Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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"It's the name of the medicine you're taking."

"medicine?"

After receiving the answer, Conan became even more confused.

"Yes, it's... the drug that makes your body smaller."

Conan froze abruptly, stopping in his tracks. He stared blankly at Ai Haibara for a long while before chuckling dryly, sweating profusely, "What are you talking about, Haibara-san? What do you mean by shrinking? Did you get your head smashed?"

Upon hearing Conan's last sentence, Ai Haibara, who had originally wanted to create a slightly more romantic atmosphere, instantly lost interest and said coldly, "Is that so? That drug was something I made myself, and even I myself shrunk down. Do you think I'm joking with you?"

"Developed and miniaturized by hand..."

Conan was stunned by Ai Haibara's bombshell, and it took him a while to come to his senses. He glared at Ai Haibara angrily and demanded, "So, you're also a member of that Black Organization, Haibara!?"

"Oh."

Ai Haibara chuckled lightly: "Ai Haibara is just a fake name. If you really want to call me, you can call me... Sherry."

Sherry... that's the name of the liquor, there's no mistake!

Conan's eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid.

What's going on? Has my identity been exposed? They've actually come knocking on my door!?

"Oh right, I think I mentioned my address to you after school."

Ai Haibara hopped forward two steps, turned around to face Conan, and under the streetlight, the shadow of her short hair obscured her eyes: "2nd and 22nd, Beikacho, you still haven't remembered where this address is?"

Conan paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Isn't this Professor Agasa's address?"

These guys, could they have already... done something to Professor Agasa?!

While Conan and Ai Haibara were talking, neither of them noticed that Sano, who was walking ahead, had stopped and turned around, just like Ai Haibara.

...Is Conan's problem contagious? Is this fake loli thinking she's deaf and can't hear them talking, or is she thinking she's blind and can't notice the two people behind her not following?

...So, Ai Haibara is currently living at that professor's house?

Seeing Conan's drastically changed expression, Sano finally stopped just listening and stepped out of the shadows into the light of the street lamp.

"This is really interesting."

Sano first gave Conan a look, signaling him not to make any rash moves. Then, under the astonished gaze of Ai Haibara, he took out the pistol and lighter from his pocket, lit a cigarette, and then pulled out another gun, pointing it at her head.

"I've been searching high and low for you, but you've come to me without any effort. Gin has been looking for you for so long, but you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep, Sherry."

"Varied……"

Looking at the dark muzzle of the gun in Sano's hand, Ai Haibara's expression was even more dazed than Conan's just now.

In just two short sentences, Ai Haibara's mental journey had taken an incredibly dramatic turn.

At first, Ai Haibara was surprised that she had overlooked the high school detective in front of her and let him overhear such important and dangerous information.

But what the other person said next was even more astonishing.

This guy is actually a member of the organization?!

"Alright, Shinichi Kudo, stop pretending. As a precious experimental subject, you actually managed to lure this guy out. That's quite surprising."

Sano glanced at Conan indifferently, leaving Conan, who was behind Ai Haibara, looking completely bewildered.

What kind of experimental subject?

I think I recognize every single word Sano says, but when they're put together, it's like gibberish!

Sano didn't pay much attention to Conan, and looked down at Ai Haibara, who was already trembling: "Oh, it seems you may not know, but the organization already knew about this guy shrinking a long time ago. You were probably the only one kept in the dark, thinking that only you knew, and after escaping, you came to me like you were grasping at a last straw."

The organization... already knew!?

Ai Haibara's pupils trembled wildly, feeling that the situation had completely spiraled out of her control.

"Who... exactly are you?"

Facing Ai Haibara's familiar gaze, filled with both fear and resentment, Sano smiled faintly and pushed the gun forward slightly. The cold touch sent shivers down Ai Haibara's spine.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm your... former colleague, codename..."

Sano paused slightly, then his mind searched for the name of a bottle of wine that immediately came to mind.

...Wait a minute, why is it "again"?

Niulanshan.

Hearing the names of the drinks Sano mentioned, Ai Haibara's face turned extremely ugly, and her brain was working like mush. In the end, she could only get one piece of information from her vast knowledge base.

"Is this wine from the flower-growing region...?"

Conan, who looked like he'd wandered into the wrong movie set with a face full of question marks, suddenly had his question marks disappear into one after hearing Ai Haibara's dazed murmur.

...Why does this conversation feel so familiar?

Wait a minute, this scene, this development...

Chapter 199, 198, because it's fun?

It seems strangely familiar, doesn't it?

Conan stared blankly at the night sky, and after a few seconds he finally remembered where this feeling of familiarity came from.

Then Conan's mouth and eyes twitched involuntarily at the same time.

Sano...could he be...?

...The night wind was bleak and cold, but it couldn't chill Ai Haibara's heart.

After a bitter laugh, Ai Haibara's expression suddenly calmed down—of course, this was just an appearance; she was still very flustered inside.

"What do you plan to do with me? Will you execute me outright, or take me back for experimental research?"

"One live test subject is enough. As for you..."

Looking at Ai Haibara, who was feigning composure, Sano exhaled a puff of smoke, which drifted away in the wind, his voice revealing a murderous intent: "It's more worthwhile to die."

Seemingly having lost patience, Sano gave Ai Haibara no chance to speak and pulled the trigger.

"biu!"

Upon hearing the familiar gunshot sound from Sano's mouth, and the familiar jet of water spraying onto Ai Haibara's face, Conan immediately revealed a helpless and speechless dead fish eye.

As expected...

Letting out a long breath, Conan couldn't help but look up at the sky again, feeling both toothache and testicular pain.

After messing with his own family, he went on to mess with others.

Even their tactics are exactly the same.

Can't Sano do anything productive for once?!

As Sano pulled the trigger, Ai Haibara instinctively closed her eyes.

The expected pain did not come; instead, there was only a cool, moist sensation.

...Blood, or brain matter?

Something doesn't seem right.

Ai Haibara hesitated before opening her eyes, and Sano immediately pulled the trigger again, this time spraying water directly into her eyes.

After instinctively closing her eyes and then opening them again, Ai Haibara finally realized that she probably, maybe, and perhaps should be.

I've been tricked.

Ai Haibara expressionlessly pulled up the hem of her clothes to wipe her face, glanced at Sano, and then turned to Conan: "He knows Gin, so he must have heard everything from you a long time ago."

Conan, who was in a state of confusion, snapped out of his daze, blinked, nodded in acknowledgment, and then looked at Sano: "So what exactly is going on? You already knew that she shrunk like me and that she escaped from that organization?"

"Ah."

Hearing Sano confirm Conan's question, Ai Haibara turned to Sano and asked, "How did you know I shrunk and escaped from that organization?"

"Because you're just as stupid as Conan, and you think I'm just as stupid as you guys."

Sano's understated sarcasm silenced the two fake children, but in order to understand the whole story, neither of them uttered a word in rebuttal, and instead continued to listen to Sano speak.

"Let's start with you."

Sano pointed at Conan: "If your shrinking is really exposed to that organization, do you think they would need to arrange another precious test subject to transfer to your side? Wouldn't it be better to just kill everyone who knows and take you away? Why would they go to such lengths?"

"Since she said she's currently living at that professor's house, it's likely that she learned from him that you, Conan Edogawa, are Shinichi Kudo's alter ego... I must say, it's been several days already, and you still haven't learned of her existence from the professor. Comparing your intelligence efficiency, you're really a bit of a disappointment."

"Of course, it's also possible that this little girl deliberately withheld information, with the aim of... intimidating you once tonight. And of course, even so, that doctor was the first one you recruited as a teammate, but now he's standing on the side of someone you just met, which makes you even more pathetic."

Listening to Sano's "analysis" and sarcasm, Ai Haibara nodded in agreement.

Indeed, as the other party said, if it were truly someone from the organization who knew about Conan's special existence, they would never have been so hesitant and indecisive.

In addition, Ai Haibara has indeed communicated with Professor Agasa.

On that day, when Ai Haibara was taken to the Kudo family mansion by her two best friends and found that no one was there, she was temporarily handed over to Professor Agasa next door.

Then, after testing the waters, Ai Haibara learned that the other person was Shinichi Kudo's teammate, so she immediately confessed everything, successfully formed a team, and got the name Ai Haibara.

...As for the final "intimidation".

Ai Haibara, however, could not fully agree with this.

Although Ai Haibara did ask Professor Agasa not to tell Conan about her existence for the time being, she only decided to confess today after obtaining the transfer certificate and successfully "getting close" to Conan.

But the purpose of doing this was simply for Ai Haibara to observe the other party's ability status, not what Sano was talking about... which sounds like a playful threat.

...But for Conan, Sano's analysis was obviously not as impactful as the sarcasm that followed.

How the hell did he know that Professor Agasa wouldn't even share such important information?

You should know that Conan's glasses were damaged because of yesterday's sniping incident, and he even went to Professor Agasa's house last night to have them repaired.

Even so, the other party never mentioned Ai Haibara's name even once.

If Dr. Agasa's reason for deliberately concealing this information is really as Sano said, then this move is simply outrageous.

...Although it seems that after his parents came back last time, Professor Agasa didn't tell him either, and even came to "scare" him.

Damn, looking at it this way, it seems even more absurd and reasonable!