Hearing this news, Heiji, who was drinking water, almost spat it out: What's going on, I've been arrested?
[The Night Baron has been captured?]
Conan was also very excited. He had a feeling that this Night Baron was related to those men in black.
"Ran-neechan, I'm going to Professor Agasa's house to play, I won't be back for dinner."
"Conan, wait..."
Ran tried to stop Conan, but he had already run out.
"Really, this kid, Conan, is so disobedient."
"D-class special mission activated: get the fake Night Baron out of police custody. Time limit: one day."
The system's cold voice echoed in his mind, and Heiji was speechless: A D-class mission, 1 evil point...
"Well, whatever, no matter how little, something is something."
He directly ignored the word "special," assuming that, in all likelihood, it was just the system trying to be mysterious.
"Heiji, did you eat mosquito meat?" Kazuha exclaimed in surprise.
Suddenly, Ran and Sonoko's expressions became very interesting.
Heiji, with a grim face, approached Kazuha and, in front of the two girls, kissed her passionately.
"I don't know what mosquito meat tastes like, but yours, you little devil, is quite sweet."
Ran and Sonoko quickly turned away, blushing with embarrassment. They hadn't even held a boy's hand, how could they bear such a scene?
Due to Heiji's revenge, Kazuha spent the entire afternoon being the subject of Ran and Sonoko's jokes, her face blushing the whole time.
"Kazuha, Ran, and Heiji, I have to go. I'll come back to play tomorrow."
The sun was about to set. Sonoko Suzuki's father had already called her several times. Although she didn't want to leave, she had to go home.
"Yes, come back and play tomorrow." Ran didn't seem to feel anything out of the ordinary; after all, they saw each other every day.
"Sonoko, tomorrow we're going to try Tokyo's snacks, don't forget to come!" Kazuha invited her.
"Don't worry, I'll be there."
Sonoko waved goodbye to Ran and Kazuha, glanced at Heiji, who was sitting on the sofa, sighed lightly, and left on her long legs.
"Heiji, can I sleep with Ran tonight?"
Kazuha sat on Heiji's lap, with a somewhat shy expression.
"Are you scared? Silly, if you don't want to, how could I force you?" Heiji thought Kazuha didn't want to do "that."
"It's not that." Kazuha secretly glanced at Ran and whispered in Heiji's ear, blushing: "It's just that I got my period."
"Ahem, got what?" Heiji wanted to joke with the girl.
"Heiji, you're mean! I don't want to talk to you." Kazuha ran to the kitchen to help Ran with dinner.
Conan had not yet returned. Heiji sat silently on the sofa. The television was still broadcasting the news, with occasional interruptions.
[Impersonating me?]
A smile formed on the corner of his lips, and the gleam in his eyes showed that he had already understood everything.
Night fell!!!
The three of them were having dinner.
"I'm back," Kogoro Mouri said, entering with a strong smell of alcohol.
"Dad, have you been drinking again?" Ran quickly served Kogoro Mouri a bowl of rice, while saying with disapproval.
"Work, it's work."
Kogoro Mouri didn't eat, he lay down directly on the sofa and fell asleep, snoring loudly.
"Oh, Dad..." Ran said with resignation.
"Ran, is your father always like this?" Kazuha asked curiously.
"Yes, ever since he separated from Mom, he's always been like this. I think it's been ten years already."
"Ten years? Your mother and father are divorced?" Kazuha exclaimed in surprise.
"No, they're just separated," Ran shook her head, somewhat resigned.
"I'm sorry, Ran," Kazuha said apologetically.
"Don't worry, they're like that anyway. I'm used to it by now," Ran said nonchalantly.
After ten years, if you don't get used to it, you have to get used to it.
"Ran-neechan, I'm back."
At that moment, Conan finally returned.
"Conan, where have you been? As soon as you get back, you run off somewhere. you're a very naughty boy," Ran told Conan with a frown.
"I'm sorry, Ran-neechan. I went to play at Professor Agasa's house. He had a new video game console that was a lot of fun, and I lost track of time," Conan said innocently.
"Really, you can't lose track of time even when you're playing. Don't do it again next time."
"Okay."
Conan smiled bitterly to himself: Playing video games? More like I used Shinichi Kudo's voice to ask Inspector Megure about the Night Baron. But I didn't expect...
Heiji glanced sideways at Conan, a strange glint in his eyes.
Time passed slowly. Kazuha and Ran, the two girls, had already washed up and had locked themselves in the room to chat in secret.
Kogoro Mouri lay drunk on the agency's sofa, sleeping soundly.
Upstairs, Conan, feeling very lucky, got dressed and left the room.
The living room was dark.
[I have to be careful not to make a sound so that guy, Hattori, doesn't hear me.]
Conan was very cautious around Heiji. His current identity could not be discovered by anyone, but the deductive skills Heiji had shown on the last few occasions had made him tremble. He acted with extreme caution in every move, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
[Phew~~]
Conan sighed in relief: Good thing I didn't wake anyone up.
However, he didn't know that as soon as he left, Heiji appeared in the agency, looking speechlessly at Kogoro Mouri, who was snoring deeply.
"This guy, Conan, to prevent Kogoro Mouri from waking up halfway, he even shot him with a tranquilizer dart. He's a pro at getting people into trouble."
Heiji left the agency, passed by the third floor, and went directly to the rooftop. Up there, the bags of maple leaf gold coins were still hidden. But he didn't plan on moving them. Those coins definitely couldn't be used, so he would leave them there for the time being and think of a solution later.
As if by magic, he pulled the Night Baron's suit from somewhere. With a quick transformation, a mysterious figure of the night appeared under the moonlight. Looking up at the starry night sky, Heiji, transformed into the Night Baron, took a leap.
A blood-red figure glided through the night sky, like a blood-red bird, crossing the bright full moon.
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