A Fake Lawyer rationally ignored the high school girl's nonsense and calmly continued what he had been saying before being interrupted. "So I thought Jiang Xia might have guessed some clues about the case but wasn't certain, which was why she wanted to go out and investigate alone.
"After all, I'm a lawyer. I know how important evidence collection is, so I didn't think too much about it and followed her with my phone.
"But detectives often rely on sudden flashes of insight to solve cases. I was worried that my presence would disrupt Jiang Xia's train of thought, so I could only follow from a distance without getting close."
In an instant, the bizarre scene described by the bearded robber—"a female ghost wandering around the woods taking pictures"—had gained a reasonable explanation.
Officer Sato looked at her, then at Calvados, and thought of Mr. Yamada and Mr. George. She could not help nodding in admiration. "The friends Jiang Xia makes really are all warmhearted good people."
Conan's eye twitched. "..." He had once thought Officer Sato was one of the smarter police officers, but now it seemed she really was a little slow—what friends, what good people? They were nothing but a pack of outlaws pretending to be good people in order to fool the High School Detective.
He really wanted to loudly expose these people's true colors... Yet in the end, as a wronged ghost who should have died at the organization's hands, the miniature elementary school student could only take a deep breath, abandon any action that might draw their attention, and stand quietly where he was.
No matter what, the missing Miss Shirai had finally been found.
That meant there was only one person whose whereabouts remained unknown.
"Where's the other hunter?"
Calvados was very