly seeming like the perpetrator of multiple bombing murders.

It is true that you cannot judge a person by his appearance.

The sound of wind chimes rang at the entrance of the coffee shop, but Conan didn't pay attention to it until two people approached their table.

Sonoko spotted Ran chatting and laughing with someone at a glance, and she immediately called out, "Ran!"

Xiaolan heard someone calling her and immediately looked over: "Yuanzi?"

Sherry, standing nearby, noticed Conan. She narrowed her eyes, feeling unlucky, since this guy always seemed to be involved in some inexplicable case whenever he appeared.

After greeting Ran, Sonoko remembered Sherry standing to the side. Naturally, she had never met Sherry, who worked as a school doctor at Teitan Elementary School: "And who is this?"

"This is Shiho Miyano," Ran introduced. Sherry nodded politely but distantly, and Sonoko then introduced herself, "My name is Sonoko Suzuki, and I'm Ran's good friend."

Sherry smiled subtly and said, "Hello, I'm Xiaolan's...new friend."

Xiao Lan looked around, feeling a little embarrassed. She then spotted the village couple standing nearby and immediately asked, "Yuanzi, who are these two?"

Sonoko immediately began her introduction, and Conan, finally finding a moment to speak, leaned close to Sherry and whispered, "What are you doing here? Could it be the organization...?"

"You're overthinking it. I just happened to have some free time, so I came to Shibuya with Ran to see her friend," Sherry said coolly. Ran chimed in, "Shiho and I came to see Ms. Tsurumi. She owns a herbal medicine shop in Shibuya, and it's very popular!"

Sherry gave Conan a look that said, "You're overthinking it." Conan breathed a sigh of relief, but then remembered that they were with a bomb thief, and hurriedly said to Sherry, "You'd better take Ran away quickly."

"Unsafe? Indeed, there are always bad cases happening when I'm with you." Shirley said very bluntly, "Even without you saying so, I would definitely take Xiaolan away, otherwise if something happens, I won't be able to explain it to her brother."

Conan gets a headache just hearing the word "brother" and can't help but retort, "Ran doesn't have a brother, don't you know that? Your sister was also controlled like that, how can you stand by and watch?"

Shirley said coldly, "That's different. At least Duyago treated her well, didn't he? Besides, I definitely won't let the person who did that to my sister get away with it. But Xiaolan's matter has nothing to do with me. Am I supposed to save and sympathize with everyone who has this kind of thing happen to them? I can't save everyone, and I don't have the extra energy to care about others."

Conan choked.

“Great detective, not everyone is as righteous as you. We already do our best just to protect the people around us.” Sherry’s tone was tinged with sarcasm.

While Sherry and Conan were chatting, Christina received a phone call, and after hanging up, she had a conflicted expression on her face.

When Tsutomu Murakami asked what had happened, Christina replied, "My friend said she wanted to give me a wedding gift. She's in Shibuya and wanted me to come pick it up. But... we still need to discuss the wedding arrangements with the MC, and we also have dinner with Sonoko and the others later."

"Where is the address?" Xiaolan asked, and Christina took out her phone to show her. "This is it, it does seem to be not far from here."

Ran looked at the address and said, "It's not far at all. I remember this place is near Ms. Tsurumi's herbal medicine shop."

"Really?" Sonoko, unaware of Christina's scheme, only wanted to spend more time with Ran, so she suggested, "Ms. Christina, how about I go and get your gift back for you?"

"Are you going alone? Why don't we go with you? We can go to Ms. Tsurumi's herbal medicine shop together." Ran didn't think too much about it and just casually invited Sonoko.

Conan and Sherry overheard their conversation, and the former immediately exclaimed, "No!"

The latter gave Christina a suspicious look.

Everyone looked at Conan, who explained somewhat awkwardly, "Uh... I mean, Sonoko-neechan, you went alone, so what am I supposed to do?"

"You... then you can come with me." Sonoko had completely forgotten that Conan was still there. Conan hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to keep an eye on Christina or go with Sonoko and the others.

Just as he was hesitating, Conan's phone rang. He glanced down and saw that it was a message from 'Matsuda Jinpei'.

Conan had already informed Matsuda Jinpei about the couple's invitation to meet them.

[The message has been received. The Public Security Bureau will be keeping an eye on Christina. I've already arrived in Shibuya.]

Now that the police have arrived, he can go with Sonoko and the others.

"Alright then, I'll go with you."

Shirley keenly sensed that something was amiss, and she immediately sent a message to Jiang Jin in secret, since the matter concerned Xiao Lan.

Of course, if Duyago doesn't care, she... she won't interfere.

Right there in the streets of Shibuya, in a black Honda, Jiang Jin had already disguised himself as Matsuda Jinpei. He was waiting to personally escort Conan to the trap that had been set up in Pramie.

"Huh?" Jiang Jin suddenly saw a message from Shirley, and his expression turned a bit grim after opening it. "How could we run into each other like this?"

He thought for a moment and replied to Shirley, "Tell Xiaolan not to go."

Following the address given by Christina, the four of them quickly arrived at the vicinity. Sherry, who was driving, glanced at the intersection ahead. Turning left would lead to Tsurumi Yoko's herbal shop, while turning right would lead to the building they were going to.

If I say it directly, won't it arouse his suspicion? Since Duyago said not to let Xiaolan go, there must be some problem involved.

When the red light turned green, Shirley turned into the right-hand intersection, and after driving normally for a while, the car suddenly stopped.

"There seems to be something wrong with the car," Shirley said calmly, turning her head to say, "I'll go down and take a look."

Ran sat in the car for a while, and seeing that Sherry hadn't returned yet, she opened the car door with some concern: "Shiho, how is she?"

Shirley's hand silently brushed across her pocket, and a screw lay inside. She leaned against the hood and said, "Something must be broken. I'm afraid we won't be able to get through for a while."

At this moment, Sonoko and Conan also got out of the car. They both looked surprised when they heard what Sherry said.

"The car broke down, what should we do? Is that building far away? Why don't we walk there?" Sonoko suggested.

Shirley, holding a wrench, pretended to inspect the car: "Then you guys go ahead, it's okay for me to stay behind alone."

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