The Scientific Medical Examiner (Final)

A few days later, at dusk.

Beika Town, outside a newly opened company.

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta were passing by on their way home from school as usual, but they stopped because of a "familiar stranger."

"Big sister, big sister~"

"You look like someone we know."

"Is that so?" Miyano Shiho stopped with a smile.

She bent down to look at her old friends, and the coolness on her face melted into warmth.

"Kids, who is this person you're talking about?"

"Big Sister Sonoko!"

Genta eagerly voiced his opinion.

"You do look a little like Big Sister Sonoko, but..."

"I think you're even prettier than Big Sister Sonoko."

Mitsuhiko shyly stole a glance at Miyano Shiho.

"No, I think this big sister looks like..."

"Ai?"

Ayumi stared seriously into Miyano Shiho's aqua-blue eyes and could not help murmuring to her companions.

"She looks a lot like Ai, doesn't she?"

"It's just like Ai grew up!"

"Haha." Miyano Shiho smiled and leaned closer to Ayumi. "Is this Ai your friend?"

"Yeah!" The children all nodded together. "Our best friend."

They looked a little dejected again. "But Ai moved overseas, and Conan too. They haven't come back in two years."

"It's okay."

Miyano Shiho could not help reaching out to stroke Ayumi's head, then gently lifted her into an embrace.

"Ah... looking at you from this angle feels really strange."

She smiled as she said something they could not understand, then comforted them warmly.

"Don't be sad. Don't feel down."

"I believe you and your friends will reunite someday."

"Yeah!" The children nodded firmly as well.

They quickly set aside their sadness over missing their friends and smiled happily.

"Big sister, we should be heading home now."

"But..."

The children made as if to leave, yet before they went, they curiously looked