"Packed?" Conan froze for a moment. "I haven't heard about anything lately..."
Hmm? No, that wasn't right.
Thinking carefully, there really had been a major incident recently—on the night of the full moon, hadn't a huge number of police officers mobilized to solve who knew how many Murder Cases at once, while also trying to arrest some outlaws who had opened fire in the streets?
"But were that many officers really injured? They should have only surrounded a few other outlaws, right?" Conan rubbed his chin in confusion. "Or did the Black Organization, or some other organization, brazenly attack a whole bunch of police officers somewhere I didn't see?... Tch, those people are completely lawless. Sooner or later, I'll send every last one of them behind bars!"
As the Mini Detective silently pondered, he obediently followed the three adults off the bus at a stop near the hospital, like a first-grade elementary school student.
"Whose Ward should we visit first?" Suzuki Sonoko sorted the gifts they had brought. "These are for Teacher Jodie, and these are for the Inspector... Let's find the Inspector first! I brought him quite a lot of fruit, and it's heavy to carry."
Jiang Xia had no objection to the order. While sending two Ghosts upstairs ahead of them to visit the FBI agents, he followed Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko around the corner toward Inspector Megure's Ward.
They had barely passed through the corridor when two figures appeared ahead—one was exceptionally familiar, while the other was as towering and robust as a Monster.
Mouri Ran, who feared Ghosts, jumped in fright. Then she recognized them. "Dad? Superintendent Matsumoto?"
"Hm?" Superintendent Matsumoto turned around and saw several familiar faces. The next instant, his cold, Zombie-like face softened at once.
He strode over. "Brother Jiang Xia!