"Actually, it's about Teacher Jodie." Mouri Ran lowered her head, nudging a small pebble on the ground with the tip of her shoe as she hesitated. "During that boxing match, didn't you and Conan go to the restroom backstage and then run into a Murder Case? Around that time, Teacher Jodie suddenly stood up in the arena, and her expression became a little strange... She looked very much like she did whenever she saw a Murder Case before."
"Then she suddenly said she needed to go to the restroom. We went backstage with her, and then we saw that a Murder Case had happened there..."
Jiang Xia understood and nodded. "Because Teacher Jodie knew there was a Murder Case backstage, but didn't say so directly. Instead, she used going to the restroom as an excuse to hurry to the crime scene... So you suspect there's something wrong with her source of information? That she might have planted listening devices on us?"
Mouri Ran sighed in relief and nodded. Having a Detective friend was wonderful. Before she had even sorted out what she wanted to say, he had already guessed it all.
In that case, Jiang Xia would surely be able to guess why Teacher Jodie had been acting strangely too.
The unease Mouri Ran had been holding onto all night gradually faded a little. She looked at Jiang Xia expectantly, hoping to hear something like, "You misunderstood."
Unfortunately, Jiang Xia did not immediately say that Teacher Jodie was innocent.
The Great Detective merely thought seriously for a moment, then said objectively, "Teacher Jodie is indeed strange in some ways. She definitely has quite a few secrets."
"..." Mouri Ran's heart skipped a beat.
There was no questioning the reliability of Jiang Xia's words. Could Teacher Jodie really...
Jiang Xia said,