Jiang Xia: "?"
After Conan finished speaking, he turned to run off and gather material.
But the moment he turned around, he suddenly saw someone behind him—Haibara Ai stood silently at his back, her gaze dark and eerie. Who knew how long she had been there?
Judging by how close she was, she had most likely overheard part of their conversation.
"!" The thought that Haibara Ai's elementary school student body actually housed a woman nearly grown up, combined with the topic he had just been discussing with Jiang Xia...
Conan immediately felt awkward and forced himself to stay calm. "Um, you misunderstand. We were just having a scientific discussion..."
Haibara Ai glared at him as though she wanted to eat him alive. "Pervert!"
It would have been bad enough if he were a pervert himself, but he actually wanted to drag Jiang Xia into such a strange field too. It was utterly outrageous... The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She could not help but land a duang punch on Conan's head.
Jiang Xia stared blankly. "..." It was one thing when Uncle Mouri smacked Conan on the head before he could stop him, but why could he not see Haibara Ai, a frail little girl, moving fast enough to hit Conan either?
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia suddenly reached out and gave Conan's head a solid thump as well.
Conan: "???"
Jiang Xia thoughtfully looked at his hand. It felt pretty good, and the whole motion had been remarkably smooth. No wonder everyone liked hitting Conan on the head.
Come to think of it, Gin had once hit Kudo Shinichi on the head too—could it be that when he brought down a stick, Gin had also found it refreshing? Was that why he