Fujino: I'm so awesome, how come I didn't know?

Sonoko made a bean-eye face. "Is he really that amazing...?"

She looked at everyone, her blank gaze filled with confusion.

It was one thing if Brother Fujino and Ran knew.

How did even Xiao Ai know?

Didn't that make her look a little dull?

"Of course he is!"

Ran took over the conversation, her eyes full of adoration. "After we go back later, I must find him for a good chat. If we can spar up close, that would be even better!"

After going back... up close?

Conan, walking to one side, caught the key words. He glanced sideways at Ran, his brow instantly furrowing as he felt things weren't simple.

After a smooth little combo of moves, he silently filled in Kyogoku Makoto's name on the "Defense List".

Then he couldn't help sighing in his heart, feeling a wave of mental exhaustion: It seems there's an extra guy we need to guard against...

"What is it, Ran!"

Seeing her good best friend take it so seriously, Suzuki Sonoko smacked her lips, feeling a little sour. "Could it be that you've taken a fancy to that guy and don't want your Shinichi anymore?"

Ran felt a bit shy. "What does this have to do with Shinichi?!"

"Then why are you so invested?"

Sonoko looked suspicious. "Although we haven't seen him for a while, you can't really cuckold the guy..."

"No, it's not like that! I just want to chat and exchange experiences!"

Ran quickly explained. "After all, he's a legendary figure in the karate world who became a karate champion at eighteen and went on a four-hundred-match winning streak with zero losses. You rarely get to meet someone like that normally, so how could I not go and get to know him if we run into each other!"

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