The boy soldier next to the famous detective

When they saw Jonah pull out a dagger without saying a word and walk towards the accused peddler, Conan Edogawa and Kogoro Mouri panicked.

One of them leaped down and grabbed Jonah's legs to stop him from moving forward, while the other used both hands to support Jonah's armpits and pulled Jonah and Conan Edogawa up together.

Hattori Heiji, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded. So it really was a case of killing someone at the drop of a hat?

After much persuasion, Jonah, who was preparing to eliminate the potential threat, was finally persuaded to put away his dagger. Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa exchanged a glance and sighed in unison, as if they were lamenting each other's hardships.

As for the case of Shinichi Takeda's murder, after Rob was knocked unconscious by Jonah, Conan Edogawa and the others didn't need to think about anything anymore. Just a few simple questions were enough for Rob to confess to the crime.

Jonah wasn't interested in the case. He refused Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa's advice and insisted on staying in the warehouse to guard the swindlers.

As a result, Jonah did not sleep, and the peddlers dared not sleep either, fearing that this cold-faced, expressionless child would take advantage of their sleep and use the dagger in his hand to send them on their way.

He's even willing to fire a gun! Does that mean he wouldn't dare stab someone?

So Jonah, fearing the treacherous merchants might do something, did not prepare to rest, while the merchants, fearing Jonah might steal their possession, dared not sleep.

Jonah sensed something was wrong when the bookworm didn't sleep and became even more vigilant.

Jonah's refusal to rest made the peddler suspicious, and he kept his eyes wide open, not daring to close them at all.

Throughout the warehouse, apart from the silkworm dealer who was initially shot by Jonah with a tranquilizer gun and Kogoro Mouri, who was keeping watch with Jonah and was fast asleep, the remaining seven silkworm dealers and Jonah stared at each other for a long time until the police arrived at dawn, at which point they finally let down their guard.

When the police heard that armed drug dealers had been spotted, they immediately called five police cars full of officers, armed with guns, to control the scene. But when they opened the warehouse door and saw the drug dealers, they were stunned.

The bookworm dealers were all deathly pale, with dark circles under their eyes.

Moreover, the look of relief in their eyes when they saw the police officers in uniform left the officers bewildered.

Isn't this a drug dealer? Could it be an undercover police officer infiltrated into a drug cartel?

That doesn't make sense either. How can there be 8 drug dealers and 7 undercover agents?

The bewildered police found the oldest among them, Kogoro Mouri, and asked him what had happened.

Kogoro Mouri had no choice but to recount what had happened, though he did make some corrections in his words.

According to Kogoro Mouri's account, he discovered that Shinichi Takeda was using dolls to trade in smuggled goods while investigating a murder case. He then found a smuggler outside the forest who appeared to be trading with Shinichi Takeda.

Thinking it wouldn't be good to surrender without a fight, he took Jonah with him into the forest and decided to strike first.

"You said you were with that child, but why are those people saying that the child fired the shots at them?"

"Because he has loved shooting since he was a child, and he is also very brave."

Looking apologetically at the police officer in charge of the scene, Kogoro Mori tried his best to persuade him, even bringing out Inspector Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department as a guarantor, before the officer finally gave up on taking the matter too seriously.

Ultimately, it was because the police officer didn't believe the drug dealers' words. How could a seemingly ordinary little boy possibly take care of them all by himself with a gun?

Perhaps these parasites have been drinking too much and their brains have gone mad.

Due to their distrust of the parasite dealers, the police who came to receive the prisoner did not conduct a very detailed investigation of Jonah's case. After all, Kogoro Mouri was now a well-known detective in the Tokyo area, and his record of cooperating with the police in solving cases many times gave him a natural advantage in the eyes of the police.

While Kogoro Mouri was negotiating with the police, Jonah, under the watchful eyes of Conan Edogawa and Ran Mouri, expressionlessly poured all the gasoline from the Molotov cocktail he had made the day before back into the gasoline can.

Under the strict watch of the two men, Jonah had no chance to keep anything for himself. However, Jonah was not too disappointed, since Molotov cocktails were easy to make. If Jonah wanted to, he could always find an opportunity to make one.

The matter involving the Takeda family was quickly brought to a close thanks to the efforts of the police. Kogoro Mouri and his companions bid farewell to Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, and returned to the city in a police car.

It was still early for Kogoro Mouri to go home, so he received a call from a friend and decided to go play cards to relax. Meanwhile, Conan Edogawa was going to Professor Agasa's house to ask him to help repair his soccer shoes, which had become slightly damaged after being soaked by the rain in the forest the day before.

For a time, only Ran Mouri and Jonah remained in the detective agency.

When Jonah finished showering and came out in his casual clothes, ready to go to his room to do his holiday homework, he was suddenly stopped by Ran Mouri, who was sitting in the living room.

"Jonah, could you come to my room for a moment?"

"Okay, Sister Xiaolan."

Without hesitation, Jonah put down the towel and quickly walked to Ran Mouri's room. Following Ran's finger, he sat on the bed and looked at Ran, who was sitting in a chair with a serious expression, with a puzzled look.

"Is there anything I can help you with, Sister Xiaolan?"

"That's right, Jonah, you must listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you!"

Looking seriously at Jonah, Ran Mouri took a deep breath, preparing to voice all the questions that had been troubling her. But what she said made Jonah's heart skip a beat.

"I think Conan might be Shinichi."

"..."

"You know Shinichi, right? Jonah, the boy who suddenly appeared at that diplomat's house last time."

"I know, Sonoko-neechan told me. His full name is Shinichi Kudo. He's Ran-neechan's childhood friend, Ran-neechan's husband, and Ran-neechan's favorite... um!"

Jonathan blinked innocently as Ran Mouri abruptly covered his mouth with her hand. Looking at Ran's flushed face, he realized that he might have said something wrong.

But this was all information that Sonoko Suzuki had told me earnestly; there was no reason for Sonoko Suzuki to deceive me.

"That Sonoko guy!"

Ran Mouri coughed lightly after angrily uttering a sentence about Sonoko Suzuki, and then tried to defend herself.

"Shinichi is my childhood friend, Jonah, don't listen to Sonoko's nonsense, okay?"

"Okay, I understand."

"Hmm, that's a good girl. I'll continue now."

Interrupted by Jonah, Ran Mouri found it difficult to return to her initial serious demeanor, but the dissatisfaction and annoyance in her tone remained undiminished.

"I've thought it was strange for a while..."