Chapter 3505-3517 [Unlucky Judy] Requesting monthly votes (`)
"Is that so?" Ai Haibara looked at the three innocent children, and the haze that had been weighing on her heart seemed to dissipate a little. "Actually, I've been almost fully recovered for a while now. Haven't we met before? It's just that the weather has been so changeable lately, and my cold has been flaring up again."
"I hope you won't go back to the hospital again today!" Ayumi Yoshida said with concern. "It's so pitiful that Ai has been sick for so long."
"Probably not." Ai Haibara smiled at her. "I went to the hospital for a check-up yesterday, and the doctor said there's nothing wrong with me anymore."
The three children all breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
Once they confirmed that their friend was alright, they cheered up again and chatted excitedly as they walked.
Conan took a few steps forward and whispered to Ai Haibara, "I thought that with your personality, you would stay at home forever and never go out, but I didn't expect..."
Before he and Professor Agasa could even discuss how to persuade her, Ai Haibara had already returned to her normal life and started going to school as usual.
Ai Haibara understood his unspoken words, and she awkwardly adjusted her hat: "..." It was all because when they parted yesterday, she asked Jiang Xia what to do next, and Jiang Xia casually replied, "Whatever you need to do, do whatever you need to do."
Although the person speaking seemed very casual, Ai Haibara dared not follow suit.
She pondered those words carefully all night, and then solemnly decided to leave home today and return to school.
However, of course, there was no need to tell Conan these things. Ai Haibara simply said, "I don't want to live like a rat in a basement forever."
"Haha, that's more like it—you seem much more optimistic than before." Conan noticed that Ai Haibara was still a little worried, so he comforted her, "Actually, before going to school today, I asked my mom to dress me up as you and walk back and forth on this road a few times."
Ai Haibara was shocked that after what happened last night, the bespectacled detective was still so bold: "You...!"
Conan interrupted, "In short, the whole process was very peaceful, and no one followed us—this road is safe, you can rest assured..."
"ah!!"
Before the words were finished, a scream suddenly rang out from ahead, and the voice sounded very familiar—it seemed to be the voice of Ayumi Yoshida.
Ai Haibara: "!!"
Conan: “…”
He... he had just said it was safe here...
For a moment, Conan wondered if he was having a run of bad luck lately, but now was not the time to think about that.
He shouted "Ayumi!" and rushed towards the corner ahead.
...
This stretch of road is right next to the apartment building where Ayumi Yoshida lives.
So when she reached the corner, she waved to the other classmates, broke away from the group of elementary school students, and happily turned home alone.
Not long after we started walking, we suddenly heard a loud running sound ahead.
Ayumi Yoshida, holding a small umbrella, looked up in confusion and saw a man in a raincoat rush out from around the corner and bump into her with a thud.
Caught off guard, the man tripped over her, and the kitchen knife in his hand clattered to the ground. The blood on the knife slowly seeped into the rainwater on the ground.
Ayumi Yoshida's umbrella was knocked away, and she fell to the ground, her lips trembling as if she were about to cry: "It hurts so much..."
Just then, there was another clattering sound of running ahead.
Ayumi Yoshida looked up despite the pain and saw another woman running from the direction the man in the raincoat had come from, clutching her arm and bleeding profusely.
The woman stopped at the corner, pointing at the man in the raincoat and crying out, "Someone come quick and grab him! He stabbed me for no reason!"
A middle-aged office worker who was passing by was standing blankly watching the commotion when he suddenly heard these words. He took a step back, his legs trembling.
As soon as he moved, the man in the raincoat reacted by shaking violently, and then he pushed off the ground and pounced on Yoshida Ayumi.
Seeing the raincoat-clad man rapidly approaching, and then noticing his blood-stained gloves, Ayumi Yoshida's eyes widened in terror, and she screamed with her eyes closed, "Ah—!!"
I'm going to be taken hostage again!
As she thought desperately, she regretted not putting a 50-pound barbell in her backpack. However, after shivering for a while while clutching her backpack, Ayumi Yoshida was surprised to find that she hadn't been lifted up.
The man in the raincoat simply picked up something from beside her, then grabbed the knife from the ground. Immediately afterward, the intimidating-looking man turned and ran away.
Conan and Ai Haibara, who had just rushed over after hearing the noise, thinking that Ayumi Yoshida would be captured: "..." Huh?
Why didn't you take any hostages and just ran away?
...
While the elementary school students were experiencing a terrifying moment.
In a hospital in the distance.
Judy leaned against the bed, pressed her temples, and felt her head throbbing.
Just then, the door opened and closed, and a man with dark circles under his eyes walked in.
“James?” Judy was somewhat surprised to see him. “The police released you so quickly? Didn’t they check you more thoroughly?”
James: "..."
Although he knew his subordinate was just trying to say that "the police investigation wasn't as rigorous as people thought," he still couldn't help but twitch his eye when he heard this, feeling as if he were being cursed by an insider.
However, glancing at the medical report on the bedside table, James sighed: "..." Well, Judy's head was injured, so it's understandable that her wording was off. And this unfortunate subordinate being taken advantage of by Vermouth was also inextricably linked to his previous decision to have them live separately...
He cleared his throat slightly, feeling a little guilty, and softened his tone: "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"
"I'm still not feeling well, but much better than last night." Judy adjusted the angle of the hospital bed, leaned back, and sighed.
“Those children wanted to visit me, but I declined for the time being. However, I think it would be best to see them as soon as possible—at least to agree on the same story so that they don’t overthink and spread rumors.”
James nodded: "It is indeed necessary, but have you thought about how you're going to explain it then?"
Judy paused, then said, "This..."
I never even thought about it.
James sighed, not entirely unexpectedly, and reminded them, "Absolutely do not reveal anything about that organization to ordinary people, and it's best not to mention Vermouth's disguise to them either."
“I know.” Judy pointed to the medicine on the bedside table. “I’m just a little affected in my thinking, not really stupid—I’m not quite there yet today. After another night’s rest, I should be able to see them tomorrow.”
“Hmm.” James nodded. “Also, there’s one more thing—do you remember that picture of the mixed-race researcher that’s on the wall at Vermouth’s house? The one with a red cross over his face.”
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