Conan Rick's Investigator

……

At Haibara Ai's initiative, the two chose to walk.

At midnight, a cold wind occasionally blew on the deserted streets.

Tea's childhood sweetheart, who was only wearing a small vest and cropped pants, felt a little cold and unconsciously hugged her arms together.

"Can I lend you my clothes?"

Haibara Ai turned her head and took a look at the brown windbreaker that reached Qin Zhibo's knees.

"No need." The tone was as cold as the wind on the street.

"Then should I hold you?" Qin Zhibo asked again.

"Dama."

Although the tone of rejection was still not strong, it was straightforward and decisive.

Qin Zhibo glanced lightly at the little girl whose features showed a hint of stubbornness and weakness, and guessed in his heart that she must have something to say.

However, Qin Zhibo did not take the initiative to ask, as if he was in a hurry.

Boys... no, older men need to learn to be reserved!

At the same time, Haibara Ai was also quietly observing Qin Zhibo's attitude, and was silently worried in her heart.

Doesn't he want to know why I asked him to go home?

I'm asking...

……

After walking through another street, Huibara Ai, who had been waiting for Qin Zhibo to ask something, finally took the initiative to speak.

"You said you accidentally entered the cave while on an outing...those were all lies, right?"

"You were wearing clothes that didn't suit your status, you were soaking wet, and you didn't drive here..."

Haibara Ai transformed into a ruthless reasoning machine, spouting out all her reasonings.

"It was only at dusk that Dr. Agasa and I discovered that Edogawa and his men had entered the cave, and we alerted the police using the code we left there."

"The police had not received any reports of this before. You neither subdued the criminals nor provided any assistance to Edogawa and the others. Given your abilities, this is impossible..."

"So you actually entered the cave after Dr. Agasa and I discovered it and called the police..."

"And considering it was dusk, there's no reason for a normal person to enter a natural cave like that after dark without any professional tools."

"So the truth is..."

"You've been following us."

After experiencing so many murders with Conan, Haibara Ai couldn't help but keep calling him "the scheming frog".

Haibara Ai's "reasoning" stunned Qin Zhibo, and he also figured out the logic in Haibara Ai's brain.

In this regard, Qin Zhibo only wants to say...

You are allowed to go back in time (become smaller), but I am not allowed to travel through space?

Of course, Qin Zhibo didn't say that, but continued to reason along the lines of Haibara Ai.

"So you think I was following you, wearing clothes that didn't match my identity, and hiring another car, in order to avoid being discovered by you."

"I was watching you from near your camp until Dr. Agasa and you went to check out the cave. I realized Edogawa and the others were in danger and entered the cave to rescue them."

"That's what you think, right?"

Now it was Ai Haibara's turn to be stunned, and she nodded hesitantly.

Qin Zhibo held his chin up pretentiously, as if he was savoring this reasoning, and then said calmly, "Your reasoning seems to make some sense, but everything is about motivation..."

"Why would I follow you?"

This question, which took the initiative, made Huihara Ai hesitate a little, but she still insisted on her reasoning and said firmly: "Because you are interested in me and Edogawa."

Qin Zhibo: "Emm... I don't refine copper, thank you."

Realizing that Qin Zhibo had misunderstood, Huiyuan Ai quickly explained: "I meant that you already knew about the relationship between Kudo and me."

"Know what?" Qin Zhibo continued to ask.

At this time, Haibara Ai had already realized that she had unknowingly fallen into Qin Zhibo's rhetoric, but the topic had already reached this point, so she had to continue.

"You know that Edogawa and I both evolved from adults to children. You absolutely cannot deny this."

"You held Kudo Shinichi when he was little, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to recognize him after he became smaller."

In fact, before experiencing the Haido Hotel incident, Haibara Ai felt that it was unrealistic to recognize a child's face ten years later based solely on memories from ten years ago.

But in fact, Pisco also admitted that he was able to find himself in the crowd at the party because he had seen his childhood self.

If Pisco, who is over 70 years old, can do this, it is even easier for Qin Zhibo, who is in his prime, to do the same.

As for why Qin Zhibo was able to recognize him, it was because he was wearing an adult white coat on the day he escaped from the laboratory, and the various underwear underneath were also adult styles.

If it weren't for what happened to Kudo Shinichi, Qin Zhibo wouldn't have been suspicious.

But if you have already discovered Edogawa Conan's identity, combined with the adult clothes he is wearing, it is not difficult to guess.

And when he was injured, the gifts Qin Zhibo brought were flowers and fruits, which were not gifts prepared for children at all.

So after comprehensive judgment, Haibara Ai was very sure in her heart that Qin Zhibo already knew that she and Conan were both shrinkers.

……

Haibara Ai sorted out her own logical thinking again in her mind and found that there were no loopholes.

Qin Zhibo was a little puzzled and frowned.

When did I ever hug Kudo Shinichi when he was a child?

Although he wasn't quite sure what the "little girl" in front of him was talking about, Qin Zhibo didn't rush to deny it. Instead, he followed Huiyuan Ai's words and asked, "So what if I know something?"

"Do we have to find out everything just to know?"

"Humanity's power is limited. There are so many unsolved mysteries in this world. Do we have to delve into them all?"

"Curiosity is a fever. If you have it, you must get treatment right away."

Somehow, Qin Zhibo remembered the words buried in his heart.

When Haibara Ai heard this, she lowered her head thoughtfully.

Judging from Kudo Shinichi's experience of growing from big to small, this sentence seems to make sense.

But it was also thanks to Kudo Shinichi's curiosity, otherwise I would have no place to stay now.

……

Before they knew it, the two of them walked from Beika General Hospital to Dr. Agasa's house.

The lights in the big house were on, indicating that Dr. Agasa had sent the naughty kids home.

Ai Huiyuan stopped at the gate and pressed the doorbell that Dr. Agasa had set for children. She then turned to Qin Zhibo and said, "I hope you can attend the Teitan High School Garden Party in twelve days."

"Hmm..." Qin Zhibo hesitated, "Why?"

Haibara Ai also hesitated for a moment, and a mysterious smile appeared on her face.

"You will witness a miracle..."

Chapter 420: Xiao Ai, who loves to play tricks on people and buy insurance

Miracle……

Haven’t I witnessed enough miracles in the past two days?

Qin Zhibo complained silently in his heart, and at this time, Dr. Agasa just opened the door.

Watching Haibara Ai's back disappear in the light of the entrance, Qin Zhibo also turned and left.

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At Dr. Agasa's house, Dr. Agasa anxiously followed Haibara Ai and asked her questions.

"Have you told Mr. Qin? Did he agree?"

Haibara Ai walked silently to the bar, first took a glass of water and took a small sip.

"I revealed my true identity to him..."

"what!?"

Dr. Agasa's face was filled with shock, because this was not what they had discussed in the hospital just now.

When Conan was pushed into the operating room, Haibara Ai, who was also a girl, noticed that Mouri Ran had some doubts about Conan's identity.

Not only that, after this life-threatening experience, Conan, who survived the disaster, will definitely relax and want to tell his true identity to Ran Mouri.

In order to avoid this situation from happening and causing eternal regret, Haibara Ai wants to do something.

While Conan was in the operating room, Haibara Ai kept thinking about this matter with her intelligence of 80, and finally came up with a good plan.

The plan is divided into two phases.

Phase one: Scare Conan in the hospital and make him give up the idea of revealing his identity.

In the second stage, at the Teitan High School garden party, using the first version of the antidote for APTX-4869 and himself who is similar in size to Conan, Mouri Ran completely understands that "Conan ≠ Kudo Shinichi".

Since the last incident at the Beido Hotel, Haibara Ai, who understands that children have many physical inconveniences, has accelerated the development of the antidote and has now obtained the first version of the antidote.

However, the effect of this first version of the antidote is still unstable. Since it is made based on the principle of Baigan liquor, it is not a permanent antidote in theory. In addition, an experimental mouse is still needed.

As for this "little white mouse", Haibara Ai thinks Conan is very suitable.

Therefore, Haibara Ai, who has become a "planner", has already formulated a package plan in her mind and is waiting to implement it.

However, while waiting in the hospital, some medical staff who were preparing to organize team-building at the Teitan High School Garden Party aroused Haibara Ai's vigilance.

These people were two nurses and a security guard from Mihua General Hospital. The three of them invited a male doctor wearing glasses.

Although the male doctor repeatedly declined, he could not resist the three people's invitation and finally agreed.

Haibara Ai had been watching these people coldly from the sidelines until the four of them all looked worried, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.

Something bad might happen at the Teitan High School carnival...

Following Conan in the battlefield for a long time, Huiyuan Ai has developed some intuition in this regard, or a sixth sense, a radar...

If something like that really happened at the scene, with Kudo Shinichi's personality, he would definitely rush out to solve the problem at all costs.

Exposing her identity in public was not part of Haibara Ai's plan.

Therefore, Haibara Ai needs to buy an "insurance" for the garden party of Teitan High School, and this "insurance" is Qin Zhibo.

Looking at all the detectives who have appeared so far, only Qin Zhibo's reasoning speed can surpass Kudo.

As long as Qin Zhibo was at the scene, there would be no need for Kudo Shinichi to come forward to reason.

When you know in advance that someone might die, this is the best solution Haibara Ai can think of.

Even if it wasn't someone from the hospital who got hurt, it could be a case of a student killing someone for passion, or someone else in society killing someone for personal gain...

In short, in Beihua Town, where the security is not very good, it is necessary to deploy a detective to a place with a high density of people like the Teitan High School Carnival.

It was for this reason that Haibara Ai appeared in person to talk to Qin Zhibo.

Of course, in addition to this, Haibara Ai also has some of her own reasoning about why Qin Zhibo could appear in the cave today, and she wants to confirm it in person.

Although even Conan didn't realize that he was being followed along the way, this is exactly where Qin Zhibo is better than Conan.

However, Qin Zhibo did not directly admit that he had been following them all the way, but indirectly admitted that he had figured out that both he and Conan were shrinking people.

Regarding this issue, Qin Zhibo seemed to be just as Conan said, not very interested, so he did not delve into it.

But why would he follow someone if he wasn't interested?

The results obtained before and after are somewhat contradictory, which makes Huiyuan Ai a little headache. It turns out that reasoning is not that simple...

"Anyway, he should be at the Teitan High School carnival in twelve days..."

Huihara Ai firmly believed that Qin Zhibo must want to see a "miracle" happen, but she didn't know that Qin Zhibo had already seen many miracles.