The next morning, on his way to school, Conan asked about what happened the night before:
"Was last night alright?"
"Is that even a question?" Guangyou smiled smugly. "Who am I? How could things not go smoothly?"
Then, Guangyou explained the current situation:
"We've already received the five million."
"I can have someone bring the bank card over today."
"But I haven't figured out how to explain it to Xiaolan yet."
Before Conan could speak, Kousuke handed the matter over to him:
"Conan, I'm leaving this to you."
"You think of a way to explain this to Xiaolan."
"You're a detective, your logical reasoning skills should be better than mine."
"The stories you create should be logically consistent and free of any loopholes."
"Didn't you say school was boring? You can use this to pass the time."
"..."
Seeing Kōyū making it sound like he was doing this for his own good, Conan couldn't help but retort:
How can you be so shameless?
"You asked me for help, but you acted like you were actually doing me a favor."
"Should I thank you?"
When asked to be shameless, Kwangyu naturally responded in a shameless way:
"If you'd like to say thank you, I can too."
"Of course, it's okay if you don't thank me."
"After all, we have a good relationship, so we don't need to say these polite things."
"..." Conan curled his lip, "I think your skin is so thick that even bullets can't penetrate it."
"Hehe." Guangyou chuckled a few times, but did not respond.
Conan stopped complaining and nodded in agreement.
"OK."
"Let me think about it and I'll tell you when I come up with a plan."
"I'll take care of the thinking, you take care of the explanation."
"Okay," Guangyou readily agreed.
After saying this, Kōyū returned to Ai's side.
At this moment, Ai was looking at him with her beautiful eyes, her gaze slightly worried.
She asked:
What did you do last night?
"Last night I just went to resolve a minor problem, and it went very smoothly."
Afterwards, Kōyū also told Ai about the five million yen incident.
"I understand." Ai nodded.
After telling his own story, Kōyū also asked about Ai:
"How's your antidote development going?"
When the antidote was mentioned, Ai's lips curled up slightly.
Seeing her expression, Kwang-woo knew that there must be progress on the antidote.
He took Ai's hand and praised her with a smile:
"Ai, that's great!"
"It's good that there's progress."
There has been no progress in finding an antidote for a long time.
Although the progress this time may not be significant, it's better than nothing.
Moreover, drug development becomes increasingly difficult as it progresses.
The progress made in the later stages may seem small, but it was actually quite significant.
Not basking in Kousuke's praise, Ai then said:
"The progress on the temporary antidote is not significant, and it is still unknown when a permanent antidote will be developed."
"But this is also one of the gains during this period."
"The side effects are much smaller now, and theoretically it has become more stable."
"Previous antidotes were prone to reduced efficacy or even failure when the user was emotionally agitated and their blood circulation accelerated."
"And in this situation, theoretically it would be even more painful."
"The current antidote can theoretically reduce the probability of this happening."
"Even if it happens, the pain can definitely be reduced."
The reason why many of these are theoretical is that the current antidote is still only at the data stage.
Only laboratory mice were used in the experiment.
It hasn't been tested on humans yet, so we can only say it's theoretical.
But that's already pretty impressive.
You should know that only Ai Haibara participated in the research and development of the antidote!
Although the antidote wasn't very useful for him and Ai, Kōyū was still happy about it.
He reached out and ruffled Ai's brown hair, praising her:
"Wow, that's amazing, my Ai."
"I believe that one day you will be able to develop a permanent cure."
The progress on the antidote and Kōyū's praise made Ai quite happy.
She even deliberately kept a cold face and joked with Guangyou:
"how?"
"You really want me to develop a permanent antidote, and then make me take it?"
Knowing that Ai was joking, Kōyū, who was happy to play along, said with a smile:
"The first half is correct, but the second half is not my statement."
"If you ask me, I definitely don't want you to eat it."
Looking down at their tightly clasped hands, Kwangyu whispered:
"How can I let go of the hand I finally managed to hold so easily?"
"We'll see how you do."
After saying that, a faint smile appeared on Ai's lips.
Conan, standing in front of the two, had only one thought in his mind at that moment:
"I shouldn't have agreed in the first place."
Even going to school means being forced to eat dog food (a slang term for witnessing romantic relationships).
However, knowing that there is progress in the treatment is good news.
Hopefully, a permanent cure will be developed soon.
...
As usual, Ai stood in front of the gate and said goodbye to Kyou.
"I'm going back to my room now. Be careful on your way."
Before Ai could turn around, Kousuke suddenly "ambushed" her:
—That is, he kissed Ai when she wasn't paying attention.
Ai, who had been ambushed, blushed slightly and looked annoyed.
She asked in a relatively calm tone:
How many times has this happened?
"What's the reason this time?"
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