Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 203 Ai: Quickly, save me!

In Xiao Ai's awkward and hesitant manner.

Ran still helped Ai wipe herself down, but only her upper body.

After wiping it off, Ai's face was already completely red.

Xiaolan stroked her chin, looking very calm.

The surgical wound is still there.

It seems that Conan is still Conan, and the character hasn't changed.

Shinichi gave him the same feeling as before, and it couldn't be someone else in disguise.

"Conan, why don't you sleep with me tonight?" Ran said, patting Ai's head.

"Mm." Ai nodded.

She wanted to sleep alone.

But the Mori family doesn't seem to have that capability.

Xiaolan sighed; she had so much to say.

Even after turning off the lights and getting into bed, Ai didn't take off her mask.

"Conan, do you know?"

"what?"

“I always thought you were Shinichi,” Ran said.

"How could that be?" Ai said dismissively. "We're so different in size, how could we be the same person?"

“That makes sense,” Xiaolan said, lying in bed.

But I've always had that feeling that Conan and Shinichi are very similar.

Xiao Ai rolled over, hid under the covers, and took out her phone to start composing an email.

Are you there? Are you asleep? —Sigh

Don't play dead with me. I know you're still awake. Come and rescue me tomorrow. —Sigh

Did you see that? — Sorrow

If I don't see this, I won't pay you back! —Sigh

【Understood. —Zhengyi】

[Damn it. —Sigh]

[Idiot. — Zheng Yi]

Ai clenched her fist.

This guy is as annoying as ever. Does he not plan to talk to me unless I mention money?
The next morning, Conan's parents came to pick him up.

Ai stood beside her 'mother', quietly watching Ran.

"Are you going to take Conan back to America?" Ran asked.

She looked at Conan, a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

After spending so much time together, she and Conan still have a deep bond.

Xiaolan was not happy about being suddenly left.

“No,” Conan’s mother said.

Ok?
Ai's eyelids twitched.

Where did you hire this actor from? If you're not here to take me back, then what are you here for?

"Then who are you?"

The chubby Conan's mother said, "We're taking Conan to America to participate in an important competition, so he can use it when he takes the college entrance exam in the future."

"Huh?" Xiaolan looked at her in surprise.

Ai Haibara went to the United States for the same reason.

But Conan is just an elementary school student; he's a long way from going to university.

Conan's mother said, "Yes, there are competitions in elementary and middle school. This time, we just took Conan to try it out."

"Is that so?" Xiaolan nodded, looking confused.

She doesn't really understand these things either.

I just feel that going to university is so difficult; I had to work so hard even in elementary school.

This put Xiaolan under a lot of pressure.

She's only a high school student.

"Alright, we need to catch our flight, so we'll take Conan back first," Conan's mother said.

"Okay, Conan, do your best on the exam."

Ran waved to Ai and said.

"Yes, I will." Ai nodded. "Goodbye, Ran-neechan."

"Bye-Bye."

After Ai got into the car, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Why didn't you pretend for a little longer?

"Huh?" Ai looked at her fake mother in surprise.

The woman driving the car said, "As soon as Shinichi Kudo appeared, you couldn't wait to leave. Aren't you afraid that Ran will continue to suspect something?"

"If I stay any longer, I feel like Ran will figure out my identity very quickly," Ai said. Ran and Conan really do spend every day together.

Over time, it will definitely arouse suspicion.

Moreover, since neither she nor Conan are of the correct gender, it would be difficult to keep it a secret for long.

"Oh."

The woman pulled out a pistol and pressed it against Ai's forehead.

"Stop fooling around, Masakazu," Ai said, displeased.

"I'm not that bastard."

The woman poked Ai's head with the barrel of her gun.

Ah~ Sherry.

Xiao Ai looked at the woman in surprise.

Isn't it Zheng Yi?
Zheng Yi doesn't seem to know how to cross-dress, much less how to dress up as an ugly woman.

But Ai wasn't worried at all.

There's only one person who knows her and Conan's identities and still has such a twisted sense of humor.

"Really boring."

Vermouth sighed and tore off her mask.

The formidable Vermouth couldn't even scare a runaway little mouse.

Vermouth fired a shot at Ai.

A rose was stuck in Ai's head.

Ai still has Conan's face, so it's still quite strange to have a rose stuck in her hair.

Vermouth covered her mouth and chuckled.

"boring."

Ai took the flowers off her head and tore off the mask from her face.

She asked, "Why not just take me away forever, instead of just sending me to participate in a competition?"

Don't you believe in the effectiveness of my antidote?
Worried it will revert back?
“It was Zheng Yi who ordered it. Go ask him,” Vermouth said listlessly.

"I never expected you could actually come up with such a miraculous antidote."

Ai pouted.

What's so strange about that?

She also invented the drug that can shrink people, so what's so surprising about her being able to make an antidote?

Vermouth reached into Ai's pocket.

He said, "Give me a dose of the antidote."

"What do you need this for?" Ai asked.

"Mind your own business."

"Why don't you go ask Masakazu for it?" Ai asked curiously.

We're not that close, are we?

Vermouth narrowed her eyes.

If Zheng Yi hadn't asked for such a high price, would I have come to you for it?
Ai said, "I don't have any on me right now."

“Useless fellow,” Vermouth said with dissatisfaction.

Ai glanced at Vermouth expressionlessly.

snort!
You're insulting me, aren't you?

When I get back, I'll tell Zheng Yi that if you want the antidote, you should ask Zheng Yi to set a very high price.

Ai was practically thrown out of the villa in front of the Masayuki family's house by Vermouth.

She ran several steps forward before stopping.

Ai glanced at the departing car and made a series of exaggerated gestures.

It seems she's still too kind.

A high price alone is not enough; additional conditions must be added before the antidote can be sold to Vermouth!
"What are you doing?"

Xiao Ai's body stiffened.

"Cough cough."

She coughed, put her limbs back in their original positions, and whispered:

"I didn't stand properly when I got off the bus, so my movements were a bit strange."

"Is that so?" Zheng Yi nodded in confusion.

"That's it."

Ai nodded.

If it's not like this, then what else could it be?

"Hongshu, pull up the surveillance footage," Zhengyi said.

"do not want!"

(End of this chapter)