"We're back, Sister Akemi!"
"I'm back..."
"So tired. I really want a glass of lemonade already."
After returning from Nagano, they rode in Fujino's car, then took Momiji's family helicopter, flying for over two hours before finally reaching Tokyo.
Nagano lay northwest of Tokyo. The straight-line distance was not particularly far, only a little over two hundred kilometers, but for comfort, the helicopter's cruising speed had not exceeded one hundred kilometers per hour.
The moment they returned to Tokyo, the group headed over to Fujino's Snow King Ice City to hang out.
It had not been easy for Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha to make a trip to Tokyo, so naturally, they would not just leave without saying goodbye.
As for Sonoko, she had simply come along with her best friend.
Seeing that everyone had come over, Hakuba Saguru naturally felt too embarrassed to leave by himself.
"Oh, you're back..."
Seeing Ai Haibara, Momiji, and Sonoko come in looking as they did, Akemi smiled and greeted them.
But she was clearly somewhat distracted.
Before long, she and the Shimo-Kasa Sisters prepared the drinks and brought them over.
The sun was already setting. Students had gone home from school, office workers had yet to leave work, and housewives were preparing dinner at home. Snow King Ice City had entered one of its quiet periods.
At a window-side table in Snow King Ice City.
The High School Detective F4 tacitly sat together.
After exchanging a few words about the case they had just handled, Hakuba Saguru looked out the window and brought up, "Do you recognize that license plate?"
"Recognize it?"
Conan frowned, unable to understand what he meant.
Hattori Heiji also scratched his head in confusion.
Fujino glanced at Sister Akemi, then looked toward Hakuba Saguru. "Just say what you mean.