"After dropping Shinichi off, I'll abandon this car, then take a detour home and pretend nothing happened..."
Professor Agasa nervously drove as he reviewed the plan.
He was hurrying along with his head down when, suddenly, a car shot out from the fork ahead and blocked the intersection.
Professor Agasa: "?!"
Alerted, he slammed on the brake and shifted into reverse. But just then, another sound came from behind—a second car shot out and blocked his retreat.
Professor Agasa: "..."
Staring at the two identical cars, the elderly man who had been surrounded fell into a daze.
Meanwhile.
Another car that was also hurrying back from Gunma Prefecture finally made it back to Tokyo despite all the pressure.
Once they reached Beika Town, Jiang Xia turned to Haibara Ai and Okiya Subaru. "You two get out here. I'm going to find Conan and the others."
He tapped the spare pair of plain glasses on his nose. "They went somewhere pretty remote. I need to go check on them."
At those words, Okiya Subaru tentatively placed a hand on the door handle.
After waiting a few seconds and finding that the phone in his pocket remained quiet, he felt as if he had been pardoned. Suppressing his urge to leap from the car in delight, he calmly said, "Then be careful."
Haibara Ai looked at the two people in the car, then at Jiang Xia. After hesitating for a moment, she gave him a look that said, "Watch your limits, don't break the law, but don't let them catch you off guard either."
It was a bit complicated. Jiang Xia did not understand it, but it was not a big problem. Whatever she meant, he could just nod first.
Soon, the car came to a stop with a squeal.
Haibara