Hikari Yuki nodded gently. "Don't worry, you're not alone. There will be more people fighting alongside you in the future."
As much as she didn't like the FBI's operation, at least they helped to let Haibara Ai come to the decision to be braver and faced the Black Organization with the others. Before this, she would always try to run away and never wanted to get close to them in the slightest bit.
Now, this is good.
"Hmm… Would this trouble you?" Haibara Ai asked worriedly.
After all, Hikari Yuki was basically protecting her and if the organization were to know about this, it was unknown what they would do to her.
"Ah, I'm fine." Hikari Yuki shook her head and chuckled. "I shouldn't have known of your whereabouts in the first place and there are some people who didn't want me to have too much power and stopped me from asking further about you…"
Haibara Ai: "..."
She looked at the third in command who was busy cuddling her and was speechless. If there were anyone who didn't want Hikari Yuki to have much power, it could only be those from the second in command.
Because the rest were not qualified.
Unfortunately, Haibara Ai only knew that there might be a lot of people who coveted Hikari Yuki's power.
"Then what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be busy with your own work or something?" Haibara Ai asked with exasperation.
"I'm done with my work for today and the rest can be handled at night," Hikari Yuki replied with a hint of grievances on her expression, making her look more adorable. "Can't you let me take a break?"
Haibara Ai looked at the young woman behind her and leaned back speechlessly.
Honestly, those who saw Hikari Yuki's current appearance would never think that she's the third in command in the Black Organization.
Because she looked like a lazy b*stard right now.
Then again, it felt warm to be hugged like this.
"Ai, the little detective might be involved in more cases related to them in the near future," Hikari Yuki said slowly.
"Huh?" Haibara Ai almost shot up in shock but Hikari Yuki held her firmly and gently.
"They're going to make some movements in Tokyo. I'm not among the list of the participants, but I'll snoop around," Hikari Yuki said slowly. "Tell him to be more careful because the people in the organization are not idiots."
If it was not for Vermouth helping him to conceal it, how could the bug be hidden for so long until he managed to stop the assassination?
And if it was not for Kir who clearly knew that he was lying but still gave a 'thank you' to him because he stopped her from killing someone, how could they cooperate together in the end?
Without the fake wine and the watered down wine…
Conan would have died in this arc.
'No. 10 will definitely make things difficult after he comes out of the black room. Thankfully, he can't participate in this arc…. Wait, he can.' Hikari Yuki sighed in her heart.
She knew very well that Kir would spend a few days in a coma and if the time frame was too long, then no. 10 would be out of the black room. She had some guesses about his ability and it would be a bit troublesome if he interfered in this case.
But Yasuteru Domon's assassination should happen first.
"Again?" Haibara Ai gritted her teeth. Whenever she thought about how Conan rushed forward to face danger without hesitation, she really wanted to teach him some lesson. She took a deep breath and frowned. "Will his actions affect you?"
"It's fine and he can't touch me yet," Hikari Yuki replied lightly.
Haibara Ai glanced at Hikari Yuki, remembering that the other party is the third in command in the organization, and nodded imperceptibly.
If Conan can easily shake someone who has a lot of power in the organization…
It would be a true miracle.
And Haibara Ai also felt that Hikari Yuki's stance seemed to be strange, but she couldn't really think too much about it. After all, she knew Sake's great reputation in the organization.
"Are you not worried about me exposing you?"
"No." Hikari Yuki shook her head. "And if you really did, then I just have to move to other places with a completely different face."
Haibara Ai was stunned and then understood.
"Just like Vermouth…" When saying the word 'Vermouth,' Haibara Ai's body trembled involuntarily. The image of that woman who wanted to kill her so badly flashed in her mind and she couldn't help it.
"My disguise is different from hers." Hikari Yuki chuckled. "If I really want to, I can easily disappear from your vision and approach you with a completely different identity. Perhaps, the only thing I can't change much is my height."
Pfft.
Haibara Ai couldn't help but laugh.
Who would have thought that Hikari Yuki's biggest concern was actually her own height. It was really hilarious and truly didn't look like someone from the organization.
"Stop laughing." Hikari Yuki shook her head and then stood up. She stretched her hand and took out a box containing a few capsules. "I still can't get the approval to take out the APTX 4869, but I can take out a few other drugs. These should be useful to you."
There were labels on top of each part of the box, the name of the medicine and Haibara Ai sat up straight in surprise.
"How did you…?"
"How did I get these? I applied and pretended that I had used it to kill my targets when I actually didn't," Hikari Yuki replied lightly. "I was allowed to read your file after you defected and know that these are the side products that you made aside from APTX 4869. If you're too bored with the research of that drug, you can spend your time researching these things first."
"Can I?" Haibara Ai looked at the medicine and the corner of her lips curled up. "You're really not afraid of me using the drugs on you."
Hikari Yuki looked at Haibara Ai deeply and rubbed the girl's head. "Those who truly want to get to the core… will have to experience the drug treatment, Ai."
Haibara Ai was stunned and she looked up at Hikari Yuki sharply. "Then you… no, the one who did it, is it Brandy?"
If there was someone who has higher status than her and also in the research field, then it would be Brandy. Because he also has real power and if she was not wrong, the experiment from Brandy was particularly inhuman.
Thinking about it, her face turned pale and she clutched Hikari Yuki's arm. "You…"
"I'm fine and I'm still alive." Hikari Yuki patted Haibara Ai's head.
To be honest, if she had been more low key like no. 7, she would be nothing more than an ordinary codename member and didn't have to suffer so much.
Probably just someone with a slightly higher authority than no. 7 due to her ability.
But she was particularly unwilling.
Since she managed to get a lot of skill points, she simply raised her drug resistance to an astonishing degree. In that way, she managed to survive and also caught Rum's attention.
But she refused him.
Since they were located in completely different places, Rum couldn't take action in person and only caused some trouble. He sent many people and schemed against her over and over again.
Until she was officially appointed as the third in command and Rum knew when to stop.