I'm in Detective Conan, but it's a chaotic battlefield.

After school.

As agreed, Chen Nuo went to the student union to find the senior student.

When I arrived at the student council, there were a few people working on forms or something similar.

A girl with bangs saw Chen Nuo and asked with a gossipy look, "Sakurajima-senpai, is this your boyfriend?"

"How could that be?" Mai Sakurajima was startled. "I just asked him for a small favor."

Mai Sakurajima?

Chen Nuo was taken aback for a moment, and then looked the senior student up and down.

He suddenly wanted to ask: Senior, do you like wearing bunny girl outfits?

But saying it like that directly would probably be considered perverted.

Just then, the girl with bangs pulled out a form: "Senior, the plan for this year's cultural festival has been completed."

"Another beauty pageant?" Mai Sakurajima pouted.

"It's different." The junior with bangs smiled mischievously. "This year, when you host the event, you'll be wearing a bunny girl outfit."

"Why would I wear that kind of thing...?"

Chen Nuo listened from the side and was surprised to find that it really was a bunny girl.

Could it be that something like "Schrödinger's cat" happens here, where time is forever frozen in a single day?

The timeline of the Conan world is already fixed, and with this situation added on, who knows how chaotic it will become.

Chen Nuo glanced at the proposal casually and noticed that it seemed to be about a bride cosplay competition and a masquerade ball or something...

This... seems like something we could try.

Isn't this a great opportunity to experience high school life in a different culture while also completing Gin's mission?

Chen Nuo secretly inquired about relevant information regarding the event and made a mental note of it.

As Mai Sakurajima and I walked out of the student council meeting room, the empty corridor was the perfect place to say something that no one else could hear.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Nuo explained the matter of the stockings to Sakurajima Mai and asked her to help explain it as well.

He certainly wouldn't mention the lunchbox or anything like that, that would be too strange. He just said that his good friend accidentally saw it and misunderstood, and that he accidentally got his socks dirty while they were fooling around.

Mai Sakurajima took the clean socks, and after a slight moment of doubt, she was moved by Chen Nuo's sincere gaze and agreed to his request.

"So, the other person is your girlfriend?" Mai Sakurajima asked curiously.

"No, just a good friend."

Mai Sakurajima nodded: "You've found a girl you like so quickly, Chen Nuo-jun is really amazing."

Chen Nuo: "..."

However, Chen Nuo didn't explain further. If he likes someone, he likes them. It's good that he can help explain things clearly.

After descending from the conference room on the third floor, passing through the lobby, and exiting through the side door at the back of the teaching building, the two arrived at the library behind the teaching building, under the envious and curious gazes of the baseball club members practicing on the playground.

My target is the mystery novel section.

It's understandable that the mystery club chose this location as their meeting point before they had an activity room.

However, Chen Nuo could hear Suzuki Sonoko's chattering voice from a distance, and it sounded like Conan was also talking.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

When they arrived at the bookshelf, it was indeed much as Chen Nuo had guessed.

Sonoko tied her school uniform jacket around her waist, put her hands on her hips, and was talking animatedly.

Conan appeared to be listening attentively to Sonoko, but his eyes kept glancing at Ran.

Xiaolan leaned against the bookshelf, engrossed in reading a thick book that resembled a brief history of detective novels. Perhaps because the content was too hardcore, her once beautiful big eyes had turned into mosquito coils, and even the oddly shaped horns sticking up in her hair had formed a big question mark.

The three of them each did their part, and the atmosphere in front of the bookshelf was harmonious and pleasant.

Chen Nuo's arrival was like a sharp blade, cutting through the originally balanced triangular structure.

Sonoko Suzuki, who was facing the aisle, was the first to spot the two: "Sakurajima-senpai, you're finally here. That new club member... wait, Chen Nuo, weren't you supposed to be looking for that fabricated witness?"

"You know Sonoko?" Mai Sakurajima was also stunned. "A witness? Could it be that Chen Nuo-jun likes Sonoko?"

Sonoko pointed to the tip of her nose: "You like me?"

Xiaolan then came to her senses and put down her book: "Chen Nuo likes the garden?"

Conan immediately grasped the crux of the matter: "Could it be that the new member is Chen Nuo's...brother?"

Mai Sakurajima nodded.

Immediately afterwards, everyone's attention focused on Chen Nuo.

For a moment, no one could speak.

I seem to have been stunned by the news that "Chen Nuo likes Yuanzi" and "Chen Nuo is a new member".

Chen Nuo felt he should say something to ease the awkward atmosphere.

He thought for a moment, then said something that left everyone present speechless.

"No, the one I actually like is Xiaolan."

Chapter 4: Ai-brand pillow is a battleground

"The person I actually like is Xiaolan."

Chen Nuo's words were like a petrifying spell, leaving the three people in front of the bookshelf, including Mai Sakurajima beside him, in a state of shock.

In addition, Chen Nuo's "Petrification Technique" seemed to come with a bonus highlighting effect.

Everyone else automatically faded into the background.

Only Ran Mouri stood out more and more in Chen Nuo's eyes.

Unlike Sonoko Suzuki's glamorous style of tying her school uniform jacket around her waist, Ran exudes a strong sense of being a well-behaved girl.

Her shirt collar was buttoned up tightly, and she wore a Teitan High School uniform suit over it, paired with a perfectly sized pleated skirt, white bubble socks, and brown leather shoes.

Her slender, fair legs were exposed to the air.

The fair skin of her legs shimmered with an alluring luster, creating an urge to reach out and test its softness.

The cicadas chirped incessantly outside the library, and the sounds of the sports club students training could be faintly heard. Sunlight streamed in through the window behind Xiaolan, casting a golden glow on her long black hair that cascaded over her shoulders.

Even the hair sticking up on top of his head was transformed into something resembling the horns on a unicorn's head.

Chen Nuo walked up to Xiao Lan, squatted down, picked up the "Complete Collection of Detective Novels" that had fallen to her feet, and casually put it into the gap of the bookshelf next to her.

"Don't force yourself if you don't like watching it," Chen Nuo said gently.

These words helped Xiaolan break the "petrification spell," and she forced a smile: "You must be joking, right?"

"No, I'm very serious."

Xiaolan: "But I'm already..."

She seemed to want to say that she already had Shinichi Kudo as her childhood friend, but she was also concerned that she and Shinichi were only in the childhood friend stage at the moment, so she stopped halfway through her sentence.

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "Please don't make things too difficult for me. I'm just expressing my thoughts and hoping you can give me a fair chance to compete. There's no need to answer me immediately."

"fair play?"

Xiao Lan blinked, her delicate eyelashes like butterfly wings, sending her pleasant fragrance into Chen Nuo's nostrils.

Chen Nuo nodded seriously, thinking to himself that competition was essential.

If he were to directly put Ran in bed, it would be difficult to explain if Gin asked him about Shinichi Kudo and he said he didn't know.

If Gin sends someone else to investigate Ran, things could get out of control. What if the organization uses some strange drug to turn Ran into…

That was not the consequence Chen Nuo wanted to see.

Therefore, for him at present, the best course of action is to prolong the battle as much as possible and stay at the school to act as a spy for the organization.

Then, gradually increase your strength during this period. By the time you hand in the mission, you'll probably be able to single-handedly destroy the distillery.

"But what about Ms. Miyano?" Ran was suddenly confessed to in front of so many people, and she was as flustered as a frightened deer, but she still grasped the key point of the problem immediately.

Chen Nuo thought to himself, "They've come after all."

No matter how eloquently you speak, it's useless if this problem isn't solved.

Chen Nuo took a deep breath, composed himself, and recalled the manuscript that Ai Haibara had written for him.

That's right, this statement was written for him by Ai Haibara.

Ai Haibara claimed that only women truly understand women's hearts. After she finished writing it, she made Chen Nuo perform it in front of her several times until she was sure that it could touch people's hearts even a little bit before she would let him go.

Chen Nuo was secretly saddened for a short while because of this.

He thought to himself that even after all that Haibara Ai had been through, she could still treat him like a tool and throw him away. What a heartless woman.

"She might not come back..."

Chen begins by telling the story of a woman who abandons her boyfriend for her career and goes abroad to fulfill her life's dreams. It is very brief and does not overly exaggerate the bad things about Shiho Miyano. The overall tone of the story emphasizes that neither of them did anything wrong, but they could not be together, which is a kind of faint regret.

But perhaps it's true, as Ai Haibara said, that women understand women best.

After hearing this, Xiaolan's eyes were no longer as firm as they had been at the beginning.

Even Sonoko Suzuki, who was standing next to him, looked at Chen Nuo with sympathy.

However, after being kicked by Conan, Sonoko reverted to her stance of being on the same side as Shinichi Kudo, glaring angrily at Chen Nuo with a stern face.

Xiaolan said thoughtfully, "No wonder your expression was so unpleasant when I mentioned Ms. Miyano during the barbecue that day. So that's why."

Chen Nuo didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly.

What she was really thinking was, "Shirley is really amazing. She could even guess Xiaolan's reaction and had arranged a suitable response in advance."

You'd better be careful in the future, and don't let that bad woman manipulate you without your knowledge.

The good news is that the bad woman has shrunk now.

As the body shrinks, psychological defenses also become less robust.