Early the next morning.
Conan took the antidote that Haibara had given him and successfully turned back into Kudo Shinichi.
Additionally, even though Yukiko had already left early. Disguising as a child was quite convenient. Besides, their facial features were somewhat similar, so Haibara learned the techniques to disguise herself as Conan from Yukiko for the plan.
At this moment, Haibara, dressed as Conan, wearing a voice-changing collar, took his place for school today, while she herself had taken a day off from school.
Amidst the continuous doorbell rings, Kudo Shinichi, feigning impatience, opened the door and let Ran into the house.
On the way, they encountered the Detective Boys, and Kudo Shinichi kept chatting with Ran, making her unaware of the unusual behavior of "Conan," which put him at ease.
Haibara disguised as Conan was perfect in every aspect, except for being too silent. In order to divert Ran's attention from noticing Conan's unusual behavior, Kudo Shinichi kept talking to her throughout.
Part of this was to distract Ran, while another part was a genuine longing to catch up, resulting in him talking much more than before.
As the saying goes, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," and after who knows how many long "absences," they naturally had a lot to talk about.
For Kudo Shinichi, this day was truly precious.
Since becoming small, he unexpectedly learned of this girl's feelings for him, but he was unable to respond at the time.
So when he returned to being Kudo Shinichi, he naturally cherished everything even more.
Fortunately, it was the first day after the school festival, and although they were cleaning up the remains of the festival, they had much more time to spend together.
At least it was better than wasting most of the time in the classroom, with only a little time during breaks to be together.
Although Kudo Shinichi's sudden appearance surprised many people, it didn't cause too much commotion as he didn't appear in the auditorium during the school festival performance.
Back in the classroom, his friends gathered around him, giving him a feeling as if he had returned from another world.
"Just came back and attending class together like a married couple, how sweet~"
"Cut it out, don't be ridiculous!" Kudo Shinichi turned his face to the side, refuting playfully.
"Hehe, let me tell you guys, someone found me yesterday and temporarily took the role of the 'Black Knight.'"
Sonoko glanced at someone mischievously and said, "Unfortunately, that someone chickened out at the last moment and changed my script without permission."
"Oh~"
"Whoosh~"
"I had no idea about this when watching the performance yesterday."
"It's a shame, we wanted to see Sonoko's original script."
"Hey! I just thought adding some room for imagination in the final scene would be nice." Kudo Shinichi retorted to the teasing from everyone, looking a bit frustrated. "And in that kind of situation, how could you..."
"Oh, is someone feeling shy?" Sonoko interrupted Kudo Shinichi's protest and exchanged glances with her friends, her expression gradually narrowing.
"Yeah, definitely feeling shy!"
"Absolutely shy~"
In the harmonious cooperation of everyone, the atmosphere around the two was filled with a sense of joyfulness—yes, the kind of joyfulness that makes them blush and shy away from the teasing of others.
Ran, standing by Kudo Shinichi's side, faced these well-intentioned jokes with a blushing face and didn't retort.
Despite the embarrassment, there was no denying the joy in their hearts at this moment.
After enduring the teasing for a while, Kudo Shinichi, who had received more "attacks," couldn't handle it anymore, so he immediately changed the topic, saying, "Enough about that, has anything changed at school recently?"
"Yeah, a new English teacher arrived recently, and she's a stunning beauty~"
As Kudo Shinichi's good friend, they naturally wouldn't take advantage of the situation further, knowing that he was forcibly changing the topic. Nonetheless, they all cooperatively shifted the conversation.
"A beauty?" Kudo Shinichi asked curiously, "Really?"
"Absolutely, she's a blonde foreigner with a fantastic figure~" One of his buddies next to him instantly wore a smile that all men understood.
"Please..."
Ran looked at the group of sleazy guys and couldn't help but roll her eyes. She immediately pulled (Kudo)Shinichi to her side and whispered, "In the morning, you said there was something you wanted to tell me?"
"Oh... you mean that..."
(Kudo)Shinichi leaned close to Ran's ear, about to whisper something, but he felt that something was off. He turned his head and found everyone around them stretching their ears for eavesdropping. He couldn't help but exclaim irritably, "Hey! You guys, seriously!!"
"Hehehe..."
The people nearby just grinned awkwardly without saying anything. In the end, (Kudo)Shinichi shooed them away and finally told Ran what he wanted to say—
"Tonight at 8 o'clock, at the observation restaurant in Yebisu Garden Place Tower."
It was one of the restaurants with the best night view, where they could see the dazzling lights of Tokyo.
"(Kudo)Shinichi, this restaurant seems quite expensive... Are you sure it's okay?" Sitting at a table by the window, Ran, who was budget-conscious, whispered with her hand covering her ear.
"Hehe, don't worry, I have my dad's credit card."
"You spendthrift." Ran said, raising her chin in disapproval.
"I think it's more excessive for those parents who left their son in Japan and went abroad to live a life as a couple." (Kudo)Shinichi commented.
"When you put it that way, I can't help but feel a resemblance to Conan."
The casual remark caught him by surprise, "Huh? Resemblance? In what way?"
"For example, both your parents being abroad, and you two having a similar appearance when you were young."
Ran couldn't help but laugh as she continued, "A while ago, I even thought Conan was you... I thought you got into some trouble related to a case and had to hide, so you asked Dr. Agasa to make a shrinking drug for you... Isn't that a bit silly?"
"Haha... it does sound a bit far-fetched," (Kudo)Shinichi laughed with a slightly guilty conscience, though he felt lucky in his heart.
'She actually guessed most of it right... Women's intuition is truly terrifying…'
Thinking about the things he did with Ran as Conan, (Kudo)Shinichi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, imagining the consequences if she found out.
If she found out that he had shrunk and they did... ahem...
Knowing Ran as well as he did, he could already imagine her pink little fists, capable of splitting bricks and crushing his bones, coming down on him if she found out.
Thinking about this, (Kudo)Shinichi couldn't help but shudder.
He absolutely couldn't let that happen!!
Following Officer Senichi's advice and taking this matter seriously to prepare countermeasures in advance was indeed the right thing to do.
At this point, (Kudo)Shinichi became even more determined to keep it a secret and felt even more grateful to Officer Senichi.
Officer Senichi, my benefactor!!
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