Are you sure you don't have another daughter outside of your marriage?

Upon hearing this, Mary Akai's pupils contracted slightly as she looked closely at the tea-haired, blue-eyed, and aloof loli.

Do they look alike?

Indeed... there seems to be a similar charm in their eyes and brows, especially that indifferent and aloof air about their surroundings, that sense of detachment as if they have seen through the ways of the world, it does feel somewhat familiar.

But rather than saying she resembles her, it's more accurate to say she resembles her even more...

Mary Akai's heart skipped a beat, as if struck by a heavy hammer. A figure, long forgotten and with a gentle smile, surfaced in her mind—her long-deceased younger sister, Elena Miyano.

The child's features, especially the occasional flash of scientific rationality and indifference to worldly affairs in the depths of his icy blue eyes, were exactly like those of a young Elena, like a miniature version of her.

But how is that possible?

Elena has been dead for almost twenty years; this is intelligence confirmed within MI6.

The two daughters they left behind don't match up in age.

If the eldest daughter, Miyano Akemi, were still alive, she would be a woman in her twenties by now; the younger daughter, Miyano Shiho, would be several years older than Masumi, so how could she possibly look like a little girl on TV?

unless……

Mary Akai's expression shifted unpredictably as a guess formed in her mind: Was she not the only "successful" case of the drug that organization was researching?

Is this bizarre phenomenon of "rejuvenation" not accidental?

She knew that her two nieces were in the organization, but she was in dire straits herself, having long since withdrawn from the front lines of MI6, and had no ability to rescue them. She had also not heard any definite news about them for a long time.

Especially Shiho, that child is said to have perfectly inherited her parents' exceptional talent in biochemistry, and is engaged in the organization's most core drug research... Could it be that she also...?

Something bad happened.

And it triggered that minuscule probability of shrinkage?

Just as Akai Mary was lost in thought, Sera Masumi's eyes were also darting around, her mind uncontrollably conjuring up an eighty-episode family drama that combined melodrama, suspense, and ethics.

Looking at the tea-haired loli on TV who bore a striking resemblance to her mother, and then at her own mother's petite yet still "ambitious," youthful-looking but... well, more like youthful-looking and voluptuous, a bold and outrageous idea was born—

Did Mom cheat on Dad?

but……

Why is Sera Masumi touching her chin, not angry at all, but rather a little excited?

There was even a hint of anticipation.

After all, she had never met the legendary father, Tsutomu Akai, since birth. She relied entirely on photos and her mother's descriptions to imagine him. Her mother was both a father and a mother, raising her and her brothers with great care and love.

She had no real feelings for that nominal father.

If she really had a cute and adorable half-sister, she seemed... quite happy?

Finally, there's a girl in the family who fits the general aesthetic, is normal, and cute. This "tomboy" can finally experience what it's like to be a "big sister."

Sera Masumi is well aware of her "tomboy" and "tomboy" persona and accepts it readily.

My mom is just too unfair.

With a new dad, she secretly had such an adorable little sister, keeping it so well hidden and not even introducing her to him—it's too much of a formality.

Is she afraid that she, as the older sister, will scare her younger sister?

Mary Akai had no idea that in those few dozen seconds, her daughter had already imagined a dramatic family drama: "The wife ran away pregnant, and years later she returned with a cute baby," and even arranged a "wild man" for her out of thin air.

She also made sure her husband was completely cuckolded.

At this moment, in order to show the reaction of the "people" on the scene, the reporter on TV swept the camera lens across the crowd.

In the corner of the camera's view, a little boy wearing black-rimmed glasses and with a "forced to perform" expression caught the attention of the mother and daughter.

"Huh?"

Sera Masumi has an excellent memory, especially for faces she has seen before; she possesses an almost photographic memory.

She recognized the little boy at a glance and pointed at the screen in surprise, "Mom, look! That little brat with glasses! He looks just like the magician Shinichi Kudo that I met once in America when I was a kid!"

Upon hearing this, Mary Akai's gaze immediately focused on the little boy.

Although she had never met Shinichi Kudo in person, as a former special agent, she had a basic understanding of some "famous figures" around the world.

She recognized the name Shinichi Kudo.

The earlier speculation about whether "the drug might cause body shrinkage" seems to have found yet another strong piece of evidence.

One "coincidence" after another has dramatically increased the likelihood of this speculation.

Mary Akai immediately took out her phone—although her body had shrunk, she could still access some basic resources and channels.

She quickly contacted a former colleague at MI6 with whom she had a good relationship and who kept quiet, asking them to help her find out about Shinichi Kudo's current situation, as well as the detailed information about the boy "Conan Edogawa" who frequently appeared at crime scenes and was known as a member of the "Junior Detective League".

...

Half an hour later.

While waiting for a reply, Sera Masumi even got so bored that she started trying out all sorts of cute hairstyles for her shrunken mother.

Yes, it was ruthlessly slapped away...

Some non-core, semi-public information that wouldn't raise alarms within MI6 was sent to her phone.

Looking at the information returned on her phone, Mary Akai introduced her to her curious daughter who was peeking in beside her: "Shinichi Kudo, a famous detective who has risen to fame in the Kanto region of Japan in recent years, and is known as the 'savior of the Japanese police'."

But strangely, he almost completely disappeared from public view about six months ago. He took long-term leave from school and stopped appearing at crime scenes where he was previously active; it was as if he vanished into thin air.

She swiped her finger across the screen, bringing up another blurry surveillance screenshot, which showed Conan's figure:

"Around the same time, a little boy named Conan Edogawa appeared in Beika Town, frequently visiting various crime scenes and displaying astonishing deductive reasoning abilities. According to limited eyewitness accounts, his appearance... is almost exactly the same as Shinichi Kudo's childhood appearance."

Sera Masumi stared at the bespectacled, "innocent" little boy on the TV screen, pursed her lips, and said with certainty, "What do you mean 'exactly the same,' Mom! Isn't that him? It's definitely him. Could it be... that Shinichi Kudo's mom, like you, secretly had a new baby brother for him outside?"