Haibara Ai Suddenly Appears

Mouri Ran suddenly turned around. At some point, she had already bent the iron pole straight again.

The two male high school students whispering behind her were slightly startled. They stopped talking at once, straightened up, and looked at her.

After all, Jiang Xia felt far less guilty than the person actually involved—he had merely caught a bit of Conan's terror. He quickly regained his composure, and his expression became natural again.

Though Conan was panicking like crazy, his appearance as a child successfully helped him bluff his way through.

Besides, after fixing the iron pole for a while, Mouri Ran had gradually calmed down—Kudo Shinichi disappearing without a word was hardly a new occurrence. Honestly, she was almost used to it by now.

A train approached in the distance, gradually slowing as it neared the station.

Mouri Ran planned to take it home.

As she was leaving, she raised a hand to call Conan over, only to find that he had no intention of going home with her. For some reason, he had been hiding behind Jiang Xia the whole time.

After wondering about it for a moment, Mouri Ran felt that she understood—perhaps the child wanted to play outside a little longer, or perhaps Conan thought riding Jiang Xia's motorcycle back to Beika Town was cooler than taking the train home, which was why he had not come over to join her.

Mouri Ran looked at the adorable child and nodded in understanding. It was the weekend, after all; kids naturally loved to play. Besides, although Jiang Xia drove a bit fast, he had always been fairly safe. During the day, he followed traffic laws well enough and had never gotten into an accident, so it was probably fine.

The train soon pulled into the station.

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