Conan was a little surprised. He hadn't expected Ran to share the same thought as him and also suspect Akai Shuichi.
Then, belatedly realizing something, he shot upright. "Where did Akai Shuichi go?!"
Jiang Xia slowly looked left, then right. "Maybe he went back to his room to sleep."
Conan rushed out. "I'll go look!"
Ran tried to grab him, but the fake child had already darted around the corner.
The high school girl withdrew her hand and blinked blankly, feeling as though she had done something wrong. "I was just saying it casually. Conan wouldn't really think Mr. Akai is the murderer, would he?"
Jiang Xia reassured her that it was no big deal. "Being good at suspicion is also a quality a detective should have. You weren't wrong just now—and Mr. Akai is a mature adult. He probably won't hold it against a child."
As he spoke, he headed in the direction Conan had gone. "I'll bring Conan back. You all go back to your rooms and rest first."
Mouri Kogoro rolled up his sleeves. "I'll look too." Once he caught that brat, he was definitely going to beat a huge bump onto his head—there was still a murderer lurking nearby, yet the kid dared run around like the Hotta Family members. He was practically tired of living.
After splitting up, Jiang Xia did not focus on finding Conan. Instead, he left plenty of space for the two Silver Bullets to properly run into each other... properly communicate.
He wandered around by himself for a while. Only after Mouri Kogoro caught the brat did he yawn and return to his room, intending to sleep.
After lying down, Jiang Xia habitually counted the Ghosts around him. One, two, three, four, five...
Other than Matsuda Jinpei, the Mermaid, and