Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

"..."

Tohno paused for a moment, then reluctantly pulled out another bottle of peanut butter.

So how exactly do you eat peanut butter and blueberry jam together?

Tohru Tono simply couldn't understand this point.

"What's it to you?" Shiho Miyano coldly accepted the jam jar.

After grabbing something to eat, Tachibana Maya, her hair standing on end, came down from the second floor.

"Good morning, Shiho~" she yawned, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.

"Good morning." Shiho Miyano nodded.

So you stayed up all night watching TV shows?

Tohno Toru glanced at her.

"Ah, because it's a day off..." Tachibana Maya said nonchalantly, circling the island counter before finally grabbing a piece of bread with jam from Miyano Shiho.

The sweet sensation traveled straight to his brain through his tongue, and Toru Tono felt much more awake.

As he continued to ponder whether there were any further uses for the miniature nanorobots,

"Ding-dong-"

The crisp sound of the doorbell broke through the morning mist. Tono got up to open the door and was met with three pairs of bright, sparkling eyes.

And a pair of familiar dead fish eyes.

"Tono-nii-san!" Ayumi peeked out from behind Professor Agasa as he rang the doorbell, her fluffy pink headband still damp with dew. "There's a super amazing circus performance today!"

"They say there are seals that can do math!"

Mitsuhiko, who was standing next to him, also seemed very excited.

"And it was Professor Agasa who invited us!" Genta, who was equally excited, was a bit more realistic.

Toru Tohno looked at Professor Agasa, whose nose was still a little red, with a puzzled expression.

What's going on? Didn't you catch a cold? Why are there team-building activities again?

Professor Agasa, seeing Toru Tohno's questioning gaze, probably guessed what he was thinking.

"Haha, because we were supposed to go skiing in the mountains, but we not only encountered a murder case, but also had to turn back early because the mountains were closed due to heavy snow. The kids didn't get to have enough fun... so we wanted to find some other entertainment activities."

Professor Agasa scratched his Mediterranean-like bald spot.

"What? Professor Agasa, we only agreed to take us out again because we figured out your lame joke."

Mitsuhiko crossed his arms and pouted unhappily.

"That's right! We got this trip ourselves!"

Yuan Tai clenched his fists.

Conan rolled his eyes.

He was the one who solved Professor Agasa's corny riddles, so why does it seem like it's their own achievement?

However, due to Genta's intimidating presence, Conan would never say such a thing aloud.

“Animal performances…” Toru Tohno thought for a moment, but couldn’t recall any cases related to animal performances.

However, there are too many cases in Detective Conan for him to remember them all, and statistically speaking, going out with Conan almost guarantees that he'll encounter a case...

"That's fine, anyway I don't have anything to do lately."

Tohru Tono eventually agreed.

"A circus performance?"

No sooner had she agreed than Tachibana Maya, who had secretly put on a disguise mask as soon as she heard someone open the door, came over as if she had heard some key words.

"Ah, Ms. Hoshinohara is also interested in this?" Dr. Agasa was always open to any request.

For a middle-aged man living alone, the more people and the more lively the atmosphere, the happier he is.

"Hmm..." Tachibana Maya was just about to agree when she was startled by a sudden interruption from behind.

"Aren't you going to work today?" It was Shiho Miyano who interrupted.

"Huh?" Tachibana Maya was taken aback. She remembered that the things to do, such as retrieving the gold from the Twilight Villa and delivering the invention to the Black Organization, were all tomorrow.

He turned back to look at Shiho Miyano with a puzzled expression, only to meet her gaze, which held a strangely threatening quality beneath her disguise.

"Ah, haha, I remember now, there seems to be such a thing..." Tachibana Maya chuckled, "That's a real shame... How about Shi... Haibara, you go in my place and take some pictures of cute animals for me?"

"it is good."

Maya Tachibana originally intended to test the waters, but Shiho Miyano agreed without hesitation.

?

Maya Tachibana was full of questions and looked at Toru Tono with even more suspicion.

What's going on with Shiho Miyano?

Chapter 196: Wrong person?

Because the circus was located in the city, neither Toru Tono nor Professor Agasa drove their own cars.

Tokyo's public transportation is quite convenient. Take the train to the station closest to the circus, then transfer to a bus, and you'll arrive at the circus after two stops.

Perhaps because the incident on the bus left Conan with such a deep psychological scar, the boy looked tense as soon as he got on the bus.

Tohno watched him look around and secretly mocked him the whole way.

However, he himself is not really qualified to laugh at Conan.

Tohru Tono moved his fingers, which he hadn't touched in a long time, somewhat uncomfortably.

Some things, once they happen, are gone. No matter how much you pretend not to care or act like it's "no big deal," when you sit together, the slight trembling of your eyelashes and the stiffness of your body will still reveal what you're really thinking.

Toru Tohno couldn't figure out what he was really thinking, so he chose to do nothing.

......

The audience didn't have to wait long. As the crowd surged into the circus tent, colorful lights magically illuminated the entire performance area.

Strings of star-shaped lights hang from the nearly ten-meter-high dome, and the cloying sweetness of popcorn mixed with the pungent smell of animal fur fills the air.

As the tamer raised her silver whip, Toru Tono clearly saw the gold dust falling from the tips of the white lion's ears shimmering under the spotlight. Its sharp claws precisely grazed the edge of the burning iron ring, and the resulting airflow stirred the female tamer's wine-red curly hair.

The charred marks in the center of the performance area indicate the lingering heat of the ring of fire, and when the spotlight sweeps across, you can see tiny black impurities floating in the air.

The mirrors inlaid around the iron cage reflected distorted halos of light, and the white lion roared excitedly.

The female animal trainer's silver whip lashed out, whistling through the air, intertwining with the drumbeats. The old wooden seats in the audience trembled slightly with the cheers, and popcorn crumbs fell in a flurry amidst the surging crowd.

The faint sounds of chains rubbing against animal claws could be heard from backstage, mixed with what sounded like the wind whipping up when birds flapped their wings, adding a touch of wild tension to this spectacle of light and shadow.

"Wow!! It's a white lion!!!"

"Wow, going through a ring of fire is so dangerous!"

“Awesome!!!”

The performance was very well received, as evidenced by the shouts from the members of the Junior Detective League.

The animal trainer was also a beautiful young woman, which Tohru Tohru found quite unbelievable, having been used to seeing male animal trainers.

I later learned from other audience members that one of the reasons this circus attracted so many viewers was because they advertised themselves using "Beauty and the Beast" as their selling point.

Many male audience members weren't even very interested in the animal performances; they just came to see the animal trainers.

That's... even more unbelievable.

Toru Tono thinks that people's money is really easy to make these days.

After the performance, everyone except Conan seemed to enjoy it.

Toru Tohno observed Conan throughout the entire performance and realized that the man genuinely disliked this kind of show.

However, it's not surprising that a detective wouldn't be interested in such trivial matters.

Surprisingly, Shiho Miyano watched it with great interest.

"Today's performance was absolutely fantastic!!!"

As they exited the circus, Genta, with his pointed head, walked in front, raising his hands in a strongman pose.

"And those animals are all so cute!"

This is Ayumi.

Finding fierce wild animals cute is perhaps a privilege reserved for little girls who haven't watched nature documentaries.

"Especially when Leon the White Lion jumped through the fire ring, it was so exciting!" Mitsuhiko clenched his fist excitedly.

“Leon is the star of this show, after all,” Dr. Agasa added with a smile, echoing Mitsuhiko’s words.

No unexpected events happened today, perfect!

"Yeah, so even Leon's phone charm is included!"

Ayumi took out the merchandise she had just bought from her pocket.

The fact that an elementary school student can afford to buy merchandise while out playing shows that Ayumi's family is actually quite well-off.

Wow, it looks great!

The simp Mitsuhiko glanced at the pendant in Ayumi's hand and praised it.

“Isn’t it cute? I found it in the store before the show started.” Ayumi smiled happily. “Then Haibara and I each bought one.”

"Ok?"

Tohru Tono glanced at Shiho Miyano, who looked very relaxed beside him.

"You like this kind of thing?" he asked curiously.

Because Conan pulled him aside before the performance started and asked him again if he had any information about the Black Organization, Tohru Tono didn't go with Professor Agasa and the others; he entered the venue midway through the performance.

"What's wrong? Is it not allowed?" Shiho Miyano's tone was much more lively than usual. "Compared to vulgar people who are obsessed with money all day long, I think my hobby is much better."