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"Heh heh..."

Conan still wore that dead-fish-eyed expression, utterly lifeless as Xu Yue held him in his arms. He had seen Xu Yue slip them money earlier. He never expected this guy to go so far as to pay out of his own pocket just to find a case.

That made no sense at all!

He really might have noticed something!

When Conan turned back, he once again met that smiling, narrowed-eyed gaze staring right at him.

Compared to Conan being suspicious of everything over there, focusing all his attention on himself, Xu Yue found Ran—who kept glancing at Conan beside them—rather amusing.

Kudo Shinichi had only just turned into a child not long ago. He really was still too green.

"In this case, Doctor Ogawa has continuously received old toys and money over the past two years. Recently, he suddenly received a huge sum of twenty-five million. So we suspect someone wants to buy something from him. The most suspicious item is an old painting hanging in his office at the hospital. It's worth around twenty million..."

Since he had taken the money, Kogoro Mouri fully put his skills to use. While driving, he gave Xu Yue a brief rundown of what they had discussed earlier.

Xu Yue said with a respectful expression, "Today, we'll mainly be relying on Famous Detective Mouri. I'm just here to learn from the experience."

Xu Yue had swiftly solved two cases in a row, each with clean and decisive methods. Being admired by such a young, capable, and wealthy junior, Kogoro Mouri's face was full of smiles.

But Conan, cradled in Xu Yue's arms, found it ridiculous and looked utterly unconvinced.

Then his face really was tugged apart, stretched into something like a Shiba Inu's...

"Doctor Ogawa, someone sent flowers again."

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