Jiang Xia: "..." Conan and the others had almost zero tolerance for murder cases. Whenever they encountered one, they were determined to bring the killer to justice. But they were far less strict about other violations.
—Like right now: Kudo Shinichi was illegally racing on a skateboard, while Hattori Heiji was illegally speeding on a Motorcycle.
In that case, illegally street racing Leopard probably wasn't such a big deal.
...But he would let it go this time. Osaka was, after all, unfamiliar territory, and it wouldn't be good to introduce any strange new tools here. He could wait until he was back in Tokyo.
The enlarged Eating Cat carried Jiang Xia as it raced through the city's shadows, quickly arriving near the warehouse.
Jiang Xia looked up at the building that held Inspector Nakamori and the "Memory Egg," but paid it no attention. He passed straight by and headed toward the River Bend.
Once he got close, he found a suitable spot nearby, casually tossed down his real body, posed it with its chin propped on one hand in thought, then transferred his consciousness into the puppet.
The farther his real body was when he controlled a puppet, the more Killing Intent it consumed.
Parking himself somewhere nearby saved quite a bit of Killing Intent.
As Jiang Xia prepared to pick up the "Memory Egg."
Beside the warehouse he had just passed.
Kid rode the wind down onto the rooftop.
The instant he landed, the Hang Glider behind him softened and reverted into a supple cape. Freed of the Hang Glider's enormous drag, Kid straightened up and ran along the rooftop past a billboard toward the Rooftop Terrace, quickly vanishing from sight.
Downstairs.
The two street-racing Detectives finally arrived as well.
They looked up just in time to