After listening to Dark-skinned Guy's explanation, Conan fell silent for a moment. "..." Although it did make sense, this didn't seem to be the ordinary inside story he had wanted to hear... Couldn't he say something more useful?
Having apparently met more worldly people, Jiang Xia remained very calm in the face of Dark-skinned Guy's expectation-defying answer. "I see."
Seeing that he actually did not press further, Conan felt somewhat unwilling to let it go.
After thinking it over, the Fake Elementary School Student suddenly found an important angle. "It sounds like that girl had a bright future and wasn't under much academic pressure. Why did she suddenly jump off a building?"
"Because there was an accident."
A voice came from nearby, answering his question in place of Dark-skinned Guy, who did not know the inside story.
Jiang Xia looked up and saw Matsuzaki Masahiko walking over. He casually greeted the fiancé. "Mr. Matsuzaki? Weren't you rehearsing the play?"
Matsuzaki Masahiko scratched his head with a bitter smile. "They said I was affecting Koharu's performance, so they had the School Hunk from Kuwa-ki High School take my place as the monster."
Seeing that a knowledgeable person had finally arrived, Conan hurriedly steered the conversation back. He had a very bad feeling about this and only wanted to learn more as quickly as possible. "Big Brother, you mentioned an 'accident.' What exactly happened?"
Listening to his drawn-out, childish voice, Vermouth's expression grew complicated. "..." A perfectly fine High School Detective had been forced into this ghostly state by the Organization's drug... No wonder Uzo always liked pulling Cool Guy into his scripts for fun. That little bastard must have been enjoying the spectacle immensely.
She glanced at Jiang Xia from the corner of her eye, but could not read anything from