Chapter 212: Targeted by the Great Detective

Ren Amamiya, a student in Class 2-C of Teitan High School, whose grades were in the upper tier within the class, but who had no particularly outstanding points in other areas. He was not good at socializing, did not interact with classmates in the class, and belonged to the type of person who didn’t fit in.

He had no parents, grew up in an orphanage since he was a child, would go out to work to earn money on weekends, and his life had always been very regular.

Conan Edogawa recalled this intelligence information and felt it was very ordinary.

It could only be said to be an inspirational story of a student with poor family background working hard to study.

He actually quite admired such a person. Based on the information he had asked Dr. Agasa to investigate, he felt that it was truly not easy for this person to have lived until now.

There used to be an orphanage to support him, but after the orphanage closed down, he lived alone. Apart from working to earn money, he studied and didn’t possess any other social activities. Such a regular life had actually been maintained for more than six years.

If viewed from the perspective of being admirable, this person’s life was definitely considered bright.

However, since the second year of high school—specifically, it should be said, since a month ago—this person’s situation had completely changed.

He didn’t know about his social situation in school, but he had participated in school club activities.

The Mystery Research Club—this club that seemed very strange to him.

Because Conan Edogawa was certain that as long as it was something mysterious, it was absolutely something Ran had hated and feared the most in the past. Her joining this club seemed very problematic.

And Ran herself was in the Karate Club; why would she join a Mystery Research Club for no reason?

Furthermore, the members of the Mystery Research Club itself were also very controversial.

The main members inside, apart from Ren Amamiya and Ran, were all young ladies without exception.

This was also a very strange problem.

However, Ran and Sonoko had a good relationship, so it was quite normal for her to be pulled into a group of young ladies, but what about Ren Amamiya?

How did a person who seemed normal and ordinary in every way join a group of young ladies?

It couldn’t be that he really had a relationship with Sonoko, right?

Based on the information he had investigated, as well as his own interest as a detective in abnormal things, Conan Edogawa couldn’t help but feel curious about some of the things hidden behind Ren Amamiya.

Perhaps asking directly was also a method.

Unfortunately, after losing the identity of Shinichi Kudo, he also lost the right to ask.

He could only use detective means to deeply analyze the matter and investigate it clearly himself.

Leaning against the wall, Conan Edogawa took out his notebook and pen and flipped to the page where he had recorded it.

Now, none of the information collected pointed toward the direction that there were hidden secrets behind Ren Amamiya; rather, the possibility of Sonoko and Ren Amamiya dating still existed.

Not just Sonoko, the possibility of others dating Ren Amamiya was not non-existent.

Why did he think so?

Because according to the information he had investigated, the Mystery Research Club had no plans to recruit members from the outside; almost all members were invited internally.

Under such circumstances, he was certain that either Ren Amamiya was very special himself, or it was only possible for him to be invited if he had developed a romantic relationship with an internal member.

And the most likely one was perhaps Sonoko.

Not because of anything else, just simply because he had a certain understanding of Sonoko; he really didn’t dare to investigate the others.

Once he investigated the situations of those young ladies, he was afraid he would be the one being investigated.

He didn’t think that all those young ladies from wealthy families were in the same situation as Sonoko; those young ladies were not raised in the wild.

Recording today’s guess, Conan Edogawa left carefully.

There were still many surveillance cameras in the cruise ship; it was best for him not to appear overly suspicious.

Just as Conan Edogawa had thought, a pinhole camera was steadily filming the scene at the end of the corridor, and the other side of the camera was connected to the surveillance room.

“Eldest Miss, that child has left.”

The security personnel in the surveillance room had actually been watching all along. The moment that suspicious little child deliberately hid, they had deepened their surveillance of that little child and also contacted the Eldest Miss via phone.

“Mm, keep watching him, ensure that the child doesn’t perform any suspicious acts on the cruise ship. In addition, archive the footage that was filmed, and organize it for me before we get off the ship.”

“Understood.”

Hanging up the phone, Ai Hayasaka put away her phone and then looked at the two people in front of her.

“It seems he has developed curiosity about Ren Amamiya.”

Kaguya Shinomiya sighed accordingly, with helplessness and a headache.

“Has he still not learned a lesson from the last incident?”

“Don’t touch things that shouldn’t be touched, don’t investigate things that shouldn’t be investigated—does he not even understand such a simple principle?”

To this, Ren Amamiya appeared very calm. It should be said that he was very clear about what kind of personality Conan Edogawa had.

“Being full of curiosity about everything—this is the problem with detectives.”

“I think it should be that my surface information is too ordinary, and then joining the group of young ladies is what attracted his attention.”

Ren Amamiya fished a maple leaf gold coin out of his pocket, and while speaking, he flicked the coin high with his thumb, face up.

“Mm, it seems I guessed right.”

Actually, this could also be considered a very normal thing. Even Ren Amamiya himself knew that he was a bit too conspicuous, especially in the club.

“What a troublesome person.”

Kaguya Shinomiya felt at this moment that a detective was truly a very troublesome profession.

“Detectives are just such people; they will develop curiosity about everything. But there’s no need to pay too much attention to it. Too many people have suddenly gathered around me; it’s inevitable that he would develop curiosity about me. Plus, there are Sonoko and Ran; he can’t help but notice.”

“I think he should be thinking about why I am in a group of young ladies right now.”

At the same time, Ren Amamiya flicked the maple leaf gold coin again, and it was still face up.

“Mm, it seems he is still in the stage of developing curiosity about me.”

“With my ordinary identity, he must be curious about what caused me to enter the Mystery Research Club. In addition, he should only be able to start from me.”

Flicking the maple leaf gold coin again, it was still face up.

The answer was quite obvious; the confirmation of the divination made the guess even more accurate.

Ren Amamiya smiled, but didn’t care about a detective developing curiosity about him.

“No need to pay too much attention to his affairs.”

“To him, who upholds science, everything about us is unreasonable. Let him, the detective, brainstorm.”

— Author's Notes —

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