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By the time the case was over and they walked out of the building, night had fully fallen.
Suzuki Sonoko stood by the roadside with Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and Conan, waiting for the driver to pick them up.
Across the street stood the newly completed "Nishitama City Twin Towers." Although it had yet to officially open to the public, it had already entered its trial operation phase. Warm lights glowed in its corridors, tracing a bright outline around the building against the night.
Suzuki Sonoko looked up at the magnificent twin towers. Amid her admiration, an unpleasant memory suddenly surfaced.
—She remembered the photo the "Future Appearance Predictor" had spat out when she visited the building a few days ago, showing what she would look like "ten years later."
Suzuki Sonoko: "..." Damn it. Her face had barely changed, but the machine had arbitrarily given her a "Tokiwa Mio-style hairstyle," instantly transforming ten-years-later Suzuki Sonoko from a "mature, sexy older sister" into a harsh, sharp-tongued auntie...
Suzuki Sonoko folded her arms and huffed inwardly. Luckily, she had covered that photo up tight back then. Other than that brat who looked like a triangular rice ball, no one else had seen that dark history—no, dark future.
After that, she immediately Destroyed Corpses and Erased Traces of the "photo from ten years later."
But even so, whenever she thought about it, Suzuki Sonoko still found herself deeply bothered.
Suzuki Sonoko: "..." Come to think of it, she really had not cared much about dressing up over the years. Even Teacher Kamimori, who had already gone to Heaven... or Hell, knew to get her hair done before attending a banquet, while Sonoko herself was often too lazy to bother.
She had indeed caught sight of a few handsome guys at the