I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 451 Ai Haibara's Identity Exposed Crisis?
"Uh, it's Xiangzi... I've called her several times, even to her house, but no one answers..."

"That's Xiangzi, the one who called yesterday wanting to hire our Junior Detective Club, but hesitated and then suddenly hung up. He has brown, slightly curly hair, and a bob haircut..."

As Mitsuhiko was speaking, he noticed that everyone turned to look at Ai Haibara, who was sitting on a stool.

Haibara Ai:?
Are you describing a picture? You're only describing my features!

Seeing that everyone was looking at Ai Haibara, Mitsuhiko quickly said,
"Yes, yes, she gives off a very similar vibe to Ai Haibara!"

“Her sister and my sister are good friends. She used to often bring her to visit my house. We often played together. Yesterday, she called me and said she had something to say and hoped to walk home with us after school today. We talked on the way.”

"But Xiangzi didn't come today, and he didn't mention anything about it to me either. That's really strange."

Kobayashi Sumiko, who was listening to Mitsuhiko's words, blinked, wondering who he was talking about.

She tilted her head, thought for a moment, and finally remembered, then asked in confusion,

"You mean Shoko Amamiya from Class 4-A, right?"

Kobayashi Sumiko then said,
"But Amamiya actually asked for leave. Her uncle passed away in an accident, so Amamiya's parents asked for leave to take her to Kyushu to attend her uncle's funeral."

"It's normal that you can't reach Amamiya-san when you call her house."

Hearing this, the other members of the Junior Detective League breathed a sigh of relief.

I think this was just a misunderstanding.

However, Conan noticed that Ai Haibara's expression was a little off.
He approached Ai Haibara and asked in a low voice,

"What's wrong, Haibara? Are you feeling unwell?"

Hearing this, Ai Haibara said in a low voice,

"Do you remember that teacher named Hirayama Bungo who came to teach our class before?"

"My first reaction when I saw him was that this person's true identity was a member of the Black Organization, but after investigating for a while, we couldn't find anything wrong with Hirayama Bungo, who... was the homeroom teacher of Class 4-A."

"Don't you find it strange? That Shoko Amamiya who looks a lot like me, why didn't she disappear earlier or later..."

"But after we went live yesterday, we suddenly disappeared without a trace. Do you think it's possible that Hirayama Bungo mistook Amamiya Shoko for me and thus kidnapped her back to the base?"

Conan:?
This...this can't be, this is too outrageous!

Although he didn't know what Amamiya Shoko actually looked like, he didn't believe that she would look that similar to Haibara Ai. Sonoko would be more like it... Strange, why did he make the connection to Sonoko?
Conan stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled.

Mitsuhiko said with some disappointment,
"No, I just called and asked. Xiangzi's parents said that Xiangzi did not go to Kyushu with them."

"Furthermore, Xiangzi's parents said they've already spoken to Teacher Pingshan and won't let Xiangzi ask for leave. Teacher Xiaolin, isn't the information you received already outdated?"

Kobayashi Sumiko:?
Huh? Is that true?
She quickly took out her phone and sent a message to Hirayama Bungo. After a while, Hirayama Bungo replied that it was indeed the case, and that he was also worried about Amamiya Shoko's situation and was on his way to Amamiya Shoko's house.

Sumiko Kobayashi then recounted the incident.

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara and Conan exchanged a glance, each able to see the suspicion in the other's eyes.

Although their previous investigation of Hirayama Bungo had not uncovered anything unusual,

However, this does not mean that Hirayama Bungo could not possibly be a codename member of the Black Organization, because many codename members of the Black Organization have a hidden identity and do not show any abnormality when they are not on a mission.

Perhaps Hirayama Bungo really did mistake Amamiya Shoko for Haibara Ai, and is therefore trying to capture Amamiya Shoko...

"Alright, let's go!" "Our Junior Detective League will never abandon any client who might be in danger!"

Genta said with great enthusiasm,
Hearing this, Ayumi nodded in agreement with Genta's words. Megumi, standing next to her, was a little envious, but she couldn't go because the period drama traveling theater troupe still had rehearsals, and as one of the actors, she couldn't be absent.

Otherwise, Megumi Ito might have considered joining the Detective Boys to get closer to Conan.

"Borrow a hat."

Ai Haibara whispered to Conan beside her,

"Your usual baseball cap will do."

"I'll mess up my hair a bit. I'll come over with you guys in a bit. This whole thing might have started because of me, and I can't just sit idly by."

Hearing this, Conan was somewhat surprised.
However, he had already witnessed Ai Haibara's courage when Black Mask challenged Batman, so he wasn't particularly surprised that Ai Haibara was now asking to go and investigate together.

Conan took the hat out of his bag and handed it to Ai Haibara.

Ai Haibara also flipped her hair and put on a hat, making her hairstyle look like a miniature version of Eri Kisaki, which surprised the three members of the Junior Detective League who had just been having a great time.

—In their memory, Ai Haibara has never changed her hairstyle.

However, Ai Haibara's expression remained unchanged.

She slung her backpack over her shoulder and then said directly,
"Let's go, let's go visit Amamiya-san's house."

"Isn't this the best way to determine whether Amamiya-san has encountered any danger?"

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Shoko Amamiya's home is not far from Teitan Elementary School.

The Junior Detective League quickly arrived at the door of Amamiya Shoko's house. Mitsuhiko, with practiced ease, took out the spare key to the Amamiya house, opened the door, and led everyone into the house as if they were old friends.

This made Ayumi's gaze towards Mitsuhiko become somewhat strange.

However, Mitsuhiko was completely unaware of this.

He merely searched the area nearby and found a note left by the other members of the Amamiya family, which told Amamiya Shoko to have dinner at the neighbor's house. His spirits immediately lifted.

He knows this neighbor too!

Mitsuhiko turned his head and said,

"Everyone----"

The doorbell rings.

Ai Haibara instinctively came behind Conan, lowered the brim of her hat, and observed the person out of the corner of her eye. She then saw the figure wearing black clothes and non-prescription glasses.

Hirayama Bungo, the homeroom teacher of Class 4-A.

Just by seeing this person narrow their eyes, with a hint of danger in their expression...
Ai Haibara's Black Organization's early warning radar had already gone off.

While the others were still talking to Yamabuchi, Ai Haibara quickly sent a message to Chen En.

—Sometimes, you have to make a phone call and call for backup!
(End of this chapter)