Although Fang Zheng really wanted to complain, the fact was that summer vacation had truly arrived.
Right after the spring camping trip.
Well, that was normal procedure too, so there was no need to overthink it.
So when Fang Zheng drove toward the plateau, he felt completely unrestrained.
"Is this really okay? The two of us going on a trip alone?"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Haibara Ai looked at the scenery outside and asked. Fang Zheng merely shrugged.
"What's wrong with it? If Akemi hadn't gone away on a business trip, I would have brought her along too."
"But why come to the plateau?"
"I saw it on a forum before."
Facing Haibara's question, Fang Zheng chuckled.
"I heard the chef here is a beautiful woman and her cooking is delicious, so I came to take a look since I had nothing better to do."
"...If that's the reason, shouldn't you not have brought me along?"
"I'm here to travel, not pick up girls. Looking at pretty young women and eating their cooking doesn't mean I'm going to date or marry them."
Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Haibara rolled her eyes.
"You should worry about whether something will happen again."
"Hahahaha, impossible. I'm not Conan. As long as we don't run into that Death God Elementary School Student, nothing will happen."
Fang Zheng remained calm about that. This was the kind of place only hardcore travel forum enthusiasts knew about. Kogoro Mouri did not like traveling, Ran was not particularly interested in it either, and Conan was a deduction fanatic. They would never come to some remote plateau inn like this.
It was rock-solid. No problem.
However...
"Damn it!"
When Fang Zheng pushed open the inn's front door and saw three familiar figures checking in at the counter, he involuntarily