They had originally planned to go out and have fun, but in the end, they happily solved a case instead.
...In any case, the purpose of the group outing had been achieved. Before long, everyone headed home, each with different feelings.
Suzuki Sonoko went to sleep without a care in the world, while "Dr. Araide" and Teacher Jodie each contemplated their plans for the future.
Akai Shuichi, who had not entered the venue but had watched the entire incident from afar, wore headphones as he repeatedly reviewed today's case. He tried to connect it with the incident where he had encountered Uzo not long ago, pondering that executive's true intentions.
Meanwhile, at the Mouri Detective Agency.
Mouri Ran sent Conan off to wash up.
Once Conan had changed into his pajamas and was brushing his teeth in the bathroom with Mouri Kogoro, she secretly spread out Conan's jacket and carefully searched through it.
"No Listening Device..." Mouri Ran frowned. "Then how did Teacher Jodie know there had been a Murder Case involving Conan and Jiang Xia? And why did she pretend not to know after learning about it?"
The more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed. After hesitating for a moment, Mouri Ran tossed out, "I'm heading out for a bit—I'll be right back!" Then, before the other two could react, she hurried downstairs.
She crossed several streets and soon ran to a house with a nameplate reading "Jiang Xia." She rang the doorbell, but although it chimed for quite a while, no one came to answer.
"Could it be..." Mouri Ran's expression turned grave. She could not help recalling Sonoko's complaints about Teacher Jodie back when she had first arrived in Tokyo, before she had become familiar with Ran and Sonoko. Sonoko had seemed to say something