Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

……

same moment

Teitan High School, during break time.

Longye withdrew his clone, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"—Xiaolan, Longye! Listen to me! When I went to the teacher's office just now, I overheard that a new student would be transferring to our class!"

Upon hearing this, Ryuno and Ran looked at Sonoko, who had a hopeful expression on her face, and smiled slightly.

Sonoko continued, "I can't believe that Ms. Judy just suddenly resigned because of family matters, and now another transfer student has joined the class! I wonder what kind of person she is~"

The words had barely left his mouth when the school bell rang.

Seeing this, Sonoko pouted and returned to her seat helplessly.

—"Splash!"

Upon seeing the homeroom teacher enter, everyone in the class returned to their seats, ready to begin the lesson.

Surprisingly, after walking to the podium, the homeroom teacher did not begin the lesson. Instead, he glanced at the door and then turned to say:

"Classmates, a new student has transferred to our class today."

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the classroom erupted in noise.

"What? A new classmate?"

"Teacher, is it a male or female student?"

"..."

Sonoko looked excitedly at Ran and Ryūno, raised her head, and put on a proud expression.

That look seemed to say: See?! My lady Sonoko wasn't wrong!

Longye and Xiaolan exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with laughter.

As expected of a sonoko, it's still as fun as ever!

—"Cough! Cough cough!!"

The homeroom teacher coughed lightly a few times, interrupting the students' discussion.

Seeing that the students had quieted down, the homeroom teacher nodded towards the door: "Please come in."

"Yes!"

The students stared intently at the doorway, incredibly curious about what their new classmate would look like.

A few seconds later, a woman who looked very cheerful walked onto the podium.

"Hello everyone! My name is Sera Masumi! Looking forward to working with you all!"

"Eh?! Sera?" Ran covered her mouth in surprise and looked at Ryūno beside her.

Chapter 272 Even delicious ramen can make you fat if you eat too much.

Seeing Xiaolan's surprised expression, Longye nodded helplessly.

Back when he received the last text message, he guessed that Sera Masumi and her mother were planning to come to Beika to "play".

Whether it's for easier investigation of "Shinichi Kudo" or for better contact with "Conan," Sera Masumi always chooses convenient methods like transferring schools.

Not long after, the teacher pointed out a seat at the back of the classroom to Sera Masumi and said that it would be her seat from then on.

After seeing her seat, Sera Masumi glanced at her classmates, then walked over to Tatsuno and Ran, laughing heartily, "Looks like my luck's on! Takeda, Mori, we meet again~"

Longye and Xiaolan greeted each other with smiles.

Seeing this, Sonoko immediately stuck her head out and asked, "Ran, what's going on? Do you two know each other?"

Just as Xiaolan was about to tell Yuanzi what had happened, the homeroom teacher coughed lightly, quieting the class down again.

Seeing that the students had quieted down, the homeroom teacher opened the book in her hand and said calmly, "Please turn to page 34..."

After class

Sonoko immediately jumped in front of Ran and Ryūno, staring at them with her big, inquisitive eyes.

Seeing this, Xiaolan chuckled and said succinctly, "We played together at the beach when we were little, and then we ran into each other again in London recently. It's such a coincidence that she transferred to our class!"

Ryūno glanced at Sera Masumi and muttered to himself, "Putting aside whether it's a coincidence or not, does MI6 have some kind of 'backer' in Japan? Otherwise, how did these two girls, whose identities are even questionable, manage to enter the country and enroll in school so smoothly?"

Before Sonoko could ask any more questions, Sera Masumi walked over and said, "I never expected we'd have such a coincidence!"

"Yeah, but Sera, why did you suddenly transfer schools all the way here?" Ran asked curiously.

"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that my sister suddenly wanted to live here, and I'm also quite interested in this place..." Sera Masumi looked up at the window and suddenly felt a little nostalgic for her two older brothers.

The year after my eldest brother left, my second brother also left.

Since then, the family has almost never seen each other again.

She and her mother had been moving around for almost a lifetime until they finally settled back in London three years ago.

Of course, although they say they've settled down, they actually change their residence every now and then.

Until recently, her mother was given that drug...

Thinking of this, Sera Masumi looked thoughtfully at the empty seat by the window not far away.

This time, she and her mother returned with a clear purpose—to investigate Shinichi Kudo and Tatsuno Takeda, and to find the antidote from Shinichi Kudo!

Of course, she also had another personal goal, which was to have a good fight with Takeda Tatsuno!

Even though so many years have passed, she has never forgotten the scene of Longye "slinging" Xiu Ge away!

Whether it was the shocking scene, or the fact that Xiu-ge, who always had a stern face, showed a "shocked" expression in front of her for the first time...

At such a young age, she developed a great interest in "fighting" for the first time.

Later, when she was learning Jeet Kune Do from Xiu-ge, she always had one thought in mind—she must use the Jeet Kune Do that Xiu-ge taught her to fight Long Ye!

Therefore, even after all these years, she can still recognize Longye and his friends at a glance when she sees them in London!

After school

Ran happily introduced Sera Masumi to Sonoko.

She had wanted to introduce the two of them back in London.

She always felt that the two of them would definitely get along well!

Although she didn't know why Sera had suddenly transferred here, she could conveniently introduce the two of them.

"Sera-kun, you look so misleading! If you weren't wearing a school skirt, I would have thought you were a handsome guy!" Sonoko said with a carefree laugh.

"Sonoko! You're saying that..." Ran frowned.

Although I almost admitted my mistake back then, it was indeed somewhat impolite for Sonoko to say it so bluntly.

"It's okay. Actually, I'm often mistaken for someone else's gender, so I'm used to it." Sera Masumi waved her hand dismissively.

Sonoko then realized her slip of the tongue, stuck out her tongue sheepishly, and nodded in apology.

"Don't worry about it~ By the way, I've been wanting to ask you guys for a while now, why is there an empty seat in the classroom? There's nothing in the desk..." Sera Masumi asked seemingly casually.

"Oh, you mean that spot? That's Shinichi Kudo's spot." Sonoko waved her hand.

"Shinichi Kudo? You mean that high school detective?"

"Hmm. But if you ask me, he's just an arrogant reasoning fanatic~ He's really nothing special!" Sonoko laughed loudly.

Sera Masumi didn't ask any further questions about that, but continued, "I see. Did he take the day off today?"

Ryuno glanced at Sera Masumi and chuckled, "He hasn't been to class for a long time. It seems he has some big case to deal with, so he rarely comes back."

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi gave Tatsuno a meaningful look before changing the subject.

"How about we go get some ramen? There's a really good ramen place around here!"

……

Inside the hotel

"So, any information?" Mary Akai asked Sera Masumi, who had just returned.

Sera Masumi placed the ramen in her hand on the table and smiled, "Of course~ But Mom, you should eat the ramen while it's hot first."

Mary Akai sighed, coughed lightly, and then sat down at the table to eat ramen.

Seeing her mother eating ramen, Sera Masumi said seriously, "Shinichi Kudo has indeed 'disappeared' for a long time. He seems to have claimed that he went to investigate some complicated case."

"Our judgment was correct; it seems he has indeed turned into a child. Now his name seems to be—Edogawa Conan."

"It seems that after Shinichi Kudo disappeared, Conan Edogawa appeared, and that Kogoro Mouri..."

"Although I don't know how he did it, he must be the one who helped Kogoro Mouri solve the case!"

Mary Akai nodded and said, "If that's the case, then everything makes sense..."

Long before they arrived in Beika, they had already investigated information about "Kogoro Mouri" and "Conan Edogawa".

They didn't even use any "sophisticated methods".

There was nothing we could do; information about the two of them was everywhere online.

—"Sleeping Kogoro Mouri once again displays his divine power!" "The Junior Detective League helps the police solve a major case!"...

Furthermore, the two astutely discovered that Kogoro Mouri's debut occurred right after Shinichi Kudo disappeared!

Two seemingly unrelated things suddenly became strangely connected...

Chapter 273 Bandages are only used when someone is injured.

The more information they gathered, the more convinced they became of their own judgment.

That so-called Edogawa Conan is actually Shinichi Kudo in disguise!

The reason why that famous detective Kogoro Mouri was able to solve so many cases is definitely inseparable from Conan Edogawa!

To confirm her suspicions, Sera Masumi even investigated Kogoro Mouri's information.

Until six months ago, this well-known detective did not have so many "achievements" and could even be described as "unnoticed".

But starting six months ago, Kogoro Mouri suddenly "got it" and solved a large number of cases in a short period of time.