Detective Conan: Developing a younger version of Ran Eri, and the stunning Yukiko.

He felt that Xiaolan had ruined his plans, and because of this, he and Xiaolan entered into a cold war.

"Hmph, if it weren't for Xiaolan, I might have found clues about that organization long ago. I'm so angry!"

Feeling depressed, Conan entered Class 1-B at Teitan Elementary School.

He walked to his seat and had just put down his bag when he heard Yoshida Ayumi's energetic voice.

"Hey, did you guys know? We're getting a transfer student in our class today."

"Really?" Yuan Tai asked, his face full of surprise.

“Conan was the first transfer student in our class, and now we have a second one!” Mitsuhiko was also very surprised.

Ayumi crossed her arms obediently to her chest and asked curiously, "I wonder... what kind of transfer student it will be?"

Genta crossed his arms behind his head and gave a sly smile: "If the transfer student were a cute girl, that would be wonderful!"

"No, no!" Mitsuhiko shook his finger seriously. "Whether it's a male or female student, cuteness isn't the key; personality is what matters most!"

Ayumi looked at Conan, who was taking his textbook out of his schoolbag.

"Hey, Conan?"

"Hmm?" Conan glanced at Ayumi casually.

Ayumi walked up to Conan and asked, "What kind of person do you think the transfer student will be?"

Conan replied nonchalantly, "Anything is fine with me..."

"Conan, your listless attitude isn't good!" Ayumi reminded him.

Conan merely gave a perfunctory smile.

Genta then asked, "Ayumi, didn't you see that person in the teachers' office?"

"I didn't see her," Ayumi shook her head. "I've only heard her name, Haibara!"

"Haibara?" Genta frowned.

“Exactly!” Ayumi nodded.

"That's a really strange name!" Mitsuhiko couldn't help but purse his lips.

"Speaking of which, Conan's name is quite strange," Genta said with a grin.

Conan glared at Genta with annoyance.

Just then, Ms. Lin, the class's mentor, led a new student in.

The new classmate is a cute little girl wearing a dress.

She had short, wavy brown hair, icy blue eyes, and a delicate, cute face. Her dark red short-sleeved dress paired with light gray stockings made her skin appear exceptionally fair, but her expression was extremely indifferent, unlike that of an ordinary child.

"so cute!"

The students in the class couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Genta and Mitsuhiko's eyes lit up, thinking that they must get her into the Junior Detective Club.

Ms. Lin, holding her lesson plan in one hand and leading the new student to the podium with the other, walked on the platform.

"Students, please be quiet!"

"Yes!"

The first-grade students responded in unison, their voices clear and innocent.

"Hehehe... My little Lan is still much cuter!"

Conan is only attracted to mature high school girls and has little interest in cute elementary school girls.

Ms. Kobayashi wrote the katakana and kanji for "Ai Haibara" on the blackboard, then turned around and introduced it to the students with a smile.

"Hey! This is Ai Haibara, who will be studying with you all from today onwards! I hope you all get along well with her!"

"Yes!" the students responded immediately.

Ms. Kobayashi nodded in satisfaction: "Then, Haibara-san's seat..."

Before Ms. Kobayashi could finish speaking, Genta hurriedly waved his hand, stood up, and shouted, "Over here! Over here! There's an empty seat next to me!"

Ai Haibara completely ignored Genta, walked indifferently to the empty seat next to Conan Edogawa, and forcefully placed her schoolbag on the table.

"Huh?" Conan was taken aback and looked at Ai Haibara beside him.

Ai Haibara remained expressionless as she began taking textbooks out of her bag.

After sitting down, Ai Haibara glanced at Conan and said, "Nice to meet you."

"Uh... Oh!" Conan blinked.

Seeing this, Yuan Tai was annoyed. He put his hands on his hips, plopped down heavily in a chair, and muttered, "What is he, acting all high and mighty!"

Mitsuhiko looked at Ai Haibara with shining eyes: "Haibara-kun, that's so cool!"

Ayumi thought to herself, "I've made up my mind to become best friends with Haibara!"

At this moment, Ms. Kobayashi clapped her hands.

"Alright, students! Let's begin class!"

"Yes!" the students replied in their drawn-out, childish voices.

During class, Conan, who was bored, couldn't help but steal glances at Ai Haibara out of the corner of his eye.

Every time Conan looked over, Ai Haibara would immediately glance back at him, making Conan extremely embarrassed.

……

After a day of classes, Conan felt exhausted.

"Ai Haibara, she seems very strange, not at all like a normal elementary school student."

As Conan slowly packed up his textbooks, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Meanwhile, the other three members of the Junior Detective League hurriedly stopped Ai Haibara in the corridor.

"Haibara-kun, how about we go home together?" Mitsuhiko couldn't wait to ingratiate himself.

"Haibara-kun, let's be friends!" Ayumi's face beamed with a bright smile.

However... Ai Haibara remained indifferent.

Yuan Tai hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Ai Haibara did not respond and walked straight past the three of them.

Genta was instantly enraged, gritting his teeth as he said, "Damn it, this guy is such a show-off! He's even better at putting on airs than Conan!"

"Hey, you guys. Don't bother them, okay?" Conan walked over coolly, hands in his pockets.

"Conan, stop pretending." Mitsuhiko exposed Conan's act. "I noticed during class that you weren't paying attention and were always peeking at Ai Haibara."

Genta sneered, "Conan, you're no better than us."

Upon hearing this, Ayumi was immediately filled with jealousy: "Conan, is what Mitsuhiko and Genta said true?"

"Of course not!" Conan immediately became angry and embarrassed.

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko instantly saw Conan as a rival in love: "I absolutely cannot lose to Conan."

Mitsuhiko jogged after him, catching up with Ai Haibara again, cautiously, his face full of flattery.

"Excuse me... Haibara-san, did your family just move to Beika Town?"

Ayumi caught up with her, a gentle and bright smile on her face: "Haibara-san, you might not be familiar with the place since you're new here. We can take you home!"

"Yes, yes," Mitsuhiko quickly chimed in, "Haibara-kun, where do you live?"

Ai Haibara suddenly stopped and looked at the two of them calmly: "2-21 Beika-cho. My house is here. Would you like to come visit me?"

As she spoke, Ai Haibara's lips curled up slightly, and she glanced at Conan.

"Really?" Conan was stunned. Wasn't this his home address?

Conan scratched the back of his head. This address was clearly his home. He thought Ai Haibara was joking with him, but his current identity was Conan Edogawa, not Shinichi Kudo.

If this is a joke, it's a truly terrifying one, and Conan broke out in a cold sweat.

For the Junior Detective League, visiting the Ai Haibara family's house was already quite appealing. However, compared to the excitement and challenge brought by the case, this appeal paled in comparison.

Yuan Tai casually opened the shoe cabinet, and a letter of entrustment appeared before his eyes.

"Wow! It's a letter of authorization! That's amazing!"

The chubby boy was so excited he almost jumped up, cheering and waving his arms and legs. He was incredibly excited.

"A letter of authorization?" Ai Haibara, who was opening the shoe cabinet to get shoes, asked curiously upon hearing this, "What does this mean?"

"Haibara-kun, let me tell you a little secret. We're actually the Junior Detective Club!" Mitsuhiko said proudly, puffing out his chest. "We're incredibly busy every day, helping everyone solve those troublesome cases in their cases!"

Ayumi, with a sweet smile on her face, leaned close to Ai Haibara and said affectionately, "Haibara-kun, would you like to join us?"

Ai Haibara gently put down the shoes she was holding, looked up and asked, "Is Edogawa-san also one of your members?"

"Absolutely!" Genta said proudly, as if he were a great general. "Conan is under my command!" As he spoke, he kept reaching out to ruffle Conan's hair.

Conan felt a sense of helplessness. As a high school detective, Shinichi Kudo was now forced to associate with these first-year students, which was truly a difficult situation.

Ayumi then introduced to Ai Haibara, "The place where we receive requests is Genta's shoe locker!"

As she spoke, Ayumi pointed to Genta's shoe cabinet next to her. A piece of paper was pasted on the cabinet, clearly stating: "We accept all kinds of difficult cases! Class 1-B, Junior Detective League!"

Mitsuhiko added with a grin, "The letters of authorization are all kept in here. Genta just got his letter of authorization from here."

Genta chimed in smugly, "That's right, that's right, the teachers have absolutely no idea about this yet!"

Conan thought to himself: The teacher already knew this all along!

"Haibara-kun, what do you think? How about joining our Junior Detective Club? We can work together to solve all sorts of cases!"

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in that."

Ai Haibara shook her head slightly, then turned and walked towards home.

"Oh... I was rejected." Ayumi looked disappointed and anxiously turned to Conan for help: "Conan, what should I do?"

"If Haibara-san isn't interested, there's really nothing I can do," Conan said, shaking his head helplessly, indicating that he was powerless to help.

"Never mind her. Let's hurry up and deal with the request," Genta said impatiently.

“Haibara-san…” Mitsuhiko hung his head, feeling utterly dejected. He had been looking forward to Haibara joining the Detective Boys, but instead, he was rejected.

……

Ai Haibara returned to the Kudo residence and found a young boy in the house as soon as she entered.

"Ah... Shiraishi-kun, look! This is the little girl I brought back, isn't she super cute!"

Following the direction Yukiko Kudo pointed, Shiraishihara saw Ai Haibara enter the house, and indeed, as Yukiko Kudo had said, she was extremely cute.

Her smooth, dark brown short hair gave her a unique air of composure and mystery. Her eyes were deep and bright, seemingly holding endless wisdom, exuding a maturity and intelligence far beyond her years. Her delicate face and skin as white as mutton fat jade made her look like a meticulously sculpted porcelain doll.

She wore a deep red short-sleeved dress paired with gray stockings. As she walked, the hem of her dress swayed gently, revealing a light and elegant posture.

She exudes a unique and mysterious aura in every gesture, making it hard not to focus one's attention on her.

“Mmm…”

Shiraishi nodded repeatedly, thinking to himself that he could indeed understand those who were attracted to her. Putting aside morality and principles of conduct, even he himself couldn't help but feel a fondness for her.

“Her name is Ai Haibara, isn’t that a unique name…” Yukiko Kudo gently pinched Shiraishihara’s arm. “What’s with that expression? She’s just a first-grade elementary school student!”

"I simply appreciate beautiful things." Shiraishi originally wanted to bring her home, as special as "Sherry," but Kudo Yukiko beat him to it. But that's alright, it's better than having her taken away by Professor Agasa.

Ai Haibara looked on helplessly at the two people who were judging her. The two were sitting side-by-side on the sofa, very close together, appearing unusually intimate, which filled her with doubt. What exactly was their relationship?

"Yukiko-neechan, I'm back!"

"Ah. Ai, welcome back."

When Shiraishihara heard Ai Haibara address Yukiko Kudo, he found it rather strange: "Yukiko-neechan? You have to let such a young child call you 'neechan'? You're really shameless."

Yukiko Kudo didn't seem to care about Shiraishihara's teasing at all: "It's okay, if you want, you can keep calling me 'Auntie'! I didn't insist that you call me 'Sister'."

"You're something else!" Shiraishi thought to himself. If he continued to call Kudo Yukiko "Auntie," wouldn't he be a generation younger than Haibara Ai?

"Yukiko-neechan, he is..."