Detective Conan: The Literary Genius is Actually a Great Scientist

Meanwhile, while Lin Ran was teasing the cute little maid, a completely different scene was unfolding at Professor Agasa's house at No. 22, 2nd Street, Beika Town, not far away.

Professor Agasa, sporting his signature beer belly, smiled broadly as he saw the children who had come to his house for a team-building activity to the door.

"Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, be careful on your way back!"

"Okay! Goodbye, Doctor!"

"See you tomorrow!"

After seeing off Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko, Professor Agasa returned to the living room. Looking at the brown-haired girl still sitting peacefully on the sofa, he kindly asked, "Ai, it's getting late. Where do you live? Do you need me to take you home?"

"No need, my home is nearby, and..." Ai put down her newspaper, declined Professor Agasa's offer, and looked at Conan, who was frowning and thinking about which family in the neighborhood had the surname Haibara.

She picked up a cup of coffee from the table, took a small sip, and said, "I'm not in a hurry to go back."

"Um?"

This statement caught the attention of both Conan and Professor Agasa.

The other person is a new transfer student who joined the Junior Detective League after Ayumi's cute and charming behavior. Then she was dragged to Professor Agasa's house, the Detective League's gathering place, to celebrate the new member's arrival.

But what did she mean by that?

Conan stared at the brown-haired girl on the sofa. Ever since he met her today, he had felt that something was off about her.

"Shinichi..." Professor Agasa crouched down and whispered in Conan's ear, "Did you do something to offend someone? I get the feeling... you seem a little afraid of Ai?"

"What are you saying? What are you saying? Why would I be afraid of her!"

Conan felt insulted and blushed.

Professor Agasa awkwardly touched his shiny bald head, pointed to Conan who maintained a safe distance of at least 1.5 meters from Ai throughout, and said innocently, "I just saw that you were too afraid to get close to her... like a mouse seeing a cat..."

Conan: "..."

Doctor! Let's keep quiet about what's going on and remain good friends!

He was indeed a little intimidated by this girl; her eyes, which seemed to see right through him, made this famous detective, who was used to playing the role of a primary school student, feel very insecure.

But before he could continue his excuses, a clear, cold voice suddenly rang in their ears: "aptx4869".

"What?"

The two were taken aback.

Ai slowly sipped her coffee, a slight smile playing on her lips: "It's the name of the drug you took, Shinichi Kudo."

"Kudou Shinichi."

These four words were like a thunderclap, exploding in Conan's ears.

His face changed drastically, as if struck by lightning, and he stared intently at the figure on the sofa, looking up as if he'd seen a ghost: "Haibara, who...who are you?!"

Dr. Agasa was also startled, staring incredulously at the little girl in front of him.

You see, only he and his parents know that Shinichi shrunk. How could the other person possibly know, unless...

"That's right, I'm a member of the organization, codename Sherry."

Ai slowly put down her coffee cup, her icy blue eyes filled with a hint of amusement as she watched Conan's face turn deathly pale and his tense, almost fearful demeanor.

"Shinichi Kudo, your situation has taken a hit."

"Haibara...you..."

Conan's voice trembled slightly, and he subconsciously took a half step back, assuming a defensive stance. His brain raced as he considered whether the other party was there to silence him or to capture him for experiments.

Although Professor Agasa was terrified, he mustered his courage, moved his chubby body, and stood in front of Conan.

Two grown men were scared half to death by a little girl.

The brown-haired loli was in a wonderful mood at that moment.

Especially after seeing Conan looking terrified.

She suddenly understood why Lin Ran had deliberately dressed in all black and put on that cold expression when he came to pick her up that day—it turns out that scaring people, especially a self-important detective like this, is such a satisfying thing!

Unbeknownst to her, Ai had already been corrupted by someone.

She leisurely admired Conan's wonderful array of "emojis" for a while, until she felt the time was right, before slowly and deliberately throwing out her next sentence:

"But... that's all in the past now."

"What?" Conan was stunned and didn't react.

"I said, I used to be a member of the organization, codename Sherry," Ai repeated. "I was the developer of APTX-4869."

Seeing Conan's still incredulous gaze, she added the most crucial sentence: "Of course, it was also me who, after confirming that your death report was questionable, changed your information from 'unknown' to 'confirmed dead,' which is why you've been able to live peacefully until now, Great Detective."

The sheer volume of information was overwhelming; Conan felt like his brain couldn't process it all.

A former member of the organization? The developer of APTX-4869? Or... his "savior"?

Are you stacking up buffs here?

Professor Agasa's mouth dropped open as he looked at Ai Haibara and then at Conan, as if he were listening to a fairy tale.

……

Half an hour later.

Professor Agasa brought out a plate of sliced ​​watermelon from the kitchen. In the living room, Conan was staring intently at Ai Haibara, who was completely ignoring him and leisurely flipping through a newspaper.

In the past half hour, Ai has succinctly told them her story: she was an organization of scientists, forced to develop drugs, her sister had an accident, she swallowed a drug and shrunk, and ran away. She is currently being taken in by a "decently reliable" guy.

As fellow researchers, Dr. Agasa could empathize with what happened to Ai, but the great detective clearly found it hard to accept, especially after learning that she was the culprit who invented the drug that made her shrink.

"Come on, everyone, have some watermelon to cool down and relieve your anger." Professor Agasa placed the watermelon on the coffee table, trying his best to play the peacemaker.

"Thank you." Ai put down the magazine, politely thanked them, and elegantly forked a small piece of watermelon with her fork.

Seeing her nonchalant demeanor, Conan got angry.

"Hey, don't you have anything to say?"

"What did you say?"

Ai glanced at him indifferently.

"Do you know how many people that drug killed?" Conan jumped up from the sofa, pointing angrily at Ai Haibara. "Even if you've defected now, it doesn't change the fact that you were an accomplice!"

Dr. Agasa quickly tried to smooth things over: "Shinichi, calm down. Ai Haibara had no choice... Besides, she's the drug developer; maybe she can create an antidote?"

Upon hearing this, Conan felt a glimmer of hope.

However, Ai's words shattered his hopes the next second: "Unfortunately, all the research data and information are in the organization's laboratory. When I escaped, I only took myself with me."

"What?"

The greater the hope, the more desperate the disappointment.

The thought that he might never be able to regain Shinichi Kudo's body, and would have to live as Conan Edogawa forever, never again able to stand openly in front of Ran...

The more Conan thought about it, the sadder and angrier he became.

"Then what's the point of you escaping?!"

He rushed over, wanting to grab Ai and get some answers.

At first, Conan thought the other party was an assassin sent by the organization, and he was indeed terrified.

But now that he knows the other person is just a former member of the organization who has shrunk like him and has already defected, and is a little girl who can't even kill a chicken, his courage as a famous detective has returned.

Professor Agasa didn't have time to stop him. Seeing Conan rushing towards her, Ai sighed and silently took out the pepper spray she had just bought yesterday from her pocket.

The white mouse even tried to harm his researchers; he'd gone too far.

However, just as Conan's hand was about to touch Ai's arm—

"call out!"

A pink shadow shot out from Ai's backpack on the sofa at a speed too fast for the naked eye to see!

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

The white mouse came up, and then flew away.

Conan felt a tremendous force surge through him, and he was thrown backward uncontrollably, landing hard on the carpet two or three meters away. He felt a tightness in his chest, and his glasses were askew.

"Ugh!"

The great detective cried out in pain, clutching his chest and grimacing, feeling as if several of his ribs were broken, and he was on the verge of tears.

Only then did Professor Agasa notice the pink doll hovering in front of Ai, slowly closing its folding fan. His mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg: "W-This is...a robot? How is this possible?!"

Ai was also stunned. Looking at the young master's bodyguard floating in front of her, even she, who was usually calm and collected, was shocked.

Is this... the "toy" Lin Ran gave me really that amazing?

He really wasn't joking!

After its initial attack, the pink doll did not continue its assault. Instead, it hovered there quietly, its obsidian-like pupils "staring" at Conan lying on the ground, as if warning him not to come any closer.

An eerie silence fell over the living room.

No, a certain great detective was lying on the ground wailing wildly.

Ai looked at the pink doll in front of her, then at Conan lying on the ground looking miserable, and silently put the pepper spray she had half-pulled out of her pocket back in.

She doesn't need to do anything herself with those mere lab rats.

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