Haibara Ai's heart clenched. All her past experiences told her that getting involved with Akai Shuichi only brought bad luck, especially for peripheral members like her older sister and Jiang Xia—if this matter became known to those in the organization who had a grudge against Akai Shuichi, like Gin or someone... things would probably get troublesome.
"No. I can't send an email about something this big. What if Jiang Xia happens to be next to Gin? Then I'd be hurting him."
Haibara Ai hesitated for a long time, but in the end, she still exited the mailbox interface.
She comforted herself in her heart, Look on the bright side—Conan not only came back alive and kicking, he even had time to ask me about Rye. From the look of it, Jiang Xia should be fine for now too. Be patient and wait. Trust Jiang Xia.
After murmuring to herself in a low voice for a while, Haibara Ai put down her phone. She looked at the kettle gradually coming to a boil and only felt as though she were seeing her increasingly unsettled life.
In the living room.
Conan had originally wanted to secretly observe Haibara Ai's movements and reactions, using that to infer more information... however, Haibara Ai's reaction was actually no reaction at all.
She went into the kitchen, boiled a kettle of hot water, made some coffee, then hugged her coffee cup and returned to the basement just as she had come.
Conan, shut outside the door with a click: "..."
Professor Agasa fiddled with the gadgets on the table, glanced at the fake elementary school student who had slunk back, and comforted him. "Forget it. Be a little optimistic. Maybe you're overthinking it—I remember that organization pays a lot of attention to keeping a low