Chapter 35
Another Invitation from Sonoko Suzuki
The Suzuki Group's strength is undeniable. While the police can't get up here, the Suzuki Group's helicopters can.
Two spacious helicopters were used to pick up everyone.
Upon arrival, the police took over all the individuals and began investigating the previous murder case.
This is naturally not related to Ran Mouri and her friends, but as the parties involved, they still need to stay and give a statement.
"Um, Inspector Megure, we've encountered some problems here."
Inspector Megure, who was chatting with Kogoro Mouri, turned to his trusted lieutenant, Miwako Sato, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Officer Sato?"
"I checked all of their statements, and they all said they were shot by Jonah."
With a somewhat troubled expression, Sato Miwako looked at Jonah, who was sitting quietly to the side drinking his juice.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Jonah; in fact, she had witnessed Jonah wielding a knife and slashing down the criminal at the crime scene to save Kogoro Mouri. So, Miwako Sato had almost no doubts about the statement.
She believes Jonah is the kind of kid who would do something like this, but the question now is, where did Jonah get the gun he used?
"Hey, Mori, what's with Jonah's gun?"
"Oh, I don't know that."
Startled, Kogoro Mouri immediately turned to look at the children behind him, only to find that apart from Jonah, who remained expressionless, Sonoko Suzuki, Ran Mouri, and Conan Edogawa all wore awkward smiles.
"Oh, so you all know! Jonah, where did you get your gun?"
"It's a toy the professor gave me."
With a blink, Jonah took an electric pistol out of his backpack and handed it to Kogoro Mouri.
Inspector Megure and Miwako Sato also came over to take a look, and through Jonah's explanation, they quickly figured out the details of the electric gun.
"This... Inspector Megure, is this considered compliant with regulations?"
"Hey, isn't this just something Professor Agasa made for Jonah to play with? It's not like it's going to do anything."
Patting Inspector Megure on the shoulder, Kogoro Mouri casually began to change the subject, clearly intending to bury the matter.
"Since it has passed the official inspection and obtained the permit, there are no procedural problems."
After some thought, Inspector Megure decided to ignore the matter.
Inspector Megure's thoughts were simple: having learned Jonah's background, he felt some sympathy for Jonah, and Jonah did indeed behave very well on a daily basis.
Compared to the previous reports where Jonah used throwing knives and nail guns, Inspector Megure felt that this pistol, which could only fire tranquilizer darts, was much safer.
So the electric gun returned to Jonah's hands, and Jonah didn't think there was anything wrong with his actions.
Upon returning to Beika City, Jonah immediately sought out Professor Agasa to ask if he could build a hang glider.
"Hang glider? I can actually make those. I recently helped an old friend with a hang glider modification project."
Professor Agasa was somewhat puzzled by Jonah's request, but still gave an answer.
"But Jonah, why are you suddenly interested in hang gliding?"
"Because Jonah also encountered Phantom Thief Kid, and as a result, Kid escaped from his hands using a hang glider."
After setting her schoolbag aside, Ai Haibara naturally walked to the kitchen area, took out some snacks and drinks from the refrigerator, and served them to Jonah.
"Jonah, have you ever used a hang glider before?"
"no."
Jonah shook his head, picked up his juice, took a sip, and asked, "Is that thing difficult to learn?"
"It's not a matter of whether it's difficult to learn or not, but at your current age, no educational institution will accept you as a student."
Sitting down next to Jonah, Ai Haibara picked up a magazine and casually flipped through it.
"At your age, you can try a tandem flight, but flying solo is not allowed by law unless you want to break the law and fly privately. But if you do that, it will cause trouble for the people around you once you are exposed, so you should give up the idea."
"is that so?"
Upon hearing Ai Haibara's words, Jonah knew that his idea of learning hang gliding to quickly achieve something was shattered, but he didn't feel much regret.
Jonah always felt that if he had encountered Phantom Thief Kid last time, and instead of the electric gun that fired tranquilizer darts, he had used a real pistol that fired bullets, he could have shot Phantom Thief Kid down.
With his confidence restored, Jonah didn't care about the failure of the attack. He was just determined to test Kaito Kid's skills again at their next meeting.
How dare he knock Ran unconscious! Even if Conan Edogawa says that Kaito Kid isn't a bad person, Jonah has no intention of letting him off the hook.
However, Jonah did not expect that he would have the opportunity to see Kaito Kid a second time so soon.
On another ordinary afternoon after school, Jonah returned to the detective agency and saw Sonoko Suzuki sitting with Ran Mouri.
"Hey, Jonah's back, you little rascal, you're back too."
Hearing the vastly different way he addressed Jonah, Conan Edogawa rolled his eyes but didn't say anything more.
"Is Sonoko-neechan here to play?"
Looking curiously at the sudden arrival of Sonoko Suzuki, Jonah put his schoolbag down and asked a question.
"I guess so. Actually, I came to invite you guys to go out and have fun together."
With a wave of her hands, Sonoko Suzuki quickly explained the purpose of her visit.
Upon hearing that the Egg of Memories, which the Suzuki Foundation planned to exhibit at the newly built Suzuki Museum in Osaka Castle, had been targeted by Kaito Kid, both Jonah and Conan Edogawa's eyes lit up with great interest.
Conan Edogawa wants to remove the mask from Kaito Kid's face and expose his true identity, while Jonah's idea is even simpler.
He's going to shoot Kaito Kid.
"By the way, before that, Ran, could you lend me Jonah tomorrow?"
Seeing that everyone had accepted her invitation, Sonoko Suzuki smiled happily, and then made a request to Ran Mouri.
"We were just planning to tidy up the house tomorrow, nothing else. But Sonoko, what do you need Jonah for?"
"I need Jonah's help with a small favor, and only Jonah can do it~"
"Then you'll have to ask Jonah if he's willing."
"Then there's no problem."
Sonoko Suzuki reached out and pulled Jonah into her arms, gently tapping Jonah's cheek with her finger as she said with a smile.
"Jonah, you wouldn't refuse to help Sonoko-neechan, would you? Sonoko-neechan prepared lots of delicious cakes and desserts for you~"
"good!"