Detective Conan: Is Miss Haibara planning to assault a police officer again today?

He was also quite surprised that Higashino Ning would come now.

Higashino Ning now knows his true identity, but his tone and attitude haven't changed much.

But that makes sense, considering that Inspector Higashino, who is usually very tolerant of children, didn't treat him like an ordinary elementary school student before.

correct.

Conan suddenly remembered the drug information and thought to himself, "If Ai Haibara can develop the antidote before the carnival... then can I go to the carnival as my original self?"

"I'll formally explain things to Xiaolan later. It will be easier to bring it up then, since it still feels a bit difficult to say these things given my current status."

Whether there is an antidote is a question for Ai Haibara.

Maybe Higashino Ning also knows.

Conan wanted to get Ran away first, but couldn't find a suitable reason.

Before he could even think of an excuse, Higashino Ning was leaving again.

"I just came to check on things. Since Conan is recovering well, I'll be leaving now."

Higashino Ning was indeed just visiting on a whim.

Without President Ke, the rice fields are too law-abiding, which is quite unsettling. There haven't been any major cases for quite some time now.

After he left, Conan looked at Ran Mouri and asked, "Ran-neechan, could you please bring my phone over for me tomorrow?"

Ran Mouri gave Conan a deep look and nodded, "Okay, I'll go back and get it for you now."

After saying that, she packed up the lunchbox and everything else, and walked straight out of the ward.

Quite a coincidence.

Higashino Ning didn't want to go home yet, so he wandered around slowly ahead. When he saw Ran Mouri following him out, he simply drove her home.

Go upstairs.

Ran Mouri found two cell phones and held them in her hands.

The doctor gave her the two cell phones on the night of the surgery, saying they were taken from Conan's clothes.

"This one is the one Conan always uses, this one... should be Shinichi's exclusive one."

It's really easy to verify.

She could have just called Shinichi Kudo, but she hasn't done it to this day.

Heiji Hattori was right. This time, she wouldn't press him for answers; she wanted Shinichi Kudo to explain himself.

This isn't about being emotional, nor is it a matter of attitude; it's about Ran Mouri upholding her last line of defense and dignity.

That's for sure. She really, really likes Shinichi Kudo.

But she didn't want to be so humble as to be buried in the mud.

For the time being, asking again and again has reached its limit.

Ran Mouri took the two cell phones back to the hospital, handed them all to Conan, and then left.

Conan's expression and state of mind reached a new level of complexity at this moment.

"It's definitely riddled with flaws..."

He smiled helplessly, found Ai Haibara's number, and dialed it.

It took quite a while for the other party to answer, and they sounded impatient.

"Just tell me what's wrong, I'm busy right now."

Conan suddenly became cautious, "Um... I wanted to ask how long it takes to make the antidote?"

Dr. Agasa's house and laboratory.

Ai Haibara, with her phone tucked under her shoulder, documents in her left hand and a test tube in her right, said as she walked, "A complete antidote is still a long way off. What, are you already impatient to go back to your original form?"

"Don't worry, I'm even more anxious than you. I won't slack off on the development of the antidote."

Conan on the other end of the phone remained timid and hesitant.

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"What about the incomplete ones?"

"For example, a temporary version, something that would allow me to temporarily restore the system to its original state over a few days. Is that theoretically feasible?"

"After all, I temporarily reverted to my original form after drinking baijiu before, so I suppose it should be possible to do so with medication as well, right?"

Hearing this, Ai Haibara was stunned, her brows furrowing deeply. "White liquor? What's that? Tell me the details."

Conan said "Oh" and quickly explained everything in detail.

Ai Haibara was a little angry. "Why didn't you tell me this sooner? The ingredients in that baijiu might have been very helpful for my research on the antidote."

She brought the phone to her mouth. "Alright, alright, you probably want to use it at the Teitan Junior High School school fair, right?"

"I'll try to get the temporary antidote out in the remaining few days. When that happens, please keep a good record of the dosage and help me speed up the antidote iteration."

After saying that, she immediately ended the call and continued to sigh and mutter to herself.

"Honestly, if you had told me earlier that there was such a thing, the antidote might have already been made by now."

"Baijiu...it's really amazing."

Ai Haibara plans to call Higashino Ning to ask if her boyfriend is home, if he has eaten, if he misses her, and if he is having affairs.

He also asked the other person to go out and buy some alcohol, since Higashino Ning himself usually enjoys drinking.

Just as I was about to make the call, Higashino Ning called first.

She answered immediately, a smile unconsciously appearing on her face, her tone sweet, "Ah Ning, are you home yet~?"

Chapter 157 I'm dying of laughter, I'm such a good actor!

Miss, your voice is so sweet!

Although the name "A-Ning" always sounded like a girl's name, he was somewhat reluctant to accept it.

But in reality, every time Higashino Ning heard Haibara Ai call him that, he felt a sense of satisfaction and happiness welling up inside him.

When talking to a little girl, you should naturally use a gentle tone.

Higashino Ning slowed down her speech, "Not yet, I'm just wandering around outside. I called to ask if there's anything you need, and if it's on my way, I'll just go and buy it."

Ai Haibara was already sitting in a chair in the laboratory.

Hmm... sit down, lady.

Her eyes lit up at the words, and she couldn't help but hold up her phone and say, "Ah Ning~! We're starting to have a tacit understanding now!"

"I happen to need a type of baijiu from China. Could you go and buy me two bottles?"

Higashino Ning immediately understood the effects of the wine, but he still had to ask.

"What do you want that for?"

"Edogawa said that he once drank this kind of wine after catching a cold, and then briefly turned back into Shinichi Kudo."

"Oh...this wine might contain some unique ingredients that could help you develop an antidote, right? I'll go buy it right now."

Ai Haibara quickly started to whine, "Let's chat a little longer... it's not like we're in a real hurry."

She suddenly remembered something and said apologetically, "Ah Ning, you've been eating out these past few days. Is it because I've been staying in the lab that you don't want to go home?"

This is not just a baseless speculation.

After all, judging from Higashino Ning's initial reluctance for her to leave, it was pretty much clear that her boyfriend had become somewhat resistant to his previously lonely life after she appeared.

The Kudo family home was many, many times larger than the original rental house, so Higashino Ning's sense of loneliness would naturally increase many times over when she was not at home.

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a dismissive remark.

"A little."

"However, I personally feel that the main reason was that I suddenly had a whim to go outside for a walk."

"After get off work, I had dinner with Takagi and then went to the hospital to visit Conan."

"I wanted to leave as soon as I got there, but I didn't know what to do next, so I just kept wandering around outside. The gas tank is almost empty."

Ai Haibara tentatively asked, "What if I'm home?"

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

"Let's agree first that you're not allowed to get angry."

The little girl immediately replied, "I'm definitely not angry."

"I don't feel like I have anything to say."

I understand, this is called a cooling-off period.

Ai Haibara stated that she had done research.

Generally speaking, there are two main reasons why a relationship enters a cooling-off period.

Subjectively, after a couple has been together for a while and knows each other well enough, they lose the mystery around each other, and the passion in their relationship fades. Objectively, one partner may be under a lot of pressure from life or work and doesn't have much energy to devote to the relationship.

Whether subjectively or objectively, Ai Haibara and Ning Higashino now have both.

Their relationship was already fast and passionate, and they went straight from dating to living together.

In the process of rapidly exchanging information, the mystery has long since vanished.

Ai Haibara knows what kind of personality Higashino Ning is, and how he behaves at home and outside, just as Higashino Ning knows Ai Haibara.

Objectively speaking, Ai Haibara is currently busy developing an antidote, while Ning Higashino has been busy working from the very beginning.

However, when Higashino Ning was busy with work and rarely home, Ai Haibara hadn't started dating him yet, and the mystery surrounding him was quite strong at that time, so the little girl didn't have the same feelings as Higashino Ning now.

Both sides remained silent.

Ai Haibara knew that Ning Higashino was clueless when it came to relationships, so she spoke up immediately after organizing her thoughts.

"Ah Ning, listen to me."