Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

297 Guess

"What ex-girlfriend?" Winette bit her lip.

"You, you were actually secretly fooling around with that Kudo guy, otherwise how could he tell you such a thing?" Ai asked back confidently.

Winnet underestimated how annoying Ai was, and she actually sat in her arms. If Dr. Agasa came out at this time, the situation would be even more serious. However, when she got closer and saw Ai's playful face, as if controlled by some kind of magic, her resentment disappeared. She could already vaguely see the outline of the little girl, and Winnet was a little at a loss.

When Ai saw her with her head tilted, she felt that Winnet had not changed at all, and was even being played around by the little girl.

She said softly, "I won't tease you anymore. Tell me, what's going on?"

When it comes to research, Xiao Ai straightens her attitude. She goes to the oval table next to her and gets a small notebook and a ballpoint pen. She fiddles with the spring device a few times, sits across from Winnett, crosses her legs like she's watching late-night TV, and places the notebook on her knees, showing a relaxed attitude.

Winnet's worries came to nothing. She was just worried whether Ai was angry.

She pushed the bottle of white wine in front of her forward and explained the whole story to Xiao Ai like a salesperson. Although she couldn't be 100% sure that Conan's strange change came from this bottle of wine, Conan's special change happened after drinking that bottle of wine. She opened the bottle cap for Xiao Ai, and the slightly strong smell of alcohol hit her nose, and it was hot when it blew on her face.

Xiao Ai picked up the bottle with great effort, frowning. To be honest, if Winnett hadn't told her this, she would have thought that she was teasing her. How could a bottle of wine have the opposite effect of the medicine? She sniffed the bottle mouth and smelled a pungent odor. It was useless to just smell it. She needed to use an instrument to analyze the substances contained in this bottle of wine. Before that -

Xiao Ai gradually raised the bottle.

Winnet quickly pressed down the raised bottom of the bottle. Her speed was so fast that Ai's plan to taste it quickly failed.

"Don't stop me."

Winnet shook her head and stared at her like a prim old man: "It's a little too early for you to drink, Xiao Ai."

Do you think she's a primary school student again? Xiao Ai sighed like a whale, looking at Winnett unhappily because she was even more controlling than her sister. Slowly putting down the bottle, she rushed to Winnett, squeezing her cheeks like kneading dough, and her pointed noses pressed together like two guns. There were other things pressed together, but that would be censored and harmonized, so I won't go into details here. In short, Winnett's face was as red as a grapefruit with white inside, and her hands were grabbing the corners of her white robe.

She stammered, "Xiao Ai, what are you doing all of a sudden?"

"When a person wants to prove something, isn't action the most effective?" Xiao Ai whispered to Winnet. She wanted to let Winnet know through her actions that she was a real adult. But this had the opposite effect. Winnet's head shook even more and she firmly disagreed with her action of drinking.

"I remember that the legal drinking age in Japan is 20. Even if you haven't become younger, you are not yet , right?"

Winnet said this not because she was law-abiding. On the one hand, she felt bad when she saw Conan's drunken appearance after drinking, and on the other hand, Conan's state of being in a state of extreme pain also gave her a warning. She couldn't let Xiao Ai take such a risk. Xiao Ai, who had been staying in the laboratory, was probably not as strong as Kudo Shinichi in terms of physical condition. Although Xiao Ai didn't have a cold now, she didn't want to take any risks.

There is already a ready-made experimental material in Kudo Shinichi, so why should Ai try it on herself? Anyway, Kudo himself will be willing to cooperate and be a guinea pig in order to change back, right?

"I don't know when you became so law-abiding. Besides, you were less than 20 years old when you first drank, right?"

"This is different. That was for the mission. Besides, after Kudo drank it, he had some serious health problems. This is not something you can try casually."

In response to Ai's question, Winnet spoke righteously.

Xiao Ai listened to Winnett's words and fell into a state of thinking. She propped her chin with the back of her fingers and guessed what happened at that time. If this wine is really effective, Kudo must have experienced a large amount of cell regeneration at that time, and this process extremely consumed the energy stored in the body. It is very likely that this is the reason why his body felt torn and almost collapsed.

"Tell me more about this."

Winnett thought Ai had given up drinking, and continued with a smile: "He had the flu at the time, and was already in an uncomfortable state. After drinking, his condition deteriorated rapidly. It was about thirty minutes later that he changed from Conan back to Kudo Shinichi. In addition, after this change, his fever symptoms subsided a lot, but he still had the cold condition he had when he was Conan. It may be that his resistance to disease has become stronger after becoming a high school student."

Ai recorded these in her notebook. For more specific information, she still had to ask the person himself. When it came to subjective feelings, Winnett's expression was still limited.

She asked about Conan's condition: "So, how is that guy now? Is he still alive and kicking like a flea?"

Winnett didn't know his current state, at least he had been sleeping since he went back yesterday. She told Ai what she knew, and within two seconds of finishing her speech, the phone at Dr. Agasa's house rang. As a member of the doctor's family, Ai answered the phone on his behalf, and Ayumi was on the other end of the phone. After a brief conversation, Ai hung up the phone, looked up at Winnett, and said:

"He just woke up not long ago." Xiao Ai said, "His friends said they want to go to the library with him tomorrow."

Winnet smiled and gave a little revelation about Ai: "You must be included in my friends, right?"

Xiao Ai said something harsh. "Don't be like that. I always feel like you are making fun of me! I really want to feed you the modified APTX4869, then grab your neck and take you to the 'bad birthing place' to bully you every day at school."

Winnet pretended to be scared, but it was just an act. If she really became a child, she would not be afraid of Ai. Her friends were also very innocent and would not engage in violent activities such as pulling pigtails or kicking stomachs. You know, some cunning kids not only kick and beat their classmates, but also know how to hide these bruises.

"In short, don't drink it straight away. It's quite strong and you'll end up being a drunkard if you drink it."

"Are you telling the children the legend of ghosts eating people in the middle of the night?"

Ai waved her hands helplessly. Although it felt good to be cared for by her lover, she always felt that Winnet had a bit of a "guardian" style. This must be the subtle effect of her becoming smaller.

With a flush, Dr. Agasa walked out of the bathroom. Seeing the pile of liquor on the table, he opened his mouth slightly, and the hand covering his belly froze.

Another thing he couldn't understand.

Before he could say anything, Winnet politely said goodbye. A sudden visit was not polite in the first place, and she couldn't be affectionate with Ai in front of Dr. Agasa.

Xiao Ai did not stop Winnet and took the initiative to see her out.

"How did your talk go?" Dr. Agasa asked curiously.

"Old love rekindled."

Xiao Ai's simple answer left him speechless. His eyes turned into dots.

"Well, but now he is a child. Even if there is wine, even if he is impatient, he won't get angry."

Xiao Ai complained to herself, then asked the doctor to help her move the wine to the laboratory she was building.

With Winnet's previous experience of being drunk, Ai really didn't have any thoughts about alcohol. According to her, after becoming a child, her ability to break down alcohol might become worse, and it would be troublesome if she started talking nonsense and becoming unconscious.

Dr. Agasa asked curiously, "Xiao Ai, what are you going to do with all this Chinese wine?"

"Winnett said that Edogawa turned back to his original form after drinking this," Ai explained.

"This sounds incredible! I didn't expect that alcohol could have such magical effects. But why did Shinichi think of drinking alcohol? He is only an elementary school student now."

"Probably a potential high school drunk."

Xiao Ai said casually. She picked up the bag used to hold the liquor and found that the weight was wrong. She fumbled inside for a while and found a black magnetic disk and a small box. There was no note on the magnetic disk, but she could guess what was inside.

And in the box is an APTX4869.

With them, the research she was preparing was truly on track.

However, Xiao Ai was worried that the lack of recorded experimental drugs would cause trouble for Winnet.

Xiao Ai went into the laboratory and worked all night, listing the ingredients of the liquor. The next part is the ratio, and studying this is a long process. As for the most critical effect, it is still unknown, and she has no experimental animals to verify this for the time being. She couldn't sleep, so she poured another cup of coffee. When she was browsing the computer, she saw Winnet's playful email and couldn't help but smile.

Late at night, she walked out of the house and looked up at the house where Winnet lived. The lights were off, but she had the hope of meeting Winnet and her sister often. The moon was bright and the air was chilly. Xiao Ai cleared her mind after a few minutes and went back to sleep.

As a result, she woke up too early the next day, as if she was in a state of excitement, researching the antidote. But she had an appointment with Ayumi and the others yesterday, so she took today as a rest, and she could also ask Kudo about the situation.

Hopefully her precious little guinea pig won't suffer any sequelae.

The streets are covered with autumn leaves, as if the whole world is sleeping quietly under the cold sky.

Ai arrived at Teitan Elementary School early and ran into Conan, who looked unhappy, in front of the shoe cabinet.

"You're sighing so early in the morning."

"Good morning, Huibara. You're here so early today."

"This should be my line. I have a caring girlfriend to take care of me. Don't you always step on the timeline?"

"Don't tease me, Haibara. That's right!"

Conan immediately thought of the wonderful changes that had taken place in himself.

After he woke up, he actively thought about the cause and effect. The only unexpected change was the bottle of wine that Hattori brought... It must be that bottle of wine that turned him into an adult! He only drank one glass and changed back. As long as he drank the whole bottle, he would definitely be Kudo Shinichi forever! Conan felt that this was right.

"Hehe, I have found a way to become an adult."

"You mean the 'Bai Gan Er' liquor that turned you back into Kudo Shinichi in less than ten minutes?"

"Ah! How did you know?" Conan was shocked and he remembered Winnet who was present at the time.

"Thanks to you, even I was exposed in front of her."

According to the detective's thinking, it is not difficult to guess that Haibara is in the same situation as him. Conan looked at Ai with an apologetic look, laughed and said in an optimistic tone:

"It doesn't matter. We can change back soon anyway!"

Ai looked at him as if he were an idiot, and suddenly raised a black prop. Conan was immediately confused. She laughed sarcastically: "You shouldn't say such things. Change back? If you change back and are discovered by the organization, the result will still be death. What are you going to do?"

After a moment of shock, Conan said tremblingly: "Haha, Huiyuan, please don't joke... Even if I go back to Kudo, I can still hide..."

"You think it's too simple." Xiao Ai said calmly, taking out the indoor shoes with one hand, and muttered, "This prop is made quite realistically. Are you scared?"

"Uh, I was shocked."

Conan admitted frankly. Although Haibara had not shown any fangs during this period, he still couldn't forget that she came from that terrifying organization.

Ai didn't believe that the bottle of wine could really change Kudo back permanently, so she didn't continue to act. According to Winnet's description, it was probably a sporadic effect. Even if it wasn't, from a time perspective, the effect of the wine was very short, and Kudo, who successfully turned back into an adult once, was likely to have developed resistance to it.

"If physical problems could be solved by drinking, the world would not need scientists."

"But it really works. I must not have drunk enough, so..."

"It's up to you, but the more hope you have, the greater the disappointment that will follow. Once you really turn back into Kudo Shinichi, you won't be able to hide it at all, and my gun will become real. Or do you want to strike first? I've said before that you're not appearing as Kudo Shinichi to protect the people around you. You don't want that girl to become a cold corpse, do you?"

"You're such a spoilsport," Conan said with an expression that said, "I'm convinced." "At least you need to learn how to change back temporarily. This is a good opportunity. Don't worry, I promise you that I will hide my identity until we resolve the issue with that organization."

"I haven't settled accounts with you yet. It was because of your carelessness that Winnet discovered my true identity... Haah!"

Xiao Ai looked at the ceiling with a look of despair, and finally squatted down and put down her indoor shoes.

"I remember...you said she was your sister's friend."

Seeing Xiao Ai's expression, Conan also realized that this was probably fake news. He held the backpack straps with both hands and began to think.

"more than……"

"Then she is?"

"you guess."

Conan: ...

……

298 Old Love Rekindled

A yawning girl with a weird temper!

Conan muttered a few words in his heart, but dared not speak out his anger.

During the time when the monitors arrived and classmates came one after another, he kept thinking about the relationship between Huibara and Winnet.

How can a scientist who is firmly controlled by a dark organization develop friendship with ordinary people?

Winnet Moriarty is very likely someone related to the Black Organization, but her eyesight can basically rule out the identity of a killer. At least she should be a different person from Gin.

Maybe a support staff?

Conan felt that he had guessed correctly. It was very likely that the large company Durant Corporation had trade dealings with the Black Organization, and Winnet, as its heir, had contact with the organization.

The only loophole is that Durant's company does not appear to be involved in pharmaceutical business, so the probability of meeting Huihara is low.

So his thoughts turned to the transportation industry.

"Conan..."

Ayumi was whispering his name in class, and Conan, immersed in empty reasoning, kept his eyes on his deskmate Ai who was struggling with sleepiness. This scene made Ayumi feel very lost.

Does Conan like Ai more than her?

Although in Winnet's eyes, Conan is a cocky high school brat, but as a high school student entering a group of elementary school students, he lacks self-awareness and often shows a mature and reliable side that elementary school students do not possess. In addition, he is "smart" and "good at playing football", so he is quite popular among girls.

There is no concept of premature love in Japan. Although many students will make fun of this, no one will stand up against it.

When the bell rings,

Ai turned around, grabbed Conan's arm, and said to him in a cold manner:

"Hey, calm down a bit. I know you care about my relationship with Winnet, but don't stare at me like that. Look around you..."

Conan looked around quietly. All around him were gazes that said "gossip". Ayumi was staring at him and Haibara with a pitiful expression.

"Uh."

How come these kids are so precocious?

"Come with me," Xiao Ai whispered, "It's a good opportunity to understand what happened that day."

"Since I'm so curious, why don't you tell me?" Conan said to Ai as he followed her out of her seat and onto the playground.

They didn't talk on the way, but Conan, being a detective, had already noticed a few little tails following him - the Teitan Elementary School Boy Detective Team.

In a strange way, he is a bit like a detective, almost like Uncle Kogoro! The commissions he accepts are either investigating cheating or monitoring dating partners.

Haha!

Conan smiled but his heart was not smiling. Even if he was misunderstood, he didn't want to have any suspicious relationship with Huiyuan! These kids really have rich imaginations.

Ai chose a place with a wide view, and the Junior Detective Team had to hide behind the shadow of the teaching building, venturing their heads to watch. She had already anticipated that after talking with Edogawa, the trio would chase her and ask for all kinds of information.