Mihanabatake Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
A group of people waited anxiously in front of a clinic.
Just now, under the financial offensive of Yuzuru and Ai, Akiba Reiko taught a group of children to sing the school song for the entire afternoon.
But just as she was about to leave, the three little ones, as usual, were up to their old tricks. Genta sneakily rummaged through Akiba Reiko's backpack and found the thermos cup that contained tea, which he hadn't been able to drink the day before.
Yuan Tai secretly drank it, Yuan Tai is doomed...
The tea was poisoned, and Yuan Tai was knocked unconscious on the spot and rushed to the hospital.
In the waiting area outside the clinic, Ayumi nestled her small body in Yuzuru's arms, looking up with a worried expression and asking, "Brother Yuzuru, will Genta be alright? I just saw that his eyes were so red, it was so scary."
Yuzuru gently patted Ayumi's head and comforted her, "Don't worry, Genta will be fine. It's just a minor issue, so don't be too nervous."
It's a minor problem, as long as she doesn't die instantly, a single application of the Horse Talisman will fix it. However, it's not my little girl who's injured. Since she's courting death, she has to bear the consequences.
Of course, he wouldn't actually let the three kids do something reckless.
Not far away, Conan was asking Reiko Akiba a serious question, trying to figure out when something had been added to her thermos.
Akiba Reiko leaned against the wall with a dejected expression, answering Conan's questions half-heartedly, occasionally glancing at Hanyu Nan, who was chatting happily with Ayumi beside her.
The group waited in front of the clinic for quite a while.
With a grateful "Doctor, thank you," Xiaolan gently pushed open the door to the examination room, and Yuan Tai, looking dejected and like a wilted eggplant, walked out.
"Genta!" Ayumi called out first.
"Are you alright?" Mitsuhiko asked with concern.
The two quickly ran to Genta's side and asked about their friend's situation with concern.
Ai walked over with her hands behind her back. There wasn't much to say, so she just started yelling. Her icy face slightly upturned: "How many times have I told you! Stop touching other people's things so casually! Are you all tired of living?"
The cold-faced loli shows no mercy when she gets angry, unleashing a torrent of abuse.
The three little ones were so frightened that they huddled in the corner, trembling with fear.
Genta lowered his head and mumbled in an unusually hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, Ai... I know I was wrong, I promise I won't do it again..."
"You won't dare to do it again next time! I bet you will!" Xiao Ai snorted coldly and scolded them a few more times in a bad mood.
These kids, I don't know who they learned it from, they love to court death so much.
Sonoko leaned closer to Ran and asked, "Ran, what exactly did the doctor say?"
"The doctor said the throat inflammation was quite serious, but fortunately, with proper rest and treatment, it should heal in about four or five days."
"It will heal completely, then it's alright."
“But this also means…” Hanyu Nan looked at Akiba Reiko, who seemed to be lost in thought, and said, “Someone is deliberately trying to prevent you from singing for the next four days, and there are only three days left until the performance at the Domoto Concert Hall.”
Akiba Reiko remained silent, staring blankly at the thermos in her hand, as if it held some unknown secret.
...
Evening, on the street.
Ran and Sonoko took the thermos cup, which had been tampered with, to Inspector Megure for testing.
Yuzuru was responsible for taking the children home.
Even the usually silent Akiba Reiko joined in escorting the children home.
Despite her vehement pronouncements that she would confront Genta's parents and criticize them for allowing their child to drink other people's food without permission, Yuzuru knew that this seemingly arrogant soprano was simply worried about the children.
It has to be said that Akiba Reiko is exactly the same as Ai Haibara in this respect; they are both typical people who are tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
As the last rays of the setting sun shone down, several children chattered happily as they walked along the street.
Yuzuru Hanyu, meanwhile, walked leisurely with his arms crossed, alongside Akiba Reiko, whose hands were in her pockets, slowly following behind the children.
As they walked, Akiba Reiko suddenly pulled her hand out of her pocket and held it out to Hanyu Nan.
In the center of her fair palm lay a gleaming gold bar and several exquisite maple leaf coins.
Yuzuru glanced sideways at the items in Akiba Reiko's hands, neither taking them nor refusing them, but simply continuing to walk forward at a leisurely pace, casually remarking, "A professional singer won't sing without money, you know~"
What someone just said was returned to them verbatim.
A black line instantly appeared on Akiba Reiko's forehead. She stared intently at Yuzuru Nan's back, clenched her fists, and stood there stunned for a while before quickly chasing after him.
After catching up, Akiba Reiko stuffed the gold bars and maple leaf coins directly into Hanyu Kusunoki's pocket without saying a word.
After doing all that, she was still not satisfied. She snorted heavily, then raised her chin and strode forward arrogantly, like a proud white goose that had just won a great victory.
In fact, if she hadn't assessed the strength of both sides beforehand and thought she might not be able to beat Yuzuru, given her current angry mood, Akiba Reiko would have beaten Yuzuru up first and then thrown the money back at his face.
As she walked, Akiba Reiko began to fantasize, imagining Yuzuru Nanami with a bruised and swollen face, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.
Yuzuru smiled and said, "She really is a proud and aloof queen."
He murmured to himself, then followed.
The group continued walking slowly, and as they passed a fork in the road, a large truck appeared silently behind them like a ghost.
At first, the truck was moving very slowly, but then it suddenly accelerated without warning, charging towards the crowd with a fierce momentum.
"We're about to hit the jackpot."
Yuzuru stopped and watched the thrilling scene with amusement.
"No, run!"
Conan, realizing something was wrong, shouted for everyone to run away.
The children were in a chaotic frenzy, and they started running for their lives after Conan.
Ai didn't bother running away. She walked back several steps to Hanyu Nan's side and asked calmly, "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Yuzuru shook his head. "Looks like they're after someone again..."
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