"Don't move! Nobody move!"
Jirokichi suddenly spread his arms and stared at the ground as he shouted.
Inspector Nakamori jumped, following his gaze to the floor as a bad feeling surged through him. "Don't tell me you set up some kind of pressure-triggered trap here—and it's been activated!"
"What?!" Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran immediately froze as well. They had watched Kid capture scenes before and knew that there were sometimes terrifying traps on the ground—easy for Kid to avoid, but fatal to ordinary people the moment they touched them.
As the atmosphere shifted, Haibara Ai instinctively wanted to move closer to Jiang Xia. But remembering Jirokichi's shout of "Don't move," she hesitated and stopped, merely turning her gaze in that direction.
Then she saw Jiang Xia lower his head, looking at something bright by his feet.
"This is..." Haibara Ai recognized it. "A Contact Lens?"
Outside the room, Lupin, who had been wandering around with them, also spotted the tiny lens.
When he saw Jiang Xia suddenly step toward it, Lupin was startled. Barking wildly, he charged over, intending to ram this Detective—who might very well step on the lens—out of the way.
The Mermaid on Jiang Xia's shoulder frowned at the barking dog, suddenly grew to adult size, then swooped down and bared her teeth at it.
"Woof?! Whimper, whimper..."
Lupin braked hard on all fours, then scrambled and rolled his way back to his master's side, staring over in lingering terror.
"Lupin?" Jirokichi rubbed the dog's head in confusion. "I said don't move. Why are you running around?"
Jiang Xia grabbed hold of the Mermaid, who was still trying to pounce, picked up the lens through a handkerchief, and asked Jirokichi, "Were you looking for this?"
"Hm? Let me see... That's right!" Jirokichi hurried over with a