Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko froze for a moment, sensing that something was off. "You went into Teacher Kaibe's room? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Jiang Xia nodded in deep agreement.
Conan: "..." What are you nodding for? You were clearly the first one to go in!
He took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "That's not the important part. The important part is that we found something."
He briefly explained the map and Toolbox they had seen. As Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko listened, his expression changed.
At last, this teacher's pet had no mind left for respecting his teacher. The terror of the unknown made him want nothing more than to quickly find a visible, tangible culprit. Soon, all sorts of clues seemed to form a clear thread in his mind. Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko let out a heavy breath. "I understand. I understand everything now!"
He paced anxiously in place. "Teacher Kaibe must be the B&B Vandal! The map and Toolbox in his bag are the evidence! The villas crossed out on the map are all prey he had his eye on.
"To come here openly, he used leading a training trip as an excuse and brought us here. But while committing his crimes, some students happened to discover his evil deeds. So he decided to go all the way and include those innocent students among the people he intended to harm!"
The more Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko spoke, the more agitated he became. "No, judging from what happened with the Ragdoll Cat, Teacher Kaibe had planned to target us from the beginning. That script adapted from And Then There Were None is the embodiment of his sinister scheme! He... he actually betrayed my trust and deceived my feelings!"
Conan sighed. "In theory, that's right, but something still feels strange..."
Would an adult really need to