Conan felt that this was perfectly reasonable, even a blind spot he had been overlooking all along.
But on closer thought, how had Fujino found out that he had shrunk?
After all, he remembered that the moment they met, that guy had seemed to start picking on him...
What kind of grudge was that supposed to be?
Conan considered it and felt that the possibility was quite high, though he still could not be sure. He hesitantly asked Ai Haibara, "Are you saying that Fujino has known I was Kudo Shinichi all along? Do you have any proof?"
"I never said that, and of course I have no proof."
Ai Haibara shook her head slightly. "I was just making an analogy. Don't overthink it. Maybe Fujino just thought you were so adorable that he treated you this way."
"Adorable my ass!"
Conan complained speechlessly. "I'm being serious. How did you even come up with that?"
"A feeling... I can't really explain it."
Ai Haibara thought for a moment. "After all, aside from you, Fujino does not seem to treat anyone else like this."
Conan: "..."
Why do I feel like you're just messing with me?
Of course, he could tell that Ai Haibara was provoking him.
Haibara's mouth was a liar's ghost. That was common knowledge!
But once he considered that the reason he had been persecuted might be because Fujino had seen through his true identity, memories of the past surged into his mind, and Conan immediately became energized.
Ai Haibara was quite satisfied by Conan's current, fully fired-up appearance.
She herself had not wanted to pry too deeply into Fujino's secrets, but after hearing Conan say that, she could no longer hold herself back.
It was like dry straw catching fire from the tiniest spark.
Just as Kudo