Professor Agasa was somewhat bewildered, but he still had the self-awareness of a tool man and nodded blankly.
Although Conan's head was full of question marks, as a first-grade elementary school student forced to hide his identity, his thoughts had no effect whatsoever on the itinerary.
It was already late, and the group stopped dwelling on Okiya Subaru's whereabouts.
They soon got into the car they had called and returned to the wealthy lady's Villa, planning to rest.
But before going to bed, Jiang Xia thought for a moment, put his coat back on, and headed out.
Conan was brushing his teeth when he suddenly noticed that Jiang Xia was going out again. He spat out the foam in his mouth in surprise. "Where are you going?"
Jiang Xia glanced from afar at Haibara Ai and Mouri Ran's room and lowered his voice. "I'm going to check out some bars. There are a few famous nightclubs here, so I... ahem, I'm going to inspect them in person."
Conan: "?"
Jiang Xia cleared his throat, a trace of the leisurely composure of a superior flashing through his eyes. "You can get into bars here at eighteen. Too bad you're only a seventeen-year-old brat, so I can't take you with me. Of course, you only look seven now, so there's even less chance you could sneak in—stay home and behave."
Then, before anyone else could notice him, he stood up and briskly crossed the corridor, leaving without a sound.
Conan silently stared at his retreating figure for several seconds before coming back to himself. "..." After looking at that sunny, righteous High School Detective who hated evil for so long, he had nearly forgotten that his neighbor, besides being a Detective, was secretly also a rebellious high school student who almost