"Sure, I was thinking the same thing!"
Suzuki Sonoko immediately abandoned her previous idea and nodded in agreement. "The scenery won't change, but a Blind Box could contain anything. Come on, let's go see what kind of novel performance they've got there!"
Murder cases were indeed a little scary, but wasn't Jiang Xia right there? Detectives were naturally good at dealing with that sort of thing. No problem, no problem.
The others did not particularly care where they went, and they quickly reached an agreement. They would go to the airport to pick up their luggage, store it at their lodging, then take a taxi to the venue.
After the taxi carried the group away.
Someone in a roadside café looked up, noted down the license plate number, and walked out.
Okiya Subaru had not eaten lunch yet, but he had no time for it now. He could only buy a pizza, fold it up like a pie wrap, put it in a bag, and hold it in his hand as he took bites.
He gazed thoughtfully in the direction the group had gone. "..." Before, it had only been a guess, but now that he had observed them, he realized Conan really was trying to control the group's itinerary.
As a child, Conan had a natural advantage in this regard. Children were already prone to changing their minds on a whim, so suddenly wanting to go somewhere would not seem suspicious. And when necessary, he could use his ultimate move—throwing a tantrum.
Jiang Xia, meanwhile, was easygoing most of the time. After being fussed at like that, he would naturally follow along good-naturedly.
"Uzo... cough, Lord Uzo's choice of subordinates is truly ingenious. If I hadn't obtained outside intelligence, I probably wouldn't have believed that Conan was the piece