The boy soldier next to the famous detective

After receiving a positive answer from Eri Kisaki, Jonah began an intensive stalking of Conan Edogawa.

After spending so much time together, Jonah is certain that Conan Edogawa is a very good friend, a very righteous and kind person.

And he really cares about Ran Mouri.

But this very person concealed his identity, preferring to watch Ran Mouri be heartbroken rather than reveal that he was Shinichi Kudo, which greatly puzzled Jonah.

Therefore, Jonah needs to find out exactly what happened to Conan Edogawa.

Because of a cold and drinking, and his body changing size, Conan Edogawa took three days of sick leave. Jonah would rush back to the agency every day after school to check with Kogoro Mouri to see if Conan had gone out, which made Ran Mouri laugh and say that the two had a really good relationship.

Jonah's wait didn't last long. On Conan Edogawa's first day of school after recovering from his cold, Jonah astutely noticed that Conan was secretly talking to Ai Haibara when no one was looking.

Jonah couldn't read lips, but he knew that Conan Edogawa probably wanted to do something.

As expected, that evening, Conan Edogawa said he needed Dr. Agasa's help and left the detective agency alone. Jonah discovered that he had also secretly taken the bottle of Lao Bai Gan that Kogoro Mouri had placed in the liquor cabinet.

Jonah quietly followed Conan Edogawa and arrived at Professor Agasa's house. Instead of entering through the front door, he observed the area for a while before climbing down the drainpipe to a second-floor window and then climbing through a ventilated window into Professor Agasa's house.

Keeping his body low so that Professor Agasa and the other two below wouldn't notice him, Jonah carefully crawled until he finally found a spot where he could see the three of them and hear their conversation.

"So that's what happened. So, Shinichi, you temporarily reverted to your original form after drinking this liquor, is that right?"

Looking in surprise at the bottle of white wine that Conan Edogawa had placed on the coffee table, Professor Agasa scratched his head, wanting to say something, but then looked at the more professional Ai Haibara.

"Ai, what do you think?"

"I've never encountered this situation before when I did experiments. However, based on your description, this liquor called Lao Bai Gan may contain substances that can interact with APTX-4869, thereby accelerating cell proliferation and allowing us, who have shrunk after taking the drug, to grow back to our original size."

Ai Haibara frowned, picked up the bottle of white liquor on the table, and carefully examined the ingredient list.

"This is indeed a very important discovery, but the problem now is that we have no way to conduct pharmacological experiments because we do not have APTX-4869. If we use human subjects to observe the effects every time, there is no hope of finding an antidote."

"Why?" With his hands on the table, Conan Edogawa looked at Ai Haibara in confusion. He had just discovered that he could turn back into Shinichi Kudo and was very excited, but Ai Haibara poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Are you an idiot? This wine can affect the drugs in your body, so it can be considered a drug. And any drug, once taken by humans, will develop resistance. If we keep using you as a test subject, and before a cure that can completely solve the shrinking problem is developed, your body will develop resistance to the antidote. Have you thought about what will happen?!"

"...I'll lose my chance to turn back into Shinichi Kudo using the antidote, damn it!"

After slamming his fist on the table, Conan Edogawa understood Ai Haibara's meaning and snapped out of his excited state, looking at the old baijiu in Ai Haibara's hand with a face full of resentment.

"We really do need to find people from that organization and get the drugs from them!"

After messing up his hair, Conan Edogawa tried to calm himself down. In any case, suddenly turning back into Shinichi Kudo was a major gain, giving Conan Edogawa hope that he could turn back.

"Then, Haibara, you can keep this baijiu in your hands and see if you can... wait a minute."

Before he could finish speaking, Conan Edogawa picked up his phone from his pocket and saw that it was Ran Mouri calling. He was a little nervous, wondering if Ran had discovered that he had secretly taken the wine.

"Sister Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

"Conan, are you already at Dr. Agasa's house? Did Jonah arrive? After you left, Jonah said he wanted to go to Dr. Agasa's house to play too."

"Huh?! Oh, I'm here, I just arrived, don't worry, Sister Xiaolan."

"Alright, you two shouldn't stay out too late. Even though tomorrow is the weekend, you should get some rest early, okay?"

"Okay, Sister Xiaolan."

With a complicated expression, Conan Edogawa hung up the phone, looked around, and then sighed helplessly.

"What's wrong, Shinichi?"

Looking at Conan Edogawa with confusion, Professor Agasa also looked around his house but didn't find anything wrong. However, Ai Haibara seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became as complicated as Conan Edogawa's.

"Jonah, are you there? Since you heard everything, come out and let's have a good talk."

"Jonah?! Shinichi, you're saying Jonah is in my house?"

Startled, Professor Agasa stood up, his eyes wide as he looked around, but he couldn't figure out where Jonah was.

While Professor Agasa was looking for someone, Ai Haibara sighed, got up from the sofa and walked to the kitchen area in the center of the room. She took out a cake from the refrigerator and poured a glass of milk to heat it up.

Upon hearing Conan Edogawa's call, Jonah remained silent for a moment before rising from the second floor and staring intently at Conan below.

Seeing Jonah emerge from their hiding place carrying a nail gun that looked somewhat familiar, Conan Edogawa's lips twitched involuntarily, and he subconsciously muttered, "That gossipy Sonoko, did she finally agree to buy you a nail gun?!"

With no intention of returning to Conan Edogawa, Jonah walked down the stairs step by step, his nail gun pointed at Conan, making Professor Agasa very nervous.

"Jonah, um, can you please not take such a dangerous thing? We can sit down and talk this over."

"Jonah, I know you must have many questions. Come and sit down, and I will tell you everything."

The two men's persuasion did not make Jonah relax his vigilance too much. Jonah always maintained a high level of vigilance in the face of things he could not understand, which was a principle for survival on the battlefield.

Eri Kisaki said that normal people can't change size at will, but Conan Edogawa did it. In other words, it's his big secret, and no one wants their secret to be exposed.

So, am I now considered a threat to Conan Edogawa?

A sense of bewilderment flashed through Jonah's mind. Just as Jonah was deciding what to say, Ai Haibara, who had already heated up the milk, walked past him with a tray and placed the cake and milk on the coffee table.

"Come and have some cake first. I was wondering why you forgot to eat dessert today. Turns out you were thinking about something."

"There's only one piece, so drink the milk while it's hot, and remember to brush your teeth, okay?"

"...good."