"Hello, Haibara residence."
A clear and sonorous voice sounded through the phone, with a touch of joy.
"The matter is already resolved, right?"
"Resolved. When will you be back? I've already collected my first month's salary, I can take you to try the snacks of Tokyo."
"It's not necessary, for now, stay as a teacher at Teitan Elementary School. If something comes up, I'll look for you."
"It seems like you're keeping me. What do I do? Why don't you keep me forever?"
The voice on the phone had a touch of mischievousness.
"You haven't gotten angry, have you?"
Hearing no response, the voice on the phone sounded with a bit of caution.
"Put on that mask properly, you don't need to take it off at night, it has no side effects, it's as if it were your other face."
"Understood, but why do you want me to use the name Mi Haibara?"
Mi Haibara was Akemi Miyano. After Heiji got the Hundred Changes Human Skin Mask, he gave it to her. The current Mi Haibara was already a teacher at Teitan Elementary School, with a completely new identity and life.
On the other end of the phone, naturally, was Heiji, although his voice was disguised.
There was a moment of silence.
"The surname Haibara is uncommon, but not hard to find. Use it."
Mi Haibara nodded, but remembering she was on the phone and the other person couldn't see her, she hurried to say: "So, when will you come?"
Her voice sounded expectant.
"If something comes up, I'll go look for you."
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!!!
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, a glint of tenderness crossed Mi Haibara's pretty eyes, and she whispered to herself: "Thank you."
Although she knew that the mysterious person who had saved her surely had other motives, for now, she lived comfortably and pleasantly. If she could live with her little sister, it would be even better.
Too bad Heiji couldn't hear it.
After hanging up the phone, he headed to school.
It was summer, and the streets were full of young girls and women in short skirts, holding umbrellas, strolling through the crowd, enjoying the glances that occasionally fell upon them.
Today, Kazuha's Aikido club had an activity, so she didn't wait for Heiji and went to school on her own.
"Look, the day after tomorrow is Yoko Okino's concert, I'm so excited to go!"
"Yes, yes, she's the idol of the new generation, she's super adorable!"
At the side of the road, there was a large poster with the photo of a star with a beautiful face. Around it, a group of students whispered, their faces full of admiration.
Heiji completely ignored them.
At night.
"Heiji, the day after tomorrow let's go see Yoko Okino's concert, okay?" said Kazuha, snuggled on Heiji's chest.
"A concert? I'm not going."
A concert was a group of people shouting at a person on stage, and then a person on stage waving to a group of people below. Other than boring, it was boring.
"Come on, let's go. I've arranged it with Sonoko and Ran, you have to come too," Kazuha said with pouted lips.
"I'm not going."
Heiji flatly refused.
A sudden blush appeared in Kazuha's pretty eyes. She leaned towards Heiji's ear, whispered something softly to him, and her whole body softened in his arms.
Heiji looked at Kazuha in surprise.
"I… I overheard some classmates, they said that boys really like that."
Kazuha's face was red, a little nervous.
"I like it, of course I like something like that."
Heiji felt expectant, but he didn't want to force Kazuha: "However, wait until you're ready to talk about it. I'll go with you to the concert the day after tomorrow."
"I… I'm ready."
Kazuha suddenly slipped under the sheets…
That night was both painful and happy.
Darkness. Where there is light, there is darkness.
A light rain was falling. A figure ran through the night rain, staggering.
Her clothes were very large, her whole body was wrapped in them. In the dark of the night, under the light rain, she appeared on the streets of the Sanchome district, staggered, and fell directly to the ground.
Mi Haibara went out to throw out the trash and saw this figure. Immediately, she rushed over.
It was a girl, but her consciousness was already blurred. She was wrapped in clothes much too big for her, lying in the rainwater.
"Shiho?"
A flash of horror crossed Mi Haibara's eyes. She hastily picked her up, looked to both sides, and quickly entered the villa.
Looking at her sister lying in bed, with that all-too-familiar face, even though she had shrunk, blood is thicker than water. Their bond allowed her to recognize her sister instantly.
[How did Shiho end up like this?]
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that her eighteen-year-old sister had turned into a primary school child.
Upon waking up, Shiho Miyano silently opened her eyes. She looked around, and a trace of confusion crossed her pretty eyes.
"You're awake, come have breakfast."
[That voice? Sister?]
Shiho Miyano immediately got up and ran out.
A young woman with gentle manners appeared before her eyes, with an exquisite face, a tall and slender figure, and a well-proportioned body. Since she was at home, she was wearing house clothes.
"No… it's not my sister."
Although the voice was very similar, it was not the sister she longed for day and night.
"Come have breakfast."
Mi Haibara maintained her composure, not daring to show the slightest strangeness.
"Thank you, sister," Shiho Miyano said indifferently.
This word, "sister," almost made Mi Haibara break down, but fortunately, she held back. After all, this "sister" was not the one she expected, and its meaning was different.
"Where do you live? After breakfast, how about I take you home?"
Shiho Miyano looked at Mi Haibara, with a serene expression: "I don't have a home."
Mi Haibara's tears almost welled up. She quickly took a sip of tea to calm down: "Then, what's your name?"
"Name?" Shiho Miyano froze for a moment: "I don't have a name."
"Then, how about you share this sister's surname? My name is Mi Haibara, so you will be called Haibara…"
"Ai, my name is Ai Haibara."
Thinking of her already deceased sister, little Ai's heart filled with sadness, but she didn't show a hint of it on her face.
Tick, tock!
Tears dripped to the floor. Mi Haibara couldn't hold back anymore. Ai (sorrow)... she had given herself that name thinking of her, her sister.
"Are you crying?" Ai looked at Mi Haibara calmly.
"I'm just happy, because you look so much like my sister. It's just that we can't see each other yet. Can I hug you, Ai…?"
Ai looked at Mi Haibara: "I'm not used to being so close to other people."
"Oh, really? What a shame."
A feeling of warmth flooded Mi Haibara's heart: My sister hasn't changed. Even though she's shrunk, she's still cold and distant—a real tsundere queen.
At night!
"Are you saying that Shiho Miyano has escaped from the organization and that her body has shrunk?"
Heiji held the phone, completely surprised: I didn't expect the two Miyano sisters to meet by chance.
"Yes, but I've had Shiho stay at Professor Agasa's house, across the street. It's not convenient here."
Mi Haibara also wanted to live with little Ai, but thinking that the mysterious man on the phone would come here from time to time, she had to abandon the idea.
"It's the best arrangement."
Akemi Miyano's arrangement unexpectedly coincided with that of the original anime.