A Smooth and Seasoned Man Descending from the Heavens

"Because I have no choice but to stay at his house now."

Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes, glancing at Conan's strange expression with disdain. "After all, I don't know which Great Detective kicked me out in the middle of the night when I was desperate. If it weren't for him, I might have fainted on some unknown side street and been taken away by bad guys."

Conan: "..."

Okay, he did kick them out.

He admitted that he was indeed a little excited that night.

But he never expected that this guy would be living in Fujino's house...

She also transferred to Teitan Elementary School.

Taking a deep breath, Conan asked again, "Since you're the developer of the drug that made me shrink, you must also have a drug that can turn me back into an adult, right?"

"You want me to help you turn back into Kudo Shinichi?"

"That's right!"

Conan wore a serious expression.

"Are you stupid?"

Ai Haibara gave her a look as if she were an idiot.

"Ha?"

Conan frowned.

"That drug wasn't just researched by me alone."

As she spoke, Ai Haibara waved her hand helplessly, "All the research data on aptx4869 is in the research lab I was in at the time. How could I, as a human, possibly remember all of such a huge amount of data?"

Conan pressed on, "Then where is that research lab?!"

"It's gone."

Ai Haibara spread her hands and explained, "On the very night I escaped, those people destroyed that pharmaceutical company, and presumably, they are now trying their best to destroy everything related to me... Don't waste your energy."

"How so."

Conan clenched his teeth, revealing a disappointed expression.

"However, it's not entirely hopeless. Two years ago, I lent my sister some photos from her trip that I had borrowed from her. I think I mixed in the APTX4869 drug research data with it back then. Most likely, that disk was returned to Professor Masaki Hirota of Nanyang University. If you can find that disk, you might be able to find the research data for those drugs..."

At this moment, Ai Haibara and continued, "But that shouldn't be a rush. Even if you rush there now, it won't help. You should deal with the current incident first. Maybe that woman really is someone from the organization."

That's not actually the case.

If she wasn't mistaken, that woman wasn't part of the organization.

After all, if it's an organized operation, they probably won't leave any clues.

Not to mention asking the family members of the person who was taken away to report the crime to the police.

She just wanted to see how Shinichi Kudo's reasoning ability compared to Fujino 'Kudo Shinichi.

As for that disk, it has probably already been discovered by the organization.

Night is falling.

Fujino stood on the rooftop of the newspaper office.

A gentle breeze from the rooftop ruffled the hem of his black trench coat.

"So that's why! We've already said it! Right on the roof of the building next door, someone is making counterfeit money!"

Just then, a child's shout came from below. Fujino leaned out and looked downstairs, where he saw a group of children gathered around the police station next to the newspaper office, talking about something.

With his keen senses, he was able to hear it clearly.

Under Fujino's gaze, Genta nudged the child in front of him and pointed to the Datongjian Newspaper Agency next to him. "Moreover, those people also kidnapped his brother!"

"Hahaha!"

The two policemen stationed at the patrol post burst into laughter as they looked at the children in front of them.

"Little brothers, have you been watching too many police and gangster movies?"

One of the tall, thin policemen laughed and said, "How could anyone make counterfeit money right next to a police station?"

"Alright, alright, you guys should hurry home. Your parents will worry if you don't go home soon."

Another patrol officer kindly reminded him.

Conan, on the other hand, had a gloomy expression.

It's no wonder these two people didn't take this matter seriously.

After all, they're still elementary school students...

"You guys stay here and wait! Don't act on your own!"

Conan first gave some instructions to a few elementary school students, and then ran towards the phone booth not far away.

Although it was somewhat risky, he planned to once again, as Kudo Shinichi, carry out a righteous report.

If elementary school students can't be believed, then surely someone will believe High School Detective?

"Hey, let's go inside and take a look!"

After Conan left, Genta couldn't wait to make the suggestion.

"But Conan told us to wait here."

"I think Conan just wants to take all the credit for himself!"

Genta scoffed at Ayumi's concerns, saying, "Every time, that Conan guy steals the spotlight all by himself."

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko glanced at Ai Haibara, hesitated for a moment, and then mustered his courage to say, "That's right, as long as we find evidence against those people, the police will definitely believe us!"

"Then let's act quickly!"

Genta patted his chest, looking every bit the leader of the kids.

Ai Haibara watched all of this calmly, somewhat speechless at the actions of these children.

These kids are incredibly bold!

How dare they investigate a criminal gang that makes counterfeit money without the help of the police?

Isn't this just courting death?

Ai Haibara sighed softly.

As if remembering something, she took out her phone from her pocket, opened the contact name, looked at the name Fujino for a moment, and then sent a text message: Datongjian Newspaper Agency, my friend and I have discovered a criminal gang that makes counterfeit money.

I received a reply shortly after sending the text message.

Fujino: Have you gone inside yet?

Ai Haibara glanced at the enthusiastic group of daredevils: They've already gone in.

Fujino: I'm nearby, I'll be there soon, be careful.

After receiving a reply, Ai Haibara put away the phone.

Is he around here?

Ai Haibara looked around in confusion, and she did have a feeling that Fujino was nearby.

After a moment of hesitation, she shook her head again.

Maybe it's just my imagination...

Then, she glanced at the few elementary school students who had already entered the newspaper office and followed them.

Actually, this wasn't just her imagination.

Because at that very moment, a gaze was being cast upon her from the rooftop of the newspaper office.

Fujino, still on the rooftop, withdrew his gaze, silently put away his phone, opened the system interface, looked down at the flashing red dot at his feet, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

[Look closely, this man is called Fujino. He's calmly putting his phone away, a knowing smile on his face...]

Inside a black Porsche on a certain road.

Gin, driving his car, tilted his head back, a cell phone between his fingers, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and asked Vodka on the other end of the line, "Have you found the leaked research data?"

"I'm sorry, brother, that research data has been stolen."

Vodka, far away in Fukuoka, answered with a cigarette dangling from his lips.

"It was stolen?"

Gin's expression immediately darkened. "Do you have any leads on who it is?"

Not yet.

Vodka on the other end of the phone frowned slightly.

"The virus on that disk is organized; even if it's stolen, it won't be a big problem..."

Gin took a deep drag on his cigarette, paused, and then continued, "Has Sherry been found?"

"Our people have been sent out to search, but there's still no sign of her."

Vodka frowned slightly on the other end of the phone. "And it seems that she was rescued... On the day she escaped, the dozen or so men I sent out were all taken down."

"Any leads on the person who rescued her?"

"Based on our people's description, it should be the same person who attacked our organization members before."

"Is it that guy again?"

Gin held the cigarette between his fingers, his expression gradually turning cold.

"Although we still cannot determine exactly who it is."

Vodka pondered for a moment, then replied, "But judging from the way he infiltrated the pharmaceutical factory so quietly and took that woman away, it should be that guy..."

Upon hearing this, Gin snorted coldly, put the cigarette in his mouth, and bit down hard.

The guy who escaped last time was also caught by this guy.

Clearly, the other side already knew about their organization's existence.

Furthermore, they are using various means to obstruct it.

"The other side must have known about our organization for a long time... otherwise they wouldn't have stormed into the pharmaceutical factory to rescue her, and they wouldn't have taken away the research data on those drugs so long ago."

Gin looked up at the road, "I'm afraid most of what's going on about our organization has already been leaked by that woman..."

"Should we still look for her?"

Vodka asked.

"Find them, alive or dead."

After a pause, Gin continued, "However, we can reduce the number of people sent out. It's not worth it for a woman who's been imprisoned like that. The most urgent thing is to send more people and, before that person comes looking for us, destroy as much as possible what that woman in the organization knows."

Ten minutes later.

After a series of reckless actions, the group of mischievous kids in the Junior Detective League were successfully discovered and captured by Silver Fox.

Fujino heard a child shouting coming from the room below him and took out the mirror.

Meanwhile, inside the newspaper office downstairs, two men had subdued Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko, while Ai Haibara remained unusually calm, hiding to the side.

A woman dressed in black pulled a gun from her bosom; clearly, that woman was Silver Fox.

That is, Fujino's objective in this mission.

Is it time?

Fujino surveyed the situation downstairs and murmured to himself.

Then, he took out several Enhancement Cards from his pocket and crushed them.

[Detective Enhancement Activated: Host's physical abilities increased by 225%]

[Advanced Strength Enhancement Card has been used: Host's strength increased by 200%]

[Advanced Perception Card has been used: Host's perception ability increased by 200%]

As system notifications rang in his ears, Fujino checked that the red rope around his waist was tied tightly before leaping down.

Once again, a swift and skillful brute appeared out of nowhere. Fujino held his Wooden Sword horizontally and smashed the window of the newspaper office on the third floor.

"Snap!"

With the sound of shattering glass, Fujino successfully entered the room.

"Who goes there?!"

Silver Fox turned around in surprise at the sound and saw Fujino, who had just burst into the room.

Without wasting words, Fujino used the momentum from his leap from upstairs to roll over and, before anyone in the room could recover, rushed forward with lightning speed, raising his Wooden Sword and smashing it straight at Silver Fox's wrist.

The Wooden Sword was swung around, producing a whooshing sound.

Before she could recover, Silver Fox let out a mournful howl after being struck on the wrist by the Wooden Sword, and then the pistol fell to the ground.

Seeing that the pistol had been knocked away, Fujino retaliated with a whip kick that landed squarely on Silver Fox's abdomen.

With the Enhancement Card and the support of Zulijian Elderly Shoes, the force of this kick was astonishing.

The Silver Fox flew nearly two meters to the side before crashing heavily against the door and falling to the floor.