After saying that, Jiang Xia looked at Hashimoto Maya, who was being held by several children, and smiled. "Just a little joke—you seem to have been busy lately. Why haven't you come to work for so long?"
For some reason, Hashimoto Maya felt a chill run through him upon hearing that. Instinctively, he explained, "Something suddenly came up that I couldn't get away from. I'll come back as soon as I've dealt with it."
Jiang Xia seemed taken aback, then said considerately, "Of course, you should deal with your own affairs first if something came up. I'm not actually that short-handed here, so you don't need to be so tense."
Hashimoto Maya came back to himself. "..." It must be because Uzo has been haunting Jiang Xia's side all this time that seeing Jiang Xia now makes me think of Uzo and feel that terrifying pressure... This must be Uzo's attempt to drive a wedge between us. I can't fall for it! Even if my body can no longer escape, my mind must remain free!
Jiang Xia looked at his slightly changing expression and the killing intent that had suddenly weakened around him, then fell silent for a moment. "..." Why wasn't this quite the reaction he had imagined?
His underling's thoughts were too hard to fathom, so Jiang Xia simply stopped bothering with him and looked at Conan. "What happened?"
Conan said, "A..."
He had originally wanted to say, "A small request," but after looking at Hashimoto Maya, then at Jiang Xia, who had come after receiving an anonymous email, Conan briefly fell into thought. Could he have gotten it wrong? Was this not a simple misunderstanding, but a case with hidden circumstances behind it?
No matter what, since they were already here, it was worth looking into.