Taking advantage of the fact that the two intimidating Men in Black were gone, President Teraizumi asked Jiang Xia, "So, do you have any leads? The person who sent me the threatening letter, could it be..."
He raised a hand and pointed upstairs, making his implication abundantly clear.
But Jiang Xia shook his head. "Probably not. President Teraizumi, I understand your concerns. They do look rather fierce, but you can't judge people by their appearance. Those two gentlemen are actually good people."
President Teraizumi froze. "Are you sure?"
Jiang Xia nodded. "There's no need to mention Mr. Yamada. As for Mr. Kurosawa, who was with him, I don't know him very well, but when we happened to meet on the train before, he acted righteously and took a criminal's handgun away from him."
Mizunashi Rena choked on a mouthful of tea and covered her mouth as she coughed softly.
Acted righteously?
Gin??
She had never imagined words could be arranged in that order!
But after she finished coughing and thought it over, she seemed to understand. Though she had not seen the scene herself, the so-called "acting righteously and taking away a handgun" was probably just Gin stepping in to take control because he did not want anyone other than himself holding such a powerful firearm.
On Jiang Xia's other side, Conan's expression twisted as well. What acting righteously? Gin had merely seen a handgun slide past the doorway and stepped on it. These Organization members were each better than the last at pretending to be good people!
Across the table, President Teraizumi had been convinced by Jiang Xia and muttered, "If it wasn't them, then who sent the letter..."
The answer had become unknown once more, but this time, President Teraizumi was not nearly as uneasy. He actually had