The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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If you push too hard, it might arouse their suspicion and cause trouble for your future attempts to use the main characters to gain access to cases.

Aragaki Yu glanced meaningfully at the anxious Miyano Shiho beside him, then said to Professor Agasa, "Then she'll have to trouble you, Professor Agasa. If she needs any help, please feel free to contact me."

"Hmm... Hmm, of course there's no problem! Don't worry, Aragaki Yu!" Professor Agasa, who thought he had passed one hurdle and successfully fooled Aragaki Yu, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Shiho Miyano quickly looked up at Yuu Aragaki and said, "Thank you for bringing me here. It's so late, you should go home now and be careful on the road."

Although she only expressed her gratitude, her words implied that she was urging Aragaki Yu to leave as soon as possible.

"Okay." Yuu Aragaki nodded and prepared to turn and leave.

Although he was slightly curious about the conversation between Shiho Miyano and Professor Agasa, it was clear that neither Shiho Miyano nor Professor Agasa wanted to involve him.

It's unknown how the original story, which should have been about Professor Agasa finding the unconscious Shiho Miyano and having her confess everything to him after waking up, would have changed due to his intervention.

Professor Agasa and Shiho Miyano, who were standing at the gate of the courtyard, watched Yuu Aragaki's figure gradually walk away and both breathed a sigh of relief. But just as the two of them were about to turn around and go back into the house to have a good talk,

Suddenly, Yuu Aragaki, who was not far away, spoke up again.

"Oh, by the way, Professor Agasa, what's this little girl's name?"

Dr. Agasa looked at Yuu Aragaki's smiling gaze and felt a strange sense of tension welling up inside him; he even felt his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

As if it were nothing, Yuu Aragaki casually asked, "I suppose since you know her, Professor Agasa, you must know her name!"

"I... Hahaha, of course! This, this child's name..." Professor Agasa reached out and touched his head to hide his embarrassment, while glancing sideways at Shiho Miyano beside him for help.

……

“Ai…” Shiho Miyano looked at Yuu Aragaki not far away, and suddenly felt a pang in her heart. Then a name that Yuu Aragaki knew very well suddenly popped into her mind, “My name is Ai Haibara!”

"Ai Haibara, what a beautiful name."

Yuu Aragaki shifted his gaze from Professor Agasa to Shiho Miyano, or rather, Ai Haibara, who was looking at him.

During their eye contact, he smiled at Ai Haibara again, praised her, waved, and turned to leave.

As Ai Haibara watched Yu Aragaki turn and leave again, she murmured, "Before you uttered your words, sorrow and joy were already present before me."

For some reason, as she watched Yu Aragaki's figure gradually disappear and thought about all the little things that had happened since she met him, she suddenly felt a little sore.

Ai Haibara couldn't help but sniffle, her expression complicated, and no one knew what she was thinking.

……

After finally seeing Aragaki Yuu off, Professor Agasa finally let out a sigh of relief.

Although he meant well, he still felt a little guilty for lying to Aragaki Yu.

However, for Professor Agasa, there were more important things to do at this moment. He lowered his gaze and looked at the little girl named "Ai Haibara" with a headache: "Little girl, what do you want with Shinichi?"

"..."

Ai Haibara didn't rush to speak. For her, after Yu Aragaki left, she had plenty of time to talk to Professor Agasa about some necessary things.

She reached up and brushed aside the brown bangs that were partially obstructing her vision, squinted, and looked Professor Agasa up and down. From her earlier probing, she had confirmed that Professor Agasa was indeed the one who knew Conan Edogawa's true identity.

Under Ai Haibara's unwavering gaze, Professor Agasa felt a deep sense of unease.

"Yes, is there a problem, little sister..."

Ai Haibara looked at Professor Agasa, who seemed a little nervous, and said with a slight smile, "Professor, it's like this, I just have a question I'd like to ask Shinichi Kudo."

"Wh...what problem?" Professor Agasa couldn't help but swallow hard.

"After Shinichi Kudo took that drug, how was Conan Edogawa doing?"

Shinichi Kudo! Conan Edogawa!

drug!

Upon hearing these words, Professor Agasa's expression immediately became tense and serious.

During his conversation with Shinichi Kudo, he learned very clearly that Shinichi Kudo had been forcibly given some kind of poison by a member of the Black Organization, which caused him to shrink into the form of Conan Edogawa.

And the little girl in front of me actually said all of these points accurately.

Could it be that those guys already know that Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo?!

In an instant, Professor Agasa couldn't help but tremble.

But if what Shinichi said is true, that organization is full of ruthless killers, after learning that Shinichi Kudo is still alive...

Shouldn't they have already come to our door with guns?

How could they have just sent a little girl?

Thinking of this, Professor Agasa, filled with doubt and unease, subconsciously peeked out of the yard and looked around. After confirming that no one was paying attention, he hurriedly pulled Ai Haibara back into the house.

He needs to figure out what's going on!

Suddenly, he thought of Aragaki Yu, who had sent the little girl named Haibara Ai over, and a hint of doubt arose in his heart.

Is all of this really just a coincidence?

Chapter 173 Confession

Professor Agasa's smile looked somewhat forced: "Hehe... Little sister, what did you mean by what you just said? What medicine or something..."

“APTX-4869…”

"Huh?" Professor Agasa looked at the little girl in front of him with a blank expression, wondering why she was uttering a string of strange letters and numbers.

"Do you know what this is, Doctor?"

Professor Agasa's expression turned serious, as if he had realized something.

Seeing Professor Agasa's slightly surprised expression, Ai Haibara couldn't help but smile slightly: "That's right, it's the name of the poison that Shinichi Kudo was given."

"Huh!?" Dr. Agasa's mouth gaped open, looking somewhat bewildered. Although he had made some guesses in his mind, he was still shocked when he heard these words from the little girl in front of him.

However, Ai Haibara ignored Professor Agasa's reaction and instead dropped another bombshell that left him even more stunned.

"And this medicine is the one that the organization ordered me to research personally!"

"An organization, making medicine, hehehe... No way, what can a kid like you do?" Professor Agasa looked incredulous.

“Kid, I’m not a kid.” Ai Haibara said with a smile to Professor Agasa. “My code name is Sherry. I’m a PhD researcher in the organization who is in charge of drug development and biochemistry.”

"You... a doctor? A researcher?"

Professor Agasa was dumbfounded; he couldn't connect the little girl in front of him with what she was saying.

This...this is impossible! She's just a child!

Little kid... wait a minute!?

Professor Agasa stared at the little girl in front of him in horror, as if he had realized something.

Ai Haibara, who had taken in Professor Agasa's expression, sneered: "Heh, it seems you've already guessed it. That's right, I also took the same poison as Shinichi Kudo."

Ai Haibara brushed her slightly messy hair behind her ear and continued to explain, "Due to the accidental action of the cell's self-destruction program, all the cells in the bones, muscles, internal organs, and even hair outside of the nerve tissue degenerate back to the infancy stage during the growth process. This is a mysterious poison, you know."

"Gudong~"

Professor Agasa swallowed hard; at this moment, he completely believed everything the little girl in front of him had said.

After all, what he was hearing now could not possibly have come from the mouth of an ordinary little girl under normal circumstances.

After struggling to process everything Ai Haibara had said, he finally felt relieved.

No wonder he felt something was off about the little girl from the very beginning.

Although she looks quite young, her every move exudes a maturity beyond her years.

"..."

Then, without giving Professor Agasa time to calm down, Ai Haibara confessed to him that she had taken poison and defected from the organization.

Of course, she also selectively concealed some sensitive intelligence related to the organization.

After all, she still couldn't fully trust Professor Agasa and the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who had turned into an elementary school student.

Moreover, leaking too much information about the organization would, in a way, actually harm people.

Ai Haibara knew very well that the more she knew about the organization, the faster she would die.

……

"But how did you get involved with Aragaki again?" A sudden chill ran down Professor Agasa's spine as a terrifying thought began to surface in his mind. "Could it be... he's also..."

“He picked me up…” Even Ai Haibara herself didn’t realize that her tone had softened unconsciously as she said this. “When it was raining during the day, he found me collapsed nearby because I was exhausted, so he took me home.”

"So that's how it is..." After hearing Ai Haibara's explanation, Professor Agasa breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to believe that Yuu Aragaki would have any connection with that inexplicable organization.

After all, Yuu Aragaki is a young man he has high hopes for.

Moreover, in Professor Agasa's eyes, Aragaki Yu is one of the few good kids who knows how to appreciate his inventions.

"Huh? That's not right..." Professor Agasa, having calmed down, realized something. "Then why are you in this area? And since you were found by Aragaki Yu, why did you specifically come looking for Kudo Shinichi? I think given Aragaki Yu's personality, if he knew the truth, he would definitely be willing to help you..."

"Wait! Since you said you came here specifically to find Shinichi Kudo, does that mean you already know that Shinichi isn't dead!?"

Ai Haibara stared silently at Professor Agasa, who had thrown out a barrage of questions, without saying a word.

Dr. A Li: "..."