Conan's heart was filled with unwillingness at this moment, because it seemed that the two of them were truly very close.
Earlier, he had already felt that something was wrong when he heard the tone and expression used when that person's name was mentioned, but he did not expect that they actually knew each other.
Because of the words he had heard earlier and this reason, Conan decisively chose to use his current appearance and innocent face to cause trouble.
"Ran-neesan, is this your friend?"
Ran looked at the behavior of her childhood friend and had to admit that she was very annoyed. He was pretending to be innocent just to ask such a question. Normal children were curious, but he was simply gathering information.
Regarding this, she looked at Shiro as if wondering how he would answer, because hadn't she already given up?
"Of course, Ran-neesan and I are very close. So close that we are practically inseparable."
Shiro naturally placed his hand on her shoulder, looking at Conan in front of him, and the meaning behind his words was completely clear.
Everyone present immediately entered spectator mode, because they all knew that the other side was actually the high school detective who had been shrunk.
This was a real show. In any case, everyone who knew Shiro knew what kind of person he was, so it was better to continue watching rather than worry about it.
Sanzennin Nagi declared that today's banquet had truly been exciting. First they encountered an incident, then met a high school student who had shrunk because of a drug, and now it looked like another drama was about to unfold.
Sanzennin Nagi could not help but exclaim inwardly. As expected, something would always happen whenever she was with Shiro, which was truly interesting.
Suzuki Sonoko was the most confused. She knew her best friend's personality very well, and when she saw that she did not resist, but even subconsciously leaned against him, she immediately realized that there really was something between them. But what part had she missed?
Could it be that she had been deceived? Earlier she acted as if she understood nothing and needed an explanation, and now they were this intimate. There was definitely something suspicious here.
Conan felt as if he had just received a critical hit. Thunder roared in his head as he watched his childhood friend not rejecting the other person's intimate behavior at all. He felt as if his head had turned green, as if something was pressing down on it.
Conan roared inwardly: "Why didn't she push him away? Who exactly is this man?"
At the same time, the expression on his face became extremely furious.
"Let go of Ran-neesan! Ran-neesan is Shinichi-niichan's girl! How can an outsider like you do something this over the line?"
Shiro looked at the furious expression of the other side, and the corner of his lips twitched unwillingly. A mocking smile appeared on his face, full of contempt for that sentence.
Shiro glanced at the other side, then looked at Ran and deliberately dragged out his tone, sounding irritating:
"Ran, how did it go again? That useless Kudo Shinichi is your boyfriend? How come I didn't know that?"
Ran knew very well what this person was trying to do, but in the current situation she neither denied it nor felt that Shiro's words were problematic. After all, her childhood friend's behavior right now was truly irritating.
"No, we are not boyfriend and girlfriend. At most, we have only ever been ordinary childhood friends. I never loved him."
Ran's explanation currently dealt a critical blow to the other side, who inwardly roared: "Impossible! I clearly felt that Ran loved me!"
"Impossible! Shinichi-niichan told me…"
Just as the other side wanted to continue the argument using that identity, Ran spoke with a determined expression.
"Stop constantly bringing up this topic in front of me. First you need to understand that he and I are only childhood friends, nothing like boyfriend and girlfriend. Also, I could never love someone who is so arrogant, conceited, and selfish."
Ran clarified everything in one breath. She only needed a reason to end that relationship. After all, the other side's behavior now was far too irritating. Still, because of their previous friendship she could not be too harsh, so she decided to end it this way.
Conan currently looked completely hurt.
"And Conan, if you secretly follow me again next time, I won't mind sending you back to Professor Agasa."
Ran's attitude at this moment could be described as very firm, which hurt the other side even more.
Suzuki Sonoko was the most confused of all. She had supported this pair for so long, and it turned out the situation was like this. At the same time, she felt something was wrong. She was not unfamiliar with her best friend's situation, so why would she give up on Kudo Shinichi?
Ran's words explained why the other side was here: he had secretly followed her. She had not originally planned to bring him at all.
Shiro could not help but give a thumbs up after hearing that. Impressive. He even had to sneak in. In any case, he was honestly impressed.
"Kid, if you can get in contact with that arrogant Kudo Shinichi, then pass a message to him for me: he's not capable of this job. Or he can go to America like his old man, Kudo Yusaku, and become someone's dog. Maybe then he'll barely manage to earn a meal."
Shiro's words were completely open insults, and the other side immediately became enraged.
"You're insulting Uncle Yusaku!"
Shiro heard that and looked at the other side with contempt.
"That's not an insult, I'm just stating facts. Do you really think some mediocre novel could bring him to this level? He's simply a little smarter than average, and only because he became someone's dog did he climb this far, understood?"
Shiro's open contempt was like an invisible sharp blade piercing his heart.
"Ran, how many days are you staying here?"
Shiro ignored the little brat, namely Conan, and directly looked at Ran while speaking with a smile.
"I'm leaving tomorrow."
"So that's how it is? What a shame. Next time you want to come here to have fun, just tell me directly, wouldn't that be better?"
Ran was actually full of doubts. After all, he had been beside her for several days in a row, and now he was here again. What exactly was going on with this person?
Could it be that the experiences and feelings from the previous days had been some kind of illusion? Those had been her most real experiences.
She had even truly wanted to lock herself there if circumstances had allowed it.
At that moment, Fujiwara Chika approached together with one person, her grandfather.
"Young friend Shiro."
"Elder Fujiwara."
The two of them first exchanged normal greetings, and then the other side slowly spoke.
"I truly have to thank you this time. Chika told me that you ordered all the surveillance cameras to be turned on in advance."
"Otherwise, it probably would not have been so easy to find the culprit, and our family would have had to take the blame for someone else."
When the other side said that, his tone was filled with anger, because who would not be angry after a situation like this?
"Better safe than sorry."
Fujiwara Chika, who did not understand the whole situation, approached with a curious expression and asked:
"Shiro, why do I feel like you can predict what will happen?"
Conan, the artistically inclined Conan, was also staring motionlessly at Shiro, as if imagining him as the mastermind behind the incident.
Actually, the members of the Fujiwara family were also curious about this and truly wanted to know the answer.
"Nothing special. I just saw one unlucky bastard here and knew that something would definitely happen."
These people were somewhat confused after hearing that.
"Who is it?"
As a former prime minister, he knew many things, so he guessed that someone might be causing trouble behind the scenes.
And the others thought the same, because they had all been exposed to various things.
"The smell of death around this guy is very strong. He's the type of person whom problems follow wherever he goes."
"It was only after I saw this kid that I told Chika to turn on all the surveillance. And didn't something really happen?"
Shiro sold Conan out without hesitation.
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