Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"I had someone send Mizunashi Rena away early. She's injured, and it would be hard to explain if she returned to the island."

Vermouth was holding onto the railing of the boat, with Yuji, who had already changed his clothes, beside her. The boy was wearing a pair of sunglasses and holding a fishing rod in his hand.

"She completed the task very well this time. Should we give her a few days off when she returns?" Yuji stretched his neck and glanced at the sea fish that Ms. Chris had prepared in advance to fool people. "It seems that she can't let go of that store. Let's give her a bonus."

"Ah."

The cigarette in Vermouth's mouth had been lit. She picked up the butt and threw it into the cigarette butt bag she carried with her.

"That Kuroba Rise, did you bring her back from the organization's orphanage? Shouldn't I call you mom? Why are you calling her grandma?"

The boy took out a candy from his pocket, threw it into his mouth, and casually adjusted the length of the fishing rod.

"I like that child. As for why she calls me grandma..."

Vermouth picked up a bottle of mint liquor and a wine glass from beside her legs, turned around and sat on the electric massage chair on the boat, quietly enjoying the blue sky and white clouds, and the feeling of constant shaking.

"You should have guessed it a little bit."

"..."

The small boat moved quickly on the sea, and the white waves created by the bow hitting the sea surface hit the side of the hull. Fujiwara, who was sitting in the driving seat, held up an umbrella in his hand, covering Jin Yuanguang next to him.

On the deck at the bow of the ship, Haibara held her cheek sadly, looking at Rize sitting in front of her reading a fairy tale book, and felt itchy in her heart.

"This book seems to have a lot of Chinese characters. I guess you can't recognize all of them."

Rize stole a glance at Huibara Ai and pretended not to care: "There's a fake name on it."

"Oh."

Miss Haibara withdrew her gaze in disappointment. She wanted to move over, hug Rize in her arms, and then point to the words in the book and teach her to read.

It's really abominable. Many children in the same class can't read kanji with kana, but Rize can. Although this must be taught by Vermouth, but...

[As expected of my daughter...]

A proud expression appeared on Haibara Ai's face, which made Rize, who was peeking at her, freeze.

[Grayhara-san, are you angry? ]

The girl shook her head. Before she confirmed the relationship between herself and her deskmate, she still regarded Haibara Ai as a good classmate.

After all, the deskmate I met after transferring to another school turned out to be my half-sister. This was too outrageous, and it was something that only appeared in the soap opera that my grandma watched during dinner time.

"I don't know what's going on on the island now. It seems like I haven't heard the roar for a long time."

Haibara Ai thought of Yuzuki and Kaori on the island. The two of them are very close to Rize now. If she doesn't take the time to meet this child in the form of Miyano Shiho, she probably won't know that she is also her mother.

"With Mr. Kudo on the island, there will be no problem." Rize stared at Haibara Ai's face. Naomi in the detention room said that Haibara Ai looked a lot like Kudo Shiho, which meant that the woman was also very good-looking. "Haibara-san's mother is a great beauty, right?"

In fact, she wanted to directly ask for information about the other person's father, but Rize felt that asking directly "Is your father Kudo Yuji" was too explicit and it would be easy for people to see through her thoughts, so she took a detour.

"Yeah, I heard she's beautiful."

"I heard?" The girl put down the book: "Haven't you seen your biological mother?"

Huihara Ai looked into Rize's beautiful eyes, not sad at all: "Yes, my father and mother left me before I could remember."

[As expected, the sisterhood between Huiyuan and Akiko is fake. ]

Rize had heard the three children talk about Haibara Ai's "setting". She followed her father after the divorce and had also met her biological mother, but the Haibara Ai in front of her now told her a completely different past.

"Others say that my mother is a kind person, while others say she is a hypocritical devil." Haibara Ai noticed that Rize's hair was a little messy, so she took out a fan from her pocket and began to help her tidy it up.

"Then, Haibara-san must be very sad." Rize turned to look at Haibara Ai, and said seriously: "If someone said that about my mother, I would definitely be angry, and we might even fight."

"Girls are prone to being at a disadvantage in a fight."

"No way, grandma put a single-shot life card in my schoolbag."

"Ah, grandma needs to be severely criticized!"

Haibara Ai glared in the direction of Vermouth, complaining about what this old lady had taught Rize.

"Your own safety is the most important thing. It would be bad if you got hurt."

Rize pouted: "Compared to being hurt a little and being insulted by others, it's nothing."

"You really are..."

Haibara Ai helplessly tapped Rize's forehead, then poked the girl's face with a smile.

【I can't do anything to you. 】

"Okay, remember to return the weapon later. You are not allowed to bring such dangerous things to school." Huiyuan Ai pinched Rize's face: "You are so cute, no one will bully you."

"You two!"

On the boat, Yuuji kept waving at the two of them, pointing to Hachijo Island which was already very close.

"Get ready, we are going to land on the island!"

"Hi!" x2
The two of them hurried to pack up their things. When they passed by the boy's fishing barrel, Haibara Ai took a special look inside, then looked away. She didn't sneer until she was a little further away from Yuji and Vermouth.

"You can't catch sweetfish in the sea!" (End of this chapter)