The seasoned Spirit Medium steadied himself, then picked up the New Ghost. "So where exactly did you drift here from?"
The Snow Woman tried hard to remember, raising a hand to gesture: somewhere with lots of snow.
Jiang Xia nodded and waited for more.
...Then he realized there was no more.
—This Ghost, who had traveled through quite a few places, had long forgotten where she had set out from. She could not even remember everywhere she had been.
"..."
One human and one Ghost stared silently at each other for a long while. At last, Jiang Xia sighed and looked away.
...Forget it. He had already secured the Ghost, and signing the Contract was only a matter of time. Waiting another day or two made no difference.
As long as he took Conan and the Snow Woman to places with plenty of snow, the miraculous Fake Elementary School Student would surely solve the problem soon enough.
Thinking Like This, Jiang Xia turned to look at the Mini Classmate beside him, his gaze filled with high expectations.
Conan froze, then hurriedly flipped through the roster even more diligently. There was no mistake—there had to be something wrong among these missing people!
Unfortunately, by the time the old woman called them to eat, Conan still had not caught even a whiff of murder from the roster.
The adults nearby did not notice what the first-grader had been doing. Since the immediate matter had been resolved, they naturally began discussing their next plans. "Where should we go after this?"
Officer Sato leaned wearily against the sofa and stretched. "Didn't we come all this way to Fuyudo Villa to make chocolate? Since we've already accomplished that, shouldn't we go home now?"
—Compared with this exhausting trip, she wanted to hurry back, curl