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It was easy to guess why they had come here.

"The snow is really heavy."

"If you don't mind, you can sit here for a while."

"Wait until the snow subsides before going out."

Amuro Tooru pointed to the row of seats by the window in the convenience store.

Kurosawa and the others came in to escape the snow.

Upon hearing Amuro Tooru's words, Kurosawa pulled Ai Haibara down to sit.

Conan followed behind them, still pondering a way to get closer to Amuro Tooru.

Ai Haibara went to the chair furthest from Tooru Amuro.

Kurosawa sat down next to her.

Although it wasn't the first time she had faced Amuro Tooru in this form, Ai Haibara still couldn't help but tremble when she felt Amuro Tooru's gaze on her.

There were no customers in the convenience store at the moment, and the whole store became quiet after Kurosawa and the others sat down.

In this environment, even the slightest sound will be amplified many times over.

Such as this time.

Ai Haibara clearly heard the rustling sounds coming from behind the counter.

She didn't know what Amuro Tooru was doing, and she didn't dare to turn around to look.

But soon, the sound stopped.

Immediately following was the sound of footsteps.

close, close...

The footsteps grew closer, and Ai Haibara's heart pounded faster and faster.

Soon, the owner of the footsteps came up behind her.

Ai Haibara could sense Tooru Amuro's approach.

He seemed to be holding something.

Ai Haibara froze, too afraid to move.

Until a hand came into her line of sight.

That was Amuro Tooru's hand.

He was holding a cup of steaming water in his hand.

Amuro Tooru placed the paper cup in front of Haibara Ai.

"Be careful not to catch a cold if you get soaked in the snow."

"You can drink some hot water to warm yourself up first, little one."

Amuro Tooru noticed them the moment Kurosawa and the others came in.

The little girl was trembling slightly.

Considering their wet coats, the child must have been freezing.

Seeing that the snow outside wasn't going to stop anytime soon, Amuro Tooru thought of bringing them some warm food.

Ai Haibara stared blankly at the paper cup in front of her, unsure of how to react.

Fortunately, Amuro Tooru didn't seem to care about her reaction.

He placed the remaining two glasses of water in front of Kurosawa and Conan.

Then, he handed Kurosawa a dry towel.

"Mr. Kurosawa, your hair is all wet."

"If you don't mind, you can use this towel to wipe yourself first."

"Thank you."

Kurosawa took the towel.

"Mr. Amuro is a very meticulous person."

"Haha, not at all."

Amuro Tooru smiled and prepared to turn and leave.

But at that moment, Conan raised his hand.

Ai Haibara saw Conan's actions and instinctively wanted to stop him.

"Can't!"

Almost as soon as she opened her mouth, Conan grabbed Amuro Tooru's clothes.

Judging from Amuro Tooru's reaction and behavior, he is currently pretending to be a warm and friendly person.

In that case, his action shouldn't arouse his suspicion.

Just like Conan thought.

Amuro Tooru did not make any unnecessary moves, nor did he break free from Conan's grip on his clothes.

He paused briefly, then turned to look at Conan and the others with some confusion.

"What's wrong, you two children?"

In the rush, Ai Haibara didn't have time to look away and her gaze met Amuro Tooru's.

Although Amuro Tooru's eyes only held simple confusion, Haibara Ai still looked away as if she had been electrocuted.

It was Conan who spoke up.

"Brother, I need to go to the toilet, can you take me?"

Ai Haibara knew immediately what kind of trick Conan was up to.

She wanted to stop him, but with Amuro Tooru right under her nose, she couldn't think of a way to bring it up.

Amuro Tooru smiled and was about to speak when his phone vibrated in his pocket.

He glanced at the time and roughly knew who had contacted him.

Amuro Tooru then said somewhat apologetically.

"Sorry, little one, I'm off work now."

"The toilet is over there, can you go by yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Conan released his grip and nodded obediently.

Amuro Tooru smiled at him again upon seeing this, and returned to the changing room behind the counter.

At the same time, another unfamiliar man emerged from there and took over Amuro Tooru's job.

……

"Dingling bell~"

The door was opened again.

Amuro Tooru changed into his own clothes, then left the convenience store holding a black umbrella.

As he passed by the transparent glass, he glanced at the three people sitting inside, and gave them a friendly nod.

Chapter 178 Monitoring

Kurosawa watched Amuro Tooru leave.

Almost simultaneously, his cell phone vibrated in his pocket.

However, Kurosawa ignored it.

As for Conan and Ai Haibara standing beside him.

One of them took off his glasses and seemed to be fiddling with something.

The other person breathed a deep sigh of relief because of Amuro Tooru's departure.

Therefore, no one noticed the slight tremor.

Seeing this, Kurosawa showed no intention of hanging up the phone.

I let the phone vibrate there.

"All right!"

Conan called out, then put on his glasses, and heard Amuro Tooru's voice in his ears.

That's right, just as he grabbed Amuro's clothes.

He then attached a tracking device that could be used for eavesdropping.

Thanks to his status as a child, Amuro Tooru did not notice anything unusual.

Ai Haibara noticed Conan's actions.

She slightly widened her eyes.

“Edogawa, you…”

"Shh!"

Conan gestured for Ai Haibara to be quiet.

The voice he heard had changed.

It seems that Amuro Tooru has reunited with his companions.

A strange woman's voice came from the other end.

"You've come, Bourbon."

"...Vermouth."