The boy soldier next to the famous detective

Jonah remained silent in the face of Sera Masumi's questions, offering no response whatsoever.

While it was wrong of memorizing the code, if we look at it from another angle, don't you all have absolutely no problems?

"Cough cough, can you let go of me now?"

Jonah and Sera Masumi stared at each other, while Akai Mary, who was being controlled by Jonah, didn't have much patience to accept her disheveled appearance.

Upon hearing this, Jonah realized what was happening, loosened his grip on Akai Mary, and stepped back slightly to help her stand up from the ground.

Are you alright?

Seeing Jonah leave, Sera Masumi quickly stepped forward, helped Akai Mary up, and looked at her with concern.

"Cough, I'm fine."

She shook her head. Although her body was still in pain, Akai Mary naturally wouldn't show it in front of Sera Masumi and make her worry.

Looking up at Jonah, who was fully armed and whose face was not revealed, Mary Akai confirmed that the Jonah in front of her was indeed the magical boy who had saved her with Dave before.

No wonder his attack was countered by Jonah. He had been shrunk by the drugs Vermouth gave him and had been soaking in the river for too long, which had left him in a weak and sickly state. Even with his fighting experience, he was no match for Jonah in terms of physical fitness and reaction speed.

"You arrived quickly. Were you on a mission nearby?"

"...You're very talented. Did you train from a young age?"

Without answering Mary Akai's question, Jonah looked at Mary Akai behind Sera Masumi's goggles after she turned on the light, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Although the hair color is different and there are some differences in the details, doesn't this girl look too much like Ai Haibara?

Yes, she not only resembles Ai Haibara, but also the Red lady that Jonah and Dave found when they came to England.

Is she Red's daughter? It must be true, they look so alike, it can't be any other reason.

"...Due to family reasons and personal interests, I trained for a while, but I'm not as good as you."

As soon as Jonah asked the question, Mary Akai and Sera Masumi's expressions became somewhat subtle. After all, a child of Mary Akai's current age shouldn't have such ruthless and decisive fighting habits and abilities.

"Um."

However, just as Mary Akai and Masumi Sera were worried about whether this somewhat shallow reason could hold up, Jonah, upon hearing it, simply nodded and naturally believed the explanation.

Sera Masumi was still puzzled, but Akai Mary quickly understood why.

Jonah himself was the best example of someone who had trained to such a high level at that age, so Jonah didn't think that Mary Akai's skills were anything particularly outstanding.

"Where is Ms. Red? Why isn't she here?"

"She dropped us off here and then left without telling us where we were going. She just said that someone would come to protect us."

Upon hearing Jonah's words, Mary Akai stepped forward and took over the task of negotiating with Jonah.

Honestly, if it weren't a last resort, Mary Akai really wouldn't want to contact Dave for help.

After being tricked by Vermouth onto a bridge over the Thames and given a mysterious drug that caused her to shrink, Mary Akai, a member of MI6, was shocked but quickly accepted the outcome.

She was still thinking about how to take targeted action when, unexpectedly, her daughter, Sera Masumi, saw a boy on a TV program who had been in her memory for many years.

But the biggest problem is that the boy should definitely not appear in his current form!

Almost immediately, Mary Akai, relying on her instincts as a top agent, conducted a secret investigation into the boy named Conan Edogawa. Among a bunch of ordinary information that had little value, she keenly grasped a piece of evidence that was enough to prove her conjecture.

The time when Shinichi Kudo disappeared from the public eye almost coincided with the time when Conan Edogawa appeared in the public eye.

Although Mary Akai felt that her guess was a bit far-fetched, it was an undeniable fact that she had shrunk. Even if this result was a coincidence, who could guarantee that there wouldn't be another coincidence in the world?

If things are really as I imagine, and Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form, then perhaps I can get more valuable new information from Conan Edogawa.

Mary Akai decided that she needed to go to Japan to thoroughly investigate Conan Edogawa.

But before that, she needs to deal with the organization's relentless pursuit of her.

Based on the intelligence she had, Mary Akai knew that she could no longer freely use MI6's intelligence network and resources to gain more advantages for herself. Without a completely trustworthy helper, Mary Akai, who was in poor health, did not even have the confidence to protect Sera Masumi.

Mary Akai could not accept that her daughter would be harmed by the organization because of her, so after much thought, Mary Akai could only choose a group of "outsiders" who had greatly shocked her as her reinforcements.

"Our condition for helping is to cooperate with Ms. Red. If she dies like this, the cooperation will be meaningless for us."

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. It's just that it's not convenient for her to show up right now."

"yes."

Jonah tilted his head, sensing that something was very wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what the problem was.

Jonah glanced up at Sera Masumi, who looked a little nervous but hadn't said much. He remembered that the last time he was investigating Ms. Red, he had spent most of the day with her as a child.

According to Jonah's observation, Sera Masumi is a very talkative and opinionated girl. Even if she is in danger now, she shouldn't act like she listens to the little girl in front of her. After all, in terms of status, Sera Masumi is the little girl's older sister.

As for this little girl, Jonah always felt a sense of familiarity from her. Now that he thought about it carefully, it was an atmosphere that Jonah had always felt from Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara, to the point that he was somewhat used to it.

It's not precociousness, but rather a sense of difference—a soul completely out of place for this age group being stuffed into this shrunken body.

A startling thought popped into Jonah's mind, his eyes flickering slightly, and his gaze toward Mary Akai became strange.

Could this little girl in front of me be the shrunken version of Ms. Red after she took APTX-4869?

If that's the case, then that's a bit too outrageous.