Conan had no other choice but to comfort Heiji Hattori for the time being.
Otherwise, he was afraid Heiji Hattori would go looking for Hyuga Shin again. What if Hyuga Shin lost his patience and killed Heiji Hattori?
If it had been anyone else, Conan would not have worried about Heiji Hattori being killed. But this was Hyuga Shin—there was no way Conan could avoid worrying.
Conan felt that Hyuga Shin truly dared to kill. If Heiji went looking for him again, perhaps Hyuga Shin really would strike him down.
Conan did not want to see anything happen to Heiji Hattori.
"Heh, do you trust Ran?" Heiji Hattori asked Conan from the depths of his soul.
Conan's expression stiffened, and his heart ached.
"Why are you dragging Ran into this?" Conan glared at Heiji Hattori unhappily.
"Kudo, you're running away from it, aren't you? Aren't you really afraid that Hyuga Shin might do something to Ran Mouri?"
"Enough. Stop talking. Looking like this, what can I possibly do to stop anything?" Conan suddenly slammed the table beside him. Even though his hand had turned red from the blow, Conan seemed not to feel it at all.
Professor Agasa entered at that moment. Seeing how tense the atmosphere was, he could not help but freeze.
What was going on? They had only gone out for a short while—how had some conflict seemingly arisen between the two of them?
"What's going on with you two?" Professor Agasa asked.
Looking at the two of them, Professor Agasa wanted to mediate. After all, they would still need to work together in the future. How could they cooperate if things became too strained?
"Professor, I'm fine."
Conan forced a smile.
Heiji Hattori also forced a smile. They looked at each other, both feeling as though