The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"..."

At this moment, Shiho Miyano finally realized that she was wearing ill-fitting clothes.

The bandages that were originally wrapped around her arms fell off as her body shrank.

To Ai Haibara's surprise, despite being shot in the arm, there was no visible wound or even a trace of a scar.

However, she was not overly surprised by this.

After all, the drug he developed, APTX-4869, can even reverse aging.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the body can repair damage during the shrinking process.

Of course, Ai Haibara still wrote down her discovery, perhaps it would play a role in her future research.

Since there was no one else at home, Ai Haibara did not show any signs of nervousness or embarrassment.

However, as she walked towards her room, she suddenly remembered something, her steps faltered, and she almost fell to the ground. Her face turned bright red, and her expression was one of shame and indignation.

Chapter 397 It seems only the organization in the whole world doesn't know that Conan is actually Shinichi Kudo.

More than 20 minutes passed.

Conan and Professor Agasa finally made it home.

"Hey, what is this?"

Conan walked into the house carrying the two large insulated boxes he had just found outside the door.

Having already changed her clothes and taken a shower, Ai Haibara heard the noise coming from the living room. While drying her hair, she walked out of her room.

She tilted her head and glanced at the bag Conan was carrying before explaining, "It must have been delivered by Aragaki and Masami. They were planning to invite me and Professor Agasa to dinner."

At this point, Ai Haibara's tone unconsciously carried a hint of resentment, "As a result, because of a certain great detective, we're still starving!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Conan scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

Haibara was right; even he himself was beginning to realize that this operation had indeed been somewhat reckless.

Putting aside the fact that she was hungry, Ai Haibara was also discovered by those guys in the organization, and almost lost her life.

and many more……

If you put it that way...

Conan slapped his forehead and looked at Ai Haibara, who seemed completely unaffected, with a strange expression. "Hey Haibara, how did you get back?"

Before Ai Haibara could answer Conan's question...

"Ai!"

Professor Agasa, who had finally managed to park his car in the courtyard, rushed in.

Professor Agasa arrived breathlessly in front of Ai Haibara, carefully patting her body and looking her up and down. "Ai, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"I'm alright, Professor Agasa!" Seeing Professor Agasa's concerned expression, Ai Haibara felt a warmth in her heart and explained with a smile, "Don't worry, although I did suffer a minor gunshot wound..."

"A gunshot wound!" Before Ai Haibara could finish speaking, Professor Agasa and Conan exclaimed in surprise, their eyes wide.

"Let me finish!" Seeing Professor Agasa and Conan interrupting her with such a startled look, Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at them both. "Although I suffered a gunshot wound, when the medicine took effect again and my body turned back into a child, all the wounds on my body completely healed during the process of cell division and differentiation. Even my cold is cured."

"So that's how it is!" Upon hearing this, Professor Agasa, seeing Ai Haibara unharmed before him, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dejected, Professor Agasa collapsed onto the sofa, looking at Ai Haibara and murmuring, "Ai, I'm so glad you're alright!"

Conan scratched his head in confusion, "Even your cold is gone?"

He recalled his experience of turning back into Shinichi Kudo after drinking some baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) brought by Heiji Hattori when he had a cold.

Why are the cold symptoms still on my body when I turned back into Conan?

Does even this depend on one's physical condition?

(Hotaru, who had already returned home with Aragaki Yu, shyly poked her finger, "Hehe...actually it was me!")

"Then, how did you escape from Gin and the others?" Without time to think about his cold, Conan anxiously grabbed Ai Haibara's shoulders and shook her.

Conan has been thinking about this all the way, but he still can't figure it out.

He didn't think Gin and Vodka were the kind of people who were masters of drawing human figures, or whose marksmanship was so bad that Ai Haibara could escape.

Ai Haibara pulled away from Conan's grasp with a hint of disgust, shook her nearly dried hair, and explained, "I'm not entirely sure about that either, but just as I was about to be shot by Gin, a masked person suddenly appeared and saved me."

"A masked man? Kid?" Conan was slightly taken aback, subconsciously thinking of the Phantom Thief Kid who had helped him out of trouble on that rainy night.

If it were him...

It is indeed possible that he knew that Ai Haibara was actually a child who, like himself, had turned from an adult.

"No." However, Ai Haibara shook her head, denying Conan's guess, "It was a woman holding a long knife."

"A woman!?" Conan rubbed his ears in surprise, afraid he had misheard.

It wasn't that he couldn't understand what women meant, but when he thought of a woman rescuing Ai Haibara from the clutches of Gin and Vodka, two vicious armed thugs, he felt something was off.

"But why did she save you?" Conan's expression suddenly changed, his eyes filled with confusion and hesitation as he stared at Ai Haibara. "Could it be that she knows your true identity!?"

It has to be said that Conan was starting to panic at this point.

Just as Pisco, who had learned Ai Haibara's true identity, was shot and killed by Gin, a mysterious woman suddenly appeared.

Add to that Heiji Hattori who discovers his true identity upon their first meeting, Kaito Kid who inexplicably learns his true identity, and Ran, who was doubting him not long ago…

Conan has reason to suspect that perhaps only the members of the organization in the whole world don't know that he is Shinichi Kudo.

Oh, right.

And of course, there's Uncle Mori, but he probably doesn't know either...

As for the mysterious woman who saved Ai Haibara.

Could it be a secret guardian who has been protecting her all along, even though Ai Haibara herself doesn't know it?

That's why she suddenly appeared when she faced a life-or-death crisis.

Could it be that Shiho Miyano's true identity is actually the illegitimate daughter of a mysterious super-rich man who has been living away from home?

"What the hell?" After he subconsciously swore, Conan shook his head repeatedly, trying to shake off the absurd idea, under the stares of Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara who looked at him like he was an idiot.

It's all Yu Aragaki's fault. A few days ago, he recommended some kind of novel to me that supposedly came from the mysterious East.

What kind of elite soldier, dragon king, gynecological expert...

Ugh, this is seriously addictive!

“I don’t think they know…” Ai Haibara hesitated for a moment, but decided not to tell Conan the truth. “After they rescued me, they took me to a safe warehouse, treated my wounds, and left. At that time, I hadn’t turned back into my current form yet.”

Fortunately, Conan and Professor Agasa's attention was not entirely focused on Ai Haibara, so they did not notice the unnatural look on her face when she lied.

As for why I didn't tell them the truth...

It was only because Ai Haibara vaguely remembered that before the man left, he whispered in her ear, "Don't ever mention me to them."

Although he didn't explicitly name the people he was referring to, Ai Haibara understood that he meant Conan and Professor Agasa, who had appeared with her at the Beika Hotel.

Logically speaking, she should trust Professor Agasa and Conan more than this man who is making his first public appearance.

However, when Ai Haibara recalled the unusual sense of familiarity and security she felt when she was lying in that guy's arms, she subconsciously did as the man said.

Although she felt somewhat sorry for Professor Agasa and Conan, she inexplicably believed that the guy who saved her would never hurt them.

Chapter 398 This newspaper is already outdated...

Unlike Ai Haibara, whose feelings were complicated.

After taking Ai Haibara home, Aragaki Yu didn't think about the matter any further.

The instruction to keep her from talking about her own affairs was just something Aragaki Yu casually mentioned.

Anyway, at that time she disguised herself as someone who looked completely different from her, so even if Ai Haibara described what she looked like, it would be impossible for her to find her.

Compared to that, Aragaki Yu's attention was now completely focused on the newspaper in front of him.

The newspaper was ordered by Akemi Miyano.

Although it still used the funds from the Aragaki-style Yin-Yang House.

In the words of Akemi Miyano, a qualified studio should keep abreast of all kinds of news and information in order to better discover potential clients.

In fact, Yuu Aragaki didn't care too much about whether or not to develop customers.

After all, even if he does nothing, Gin will still pay him a salary.

However, Aragaki Yu let Miyano Akemi handle the newspaper subscription, since he could get reimbursed by Gin anyway.

(Gin: "...")

What caught Aragaki Yu's attention in the newspaper wasn't any gossip, but the news that the popular group TWO-MIX would be holding a concert at the Budokai.

Of course, Aragaki Yu wasn't actually that interested in this kind of thing.

The only celebrity I know is Yoko Okino, who frequently appears in the story.