Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn't understand love!

"Me too." Looking at the three children seriously discussing the gender of the transfer student, Conan shook his head helplessly.

I should have spent more time investigating that organization, but now I have to go to elementary school every day to hide my identity. It's really sad.

"I wonder if Aunt Jing has any new clues?" His eyes began to wander, and Conan thought of Shizuka Hiratsuka, who he hadn't contacted for a few days.

For some reason, after exchanging information with Hiratsuka Shizuka, Conan felt that compared to himself, Hiratsuka Shizuka seemed to gain more from every interaction with that organization.

"Well, it's Aunt Jing after all." Conan blinked blankly, still feeling that his aunt was unique, then raised his head and looked at the girl who, led by the homeroom teacher, slowly walked to the podium and stood facing everyone.

She was a lovely girl who was impeccable even from the perspective of a high school student like Conan. Her wavy brown hair showed her extraordinary origin, and her delicate and three-dimensional facial features, which were obviously only possessed by a mixed-race girl, revealed all the time that this little girl would definitely be a rare beauty when she grew up.

Even Conan praised the little girl named Haibara Ai in his heart as being cute the moment he saw her.

Then, this cold girl, who was totally inconsistent with her cute appearance, sat straight next to Conan.

'Eh? She wouldn't have any idea about me?' A ridiculous thought rang out in Conan's mind, and then Conan laughed and shook his head.

'Am I really that bored that I have such crazy thoughts?' Conan, who was trying to find a way to cheer himself up and return his attention to his elementary school lessons, didn't notice that Haibara Ai, who was sitting next to him, was observing him cautiously with her sparkling eyes, using the cover of a book.

. . .

"I'm here, but they haven't come back yet?"

Carrying two large bags of food in her hands, Shizuka Hiratsuka pushed open the door of Dr. Agasa's house.

"Oh, Xiaojing, you're here." Turning his head away from his computer, Dr. Agasa smiled and nodded to Shizuka Hiratsuka.

"Well, I came here as soon as I got off work. I was planning to come and stop the fight, but neither of them came back?" Shizuka Hiratsuka put the bag on the counter in the middle of the hall and moved her shoulders.

"I remember that elementary school ends much earlier, right?"

"I don't know, maybe they have some activities. Jing, you know that Shinichi and his classmates formed an organization called the Junior Detective Team."

"Well, I know. I also know that you, Doctor, put in a lot of effort in it." Looking at Dr. Agasa with amusement, Shizuka Hiratsuka had nothing good to say about this doctor with a naughty personality.

As long as he is happy, smiling more will make him look younger.

"Did you take Ai to school this morning and everything went well?"

"It's very simple. She is not an ordinary child. I am following the internal procedures of the education system. I just need to send her there." Shrugging slightly, Shizuka Hiratsuka sat casually on the sofa in the living room and took out the game controller from under the coffee table.

"Since they haven't come back yet, I'll just play for a while. Doctor, if you want any snacks, go get them from the bag."

"Oh." The doctor walked to the bag happily, and when he was about to put the snacks into the cabinet, he froze for a moment.

"Xiao Jing, do you think Shinichi can accept Xiao Ai?"

"Don't worry, although Shinichi is a bit impulsive, he is not stupid. He knows what is most important at the moment." Shizuka Hiratsuka waved her hand casually, not worried about this.

"But I'm a little curious. Will that girl Haibara Ai take this opportunity to tease Shinichi? It's clear from the past two days that she's not the type to stay quiet."

"That shouldn't be the case. Shinichi is very smart. How could he be fooled so easily?" Touching the back of his head, Dr. Agasa smiled and shook his head.

. . .

"So you came here in such a hurry?"

Looking at the sweaty Conan with disgust, Shizuka Hiratsuka finally couldn't bear it anymore. She found a towel and threw it to him, asking him to wipe it off.

"Let's not talk about the fact that you were deceived for now. Can't you use your smart brain to think about it? If something really happened here, what's the point of a little brat like you rushing over here alone? A buy-one-get-one-free buffet?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka glanced at Conan, who still had a dazed expression and was wiping his sweat with a towel, and sighed helplessly.

"This is just the doctor. If Huiyuan had said that Xiaolan or I were killed, would you have been scared to death on the spot?"

"I wouldn't say that." Shaking her head slightly, Haibara Ai, who had already put down her schoolbag and was sitting on the sofa with a magazine in her hand, raised her head and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka and spoke softly.

"I won't believe it." Shaking his head firmly, Conan put down the towel in his hand and looked at Shizuka Hiratsuka seriously.

"...I'm really happy that you trust me so much." Feeling a little weird, Shizuka Hiratsuka scratched her hair.

"I was going to tell you before, but Huibara said she had some ideas of her own, and we kept it a secret for a few days. So today is the proper introduction."

Twisting her neck, Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Haibara Ai who had put down the magazine, and then looked at Conan who had a stern expression on the side.

"Her name is Huibara Ai, her real name is Miyano Shiho."

"He's the scientist in that organization who's responsible for researching the shrinking drug you took."

Chapter 291 Asking for leave! Asking for leave!

PS: I went to help my family prepare New Year’s goods today. There are elderly people on both sides and my own family. I was busy all day and was still dragged by the elderly to play mahjong.

I'm not happy if I want to leave, I won't play with them o(╥﹏╥)o

My old waist has been hurting from sitting for four hours and I just got home.

Sorry guys, I'm taking a day off today. I won't go out tomorrow no matter what, so I can catch up on the chapters I owe.

Everyone go to bed early and have a sweet dream! ~

Chapter 292: 285 is just a tail cut

After getting the explanation from Shizuka Hiratsuka, Conan did not seem so calm.

Looking at Haibara Ai sitting on the sofa with angry and conflicted eyes, Conan didn't know how to express his feelings.

It was because of the medicine she developed that she became smaller. If she hadn't developed that medicine!

"Then maybe I'm already dead." He lowered his head dejectedly. He wanted to vent his anger, but when he saw Hiratsuka Shizuka and Professor Agasa looking at him calmly but with some concern, Conan knew that now was not the time to lose his temper.

As of now, the woman in front of him, who had shrunk like himself, had gained the trust of Professor Agasa and Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Not to mention Dr. Agasa, that good guy can gain a certain amount of sympathy and trust as long as he pretends to be pitiful.

But even Aunt Jing didn't doubt it and said she could believe it.

"Huh~" Conan took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and looked at Haibara Ai seriously while she looked at him with a somewhat strange look.

"Tell me how you got here."

"I thought you would yell at me first without caring about the consequences." There was a hint of surprise in her eyes. Before meeting Conan, Haibara Ai had simulated Conan's performance many times in her mind.

Although I was developing the drug against my will, I was ultimately responsible for Kudo Shinichi becoming the current Edogawa Conan.

Haibara Ai could guess how difficult the other person's life would be after becoming smaller just by thinking about it, so no matter how much disgust Conan showed towards her, Haibara Ai said she could accept it.

However, Conan's performance now was much calmer than she had imagined.

"If that works." Conan stared at the girl who had just played a prank on him with his dead fish eyes.

"What I want to know more now is what useful information you can bring to me."

"Is that so?" A look of approval flashed across her eyes, and a hint of happiness inexplicably flashed through Haibara Ai's heart.

Judging from the current situation, I can be said to be homeless after escaping from the organization. My current identity does not allow me to live independently, and I have to be careful about the organization's investigation and search for me at any time.

After all, unlike Kudo Shinichi, who was killed by his own hands, the member of the organization named "Sherry" actually escaped from the place where she was being held.

I have to admit that the people in front of me are my most solid allies.

In this situation, the more reliable the allies are, the more reassuring they are.

"Okay, I'll just tell you what I know." Putting down the magazine in her hand, Haibara Ai straightened her face and told Conan again in person the news that she, Hiratsuka Shizuka and Dr. Agasa had once told Conan.

Neither Shizuka Hiratsuka nor Dr. Agasa stopped him. They knew that Conan had to make a clear judgment on this matter.

"Well, that pharmaceutical company you were talking about!" Conan finally couldn't help but shout out when he heard Haibara Ai say that she knew a research institute that stored drug information.

"Don't count on it, that research institute has disappeared." Haibara Ai's voice sounded calmly, picking up the prepared newspaper from the side.

"Just three days ago, a fire destroyed everything. This is the organization's usual practice."

"She's right. When I learned the news, I sneaked over there immediately that night to see if there was anything I could gain." Sitting on the edge of the counter in the middle of the hall, Shizuka Hiratsuka's helpless voice rang out.

"But when I got there, the fire had already been put out. I went in and swept around, but I couldn't find anything useful at all." Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Conan seriously with a slightly shifted gaze.

"Just like that bar we went to earlier."

"Damn it." Conan clenched his fists tightly. Although he had experienced such a change once, he still felt depressed and at a loss.

He has repeatedly confirmed that the organization he is facing is extraordinary, but until now, every time he thought he had caught the tail of that organization, he angrily discovered that it was the tail that the other party had abandoned without any care, and it was completely useless.

The anger in his heart rose, and what made Conan most depressed and annoyed was that he had no place to vent his anger.

"Okay, calm down." Looking at Conan's ugly face, Shizuka Hiratsuka shook her head helplessly, took two steps to Conan's side, stretched out her hand, pressed his head and began to rub it.

"Anyway, we are gradually getting closer to that organization, aren't we? Compared to the beginning when we knew nothing, we have now found an insider of the organization. This way, our future actions will be more confident."

"Huh, you're right, Aunt Jing." Looking up at Hiratsuka Shizuka's nonchalant smile, Conan took a deep breath and nodded steadily.

Although Conan has always been good at making his own decisions, it has to be said that when Shizuka Hiratsuka is around, that extraordinary sense of security does make people unconsciously rely on her.

If it weren't for this, Conan would definitely not be as calm as he is now when facing Haibara Ai today.

"So, what do you think? I believe the organization is now frantically searching for my whereabouts. Do you want to leave a bomb like me here?" With her hands behind her back, Haibara Ai stood next to the sofa with a somewhat dangerous smile on her face and asked Conan very directly.

"What else can I do? How can I let you go in this situation?" Looking at Haibara Ai unhappily, Conan said that he didn't want to do this kind of meaningless multiple-choice question.

The fact that she was able to stay in Dr. Agasa's house for so many days means that both Shizuka Hiratsuka and Dr. Agasa decided to keep her.

Not to mention, if Haibara Ai is allowed to leave now, if, as she said, she is caught by the organization using her childhood photos, then Conan's own identity will be at greater risk.

Conan must absolutely avoid such danger.

"If you escape from the organization, do you have other family members in Neon? Will the organization go looking for them?" Conan pushed his glasses and accepted his fate and began to use his flexible brain to think about the things he needed to pay attention to.

"Don't worry about that. My parents were also members of the organization, and they died in an accident shortly after I was born."

"All I have left is a sister who is rarely with me."

Chapter 293 I Want to Believe in Him

"I went to the United States to study for a long time at the request of the organization, but my sister was different."

When talking about her sister, Haibara Ai's tone became gentle and calm.

"She was left in Neon for close monitoring."

"My sister agreed to work for them just to help me get out of the organization."

"It's just that she can go to a normal school, have normal friends, and travel with normal people."

"Wait a minute, I seem to remember!" With her eyes slightly widened, Haibara Ai raised her hand and stroked her chin, saying thoughtfully.

"I remember that a few years before my sister was murdered, she mailed me some floppy disks with photos of her travels. I looked through them on the computer at the institute and mailed them back to her. After that, I discovered that several of my floppy disks containing drug information were missing."

"That is to say, those disks were most likely mailed out by you, right?" Conan's heart was lifted as his eyes flickered slightly.

"It's very likely." Nodding slightly, Haibara Ai also urgently wanted to get the information about the medicine. No one wanted to be in the current state where they couldn't even move around easily.

"Let me think about it carefully."

. . .

"So, we rushed here so late at night?" Shizuka Hiratsuka lit a cigarette with some distress and took a deep breath while looking at the independent house with lights on at the door not far away.

"After all, it's a chance to get drug information, I don't want to miss it." Conan nodded heavily, his eyes staring at the house not far away like a hunter looking at his prey.

"What did you say before? Professor Agasa brought Conan and Haibara to visit, right?"

"Yes, Xiaojing, didn't you go to the bathroom at that time?" Dr. Agasa said with a smile, touching his head.

"But if you want to go in together, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Forget it, you guys go and deal with Professor Hirota. I'll just stay outside and spread the word." Shizuka Hiratsuka shook her head in boredom. She was not interested in this kind of thing of deceiving people and taking things for granted.

"Okay, if there's anything, we can contact each other by phone." Conan nodded slightly, and who couldn't wait to get the disk, took the initiative to open the car door.

After seeing Conan's actions, Dr. Agasa also hurriedly followed him down. Only Haibara Ai nodded to Hiratsuka Shizuka when getting off the car.

"Okay, let me take a look." Looking at Dr. Agasa and Conan and the others walking into the house, Shizuka Hiratsuka twisted her neck and threw her extinguished cigarette out of the window.

"I just noticed it casually on the way here, but I'd better take another look if I'm confident." He restarted his car, drove it a distance and parked it in an inconspicuous place.

She took out the dark clothes, hat and neck cover that she had specially prepared from the trunk. After thinking for a while, Shizuka Hiratsuka took out three small knives from the plywood in the trunk, put them in a small leather bag and pinned it to her waist.