When she carried the cake back to the table and lifted the lid, Haibara Ai discovered that there was actually a beautiful candle in the bag too, made in the shape of a snowflake.
"A cake this fancy doesn't look like a freebie. He must have bought it specially."
Mini Scientist, who visited the dessert shop plenty often herself, spotted the clue at a glance. She smiled unconsciously. She had wanted to know what kind of people her parents were, and then she received her mother's cassette tapes; she had wanted a birthday cake, and then there really was a cake... Was this what ordinary people called "happiness"?
After basking in that happiness for a while, the now-calm Haibara Ai realized later that something was off, and froze slightly. "..." Huh? Wait.
...So why had Jiang Xia suddenly gone to buy a cake?
At that time, they had not set out yet. Logically, he shouldn't have known that her older sister had hidden something in the design office, much less what exactly was hidden there, and yet...
"Could it be..." Haibara Ai thought with difficulty. "Another 'coincidence'?"
While one scientist was tossing and turning, going back and forth, unable to sleep, and doing her utmost to convince herself...
Outside the door.
Conan and Professor Agasa looked at the tightly shut room door, then turned back and exchanged a glance.
Professor Agasa was a little surprised. He had also gone to the kitchen to grab some snacks to munch on, then chuckled at Conan. "I was worried that the moment I opened the door just now, you'd rush in to grab the things we found. I can't believe you didn't."
"What kind of image do I have in your mind?" Conan pushed his glasses speechlessly and muttered:
"That shape and size