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

A few minutes later, Kitagawa Isao finally finished cleaning up Akai Shuichi. He clapped his hands, carried him all the way to the car, and then straightened his still somewhat disheveled clothes before striding back into the Chinese restaurant.

Ai Haibara had been waiting for him for a long time, and seeing her lover finally return, she immediately said in an annoyed tone:

"Oh my, isn't this our busy man, Mr. Kitagawa? What? You were in the restroom for a full half hour? Did you fall into the toilet? Or did you manage to surprise me with something while you were there?"

“Ai, I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush,” Kitagawa Isao waved his hand and chuckled awkwardly. “I did take a while this time, but I did prepare a surprise for you. Remember that FBI agent I told you about before? The guy who lied to your sister, the one who was her ex-boyfriend.”

"You mean Moroboshi Dai, my sister's former lover?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara frowned immediately. "I remember you said that guy was an elite FBI agent, someone who could barely be compared to Gin... Wait, why did you suddenly mention him? Could it be... that this guy has already set his sights on us?"

Seeing Kitagawa Isao nod calmly, Ai Haibara's face turned ashen. "Damn it, I knew these guys weren't simple characters. Kitagawa-nii, you hid yourself so well, yet you still got targeted. What's going on? No, no..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ai Haibara seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly stood up from the table. "Now is not the time to dwell on these things, Kitagawa-nii. We need to leave Tokyo immediately. That guy, Moroboshi Dai... he's definitely not someone to be trifled with. If we stay here any longer, Kitagawa-nii, wouldn't our situation be..."

"Alright, alright, Ai, calm down and let me finish what I have to say, okay..."

Seeing that Ai Haibara's words were getting more and more outrageous, Kitagawa Isao quickly waved his hand and pressed her back down. "First of all, this Dai Moroboshi is indeed a threat, but you don't need to worry, because I have already subdued him."

"Huh? Kitagawa-kun, what did you just say?!" Ai Haibara's eyes widened as she stared at him in disbelief. "Moroboshi Dai... this guy is in your hands now?"

Kitagawa Isao nodded: "Yeah, he was following us the whole way. The strange look you felt earlier was from him, so I went out for a bit and happened to run into him peeking around outside. So I talked to him for a while, which is why it took a little longer."

"You even talked to him for a while? No, what did the two of you have to talk about?"

"It was just a dispute over ideas and opinions. Anyway, after a friendly negotiation, this guy is now fast asleep in the back seat of my car."

"What? You're saying he's in your car right now?!"

Hearing this, Ai Haibara couldn't sit still any longer. "No... Kitagawa-nii, how could you be so careless! Moroboshi Dai, this guy is so dangerous, how could you leave him alone in the car? What if he wakes up halfway through and has planted some kind of listening device in our car?"

"He's not Conan... Ai, you're overthinking it, aren't you?" Kitagawa Isao said speechlessly.

Ai Haibara shook her head: "No, we can't just leave him like this. Never mind, he's probably still asleep. Kitagawa-nii! Hurry up and give me the car keys!"

"Huh? What do you need the car keys for?"

Kitagawa Isao blinked. Although he couldn't understand what Haibara Ai was trying to do, he still immediately took out the key.

Meanwhile, after receiving the keys from Kitagawa Isao, Haibara Ai immediately strode out of the restaurant without lingering.

Seeing this, Kitagawa Isao quickly ran to the front desk to pay the bill, and then quickened his pace to catch up with Haibara Ai.

The two walked silently to the car. Before Kitagawa Isao could ask anything, Haibara Ai opened the back door with a gloomy expression.

After seeing Shuichi Akai lying comfortably in his seat, the little girl finally felt relieved and let out a long sigh of relief.

But soon, she held her breath again and took out a small pink cloth bag from her bag.

Inside the small cloth bag was a syringe and a small bottle containing a clear liquid...

After quickly assembling the syringe, Ai Haibara calmly drew liquid from the bottle while explaining without turning her head, "This is an anesthetic I specially prepared at Professor Agasa's house for self-defense. The anesthetic used is the same type as Edogawa's wristwatch-shaped anesthetic needle; just a few drops are enough to put an African elephant to sleep..."

"So... you want to be on the safe side and give this guy an injection too?"

Watching Ai Haibara drain the nearly 20ml bottle in one go, Kitagawa Isao involuntarily swallowed. "Hey Ai, isn't that a bit too much? So much anesthetic... won't you turn this guy into an idiot?"

"Don't worry, this medicine won't have any side effects on the human body. At most, if you take it too much, you'll develop drug resistance later. Kitagawa-kun, haven't you seen that Detective Mouri is perfectly fine? If there were any problems, I'm afraid Detective Mouri wouldn't be able to live a normal life by now, right?"

Kitagawa Isao: "...I still think it's a bit unreliable. Why don't you reconsider, Ai? Actually, I'm being careful with my actions. I estimate this guy won't be here until tomorrow morning..."

Before Kitagawa Isao could finish speaking, Haibara Ai immediately snorted coldly, and the pillow, like a bee sting, plunged into the vein in Akai Shuichi's neck without hesitation.

Then, the application of the medicine was done smoothly and effortlessly, as if it had been practiced countless times in secret, which gave Kitagawa Isao goosebumps all over his body...

'This little one… could she have saved this medicine for me? Such a large dose, even if Kogoro Mouri himself came, he'd be completely passed out… wait, how long does this girl intend to keep Shuichi Akai asleep? Isn't this her taking revenge for someone else…?'

Thinking back to how he had told Ai Haibara about Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano's past, Kitagawa Isao suddenly had a sudden realization.

"I'm sorry, Shuichi Akai, but... this is just your fate, after all... who told you to deceive that older sister's feelings before?"

Indeed, in this world, scumbags never have a good ending...