"Dad! Dad! Are you okay?!"
"Ran! Ran! Are you there?! How's Uncle?!"
"Move aside, move aside. Military business."
After Ran saw the Anomaly's appearance, several familiar voices sounded immediately after.
The first to arrive were the Nakano Quintuplets.
Originally, Yotsuba had planned to go to the Nishikawa Residence for her morning training with Makoto as usual. Just as she was about to leave, she got a call from the hospital saying an Anomaly had appeared at their father's hospital.
So Yotsuba quickly woke up her sisters and rushed over to see if anything had happened to their adoptive father.
Next was Ran's best friend, Suzuki Sonoko.
After hearing about the incident at Nakano Hospital, she determined her best friend would go there, so she also rushed over immediately.
Besides them, there was also Makoto's supernatural ability unit… well, calling them a Devil Unit was more accurate.
Makoto had recruited some Devils that were relatively easy to communicate with and control, using them to deal with Anomalies.
"I'm fine. You all step back." Maruo saw his five daughters. His usual poker face, which looked like everyone owed him eight million, involuntarily twitched at the corners of his mouth, but he kept signaling for them to step back.
The Anomaly opposite felt a bit strange, but he was an Anomaly after all.
Sonoko, who had reached Ran's side, also got a clear look at the monster's true face and was instantly stunned.
"...Shinichi?"
Yes, although his body had undergone earth-shattering changes, the old contours could still be vaguely seen in his facial features.
It was indeed Kudo Shinichi, whom they all thought had died in that previous disaster.
However, the now drastically changed Shinichi didn't spare Sonoko a glance. He stared intently at Ran and shouted, "Ran, why did you sleep with Nishikawa Makoto?!"
Suddenly, everyone was in an uproar.
'Whoa, was this that explosive?'
Yotsuba looked shocked.
She normally trained at Makoto's place, and the one who gave her the most guidance was Ran.
Because after observing her, Makoto found that Yotsuba also had potential as a close-combat type… after all, with this girl's IQ, she couldn't fight strategic battles.
So he asked Ran to guide her when she had time. Before, when they trained together, Yotsuba had asked Ran about her relationship with Makoto, and Ran had said it was just a normal teacher-student relationship, nothing more.
Yotsuba hadn't suspected anything because Ran looked so innocent, but now...
'No, seriously, this is what you call a normal teacher-student relationship?'
Sonoko was also shocked.
'Good grief, Ran, you moved that fast?'
She, Suzuki Sonoko, had also been planning to make a move, but hadn't done so because of her recent visitor.
She had thought she would go first, and then later find an opportunity to bring her sister along.
But this sister of hers made her move first!?
"Do-don't talk nonsense!" Ran momentarily forgot her shock and shouted, both embarrassed and angry.
Okay, she had indeed intended to do that yesterday, and her bag had contained quite a few tools.
But she hadn't had the chance!
However, Ran felt a bit strange, wondering why did her bag seem a lot lighter.
"Don't lie! I saw you buying condoms at the supermarket!" The Anomaly Shinichi roared hoarsely.
Maruo and the others were completely stunned.
'This... was this something we should be hearing?'
"What are you standing around for? Want to die? Get lost!" The Lion Devil let out a lion's roar, scaring the onlookers into fleeing.
Then, the Lion Devil led a group of troops forward. He paused when he saw Ran and asked, "Ma'am… Mouri Ran-sama, is this Anomaly an acquaintance of yours?"
Normally, if it were any other Anomaly, they would have just attacked.
But seeing that he seemed to know Ran, they thought it better to confirm his identity.
"I told you, don't call me that." Ran looked helpless.
Now she really couldn't clear her name.
The problem was, those Devils said there were too many women around Makoto, they couldn't remember them all, so they just addressed them all the same.
"AAAAH! Ran, you're still lying to me!!" Sure enough, Shinichi started losing his mind again.
"Shinichi, don't get so excited. Put Dad down first." Ran watched as her father was clutched in the Anomaly Shinichi's hand, panicking.
"Why did you take my father?"
"If I didn't do this, would you have come to see me?" The Anomaly Shinichi responded hoarsely.
It had to be said that although Shinichi had low emotional intelligence, his regular intelligence was usually on point, even after becoming an Anomaly.
At that moment, the Nishikawa Unit led by the Lion Devil had surrounded him. If he didn't have a hostage, these Devils would have already swarmed him.
"Mr. Lion, please step back." Ran, afraid of provoking Shinichi further, first asked Makoto's subordinates to step back.
The Lion Devil and the others didn't refuse the lady's request and stepped back to create distance.
"Now it's okay, Shinichi. Can you let go of Dad?" Ran said anxiously.
However, the Anomaly Shinichi still showed no sign of letting go.
Coincidentally, at that moment, the unconscious Kogoro coughed a few times, startling Ran into shouting, "Shinichi, what else do you want?!"
"I want you to do it with me!" The Anomaly Shinichi succinctly shouted.
At this, even Sonoko couldn't hold back anymore: "Shinichi! Are you crazy?!"
Ever since the previous incident at the Totsuki Academy, where she saw Shinichi guilt-tripping her best friend, Sonoko's liking for him had hit rock bottom. She hadn't expected it could go even lower.
Ran was no less shocked than her best friend. She never imagined her former childhood friend could say such a thing.
Seeing Ran's blank expression, the Anomaly Shinichi became even more agitated: "What? You can do it with Nishikawa Makoto but not with me? Why did you change your heart? Why?!"
"I-I haven't done that kind of thing with Sensei!" Now, disregarding her shame, Ran shouted hoarsely, her face red.
"I don't believe you! You bought several boxes of condoms at the supermarket yesterday!" The Anomaly Shinichi shouted.
"I-I was just curious and bought them to look at! I never even opened them!" Ran explained hastily.
To be honest, this excuse was a bit far-fetched. Even Sonoko and the Nakano Quintuplets, who were pure maidens, didn't believe it.
'Even if you were really curious, why would you buy so many at once?'
Fortunately, the words seemed to have an effect, and Shinichi's emotions calmed down a bit.
Seeing this, Ran sighed in relief. She opened her backpack and said, "See, they're all here..."
Before she finished speaking, her expression froze.
Because as the bag opened, everyone clearly saw that there were only two boxes left inside… the smallest size, the most ordinary type.
And the other three large boxes, with studs, ribs, and barbs, were all gone.
"Ugh AAAAAH!" The Anomaly Shinichi instantly broke down completely.
Because he had clearly seen yesterday that Ran had bought five boxes.
Now there were only two left, and the missing ones were the large, specialized ones, which made him lose it completely.
'How many times did you two do it last night?'
In a fit of rage, the Anomaly Shinichi unconsciously clenched his hands.
And Kogoro, held in his palm...
Pfft!
Mm, the strawberry jam is ready.
"Dad!!!" Ran screamed in despair.
The Anomaly Shinichi was also startled and quickly waved his hands, shouting, "I-I-I didn't mean to! I-It's all because of you, Ran, you doing that kind of thing with Nishikawa Makoto that I..."
But as he waved his hands, those hands, covered in Kogoro's blood, swayed back and forth before Ran's eyes, fueling her anger even more.
At that moment, Ran threw caution to the wind, charged forward, and sent a roundhouse kick towards the Anomaly Shinichi's face.
Whether out of instinct or something else, Shinichi raised his hands to protect his face, blocking his childhood friend's kick.
Ran's storm of attacks continued. While punching and kicking, she cried and shouted, "Give Dad back... give Dad back to me!!"
At that moment, Ran felt not only anger but also grievance.
To be honest, if she had actually done that kind of thing with Makoto, it would be one thing, but the problem was she really hadn't.
Yet Shinichi, the person she once loved, had killed her father because of this unfounded accusation. How could Ran not be furious?
However, from Shinichi's perspective, he was the one who was wronged.
'You shamelessly do that kind of thing with Nishikawa Makoto, won't admit it, and now you're attacking me.'
'Is that person really that much better than me?'
"Ma'am, we'll assist you!"
Seeing that the hostage was dead and the two sides had started fighting, the Lion Devil and his group naturally wouldn't stand idly by anymore and stepped forward to join the battle.
"Wait a moment." But then, Sonoko stopped them and said, "Let Ran handle this. I think she wants it that way too."
Sonoko knew her best friend well... under these circumstances, Ran would definitely want to settle it herself.
Although known for his deductive ability, Shinichi's athletic ability was not bad.
After all, the original work repeatedly stated that his soccer skills were good enough to join a professional team.
And after becoming an Anomaly, Shinichi's physical abilities had grown tremendously.
Even though Ran's strength was infinitely close to that of a Jonin, in her normal state, she still couldn't break the Anomaly Shinichi's defense.
Ran's first kick landed solidly on Shinichi's crossed arms.
The feedback wasn't that of flesh and blood... it was more like kicking an iron plate covered in rubber.
Shinichi didn't even retreat half a step, looking at her coldly with those eyes that had turned into amber vertical pupils.
"Ran, are you really going to fight me?"