No matter what! My sister is mine!
Perhaps because of the near-death experiences they had together, Haibara became even more dependent on her sister.
Seeing that her sister was indeed thinking in the direction she least wanted to see, Haibara's expression darkened even more.
Haibara was anxious about her sister, but she was helpless. After all, she couldn't pry open her sister's mind and make her stop thinking like that.
The "Protecting the Best Sister in the World Frontline" was defeated halfway before even debuting, killed by the enemy general "Shuichi Akai" who she hadn't even met yet. It's really pitiful.
"No, I have to think of another way..." Haibara bit her thumb and her expression became serious as she began to contemplate.
Meanwhile, Senichi had no idea what Haibara was thinking right now. After parking the car in the garage, he looked at Akemi Miyano and asked, "How's everything lately?"
"Everything's normal, no anomalies at all," Akemi Miyano smiled and said, "Yesterday professor and I checked again."
"Is that so?" Senichi nodded at her words, "That's good, anyway, it's better to be cautious."
"Huh? What are you two talking about?" Conan couldn't help but wonder when he heard their conversation.
"Just checking the room to see if there's anything suspicious," Senichi smiled and said.
"Huh? Checking the room?"
Conan was startled by this and quickly turned to Senichi, asking, "Do you think someone planted bugs in the house? Is it Shuichi Akai?"
At this, Conan unconsciously looked around, although he knew they had just checked, he still instinctively lowered his voice.
"Hmph, if that's the case, then it's even worse. He's simply a pervert and a stalker!"
Haibara, who was beside them, coldly uttered two words, attempting to label Shuichi Akai with "social death."
Akemi Miyano, on the other hand, looked at her sister somewhat helplessly and smiled, "Dai-kun wouldn't do such things."
"But sister, you don't have any evidence." Haibara snorted, still somewhat dissatisfied with her sister's defense of that guy.
"If he comes, he'll surely notice me," Akemi Miyano smiled gently and explained to her sister.
"That's impossible, sister."
Haibara said coldly to Akemi Miyano while analyzing, "Sister, don't forget, your identity is carefully arranged by Detective Senichi. Even if government officials investigate your identity, they won't find any flaws.
And the disguise mask is a combination of high-tech gadget and expensive materials, it even requires a special technique to remove, leaving no loopholes."
"But I left a secret code for Dai-kun."
Akemi Miyano looked at her sister with a smirk and said something that pierced her heart, "Detective Senichi told me that we can arrange some matters in the room that only the two of us understand.
Like my favorite flowers or other items, items that Dai-kun likes. In short, when he enters the room and sees the arrangement, he'll understand that it's a signal from me."
Haibara's face turned even darker upon hearing this, she hadn't expected Senichi to betray her like this. She turned her expressionless face towards Senichi, staring at him without saying a word.
But her gaze was full of resentment, as if blaming Senichi for helping an outsider.
"Don't glare at me like that," feeling Haibara's resentment, Senichi smiled and said, "I have my reasons for doing this.
Don't forget, it's not just our allies who are investigating now, our enemies have never stopped trying to track us down.
This is just a simple screening mechanism to distinguish friend from foe.
If Shuichi Akai really infiltrates the mansion, when he sees these arrangements, he'll surely deduce Miss Miyano's identity. Since he would get the information he wanted, he'll naturally abandon installing bugs and instead seek an opportunity to meet in person.
And if it's an enemy, they won't know about this special hint, so they won't think there's anything wrong with the environment and will continue to install bugs.
So if we do find bugs, we'll know it's the enemy's and won't get confused, allowing us to prepare in advance."
"Enemy?"
Haibara's face immediately turned pale upon hearing Senichi's words, and her voice trembled slightly: "Are you saying... those people from the organization... have also started to suspect us and found out about this?"
"Just as a precaution," Senichi waved his hand, "For now, the situation seems safe."
"Is that so..." Haibara nodded slightly with a hint of relief upon hearing Senichi's words, but then expressed strong doubts: "But Detective Senichi, are you sure this method will work?
If it were you or Conan-kun, I would believe that with your deductive abilities, you could decipher such a code, but for that guy..."
At this point, Haibara coldly chuckled with a hint of sarcasm, the implication was clear.
"You can rest assured about that," Senichi, now noticing Haibara's subtle defiance, smiled wryly, "His deduction skills are not inferior to mine or Conan's, so it's unlikely that scenario you're imagining would happen.
Since he was just tracking us, it means he hasn't infiltrated the mansion yet."
Haibara's face turned even darker upon hearing this. It was like adding more darkness onto darkness, almost turning her into a little dark demon.
But no matter how piercing her sarcasm was, it was futile. All her attempts at "defamation" were defeated by reality. Not only did she fail to tarnish him, she inadvertently "whitewashed" him.
Of course, seeing Haibara still dwelling on these thoughts, Senichi silently nodded.
His wry smile wasn't just a wry smile, it was also a kind of probe to gauge Haibara's current psychological state.
From what he could see, his words were quite convincing. Haibara didn't seem greatly affected at the moment.
After all, if she was terribly afraid, she probably wouldn't have the mindset to think about these things. The fact that she could still feel jealous of her brother-in-law indicated that her mentality was still okay.
However, if Haibara were to find out that Senichi was actually preparing to guard against someone else, her current state of mind might change drastically.
Because he wasn't really guarding against Shuichi Akai, but against Vermouth, the Witch of a thousand faces!
He remembered that shortly after this case, Vermouth had discovered Haibara's identity. Even the storyline didn't elaborate on how she found out, which made Senichi extremely cautious.
In fact, Senichi had already prepared for the worst-case scenario—Haibara's identity being discovered, just like in the original story.