Kisaki Eri looked at Kudo Yukiko in surprise and instinctively asked Jiang Xia, "She can actually speak the dialect from there? Could Yukiko's hometown be in Kochi Prefecture? How come I've never heard about that?"
Jiang Xia said, "I've never heard about it either."
"..." Kisaki Eri slapped her forehead. Right, it had all happened decades ago. Why was she asking a teenager?
Conan, on the other hand, knew all about it. During a pause in his phone call with Hattori Heiji, he chimed in, "Her hometown isn't in Kochi Prefecture. She just played a character whose hometown was there when she was an actress, so she learned the local dialect—she's practically a genius when it comes to languages..."
As he spoke, Conan belatedly realized something and hurriedly added the source of his information: "I heard it from one of her fans!"
Jiang Xia glanced at Kudo Yukiko. A talent for languages?
This neighbor lady really did have a talent for languages, but she seemed to be a little lacking when it came to changing her voice. Back then, Kudo Yukiko and Vermouth had studied under Kuroba Toichi, learning the Disguise Technique together. Later, Vermouth had become effortlessly adept at everything from changing her face to changing her voice, while Kudo Yukiko had struggled to imitate other people's voices. Fortunately, she had picked up a few tricks in disguise, enough to barely come in handy at crucial moments.
As he was thinking, Kudo Yukiko chatted animatedly with the gardener in an incomprehensible dialect for a while. Then she returned with her chin raised, bouncing along as she said, "Little Jiang Xia! Guess what I found out?"
Jiang Xia had been lost in thought. Hearing someone ask him a question, he instinctively replied, "The gardener heard the window shatter first, then