"Mm!" Mouri Ran smiled and nodded at Suzuki Sonoko.
Haibara Ai stood slightly farther back. Looking at Mouri Ran's slender back, she let out a complicated sigh. "...Then thank you."
To be honest, she had actually wanted to find an opportunity to be alone.
—Since "Moriarty" and Noah were here, it meant that, just like the previous "London Dungeon," Anonymous was backing the organizers of this game. Her sister was very likely here too.
Haibara Ai remembered that in the "London Dungeon," when she had seen her sister as "Colonel Moran," she had accidentally gone behind a crooked dining table while picking up a gun, briefly ending up "alone" in that small space.
Miyano Akemi had suddenly appeared before her during that time and spoken to her.
So Haibara Ai could not help thinking that if she created a chance to act alone, perhaps she could see her "living" sister once more.
Miyano Akemi held an exceptionally important place in her heart. Haibara Ai had lost both parents when she was young, leaving her sister as her only family. Unlike the others in the organization, Miyano Akemi had been like a ray of sunlight struggling to shine into the darkness.
Now that vanished sunlight had quietly reappeared in the game. Like a moth whose gaze had been caught by flames, Haibara Ai simply could not resist the temptation.
That was why she had suggested staying alone in the Mystery Phenomenon Research Club's Activity Room to look through the materials.
On one hand, Haibara Ai really was skilled at reading documents, and read faster than the others.
On the other hand, she had been looking for a chance to be alone—judging by the time, school had not let out yet, so it would not trigger the Magician After School.
Moreover,