Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 258 Patient Support Meeting

Inside room 712 of the Pine Mushroom Harvesting Garden Inn, a flash of light appeared, and Qi Ming was instantly teleported there.

After regaining his footing, he looked around, sighed softly, then stepped out of the bathtub, opened the door, and headed towards the bedroom.

Although the system claimed last time that it had fixed the teleportation bug, it now seems that some bugs have been inadvertently left behind.

Ai Haibara was sitting leisurely in a recliner, holding a fashion magazine in her hands.

Seeing Qi Ming come out of the bathroom, she looked up at him indifferently, then turned her gaze back to the magazine page.

"Have you finished all those wicked things?"

Qi Ming immediately retorted upon hearing this.

"What do you mean by 'malicious'? I'm here to save lives, you understand?"

Having grown accustomed to Qi Ming's temperament, Ai Haibara simply rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Qi Ming walked towards an empty space in the room, crafting some things while thinking about strategies.

Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Is it some kind of door-to-door service?"

"...filthy."

Qi Ming didn't bother to find out who was outside the door, so he walked to the door and opened it.

Looking around, I saw that the area outside the door was empty.

"Brother Qi Ming..."

boom.

Qi Ming closed the door again.

"Who's out there?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a prank."

Outside the door, Conan listened to the two voices inside with a dark expression. After taking a deep breath, he knocked again.

After a series of footsteps, the door opened again.

Conan, having learned his lesson, immediately called out as soon as the door was opened a crack:

"Brother Qi Ming!"

"Oh, so it wasn't a prank after all?"

When Conan's voice rang out, Qi Ming looked down and only then noticed the short, stout man.

"Brother Qi Ming, can I come and chat with you for a while?"

Conan blinked his big eyes and looked at Qi Ming with a pleading expression.

Qi Ming looked at Conan and muttered to himself.

Why does it seem like this kid is always looking for someone to chat with?

Isn't there anything else worth doing?

However, Qi Ming thought again that the setting of this world was originally based on reasoning.

Aside from exchanging ideas, there really wasn't much else for everyone to do.

Qi Ming sighed helplessly and turned to Ai Haibara, saying:

"Xiao Ai, you chat with our fellow patients for a bit. I really don't want to talk right now; I need to meditate for a while."

Qi Ming did not refuse Conan's invitation to chat.

After saying something to Ai Haibara, he sat down in the open space of the room.

After taking a piece of steel and a forging hammer out of his backpack, he started hammering while gazing at the ceiling, lost in thought.

"..."

Ai Haibara looked up and rolled her eyes at Qi Ming.

What the heck is "patient"?

Seeing Qi Ming so readily allow him to come in and chat, Conan felt something was amiss.

Should we go through this door now or not?

Ai Haibara glanced at Conan, who was standing motionless at the door, and said calmly:

"Didn't you want to talk? Are you just going to stand outside the door like this?"

"Oh, okay, okay."

……

Conan eventually went into the room.

He dragged a chair and sat down against the wall, perhaps because he felt a sense of security with something pressing against his back.

Conan looked at Ai Haibara and, after a long while, slowly asked.

"Um, Haibara-san, have you eaten?"

"Have you forgotten the meal we all ate together?"

Conan scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"Oh right, right, are you hungry now?"

"..."

Ai Haibara raised her head, squinted slightly, and said to Conan:

"You didn't come here to talk about these things, did you?"

"If you just want to talk about these boring topics, then please go back. Don't bother coming back."

Hearing Ai Haibara say that, Conan chuckled awkwardly twice, then finally straightened up and steered the conversation back on track.

"Who are you anyway?"

Although Conan has almost figured out Ai Haibara's identity, he still wants to hear her say it herself.

Ai Haibara glanced at Conan, then lowered her gaze to the magazine and said calmly.

"Let's get to know each other again. I used to be a member of the organization, codenamed Sherry."

Sherry!

Is that really the case?

Conan frowned.

However, although he now knows the character, the reason why Ai Haibara has shrunk is still up for discussion.

After all, there's the precedent set by Qi Ming.

Perhaps because Conan was in a hurry, the next second, without thinking at all, Conan blurted out:

"Can you also change size depending on the situation?"

"..."

"puff!"

Qi Ming, who was hammering steel nearby, burst out laughing and almost choked.

"Just like you, I became like this because I swallowed that drug."

Ai Haibara said calmly, then turned her head and glared fiercely at Qi Ming.

The fact that this detective could ask such a question suggests that Qi Ming must have done something in front of Conan.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Ai Haibara continued her unhurried introduction, a mysterious smile suddenly appearing on her face:

"By the way, the drug we swallowed is called APTX4869, and I was its developer."

Upon hearing this, Conan's face darkened, but only for a moment before his expression softened again.

He slowly said:

“I already knew about this. When I was forced to take this drug, Qi Ming…brother said it was a drug developed by Shirley.”

"...Oh, really?"

Ai Haibara tried her best to maintain her current expression, but couldn't help glancing at Qi Ming out of the corner of her eye.

If you're going to give someone medicine, why do you have to tell me who developed it?

Are you that conscious of copyright?

I was just thinking of showing off my big shot status in front of this detective!

On the other side, Conan really wanted to scold Ai Haibara, this evil member of the organization, for developing such a vicious drug.

But Conan isn't a fish; his memories remain.

Whether it was what Qi Ming said to him in the woods, or what he heard when he was being given the medicine.

You should know that after Qi Ming knocked him unconscious, that guy named Gin was thinking of just shooting him!

Fortunately, Ai Haibara had just developed this medicine, and Qi Ming happened to have it with him, and he was able to give it to him at the right time.

After all, compared to being shot dead and having one's life completely ended, shrinking one's body like this is simply a huge blessing, right?

However, Conan soon realized what was happening and looked at Ai Haibara with deep confusion in his eyes.

This girl—no, this woman!

Why did she also take the medicine?

Could it be that, as the developer, she knew her drug wasn't poison, so she wanted to test it on herself?

Unable to come up with a solution after much deliberation, Conan decided to ask directly.

"Why did you take the drug? Was it also given to you by Qi Ming?"

"Also, could it be that APTX4869 isn't actually a poison, but just a drug that can shrink a person's body?"