Ke Xue: I have a knife, and you still dare to fight me?

Ai Haibara threw her schoolbag onto the sofa.

Unexpectedly, a noise came from under the backpack.

She quickly picked up her schoolbag.

It was a crow.

"Kurokawa, a crow has flown in."

Kurokawasaki Tsuki poked his head out from the kitchen again.

Oh, it was an indigenous person! I was startled; I thought another one had flown in.

"That's my pet too."

Ai Haibara paused for a moment.

"I didn't see him a couple of days ago."

"It was playing with the parrot in the tree outside the yard a couple of days ago."

Ai Haibara looked at the yard outside the living room. To be honest, she didn't think she had ever been outside before.

"Also, don't be disrespectful. You should call me 'brother' out of courtesy and respect, not by my surname."

She stopped walking toward the courtyard, turned back speechlessly, but only saw the back of Kurokawa Sakizuki.

Never mind, I'll pretend I didn't hear it.

Ai Haibara opened the glass door to the living room and walked onto the balcony in the yard.

I swept the yard.

There is a cherry blossom tree on the side, and there are many other miscellaneous and unidentified plants along the wall.

At this moment, her gaze fell upon the sword barrel leaning against the balcony, which contained three bamboo knives.

She grabbed a handful, but couldn't lift it.

The bamboo knife was a bit heavy for her current size, and it was almost as tall as her.

Ai Haibara switched to her hands, gritted her teeth, and clenched them in front of her chest.

I held on for only a second before my hands started trembling.

"This is what happens when you don't eat or sleep properly; you can't even hold a knife properly."

Ai Haibara, who might have been able to hold on for a while, broke down instantly upon hearing Kurokawasaki Tsuki's voice.

The tip of the knife went straight to the ground.

"This is clearly not a size for children!"

"Now you're admitting you're a child?"

"..."

Kurokawa Saki threw the bamboo sword back into the sword barrel.

Wash your hands and eat.

Ai Haibara vented all her resentment on the stewed meat.

One bite after another.

They vented all their resentment after finishing the stewed meat.

Ai Haibara put down her chopsticks and looked at Tsuki Kurokawasaki across from her.

"Um, I'm planning to go to the ball game with Ayumi and the others tomorrow."

"Go ahead, huh? Don't we have school tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is New Year's Day, why bother going to school?"

"Nani?!"

Kurokawasaki glanced at the calendar on his phone.

No, is that right?

He hesitated, glancing at Ai Haibara's expression. Well, asking was pointless.

"Any questions?"

This is a huge problem.

"I think my perception of time might be slightly off."

Ai Haibara's expression turned serious: "You're not going to develop schizophrenia, are you? Should you go to the hospital to get it checked out?"

"I think the problem isn't with me, but with the world."

"Hehe... I think you really need to go to the hospital."

"Let's talk about that later. By the way, do you like watching ball games?"

"I don't know, maybe."

"Oh, okay? Then I'll go with you tomorrow. I'm just sitting at home doing nothing anyway."

Ai Haibara glanced at Tsuki Kurokawasaki twice, but said nothing.

"Speaking of which, Kudo must be there too, right?"

"Ah."

"Want to make a bet with me?"

Ai Haibara paused for a moment.

"What are you gambling?"

"Let's bet on whether a case will happen tomorrow if Kudo is present. The wager is a can of Coke. I bet it will."

After hesitating for two seconds, Ai Haibara said, "Okay, but one can is a bit too few. One can per person would be more appropriate."

"Okay, this is what you said."

After dinner, leaving Ai Haibara to watch the house, Kurokawasaki Tsuki went straight to Professor Agasa's house.

"Oh, it's Kurokawa. What brings you to this old man's place?"

"Good evening, Professor Agasa. Do you have a small pager here?"

"I don't have any on hand, but it's not too much trouble to make one now. Do you have any requirements?"

"Small, long range, and enough for one-way calls..."

.........

The next day.

It's New Year's Day.

Happy New Year!

The weather turned cold quite suddenly.

Kurokawasaki Tsuki pouted. She was wearing short sleeves yesterday.

"Kurokawa-nii's car is so cool."

"I want to sit! I want to sit!"

"I'll sit here."

"..."

Early in the morning, a few kids were chattering away in front of Kurokawa's house.

"Alright, get in the car."

Fortunately, they were all children, and they could fit into Kurokawasaki Tsuki's car, but Genta, being a big guy, had to sit in the passenger seat.

Conan has surprisingly changed his clothes today, no longer wearing his classic blue suit, but he is wearing a blue hat instead.

We arrived at the stadium entrance very quickly.

Kurokawasaki bought two large buckets of popcorn and casually placed one of them in Genta's hand.

As for drinks, someone will bring them over later.

The football match started soon.

This is the final of the Emperor's Cup.

A few kids were excitedly leaning on the railing to watch the game.

Ai Haibara, however, huddled behind them, sitting next to Kurokawa Saki, wearing sunglasses.

Kurokawasaki Tsuki turned around and asked, "Aren't you a bit of a loner? Aren't you going up and cheer with them?"

Ai Haibara held up the magazine in her hand to block the view: "They've seen my face when I was little. If the cameras here capture it, they'll come looking for me immediately, and then..."

Before she could finish speaking, Kurokawa Saki pushed the magazine in front of her down and took off her sunglasses.

"If it comes to that, Gin will probably be wrapped up like a mummy. Since you've chosen to come out and watch the game, just stay with them and don't overthink it. Forget about those people from the organization."

As she spoke, Kurokawa Saki took off the scarf from her neck and gently wrapped it around Ai Haibara's neck.

Ai Haibara was stunned.

After Kurokawa Saki wrapped the scarf around her neck, he gently nudged her and brought her back to her senses.

"Alright, go on then."

Ai Haibara then slowly walked over to Ayumi's side and leaned against the railing.

Then she turned back to look at Kurokawasaki Tsuki, who smiled back at her.

Ai Haibara immediately turned her head back.

I wonder what's going on in that little head of his.

Conan's eyes were also fixed on Kurokawa Saki's direction; had he discovered something extraordinary?

The game continues.

Ai Haibara gradually integrated into their small group.

Everything is going in a good direction.

Just then, Conan's hat was suddenly blown off by the wind.

It landed right next to a soccer ball on the ground.

Conan looked down and saw that the soccer ball had suddenly bounced up.

"Hmm?" Conan asked, puzzled.

Then, Conan actually jumped straight down.

The soccer ball was deflated and shriveled, and Conan quickly located the bullet holes on the ground.

Taking advantage of the workers' inattention, they started digging directly into the ground and quickly unearthed a bullet.

"This is... a bullet?!"

Conan tensed up instantly, then calmly gripped the bullet in his hand and quickly ran back to Kurokawa Saki.

"Kurokawa-kun, look! Bullets!"

However, Kurokawa Saki remained calm.

With you here, I wouldn't be surprised if something unexpected happened.

Ai Haibara leaned closer and asked, "What happened?"

Conan recounted what had just happened.

"Ai, there's a vending machine straight ahead. You can go buy some Coke. One can for everyone."

Kurokawasaki Tsuki patted his butt and slowly stood up.

"Alright, detective, your task now is to keep a close eye on your friends. I'll take care of the rest."