✔ | DETECTIVE TENNIS 1: The Targeted Tennis Player Of Seigaku

3: The Sleeping Prince Awakens

One week later after the incident...

"Oi, Haibara!"

Haibara Ai just entered the school gate when she heard her classmate, Edogawa Conan, called her. "Good morning, Edogawa-kun," she said placidly as she continued to walk towards the school building.

And then she heard her name being called again. This time, a bunch of kids called her.

"Ai-chan!"

"Haibara-san!"

"Haibara!"

She stopped in her tracks and turned around. And then she saw Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko approaching her. "Good morning," she greeted with a faint smile.

"Good morning," Ayumi said, and then she noticed something. "Where's Rin-san?"

"Now that you mentioned it, I haven't seen her with Conan-kun. She usually sticks to him most of the time."

"Rin-san is having an early appointment with Yanai-sensei and Miyuzaki-sensei about Ryoma-san's current condition."

"By the way, how is he?" Conan asked.

"He's still unconscious until now and two days ago, he was having a high fever but it all went down this morning. Rin-san was the one who's taking care of him during those days."

Conan frowned. "Rin did?"

"Rin-san sure is patient in taking care of Ryoma-niichan ever since we found him floating on the river a week ago," Mitsuhiko commented and glanced at Conan.

"But I thought-" Conan paused abruptly when Haibara spoke.

"I also thought that Hakase was the one who's taking care of him. The reason why we never knew that was because her room was used for Ryoma-san. It automatically became soundproof at 8:00 in the evening and it goes off at 5:30 in the morning. She probably requested that to Hakase," she said in a bland tone.

They all continued to walk and the moment they had entered the classroom, they placed their bags on their respective tables. After that, they decided to head out to Class 4-C to check if Kourin was already there. And they were surprised to see Kourin sleeping on her seat. Conan woke her up.

"I thought you're having an appointment with Miyuzaki-sensei today," Conan said as soon as she woke up. The others glanced at her.

Even though she was a little sleepy, she yawned and showed a faint smile to them. "Sensei said she'll stop by at Hakase's and he'll inform me about Ryoma-niichan's condition after that."

Ayumi sighed. "But seriously, even though it's late at night, you're still the one taking care of him. Why are you doing this much to him?"

Kourin fell silent and looked at her bandaged left palm... which bears a mark that reminded her of something about what happened to her a year ago.

'It's because... he bears a resemblance to my brother. And those bullets used to shoot him... I guess the people who are after me were the ones who are chasing Ryoma-niichan a week ago. But why? What do they want from him?'

"Oi, Rin! Wake up!"

Her thought was disrupted by that call and the sound of the school bell. And then she saw her friends' worried eyes looking at her. So she laughed, a soft one, and smiled faintly to them.

"Are you okay, Rin-san?" she heard Haibara ask her that question. She nodded.

The rest of the kids were wary of leaving Kourin like that but they had no choice. They still had their respective classes to attend.