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

The morning hours pass quickly.

Kitagawa Isao slowly got out of bed and casually stuffed a pillow into Haibara Ai's hand.

With a stand-in, he could go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the two of them.

That's the downside of living with other people. If it were before, he would simply not eat, or just buy something from outside to make do.

But since the little girl has just moved in, Kitagawa Isao still needs to make a good first impression.

Although, this first impression may not last very long...

……

Before long, a reasonably decent breakfast was served on the table by Kitagawa Isao.

Just then, Ai Haibara woke up groggily. The little girl didn't seem to be used to the environment. After waking up, she looked around for a long time before remembering that she had moved into Kitagawa Isao's house.

"Go wash your face and brush your teeth. After breakfast, I'll take you to Teitan Elementary School to enroll. Then in the afternoon, we'll go buy some daily necessities, bed sheets, blankets, and other similar items."

The timing was very reasonable. Hearing Kitagawa Isao's words, Haibara Ai nodded somewhat blankly, and was then pushed towards the bathroom.

During this time, Kitagawa Isao even touched her forehead and, finding that her fever had indeed subsided, he no longer suggested going to the hospital.

Children's constitutions mean that colds and fevers come and go quickly. It's likely that Ai Haibara only got sick because she got caught in the rain last night.

At worst, I can take another day of cold medicine, and that should be enough.

Applying his own childhood experience of being sick, Kitagawa Isao wasn't worried about anything. In his memory, when Ai Haibara moved into Professor Agasa's house, she also quickly enrolled in Teitan Elementary School.

There was no time to go to the hospital or recuperate during the process, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Kitagawa Isao still has some confidence in his memory.

Another few minutes passed.

Wearing a hooded bear pajama, Ai Haibara timidly walked out of the bathroom, perfectly portraying a character who had just arrived in a new environment and was still somewhat timid and unaccustomed to it.

Even Kitagawa Isao couldn't find anything wrong with her appearance. If she went to school, the teachers and principal probably wouldn't say anything.

"I'm done washing up. Is this breakfast for this morning?"

Wanting to take off her hat, but not having had time to wash her hair, Ai Haibara decided to ignore it and, dressed like a mini bear, walked to the dining table.

Her eyes lit up when she saw the blueberry peanut butter sandwiches on the table.

However, Kitagawa Isao shook his head and pushed a bowl of thin porridge in front of her.

Helpless, Ai Haibara had no choice but to drink some thin porridge first before picking up the sandwich and starting to nibble on it.

It looks just like an adorable hamster.

"Oh, so you like this flavor of sandwich. I'll make you more next time."

"I don't really like it that much."

Ai Haibara instinctively retorted, it was a completely instinctive reaction, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted it.

What if Kitagawa Isao takes it seriously and never prepares blueberry peanut butter sandwiches again?

Compared to other flavors, she actually has a mysterious fondness for blueberry peanut butter.

Perhaps it's because I always tasted things with Akemi Miyano when I was a child?

I don't really remember the specifics about Ai Haibara.

But that doesn't matter.

It was obvious that Kitagawa Isao didn't take her words seriously; he simply ruffled Ai Haibara's hair through her hood, and the two quickly continued eating breakfast.

They both ate very slowly during the meal.

Perhaps it was for better digestion and absorption, or perhaps it was because they both still had some unresolved issues between them.

But more likely, it's about enjoying the feeling of being free and unrestrained when you wake up in the morning.

……

Long periods of time will always come to an end.

Soon, after Kitagawa Isao washed the dishes and cleaned all the kitchen utensils, he led Haibara Ai into the gates of Teitan Elementary School.

He has already received the reward for the 'Ai Haibara's entry into the world' storyline, so sending the little girl to Teitan Elementary School is no longer that important to Kitagawa Isao.

After all, you can't get two rewards for one task. If he could find a few decent playmates for Ai Haibara, he wouldn't mind sending the little girl to elementary school.

In the original story, among the three members of the Junior Detective League—Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko—except for Mitsuhiko, the freckled boy, who had some inappropriate feelings for Ai Haibara, they were generally quite good to their friend.

They'll play games together, and they'll work together on cases.

As for Conan Edogawa...

Actually, Kitagawa Isao's idea was to end things once and for all, simply preventing Conan from meeting Ai Haibara and fundamentally changing the course of the story.

However, this made it difficult for him to follow up on his other cases.

Kitagawa Isao's initial plan was to adopt Ai Haibara and then, by virtue of being her guardian, openly participate in various cases and the main storyline.

This way, he would have a chance to change the course of the story, instead of simply relying on luck to be a spectator.

If Kitagawa Isao were to constantly monitor Edogawa Conan's movements, it would be a very tiring job.

As for starting with Kogoro Mouri, that's even more unrealistic...

Putting aside whether Kogoro Mouri will actually get involved in the main storyline, the feeling Kitagawa Isao had about this bumbling detective made him a little uneasy.

Forced to retire from the Metropolitan Police Department, he spent ten years as an ordinary detective before making a name for himself with the help of Conan Edogawa, quickly becoming a nationally renowned detective...

Is he really just a bumbling fool as described by Conan?

Kitagawa Isao always felt that such a deduction was somewhat unreliable.

That's Kogoro Mouri!

Kogoro Mouri, who has been suspicious of Conan Edogawa's identity since the first chapter of the second volume, is he really just a muddle-headed puppet who relies on Conan to help him deduce everything?

If that's really the case, then how did Kogoro Mouri raise Ran for the previous ten years?

There are many mysteries surrounding this, so Kitagawa Isao doesn't want to get too involved with Kogoro Mouri until he figures out whether Kogoro is truly clear-headed or has been playing dumb all along.

Compared to Kogoro Mouri, a character whose true nature is uncertain, Isao Kitagawa decided to start with Conan Edogawa.

A naive and impulsive detective who, no matter what happens, only thinks about charging in headfirst.

There was no more suitable target than him...

Besides, he wasn't a member of the organization. Even if Conan Edogawa had some suspicions about him, he probably wouldn't be able to find anything of value with his abilities.

While eliminating the possibility of Ai Haibara and Conan Edogawa being in the same class at the source, this would certainly allow Isao Kitagawa to earn some reward points in advance.

However, given the little girl's cautious nature, even if I interfered, she would still find a way to contact Conan Edogawa.

Rather than wasting time and energy on these things later, Kitagawa Isao felt it was better to let things take their course from the beginning, so that he could more legitimately earn the system rewards later.

It's like the difference between being full at one meal and being full at every meal; Kitagawa Isao can distinguish between them very clearly.

Having figured this out, Kitagawa Isao immediately stopped hesitating.

After taking Ai Haibara to Teitan Elementary School, he quickly handed over his identification (which he already possessed when he first transmigrated). Once he had successfully gained the trust of the gatekeeper, Kitagawa Isao and Ai Haibara soon arrived at the office of the head of the Elementary School's teaching department.

The head teacher, named Toshihiko Nakajima, was a kind-looking middle-aged man in his forties with a head of very energetic light brown hair. He looked very approachable and reliable.

However, Kitagawa Isao actually quite clear about it...

All of this was just a disguise by Toshihiko Nakajima.

In fact, he had already experienced a midlife crisis, and the seemingly energetic brown hair on his head was just a wig he had secretly bought.

Toshihiko Nakajima actually started balding a long time ago, which led to a receding hairline...