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Chapter 263 Reverse-Action Radar
"Hey, Haibara, when did you become so familiar with Mr. Amuro?" Conan whispered in Haibara's ear, his curiosity surging as he tried to find out the details.
If I remember correctly, didn't she look like she'd seen a ghost the last time she saw Amuro?
"Hmph." Ai Haibara turned her head away haughtily, clearly not wanting to explain.
Conan's eye twitched when he saw her like that.
This isn't the first time this has happened since the game's launch event.
After a few days of buffering, the conflict that led to Xiaolan's accidental injury gradually resolved, and the incident came to a peaceful end with no one injured. However, resolving the conflict does not mean making peace.
Regarding the argument that took place, both proud young men believed they had done nothing wrong and were unwilling to back down and apologize – which has led to their current relationship being one of stubbornness, where they "only cooperate on organizational matters".
Too lazy to make a fool of himself, he put his hands behind his head, deliberately putting on an indifferent expression:
"Wow, I'm really curious what's written inside the time capsule! If I find it first, I'll definitely check it out!"
The resentful gaze from behind grew even sharper.
"Hehe!" With a triumphant grin, Conan sidled up to Amuro Tooru. "Amuro-nii~ I want to solve the mystery too. Can you show me the message with the hidden code?"
Amuro Tooru turned off his phone, his eyes filled with doubt.
However, thinking that Conan was a smart kid and might have a similar way of thinking, he handed over the note: "Here, take it if you want."
"Okay~ Thank you, big brother~"
The voice, which was clearly laced with milk, echoed in the air. Ayumi and Genta were about to explain their image when they saw Amuro Tooru looking pleased.
'Indeed, innocence and mischievousness—that's what normal children should be like!'
Once a suspect is identified, recalling Ai Haibara's behavior reveals numerous inconsistencies.
First and foremost, it's about eyesight and experience.
Of course, there are precocious and intelligent children. Their calm and aloof personalities can certainly be attributed to their upbringing, but the worldliness and vicissitudes accumulated over time are something that geniuses can never accumulate.
If you pay a little attention, you'll notice that when Ai Haibara looks at most of her companions, her gaze is more like that of someone looking down on a junior who needs to be looked after, rather than treating them as equals.
Secondly, there are the details of the clothing.
Having collaborated with Vermouth multiple times, Amuro Tooru has also accumulated considerable insights into brand names and fashion trends.
When adults choose clothes, they tend to focus on the fabric, design, and brand. When wearing clothes, they will take steps such as "tucking the hem of the shirt into the waistband" or "unbuttoning the top two buttons of the shirt" to highlight their physical advantages—all of which can be found in Ai Haibara's outfit at this moment.
Amuro Tooru remembers that Ai Haibara should currently be staying at Professor Agasa's house as a relative, and there shouldn't be any other female elders around. Even if there are relatives in the family who work in related fields, it doesn't explain her completely adult-oriented fashion sense.
Now that enough doubts have been accumulated, the remaining verification is quite simple.
Holding his phone, he slowed his pace thoughtfully to Ai Haibara's side and whispered softly, "Sherry..."
Ai Haibara: !
The girl with tea-colored hair froze on the spot, disbelief and fear flashing across her face, making her true identity self-evident.
Having received a satisfactory answer, Amuro Tooru, seemingly oblivious to her expression, continued to mutter to himself in distress:
"The supply chain is good for female customers, but we need to select good brands and manage costs; male customers can choose vodka or beer, but we're not considering the cocktail business for now..."
Just like a shop assistant carefully considering how to reply to an email.
After everyone had walked four or five meters away, Ai Haibara finally snapped out of her state of shock and uncertainty and began to breathe softly.
'What? You're just scaring yourself...'
Clutching her chest, which had nearly stopped, Ai Haibara lowered her eyes, her feelings a mix of emotions.
Due to the brain's self-protective forgetting mechanism, she no longer vaguely remembered her first impression of meeting Amuro Tooru in Poirot. But in every meeting after that, she felt a strange sense of security.
—It looks a lot like Hei Men Ge, but the feeling is much weaker. It's very familiar and nostalgic, like meeting a fellow townsman in a foreign land.
Having survived for over a decade within the organization, Ai Haibara is extremely confident in her sixth sense for discerning good from evil.
Since Amuro Tooru can provide a sense of security, it proves that he is trustworthy, which is why she was willing to let him help investigate the time capsule left by her sister, without wanting to have any more doubts.
'There must have been too many accidents today; there won't be any problems.'
Consoling herself in this way, Ai Haibara went further and further down the path of judging people, a path that was both right and wrong, with no turning back.
......
Almost half an hour later.
The group searched almost every corner of the campus, and as usual, with Conan's reasonable but limited reasoning, they finally guessed the location of the time capsule.
"...In short, as long as you match the code with the keys on the old-fashioned keyboard one by one, you can find the hiding place, which is the shed where the school's petting zoo is located!"
"Hmph~ I see."
After listening to Conan's reasoning, Amuro Tooru nodded thoughtfully and did something unexpected: "In that case, could you please deliver the time capsule to me?"
"Hey! Amuro-nii, aren't you coming along?" Ayumi was a little reluctant to part with this gentle and mysterious blond older brother.
"Hmm." Amuro Tooru smiled apologetically. "Judging by the time, the parent-teacher conference is almost over, and I still have to take care of the follow-up work."
"Alright then." Ayumi obediently lowered her head.
"However, before that..."
Amuro Tooru drew out his words, slowed his pace, and silently reached out his hand towards a clump of bushes.
Swah——
The swift movement left a visual afterimage, and Conan was completely unaware of what he had done. When he came to his senses, a dusty-faced, freckled little boy was already in his hands: "I think you guys need to rest first and resolve your internal conflicts."
Conan exclaimed in surprise, "Mitsuhiko!"
Amuro Tooru clapped his hands, setting down Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, who had been lurking nearby: "Friends, have a good talk. There's nothing that can't be overcome. I'm leaving now. You kids, don't go out alone! If Ms. Kobayashi sees me, I'm sure I'll get a scolding again!"
"heard it!"
As they watched Amuro Tooru walk away, the children immediately surrounded Mitsuhiko, asking him questions incessantly, like a flock of chattering sparrows, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Behind the corner, after confirming that the discussion would continue for a long time, Amuro Tooru, who had been eavesdropping, withdrew his attention and quickly headed towards the animal shed along the shortcut.
As an undercover police officer, if he couldn't even track down an elementary school student, he'd probably be dead hundreds of times over. The reason for keeping Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya around was to buy time after confirming the location and to check the clues first.
Akemi Miyano's time capsule is good for her younger sister Sherry, but before that, it would be best to have the Public Security Bureau check it.