Chapter 97

Conan seemed to have thought of something.

He ran to the floor-to-ceiling glass.

He leaned against the glass and looked down.

Vaguely saw a black car.

“Damn it!”

Conan gritted his teeth.

His fists were clenched tightly against the glass.

He kicked his feet and turned to run towards the elevator.

“Wait a minute, Conan”

“Hey! Bastard, where are you running to?”

Behind him came Mouri Ran’s plea and Mouri Kogoro’s curse.

Hoshino Ki came to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Looking down from the high building.

Sure enough!

There was a black car downstairs.

Plus the license plate number mentioned by the staff.

Porsche 356A!

It was indeed Gin’s car.

In the anime.

The Black Organization never gave up on searching for and hunting Haibara Ai from beginning to end.

Appearing in this incident was because Haibara Ai often contacted her sister who had already died.

Which led to her whereabouts being exposed, thus bringing about a fatal disaster.

But now, Haibara Ai’s sister, Miyano Akemi, is not dead.

Logically speaking.

Haibara Ai shouldn’t have to go to such lengths to call and listen to her sister’s voice to get by.

Without actively exposing herself, they still came to the door.

It seems that the investigation network within the Black Organization cannot be underestimated.

Haibara Ai’s palm-sized face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.

Her ice-blue eyes were completely occupied by helplessness and fear.

She walked to Hoshino Ki’s side.

Involuntarily raising her hand to grab his pant leg.

For some reason.

Hoshino Ki could always bring her endless power.

As if as long as she stayed by his side.

She would feel a sense of security she had never had before.

And this sense of security.

Was something her sister Miyano Akemi had never brought her.

A thin layer of sweat covered her forehead.

Her expression was nervous and panicked:

“It’s Gin!”

It was as if a huge dragon bell lived in Haibara Ai’s chest.

Upon knowing that Gin’s car was downstairs.

That dragon bell suddenly accelerated.

Constantly “thumping” in her chest.

The sound spread throughout her body.

Reaching every meridian and organ.

Hoshino Ki lowered his head and looked at the top of Haibara Ai’s head.

He was slightly distracted, looking calm.

It was only a dozen seconds, but it felt like a century had passed.

He bent down.

And took Haibara Ai into his arms.

“Wait!”

The feeling of fear was suddenly replaced by a feeling of weightlessness.

What came towards her was Hoshino Ki’s broad 14 embrace.

Before Haibara Ai could start struggling.

A large hand suddenly covered the top of Haibara Ai’s head.

Covering most of her tea-colored wavy hair.

“Nothing will happen!”

A magnetic and calming voice.

Actually had the effect of making people calm down.

Haibara Ai looked at the palm on her head.

Slightly raising her head to look at Hoshino Ki.

In that endless dark abyss.

What was reflected was her own face.

Haibara Ai’s ice-blue eyes stopped turning instantly.

Hoshino Ki didn’t look at Haibara Ai for long.

Instead, he shifted his gaze.

Looking downstairs again.

At this time, the black car had already driven away.

Conan happened to appear in his line of sight.

Haibara Ai also instantly came back to her senses.

Following Hoshino Ki’s gaze to look downstairs.

The next day.

An ordinary small shop.

Mouri Ran and Mitsuhiko met at this shop early in the morning.

Simple food was placed in front of both of them.

But neither of them paid attention to the delicious burger.

It seems!

Mitsuhiko came here purely to talk to Mouri Ran.

At this time, Mitsuhiko was clearly full of bitterness.

“Ran-neechan, to tell you the truth! Ayumi and I have been together since kindergarten.”

“I have liked Ayumi since I was a child!”

Mitsuhiko’s cautious eyes looked up from time to time to meet Mouri Ran’s gaze.

Mouri Ran smiled knowingly.

Answering gently:

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“You like Ayumi, isn’t that quite good?”

“That’s true, but Ayumi likes...”

Mitsuhiko didn’t know what he thought of.

Instantly becoming depressed.

Mouri Ran saw his hesitant look.

So she tentatively asked:

“Does Ayumi like Conan?”

Mitsuhiko looked up.

Staring blankly at Mouri Ran.

A dark look of a loser appeared in his eyes:

“No, Ayumi likes Hoshino-niisan!”

“！？？”

Mouri Ran widened her eyes instantly.

She thought she had heard wrong.

“Hoshino-kun?”

Mitsuhiko nodded with dull eyes:

“Mm, yes, although Ayumi didn’t say she liked Hoshino-niisan herself.”

“But I think it must be like this.”

“I’m very troubled now, I don’t know what to do...”

Mitsuhiko was full of disappointment.

A sense of inferiority instantly filled his weak heart.

Just clenching his two palms and rubbing them constantly.

“Is it possible that your feeling is wrong?”

Mouri Ran asked Mitsuhiko a soul-searching question.

“No, I believe in my feeling! A man’s sixth sense!”

Mitsuhiko instantly got his spirit back.

He stood up supporting the dining table.

Mouri Ran curled her lips.

Helplessly touching her forehead.

Time came to the afternoon.

Another restaurant.

“Ran-neechan!”

Ayumi sat upright.

Her small, soft body was now in such a firm look.

“What... what’s wrong? Ayumi?”

Mouri Ran’s mouth curled upwards slightly.

Responding awkwardly to Ayumi’s longing eyes.

“I really like Hoshino-niisan so much...”

Speaking of Hoshino Ki.

Ayumi’s innocent and cute eyes suddenly became shy.

“？？？Eh?”

Mouri Ran looked unbelievable.

Although she had just learned from Mitsuhiko that Ayumi liked Hoshino Ki.

But hearing the person involved say it herself was still hard to digest.

“You like Hoshino-kun, that’s great!”

Mouri Ran had no choice but to give gentle comfort.

“But I think Hoshino-niisan likes someone else.”

“Ah??”

“His relationship with Haibara-san is unusual!”

“Ah?!”

Mouri Ran was suddenly stunned.

“Ai-chan is Hoshino-kun’s sister, of course she should be more than an ordinary person...”

A bean-sized sweat dripped from Mouri Ran’s forehead.

“No! Even if Hoshino-niisan doesn’t mean that, Haibara-san does!”

“And I think...... Hoshino-niisan and Ran-neechan are really compatible...”

“My pressure is so high!”

“？？？”

Mouri Ran was shocked.

Panic was evident in her eyes.

“Ah?? Why are you so sure?”

“A woman’s intuition!”

Ayumi raised a finger seriously.

Looking at Mouri Ran solemnly.

“I thought Ayumi would like Conan...”

Mouri Ran didn’t know how to answer the other party.

She could only lead the question to another topic.

“Conan is quite good... but I only like Hoshino-niisan.”

“Conan looks too childish, and he’s very rude.”

Ayumi held the drink in front of her and drank it.

Not feeling at all how hurtful her words were.

“Eh?!”

Mouri Ran’s blue eyes instantly turned into two bean eyes.

The date finally ended.

Mouri Ran walked home alone.

When passing by a telephone booth.

She walked in and dialed Kudo Shinichi’s number.

After a few rings, Kudo Shinichi’s voice came through.

The two chatted about the topic from the skyscraper yesterday during some small talk.

Mouri Ran talked to herself.

Talking all the way to the topic that everyone agreed that she and Hoshino Ki looked compatible.

There was no reply from Kudo Shinichi for a long time in the receiver.

So Mouri Ran called out to Kudo Shinichi.

“Eh, what?”

Mouri Ran repeated:

“It’s Ai-chan and Ayumi, they both like Hoshino-kun.”

Kudo Shinichi’s lazy voice came out again:

“What are you talking about?”

“That’s just a little girl’s temporary worship! Idiot!”

Mouri Ran still wouldn’t give up:

“You didn’t see it with your own eyes, how do you know?”

Kudo Shinichi said impatiently:

“Ah, it’s nothing! A child’s love is like having the measles”

“Nothing to make a fuss about”

Mouri Ran heard the perfunctoriness in Kudo Shinichi’s tone.

She suddenly got a little angry:

“Hey! Can you be serious?”

Kudo Shinichi also had some inexplicable anger in his chest:

“Mm! Then don’t deceive yourself, face it honestly!”

Ran pulled the phone tightly with both hands.

She was slightly stunned.

Saying in disbelief:

“You want me... to face myself honestly?”

Kudo Shinichi on the other side of the phone sighed helplessly:

“In that case, you can probably find the answer by yourself!”

Before Mouri Ran could ask the true meaning contained in this sentence.

Kudo Shinichi said hurriedly:

“Ah! I have something to do here, that’s it! I’ll call you again!”

“Beep beep beep!”

The phone was hung up.

Mouri Ran put the receiver on the phone.

Opened the door and walked out of the telephone booth disappointedly.

Perhaps unknowingly.

Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi were destined to be on two different paths.

Going further and further away.