The boy soldier next to the famous detective

"Jonah, you promised me you wouldn't attack him anymore!"

Seeing Jonah approach the bandaged man again with a kitchen knife, Conan Edogawa instinctively stopped him.

Jonah's professional shooting with a nail gun while leaning against the bed was so impressive that it made Conan Edogawa feel as if he were seeing a young soldier firing at the enemy in a trench. This scene had a great impact on Conan Edogawa.

Although Conan Edogawa had learned shooting with Yusaku Kudo in Hawaii, he had never actually fought a real battle and was not used to the murderous aura that Jonah exuded when he fired his gun.

"I know."

Nodding to Conan Edogawa, Jonah walked over to the bandaged man, squatted down, stepped on his right hand, and while the man groaned, reached out and ripped the bandage off his face.

Using the light that Ran Mouri had turned on, Jonah could see the bandaged man's face clearly and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Huh?"

"What's wrong, Jonah... is that Mr. Takahashi?"

Drawn over by Jonah's puzzlement, Conan Edogawa's face immediately turned cold, his gaze complex as he looked at Ryoichi Takahashi, who was crying in pain.

"What? It's Takahashi?"

"The bandaged weirdo is Takahashi? No way!"

"Takahashi? Why did you do this! Why did you kill Chikako!"

Conan Edogawa's words shocked Ayako Suzuki and the others who were still observing the situation at the door. They rushed in in shock and saw Ryoichi Takahashi lying on the ground in a terrible state. They were all emotionally distraught and questioned him.

"I'd also like to know, Mr. Takahashi, why did you do this?"

Standing beside Ryoichi Takahashi, Conan Edogawa spoke in a deep voice. Although he already had a deduction in his mind, he still felt that Ryoichi Takahashi's methods were too cruel.

"Conan, are we going to interrogate him?"

Upon hearing Conan Edogawa's words, Jonah blinked, realizing something, and asked a follow-up question. After receiving a nod of confirmation from Conan Edogawa, who was still in a daze, Jonah, with a cold face, pressed the tip of the knife against Ryoichi Takahashi's eye in his terrified gaze.

"We ask, you answer; if you hesitate even slightly..."

"Hey Jonah, what are you doing?!"

Before Jonah could finish his threatening words, he felt himself being lifted into the air. When he turned around, he saw Ran Mouri, who had picked him up, looking at him with a helpless and headache-inducing expression.

"It's questioning, not torture! Honestly, the bandaged monster has been caught; you can't carry a knife anymore!"

"...good."

"That nail gun should also be confiscated!"

"Hmm."

A hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes. Jonah had never owned a gun before, and he really liked the nail gun he had found. But when he met Ran Mouri's wistful gaze, Jonah could only dejectedly give up the idea of ​​secretly taking the nail gun with him.

"Jonah is truly extraordinary."

Standing to the side, Sonoko Suzuki tiptoed to look at Ryoichi Takahashi, who was in a terrible state and whose hands were still nailed to the floor. When she turned to look at Jonah, her gaze had become almost as subtle as Ran Mouri's.

Compared to Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki felt that Jonah, besides being cute, had become much cooler.

"Jonah, do you really want one of those nail guns? Want me to get you one?"

"Really, Sonoko-neechan!"

"The garden!"

"Haha, Xiaolan, I was just kidding, really!"

Despite being glared at by her best friend, Sonoko Suzuki chose to avoid Jonah's disappointed look and earnestly swore to Ran Mouri that she would not provide Jonah with anything dangerous.

Jonah took Ryoichi Takahashi downstairs, used the first-aid kit in the villa to treat his wounds and stop the bleeding, then tied him up with a rope he found in the warehouse and threw him onto the sofa.

Jonah had no interest in Takahashi Ryoichi's subsequent account. While the others listened to Takahashi Ryoichi angrily explaining why he killed Ikeda Chikako, Jonah went alone to dismantle all the traps that had been set up.

"Jonah, aren't you curious why Ryoichi Takahashi killed people?"

Noticing Jonah's return, Sonoko Suzuki crouched down and asked the little boy who had piqued her curiosity.

"I'm not curious; murder doesn't need such complicated reasons."

"Uh." Suffocated by a single sentence, Sonoko Suzuki shook her head helplessly, then turned to look at Ran Mouri, both of them seeing the complexity in each other's eyes.

Sonoko Suzuki acknowledges that Jonah is a good boy, but there is clearly a long way to go before he can truly reintegrate into a normal life.

Jonah then wanted to keep an eye on Ryoichi Takahashi in the living room until dawn the next day, but this job was taken over by Masaru Ota and Hiroki Kakutani.

After thinking about it, Jonah realized that Takahashi Ryoichi didn't really have much mobility right now, so he stopped worrying and went back to his room to sleep with a yawn.

The next morning, when Ran Mouri woke him up for breakfast, Jonah subconsciously wiped under his pillow and sighed when he discovered that the kitchen knife that gave him a sense of security was gone.

When Jonah went downstairs for dinner, he noticed a group of men in black suits. After asking around, he learned that they were bodyguards from the Suzuki family.

The couple felt something was wrong when they couldn't contact Ayako Suzuki all day yesterday, so they sent someone over to check the situation. After discovering that the suspension bridge was broken, they immediately called in a construction team to carry out emergency repairs on the bridge.

Staring blankly at Sonoko Suzuki, Jonah had heard Conan Edogawa say that Sonoko's family was very wealthy, but the efficiency of this action still exceeded Jonah's expectations.

"We went out to have fun, who would have thought we'd run into something like this?"

On the return trip, Sonoko Suzuki abandoned her sister and chose to sit in the car with Ran Mouri. Looking at the scenery flowing backwards outside the car window, Sonoko Suzuki slammed her head on Ran Mouri's shoulder in frustration and couldn't help but complain.

"Yes, nobody expected this to happen... By the way, Sonoko, is there any problem with Mr. Takahashi?"

"Don't worry, Ran. I've already had the family doctor examine him. He looks a bit bad, but there's nothing seriously wrong. And even if Ryoichi Takahashi wants to sue Jonah later, our family lawyer will handle it."

With her arm around Ran Mouri's shoulder, Sonoko Suzuki immediately saw what Ran was worried about, and said with a carefree laugh, "Jonah is my little brother, how could I let him get into trouble?"

"When did Jonah become your underling?"

Ran Mouri glanced at Jonah, who was sitting across from her eating cake, and then realized something. Her gaze towards Sonoko Suzuki suddenly turned dangerous.

"Sonoko! Did you secretly try to trick Jonah again with some kind of offer?!"

"No, really no!"