When Ai Haibara woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar room.
Because of the effects of the inhaled anesthetic, my temples are still throbbing with pain, and my hands and feet are very stiff.
This added even more fear to their already easily frightened hearts.
Could it be...those people?
Gin's dark image flashed through her mind, causing the girl's small body to tremble.
In the end... was it inevitable?
Even though her sister didn't die, and neither did she, and although her body had shrunk, she was able to evade the pursuers...
That policeman, right, he was also an undercover agent at the distillery, "Bourbon," he devised such a meticulous plan.
Gin believed he had been killed by his own hands...
I'll be fine, won't I?
How could this be...?
Confused thoughts, especially the worry that led to confusion, and the thought that her sister might be implicated by her, made Ai momentarily forget the many awkward things that had happened before.
All he could do was hug himself tightly, kneel on the tatami floor, and endure the cold and helplessness in his heart.
So... I'm really that useless...
Without the help of others, I am at a loss.
While laughing at herself, Ai forced herself to calm down and looked around the room.
The decor is simple and practical; the wallpaper and tatami mats are all cheap items, suggesting it's a rental apartment.
The small studio apartment had a television mounted on a low cabinet directly opposite, and next to it was...
Game consoles and game cartridges?
Turning back, there were piles of candies and small cakes on the simple square table, as well as a large bottle of soda.
On the other side of the corner was a stack of comics.
Is it related to the fact that I was kidnapped from a cosplay event?
This place is simply an otaku paradise!
Looking at everything before her, Ai gradually calmed down.
This was clearly not directed at her; it was arranged by "Sherry," who betrayed the organization.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that the person wearing the paper mask was the one who attacked the second and third people first.
Remembering her promise to take good care of both of them, Ai, overcome with passion, pounced on him.
But a towel was immediately placed over his mouth and nose, and a pungent smell wafted out.
Then came the darkness of ignorance and numbness.
Looking back on all this, Ai thinks that the kidnapper may not have had any specific target; maybe he just wanted to kidnap an elementary school student.
Otherwise, even if she was drugged because she was in his way, she should be locked up with the real hostages.
You can't just put a child in a shut-in paradise, can you?
Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, Ai Haibara realized that she had overlooked something.
Her little genius phone watch, the communication watch given to her by Amuro Tooru, is still on her wrist.
If I had noticed this earlier, I wouldn't have suspected that the distillery had arrested me.
It's clear that when you shrink, your IQ really does drop significantly.
This made things incredibly simple.
You don't even need to make any phone calls; the police can find you within a few hours using the satellite positioning function embedded in the watch.
but……
Considering she needed to let her sister know she was safe, Ai pressed the call button.
Just as I was about to dial, I heard the sound of a lock being opened and footsteps entering from behind the door.
The sound wasn't too loud, but the person who came didn't seem to be trying to hide anything.
Ai quickly restored the watch to its normal state and turned her head away with a surprised expression.
The feigned surprise quickly turned into a genuine one.
A figure she had only known for a few days, but was quite familiar with, stood there, one hand on his chest, smiling politely.
"Miss, it's been a long time."
...
When Inspector Kenmochi rushed to the Takahata Fudo cosplay event, the event was still ongoing.
The disappearance of a primary school girl went far unnoticed by the people who were engrossed in their conversation.
Inspector Kenmochi also brought another message.
"The kidnapper has already called the First Investigation Division, claiming that the elementary school student is in his hands and demanding a ransom of 30 million yuan from the police."
“If the police don’t agree, he will make the matter public and cause the public to lose trust in the police.”
"We checked the phone number; it was a non-registered mobile phone. We can only confirm the area is around Gao Fanbu, at most narrowing it down to a radius of 100 meters..."
"Right here..." Yoruichi Toyama looked around the entire cosplay venue and the throngs of people, "...here?"
Kindaichi's eyes widened in surprise: "But I watched the kidnappers drive away with my own eyes!"
“If the hostages are being held nearby, he can come back immediately,” Yoruichi Toyama said. “After all, it’s more advantageous to make a phone call from here than next to the hostages.”
This idea was immediately accepted by Kindaichi and Inspector Kenmochi.
But Hajime-chan, who always had an excessive sense of justice, still muttered, "Hostage, hostage, that's your sister, aren't you worried at all?"
Are you worried?
Of course, I'm still worried.
Yoruichi Toyama sighed silently.
And it's not just because Ai is now an important witness he's protecting, nor even because she's Akemi's sister and only family.
Even if she were just an ordinary elementary school student, being caught up in this undeserved disaster would still cause her worry.
But Gao Yuan's appearance, an unexpected turn of events completely absent from the original plot, seems to be hinting at something.
Perhaps it was because he discovered that it was Ai Haibara who had been kidnapped, or perhaps he saw Yoruichi Toyama in person.
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