"..." Conan's expression changed several times as he listened to Jiang Xia. Aside from the Black Organization, so many suspicious-sounding organizations had actually extended olive branches to Jiang Xia?
Good thing they didn't know how to name themselves. If they'd picked names like "Shadow Group" or "Justice League," they might really have managed to trick someone into joining them... Damn it, adult society was just too dark.
Conan's thoughts wandered off track for a second.
Then he abruptly came to his senses. No, that wasn't the point! The point was that the Black Organization still hadn't invited Jiang Xia...
Of course, he didn't think it was some kind of "awakening of conscience."
On the contrary, there were only four words in Conan's mind.
—They wanted something big.
As he was thinking, Jiang Xia suddenly looked at him and hesitated. "Come to think of it, I've always felt like you don't really like Mr. Yamada."
"..." Conan wanted to speak but stopped himself. Of course not. Who would like the accomplice of a vicious criminal who'd knocked him out and forced poison down his throat...?
What's more, if he remembered correctly, when Gin had wanted to silence "Kudo Shinichi" with APTX4869, Vodka had suggested, "Why not just shoot him?" Gin had rejected the idea only because gunshots would make too much noise. If they'd really done as Vodka suggested...
Thinking back to that scene, Conan couldn't help feeling that he'd been incredibly lucky to survive.
But Jiang Xia's words gave him a flash of inspiration, and he suddenly thought of something.
—Back when they had run into Gin on the train and discovered that Gin seemed unusually interested in Jiang Xia, Conan had struck first. With a mixture of truths and lies about Gin's "evil deeds," he had made Jiang Xia,