The name on the business card read "Saganuma Noboru."
Haibara Ai rubbed her chin and whispered, "'Sagi,' 'Ootaka,' 'Madori,' and that long-haired woman seems to be called 'Chizuru'... Why do all their names have something to do with birds?"
Jiang Xia lowered his voice as well and idly muttered to her, "Maybe it's fate. But in my experience, people whose names come in sets like this, and who like to gather in groups of three or four, are very prone to getting into trouble.
"By that logic, I should be especially careful whenever I meet people with 'spring,' 'autumn,' or 'winter' in their names. And you should stay alert around people whose names contain colors, since yours has 'gray' in it."
Haibara Ai: "!"
Though it sounded rather superstitious, as Jiang Xia's words fell, the name "Kurosawa Jin" flashed through her mind—Gin's real name.
Right after that, she thought of another person who had caused her endless misery.
Akai Shuichi.
—"Akai" was also a color.
Haibara Ai: "..." Jiang Xia's casually summarized rule somehow seemed, somehow seemed very accurate!
Although she felt that, as a mature scientist, she ought not to indulge in superstition.
Haibara Ai still, in the spirit of better safe than sorry, could not help seriously filling in the gaps in Jiang Xia's theory. "Besides spring, autumn, and winter, your 'Jiang' can actually be paired with things like 'lake' and 'sea.' Oh, and the 'zawa' in Kurosawa too! That's important, so don't let your guard down."
While the two exchanged utterly useless bits of experience.
Nearby, the silent british passenger glanced at the male photographer and suddenly said something.
The male photographer looked at him in confusion. "What did you say? My English isn't very good. Speak slower."
Jiang Xia came back to himself, put away