Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

"Indeed, if you were harmed by someone, I might do the same thing."

Xiao Ai muttered softly and stopped facing the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Will not……"

Winette rejected this possibility. At this time, they also saw Rokuda Masashi coming out to prepare for the handover.

Rokuda Masashi greeted Winnet and spoke meaningfully.

"I will take care of the matter you mentioned, but I have to wait until Miss Lihua's funeral is over. I have to explain the situation to the driver. Sorry for the rudeness."

"What do you want him to do?"

Xiao Ai, who originally had some evasive thoughts, thought it would be better to find out what Winnet was doing and asked her directly.

"Nothing, just a test list. The organization is looking for talented software engineers. As for the specific purpose, I don't know."

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Xiao Ai had a bad suspicion.

In the moment she was stunned, Winnet's face was almost touching her nose, which surprised Ai.

"What are you doing coming over here all of a sudden?"

While shouting this, Xiao Ai took two steps back and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Because your expression suddenly became somewhat photogenic, did you think of something?"

Winnet squatted down and asked Ai with a smile.

"I just have an immature guess. Even if I tell you, you will find it absurd... In short, it has no value."

While Ai was explaining, she walked around Winnet's cheek and looked at Conan who was elusive in the corridor behind, and ended the conversation.

Winnet also noticed this little uninvited guest early on and quickly changed the topic to the physical level.

Although Xiao Ai often stayed up late, she was no more energetic than an ordinary person, especially when she turned into a child. After being frightened by her, tears even appeared in the corners of her eyes. Her eyes with glittering eyelashes were twinkling, but she didn't look like she wanted to cry, but rather very resentful. Winnet expressed her concern about Xiao Ai's sleep and asked her if she wanted to find a guest room to rest. Xiao Ai smiled slightly. Winnet knew that when Xiao Ai showed her tender side, she would smile like this, with satisfaction and disapproval in it, expressing a primitive intimacy.

"That's true. The murderer who frightened me was finally caught. I should take a good rest. However, the car has come and the police will arrive soon. I think it's better to take the car on the way back. It will be more comfortable."

Ai said that it was difficult to fall asleep in this house where so many horrible things happened. Conan, who was listening, was very surprised. He felt that Ai was not a woman who would care about such things.

Faced with this kind of situation that ordinary people would not be used to, Conan felt that Ai would probably act like she was the only one in the group, a bit like a proud goddess. But due to Winnet's presence, he could not complain, but yawned as well. He was very sleepy after working all night and reasoning with his brain, and his retina seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.

Seeing Conan passing by, Winnet smiled and made the same suggestion again, but she specifically instructed this reliable little gentleman to stay by Xiaolan's side.

Conan's face flushed immediately when he thought of his impulsive concern for Winnet. For a moment, he thought of several explanations, including "an older brother asked me to help take care of Xiaolan", but to him, they all sounded like ambiguous excuses and could not be considered explanations at all - if it was really an outsider's business, then he would not be so worried!

Moreover, he did not forget that the "that person who likes women" mentioned by Xiao Ai might be one of his competitors.

That's really bad news.

Although it's not very good as far as the eyes are concerned, people with slight defects are generally relatively lovable.

Winnett didn't know what Conan was thinking. She just didn't want Ai to stay in the same room with Conan. For convenience, adults always put children of the same age together. Even though she didn't think Conan had the possibility of attacking Ai, she was psychologically uncomfortable with this situation.

She locked her eyes on Conan, who was stepping backwards, walking around her as if he were walking around a statue.

"Uncle Kogoro asked me to go downstairs and take a look at the situation."

Conan explained with a wry smile, then ran towards the gate.

"Why do I feel like he's afraid of you? Did you do something to him that I don't know about? He looks just like a student who made a mistake and meets his teacher, and he's the kind that's annoying."

Xiao Ai opened her eyes slightly, making them round like buttons.

After hearing this, Winnett recalled and explained that she had doubted Conan's innate knowledge before, because he was so smart that he didn't look like a child at all. Ai said that she could understand that even now, the other party would still do some things that were too proud of themselves and forget that they were elementary school students. Sometimes she herself was also like that. It was not easy to pay attention to the gap from the sudden change from an adult identity.

"He probably took those words as religious, and even thought you were extreme."

Xiao Ai summarized it.

"So, don't you want to consider my suggestion?"

"Forget it, I'll sleep better when we get back to the Doctor's house."

"Eh!"

"It's the way you look that makes me feel like you're up to something bad."

Xiao Ai said sharply.

Winnet was confused and thought, what bad idea? Xiaoai's turned away face felt like a little girl pouting and being upset. However, she couldn't really take it as such. She thought that after becoming a child, Xiaoai's personality had also changed. "Could it be... you're talking about that kind of thing? Uh, I won't do anything bad! I always respect your feelings the most, Xiaoai, right, I used to be like this!" Winnet winked at Xiaoai, because she didn't want to be seen as having bad intentions, "Look, my sincere expression."

"Your expression is always dry, because the essence lies in the eyes."

Xiao Ai said in a dry tone.

"But it is also lovable, but it has the same effect on everyone, which makes me unhappy. It is almost like a famous painting, admired by a group of irrelevant people, but I can't do anything about it. Okay, stop being a spoiled child. Do you hear the alarm bell?"

"It's really strange, how could it come so quickly?"

She was also familiar with the rhythmic sound of the red flashing sign. It was like the strange cry of an animal in estrus. Winnett listened more carefully than Ai, as if the Japanese police had predicted what would happen here.

"Maybe Mr. Yizhi hid the telephone line and notified the police faster than expected. This place is not far from the city. When we got here, didn't it only take less than 20 minutes by car?"

"That's true."

If you are speeding, without considering the steepness of the mountain road, the speed can be even faster.

Winnet loosened her hands that were pressing on her knees, slowly stood up, and stretched as if to relax.

Xiao Ai also cooperated with her action and yawned loudly. She has been considering returning to a normal routine recently to avoid being called the yawning girl by someone. She doesn't know what Winnet is thinking, but a woman who always looks tired does want people to keep their distance - but this should be something that her beauty can overcome.

She glanced at Winnett.

But when talking about beauty with the person in front of you, it is easy to fall into the trap - the interpretation and competition of beauty - and end up in failure.

Xiao Ai felt that the reason why those men didn't bother Winnet so much was that her beauty was too unfriendly, like the beauty that only existed in myths and religious stories. For something that was difficult to grasp, the first feeling of ordinary people was of course to watch quietly from a distance, as if picking it was a sin. However, she had already done that, long ago.

"Cough cough..."

"What's wrong, do you have a cold?"

"No, my throat just feels uncomfortable."

"No wonder. Drinking only coffee at night can be a big problem for children."

Winnett followed the direction of the kitchen, intending to find some remaining water from the kettle inside and heat it up a little. Seeing this, Xiao Ai walked to the French window and saw the police who had been dispatched to check Nikaidou's body and were rushing into the house. Immediately, she saw Rokuda Masashi there again. He greeted her and then ran to find Maori Kogoro and others.

Not long after, Kogoro reenacted the reasoning show in front of the police, causing Officer Megure to mutter "It's rare that he didn't fall asleep." When he learned that Kogoro was still asleep during the reasoning, he finally let it go and directly ordered the arrest of Ichieda Takashi who confessed the crime, and then asked the relevant personnel to take photos and record, and deal with the body of Yotsuba Reika. While this process was still in progress, the chairman of the Yotsuba Group came to hear the tragic news and said that he would hire the most professional lawyer.

Due to the special circumstances of time and place, the recording was conducted on a later date and all persons submitted their names and addresses.

At this time, Kuzuha Masumi and Xiaolan had also woken up.

"Drink some hot water."

"Thank you."

When Xiaolan opened her eyes and saw the disposable cup handed to her by Winnet, she still looked a little confused.

"That little boy has been watching over you until just now."

Winnet said meaningfully.

"Conan?"

Xiaolan answered while laughing.

"Come to think of it, I dreamed of Shinichi... the one you've seen, Miss Winnett. I always feel that Conan and Shinichi are very similar, whether it's the way they think or their fascination with reasoning and cases..."

"Maybe this is his way of protecting you."

Hearing Winnet's words, Xiaolan touched her head shyly.

"By the way, where are Dad and the others? How is the incident going?"

"The police's questioning has basically ended. They are in the next room and are preparing to leave. During the time you were unconscious, the murderer has been found and the matter has come to an end."

As Winnet was speaking, Ai walked into the room.

"Are you awake already?"

"Ah."

Xiaolan nodded.

After Xiaolan calmed down a little, they walked out of the room and happened to meet Kogoro. Seeing that Xiaolan was safe and sound, he was relieved and told Xiaolan to thank Winette for protecting Xiaolan last night. Hearing this, Xiaolan felt incredible and hurriedly thanked Winette, but immediately felt very embarrassed and ashamed that she had mistaken her for Shinichi.

"I'm really causing you trouble."

"No la."

"Yes, time to go."

Xiao Ai spoke first, causing Xiaolan to look at her with small eyes and a puzzled look.

"Eh?"

"Haha, it's hard to guess what children are thinking."

“That’s right…”

"Then I'll take Ai back to the doctor's house first."

Winnet smiled and nodded, saying goodbye, and caught up with Ai's back.

The driver who came here brought spare tires and filled the trunk of the mid-sized car. He also thoughtfully replaced the tires for everyone's car. When they went outside, Sophia was already waiting in the driver's seat.

"What is she going to do, send you both to your home?"

Sophia stared at Xiao Ai in the back seat through the front mirror and asked.

"Well, we can just go to that area. Ai lives right now in the home of a doctor near my house. We are neighbors within a few minutes' walk."

"Oh - you are quite positive."

Sophia started the car and described Winnet's condition in an intriguing tone.

"Haven't I always been like this?"

"It seems so, but it's rare to see you connect so deeply with others. To me, you seem more like a reclusive fool who is immersed in charity."

"Fools and whatnot..."

As Winnett was reading, the vehicle started at an extremely fast initial speed, and the engine made a popcorn-like sound, leaving her no chance to continue speaking.

Little Ai in the back seat was not disgusted by Sophia's words. This made her understand Winnet's living conditions from another perspective - almost as empty as hers.

However, they are each other's supporters, and this is the original state of their relationship.

Sure enough, Winnet is quite deceptive.

Although he is an idiot, he is not really that person.

Then they got off the bus at Beihua-cho Ni-machime.

Because Ai didn't want to meet Mingmei, they didn't go to Winnet's residence, but went to visit Dr. Agasa first. When Ai saw the state of the garage, she knew that Dr. Agasa had returned to the mansion.

She rang the doorbell outside.

"I'm coming!"

A middle-aged man with a big belly walked out of the house. His head was shaved clean, and his beard was gray and unkempt. Winnet had seen this scientist before, so she didn't seem too surprised.

"Hey, Ai-chan!"

Dr. Agasa seemed a little surprised.

"Ah, you are..."

"I'm Winnet Moriarty. It seems you remember me."

Dr. Agasa's impression of Winnet was based on rumors and the church's evaluation. The first time they had any interaction dates back to almost five years ago.

Winnet explained her purpose and some things about Ai, but she didn't mention the two cases that happened in a row. Until now, Winnet still felt that the case was definitely related to Kogoro and Conan. Normally, she might only encounter one case every two weeks, but now the frequency has been greatly reduced.

"Then I'll take my leave now."