Chapter 104 Anonymous and not involved in human affairs

 Overnight, from "the top researcher of the black organization" to "the little friend who depends on others"...

Haihara Ai felt that her recent experience was like a dream.

 However, in comparison...she still prefers her current life.

 …

At Dr. Ali’s warm invitation, Haihara Ai accompanied him to see the new inventions.

　　Just when she was staring at those strange-shaped props, thinking "What is this?", "What is this thing?"

　　There was a sudden knock on the door of Dr. Ali’s house.

Immediately afterwards, someone skillfully pushed the door open and walked in.

Haiyuan Ai turned around and glanced, and suddenly froze.

  “…”Jiangxia? !

 Why is he here...

 …

Haihara Ai secretly hid behind the doctor, pulled up the hood that came with his clothes, and covered his head.

Over the past year, although she has been trying her best to take care of Jiang Xia, the lives of the two have not actually overlapped much. The relationship is not close.

If you have to say it, it can even be regarded as a grudge - in the car accident that killed Jiang Xia's parents, when the truck rolled over, Jiang Xia and his wife pushed Shirley and pushed her out of the range of the truck. But he was crushed into a piece of cake.

Although judging from the situation at the time, even if they didn't push Shirley, it would be difficult for the two of them to escape. He just saved a person before dying... But Shirley thought that this might still be a difficult thing for Jiang Xia to accept. That's why Jiang Xiacai never accepted the supplements she sent or the doctors she made appointments with.

 In short, Huiyuan Ai doesn’t think Jiang Xia has any reason to keep her whereabouts a secret.

And once Jiang Xia guesses "Hui Yuan Ai = Shirley" and then hands her over...

 When she comes into contact with such an important matter, not only she and Dr. A Li, but also Jiang Xia herself will probably be silenced by the organization! What's more, there is an anonymous person who has been hiding in the dark...

 …

Thinking of this, Hui Yuan Ai already had a layer of cold sweat on her body.

While Jiang Xia was talking to Dr. Ali, she quietly slipped away, wanting to hide first and get through the current predicament.

However, just as he took a few steps away, there were sudden footsteps approaching behind him.

 Following that, the surrounding light dimmed, and a figure enveloped her.

—Jiang Xia walked up behind her.

Huiyuan Ai stared at the shadow on the ground, and his whole body froze.

She was trembling, slowly raised her hand, and tightly grasped the hood on her head with a desperate struggle.

 …

Jiang Xia walked around to her, looked down at her for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand towards her.

"!" Hui Yuan Ai closed his eyes tightly, already foreseeing the tragic future of being captured and taken back to the gas chamber.

 The next second, she suddenly soared into the air.

"Ah!" Hui Yuan Ai was startled and opened his eyes suddenly, and then he was surprised to find that he was being held up in the air by his armpits.

Jiang Xia looked at her with interest for a while, then suddenly threw her up.

Hui Yuan Ai let out a short scream and subconsciously grabbed Jiang Xia's wrist, which was then firmly caught by him. Jiang Xia picked her up and tossed her several times like a toy.

Haiyuan Ai gradually went from panic to numbness: "...?"

What are you doing?

Could it be that Jiang Xia actually vaguely associated her with "Shirley", but couldn't accept this violation of the law of conservation of matter for a while, so he suddenly weighed her to see how much she weighed?

 …

Jiang Xia weighed it a few more times. Finding that Hui Yuan Ai was no longer so startled, he put her down without any interest.

 The shrunken version of Shirley is quite cute, and her reaction just now was much more interesting than Conan's. It's just that the time limit is a bit short. Jiang Xia touched Hui Yuan Ai's head with regret.

Haihara Ai shivered like an electric shock, and "want to run" was written all over his body, but in the end he stood stiffly on the spot, trying hard to pretend to be an ordinary child.

Soon, Huihara Ai discovered that she seemed to have successfully concealed it.

—Jiang Xia did not suddenly lean down and whisper something like "I found you."

 He just took back his hand and looked at the doctor: "Who is this child?"

 …

"She..." Dr. Ali originally wanted to tell Jiang Xia the truth, because according to Conan, Jiang Xia had already observed "Conan = Kudo Shinichi" and was considered an insider.

However, before speaking, the doctor had second thoughts and felt that it was not feasible.

—Jiang Xia doesn’t know about the black organization yet, and if he introduces Huiyuan Ai to Jiang Xia, it will be difficult to avoid that mysterious organization.

If Jiang Xia knew about the existence of the black organization and went to investigate without authorization, he would undoubtedly be in danger. Even "knowing that there are black organizations in the world" itself can be the reason for being silenced.

Thinking of this, Dr. Ali considered it and said: "She is my friend's child."

 …

Haihara Ai has been keeping her ears open, nervously eavesdropping on the conversation between the two people.

Hearing this, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also a little worried - the doctor's words sounded a bit guilty when he was lying. Once Jiang Xia discovered the problem...

 Fortunately, Jiang Xia did not ask further questions.

 He took back the repaired soldering iron and left quickly.

Haihara Ai looked at the closed door: "..."

 Are things... a little too smooth?

Moreover, it doesn’t seem to be her illusion—Dr. Ali looks like he is very familiar with Jiang Xia... Do they know each other? !

 …

Thinking of this, Hui Yuan Ai suddenly realized something.

 She quickly ran to the door and looked out.

When his eyes fell on the neighbor's house across the street, Haiyuan Ai felt as if he had been struck by a thunderclap and froze in place.

 …That’s Jiang Xia’s home.

Although neither she nor her courier have ever been able to enter Jiang Xia's home.

But a while ago, when Shirley, as a member of the organization, was investigating the follow-up situation of Kudo Shinichi, the "APTX4869" user, she passed by this neighborhood, and she knew what Jiang Xia's family was like.

Haihara Ai: “…” Wait, let’s put it this way…

She suddenly had a bad premonition, turned her head little by little, looked away from Jiang Xia's house next door, and looked stiffly at the "next door neighbor" on the other side.

What she saw was a more familiar house that she had sneaked into twice before.

—Kudo Shinichi’s home.

Haibara Ai:"…"

 She looked left and right, feeling more confused than ever.

What is the conspiracy behind why Anonymous placed her in such a delicate place?

 …

Jiang Xia didn't stay with the doctor for too long.

 He played with Shirley for a while to satisfy his curiosity, then left Miyano Akemi behind and returned to his home.

Jiang Xia sat on the sofa and rolled a few boxes of ghost mints.

　　After a while, Miyano Akemi, who had enough rua for her sister, floated back with satisfaction.

 (End of this chapter)