"Really?" An exited Kojima Genta bounced up and down in his seat. While Genta's stomach rumbled, one Tsubura Mitsuhiko spoke. "Ayumi-chan, is it true that a new student is coming today?" Yoshida Ayumi smiled. "Yep! I overheard the teachers talking about a new exchange student coming in our class today."

"Oi, Haibara," Edogawa Conan was listening to the conversation of his three first-grader friends' conversation from a distance. "Do you think that that this 'exchange student' is one of us?" Haibara Ai just looked at him blankly and said quietly, "Kudo-kun, two people getting this side affect from APTX-4869 within one year is an extremely rare phenomenon. But three people? I think that might be a bit much to ask. But who knows?"

Before Conan could reply, Kobiyashi-sensei entered the room and wrote the kanji for 'Kaisu Ren' on the board. When Conan read it, his mind started doing backflips. 'Oh no. Please don't be who I think you are.' he thought. Kobiyashi-sensei clapped her hands. "OK class, today we have a new student. Her name is Kaisu Ren. Come in Ren-chan." A small girl with long brown hair bunched into a spike on top of her head entered the room. All of the boys stared at her angelic face in awe, all that is, except Conan. He fell backwards onto the ground off his chair in shock. One thought ran continuously through his mind: 'Ran…'