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A few days later.
Teitan Elementary School.
A group of elementary school students huddled together, excitedly discussing the latest TV dramas. Genta Kojima exclaimed excitedly:
"Remember to watch Kamen Rider tonight! — Tonight is the final battle between Green Star and Batra!"
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was also very happy: "How could I forget? I set an alarm specifically, I definitely won't miss it!"
Ai Haibara wasn't interested in Kamen Rider, but she discovered something else.
She looked at Ayumi Yoshida by the window, at the elementary school student with a worried expression, hesitated for a moment, and finally got up and went over: "What's wrong? You look very listless."
Ayumi Yoshida turned around and sadly touched her cheek—or rather, touched her teeth through her cheek: "Tonight... I can't watch Kamen Rider. I have to go to the dentist to get a tooth pulled."
Ai Haibara looked at the little girl who loved sweets and asked, "You have cavities?"
"Of course not! I brush my teeth very carefully." Ayumi Yoshida quickly clarified, "There is a baby tooth that just won't fall out. The doctor said that if I leave it alone, it will push against the tooth that grows in behind it, and my teeth will become very ugly in the future... so I have to have it pulled."
Genta Kojima hissed, "That sounds terrifying!"
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya said enthusiastically, "Which clinic do you want to go to? -- The one I went to before had a quick tooth extraction and didn't hurt at all. I can recommend it to you."
Ayumi Yoshida shook her head regretfully: "My mother has already made an appointment for me at the clinic, at Sawaki Dental Clinic next to Beika Park."
Genta Kojima's memory returned: "Oh! I also had my teeth pulled at her place—it was that pretty, gentle-speaking dentist, wasn't it?"
Ayumi Yoshida's tense expression eased slightly as she recalled the beautiful dentist.
“Sister Zemu is such a kind person. It’s very difficult to get an appointment with her; you usually have to book a week in advance. But after she examined my teeth, she said it was best to have the tooth extracted as soon as possible, so she specially worked overtime for me and told me to come see her after I finished get off work at the dental clinic.”
Conan listened half-heartedly, but then suddenly remembered something: "After get off work?"
Ai Haibara noticed his expression changing and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
“…It’s nothing.” Conan hesitated for a moment, then whispered to Ai Haibara, avoiding the other three children, “A few days ago, a kind and pretty hairdresser said the same thing to Ran, except she changed ‘after get off work’ to ‘before work’.”
Ai Haibara asked, puzzled, "And then?"
Conan sighed: "And then when we got there on time, the hairdresser was already a corpse."
"..." Ai Haibara remembered that case.
Conan scratched his head and muttered to himself, "A kind person who volunteered to work overtime before the start of the workday just died, and a few days later, another kind person volunteered to work overtime after the start of the workday... I feel like this is too much of a coincidence, so coincidental that it makes me a little uneasy."
Haibara sighed, thinking he was a little paranoid: "This city has tens of millions of people, is it strange that a few of them like to work overtime?"
Conan recalled the mysterious figure behind the scenes and sighed deeply: "You don't understand."
Ai Haibara: "..."
Conan thought for a moment, then turned to Ayumi Yoshida: "What time are you planning to get your tooth pulled tonight?"
Ayumi Yoshida recalled: "6:30."
Genta Kojima breathed a sigh of relief for her: "Kamen Rider doesn't start until 7:30. As long as the dentist pulls the dentist's tube quickly, you'll be able to see the ending!"
Ayumi Yoshida remained sullen: although she really wanted to see the ending of Kamen Rider, the thought of having to get her teeth pulled first made her worry about her future.
"How about this, I'm free today, I'll go with you to get your tooth pulled after school." Conan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't want to miss this coincidence. "I'll urge the doctor for you so you can get your tooth pulled sooner and go home to watch the ending of 'Kamen Rider'."
Ayumi Yoshida's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great!"
—It just so happens that both her parents are working overtime today, and she originally thought she would have to go to the doctor by herself, but now, a kind classmate is willing to accompany her!
Ai Haibara glanced at Ayumi Yoshida, then at the Mini Detective, and briefly fell into thought: "..." For some reason, she had a feeling that Kudo accompanying Ayumi to the dentist wasn't a good thing...
As she was muttering to herself, Conan suddenly turned to her again and whispered furtively, "After school, I have to go with Ayumi to get her tooth pulled—you can go somewhere else for me."
"?" Ai Haibara was even more confused. "Didn't you just say you were free tonight?"
Conan chuckled awkwardly: "Actually, I have something to do. After school today, Ran and Sonoko are planning to have some kind of 'Jodie-sensei seminar' with Emi—you can sneak in as an elementary school student, listen in for me, and then relay the key points to me. It would be even better if you could record it."
Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes slightly.
If it were anything else, she might calmly decline, but this so-called seminar…
With Jiang Xia, an organization member, involved, and the FBI involved—and Jiang Xia actually had dealings with those FBI agents recently—why is Conan paying attention to this information? Could it be that he suspects Jiang Xia?
“I could, but you know my time is very precious, and I won’t waste it on trivial things,” Ai Haibara said seriously. “So you have to tell me first, why are you eavesdropping on this?”
Conan: "..." He's just worried that if he's not careful, Jodie might suddenly get some terrible accusation, or Jiang Xia might accidentally deduce something about the Black Organization...
Although the possibility is slim, precautions are still necessary.
Theoretically, he would have preferred to be there in person and subtly guide the conversation. However, the coincidence on the other side made him more concerned, and he simply couldn't get away.
However, there's no need to go into these details with Ai Haibara.
Conan made up an excuse: "Didn't Jodie get kidnapped by the Black Organization a few days ago? I'm worried that Ran and the others will find out about the organization—if you were there, you could prevent some bad things from happening."
Ai Haibara didn't believe it at all.
However, she nodded and agreed to the request: after school, she would first tell Jiang Xia in detail about Conan asking her to help him record things, and then she would record whatever Jiang Xia wanted her to record.
...
Evening after school.
In a coffee shop on the shopping street.
Sonoko Suzuki pulled Ran Mouri through the door and entered, only to be surprised to find that the person sitting next to Jiang Xia was not the Conan they were used to seeing, but a mixed-race little girl with short brown-red hair.
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