The boy soldier next to the famous detective

"Cough, it's nothing."

Having his little scheme exposed by Conan Edogawa, Professor Agasa coughed awkwardly and looked around haphazardly.

Upon hearing Conan Edogawa's words, Ai Haibara also noticed that the distribution of gifts was somewhat off. Although Ai Haibara didn't mind the gift issue, Professor Agasa's current state piqued her curiosity.

"Doctor, is there something you need from Jonah?"

"Ask me? What is it? Doctor, just tell me directly."

Having already eaten the snacks that Professor Agasa brought back from London, Jonah, upon hearing that his own affairs were also involved, spoke up with ease.

"So you're really going to kill that PhD's rival after all? No problem, I can book a flight tonight and leave right away."

"No, no! He's already given up on pursuing Fusae, so there's no need for Jonah to make the trip!"

He quickly waved his hand. Actually, Professor Agasa had a pretty good impression of his gentlemanly rival. The other party was very reasonable and did not cause Professor Agasa to encounter any fighting scenes like those in TV dramas. To be honest, Professor Agasa was a little disappointed at the time.

"Um, actually I wanted to ask something."

Blinking, Professor Agasa realized he had missed the chance to ask Jonah a question alone, and could only stammer out his doubts under the gaze of Jonah and the other two.

"Um, I mean, is it possible that while I was on a date with Fusae, Kaito Kid took pictures of us from somewhere I didn't know?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Agasa saw that Ai Haibara and Conan Edogawa on the sofa both had bright smiles on their faces. Although Jonah did not smile, the seriousness in his eyes was enough to answer Professor Agasa's question.

"So you did take a picture."

Having received the answer, Dr. Agasa sat down on the opposite sofa with a deflated expression, not even bothering to ask again whether the photos could be destroyed.

Impossible. Dr. Agasa knows Jonah and his gang's modus operandi too well. How could they possibly delete something as valuable as these photos?

"Doctor, don't be so sad. Kid's photography skills are excellent. The photos he took of you and Ms. Fusae are very beautiful."

Seeing Professor Agasa slumped on the sofa, Haibara shook her head with a wry smile and offered words of comfort.

"Absolutely, absolutely! Especially those photos of them kissing by Big Ben and the Thames—they're practically works of art!"

He chuckled twice, and Conan Edogawa followed closely behind. However, compared to Ai Haibara's comforting words, only Conan himself knew how much good intention Conan had.

"Fine, whatever makes you happy."

He waved his hand, remembering that he also had photos to keep as souvenirs, and felt that there was really no need for him to worry too much.

"Um, could you send me a copy of the photo too? I'd like to see it as well."

"I left it with Haibara. Let Haibara give it to you."

Jonah was about to pick up a snack to open and eat when Ai Haibara grabbed his wrist, so he obediently put the snack down.

"We'll be eating cookies later, so let's not eat so many snacks now."

"it is good."

Everyone ate dinner together at Professor Agasa's house, and Professor Agasa excitedly told Jonah and the others about his date with Fusae.

Jonah and the other two listened attentively, pleased by the blissful smile on Professor Agasa's face. Even Conan Edogawa, who was usually a bit sarcastic, didn't say anything outrageous.

"By the way, I'll take you guys out this weekend! Do you want to go skiing? My friend says he has several discounted ski resort tickets."

"Skiing? It's been quite a while since I've skied, but I'm fine with that."

Conan Edogawa really enjoys skiing, so he readily agreed.

"This weekend? I'm not sure I'll have time. Dave said we might have something to do this weekend."

After considering his schedule, Jonah shook his head at Professor Agasa.

After learning about organized collaborators within the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's General Affairs Bureau from the guy who embezzled funds for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo World Games, Dave has been investigating based on the clues. Apparently, he's made some progress, and Jonah is preparing to follow up.

"If Jonah can't go, I'd like to stay home and tidy up the lab; it's too cold at the ski resort."

Upon hearing Jonah's words, Ai Haibara lazily chimed in, indicating that she might not necessarily go along either.

Professor Agasa and the others knew that Ai Haibara disliked cold places, and without Jonah, an important factor, Ai Haibara naturally wouldn't be very interested in skiing.

"Alright then, I'll invite Ayumi and the others to come and play together."

Although it was a bit of a shame that everyone couldn't go out together, Professor Agasa knew that Jonah had important matters to attend to, so he could only reduce the number of people going out.

After dinner, Jonah and Conan Edogawa returned to the detective agency. Conan told Ran Mouri about their plans to go out on the weekend, as if to give her a heads-up.

Jonah's stated reason was to go out with Professor Agasa and the others, but in reality, by the time Conan Edogawa went to Professor Agasa's house to meet up, Jonah had already arrived at the safe house and met up with Dave and the others.

"Based on my investigation, there are currently three guys who are the prime suspects."

On television, Eisuke Hondo, following Dave's explanation, manipulated the computer, displaying the information of the three suspects side by side for everyone to see.

"They are all members of the General Affairs Bureau, and they all had working relationships with the corrupt official we previously handed over to Shiraishi Ryuichi."

"However, the intelligence we currently have is not enough to identify the true collaborators among these three individuals, so our next goal is to conduct a more detailed investigation into them."

After briefly explaining the team's next operational focus, Dave began to have everyone discuss how to make separate contact with the three suspects who worked at the General Affairs Bureau.

Just as everyone was having a heated discussion, Hondo Eisuke suddenly turned to look at the computer on the workbench and saw that the emergency alarm device had lit up. Immediately afterwards, Jonah also looked down and took out his phone, and saw that the alarm software developed by Dave was vibrating.

"Was it Conan? He triggered the emergency alarm button on his own initiative."

Jonah frowned and immediately dialed Conan Edogawa's number. When no one answered, he called Professor Agasa instead.

"Professor, where are Conan and the others? They went skiing, but it's snowing heavily outside, and they haven't come back yet, right? I understand. Don't worry, I'll head over and check on them right away."

After quickly communicating with Professor Agasa, Jonah looked at Eisuke Hondo, who was already investigating the location information using the transmitter installed in Conan Edogawa's phone.

"Jonathan, Conan's vital signs are fine. He's alive and uninjured."

Conan Edogawa's watch has a physiological indicator reading device installed by Professor Agasa, which can transmit Conan's physical information to determine whether Conan is healthy or injured.

"The ski resort they went to was experiencing a blizzard, so the helicopter couldn't be used. I'll drive the jeep instead."

"Okay, let's get going now, Dave."