Conan Moslin

Not long after the poor big photographer returned to his seat, Inspector Megure came with his professional team to finish off the job.

When they arrived, Nobuya Nakata was communicating with the police officer next to the news agency with his brother.

In fact, he didn't need to say much. The loud sirens behind him and the red and blue lights reflected on his body had already made everything clear.

"So...what those kids said was true?"

To be honest, the expression of the police officer next door when he saw the counterfeit money being printed upstairs was almost exactly the same as that of Nobuya Nakata when he found out that he had been kidnapped for more than ten days right next to the police station.

After the shock, the two men held their chins in each other's hands and waited dejectedly for the scolding from the police officer in the neighboring town who was several levels higher than them.

Inspector Megure ignored the two officers. He lifted up the printed banknotes on the ground and carefully observed the patterns on them.

"Except for the lack of a watermark and one missing eye...it's exactly the same as the real money." Although he was full of praise, he still had a serious face, "Silver Fox, you've made progress again this time."

Silver Fox had been untied long ago. She silently raised her arms and waited for the officer to put the handcuffs on her hands. She did not immediately refute Officer Megure's words.

Officer Megure didn't care whether she answered or not: "But you went a little too far this time. Kidnapping and holding a gun, you may stay in jail longer."

"Mr. Officer." Silver Fox silently turned his wrist to make the handcuffs a little more comfortable. "Before you teach me a lesson, you should consider teaching that little girl a lesson."

Although it had little killing power, Silver Fox couldn't help but laugh at himself when he thought that he was actually frightened by the momentum of a little devil: "The way she fired the gun scared me."

"What?!" Officer Megure left Silver Fox behind, pushed aside several officers around him, and squatted down in front of Huiyuan, "How could you do such a dangerous thing!"

Then he saw the object still in Huibara's hand.

"This kind of thing is not something a child should handle. Put it away for me, okay...?"

Looking at the pocket gun in her hand, his tone gradually became hesitant.

The body of this "pistol" is pure black and its model cannot be identified. The patterns on the surface are exquisite and exaggerated, which are eye-catching in every way, as if it was made for appreciation rather than actual shooting.

This is obviously a magic gun made for performance.

It is obvious who its former owner was.

Inspector Megure's eyes, which were originally wide open, slowly flattened and became a very speechless shape.

Seeing the strange police officer's "change of expression" in front of her, Huihara hugged the "toy" in her hand tightly, took two steps back, hid behind Li An, and her eyes gradually became aggrieved.

"But - but -"

"This is the first gift Sister Hei Yu gave me..."

"Uuuuuu——"

Inspector Megure, who had been speechless, was immediately at a loss as to what to do.

Li An, who was standing by, was helplessly spreading his hands towards Officer Sato: "This incident today was not caused by me. If they hadn't brought Xiao Ai here, I wouldn't have known that someone was kidnapped here."

"But I have to admit that Miss Li An did help a lot." Officer Sato closed the notebook and ended the record. "However, I still don't recommend letting these children get involved in this kind of thing..."

Li An nodded in agreement and turned around to hug the child hiding behind him.

She heard Xiao Ai ask in a very weak voice: "…Is everything okay?"

"This is a magic gun that I asked professionals to make. If needed, I have the relevant manufacturing certificate. It is not offensive at all." Li An hugged the girl and comforted her softly, while explaining, "Don't worry, it's safe. You can check it at will."

...No attack power?

Hiding in Li An's arms, Huihara silently wiped the tears from her face and tightly grasped the props in her hand. The muzzle of the gun, which was originally slightly hot, had cooled down.

From the moment she got it, Huihara was certain of one thing.

Tear off its ostentatious disguise and you will find that before it became a pretentious magic gun, it was once a real gun.

And what also did not surprise her was that as long as a special bullet was added to the gun, it could become a self-defense weapon.

As for the location of the actual bullet - Li An had already given it to her.

[I put the newly made spare key under the flowerpot next to the third pillar in front of the door.]

……

Under police escort, the Nakata brothers returned home.

Also sent back were a group of elementary school students who did not bring their schoolbags.

The reporter Zhaoli is still not found, but according to a very honest photographer, Zhaoli stayed here because he was threatened by them after applying for a job, and he did not participate in their money printing or kidnapping.

Strictly speaking, he is also a victim.

In response, the police officer only recorded his physical characteristics and identity information, intending to invite him for a cup of tea if he was found, and nothing else.

With numerous thanks from Nakata's mother, Li An took away Ai's schoolbag, led Ai and several other children to wave goodbye.

The following passage happened on the road before parting.

Ayumi: "So, does that mean that Haibara-san is staying at your house now?"

Mitsuhiko: "Just like Conan?"

"It looks like this now." Kurian gently rubbed Huihara's head and continued to explain to Ayumi, "Her family originally sent her to Dr. Agasa's house for care, but Dr. Agasa said he was not very good at taking care of children, so he asked me to take care of her."

Is she also related to Dr. Agasa?

Conan thought about it and realized that he had never heard that Professor Agasa had such a relative.

"His exact words were: You need a child who can help you test the effects of your magic shows, right? She loves these, so she's looking forward to living with you."

“This reason seemed practical to me, so I agreed.”

Yuan Tai: “So that’s how it is…”

Ayumi: "It's really great to be able to live with the person I admire the most!"

Mitsuhiko: "Sister Li An, your intentions are not pure..."

Although they said so, the children obviously didn't care much about the reason why Huihara came to Kuriyasu's house. They just promised with full energy that they would protect the new transfer student and new member of the Junior Detective League.

After saying goodbye to each other, Conan silently picked up his schoolbag and followed Li An to the same path.

When Li An asked, he answered: "I want to go to Dr. Agasa's house!"

A lot of things happened today, and he wanted to go to Dr. Agasa's house to sort out the situation.

So there was almost no conversation along the way until they came to the fork in the road leading home at Beika-cho 2-chome.

"Sister Li An, classmate Huiyuan, I'm leaving first."

Conan waved goodbye to them and walked towards Professor Agasa's house with his schoolbag on his back.

After walking a few steps, a girl's faint voice came from behind.

"APTX-4869."

One word, one pause.

"This, do you know what it is?"

Like the whispers of a devil.