The boy soldier next to the famous detective

"That girl isn't Sera Masumi's younger sister, but her mother. She only shrunk because she ingested APTX-4869."

Seeing Conan Edogawa's puzzled expression, Jonah certainly wouldn't tell him the truth so easily.

Jonah didn't tell Conan Edogawa about it at first, just because he was a child and wanted Conan to experience what it felt like to be kept in the dark about something important.

It has to be said that watching Conan Edogawa bewildered by information he knew so well gave Jonah a unique sense of satisfaction.

Now that things have come to this, Jonah is even less likely to reveal the affair between Sera Masumi and Akai Mary.

Anyway, Mary Akai and Masumi Sera wouldn't do anything to harm Jonah's people. Even if they were very interested in the antidote that Ai Haibara had developed, Jonah believed that as long as Masumi Sera wasn't stupid, she definitely wouldn't dare to risk provoking him by doing anything to harm Ai Haibara.

Furthermore, Jonah had already spoken with Shuichi Akai, who knew all too well the consequences of Jonah's anger, and would naturally try to prevent Sera Masumi and Akai Mary from doing anything out of line.

"I don't know. I only know that Shira has two older brothers and a mother. I've never heard of her having a younger sister."

"is that so."

Upon hearing Jonah's words, Conan Edogawa didn't think much of it. From his perspective, although Sera Masumi and Jonah knew each other before, it was just a coincidence that Jonah was brought to London by Dave to carry out a commission. The two shouldn't have any deep interactions.

Although he was very curious about who the blonde girl in the photo was, Conan Edogawa knew that he would definitely not be able to get a definite answer from Sera Masumi, so he could only keep it in mind for the time being and look for an opportunity to investigate on his own.

After finishing the case at the villa, Jonah and his team didn't linger and hitched a ride back to Tokyo in a police car.

The next day after school, Jonah and Conan Edogawa waited for Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri at the crossroads, as usual, intending to walk home with them. However, Sera Masumi followed them this time.

The group chatted about the incident involving the woman in red. Sera Masumi said that even if the police hadn't come, she would have been able to subdue the attacker who was rumored to be the woman in red. Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki naturally praised her.

"Hey, Sera, since you've been staying in a hotel alone all this time, would it be convenient for us to come over and hang out?"

As they were chatting, Sonoko Suzuki suddenly suggested that she wanted to take a look at the hotel where Masumi Shira was staying.

Sera Masumi didn't refuse. She just smiled and said she needed to tell her brother, with whom she had arranged to meet today, that the meeting was canceled. After sending the message on her phone, she led Jonah and the other three to a hotel that looked very luxurious.

"Wow, this hotel has 50 floors!"

Ran Mouri looked at the floor display in the elevator with some amazement, which made Sonoko Suzuki, who was standing next to her, a little unhappy.

"It's alright, but it's still not as tall as our Suzuki Tower."

Such a competitive statement in front of her best friend left Conan Edogawa speechless. Comparing a hotel to the tallest building in Japan was something only Sonoko Suzuki would do.

The four of them quickly arrived at the floor where Sera Masumi's room was located by elevator. They happened to run into a famous author who wrote romance novels. Ran Mouri had read his novels and they chatted enthusiastically for a few minutes.

"Welcome everyone to my room! Come on in!"

Upon opening the door to the guest room, Sera Masumi generously invited Jonah and the other three into the room, and warmly called for the hotel service to bring over a lot of snacks and drinks.

Compared to Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki, who were simply chatting happily, Conan Edogawa's attention was more focused on the bedroom door that hadn't been opened since he entered the room.

Conan Edogawa's detective instincts made him particularly interested in that room. However, after pretending to be a curious child and trying to open the door, he was stopped by Sera Masumi, and thus missed the opportunity to continue exploring the room.

Noticing Conan Edogawa's gaze, Jonah also glanced at the tightly closed door.

Jonah knew that the shrunken Mary Akai was now in that room.

Jonah and Dave both felt it was a pity that Mary Akai had shrunk. The original Mary Akai was someone Dave had high hopes for and wanted to make a collaborator with.

He possesses outstanding personal abilities and a sharp mind, has extensive experience in confronting organizations, and his stance is absolutely opposed to the organization.

But now, she has become a child.

Dave doesn't have any prejudice against children; after all, the strongest child is right next to him.

However, if we confront Mary Akai directly and expose her shrinking, things will become very troublesome afterward.

Currently, all members of Jonah's team are aware of Conan Edogawa's true identity.

Hondou Eisuke was exposed by Conan Edogawa himself. Dave, having followed Jonah's actions, also had his own guesses about Conan's behavior, but he pretended not to know for Jonah's sake.

Asaka knew the least, but she was still able to sense Conan Edogawa's unusual behavior.

If one were to approach Mary Akai under these circumstances and propose a collaboration, it would be difficult to bypass the secret that Conan Edogawa needs to conceal.

This is also what Jonah found troublesome about the adult world.

These are all things that everyone knows the truth, yet everyone is forced to pretend they don't know.

But since a group of people who liked to use their brains said so, Jonah, who didn't like to use his brains, could only obediently cooperate.

"Jonah, eat slowly, are you hungry?"

Seeing Jonah suddenly speed up his snacking, Ran Mouri was a little puzzled, but she still picked up a glass of juice and placed it in front of Jonah.

"Yes, thank you, Sister Xiaolan."

Jonah obediently accepted the juice, without telling Ran Mouri the real reason he sped up, only glancing at Conan Edogawa, who was still cautiously observing the bedroom door.

Jonah felt that if he didn't finish his snacks quickly, he wouldn't have this much free time when something happened later.

Unexpectedly, nothing strange happened until Ran and the others finished their conversation and were about to leave as it got late.

A deep sense of confusion flashed in Jonah's eyes as he began to ponder which part of the process had gone wrong.

To Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki, such contemplation was merely the occasional daze of a child, but Conan Edogawa immediately saw that Jona was suspicious of something.

Despite having been proven wrong many times, the ever-resilient detective couldn't resist moving closer to Jonah and speaking in a low voice with a smile.

"What's wrong, Jonah? Could it be that you're doubting yourself because you didn't see the event that was supposed to happen according to the pattern you mentioned..."

"Guest! Sir/Madam! What's wrong?"

"..."

"Conan, what did you just say? I didn't hear you. Could you repeat it?"