The boy soldier next to the famous detective

While Dave was still dealing with Mary Akai and Masumi Sera, Jonah had already returned to Kogoro Mouri and the others, and boarded a plane back to Japan.

Seeing Jonah return safely, Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri didn't have any extra suspicions. They just smiled and asked Jonah if the filming was hard and if he had fun.

Conan Edogawa and Professor Agasa, knowing that Jonah was going to do something important, breathed a sigh of relief and didn't come over to ask any more questions.

They returned to Japan peacefully. Although there was a minor hiccup during their trip to London, everyone was quite satisfied with the outcome.

"Oh, so Kudo did something like that. Mori is really capable."

While baking cookies, Ai Haibara listened attentively as Jonah recounted Shinichi Kudo's confession. She nodded enthusiastically, clearly very interested in Jonah's story.

"A woman's tears are, in a way, the greatest weapon. It's no wonder that Kudo panicked. It's a pity I didn't get to see such a great scene."

"It's okay, I recorded it. You can ask the professor for it if you want to see it. He has made many backups."

"Hmm? Well done, Jonah."

Startled for a moment, not expecting Jonah to bring her such a surprise, Haibara nodded with a wry smile, put the cookies in the oven, set the temperature and time, and then untied her apron and placed it aside.

"But I also heard from the doctor that you were suddenly called out by Mr. Dave to carry out a mission, right? You guys are really something, you even have commissions in England."

"It wasn't a commission. It was because someone Dave thought was worth pursuing was attacked by the organization, so we went to provide backup."

Upon hearing Ai Haibara mention this, Jonah immediately realized what was happening and looked at Ai with a serious expression.

Although Jonah hasn't told Conan Edogawa about Mary Akai's behavior yet, he thinks he can tell Ai Haibara first, since Ai Haibara is the researcher of APTX-4869, and it might bring her some new insights.

"Another person suspected of taking the drug and shrinking? Your suspicions are not unfounded. After all, apart from me and Kudo, the previous assassinations by the organization using the drug all resulted in confirmed deaths. In their view, the original research purpose of Drug A was not achieved, but it is indeed a useful tool for assassination."

After listening to Jonah's story, Ai Haibara crossed her arms with a serious expression: "However, this is different from what I initially guessed. I originally thought that one of the factors that allowed the drug A to shrink people was the age limit, but if the child who shrunk is really the Akai Mary you mentioned, then her age is rather advanced."

"The data is still too little. So far we have only found three people who shrunk after taking the drug, and I can't find anything in common among the three of us."

"What do they have in common?"

Blinking, Jonah listened to Ai Haibara's mutterings and suddenly remembered his first impression of Mary Akai when he saw her shrunken.

While Jonah can't find anything in common between Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara, if we were to compare Ai Haibara and Mary Akai...

"Haibara, there's one more thing I haven't told you. The way Akai Mary looks when she shrinks is very similar to yours."

"Huh? What do you mean by 'very similar'?"

"Aside from the difference in hair color, and some differences in expression and details, she looks almost exactly like you."

"Looks a lot like me? It must be a coincidence. I don't think I have any special relationship with Akai Mary."

With a furrowed brow, Ai Haibara felt that the information Jonah had provided was not very useful.

"If I had to pinpoint a factor in this regard, I would say that both my mother and Mary Akai were British."

"Could it be that Jonah, you're not sensitive enough to the appearance of foreigners, so you think we look alike? After all, compared to my sister, I have more mixed-race features."

"It's hard to say."

Jonah blinked blankly, thinking that although he might have some memory problems, he shouldn't be considered face blind.

Jonah felt that instead of him and Ai Haibara wasting their time thinking about things here, it would be better to wait until Mary Akai and Masumi Sera arrived in Japan before trying to find a way to observe them.

"By the way, Haibara, are you still uncomfortable lately because Shuichi Akai is staying at Conan's house?"

"That's all. I've said everything I needed to say. Now I'll just treat him like a bodyguard hiding next door. He won't be hanging around here with the Doctor and me all the time. Out of sight, out of mind."

"That's good."

Jonah glanced at the Kudo residence next door. He had actually discussed with Dave whether to tell Shuichi Akai about Mary Akai's situation, but Dave's advice was not to meddle in other people's family affairs. Anyway, Mary Akai and Sera Masumi were coming to Japan, and if they wanted to, they would contact each other on their own. There was no need for them to get involved.

Jonah thought about it and realized that this made sense. After all, Shuichi Akai was still in a state of feigned death. Considering how much effort Conan Edogawa and Shuichi Akai had put into achieving this, Jonah felt that he should help them out.

After eating cookies at Professor Agasa's house, Jonah returned to the detective agency with the remaining cookies that Ai Haibara had packed, and shared them with everyone.

The next day was still a weekend, and Kogoro Mouri got up early to get ready to attend the anniversary celebration of Beika University.

Because she was interested in Beika University and worried that Kogoro Mouri might cause trouble by himself, Ran Mouri invited Sonoko Suzuki to go to the school festival with her. Conan Edogawa and Jonah naturally did not stay at home either.

Watching Kogoro Mouri give a speech on the stage in the playground, Sonoko Suzuki wasn't interested at all. She just kept pestering Ran Mouri to ask what had happened during their trip to London.

She had heard from Ran Mouri that Shinichi Kudo had also appeared in London. The thought of the two of them not seeing each other for a long time and actually meeting in a foreign country filled Sonoko Suzuki with excitement and curiosity.

"So Ran, tell me again, did something happen between you and Shinichi?"

Seeing Ran Mouri's shy expression, as if saying "something happened, but I'm too embarrassed to tell you," Sonoko Suzuki was getting anxious.

If she can't get this gossip out of her head today, Sonoko Suzuki thinks she'll be incredibly sad!

"Damn it, you didn't tell me, does that mean we're not best friends anymore? But I still have a way!"

"Jonah, can you tell Sonoko what happened between Ran and Shinichi in London?!"

"What happened? Oh, Shinichi confessed to Ran."

"what!"

"Jonah!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"