When Jiang Xia heard Hattori Heiji ask, he pointed at Kaito Kuroba and introduced him amiably. "His name is Kaito Kuroba. He's a high school student who's... good at solving cases."
Kaito Kuroba nearly broke out in a cold sweat. "..." A threat! That was a blatant threat!
Hattori Heiji heard that and seemed to think of something. He looked at Kaito Kuroba with an "I understand you" expression. "So that's how it is."
When Kaito Kuroba met his gaze, a question mark slowly appeared above his head. Hattori Heiji's tone had sounded full of sympathy... What was that about? Was being a high school student good at solving cases somehow bad? Or, since Hattori Heiji himself was a High School Detective, did he think being a detective was exhausting?
"..." In any case, since Jiang Xia was going to travel with this detective and would have no time to plague innocent ghosts, Kaito Kuroba decided to make a low-key retreat.
—He was, after all, a Phantom Thief. Battling detectives in a battle of wits was certainly fun, but staying together for too long still made him uncomfortable.
"Then we'll be leaving first." Kaito Kuroba picked up his luggage, took Jii Konosuke with him, and politely bade them farewell.
Hattori Heiji turned to look at Jiang Xia and found that he was not trying to stop them. Instead, he even waved goodbye amicably. Hattori Heiji froze. What was going on? Didn't Jiang Xia love having other detectives around while solving cases? He was actually letting them go?
Could it be...
A terrible premonition suddenly surfaced in Hattori Heiji's heart.
He took two steps back. "In that case, I'll also—"
"Let's go together." Jiang Xia glanced at Suzuki Sonoko, then casually draped an arm over Hattori Heiji's shoulder as though they