(づど)
A Mini Scientist looked at Jiang Xia, then at the call Jodie had made just now, and sank into deep thought.
Outside the window, three Mazdas drove into the courtyard one after another and came to the parking lot.
"They're here, they're here!" The three children of the Detective Boys huddled together, whispering at a volume Jiang Xia could not hear. "Now we'll definitely be able to catch the criminal soon!"
"Ayumi heard that person's roar, and if that guy's nerves are bad enough, he'll definitely start trembling the moment he sees Ayumi—when the time comes, all we have to do is see whose expression looks wrong, and we can immediately drag out the culprit and wrap up this case!"
"Mm!" Yoshida Ayumi imagined Jiang Xia knocking someone down. That illusory yet heavy sound of impact quickly washed the raincoat man's gloomy face from her memory.
She clenched her fist with great fighting spirit. "I'll definitely observe carefully and find the guy who gets scared by me!"
"It's better not to do that." Beside them, an opposing voice suddenly came out of nowhere, and Haibara Ai sighed.
"We know nothing about that villain. If we find him, but there isn't enough evidence to arrest him, have you thought about what would happen?
"He's very likely to bear a grudge against you because of what happened today, then secretly look for a chance to take revenge on you—that's a murderer who indiscriminately stabbed passersby. No matter what kind of actions he takes, it wouldn't be strange."
As she spoke, she could not help thinking of herself: revenge that might descend at some unknown moment, pairs of eyes staring at her, danger that existed around her at all times... Would something like Vermouth happen again later?
Although last night, she had