Ito Misari: "..." She hadn't expected Jiang Xia to actually ask to come in. Hmph, even heaven was helping her...
She smiled sweetly at the two visitors. "Sure, Auntie happens to be free this afternoon~"
As she spoke, she courteously stepped aside and ushered Jiang Xia and Conan into the house.
The two detectives, one real and one perhaps not, entered the house with remarkably similar movements: they swept their eyes over the exquisitely furnished Detached House, their gazes lingering briefly on several suspicious-looking spots.
Taking advantage of the moment when neither of them was looking at her, Ito Misari lowered her head and rapidly composed an email.
—She dearly wanted to knock Jiang Xia out right away and send him upstairs to solve the puzzle. But Ito Misari remembered that, just a few minutes ago, there had been four of them.
Yet now, only two had returned... To be safe, she had to account for the movements of the other two as well.
Soon, Ito Misari had an idea.
—First, she would pretend to entertain Jiang Xia and Conan, slip some Sleeping Pills into their cups, and try to put them down peacefully.
If that did not work, she would try the Hypnotic Spray.
Then, if the other two were lying in wait outside, ready to rush in depending on the situation, she would have her underlings set up an ambush beforehand. Just like with those two Osaka high school students earlier, they would drag them inside.
The more Ito Misari thought about it, the more brilliant she found her plan.
"..." The only possible problem was that there were too many people to capture. The attic might get a little crowded.
Ito Misari: "..." But it was fine. Not a big issue.
After all, the only people