Previously, Okiya Subaru had suspected that Jiang Xia might be connected to this string of cases.
But now, after yielding to Uzo's terrifying scripts one after another and learning from Uzo the crucial information that "someone was deliberately leading Jiang Xia to Crime Scenes," Okiya Subaru looked back and suddenly realized—almost every time he encountered Jiang Xia and Jiang Xia encountered a case, that bespectacled first-grade elementary school student had been at the scene.
"..."
Once the fog had been pierced, the low presence that came with being a child was swiftly swept away. The Conan in Okiya Subaru's memories suddenly seemed to have been given an exceptionally conspicuous halo filter, outlining all sorts of abnormal behavior from the child at the scenes.
Okiya Subaru even clearly remembered that several times, Conan had very obviously encountered the case first, only for Jiang Xia to arrive afterward.
And now that he thought about it, as a child, Conan had an innate advantage in this mission—he could sneak into all sorts of places without being held legally accountable, then force Jiang Xia to go looking for him out of concern for his safety.
Before, he had not thought much of it, only believing that this child was as unlucky as Jiang Xia. But now...
This child had indeed already been influenced by Uzo, and deeply at that.
Okiya Subaru silently watched Conan by the roadside, scrutinizing the child's expression. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was exactly as he had suspected: no matter how he looked at it, that was not an expression an innocent child should have—why was Conan staring at Jiang Xia like that? Why was he so full of doubt? Could it be that he was already preparing for his next mission, pondering