Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

Looking at the steaming black tea placed in front of him, Kitagawa Isao did not rush to drink it.

At this moment, he was still chatting with Professor Agasa about random things, creating an environment for communication between students and parents.

However, in reality, all four people present had their own ulterior motives, and each was trying their best to cover up the whole story.

Conan Edogawa is worried that the organization will affect the Mouri Detective Agency, while Professor Agasa, after being reminded by Conan while making tea, is now worried about their safety.

Ai Haibara doesn't want Kitagawa Isao to discover her true identity, as for Kitagawa Isao himself...

Okay, he actually wanted to find an opportunity to disrupt the plot's direction.

If Conan hadn't interrupted Ai Haibara's conversation, the outcome would have been that the two revealed their identities to each other on the street, and Ai Haibara would have naturally mentioned the disk that Akemi Miyano had once sent to Professor Masami Hirota's house.

In order to retrieve the disk, they will travel with Professor Agasa to Professor Hirota's house, where they will happen to discover a murder...

Given Kitagawa Isao's current situation, the most appropriate course of action would be to resolve the entire incident as quickly as possible, just like in the Silver Fox case, thus eliminating any possibility of it continuing.

But now, he has a better idea...

Who says you have to solve a case to disrupt the plot?

Appearing twice in one day as a man in black in Conan's cases would seem suspicious even to a fool, right?

Even if it doesn't arouse suspicion, if it makes Ai Haibara think that she's still under the organization's surveillance, and that scares the little girl so much that she runs away from home and seeks refuge with Conan Edogawa...

Wouldn't that backfire?

Kitagawa Isao never dared to be careless about these possible events.

So this time he decided to choose a safer approach, at least one that wouldn't scare the little girl away.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Isao picked up the teacup in front of him, glanced at the strange floating objects inside, then suddenly smiled and put the teacup back on the table.

Upon seeing this, Dr. Agasa's expression stiffened, as if he wanted to explain something.

However, Kitagawa Isao seemed not to notice, and looked at Haibara Ai beside him, smiling as he spoke:

"Speaking of which, isn't the mansion of the famous high school detective Shinichi Kudo right next to Professor Agasa's house? I've admired this high school detective for a long time. I wonder if Professor Agasa knows him?"

"Huh? Oh, Mr. Kitagawa, you mean Shinichi? I, I know him... I don't know him very well, I've only seen him a few times when I was taking out the trash."

Professor Agasa instinctively wanted to admit his relationship with Shinichi Kudo, but seeing Conan giving him a meaningful look, he quickly changed his tune, saying that he and Shinichi Kudo weren't very familiar with each other.

Hearing this, Kitagawa Isao sighed with some regret: "I see... I was hoping to hear some news from the professor this time. I came to Tokyo specifically to meet him, but I didn't expect..."

"Hmm? Mr. Kitagawa, do you really like Shinichi?"

"It's alright. The main thing is that his imaginative reasoning style suits my taste. I've always been following the cases that Shinichi Kudo investigates."

"So this is ah……"

Professor Agasa nodded silently. With Conan Edogawa's reminder earlier, he was now more vigilant and wouldn't easily reveal anything.

However, his plan to drug him, which he had discussed with Conan, failed. Now, seeing Kitagawa Isao still talking so confidently, Professor Agasa still felt somewhat uncertain.

He didn't know what the two of them would face next, and he didn't dare to ask them to leave rashly, so he could only silently play the role of an incompetent chatterbox.

Kitagawa Isao, however, paid no attention to these thoughts. Instead, he asked Professor Agasa for his opinion on Shinichi Kudo.

"Shin...Kudo Shinichi? I think he's alright, just a high school student who can do some reasoning. Oh, Mr. Kitagawa, I'm a scientist, and I'm not really interested in reasoning, so...hehe."

Dr. Agasa scratched his head awkwardly, still trying to distance himself from Shinichi Kudo.

However, Conan sensed something was off from their words. He felt that these two people weren't there to get rid of him, otherwise why would they have delayed for so long without making a move?

Mr. Kitagawa's reaction just now clearly showed that he realized they had drugged his tea, but instead of making a fuss, he went on to talk about his own affairs...

Could it be that they aren't actually members of the Black Organization?

A guess instantly formed in his mind, and Conan, mustering his courage, suddenly spoke:

"Mr. Kitagawa, what about you? What are your thoughts on Shinichi-nii?"

"me?"

Having finally heard the question he wanted, Kitagawa Isao chuckled and then said calmly, "I have always greatly admired Shinichi Kudo's reasoning, but recently when I revisited the cases he investigated, I discovered some strange things, which made me feel somewhat regretful."

"A strange place? What is it?"

Upon hearing that there was something regrettable about the case he was investigating, Conan immediately became somewhat displeased. At this moment, he completely forgot about his surroundings and only wanted to find out what this 'regret' Kitagawa Isao was talking about was.

Conan has always been extremely confident in his reasoning abilities.

In this world, apart from a handful of people like Yusaku Kudo, he can be said to be as arrogant as anyone else. Even Heiji Hattori, who is famous in Osaka, can only be considered his equal now.

With someone like me, how could I possibly have any regrets in solving cases?

Thinking about this, Conan Edogawa was clearly somewhat unconvinced.

However, in the next few minutes, Kitagawa Isao spoke again, and with just one sentence, he forced Kitagawa to swallow his resentment.

"I've noticed that Shinichi Kudo's reasoning mostly stems from the perspective of the police or detectives, never considering the victims, their families, or the perpetrators with their own grievances. Of course, this doesn't mean that the perpetrators necessarily have anything pitiable about them, it's just that..."

"In my opinion, he may not have been trying to uphold justice or seek redress for the victims all these years..."

"He might just be playing a game called 'deduction'."