Chapter 3523-3535 [You mentioned the stage?]
"I wonder if Vermouth will come up with new tricks to get close to her angel and cool guy after she loses her 'school doctor' status."
Jiang Xia thought with a hint of anticipation, "How about opening a bar, or a shooting range?"
Beside him, Conan was also thinking about the same person, but compared to his neighbor's expectant expression, he looked unusually wary.
"Speaking of which, besides Teitan High School, it seems that 'Dr. Araide' also worked at Teitan Elementary School for a period of time."
"Before Haibara was shrunk, her real age should have been around 20. If Vermouth wants to find her through this, then 'Dr. Araide' only needs to infiltrate a nearby university or high school, and he should be able to achieve his goal."
"Did she guess that 'Sherry' would turn into a child, so she deliberately stayed at Teitan Elementary School for a while? But if that's the case, why didn't the organization successfully screen out 'Ai Haibara' back then? As a transfer student who suddenly appeared, she should have been very conspicuous."
As he pondered, Conan's brows furrowed involuntarily: "I only intended to solve a paranormal incident, but why are there more and more things I can't figure out?"
...
The investigation did not stop because of the fake elementary school student's confusion.
Before long, the group arrived at the principal's office and met the elderly principal with white hair and beard.
"You saw me standing in the courtyard when it was raining?" The old headmaster stroked his beard and shook his head. "You must have mistaken me for someone else. I've been in the headmaster's office all day."
As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Xia and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come to school. I remember there's a national mock exam coming up soon in the second year of high school. Remember to come and participate... But anyway, mock exams are just for assessment and positioning to help you choose a university. With your grades, you don't really need them. If you have more important work to do that day, then you can skip it."
Jiang Xia nodded politely: Then I'll take your kind words.
The principal stretched and looked at the new doctor: "I have to thank you for teaching me that set of exercises. My back feels much better now."
Health exercises?
The new doctor scratched his cheek and said awkwardly, "Well, haha, I'm glad you like it."
Conan: "..." Your acting is terrible! What if Jiang Xia sees through it? ...Luckily, Jiang Xia seems to be daydreaming. Could it be that he really has other plans for the mock exam?
Only two high school girls remained true to their original aspirations. Sonoko Suzuki listened to the principal's words and asked Ran Mouri with suspicion, "The principal said he has never gone out. Could it be that your senior is playing a trick on us?"
“How could that be! Senior Math is not that kind of person.” Ran Mouri admired that amazing senior. “She must have just mistaken someone else for the principal.”
Upon hearing this, Conan finally snapped out of his reverie about Vermouth: problems should be solved one by one, so why not start with this current paranormal event?
He thought for a moment and suggested, "Why don't we go to the infirmary and ask that senior who got food poisoning? I remember the infirmary is right next to the courtyard, so if someone is really moving desks into the middle of the courtyard, he should be able to see it."
...
They went from the art department to the library, then from the library to the principal's office, and finally, they left the principal's office and went into the infirmary.
Sonoko Suzuki pulled out a small notebook and began writing and drawing on it with a serious expression, recording various romantic or tragic inspirations.
Ran Mouri knew nothing about the contents of the notebook and thought her friend was seriously trying to solve a paranormal case.
She encouraged herself and briefly described the situation to the senior student lying in the infirmary, then asked, "When you were lying here, did you see any suspicious people?"
"No." The crew-cut senior stretched and sat up from the hospital bed. "Because... you see."
He pointed to the window: "There are trees all in front of the window. Even if someone is messing around outside, I won't be able to see anything."
"Really..." Conan was speechless at the school's design: No wonder the principal had to rack his brains for so long, it turned out there had been a failed precedent.
The new doctor looked around, somewhat puzzled: "Is there no one on duty in the infirmary?"
The flat-headed senior scratched his head speechlessly: "The school doctor said he was going to the driving school to pick up some documents and told me to find a bed to rest on—sigh, if only they were half as dedicated as you."
Dr. Shinichi: "..." It feels like I've been praised, but it also feels like the praise isn't directed at me...
“But then again,” the crew-cut senior chuckled, “the sighing warehouse, the resentful library, the flowing staircase, and the desks and chairs that inexplicably appeared in the open space without any footprints around them… Hosaka’s resentment is truly immense.”
Jiang Xia looked at him: "I remember you and that deceased senior were childhood friends, right?"
"Yes, we went to elementary and middle school together." The crew-cut senior looked nostalgic.
"Unfortunately, we didn't see each other much after I entered high school because I was hit by a motorcycle right after I enrolled and had to stay in the hospital for more than half a year."
“…” Conan remembered something and his gaze drifted towards Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia looked at him, puzzled. "What? You don't think I hit you, do you?"
Conan silently looked away: "..." No, it's just that I was thinking about the time we hit someone...
Sonoko Suzuki, who was meticulously examining the clues, discovered something: "So, you weren't at school when that senior Hosaka died with resentment in his heart?"
The senior with the crew cut sighed, "Yeah, I only heard about his accident after I was discharged from the hospital and returned to school..."
After a moment of silence, he shook his head: "Forget it, let's not talk about these things. Speaking of which, are there really any people in the school who are scared by these paranormal events? — If someone is shouting every day that 'the school is haunted,' then the mastermind behind these paranormal events is probably laughing their head off."
"Huh?" Sonoko Suzuki, who was diligently taking notes, paused, sensing something was off. "Are you mocking me?"
"Haha, what do you think?" The crew-cut senior lay back down on the hospital bed and quickly pulled the curtain shut. "Alright, go play your ghost-hunting game, don't disturb my rest."
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"That guy really isn't afraid of paranormal events at all." Sonoko Suzuki clenched her fist indignantly.
"Is he so fearless because the ghost is his childhood friend and won't harm him? -- Hmph, I'll arrange a scene for him where 'the person least afraid of ghosts dies first in a horror movie'."
Upon hearing the word "role," Dr. Shinichi suddenly made a connection and froze in his tracks.
Conan keenly noticed his unusual behavior and looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong?"
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