Conan was extremely dissatisfied with this sort of behavior from his biological mother—using her own son's life as a joke.
Still, he agreed with Yukiko Kudo's deduction.
Since the other side had not made a move against him yet, they had to be plotting something.
But in the end, the enemy was hidden while he was exposed. There was nothing much he could do right now.
He could only deal with whatever came his way.
As for Tomoaki Araide, they could not make a move against him for the time being.
If they provoked him too badly and backed him into a corner, things would become difficult.
Still, he could not tell Haibara about the bug.
He knew that woman all too well.
Given her personality, if she learned that she had been exposed and thoroughly targeted, she would probably immediately throw herself out there, lie down in front of Tomoaki Araide, and say something like, "If you want to kill someone, just kill me. Don't lay a hand on Fujino."
Could Tomoaki Araide have approached Fujino for that very reason?
Indeed, getting Haibara to deliver herself to him while avoiding Fujino, that human-shaped fighting weapon, was the wisest choice.
And Haibara... she really was capable of doing something like that.
Elsewhere, at Araide Clinic.
Vermouth sat in the dim office, quietly listening as the sound on the other end gradually disappeared.
She removed the earpiece from beside her ear and pondered in silence for a while.
Then she opened a blood-red website, tapped out a message on the keyboard, and sent it: How has your consideration of what I mentioned been going? Whether it's tools or methods, I can provide them for you.
Before long, a message came back: No... even so, murder and things like that...
Vermouth's