Sincere Wishes

"What are you looking into, kid?"

"Mm, I'm looking at the numbers on the phone..." Conan flipped through the contacts, repeatedly studying the names as his eyebrows slowly rose.

If all the katakana on the phone were replaced with English, then combined with the Chinese characters before them, this list looked a little familiar...

Mori Kogoro squinted at the back of his head for a while, instinctively covered his neck, and took half a step back.

He had the distinct feeling that this kid was about to start going "Ah-le-le" or something.

Ever since Shinichi Kudo had returned, Ran Mouri's attitude toward Conan had changed in subtle ways.

Mori Kogoro might not have been as clever as those detectives, but he wasn't an idiot. He was simply less sharp than truly intelligent people, which made him seem somewhat outmatched in the high-IQ profession of detective work.

First, she had switched the kid's sleeping spot. Then, she had refused to take him to the restroom or bathroom ever again. Even at crime scenes, Mori Kogoro was now the only one still struggling to stop this bunch of rule-breaking elementary schoolers from conducting their own investigations.

Ran Mouri had not said anything to him, but Mori Kogoro already had a vague premonition. This kid's identity was probably a serious problem...

Thinking of that, he silently glanced at Tooru Amuro.

By coincidence, Tooru Amuro was also looking at Mori Kogoro.

Based on the information Tangze had provided, combined with Zero Division's investigation, there was no doubt that Edogawa Conan was the missing high school detective Shinichi Kudo.

Once that was known, along with the timing of Edogawa Conan's appearance, the suspicious nature of the "Sleeping Kogoro" explanation—that he solved cases in his dreams—became obvious at a glance.

The only question was whether this