Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

"Yes!"

After his subordinates left, Kazami Yuya took out his phone and typed a message.

—"The operation failed, and the person who provided assistance has died."

After sending the text message, he sighed helplessly.

……

Shortly after

Metropolitan Police Department

First Investigative Division Meeting Room

In the silence, a forensic investigator pushed open the door and walked in.

"Report, the test results are in!"

"We found poison in the prisoner's stomach... our initial assessment is that it is likely tetrodotoxin."

After hearing the forensic report, the officers present began to discuss it in hushed tones.

Upon hearing the name of the toxin, Inspector Megure suddenly felt a sense of familiarity for some reason.

At that moment, Officer Sato, who was sitting in the audience, suddenly stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "Inspector! Do you remember the case that happened at the karate competition a year ago?"

"One year ago... What!?"

Upon hearing Officer Sato's reminder, Inspector Megure immediately recalled the incident from a year ago.

A year ago, at a karate tournament, one of the competitors was shot and killed.

With Longye's help, they successfully brought the prisoner back.

But the prisoner was poisoned in the interrogation room.

According to the subsequent autopsy report, it was indeed tetrodotoxin!

Thinking of this, Inspector Megure's expression became even more serious.

These two seemingly unrelated things have a strange commonality.

Before their arrest, both prisoners shot and killed seemingly unrelated people.

After being caught by the police, they all died from tetrodotoxin.

Could these two things be related?!

While Inspector Megure was deep in thought, the officers below began to discuss the matter intensely.

At Officer Sato's prompting, they also recalled a case from a year ago.

Just as they were preparing to investigate, Inspector Megure suddenly informed them that the case was closed.

After some questioning, everyone learned the general reason for closing the case—an order from their superiors.

Although they had no choice, everyone gritted their teeth and obeyed their superiors' orders.

A year later, they encountered a similar case again.

So this time…

Upon realizing this, the officers below simultaneously stopped their discussion and looked at Inspector Megure on the stage.

Noticing the gazes of the crowd, Inspector Megure sighed and took out his phone.

……

now

Tatsuno's Home

Longye and his two companions were sitting on the sofa watching a movie.

After a tense and exciting scene, Ran suddenly said to Ryuno beside her, "Ryuno, I just remembered. Doesn't Ai need to go to school?"

"Hmm?" After hearing this, Ryuno glanced at Ai Haibara beside him.

Clearly, Ai Haibara also heard Ran's words, and her expression became blank.

At this moment, Ran continued, "Although Ai is indeed very smart, she is only 7 years old after all. How can she not go to school?"

"Besides, we're usually at school and not home, so Ai is home alone. She must feel lonely, right?"

After speaking, Ran also looked at Ai Haibara.

Noticing their gazes, Ai Haibara immediately shook her head, seemingly indicating that she was perfectly fine on her own.

Seeing Ai Haibara shake her head, Ran smiled gently: "It's okay, Ai, don't be afraid. Going to school is actually a lot of fun~"

Upon hearing Ran's words, Ai Haibara opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"..."

After some discussion, Longye agreed to Xiaolan's suggestion.

The two planned to take Ai Haibara to Teitan Elementary School tomorrow to complete the relevant transfer procedures.

Upon hearing their decision, a hint of despair appeared in Ai Haibara's eyes.

But only for a moment, and a smile appeared on her lips again.

"This kind of life... doesn't seem so bad..."

The next day

After Tatsuno persuaded her with reason and money, the school readily agreed to Ai Haibara's transfer application.

After filling out a simple form, Ryūno led Ai out of the school gate.

Just then, a system notification sounded.

[The bound individuals, Rei Furuya and Professor Agasa, are about to face a crisis. Do you accept the mission?]

This suggestion left Longye somewhat distracted.

Did he hear that right? There were actually two people?

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

And... Furuya Zero?

Is this guy in trouble?

It's fair to say that he's the longest-lived member of the police academy's five-man team.

Thinking that Professor Agasa was also in danger, Tatsuno immediately opened the system map.

After seeing the location of the two people on the map, Longye was somewhat puzzled.

The two were not far apart, both near the Nichiri TV station.

It seems that the crisis these two people are facing might be the same thing!

It seems... things are not so simple.

Interesting~

With that in mind, Ryūno glanced at the time and quickly took Ai Haibara home.

……

A sushi restaurant near Nichiuri TV station

Professor Agasa is leading the Junior Detective League in eating conveyor belt sushi.

Seeing the children's satisfied expressions, he smiled with satisfaction.

For some reason, ever since Shinichi shrunk and came into contact with these children, he seems to have grown to like them more and more.

He even had the urge to have a child. However, it was just an urge.

Over the years, he has only ever loved one person.

But as time went by, he buried these feelings deep in his heart.

After all, he's already over fifty.

His first love was more than forty years ago.

That person must have been married long ago...

"Doctor, look out the window!"

Just as Professor Agasa was lost in his memories, Conan suddenly interrupted him.

Upon hearing Conan's words, everyone immediately looked out the window.

At that moment, several foreigners wearing sunglasses were standing outside the window.

They were all holding pistols.

One of the men had his arm wrapped in bandages, and traces of blood seeped through the white bandages.

Not only Conan and his friends, but also the diners in the sushi restaurant had noticed the men outside the window.

"Is this some kind of TV drama being filmed?"

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, the men pushed open the door of the sushi restaurant and walked in, guns in hand.

Chapter 97 Beneath the guise of revenge, there must be a deeper motive.

As soon as they entered the sushi restaurant, they immediately pulled down the louvered blinds on the windows.

Then, the blond man who seemed to be the leader shouted in fluent Japanese, "From now on, this store is ours! No one is allowed to leave!"

"As long as you behave, we won't hurt you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the customers in the store realized the situation, and the scene immediately became chaotic.

Shouts and running sounds.

The once quiet store instantly became noisy.

--"boom!"

Upon seeing this, the leader immediately fired a shot into the ceiling.