Swish! Bang!
Hikari Yuki kicked the blond haired young man's wrist from behind, sending the folding knife flying. There was a loud 'crack' sound as if something was broken.
"Ahhh!" the blond haired young man clutched his right hand as he crouched down, screaming in pain.
Clang!
The knife fell down beside him, tearing his pants and the young man froze up, probably too frightened to even scream. He rolled his eyes and fainted to the back, either from pain or perhaps from fear.
Hikari Yuki looked at the young man and shook her head.
If he wanted to commit crimes, he should be braver than this.
And committing crimes is wrong.
The security guards finally came belatedly along with the manager and Hikari Yuki sighed as she took the wallet, returned it to the middle aged woman and then apologized for hitting the culprit too hard.
After a few seconds, there was an applause, clearly the crowd was happy for things to settle like this.
Hikari Yuki turned to look at the four children, seeing their eyes shone brightly while Haibara Ai also clapped her hands.
"Alright, some cases can be dangerous and you three are still young, so it's better to have adult supervise you," Hikari Yuki said as she rubbed the three children's head.
This time, they didn't argue and nodded.
It was terrifying to think that they might get stabbed by the culprit just because they were easy targets and Hikari Yuki was saying it not because she didn't acknowledge their abilities, but because she's worried for them.
As for Conan?
Heh, that fake child.
Forget him.
So Hikari Yuki finally bought ice cream and then took the three children home one by one before going to Professor Agasa's home with Haibara Ai.
"I didn't expect to see you solve the case so quickly," Haibara Ai said. "How did you notice him wandering around for such a long period of time when we're not even in the convenience store for 15 minutes?"
She has had this question for a long time, but there was no chance to ask before.
"Oh, so Ai Chan also likes solving cases?"
"No! I'm just curious!"
Hikari Yuki chuckled and rubbed Haibara Ai's head again. Haibara Ai glared back, not understanding why this adult really likes to rub her head all the time.
"His clothes are damp. I saw there was frost on the edge of his clothing," Hikari Yuki replied. "The ice cream and other products in the freezer section are all near the counter. If you hadn't stood there for a long time, you wouldn't have frost on your clothing."
Haibara Ai nodded thoughtfully.
"If you really want to be a detective, it'll be a good idea to train your observation skills," Hikari Yuki added. "That little detective is already very good while the three children still need a lot of training."
"They're real children. Don't compare them with a fake child like Kudo." Haibara Ai rolled her eyes and Hikari Yuki chuckled when she saw that.
"Have you known him for a long time?"
"Hmm? Kudo? A few years but I don't really have that much interaction with him in the past," Hikari Yuki replied honestly.
After all, this was not a secret and if Haibara Ai wanted to, she could easily ask Kudo Shinichi about it. That brat was unlikely to lie to Haibara Ai.
After all, in his eyes, Hikari Yuki is just an ordinary neighbor.
"...Do they have their eyes on him before?" Haibara Ai asked with a frown.
If Kudo Shinichi had entered the organization's eyes from a long time ago, then it would have been troublesome and difficult to deal with.
"No, it was a coincidence." Hikari Yuki chuckled. "He always thought that it's a shame I'm not a detective, but I have no interest in becoming a detective."
Haibara Ai: "..."
That was indeed something that Kudo Shinichi could do.
And from seeing Hikari Yuki's abilities not long ago, Haibara Ai was not surprised if Kudo Shinichi wanted her to become a detective.
"But you do seem to be very good at it."
"Hmm…" Kurokawa Saki tilted her head and then said, "Rather than solving the case through following clues, I'm better at positioning myself as the culprit and work backwards. What would I do, what kind of reaction the people would have, and so on."
Haibara Ai: "..."
She should have expected no less from the organization's third in command.
"Okay, we're already here." Kurokawa Saki glanced at Kudo Shinichi's home and smiled faintly. After Okiya Subaru's appearance, it seemed that she wouldn't be able to come here so freely anymore.
What a pity.
"Do you want to come in?" Haibara Ai asked and offered.
"Okay."
"...Do you want something?"
"Is there any cake?" Kurokawa Saki asked seriously.
Haibara Ai: "..."
Did she really come here just for a cake?
Haibara Ai sighed and simply prepared a cake for Kurokawa Saki.
There were quite a lot of them ready at home.
"Hmm… it's not sweet. QAQ." Kurokawa Saki likes sweet cake and the cake that Haibara Ai made has its sugar reduced because it was for Professor Agasa.
"Professor Agasa can't eat too much sugar, so the sweet at home are all like this," Haibara Ai said with a shrug.
"Mhm…" Kurokawa Saki sighed bitterly.
She really wanted better sweets…
"I'll make a sweet one for you in the future," Haibara Ai finally said helplessly.
"Then thank you, Ai!" Hikari Yuki's eyes lit up like a child.
Really.
Interacting with Hikari Yuki like this often made Haibara Ai forget that the person in front of her is the ruthless third in command of the organization.
She looked no different from young women out there.
"By the way, are you so free?" Haibara Ai looked at Hikari Yuki in front of her speechlessly. Professor Agasa was in his laboratory after being pushed by Haibara Ai who didn't want the other party to disturb them.
"Well, I'm here to see your condition." Hikari Yuki rubbed Haibara Ai's head and then hugged the girl. In front of her was Miyano Akemi who couldn't be seen by the others.
During this period of time, Miyano Akemi has been training her body aside from watching Haibara Ai.
She hoped that she could be of more help to her sister and Hikari Yuki.
"I'm fine." Haibara Ai hugged Hikari Yuki's arm and pursed her lips. "I'm afraid, but… I don't want to run away again."
She had been running away long enough and if she never dared to face them, then she would never be able to win. Ayumi's words were still fresh in her mind and Ai hoped that she could be braver.