Bounty Target: Silver Fox

Before we knew it, it was the next day.

At dawn, everything bursts forth with vitality, cherry blossoms fall, and it feels as if spring has arrived.

Fujino got up, made breakfast, fed the two freeloading sisters, and then went into the bathroom to wash up.

I came out of the bathroom, took out my phone, and saw that it was school day.

After confirming that he needed to go to school today, he changed into his school uniform and urged Ai Haibara, who was still brushing her teeth, to Ai Haibara.

After Ai Haibara finished washing up, he drove his Ford Taurus and took Ai Haibara to Teitan Elementary School.

Professor Agasa has already completed Ai Haibara's transfer procedures.

Although it's unclear how Ai Haibara and Conan, who are both unregistered students, managed to get their school registration sorted out, it's been done anyway.

As for textbooks, they should be given out today Ai Haibara's first day of school.

After all, I had already informed the school a few days in advance.

The entrance to Teitan Elementary School.

Wearing a white tracksuit, Ai Haibara, sitting in the back seat, opened the car door, picked up her red bulletproof backpack, and walked towards the school gate.

Before entering the school gate, she glanced back at Fujino.

Stare--

Fujino simply pushed up his glasses and gave a slight smile.

Seeing this, Ai Haibara nodded slightly, her short hair at her temples fluttering, before turning and walking into the school gate.

Fujino gazed at the small figure walking towards the school and nodded.

Yes, it evokes the feeling of an old father sending his daughter to school.

He then turned around and drove to Teitan High School.

Teitan Elementary School.

Ai Haibara, led by Sumiko Kobayashi, entered the classroom of Class 1-B.

"So cute!"

"Is she mixed race?!"

As soon as she entered the classroom, her appearance caused a sensation among all the elementary school students.

A group of naive elementary school students were instantly captivated.

"This is Ai Haibara, who will be transferring to our school starting today."

Sumiko Kobayashi stood on the podium and said, "Everyone should get along well!"

After introducing Ai Haibara, Sumiko Kobayashi glanced around the classroom. "Haibara, you'll be sitting here..."

Before Sumiko Kobayashi could finish speaking, the elementary school student sitting in the audience below the podium began to stir.

Ai Haibara glanced at it briefly, then walked towards the window seat.

"Is this what elementary school students' lives are like?"

She sat down and looked up at the window at a 45-degree angle.

On the other side, Conan turned his gaze to Ai Haibara's seat, his brows furrowing slightly.

Why did this guy transfer to this school?

What exactly happened?

Because Professor Agasa did not say that Ai Haibara is currently staying at the Fujino family's house, and Ai Haibara rarely goes out even when she is staying at the Fujino family's house.

Therefore, Conan is currently unaware that Ai Haibara is already living across the street from him.

Around 2 PM, Ai Haibara's first day of school life came to an end.

She walked silently down the corner of the corridor, dodging the elementary school students running around her.

The lives of elementary school students may seem somewhat naive and mundane to high school students.

But for her, who was already a college student, it was just right.

She enjoyed this peaceful feeling.

"Haibara!"

Just then, a young girl's voice rang out from behind.

Hearing this, Ai Haibara turned around with a cold expression and saw a girl Ayumi Yoshida wearing a pink dress waving at her. "Haibara, shall we go home together?"

Ai Haibara: "..."

He turned away with a cold expression.

"Well?"

Ayumi Yoshida seemed somewhat surprised by Ai Haibara's cold attitude.

"Just ignore someone as arrogant as her, who's even more cocky Conan!"

Following behind Ayumi, Genta put his hands behind his head, looking impatient.

The reason he said that was because Ai Haibara had given him the cold shoulder during the day.

He was among those who invited Ai Haibara to sit next to him.

Conan, meanwhile, stared at Ai Haibara brow, still puzzled by her question.

Logically speaking, after he kicked her out that night, she should have had nowhere to stay.

But judging from the way things are now, it seems like they're doing pretty well?

And she even came to his class...

Could it be that she went back to those people in the Black Organization?!

Thinking about this, Conan became even more cautious.

"By the way, Haibara, where do you live?"

"Don't be shy, it's okay for us to take you home."

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi stepped forward and said enthusiastically.

Beika Town Ai Haibara glanced at the two of them, pondered for a moment, and then said calmly, "5-chome, 40 Beika-cho. That's where I live now."

"Go-chome?"

Ayumi suddenly said, "Isn't that near Conan's house?"

Conan, upon hearing this, fell into deep thought.

He remembered that Ran's family lived in the 39th house, so the 40th house...

Isn't that the Fujino family?!

Wait, why did she give out this address?!

Conan swallowed hard.

"Hey, Haibara, come with me for a second."

Conan suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Ai Haibara's hand, and tried to pull her aside.

He planned to ask this guy a lot of questions to find out what secrets he didn't know about Fujino.

Ai Haibara frowned slightly upon seeing this.

Suddenly, she remembered a move that Fujino had taught her before.

Then, her cold expression changed slightly, and a moment later, she suddenly let out a scream like a little girl, "Ah! Pervert!"

Conan: "?"

"Conan, what are you doing?!"

Mitsuhiko was the first to react and stood in front of Ai Haibara.

Conan: "..."

"Conan! How could you bully a girl like that!"

Ayumi also stood in front of Ai Haibara, saying resentfully, "You really went too far!"

"..."

"So..."

Conan's lips twitched as he tried to explain, but he couldn't get a clear answer.

"Snort."

Nearby, Ai Haibara hid behind two children, a playful smile on her face.

Conan was so humiliated by the two elementary school students that he couldn't lift his head, and his gaze towards Ai Haibara was full of resentment.

Damn it... This guy definitely did it on purpose!

Come to think of it, why does this feel a little familiar?

Meanwhile, a similar scene unfolded at Teitan High School.

"I'm getting a little bored..."

Fujino sat by the window, closed his book, and looked up at the cherry blossoms outside at a 45-degree angle. As he looked, his vision gradually became blurry.

"Ring ring!"

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, a telephone rang suddenly.

Fujino took out his phone from his pocket and glanced at the contact name: Ai Haibara.

I glanced at the time again; it was 1:30.

Teitan Elementary School should be dismissed by now.

"Fujino!"

At that moment, a slightly angry female voice suddenly reached my ears, striking straight to my soul.

Fujino paused upon hearing this, looked up, and saw Hiratsuka Shizuka standing on the podium with a hint of anger in her expression.

She glanced at Fujino, took a deep breath, and calmly said, "I think I did say that you have to put your phone on silent during class..."

"Ah... I'm sorry."

Fujino stood up.

He almost forgot that when he exchanged phone numbers, he had marked Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano as important contacts, so muting them had no effect.

Suppressing the soul suppression of the Iron Fist Saintess, he chuckled and explained, "Actually, it's my relative's little sister who's temporarily staying at my house. Today is her first day of school, and she's probably out of school now... so she called me."

"My relative's little sister?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was taken aback by what she heard.

If school ends at this time, they should be elementary school students, right?

Isn't this guy an orphan?

Why are there relatives here?

She was somewhat puzzled.

However, with a reasonable explanation, her anger subsided considerably. "In that case, go answer the phone in the hallway... Remember to put it on silent next time."

"Clear."

Fujino nodded, and then went to the corridor.

After answering the phone, Fujino calmly asked the person on the other end:

"Ai, is something the matter?"

"I'm going to play with my classmates today, so I might go home a little late."

The voice on the other end of the phone remained calm and brief.

"A classmate?"

Fujino rubbed his chin, already having made up his mind.

It seems that Ai Haibara has indeed joined the Junior Detective League.

"Okay, then you go play with your classmates first, and remember to be home before dinner."

After a pause, Fujino continued, his tone somewhat serious. "If you run into any trouble, remember to call me."

"Clear."

After saying that, Ai Haibara hung up the phone.

The phone call had just ended when the system notification tone suddenly echoed in Fujino's ears:

"A new Detective Bounty Mission been detected. Please check your inbox!"

"Detective Bounty Mission?!"

Immediately, Fujino was no longer sleepy.

He yawned, then opened the job quest interface, where the quest bounty for this mission was displayed:

Detective Bounty Mission: Silver Fox

Mission Objective: Arrest the wanted criminal Silver Fox who manufactures counterfeit money.

Task location: It has been marked on the head-up display for you.

Mission Reward: 3 million yen, 200 Detective Reputation

Mission countdown: 1 day

"Silver Fox, the counterfeiter?"

Fujino looked at the System Task in front of him and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Silver Fox, is she the woman who made counterfeit money that Conan mistook for a member of the Black Organization?

But only three million...

That nickname is...

The woman nicknamed Silver Fox is quite valuable.

It would be unreasonable not to cut the price a bit more; it wouldn't be fair to pay three million yen.

Because Ai Haibara happened to appear during that part of the story, he remembers it very clearly.

It's roughly like this: on Ai Haibara's first day of school, she was pulled into the Beika gang's daredevil squad, then received a request to find her missing brother, and then happened to run into a gang that made counterfeit money, and was captured by the gang.

This time, the woman with the bounty on her, named Silver Fox, seems to have a gun.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught.

Ai Haibara picked up the gun and fired a shot.

Silver Fox was completely stunned by the shock.

Speaking of guns...

Um.

Normally, we'd probably see Ai Haibara and acting cute today.