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

While cleaning the street, the sanitation worker Da Zhu spotted the black Porsche parked on the side of the road and immediately went over to examine it with curiosity.

This car looks very valuable.

Logically, it should have been carefully protected, but now the car is covered in mud and has many shallow scratches.

That's strange. Doesn't the car owner feel bad about it?

Is there a problem?

A cold voice came from behind, startling Daisuke.

“I’m sorry, I was just really curious about this car,” Daisuke said. “It’s so beautiful.”

He bowed and apologized while stealing glances at the two men in front of him.

Both men were dressed in black; one was burly and strong, wearing sunglasses, while the other was tall, thin, and had a cold, aloof demeanor with silver hair. Both exuded a chilling and oppressive aura.

For some reason, Daisuke had a feeling that he could be killed at any moment. He felt that these two people were even more terrifying than the yakuza boss he had encountered before who would cut off people's fingers at the slightest disagreement.

"sorry."

He apologized again, then grabbed his cleaning tools and fled in a panic.

Gin watched the receding figure and removed his hand from the pistol hidden in his trench coat pocket.

The older man's intuition was correct; if he said a few more words, Gin, who was in a bad mood, might actually shoot him dead.

Gin opened the door and got in the car, and Vodka also climbed into the driver's seat.

The car started slowly, but didn't go very fast.

Because they don't know where to go, they searched all night but couldn't find Shirley's whereabouts, or even how she escaped.

Logically speaking, the institute's defenses were personally arranged by Gin, so there shouldn't be any loopholes that would allow anyone to escape.

But Shirley still managed to escape; it felt like she vanished into thin air.

This made Gin believe that there must be a traitor in the research institute, and that someone was helping her, which was the only possible way to escape.

However, he had already killed three researchers and two guards that night through torture, but had not obtained any useful information.

Gin irritably pulled out his lighter, only to find he was out of cigarettes.

He opened the glove box in front of him, intending to take out a spare pack of cigarettes.

But as soon as I opened the glove box, I noticed that the indicator light on another phone inside was flashing, as if there were missed text messages.

As the hardest-working person in the organization, Gin naturally had more than one phone.

After all, there are so many undercover agents and collaborators. For safety reasons, they all use different mobile phones and different identities to contact each other, and some even use public phones to communicate.

Gin took out his phone, and the moment he saw the text message, his brows furrowed.

Shinichi Kudo didn't die?

And they even showed up last night, apparently knocking out a police officer.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Vodka asked. "Is there some new order?"

Gin tossed his phone to him.

Vodka can check his phone while driving—it's incredibly easy for him. He can even eat pork chop rice while driving without spilling any sauce on the steering wheel.

If Chen Nuo knew about this.

He probably thinks vodka might have entries like "driver" or "I love pork chop rice".

After Vodka finished reading the text message, Gin asked, "So, what do you think about this?"

Gin seems to want to test just how big vodka's brain is.

"Huh? Are you asking me?"

Vodka's face showed the expression of Benbo'erba from Journey to the West receiving orders to kill Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Gin frowned, somewhat displeased.

Vodka quickly said, "Well... I don't think this is a simple matter."

Gin nodded: "Go on."

Vodka was immediately drenched in sweat. He had barely slept all night, having been searching for Sherry. Now his mind was a complete mess, and he had no ideas or train of thought.

However, since my brother asked, he must have his reasons.

If you give a bad answer, the consequences might not be good, especially when your older brother is in a bad mood.

Vodka thought for a moment and casually said, "Could it be related to Sherry's disappearance?"

Gin nodded in satisfaction.

Did I guess right?

Vodka's eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, gleamed with an incredulous light.

Gin: "Yeah, you think the same way I do. I've always felt that there must be some connection between Sherry and Shinichi Kudo."

She previously said that the reason the drug made users look more and more like Shinichi Kudo was because it used genes extracted from his hair. Now it seems things aren't that simple.

Gin lit a cigarette and puffed smoke out the window.

"So, it was Shinichi Kudo who rescued Sherry? Is that kid that powerful?" Vodka asked, somewhat puzzled.

Gin: "Perhaps there's a way we don't know about?"

"Then what do we do now?"

“Finding Shinichi Kudo might lead us to Sherry’s whereabouts,” Gin said. “However, the fact that he managed to rescue Sherry under such tight security, and that he managed to stay hidden for so long, means he won’t be easy to find.”

Vodka's eyes lit up: "Brother, I have an idea."

Gin looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Vodka: "Isn't Chen Nuo free right now? Why don't we let him give it a try?"

Gin: "Him? How do we test him?"

After being praised by Gin, Vodka became somewhat smug: "Didn't Chen Nuo transfer to Shinichi Kudo's class? Maybe he can find out some useful information at school. I remember Shinichi Kudo has a childhood friend in that class too..."

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Chen Nuo was unaware that he had been inexplicably assigned an investigation task.

He slept on the sofa last night. There are other rooms, but they weren't cleaned and smelled dusty everywhere. The sofa was much more comfortable.

After waking up, Chen Nuo first went to check on Ai Haibara's room, only to find the bed neatly folded and no one in the room.

He then went to the room where Akemi Miyano was resting.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Ai Haibara asleep by the bed.

Chen Nuo sighed.

Then he took a thin blanket, draped it over her small shoulders, glanced at Miyano Akemi's face which was even rosier than yesterday, and left the room, gently closing the door behind him.

The instant the door closed.

Ai Haibara, who was lying by the bed, opened her eyes, glanced at the blanket draped over her shoulders, and a complicated expression appeared in her large, icy blue eyes.

Chen Nuo quietly left the dojo and went to the shopping street to buy clothes for Ai Haibara.

He didn't know what kind of children's clothes Ai Haibara was talking about, so he just recalled Ai Haibara's style of dressing in the original work and bought a few pieces at random.

When I returned, I found that Ai Haibara had already woken up, and there was a freshly made breakfast on the table.

"There wasn't much in the fridge, so I just made something quick." Ai Haibara, wearing a small apron and with her bare feet in oversized slippers, said, "Also, why are there so many empty wine bottles in the house? When did you start liking to drink?"

Chen Nuo told Gin about how he deliberately got drunk to deceive her.

"Actually, I poured most of it into the toilet; I didn't drink it all," Chen Nuo explained.

"Let's eat first." Ai Haibara's eyes flickered with a hint of guilt, clearly indicating that she didn't believe Chen Nuo's explanation.

How could she possibly deceive Gin by just drinking a few bottles of alcohol? The thought of the painful experience after drinking made Ai Haibara's movements as she carried the plate much gentler.

While Chen Nuo was eating, Ai Haibara went to her room to change her clothes.

When Ai Haibara came out of the room wearing new clothes, she looked at Chen Nuo and said, "I thought you would buy some weird clothes."

"Am I that kind of person in your heart?" Chen Nuo smiled bitterly and swallowed the rest of the fried egg in one gulp.

"But..." Ai Haibara looked down at her fair instep, "Why didn't you buy socks?"

"Oh dear, I forgot." Chen Nuo slapped his forehead. "Why don't you wear mine for now? Uh, it seems a bit too big..."

Ai Haibara tucked her feet into her slippers while staring into his eyes.

It seems they're trying to glean something from it.

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After finishing the meal.

By noon, Miyano Akemi still showed no signs of waking up. Although all her vital signs were normal, Haibara Ai was starting to panic.

“Let’s go to Dr. Agasa’s house,” Ai Haibara suggested.

Chen Nuo: "Now?"

Ai Haibara: "Hmm, there's more advanced equipment there. Maybe they can find out why my sister hasn't woken up yet."

Chen Nuo thought about it and agreed, thinking it would be troublesome if something went wrong.

After preparing themselves, the two wrapped Miyano Akemi in a blanket and quietly made their way to Professor Agasa's house.

When they arrived at Professor Agasa's house, the professor was in the yard researching his inventions.

It seems like there's a robot in the back seat of a car that can massage the shoulders and talk to the driver.

When Professor Agasa saw the shrunken Ai Haibara, he was shocked and it took him a long time to process the news.

Then, at Ai Haibara's urging, Akemi Miyano was taken to the laboratory for further examination.

The result was regrettable.

Perhaps due to the excessive delay, although Akemi Miyano is not in immediate danger, she may not be able to wake up.

Chen Nuo: "I'm sorry, if only I could have been faster..."