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After Akai Shuichi finished discussing matters, he soon took his leave—there was no need to tell Okiya Subaru about his speculations regarding Jiang Xia. Okiya would be leaving soon anyway. Knowing too much would only make him less safe.
After Akai Shuichi left, the clouds in the sky finally gathered into rain.
Under the expectant gazes of certain people, the rain fell harder and harder.
Elsewhere.
At a café in Beika Town, several high school students had already left.
Jiang Xia entered his home, dried his slightly rain-soaked hair, and sneezed.
—It did not feel like he was about to catch a cold. Still, he somehow felt that someone was talking about him.
"..." Jiang Xia pondered for a moment and reached a baseless conclusion: perhaps Okiya Subaru was hiding somewhere and secretly cursing Uzo.
Of course, Vodka could not be ruled out either.
The last time Eating Cat went out with Gin, it found a Safe House and some routes Gin occasionally used.
This time, after carrying the package around for more than a day, it successfully deployed those pairs of glasses. All that remained was to wait for the right moment to pull the True Wines into the game.
Eating Cat's work came to a temporary end.
But by midnight, the cat became busy again.
Jiang Xia lay in bed, listening to the rain outside the window as he carried out the most basic deduction.
—If it did not rain, Conan would go on his outing.
And the Teru Teru Bozu Mouri Ran had hung outside would likely make it stop raining tomorrow, so Conan would not go out to investigate cases with them.
Jiang Xia: "..." That Teru Teru Bozu had done too much. Time to silence it.
He yawned and let several Shikigami