Conan: After teaching the protagonist, they offered their loyalty.

Chapter 200 Conan: I've figured out the truth

Inside the arena.

A sea of ​​people...

Conan yawned slightly, looking a bit sleepy, and sat down in the audience.

"Conan, come here quickly, I'll show you something fun..." Ayumi Yoshida said with a grin as she walked up to Conan.

“Yeah, Haibara is in too… This game is more fun with lots of people,” Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya said.

Ai Haibara, who originally intended to quietly read a magazine, became interested after glancing at the card game in Genta Kojima's hand.

She remembered... Shen Er had told her that he designed this game.

Who is Xiao Hei...?

"Heh..." Conan smiled after seeing the cards, scanning them around with the look of someone looking at an elementary school student. "This game is quite easy for me."

It's actually quite simple... He hasn't been doing his homework these days.

I just played ranked matches on my phone in the game "Who is the Blackie," and I'm almost at the highest rank in just two days.

"If you know the rules, let's begin..." Ai put down her magazine and said calmly, "I know a little bit about it too..."

"Alright! You're full of energy, let's begin!" Genta, the leader of the Junior Detective Club, immediately declared that the game should start.

The first game...

Genta, Ayumi, killed in action...

Only Ai Haibara, Mitsuhiko, and Conan remained at the scene.

Even the usually lazy Conan's gaze turned serious...

"Mitsuhiko, trust me... then vote for Ai Haibara," Conan said.

"..." Ai Haibara remained silent, glancing indifferently at Conan.

"I vote for Conan," Mitsuhiko decided immediately.

Conan is eliminated... Ai Haibara wins with the small black card.

Conan: I'm fucking idiot.

How can you win if you have bad teammates?

I initially thought... it was because of my bad teammates in the first game.

The second one...

The third one...

As a gaming expert and detective, Conan astutely discovered that Ai Haibara... was simply bluffing.

Their strength is on par with his own...

Coupled with his tone of voice and expression, Conan's gaze slowly became suspicious.

"I'm not playing anymore..." Sensing Conan's 'scumbag' gaze, Ai put the cards back in Ayumi's hand... and picked up the magazine again to read.

Speaking of which... she hasn't forgotten.

While I was in the movie theater... I stumbled upon this 'famous detective' cheating.

He has a childhood sweetheart, yet he's dating a red-haired woman...

What a scumbag.

The other elementary school students didn't say anything either... they naturally agreed, and the three of them started whispering to each other again.

"Hey... Haibara-san, what's your relationship with Jin?" Conan walked up to her, subconsciously gathering information.

"None of your business..." Ai glanced at the other person coldly.

She wouldn't give a scumbag a kind look.

"..." The other person's seemingly casual tone startled Conan, but after a moment's thought, he quickly calmed down... and grinned, "If I'm not mistaken... you've shrunk too, haven't you?"

His guess was not without reason.

First, when the other student transferred to the school, their demeanor and tone were nothing like those of a first-grade elementary school student.

I initially thought it was precocious...

However, when she saw the body during her hot spring trip, she didn't panic... and was even able to calmly analyze the principles behind the rigor mortis, subconsciously forcing the murderer to reveal themselves.

Is this something a first-grade elementary school student could do?

As for why others weren't surprised, but instead thought it was normal.

That's because he, Conan... has stopped pretending.

Because of the organization, and the confidence that Shen Er gave him... he reasoned at the original level every time.

This has led Inspector Megure and Ran... to believe that it's normal for children to understand these things.

But... he who shrank actually knew the reason...

He was certain he could never have done that in first grade...

Ai Haibara's face did not show the 'panic' that Conan wanted to see; she simply looked at the magazine calmly.

"Hey, I'm talking to you..." Conan sneered, ignored. "Are you embarrassed by having your 'truth' discovered, or... are you one of those people?!"

"I noticed something was off about you a long time ago... Shen'er's sister? Shen'er is an orphan, where did he get a sister?"

"No matter what the reason you shrunk was... it's definitely related to that black-clad organization."

Conan, hands in his shorts pockets, a grin spreading across his face, one hand adjusting his glasses... his voice gradually turned cold.

"But... no matter what, I advise you not to do anything to Shen'er... this is my bottom line."

Ai was stunned for a moment...

She wasn't surprised that the other person had discovered her identity, but rather by that last sentence...

This Conan is just like the villainous second female lead.

"I just want to live a peaceful life with him..." Ai Haibara explained indifferently.

"Heh... so you admit you've shrunk?" Conan continued his aggressive questioning.

"Don't misunderstand..." Ai turned a page of the magazine. "I have nothing to do with that organization anymore. To be precise... I defected."

"Defect? ​​Why would you defect?" Conan paused for a moment... then frowned. "And... to escape by shrinking, you... are you a researcher working on that drug?"

From Conan's perspective... that's indeed the case.

That drug symbolizes death; one wouldn't swallow it and shrink unless they had absolute confidence in it.

And with such extreme confidence... besides researchers, he really couldn't think of anyone else.

Gin?

Hilarious... If they knew, would they have drugged themselves?

"More or less..." Ai took a deep breath, recalling the situation at the time, "To be precise, I was just dissatisfied with the organization's research into lethal drugs, and the organization also killed my sister... that was the main reason."

"but..."

She thought of Shen'er's appearance back then... She put her little hand in her pocket and touched the little panda keychain inside.

"But what?" Conan pressed on.

“It’s nothing… This is why I defected, so you don’t need to worry about me causing any harm to Shen.” Ai Haibara regained her composure. “I think… as someone in the same situation, you can understand.”

Originally... she wouldn't have told Conan these things.

But now that Conan knows, she won't make excuses or lie.

After all... one lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

If Conan ever has a brain fart and passes on his guess to someone else, that would be interesting.

"Are you kidding me!" Conan glared at the other person. "How could I possibly understand someone like you who invents murderous drugs!?"

She remained silent... unsure of what to say.

Although I felt a little bit unsettled.

As a researcher, what could she do under the pressure of the organization?

My sister is in the organization's hands. If she doesn't research drugs, something bad will happen to her.

Even if the drug is stopped... the organization will still find other people to research the drug.

There's nothing we can do about it...

She initially felt a little guilty...

Until Shen'er appeared... and told her that destiny is in her own hands.

Therefore, that little bit of guilt vanished.

Why risk your sister's life for that vague and uncertain sense of justice?