Conan, who had nearly succeeded in sneaking out: "..."
...Damn cops. Compared to them, Officer Takagi was much easier to fool.
But never mind. He still had Plan B.
The Fake Elementary School Student put on an obedient fake smile and watched the group leave.
Once everyone disappeared from view, Conan chuckled, put back on the coat he had taken off earlier, and looked at the dog crouching nearby. "Saburo, let's go!"
"I'm not some helpless real child." Conan pushed up his glasses, a cold glint flashing across the lenses with a crack. When I went to Hawaii with Dad as a kid, there wasn't a blizzard, but I still learned a bit about wilderness survival...
When it came to finding people, he was sure he could be of help.
—Besides, even if he couldn't find the person himself, wasn't there a dog beside him that excelled at finding people?
If it could dig up a corpse that had been buried in snow for a week, finding a living person should be even faster.
Thinking this, Conan confidently led the dog out the door.
Then, in the very next second, he suddenly lifted off the ground as a hand grabbed him from the side.
Conan: "?!"
Could Officer Shiratori, who wouldn't let children leave the house, actually know how to double back??
The fake child's heart skipped a beat. He turned his head, only to meet a reassuring face.
"Jiang Xia?" Conan let out a heavy sigh of relief. "You scared me to death..."
Jiang Xia set him down and wrapped his Scarf tighter around himself. "I knew you wouldn't stay in the house obediently—such a huge blizzard, aren't you afraid the wind will blow you away?"
"How could the wind blow me away? I'm not a dandelion." Conan stood