In the living room, Anya blinked her big eyes and read the confused, bashful thoughts running through her mother's mind.
Time alone together... growing closer...
She tilted her head, her little face full of curiosity and confusion.
Time alone together? Anya wondered. Mother thinks being alone with Father will bring them closer?
She thought of her own "mission."
I get it! If Anya wants to be good friends with Second Son and grow closer to him, Anya needs to find a way to spend time alone with him!
And just like that, the beginnings of a "plan" that made perfect sense to her were born.
Yes! Anya understands! At this Exchange Meeting, Anya will spend time alone with Second Son for...
Operation: Just the Two of Us!!!
Kabuto Yakushi was still staring at Anya's closed bedroom door in puzzlement. He pushed up his glasses. "Is she really all right? Her face was so red..."
His instincts as a doctor left him concerned, but Yor had denied anything was wrong so firmly that he could hardly press her. He shook his head and picked up the newspaper again.
His thoughts, however, had already turned to a more detailed assessment of the risks of their trip to Kirigakure.
At the same time, at the Mouri Odd Jobs Shop...
The muffled sounds of two men boasting and clinking glasses drifted down from the second floor.
Conan pushed open the door to the Odd Jobs Shop. Air thick with smoke and the smell of sake washed over him.
The lights in the first-floor office were dim. The table had been shoved aside, and empty bottles and snack wrappers lay scattered across the floor.
Kogoro Mouri's face was flushed, and his tie hung crooked. With one arm slung over the shoulders of an unfamiliar silver-haired