I work as an editor at Marvel.

Ran Mouri turned around and saw Shinichi Kudo, who had already faced everything squarely.

"I'm sorry, could you wait a few more days? Shinichi Kudo will be back soon."

Conan spoke with utmost seriousness, even more so than when he was recommending Sherlock Holmes.

He had only one thought in his mind: Black Organization, I, Shinichi Kudo, the great detective of the new era, declare you are dead!

Ran Mouri suddenly laughed, and her smile illuminated the surrounding darkness.

"Hmm." Ran Mouri nodded lightly, walked briskly through the door, and slammed the door shut behind her.

Huh? Conan tilted his head. Isn't something wrong here?

"Ran! No, Ran-neechan! I haven't gone in yet!" Conan pounced on the door, banging on it with both fists.

Ran Mouri, inside the door, blushed deeply. Conan was Shinichi Kudo; they bathed together... slept together...

Boom! Shy Ran Mouri nearly knocked down the courtyard wall with a single punch.

Conan, standing outside the door, shuddered as he heard Ran Mouri say, "Find somewhere to sleep! Don't come in!"

Chapter 141 Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori's Resolve (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Qingheyue)

The next morning, before dawn, Hattori Heiji and Conan were already awake; to be precise, they hadn't slept much all night.

Suddenly, a heavy pressure weighed on them, a pressure stemming from responsibility that kept both of them awake at night.

"It's almost dawn, we should get going," Hattori Heiji muttered to himself, looking out the window.

"Okay, let's get going, but how do we get involved in those cases? Will your father let us see the files?" Conan replied, looking at the rooftop.

"No, but don't worry, I have a way." Hattori Heiji sat up and put the communicator on his wrist.

When he saw the time on his watch, Hattori Heiji was stunned.

"Heiji, what's wrong?" Conan asked.

"Shinichi, what's the date today?"

"July 16th, I guess."

Heiji Hattori didn't say anything else, but simply placed the communicator in front of Conan's eyes and asked him to look at the date on it.

The date is clearly shown as June 11th.

“I think this is the result of what they call the timeline being cut.” Hattori Heiji’s tone was very complicated.

"A person who lives in a chaotic timeline will never be aware of the chaos of the timeline. If a clear-headed person appears, he may be seen as a mentally ill patient."

"If such an environment were part of nature, that would be fine, but since it is man-made, I certainly cannot accept it. I also cannot accept that future generations will live in the same chaos as us without realizing it."

Hattori Heiji stood up and straightened his clothes.

Conan had a premonition that Heiji Hattori might have made a huge decision yesterday, one that was contrary to his dreams.

More than an hour later, Kogoro Mouri was chatting with Heiji Hattori's father, Heizo Hattori, who was also the Superintendent of Police in Osaka and a powerful figure in the second tier of the police force.

"Heiji, why are you walking so fast so early in the morning?" Toyama Kazuha asked, looking at Hattori Heiji, who was walking briskly toward them with his body straight.

Conan followed behind Heiji Hattori, and when Ran Mouri and he made eye contact, they smiled inexplicably.

"Heiji..." Hattori Heizo wanted to scold Hattori Heiji, how could he be so rude when there were guests here.

But when he saw Hattori Heiji, he had a strange premonition that a wish he had held for so long was about to come true.

“Father,” Hattori Heiji stopped in front of Hattori Heizo, “I want to join the police force! I will follow your advice and apply to the Police Academy when I go to university!”

Hattori Heizo's face showed initial surprise, followed by an uncontrollable smile.

Kazuha Toyama, who was standing next to him, was completely shocked. As Heiji Hattori's childhood friend, she knew how much Heiji loved being a detective.

Hattori Heiji's mind had changed no matter how many methods he tried or how many times he had been disciplined since childhood. How could it have changed so quickly after just one night?! What exactly happened last night?!

"Good, good! I believe my son will be an excellent police officer in the future!" Hattori Heizo was so overjoyed that he couldn't maintain his usual serious expression and demeanor.

“Father,” Hattori Heiji spoke again, “I would like to request that you open the files of those unsolved and difficult cases to me.”

Hattori Heizo's smile faded, and he stared at Hattori Heiji for a long time.

"Heiji, if you're still playing those detective tricks this time, I can't accept it." Hattori Heizo gave Hattori Heiji one last chance to back down. If he was thinking of using being a policeman as an excuse to look at the case files, he had definitely made a mistake.

“Father, from today onwards, the number one high school detective in Kansai will cease to exist.” Hattori Heiji replied earnestly and seriously.

"Okay! I'll have someone teach you some case-handling procedures and methods in advance, as well as the knowledge that a police officer needs to know. Of course, the case file library is open to you, and you can look at it freely as long as you don't take it out."

Hattori Heizo walked over to Hattori Heiji and patted him on the shoulder. "Don't let me down!"

A dozen minutes later, Conan walked up to Hattori Heiji, who was standing alone by the railing.

"No need to say more, this is a decision I've carefully considered. But are you prepared to face a whole host of difficult and complicated cases?"

Hattori Heiji crossed his arms and looked at the swaying tree branches in front of him.

"Actually, you don't need to..."

"It's alright. You, my equal in fame as a detective, have also disappeared, haven't you? With no rivals left, I no longer need to compete for the title of the number one detective."

Hattori Heiji said this with a relaxed expression, but the way he turned and left showed that his feelings were still very complicated.

Conan sighed as he watched Heiji Hattori's retreating figure and took out his phone.

"Hello, Dad, this is Shinichi."

"Shinichi, your mother and I are on vacation in Hawaii. Is there anything I can help you with?" Yusaku Kudo was a little surprised by his son's phone call.

"Dad, I'd like to ask you for a favor," Conan said after a moment's hesitation.

"You say it." Yusaku Kudo gave Yukiko Kudo a look and stopped walking on the beach.

Conan looked up again in the direction Hattori Heiji had walked away.

"For the next period of time, may I ask you to help me with the reasoning? I will tell you the information I have, and you can help me find ideas and analyze it."

Kudo Yusaku remained silent for a long time. He knew his son's temperament; he was just as competitive as he had been when he was young.

This was especially true in the area of ​​reasoning; he would actively ask for his help not just once, but for a period of time afterward—something Kudo Yusaku had never even considered.

"Okay, I'll keep my phone on. Contact me anytime if you need anything," Yusaku Kudo agreed.

"Thank you, Dad." Conan hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

Heiji, I see your resolve, and I won't fall behind either. Being the number one detective is not as important as resolving the current situation completely.

In Hawaii, listening to the dial tone on the phone, Yusaku Kudo put down the receiver.

"Is that Shinichi? What's wrong with him?" Yukiko Kudo asked curiously.

“He asked me to help him deduce the truth.” A smile appeared on Yusaku Kudo’s face.

"How could that be!" Yukiko Kudo looked closely at Yusaku Kudo's face, trying to see if he was just making things up again. "Has Shinichi lost his mind, or is there something wrong with your ears?"

“No, he’s just grown up.” Yusaku Kudo said with relief, then put the phone in his pocket. “Let’s go back and see him.”

“Okay, I’ll book the tickets right away.” Yukiko Kudo said, tugging at Yusaku Kudo’s clothes. “Hey, Yusaku, why did you say Shinichi has grown up? What happened?”

Chapter 142 Sisters Reunion

While Heiji Hattori and Conan buried themselves in their files, Fina took a moment to bring Ai Haibara to their destination.

This is a small warehouse. Because people died in the gunfight, the warehouse, which was already mostly empty, was completely abandoned.

The warehouse owners next door also felt that this place had bad feng shui, so they all put up "For Sale" signs, and that's why this place is rarely visited.

In the very center of this warehouse, a milky-white soul floated in the center of a magic circle.

Ai Haibara ran quickly to the front of the magic circle, then didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.

"Don't rush, let me do it." Fina said, gently tapping her finger in front of her.

Ripples, like water patterns, spread outwards in concentric circles in the air.

As the ripples vibrated, the circular soul gradually unfolded and slowly transformed into a human shape.

"Sister..." Ai Haibara's voice was very soft. When she spoke, she covered her mouth with her hand, as if afraid that her breath would blow her sister away.

"Shiho, you're so small~" Miyano Akemi whispered to Haibara Ai after waking up. Judging from her appearance, she probably didn't realize that she had come back to life in another form.

"Come here, let your big sister give you a hug." Miyano Akemi stretched out her arms, floated forward, and bumped directly into a transparent barrier.

The collision actually made her realize something. She looked down at her transparent figure, then at Fina standing to the side, her face full of confusion.

"Ahem, you sisters chat, but don't chat for too long, no more than half an hour. Her spirit is still unstable and she needs more time to rest."

Fina said something, then walked out happily with her hands behind her back. Being able to avert a tragedy and turn it into a comedy was something to be very happy about.

"Sister, stop crashing." Ai Haibara watched as Akemi Miyano used her spirit form to ram into the barrier from various angles, and for some reason, she felt like laughing.

"Shiho, what's going on?! You haven't been threatened, have you?" Miyano Akemi was a little nervous. How did she end up like a hostage being controlled by the other party?

"No, let me explain slowly..."

Ai Haibara told Akemi Miyano everything that had happened recently, excluding the parts that couldn't be mentioned.

"How could you be so foolish? What if that medicine doesn't work for you? Even if you really don't want to stay here anymore, you can find other ways!" Miyano Akemi scolded her repeatedly.

"You're one to talk, sis! How could you believe Gin's nonsense? And your ex-boyfriend, he ran off with you, what a jerk!" Ai Haibara complained, pouting.

Then the two sisters looked at each other and smiled. Being able to tease each other was a wonderful thing that they had never noticed before.

"Shiho, no, she should be called Ai now~" Miyano Akemi teased. The old Miyano Shiho was very aloof, and she was only nice to her older sister. However, she always seemed cold and lacked vitality. Now that she's smaller, she's much better.

Ai Haibara was a little embarrassed, "Sis~"

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. Ai, what are you planning to do next? How about finding an opportunity to join them?" Miyano Akemi whispered, offering a suggestion.

She now wants to find a backer for her sister. No matter what, Fina and the others must have some power to turn her dead body into this state.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Ai Haibara was a little worried that her sister would object to her decision. "Right now, I want to continue my research on aptX-4869."

Ai Haibara's thinking was relatively simple: since those who took aptx-4869 would become anchors for stabilizing the world, she would continue to research the drug to reduce the mortality rate to an acceptable level. That way, even if Fina and the others failed or suddenly left, they would still have a way to resist.

Miyano Akemi looked at her younger sister. Although there were some things that Haibara Ai hadn't told her, she trusted her sister's judgment.

"I'll support whatever you do, but it can only be verbal support, since I'm in this state," Miyano Akemi said with a laugh.