Mrs. Tatsumi had originally thought Jiang Xia would not like that sort of environment, but the more she spoke, the brighter his eyes seemed to grow.
In the end, the Detective declared firmly, "I'll go with you—how can I abandon a client I've gone through life-and-death struggles with these past few days over something as trivial as phone reception?"
Hashimoto Maya nodded to himself. This lady still did not understand Jiang Xia well enough. This High School Detective had dared to secretly cross swords with Uzo for the sake of complete strangers. How could a mere old house stop him now? Even if Jiang Xia had not been interested before, he definitely had to go now.
As he was thinking that, Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, having nothing better to do, heard that Jiang Xia was going and immediately nodded along. "We've visited so many scenic spots that we're getting a little tired of them. It'd be nice to see an old house in its natural state for a change—if you don't mind, can we come too?"
Now that things had come to this, Mrs. Tatsumi could hardly turn her guests away, especially when one of them was the daughter of the Suzuki Conglomerate. She could only say, "Then I'll have to trouble you."
Hashimoto Maya looked at Suzuki Sonoko, then at Conan. "..."
What were you two going there for??
Could Uzo have meddled with this old house too? Then again, even an executive like Curacao had disguised herself as the Tatsumi Family's lawyer. No matter how he looked at it, this trip was not going to be peaceful.
The heart Hashimoto Maya had just managed to settle immediately rose back into his throat. He quietly took a step back and tried to curl up his tall frame, attempting