Chapter 70: Haibara Ai drank too much

Returning to their residence, Haibara Ai hadn’t gone to sleep yet; she was wearing a pink, kawaii little pajama set and sitting on the sofa.

Seeing Akaso Kaze come upstairs, she asked, "Was the potion I made useful?"

Akaso Kaze nodded.

Replacing the poison and creating a fake-death effect certainly required an expert’s touch.

If it weren’t for that magical potion, the mother and daughter Kimie wouldn’t have succeeded so easily.

Hey, what am I saying? That wasn’t my goal.

"Leave the acquisition of the laboratory to you. Once you’ve chosen it, I’ll come forward. I’ve already chosen an assistant, and I’ll have her come to help you then."

Akaso Kaze wasn’t lying about providing a job for Katsuragi Sachiko.

Haibara Ai needed a laboratory, and of course, she needed an assistant—an assistant she could completely control.

Katsuragi Sachiko, a medical student who relied on her mother, was just right.

"Hey, what are you carrying in your hand?"

Haibara Ai asked curiously.

"Nothing." Akaso Kaze hid the bottle in his hand behind his back.

"You should get some rest early; I’m going to the study for a moment."

Akaso Kaze entered the study and found a place to hide the white liquor.

He had gotten this from Hattori Heiji.

He had originally wanted to give some to Haibara Ai to drink, but after seeing the label, Akaso Kaze didn’t dare to.

He had seen Hengshui Laobaigan before, but what the hell is "Bai Gan Er"?

This thing is probably fake liquor.

Could it be that Conan grew up because he drank fake liquor?

Akaso Kaze decided it was safer to wait until Haibara Ai’s laboratory was established and have it tested before considering whether to drink it.

After hiding the liquor, Akaso Kaze went back to sleep.

After a while, the bedroom door opened quietly, and a small head poked in.

Seeing no one, Haibara Ai entered the room and closed the door.

She muttered curiously, "I want to see what good stuff you hid behind my back."

Akaso Kaze hadn’t intended to hide it from Haibara Ai; he just planned to tell her later.

So, of course, he hadn’t hidden it very well.

Haibara Ai found it very quickly.

"What is this? White liquor?"

Looking at the Chinese characters on the label, Haibara Ai was completely confused.

She took the liquor back to her room, took out her little cup, and poured a glass.

"Hey, the taste doesn’t seem bad."

Haibara Ai sipped it bit by bit and soon finished a glass.

"Hey, I’m so dizzy."

She climbed onto the bed with her little face flushed red.

After a while, she started to twist around unconsciously.

"Ah, it’s so hot."

"My body feels like it’s on fire."

"Could it be that the liquor is problematic?"

"No wonder he wanted to hide it."

"This is bad, I need to find him to save me."

Haibara Ai stumbled off the bed and ran into Akaso Kaze’s room.

"Save me, save me!"

She crawled into Akaso Kaze’s quilt.

Akaso Kaze had just fallen asleep when he was woken up.

"Hey? Haibara Ai, what’s wrong with you?"

Touching her forehead, Akaso Kaze frowned instantly.

Why is she so hot?

Huh?

Akaso Kaze was slightly startled.

It seems, it appears, Haibara Ai is growing up.

Damn, this little loli must have snuck a drink of the Bai Gan liquor.

Akaso Kaze hurriedly started taking off Haibara Ai’s clothes.

She was wearing a child’s underwear; if she grew up like this, it would probably be torn to shreds.

Haibara Ai was not being very well-behaved.

As Akaso Kaze helped her take off her clothes, she started clinging to him.

The two of them tossed and turned on the bed for a long time before Akaso Kaze finally managed to get all of Haibara Ai’s little clothes off...

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he was pounced on by the grown-up Haibara Ai.

Haibara Ai was sprawled all over Akaso Kaze, opened her little pink mouth, and let out a loud: "Meow~"

Akaso Kaze’s eyelids twitched.

How does drinking liquor turn someone into a cat?

"Huh? Hey, don’t tear my clothes? I won’t grow up... and even if I did, the clothes wouldn’t break..."

"Hey, stop biting, it hurts!"

"Damn it, calm down!"

"Our favorability is only at 2."

"There’s still a distance to go before 5."

"This progress is too fast, it’s too un-Conan-scientific!"

"If you keep doing this, I’m going to get angry!"

Following a miserable "meow" cry, the sounds in the room disappeared.

No, it wasn’t that there were no sounds, but that they were censored by the author...

The next morning, Akaso Kaze opened his eyes, which were bloodshot.

That was too much suffering.

It was clear that Haibara Ai hadn’t drunk much liquor.

So, very quickly, she shrank back down.

She turned back into a child.

This made things difficult.

Are a child and an adult the same?

The problem is, Akaso Kaze is still an adult.

So, he fell into a difficult situation.

What to do?

He could only stay as he was.

Akaso Kaze didn’t dare move a muscle.

Later, Haibara Ai fell asleep quickly.

She was lying on Akaso Kaze’s stomach, sleeping quite comfortably.

Akaso Kaze could only stare with his eyes open and count sheep.

The most troublesome thing was that just as he finally counted to one thousand, Haibara Ai moved a little.

So, all his previous efforts were wasted, and he had to start counting from the beginning.

"One, two, three..."

Finally, Akaso Kaze fell asleep too.

Looking at the little loli sleeping soundly, Akaso Kaze lifted her up a bit.

Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief.

That was not easy.

He slowly got out of bed and carried Haibara Ai back to her own room.

He placed her in her little quilt.

He covered her with the little blanket.

Then, he closed the door silently.

On the bed, Haibara Ai suddenly opened her sparkling eyes.

Her face gradually turned bright red.

"Ah, what have I done!"

"Why did I sneak a drink of white liquor."

"And did such crazy things..."

"It’s so embarrassing!"

Haibara Ai pulled the quilt over her face.

Everything was dark before her eyes, but in her mind, scenes from yesterday flashed like a movie.

Her hands couldn’t help but move.

No, I can’t do things like that.

I’m a pure little loli.

I absolutely must not do things like that, ah!

[Ding, Haibara Ai has developed a fondness for you; current favorability is 3.]

Akaso Kaze stopped in his tracks, his mouth curling slightly.

I am a magician, after all.

Haibara Ai, nothing you did could escape my eyes.

You, you are actually such a little loli!

Monday afternoon, Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B.

Conan looked back suspiciously.

Nothing, everyone was diligently doing their homework.

It’s strange, why do I always feel a chill down my back?

Two rows behind, Haibara Ai silently lowered her head and opened an "Observation Journal."

She wrote in it: The white mouse is behaving normally, no adverse reactions, but it turns its head thirty-one times a day; I suspect it has the aftereffects of paranoia.

As the school bell rang, not long after, a large group of little boys and little girls moved toward the school gate.

Haibara Ai carried her schoolbag and walked with the Detective Boys; the little loli Ayumi kept talking to Haibara Ai, and Haibara Ai responded every now and then.

When they reached the school gate, Genta and the others clamored to go investigate a case together, and after the group ran a few steps ahead.

Ayumi suddenly turned back, ran to Haibara Ai’s side again, and invited her with a smile: "Haibara-san, do you want to come with us, the Detective Boys, to investigate a case?"

Conan, Genta, and Mitsuhiko all stopped.

Mitsuhiko also invited her happily: "Our Detective Boys are a famous detective group in the entire Beika Town; Haibara-san, why don’t you join us!"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Genta nodded along. "Our Detective Boys have solved many big cases!"