Amuro Tooru followed Conan's gaze and found that it really was so. Looking at the assortment of Remote Controls, he said, "You sure know a lot of things."
Conan replied expertly, "Brother Jiang Xia taught me."
Amuro Tooru: "..." Did Jiang Xia teach you your stalking skills too? No, that can't be right. Jiang Xia usually doesn't seem this sneaky.
But no matter how strange Conan was, he was still just a harmless child. Compared to that...
Amuro Tooru adjusted his footing and quickly refocused on this suspicious commission.
He looked around. Besides the Videotapes and Remote Controls, the floor of the room was also neatly lined with movie promotional Posters—it seemed this client really was a hardcore movie enthusiast.
Just as he was thinking that, the doorbell suddenly chimed.
—Another guest had arrived.
Amuro Tooru instinctively looked at Conan. If he remembered correctly, this kid usually did not act alone. "Are your friends here too?"
Conan looked bewildered. "Probably not."
He had been playing with the Detective Boys earlier. If he had been doing something else, those kids might indeed have followed along to join the excitement... but today, he had come to find Jiang Xia. It was already good enough if those children did not run away at full speed. Why would they voluntarily come knocking to be good little kids?
Jiang Xia headed toward the door. "We'll know if we take a look."
Under the mildly curious gazes of the three of them, Hoda Hideo went to the entryway and opened the door.
Conan and Amuro Tooru curiously peeked out from the side, only to find that the visitor was indeed not one of the Detective Boys, but a Fat Woman wearing an expensive mink coat, her face full of impatience.
The moment the door opened, she