Seeing a frozen puddle on the ground, Nishikata is excited at the thought of picking it up and holding it. Takagi asks if this is what he’s thinking, and he quickly denies it.

Evidence piles up for Ran that Conan, the smart young boy staying with her family, may actually be Shin’ichi, her missing childhood friend. She’s convinced that he’s Shin’ichi on the inside, but the sticking point is how he went from being a teenager to a child.

Shin’ichi’s teenage friend Ran enters Professor Agasa’s house looking for Shin’ichi, unaware that he was forced to take a poison that inadvertently turned the teenager into a young child. When Ran sees the boy and asks his name, Shin’ichi recalls Agasa’s suggesting that he not reveal who he is. Panicking, he gives the name “Conan”, explaining the oddness of it by saying his father is a fan of author Arthur Conan Doyle.