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

The actors left the stage, and elementary school student hosts took the stage.

"Next up is the stage play 'Chasing the Murderer in the Rainy Night' presented by the Class 1-B Junior Detective Club."

As the narration ended and the lights dimmed, the sound of pattering rain began to fill the air. Policewoman Ai Haibara ran out from backstage with a prop gun in her hand.

Her gun-handling posture was quite professional, and coupled with her serious expression, the parents quickly quieted down and focused on watching.

Higashino Neiya sat upright with his body slightly leaning forward.

"Who...who is that criminal...!"

on the stage.

Ai Haibara recited her lines while panting, and even made a gesture of wiping the rain off her face.

She looked around warily and moved forward slowly, keeping her feet down.

At that moment, Mitsuhiko and Genta caught up from behind.

"Inspector Haibara! Where's the criminal?!"

"Did he escape?!"

Hearing the voice, Ai Haibara turned around and looked at Inspector Genta. "Inspector, I lost him. I'm sorry!"

Genta, perfectly replicating Inspector Megure's movements, mimicked the hat-wearing officer's mannerisms, saying, "Quickly arrange for more people to conduct a search in the vicinity. We must bring the criminal to justice!"

"..."

The first act ended quickly.

The second act in the hospital quickly unfolds.

Ayumi plays the victim this time. She lies in a hospital bed and recites her lines according to the script, continuing to provide the three police officers with the information she knows.

Soon after, Conan, who is both the culprit and the doctor, finally made his appearance.

Due to the small number of viewers, most people realized that Conan was the culprit as soon as they saw him.

However, people are not too harsh on children and are also curious about how Doctor Conan was discovered to be the culprit Conan.

Another point... Ai Haibara's performance on stage was truly outstanding; she drew these adults into the story.

The stage play continues.

Act III, Act IV... all the way to the final chapter of the manhunt, with reasoning, suspense, and plot twists. The addition of three new characters played by children makes the culprit uncertain and further attracts everyone's attention.

After careful deduction, Inspector Haibara identified Dr. Conan as the culprit, but was unable to arrest him due to a lack of evidence.

Forced into a corner, she chose to communicate with the victim, Ayumi, using herself as bait to lure Conan into taking action again, and then launched another pursuit on a new rainy night.

This time she caught up with him.

Conan was pinned down on the "muddy" road by Ai Haibara, and Genta and Mitsuhiko, who arrived shortly after, joined forces to completely subdue him.

The drama "The Night of the Murderer" has now come to a complete end, and the audience erupted in applause.

The curtain call has come.

Mitsuhiko took out the prepared microphone and began to speak.

"The purpose of rehearsing this stage play is to show everyone the difficulties and ingenuity that police officers face when solving cases, as well as their noble qualities of being willing to sacrifice their own safety to bring criminals to justice."

"Our junior detective group has many police officer friends, and we've seen a lot of cases being solved."

“Every police officer deserves our respect.”

"And today, one of our police friends is here; he is also Officer Haibara's brother."

Higashino Ning, sitting in the audience, immediately sensed something was wrong.

What the hell!

You guys didn't tell me there was this part!

Stop it, really stop it, I'm shy!

Higashino Ning tried to run, but the Junior Detective League had already locked onto him.

Mitsuhiko raised his small hand and pointed directly at him, "This is Officer Higashino, an outstanding officer with excellent abilities who has been fighting on the front lines for a long time!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

Higashino Ning was instantly overwhelmed by gazes.

"Um... Hi everyone."

He waved awkwardly to the crowd, saying, "It's my duty, nothing special, just what I should do."

You still have to say the polite things.

Applause erupted again in the theater, and the pressure monsters around him all changed their expressions.

"No wonder he doesn't have time to care for his younger sister; it turns out he's a frontline police officer."

"He was willing to sacrifice his family for his duty. I really cried my eyes out."

"I knew this handsome guy who looks so sunny and charming couldn't possibly be the kind of irresponsible person."

"..."

Okay, okay, you're going to pressure me first and then disgust me, right?

Higashino Ning couldn't stand the environment and directly refused Mitsuhiko's invitation to speak on stage, leaving the scene at lightning speed.

With his departure, today's carnival has come to a complete end.

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While waiting outside for Ai Haibara to come out, parents from all walks of life who recognized him rushed over to talk to him, and some even wanted to take photos with him.

Higashino Ning just couldn't understand what was so interesting about taking a photo together; he wasn't some person with a lot of social influence.

The hype surrounding his previous appearances in the news has long since died down; otherwise, these people wouldn't have waited until now to recognize him.

With no other option, Higashino Ning had to retreat again and wait in the car.

After waiting for a while, Ai Haibara arrived—Nene Higashino had used her phone to tell her her location.

Accompanying them were the three children's parents and Kogoro Mouri.

That means I have to get off the bus and greet everyone one by one.

Let's also take a look at who these amazing parents who let their children grow up so freely are.

Yuan Tai doesn't really resemble his father. Although Yuan Tai's father doesn't look particularly young, he has the appearance and temperament of a handsome man.

The person who came to Mitsuhiko's house was his mother. Although she wasn't particularly beautiful, she had a very elegant demeanor. She wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked quite refined. She was a teacher.

Ayumi's mother is simply stunning. She has an elegant demeanor, a gorgeous face, and a remarkably well-maintained figure. Her voice is gentle, and her smile is captivating.

After introducing themselves, Higashino Ning looked at the bumbling detective and said, "Mr. Mori, you've come too."

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan. "This kid is staying at my house, and Ran is busy today, so I had to come instead."

As he spoke, he looked curious, "But I didn't expect you to come here as Ai-chan's brother."

Higashino Ning waved his hand and laughed, "I never thought I would actually have a younger sister."

He didn't want to discuss the matter further, so he simply sent an invitation: "The kids usually get along very well and have even formed a junior detective club. How about we go out for a meal together?"

The invitation was reasonable, and the parents accepted it without much hesitation.

Even Kogoro Mouri was happy to attend this party where drinking was prohibited, because the two beautiful mothers there were truly eye-catching.

Another point is that Higashino Ning said on the Suzuki family's cruise ship that he wasn't a plague god, and that such a good police officer should definitely be approached.

Chapter 105 The Prelude to an Era

Dongye Ning offered to treat everyone to dinner, which made everyone feel a little embarrassed, and they all said they would come next time.

It didn't cost much money, but it deepened our friendship.

Aside from Kaito's family, both Mitsuhiko's parents' educational resources and Ayumi's parents' upper-class resources were very useful to Higashino Ning.

Regardless of whether you need it now, there will always be a way when you do need it in the future.

As for Genta's restaurant... well, you can just go there for a free meal anytime, who knows, you might be investigating a case near Genta's house someday.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Higashino Ning drove Ai Haibara home.

The journey takes about 40 minutes.

Higashino Ning spoke up first, "I'll leave again after I drop you off at home and stay a little longer. I probably won't be back until noon tomorrow."

"If you don't see me when you get home tomorrow, don't wait for me tonight; I probably won't be coming back."

Ai Haibara opened her mouth and took a breath, but even as she turned it into a sigh, she couldn't think of a suitable word.

No, she actually had a lot of ideas for what to say, but she just didn't want to say them right now.

“...Okay, I understand.” Ai Haibara blinked and rolled down the car window a little.

Higashino Ning stepped on the gas and accelerated, saying, "I feel like you really like the wind."

Ai Haibara paused for a moment, then chuckled and nodded. "When you asked me about my hobbies last time, I forgot to mention that I used to ride Harleys."

She stretched her hand slightly out of the window and said with a sigh, "The wind... is so free, and even freer in the wind."

Higashino Ning agreed, saying, "I'm also very free when I'm acting crazy, and I don't have to care about anyone else at all."

Ai Haibara: "......"

Are we talking about the same thing?

However, she has now gotten used to Higashino Ning's occasional jokes.

She knew that Higashino Ning was actually a person who seemed carefree on the surface but was actually very thoughtful.

Looking back, many of Higashino Ning's antics occurred when Higashino Ning's mood was heading in a bad direction, and each time her increasingly worsening mood was relieved by Higashino Ning.

Although the calmed emotions will most likely turn into anger, Higashino Ning will give her a chance to vent her anger.

Higashino Ning handled her emotional shifts and outbursts very well.