The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

When Ai Haibara opened her eyes again, she found herself back at Professor Agasa's house.

"!!!"

She shook her slightly dizzy head and struggled to get out of bed, only to find Professor Agasa and Conan standing beside her, looking at her with concern.

"I... how did I get here?" Ai Haibara rubbed her head, feeling unwell, and couldn't remember what had happened for a moment.

"..."

Upon hearing Ai Haibara's words, Conan and Professor Agasa's expressions became somewhat strange.

How will you be here?

They just wanted to know if this was a good thing or not!

When Conan regained consciousness from the effects of the anesthetic, he found himself kidnapped by Vermouth and forced into a car, where they fled the dock.

From what the other person said, Conan could only vaguely understand that Ai Haibara seemed to have been taken away by a strange woman wielding a knife.

A strange woman wielding a knife...

Upon hearing Vermouth's description, Conan subconsciously recalled the incident at the Beika Hotel, where Ai Haibara had told him that she had been rescued from Gin's clutches by a masked woman wielding a knife while she was in a daze.

However, before Conan could get any more information, he was once again drugged and knocked unconscious by Vermouth with sleeping gas during their battle of wits.

When he woke up again, he was already awakened by Professor Agasa shaking him.

When he looked around in a panic, he found the car interior in complete disarray.

Besides the shards of broken car window glass, the hypnotic gas canisters Vermouth had used, and the wreckage of the transmitters she had previously set up that were clearly damaged, there were other clues.

All that remained was a small pool of blood on the driver's seat.

Clearly, this was Vermouth shooting herself in order to force herself awake from the hypnotic gas.

However, what Conan didn't understand was why the other party chose this method when there were clearly easier ways to get rid of him.

"I only remember being rescued by someone, and then I suddenly fainted on the way..." Ai Haibara rubbed her forehead, vaguely recalling what happened.

But she had absolutely no recollection of how she fainted or how she got back to Professor Agasa's house.

(Regarding this, Yuki-onna, sitting on the bedside table, cautiously glanced at Yoto Hime, who was swinging her legs, only to find that her boss had an indifferent expression.)

"I said, Ai Haibara..." After a long while, Conan looked at Ai Haibara with a suspicious expression and muttered, "Could it be that your real identity is some fallen rich girl, so someone has been protecting you in the dark all along?"

Conan could tell from the confusion on Ai Haibara's face that she was not lying about this matter.

However, the other side managed to rescue Ai Haibara from the organization twice at the last minute.

Although the other party doesn't seem to have any ill intentions, Conan can't let his guard down because he knows nothing about them.

Moreover, the other party seems to know quite a few secrets.

Since they were able to send Ai Haibara back to Professor Agasa's house, it at least shows that they knew a lot about Ai Haibara.

Since it concerns the Black Organization, he cannot afford to be careless.

"Humph!"

Ai Haibara couldn't help but roll her eyes and snort coldly at Conan's baseless speculation.

The next second, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Conan with a serious expression, "What about Vermouth..."

Hearing Ai Haibara mention this, Conan's thoughts finally returned to normal. "Don't worry..."

Amidst the inquisitive expressions of Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara, he briefly recounted what happened next.

This includes the series of events he later vaguely heard about FBI agent Shuichi Akai arriving and forcing Vermouth to retreat, as well as his conversation with Vermouth in the car.

Ms. Judy was taken to the hospital by the agents who arrived later. Fortunately, the bullet did not hit any vital organs; she only suffered from excessive blood loss and is now out of danger.

Ran, who was trapped in the trunk the whole time, was also comforted by the detectives who arrived later and returned to the Mouri Detective Agency.

In their accounts, Vermouth was also portrayed as a kidnapper who abducted children.

(Vermouth: ???)

Judy came to Japan to work as an English teacher in order to investigate a kidnapping ring connected to her.

As for why Jodie deliberately collected information about Conan and Ai Haibara, it was because she discovered that the kidnapping group seemed to be planning to harm these children.

The reason she was shot at the dock was because she discovered someone sneaking away from Professor Agasa's house and drove after them without hesitation.

Because Xiaolan was in the trunk and couldn't hear what was happening outside, she didn't have much doubt about what Ms. Judy said.

Under the testimony of the FBI agent, Xiaolan quickly "accepted" this explanation.

Conan also used the excuse of having to give a statement to avoid returning to the Mouri Detective Agency with Ran for the time being.

"..."

"How can we believe what that woman says!" After listening to Conan's account, Ai Haibara suddenly frowned and stared intently at Conan.

Although Vermouth verbally promised not to keep pursuing him.

But Ai Haibara would never believe a single word that woman said!

"Don't worry, Haibara. I'm confident in handling this!"

However, Conan didn't think that way.

For some reason, he always felt that Vermouth was not malicious towards him.

Perhaps it was her strange attitude towards him during the kidnapping.

Or perhaps it's because the other party had many opportunities to eliminate them but didn't take them.

Ai Haibara could only give Conan a cold look at his inexplicable confidence and say nothing more.

If it weren't for the mysterious woman's words, "Don't worry," when she took her away, she probably would have jumped up right now.

After all, if one's true identity is exposed to the organization, one's own safety is secondary; if it implicates those around them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seemingly noticing the hesitation in Ai Haibara's eyes, Conan added, "However, just to be on the safe side, I think it would be better if you stayed here and didn't wander around these days. FBI agents will be stationed near Professor Agasa's house these days."

Of course, there's also the witness protection program proposed by the FBI.

However, before Conan could even explain what he was doing, Ai Haibara decisively rejected him.

Chapter 630 A Plea for Help from Vermouth

the other side.

Yuya Aragaki, who had already left the ghost ship that had docked and was now in Akemi Miyano's car, glanced at the text message in his hand with a surprised expression.

Besides the location, the above also included an extremely concise text message—

【Come pick me up, Vermouth】

It seems that things are unfolding just as he remembered.

Vermouth really did suffer a great loss from the FBI and Conan in this operation.

Although he didn't know why Vermouth chose to approach him instead of Gin, Yuu Aragaki naturally wouldn't stand idly by when a beautiful woman asked for help.

Putting aside any potential benefits, Vermouth was, after all, his senior sister.

More importantly, how could Aragaki Yuu choose to miss out on something as hilarious as Vermouth getting a major embarrassment?

Therefore, after casually deleting Vermouth's text message, Aragaki Yu smiled and looked at Miyano Akemi, who had been curiously peeking at him, "Ayami-nee, let's turn around."

"Ok?"

Faced with Yuu Aragaki's sudden request, Akemi Miyano's face showed a hint of doubt, but she did not hesitate to turn around at the next intersection.

After Aragaki Yu gave him the location address, Miyano Akemi, who was driving towards the destination, asked with some concern, "Little brother Aragaki, what happened?"

Because she had heard that a murder had occurred on the ghost ship that Aragaki Yu had just disembarked from, Miyano Akemi was also worried that all of this was somehow connected to Aragaki Yu.

"It's nothing, I was just going to pick up an injured little stray cat!"

An injured little wildcat?

Although she sensed the teasing tone in Aragaki Yu's words, Miyano Akemi still couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at it.

……

About ten minutes later.

In a phone booth near the Shinkansen tracks, a beautiful but slightly disheveled woman huddled.

Her hair was disheveled and plastered to her face, and there were several obvious bruises and abrasions on her pale cheeks. Her breathing was somewhat disordered, and she would occasionally furrow her brows, looking as if she were in great pain.

Her clothes were torn in several places, the cuts resembling hideous scars.

A bloody wound on her thigh was particularly glaring; the crimson blood had completely soaked through her jeans and dripped onto the ground of the phone booth.

Suddenly, the sound of vehicles approaching came from afar, exceptionally clear in the quiet night.

She instantly became like a frightened bird, her previously dull and lifeless eyes suddenly igniting with a wary light.

Her breathing quickened unconsciously, her hands clenched tightly until her knuckles turned white, and her body tensed like an arrow about to be released from a bow. She stared intently at the outside of the phone booth, trying to make out the approaching vehicle through the dust-blurred glass.

The car slowly came to a stop not far away, and the woman's heart beat a little faster the moment the door opened.

When she saw the familiar figure getting out of the car, her tense nerves instantly relaxed, her body went limp, and she leaned weakly against the glass of the phone booth.