Ai Haibara stood in front of the bookstore, pursed her lips and looked at the bookstore that had been closed for several days, with a somewhat lost expression.
Thanks to the help of the FBI man, she was able to reunite with her sister and learn about Finlandia's immature "rescue plan". After calming down, she slowly recalled what she had said to Finlandia, and her heart was gradually overwhelmed by guilt.
"…Although I completely believed him and said those words to him because Finlandia acted so truthfully, but…I was wrong. I shouldn't have distrusted my family." Huibara Ai pursed her lips and dodged her eyes slightly.
Miyano Akemi smiled helplessly: "So Shiho has to apologize to Xian-nii. But... do I really have to keep calling her Finlandia?"
"...Brother Xian."
Thinking about what she promised her sister, Haibara Ai came to Xian's bookstore, but after coming there several times, she never saw the store open.
"Huh? Haibara, you're here again." A familiar voice came. Haibara Ai knew without looking back that this was the great detective who was pestering her.
"It might be a bit bad to be here..."
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After some communication and thinking, Huihara Ai finally returned to Dr. Agasa's house. It seems that her sister can be well protected by Akai Shuichi, but if she stays with the FBI... She admitted that she did not trust the FBI. As for her sister, she only reluctantly trusted Akai Shuichi.
Conan looked at the corner of the building not far away again, and his eyes scanned back and forth between Gin and the corner several times. After hesitating for a while, he finally made up his mind and decided to move himself to the corner. In order to reduce the sound of footsteps, Conan made up his mind, lay down, looked in the right direction, closed his eyes, and rolled over directly.
"Conan! Here!" As soon as he entered the park, Conan heard the shouts of the Junior Detective League. Following the sound, he saw Ayumi waving at him.
Does he know how much things will be delayed if he gets injured?
"By the way, Conan, we found a great place to play football here a few days ago!" Mitsuhiko approached Conan mysteriously, "It's very hidden, and there are usually almost no people there!"
"Ahaha..." Conan was sweating, but still agreed with a smile, although he was thinking in his heart that the person probably wouldn't want to play with you guys.
Conan followed Gin and Vermouth to another corner of the park. It was really a dead end. There were greenery on two sides, ranging from low shrubs to taller trees, and two sides were blocked by buildings. It was much darker than ordinary places. At this time, Conan saw three figures appear, both of whom were holding a briefcase in their hands. Conan guessed that this was probably another illegal transaction.
"That's right, there's no need to worry about one person kicking others!" Yuan Tai said proudly with his hands on his hips.
Conan followed the three children to the hidden place they mentioned. It was indeed very hidden, at a corner of the park. The place was only about half the size of a football field, but it was just right for children like them. There were greenery on all sides, and only a small path was built on both sides for people to walk. The ground surrounded by greenery was covered with artificial turf, which seemed to be a small football field.
Ah... So that's how it is. Conan looked around. No wonder he felt so uncomfortable looking at this place. If it was under construction, that would explain it.
"Eh..." Conan wanted to chase after him and continue asking, but when he thought of the agreement with the Junior Detective League, he had no choice but to give up.
Conan stood there, smiled and waved goodbye to them, then began to walk back with his football. As he walked, he suddenly saw two figures passing through the bushes in front of him, heading towards a more remote and dark place.
"Ahahaha... I met Haibara on the way, so I was delayed for a bit." Conan scratched his head and laughed.
Never mind, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future, I'll continue asking when I'm free, Conan thought.
"What a bad attitude..." Vermouth shrugged and walked towards Gin, "Let's go."
"..." Huihara Ai looked at Conan with half-moon eyes, "Seeing you holding a football, you must have an appointment with the Junior Detective Team, right? Aren't you going, great detective?"
"You have to hurry up, Gin." Vermouth sat in the passenger seat of Gin, looking at her nails and said slowly, "At least you have to get there before dusk, right?"
"What? You're the only one who kicked others, Genta? Conan wouldn't do that!" Ayumi said with a pout.
The mission this time is to complete the transaction again, but unlike the previous ones, this transaction does not require any black-on-black transactions, and it is a transaction of intelligence with individuals, rather than some ambitious and ignorant small organization.
It was getting dark, and the Young Detectives were tired from playing, so they sat down against the greenery and rested for a while, preparing to part again.
When Conan met Haibara Ai that day, he quickly seized the opportunity to follow Haibara Ai all the way. With Conan following her, Haibara Ai naturally had no way to go back to Morifushi Keimitsu's house, so she could only take him around in circles. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and followed Conan back to Dr. Agasa's house to confront him.
hateful……
"Yes, yes, let's get started!"
Gin and the others seemed to be concentrating on the transaction and didn't notice Conan at all.
"In that case, we'll go back first. Conan, be careful!" Mitsuhiko and Ayumi also stood up, waved to Conan, and left the place together.
No... I can't hear clearly. Conan frowned secretly. He was still a little far away, but if he went further, there would be no bushes to cover him. It would be difficult to deal with it. Conan quietly looked at the transaction scene over there and found that Gin and the unknown woman were facing away from him, and the person who was trading with them seemed to be paying attention to the briefcase Gin was holding and would not notice him for a while.
“Hey? Have you just finished your mission, Gin?” Vermouth looked at Gin who was walking towards her and smiled charmingly, “What a pity… you are about to start your next mission.”
Gin felt that he had to be extremely vigilant when dealing with trading tasks in the future. This time, he asked Vermouth to investigate for a long time before going there.
"Well, it'll be closer if I go this way." Conan nodded.
"That's great! Let's invite Haibara-san to play with us next time!" Mitsuhiko said happily.
Gin pursed his lips coldly, his face as cold as ice, but Vermouth, who was walking behind him, strangely felt that Gin's murderous aura had diminished a little.
"Then let's separate here!" Yuan Tai stood up and patted his legs, "I'm hungry, I want to go home and eat eel rice!"
Therefore, Conan also learned about Haibara Ai's identity and that she was the culprit who made him smaller. He also learned about Haibara Ai's situation and that her sister was able to survive now thanks to the help of Boss Hinamori.
"Humph, it won't be too late."
"…For some reasons, I need to apologize to him." Huibara Ai said concisely.
"If you want to wait for the boss to open the store, then I guess you shouldn't wait." Conan said with a half-moon eye, "The store opened by Boss Hinamori rarely receives customers. Even if it is open, I haven't seen many customers go in. But what do you always want to find him for?"
"What's the reason?" Conan suddenly became alert.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. I've been observing for several days and no one will come at this time!"
Gin has been very busy lately and has been feeling very irritable. He already had a lot of things to do, and now Finlandia is seriously injured. Some of the things that were originally handled by Finlandia have now become his responsibility, which makes Gin's already very busy life as a model worker even worse.
The mission location is a remote corner of a small park. I hope nothing will go wrong this time, Gin thought coldly. But since all the information this time was obtained by Vermouth, if there is any problem, Vermouth should be responsible for it.
Conan let out a sigh of relief, smiled, tucked the football under his armpit, waved and ran over.
Gin didn't say anything, he just walked out of the base one after another with Vermouth.
"No, since we have an appointment, we must arrive on time. Go ahead. I'm leaving first." Huihara Ai didn't want to talk too much with Conan. Since Brother Xian didn't open the store today, she would just go back. She could come back next time. Thinking of this, she waved at Conan and slowly started to walk back.
"Hey, Conan! Aren't you too slow?" Genta said with a pout.
Seeing Conan's surprised look, Genta suddenly became proud. He put his hands on his hips and raised his head and said, "Conan, I can tell from your expression that you don't know this place at all, right?" Receiving Conan's somewhat embarrassed look, Mitsuhiko couldn't help but start showing off, "This is a place that will be renovated recently. Only the grass has been laid, and some specific facilities have not been put up yet. We can take advantage of these few days to play more."
"Hey, it's okay if it's a little late, just tell me, okay?"
"Eh?! Is that Haibara-san?! Is she okay?" Ayumi was a little surprised. They hadn't seen Haibara-san for a long time. It seemed that she had taken a long leave due to a serious illness. She finally came back a few days ago, but she didn't seem to be feeling well. They didn't invite Haibara to go out and play this time, intending to let her have a good rest.
And after this experience, she saw the light surging in the depths of darkness, the FBI, the Japanese Public Security Bureau, and the observant and analytical Edogawa, as well as... her sister and brother Xian. She is not alone.
Perhaps she was infected by Edogawa's confidence. Although he was indeed very reckless and impulsive at times, she had to admit that Edogawa did give people a strong sense of security in times of crisis...
"We all want to go that way. Conan, you want to go this way, right?" Mitsuhiko said to Conan, pointing to the paths on both sides.
Gin looked at Vermouth with murderous intent: "If you can't speak, I can help you become a mute, Vermouth."
Is Gin's ability to regulate himself so well now? Or does Gin love the organization so much that he is willing to take on Finlandia's mission? Hiss, the boss is really good at tricks, worthy of being the boss... Vermouth's eyes rolled around, and some funny and outrageous ideas came to her one after another.
The tall one looked like Gin, but the one beside him... didn't seem to be Vodka, and she had long hair and a slender figure, so she should be a woman. Why did Gin bring a woman with him? Was that woman also a member of the organization? What were they doing there? Were they going to commit crimes again? Conan had all kinds of complicated doubts in his mind, but his steps did not slow down at all. The child was originally small, and when he bent down, he was almost as tall as the green fence. In addition, it was difficult to be discovered under the cover of night.
She had originally wanted to continue staying with the undercover agent, and the undercover agent seemed to be more than happy for her to live with him. However, when she followed her sister's advice and wanted to go to Brother Xian's place to find him, she was unfortunately seen by Conan who was just getting out of school, and then he pestered her.
“Eh——”
"Yes!" The other two kids nodded vigorously.
"Yeah." Huiyuan Ai turned around and saw Conan. He was holding a football and seemed to be going to play football somewhere else. "I just want to see when he will open."
"This time the information is complete." Conan could hear clearly this time. The cold voice should be Gin's. Conan heard him say, "Here is the money. You can count it."
Conan walked to the park with the football in his arms, and occasionally used his head to hold it for a while, just like a normal child.
"Well... she looks much better." Conan answered without any guilt. After all, there was nothing wrong with Haibara Ai, and she pretended to have just recovered from a serious illness just to make the long sick leave seem more reasonable.
The whereabouts were already suspicious, and with that shadow in a black windbreaker and black hat... it was Gin! Conan was so nervous that he forgot to breathe. He quickly put the football in the corner of the greenery, then crouched down and tiptoed towards that place.
This mission could have been given to Finlandia... Damn it, how stupid was he to use his body to block the bullet? Even if he hadn't pushed me away, I could guarantee that I wouldn't be seriously injured, at least I wouldn't be as embarrassed as him!
In this case, she should try her best and stay with Edogawa, borrow Dr. Agasa's laboratory to continue her research, and try to find an antidote as soon as possible. Maybe, she can occasionally use Edogawa as a test sample and collect some samples.
"Genta, you're still thinking about eel rice." Ayumi complained with her half-moon eyes.
"No, no, I trust you." A somewhat flattering voice sounded, followed by a rustling sound, as if the two sides exchanged briefcases. Then the two sides said some polite words, but it was the woman next to Gin who talked to the other party.
Damn...are we too late? Conan clenched his fists. He didn't hear any useful information at all. However, he knew that they were here to buy information. What information? "The transaction is completed. Can we go back now?" Vermouth's voice sounded carelessly.
"Hmph... Of course, but..." Gin pulled a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth. He glanced at Vermouth coldly, which made her body begin to slowly tense up. She then slowly shifted her gaze and looked accurately at the corner.
"Don't tell me you didn't notice... rats."
(End of this chapter)