After the simulation, the female characters in Detective Conan break down.

Sonoko Suzuki is resisting Hoshino's advances.

We need to try it out.

So Hoshino took a step forward.

Sonoko Suzuki took a step back.

Hoshino took another step forward.

Sonoko Suzuki took another step back.

.......

"Class is about to start, why aren't you going in? What are you doing at the school gate?"

The head of academic affairs stood at the school gate and urged them on.

Hoshino didn't make things difficult for Suzuki Sonoko anymore, but instead gave her a deep look.

Then he turned and walked into the school.

When turning around.

He clearly heard Sonoko Suzuki let out a sigh of relief.

......

"Xiaolan, where's your husband?"

"Oh dear, Sonoko, don't talk nonsense! Shinichi is just a childhood friend!"

"He probably has something important to do."

"Hey, they didn't say your husband is Shinichi Kudo!"

Sonoko Suzuki covered her mouth and chuckled secretly, a lewd expression on her face.

"You've confessed without being asked, haven't you? Hahaha!"

"Honestly, Sonoko, you're always joking with me!"

......

In the classroom.

Recess activities.

Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki were whispering among themselves.

"You're the one who should be talking! You've been staring at Hoshino-kun all morning!"

Not to be outdone, Ran Mouri retorted to Sonoko Suzuki.

"Huh? No!"

Upon hearing the name "Hoshino-kun".

Sonoko Suzuki's expression suddenly changed, and she became very nervous.

My gaze involuntarily drifted toward Hoshinogi.

"You said you didn't, but I just looked!"

Ran Mouri sensed Sonoko Suzuki's gaze and spoke up to point it out.

"And yesterday too, I watched it yesterday too!"

"I...I didn't! You're lying!"

Sonoko Suzuki was extremely anxious.

His face suddenly turned from red to white.

"Sonoko, even if you've already said it, there's no need to react so strongly, is there?"

Ran Mouri stared at Sonoko Suzuki's increasingly pale face.

A doubt arose in my mind.

She turned her head and looked at Hoshinoki.

Discover the other person's appearance and personality.

They're the type who could make their best friends completely infatuated.

If we compare Shinichi Kudo to the sun that illuminates the darkness...

Hoshinogi is like a lonely moon in the night sky.

He exuded a lonely and mysterious aura.

It attracted the girl, making her want to discover everything about him.

As for why Shinichi Kudo's shoe cabinet is always so full.

Hoshinogi's shoe cabinet, however, was empty.

The reason is probably only known to Sonoko Suzuki herself, the one who started it all.

Because Ran Mouri saw it more than once.

Sonoko Suzuki sneaked around Hoshino's shoe cabinet.

In addition, Sonoko had been intentionally or unintentionally mentioning him and staring at him.

This further confirms the fact that Sonoko Suzuki likes Hoshino Ki.

However, in the past two days, Sonoko Suzuki's behavior has suddenly become very strange.

In the past, when Sonoko Suzuki looked at him, her face would always be rosy and her eyes would sparkle with affection.

Now, however, he was pale-faced and looking at the other person with a terrified expression.

This way.

It doesn't seem like they like or admire the other person.

Instead, it looked like the fearful expression of someone who had been bullied or mistreated.

"Sonoko, were you bullied by Hoshino-kun?"

"If that's the case, I'll go find him!"

Ran Mouri was about to stand up and demand justice for her sister.

She couldn't bear to see her best friend suffer.

"No! Xiaolan, it's not like that!"

Sonoko Suzuki hurriedly stretched out her hands

Hold on tightly to your best friend.

"Then what's wrong with you? Don't you like Hoshino-kun?"

Ran Mouri whispered in Sonoko Suzuki's ear.

"I do like Hoshino-kun, that's for sure..."

but...

Sonoko Suzuki hesitated.

Chapter Ten: The Working Class

"If you didn't want me to go, you should have told me properly."

Ran Mouri stood with her hands on her hips, her expression very serious.

What's been going on with you these past two days?

Ran Mouri braced herself against the desk with both hands, leaning forward.

She frowned and questioned Sonoko Suzuki.

"Sit down and talk to me first!"

Sonoko Suzuki secretly watched Hoshino out of the corner of her eye.

Make sure the other person's attention is not drawn to you.

She reached out and took Ran Mouri's hand.

Then, speaking softly and casting a pleading look at her, he asked her to sit down and talk.

"I told you, you can't laugh at me!"

Sonoko Suzuki's cheeks flushed slightly, and she looked quite flustered.

She didn't know how to confide in her best friend.

Tell me about the strange things that have happened to me in the past two days.

"Okay, hurry up and tell me, I won't laugh at you!"

Ran Mouri obediently sat down in her seat, following the pull of Sonoko Suzuki's hands.