Suzuki Sonoko had asked them to leave early for a reason.
—This well-connected rich young lady had already packed their entire afternoon full with a perfectly arranged itinerary.
"Aunt Hoya... Could that be Hoya Eiko, the legendary designer at the very top of her field?"
Mouri Ran froze for a moment, then her fan radar abruptly activated, and her lovely almond-shaped eyes began to sparkle again.
Only after a moment did she notice the "photos" Suzuki Sonoko had mentioned. She could not help feeling a little shy. "Getting to be a model for my idol feels just like a dream."
Conan: "..." You really have way too many idols...
But on second thought, they were all elderly ladies anyway. If she wanted to be a fan, she could go ahead... He yawned disinterestedly, stopped paying attention to them, and began looking around instead.
The moment he looked up, he saw Jiang Xia staring intently in a certain direction, as though he had spotted something interesting.
Curious, Conan followed his gaze.
A familiar-looking patch of light-colored hair soon entered his field of vision.
A few minutes earlier.
Okiya Subaru got off at Nishitama North Station.
He walked out of the station, looked up at the highly conspicuous Twin Towers of Nishitama City, then turned his gaze toward the high-rise across from them.
Then he followed the pedestrian street toward his destination, the Nishitama City Municipal Building.
Okiya Subaru had been lucky—just a few days ago, after deciding to take a look around this building, he had gone to an academic society meeting the next day and overheard two elderly female teachers in the back row discussing a Cooking Classroom.
And that classroom happened to be inside the Nishitama City Municipal Building.
Relying on his slightly-above-average approachability, Okiya Subaru shamelessly joined