After warning Kudo Shinichi, Haibara Ai turned and went back next door.
Seeing her hesitant expression, Jiang Xia reassured her, "Don't worry. We'll stay nearby. If there are any signs of danger, I'll knock him out and drag him away immediately. How does that sound?"
Thinking of Jiang Xia's efficiency at knocking people out, Haibara finally felt a Sense of Security. She nodded solemnly. "Then I'll leave it to you."
Around mealtime, Mouri Ran examined her phone suspiciously as she headed toward the Kudo Residence.
First, he had appeared in the Stage Play as the male lead. Then, when a baffling case had unfolded right before him, he had run off without a trace. Not long afterward, he had suddenly messaged her to invite her to dinner...
"Something's off. Very off." Mouri Ran rubbed her chin. "Leaving everything else aside, why hadn't he shown up when the case happened just now? That guy should never be able to resist the temptation to solve a case... Wait, I remember Teacher Jodie hadn't been there during that time either..."
The high school girl who had learned deduction flexed her fingers as she walked, and her slender knuckles occasionally made a bone-chilling cracking sound.
At the residence beside the sidewalk.
Jiang Xia and Haibara Ai hid behind the curtains, silently watching her pass by.
Once Mouri Ran disappeared from sight, the two exchanged a glance. Haibara whispered, "There... shouldn't be any problems, right?"
Jiang Xia thought seriously for a while. "Ran should know her limits."
Haibara Ai: "..." Really? But she had already crushed one of the tiles by the door.
The two were rigorously analyzing their neighbor's current condition when a loud thud suddenly came from next door.
"..."
Haibara took out her phone and began wondering whether she should call