Shinichi tenses as Vermouth reaches out for Ran. He was only a moment away from moving to interfere when Ran breaks the contact on her own.

He follows after Ran, instantly recognizing the cases in the clippings. He regards them with concealed alarm. It was one thing to know that Vermouth knew his identity. To see just how in depth her knowledge of his cases was? That was something else altogether.

And now Ran was seeing this. Already she was learning more about his case than he had ever intended. (And how had she met Vermouth before, How? Why hadn't he known about this? Was Ran already in some danger he hadn't known about?)

"As I thought," he says at last. "Have you looked at these? Truly looked at these?"