Hearing Jiang Xia's plan, Kaito Kuroba fell silent for a moment. "..." Aren't you afraid that, while you chase him, Mist Tengu's true nature will awaken and he'll bundle you all up and hang you from a tree branch?
Come to think of it, Yokai Brother actually obeyed this Detective's plan without question and came running over to serve as some kind of Plan B... Suspicious. Extremely suspicious!
Kaito Kuroba: "..." Right, there was also that Black Panther that had bared its bloody jaws at him, yet acted all fawning around Jiang Xia... Could Jiang Xia actually be some kind of Evil Spirit Mage who could control innocent yokai? ...Next time, he had to ask Mist Tengu.
Unfortunately, he had to admit that judging from Jiang Xia's current attitude, he didn't seem like that much of a lunatic.
Time was growing tight, and he couldn't keep letting his imagination run wild.
Kaito Kuroba reluctantly moved away from the door.
At the same time, he glanced at Jiang Xia and hesitated. "Um, thanks for helping tonight... But don't do anything weird to Aoko."
Jiang Xia's steps stalled slightly.
Kaito Kuroba caught the glimpse of it. After a brief daze, he was instantly alarmed. "...What are you planning to do??"
But Jiang Xia had already returned to normal, as though that pause had merely been an illusion.
He raised a hand and patted Kaito Kuroba's shoulder. "I just suddenly thought of something else—All right, you're too tense. Go do your job without worry. It's not like I'm a bad person."
Kaito Kuroba: "...?" Really? He didn't believe that.
But it was already too late not to believe him.
—Perhaps because they had delayed too long, the outer door was knocked twice, followed by Nakamori Aoko's hesitant voice: "Kaito?"
"I'm heading out