Chapter 5

One person was eating, the other was fiddling with their phone.

About five minutes later, Ai Haibara finished her meal, took some cold medicine, and went to the room to change clothes.

On Chi Feichi's side, the information for three bounty tasks had been downloaded to his phone. He cleared the traces left on the computer, shut it down, and covered Beichuan Andada with a coat. He waited for Ai Haibara to come out, then packed the pajamas she had changed out of and another set of new clothes, and took them away.

Ai Haibara tacitly accepted Chi Feichi's actions. After leaving the house, she pulled up the hood of her red coat, "What about him?"

"He'll go back on his own when he wakes up," Chi Feichi said as he closed the door. "Where exactly is it? I'll drive you there."

"21-2 Mihama-cho."

An hour later, a car stopped in front of the Kudo family's gate.

Ai Haibara looked at the dark and quiet house, coughed lightly, "It seems everyone is out. You go back first, I'll wait outside for a while."

Previously, she had been determined to find Kudo Shinichi, who had also shrunk. Whether as a "shrunken peer" or as someone who knew about the organization and had a grudge, teaming up with Kudo Shinichi to find a solution seemed like a good choice. She almost forgot that Kudo Shinichi wouldn't live here after shrinking...

"I'll wait with you for a while," Chi Feichi got out of the car directly.

"No need!"

Ai Haibara got out of the car, putting on a little girl's demeanor, her expression wary, "I heard some perverts like to target very young girls. Are you trying to figure out who's in my house and then make a plan to kidnap me?"

Chi Feichi was taken aback...

"Ha!"

Laughed, laughed?

Ai Haibara stared at Chi Feichi, the young man's face didn't show much of a smile, but his light purple eyes, when smiling, looked like melted clouds, warm and tender.

This guy...

Her expression turned cold.

"You... What are you laughing at? What's so funny!"

Chi Feichi rubbed his face; this body hadn't laughed in a long time, the facial muscles were stiff, and the sudden laugh felt a bit painful, "You suddenly acting like a smug, hard-to-get-along-with brat is pretty funny."

Previously, everything was fine, but then he suddenly changed his expression, as if saying, "I've always suspected you're a bad guy, now that we're home, I'm fearless, I'm going to confront you and expose you!"

Others might think so, but unfortunately...

He knew Ai Haibara wasn't a real little girl and wouldn't have such a childish reaction.

Was she worried about running into someone from the organization here? Or was she afraid he would get involved and deliberately kept her distance?

Ai Haibara remembered the pile of books she saw on the living room table and realized, this guy must be studying psychology, right? Well, continuing the act was pointless, "I was just joking."

Chi Feichi nodded, "Okay."

Ai Haibara looked at Chi Feichi with a strange expression. This guy, who seemed to think little and was quiet and silent, almost like someone with autism, really studied psychology well, "You've always been like this?"

Chi Feichi looked at Ai Haibara with confusion.

"No curiosity, no smiles, poor social skills, acting like a cold, aloof, hard-to-get-along-with person..." Ai Haibara calmly returned the description Chi Feichi had given her as "smug, hard-to-get-along-with."

Chi Feichi thought for a moment, "Do I look like a hard-to-get-along-with person?"

"Your appearance does." Ai Haibara looked at Chi Feichi's calm face.

Subtext: But you're not.

But to comfort a man not to think too much... it felt a bit awkward...

Anyway, the other party should understand her meaning.

Although this guy talked little, he wasn't "aloof." At least, he was very relaxed to be around and seemed to be a gentle person inside.

Taking her back could be out of sympathy or for some other reason, buying her clothes could be because he had too much money and didn't care, but this guy even bought slippers and... this doesn't count!

When she was eating, she saw the empty bento box on the table, which meant this guy had bought two bento boxes, remembering her portion...

His hair still had a faint scent of shampoo, but there was no sign of dampness on the pillow, indicating he had washed her hair and carefully dried it.

The pajamas and slippers were the softest, and he had carefully chosen the fabric. He bought two sets of different colored clothes and didn't forget to buy two coats suitable for the recent cold nights.

When she woke up, there was food to eat, and the hot water for her medicine was at the right temperature.

Throughout, this guy never mentioned what he had done, as if it was a given.

Ignoring his personality and money, these small details were more touching.

Ai Haibara couldn't help but turn her head to look at Chi Feichi, who was standing next to her, looking down at his phone, always with a cold face, uninterested in everything, and completely unable to express himself...

"Hey..."

Next door, Dr. Agasa opened the door, looking at the two standing in the cold wind with confusion, "Are you here to visit the Kudo family?"

"I'm a distant relative of the Kudo family. My parents planned to visit, but unfortunately, we got separated," Ai Haibara glanced at Chi Feichi, who had put away his phone, "He's a kind person who happened to be passing by and offered to drive me here. I have something very important to discuss with Kudo Shinichi."

Chi Feichi, who had been given a "kind person" card: "..."

"Looking for Shinichi? He hasn't been back recently..." Dr. Agasa looked a bit troubled.

As neighbors for so many years, he had never heard Kudo Shinichi mention a distant relative.

But it was normal for distant relatives to not visit often, and leaving someone to wait outside seemed a bit inappropriate...

"You..." Ai Haibara looked at Dr. Agasa, a hint of a mysterious smile on her face, "Do you know the medicine he's taking?"

Dr. Agasa's expression stiffened, talking about medicine...

"I think you won't mind if I temporarily stay at your place and let the uninvolved person go about his business. After all, we are somewhat related, and you should be happy to chat with me, right?" Ai Haibara's tone was leisurely, but to Dr. Agasa, it sounded like a direct threat!

"Ah, of course!" Dr. Agasa tried to hide his concern, forcing a smile, and hesitantly looked at Chi Feichi.

Is he the "uninvolved" "kind person"?

Ai Haibara turned to look at Chi Feichi again, "Thank you for driving me here. I'll wait at his place, you go back first."

Chi Feichi was a bit curious about how Ai Haibara and Dr. Agasa would communicate after his intervention, but Ai Haibara clearly didn't want him to get involved. He nodded, got into the car, turned off his phone, and drove away.

Knocking out Beichuan Andada and lying about the return time to the hospital were already facts.

Even if he went back now, a "key observation" plus a "chicken soup" package was inevitable.

Since that was the case, he might as well be straightforward. Let them think what they want; he wasn't going to play along anymore.

This was a good opportunity to go to Osaka and arrest Nigahara Ichiro!

...

The next day.

Osaka, Tsutenkaku.

On the observation deck, a dark-skinned young man was introducing the surroundings to someone, "Over there... is Tenshoin Zoo, and that's the Osaka Sports Hall..."

Hattori Heiji...

Chi Feichi glanced at him from a distance, then turned his attention back to asking about which forest in Osaka had a waterfall and a cabin.

Fortunately, he had driven to Osaka the previous night and found a hotel to rest, otherwise, the bounty target might have been intercepted by the " elementary school detective."

He didn't remember the name of the place where Nigahara Ichiro was found, so he had to pretend to be a tourist and ask others.

Fortunately, Tsutenkaku, as a famous Osaka landmark, had many tour guides gathered there who should be familiar with the local scenery...

"Are you talking about Kaminoyama's Kaminoyama Waterfall? If you're looking for a forest with a waterfall and a cabin, it should be there. I haven't been there in many years, so I don't know if the cabin is