He Really Was a Good Person

About ten minutes later, the group finished their dinner, and it was around eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

Akemi Miyano was in charge of cleaning up and washing the dishes, while Fujino took the large and small bags from before and planned to take Ai Haibara home.

Inside the restroom.

Ai Haibara changed out of her pajamas and into a clean short-sleeved shirt, a gray sports jacket, and a pair of gray-black sports pants.

After changing her clothes, Ai Haibara glanced at the panda pajamas she had taken off.

She paused, folded her pajamas, put them in her shopping bag, picked them up, and walked out of the bathroom.

It's not because it's cute, it's just that it's comfortable to wear!

"Bon Voyage!"

Before leaving, Akemi Miyano, who was still washing dishes in the kitchen, waved to the two of them.

Ai Haibara instinctively turned around as if to say something, but after a pause, she ultimately didn't say anything.

Although Akemi Fujino does indeed resemble her sister.

But she knew that it was someone else's sister, not her sister.

If she hadn't gotten involved with that organization...

Is this what her life is like now?

For some reason, a hint of envy appeared in her gaze as she looked at Fujino.

A moment later, Fujino parked the Ford Taurus in front of the Kudo family's house.

"Is this where you're staying temporarily?"

Fujino opened the car door and glanced at the villa in front of him.

The dark villa was especially quiet in the night, with no lights on inside, as if no one lived there.

"..."

Ai Haibara got out of the passenger seat, glanced at the villa, and frowned.

As fellow beings who had shrunk, she had hastily planned to seek refuge with Kudo Shinichi.

But she almost forgot that after Kudo Shinichi shrunk, he never returned to live in this villa.

This is troublesome...

Just as Ai Haibara was Ai Haibara, Fujino suddenly said, "I didn't expect you to be that guy's relative."

"You... you know me?"

Ai Haibara turned her head and looked at Fujino in surprise.

Oh no, they actually made up a story about someone that Kudo Shinichi knows.

That was awkward...

"I wouldn't say we know each other."

Just as Ai Haibara Ai Haibara and trying to come up with a plausible explanation, Fujino explained, "He's in the same class as me, and he seems to have been missing for a long time... Come to think of it, I'm the same as this guy, we're both High School Detective."

"Classmates? High School Detective?"

Ai Haibara looked puzzled upon hearing this, "Are you a high school student?"

"Yeah, I'm just an eighteen-year-old high school student, don't I look like one?"

Ai Haibara: "..."

This guy is actually the same age as her...

Well, she didn't even notice unless I told her.

After all, this guy's demeanor and appearance are far too mature.

Is she eighteen?

If she hadn't been told, she would have thought this guy was already in his twenties, close to the age of the 'Sister Akemi' she had just met.

"You two,"

Just then, an old voice came from behind.

Fujino turned his head and saw a fat old man with white hair and a receding hairline poking his head out of the door. "Are you here to see Shinichi?"

The old man was wearing a white lab coat, his shirt stretched taut by his round belly.

Fujino recognized the old man; it was none other than himself.

That person was none other than Professor Agasa.

This seems to be his first time meeting Professor Agasa, right?

"You must be Professor Agasa, right?"

Fujino stepped forward and greeted him.

"You know me?"

Professor Agasa seemed somewhat surprised.

"I've heard about you from Ran and Conan."

"Oh! So you're Fujino Doji!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Agasa pondered for a moment and recalled the name Fujino Doji.

Yes, Conan often mentions this name when he comes to chatter on about it, and quite frequently at that.

"Oh, right."

Fujino suddenly turned around and took Ai Haibara's hand. "I heard that this child is related to Kudo Shinichi, but it seems that no one from the Kudo family is here."

"A relative of the Kudo family?"

Professor Agasa seemed somewhat puzzled.

He only knew the Kudo family; he had never heard of any of the Kudo family's relatives.

Under Professor Agasa's questioning gaze, Ai Haibara pulled her hand away from Fujino's large hand, walked to his side, and whispered, "You should also know... that Kudo Shinichi took that kind of drug, right?"

Based on the clues she has, it's highly likely that Kudo Shinichi will return home first after shrinking.

Since he has no relatives here, there is a high probability that he will seek refuge with this old man.

She was gambling, gambling that Professor Agasa knew about Kudo Shinichi shrinking.

If you don't know... that's okay too. She's just a child now, so we can just pretend she's talking nonsense and get away with it.

"Medicine?!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Agasa's expression immediately changed.

How could this child know these things... Could it be...?

"So you knew about this too, didn't you?"

When Ai Haibara saw the look on Professor Agasa's face, a cunning smile immediately appeared on her doll-like face.

She made the right bet; Professor Agasa must know that Kudo Shinichi has shrunk.

"Who exactly are you...?"

Before Professor Agasa could finish speaking, Ai Haibara suddenly said loudly, as if deliberately speaking to Fujino, "Oh, it's Professor Agasa... Speaking of which, we're relatives, so I'll go sit at your place for a while... You should be happy to tell me where the Kudo family has been lately, right?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Agasa's expression changed.

"Professor Agasa, are you related to this child?"

At this moment, Fujino, who had been watching the old man and the child talking in secret from a distance, suddenly asked, his words carrying a hint of amusement.

"Ah... yes."

Professor Agasa glanced at Ai Haibara, pondered for a moment, then scratched the back of his head. "That's right, this child is indeed related to me..."

"Isn't this child related to the Kudo family?"

At this point, Fujino continued to feign confusion and press for answers.

"Ah... well..."

Professor Agasa suddenly started stammering.

"The Kudo family, our family and Professor Agasa's family are all related."

At that moment, Ai Haibara suddenly interrupted.

"That's right!"

Professor Agasa nodded in agreement. "Actually, our family and the Kudo family are related..."

"So that's how it is... Your industry is really messy."

Fujino nodded, not paying much attention.

He then turned around, opened the trunk, took out the clothes he had bought earlier, and handed them to Professor Agasa.

"By the way, could you please settle the child's clothing and medical expenses, Professor Agasa?"

Before leaving, Fujino took out a bill and handed it to Professor Agasa: "It's 160,000 yen in total."

"160,000 yen?"

Professor Agasa was stunned.

After receiving the bill and glancing at the detailed charges, I was speechless.

First, I was threatened into becoming the elder of a strange little girl, and then I had to settle the little girl's bills and stuff...

Finally, Goto receiving the settlement of 160,000 yen, Fujino drove his Ford Taurus home.

Meanwhile, Ai Haibara gazed at the departing car, her eyes filled with thoughts.

Although he carried her home from the heavy rain despite her objections, it was indeed for her own good.

After all, given her situation at the time, she would have needed help if no one had been there.

The worst-case scenario is that I'll be found unconscious in the rain on the street and executed by the organization.

To be honest, when she first met Fujino, she really thought he was some weird uncle with a strange fetish for little girls.

Despite some suspicions of Loli-con, after a series of observations, she discovered that Fujino Doji was indeed a good person.

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