After hesitating for a moment, Haibara Ai ultimately kept her advice to herself. What if she told these children to stay away from Vodka, only for the Detective Boys to accidentally let it slip in front of Vodka later...
"It would have been fine before, but now... judging from what Conan said, Vodka's transformation could practically be called a complete rebirth."
Haibara Ai quietly pondered, If this behavior puts Vodka on guard and makes him start paying attention to me, things will get troublesome. He spent quite a bit of time around me before. Even if he never saw what I looked like as a child, he might become suspicious because of my resemblance to 'Sherry'... I absolutely can't let him turn his attention toward me. Otherwise, these children and I will all die.
Remembering those terrifying consequences, Haibara Ai yawned. "I stayed up too late yesterday. I want to catch up on some sleep, so I won't be going with you."
As she spoke, she secretly signaled to Conan beside her: Make these children more vigilant. Don't let Vodka fool them.
Conan: "..." You think I don't want to? The enemy is just too cunning. Not only these little brats—even Jiang Xia is practically full of praise for him now.
In any case, the children's plans were settled. Haibara Ai would avoid the cunning Organization Cadre, Conan would make trouble for the cunning Organization Cadre, and everyone else would accompany Conan to visit the kind Mr. Yamada.
The children happily arrived at the bus stop, happily followed yesterday's route all the way to Shikigawa Hospital... then heard news from a cheerful nurse that made their smiles fall.
"You mean that harbinger of misfortune... ahem, Mr. Yamada." The nurse tried hard to look regretful as she bent down to explain