Rather than making up an excuse later for not opening the door and making the sharp Great Detective Jiang Xia suspect they were hiding something, it was better to greet him openly now.
"What are you two dawdling for?" Kurosawa Kazuma had long since stepped away from the door and was standing behind them.
Seeing that Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo still refused to move, he asked in a low, puzzled voice, "Didn't we say before that, to avoid being falsely accused, we should keep a detective with us whenever possible? Now a detective has come right to our door. Isn't that a good thing? What are you two panicking about?"
Inozuka Saburo froze. "..." Right, what am I panicking for? I haven't broken any laws yet. A detective is one of the friendly forces to me, a useful tool!
"..." Hashimoto Maya was always worried that Jiang Xia would bring Uzo here, but he did not dare reveal such detailed information to the other Peripheral Members, lest he be inexplicably silenced.
In the end, he could only take a deep breath. "...Then open the door."
Whether he stuck his neck out or pulled it back, the blade would fall all the same.
Unless they fled this place overnight, Jiang Xia would run into them sooner or later. Since that was the case, they might as well show themselves in the least suspicious way possible.
Hashimoto Maya: "..." If he remembered correctly, Jiang Xia had already been testing him during Inozuka Jiro's case. He absolutely could not let his guard down just because Jiang Xia was a good person. That would only leave more openings for this Great Detective to exploit—though Jiang Xia would not kill anyone, things would become troublesome if he saw through Hashimoto Maya's identity.
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