Chapter 174 The Strange Transfer Student

Tokyo Mikacho Teitan Elementary School

The school is very noisy. A group of children of playful age chase and fight in the classroom in twos and threes. The whole teaching building is filled with noise.

Just after finishing a math class, Conan wrote "8" with a pencil behind the arithmetic problem of 3+5=, and yawned out of boredom.

Alas, when will this childish life end?

If this continues, he feels like he will be assimilated by the children!

"Hey, hey, have you heard?" The little boy in a green shirt said excitedly to his friends next to him, "There is going to be another transfer student in our class!"

Transfer Students?

Conan paid attention with slight interest.

But... he should be just an ordinary first grader.

He laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly. A primary school student who is as unique as him is probably rare in a thousand years. I don't know whether I should be happy or not.

Next to Conan, Mitsuhiko was holding an eraser and preparing to wipe the blackboard. When he heard the discussion among his classmates, he couldn't help but tell Ayumi and Genta: "There have never been any transfer students in our class since Conan."

Conan glanced at him sideways and said helplessly: "Transfer students are rare to begin with. It's already rare to have two in one semester, right?"

"That's right." Mitsuhiko nodded and added, "I just don't know when the transfer will arrive this time. I heard that the transfer procedures are being processed in the chairman's office."

Ayumi clenched her hands into fists and raised them to her chin, her eyes filled with anticipation: "What kind of person is he?"

"Ah, it would be nice if she was a cute girl!" Yuantai looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle, and couldn't help secretly imagining what an ideal transfer student would look like.

"No, no, no." Mitsuhiko put his index finger in front of his lips and said disapprovingly, "No matter what you look like, the most important thing is whether you have a good personality or not."

Ayumi: "Hey, Conan, what kind of person do you think he will be?"

"Huh?" Conan, who was inexplicably cued, simply raised his head and said jokingly, "I see, maybe he is another nerd who is obsessed with reading."

"So, you think he is a boy?"

"Not necessarily, but I think it's more likely for boys."

"Really? I heard his last name just now. It's Haiyuan or something like that, but this last name is really weird."

While the children were discussing enthusiastically, the protagonist of their discussion was walking towards the classroom under the leadership of the teacher.

The moment he stepped into the door frame, Haibara Ai subconsciously turned back and looked at Asano Nobushige at the end of the corridor.

Nobuhiro smiled and gave her an encouraging look.

Haiyuan Ai pursed her lips, turned around firmly and walked into the classroom.

"Wow - it's a girl!!"

"Awesome! She looks so good!"

"so cute--"

Suddenly the whole classroom became lively with a "boom" like a frying pan.

Yuantai stared at Haihara Ai, a layer of pink appeared on his cheeks.

Ayumi smiled happily: "Her dress is so beautiful. I also want my mother to buy one for me. But my mother will definitely not have a hairstyle like hers. What a pity."

"You didn't tell me that I wouldn't have noticed. Her hair is so beautiful. How was she braided?"

The teacher stood up in time to maintain discipline: "Okay, okay, there will be many opportunities for everyone to meet in the future. Now sit back in your seats."

Conan looked at the excited classmates around him with cold eyes, sighed and complained silently: "Really, isn't she just a girl?"

However, the appearance of the transfer student reminded him of Xiaolan in the past. Was Xiaolan so cute before? I can't imagine her making such a cute expression.

The expressionless Hui Yuan Ai stood obediently under the podium, waiting for the teacher to introduce herself.

The teacher wrote five Chinese characters on the blackboard: "The name of the new classmate is Asano Haibara Ai. You can usually call her Asano-san or Haibara Ai. I hope everyone can get along well with her."

"Huh?" Conan finally showed a hint of surprise, "Is this surname so common?"

He remembered that the most people with the surname Asano were probably in Aichi Prefecture, and there were probably very few in Tokyo. As a result, two of them appeared beside him.

"Then where will Asano-san sit?" the teacher asked, bowing gently.

Genta immediately raised his hands and said loudly: "Here here! There is no one sitting next to me!!"

Haihara Ai looked around the classroom and found that there were only two empty seats. One was next to the chubby boy who just spoke, and the other's deskmate was a short boy who looked more reliable.

She weighed it up and finally walked to Edogawa Conan and sat down silently.

Yuanta, who had already pulled out the chair: "...What? She is so cold!"

Conan tilted his head to look at her in confusion.

Huihara Ai did not look at him, but just took out the textbook she had just received and placed it on the table: "Please give me more advice."

"Huh? Hmm."

Conan was keenly aware of what was different about his new deskmate. This girl with the same surname as Mr. Asano is not as lively as other girls of the same age. Although she is dressed very young, her temperament exudes maturity.

If Conan hadn't noticed the nervousness and anxiety inadvertently revealed in Haihara Ai's pretendingly calm eyes, he might have really suspected that he was not the only victim who took that poison.

Well, she is still a little girl, but she is more introverted and doesn't like to talk.

…

The whole day was spent in boring Chinese, mathematics, social studies and science classes. When the bell rang, the impatient pupils rushed out of the classroom carrying their schoolbags and ran downstairs.

Among these children with smiles on their faces, Haihara Ai, who kept his head down and his expression serious, looked like an alternative.

She walked slowly, with a little anxiety and uneasiness on her face.

"Asano-san!!" Ayumi grabbed the strap of her schoolbag with both hands and ran to Haibara Ai with a smile, "Let's go home together!"

Hui Yuan Ai gave her a flat look and said softly: "My brother will come to pick me up."

"Huh? It turns out Haihara's brother will come to pick you up." Ayumi nodded understandingly, "But that's right, it's your first day here at school, so you must not know how to get home, right? We'll wait for two days We can be together~"

"Thank you, but no need." After saying this, Hui Yuan Ai was about to leave.

But he was blocked by Yuantai angrily: "Hey, why don't you have any manners?"

Haiyuan Ai looked up at Yuantai calmly, not understanding why his "thank you" was impolite. But it's strange. Although Yuantai is so much taller than her, she doesn't feel any pressure at all when facing these children.

…these “children”?

"Oops." Mitsuhiko said quickly, "We don't know where Haibara-san's home is yet. It may not be convenient."

Hey, when I wrote this chapter, 3+5=7 at the beginning...ahem