Mouri Ran shook her head. Unconsciously imitating Jiang Xia, she made a detective-like deduction:
"Although it was a Murder Case, you didn't describe the process in detail. In other words, Teacher Jodie probably wasn't scared of the story itself. After hearing about it, she must have been reminded of her past experiences getting caught up in cases and remembered the terrifying corpses she encountered back then."
Suzuki Sonoko's eye twitched. She found it hard to understand. "She's way too fragile. I've been through so many cases since I was little, and I've never felt scared."
Mouri Ran vaguely felt the same way. She hadn't expected Teacher Jodie, who seemed so strong and outgoing, to have the soul of a little girl afraid of Murder Cases hidden inside her... Still, Teacher Jodie was their foreign-language teacher after all, so it wasn't right for students to keep gossiping about her behind her back.
After thinking for a moment, Mouri Ran changed the subject. "Let's go look around Tohto Building tonight. I heard they're holding a prize draw there—our ingredients at home are almost gone anyway, so we can stock up. Maybe we'll even win a nice prize."
Suzuki Sonoko nodded and began considering what to bring when they went out. With Ran's luck... maybe they would be heading out on another trip soon.
After school that evening, the two girls happily headed to the commercial building together to shop.
Meanwhile, on Theater Island.
One organization member tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Hashimoto Maya, who had wanted to go to bed early to fix his body clock, rolled around for a long while before finally springing upright like a carp. "No, I really can't go with her!"
With Uzo's reply, the trip to Hokkaido had become inevitable.
And that raised many