They had only been watching for a short while when a burst of noisy footsteps echoed down the long, empty corridor—someone seemed to be approaching, and judging by the sound, there was more than one person.
Okiya Subaru: "!"
Conan also froze, turning warily toward the door. Fortunately, as a sharp-minded detective, he had considered this situation when they came in and had already thought of where they could hide.
Hearing the people draw closer, he hurriedly pointed at the human-sawing prop box beside them and looked at Jiang Xia.
"Kids are easier to hide. Haibara and I can just crouch somewhere, but you'll be easy to spot. Get inside, quick—I'll close the lid for you! Mr. Okiya is one of them. It's perfectly normal for him to be fixing things in the Prop Room, so it won't matter if he's found."
Okiya Subaru: "..." It matters to me, it matters! I'm not familiar with them. They specifically warned me not to come here alone and steal secrets. What if they decide to knife me...
But Jiang Xia had come to help, so he could hardly fight him for a hiding place. He could only look around, planning to find somewhere else to hide.
Then Jiang Xia suddenly walked toward him.
Under Okiya Subaru's puzzled gaze, he shoved him into the box and said to Conan, "Mr. Okiya seems to be doing temporary work here. They probably wouldn't let him move freely in a secret place like the Prop Room, so he'd better hide too."
Then he looked at Okiya Subaru. "I'll go somewhere else. Hide well in there."
Before Okiya Subaru could react, Jiang Xia looked up at the ceiling, which was braced with various supports. He climbed up a tall prop, grabbed the exposed steel bars overhead, and