After Conan was dragged back to his seat by Mouri Ran, he tried to find an excuse to leave and deal with Gin and Vodka.
However, Mouri Ran refused to let him go.
After hesitating for a moment, the fake child could only look at Jiang Xia pleadingly.
Conan thought that since Jiang Xia had learned "Conan = Kudo Shinichi" after the last KTV incident, perhaps he could ask Jiang Xia to cover for him and let him act alone.
Thinking this, Conan leaned toward Jiang Xia while Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko were chatting, and whispered in Kudo Shinichi's voice, "I need to leave for a while. You..."
"Leave? Are you getting off the train?"
Jiang Xia looked at the mountains outside the window and said, seemingly helplessly, "That wouldn't be a good idea. We're passing through undeveloped mountain areas right now. It'd be easy to get lost, and there might even be wild animals in the mountains."
Hearing the commotion, Mouri Ran whipped her head around.
She grabbed Conan, who was staring at Jiang Xia with a face full of You betrayed me!, and pulled him back. "The Shinkansen isn't going to stop here, and I'm not letting you go play in the mountains either. Stop making trouble!"
As she spoke, Mouri Ran looked apologetically at Jiang Xia.
Kids these days were getting more and more cunning. Conan must have seen that Jiang Xia was always quiet and easygoing, so he had picked him as the weak link among the three and started causing trouble...
Feeling conflicted, Conan was forced to sit still and listen to the lecture.
While Mouri Ran taught him train etiquette, Conan shot a resentful glance at Jiang Xia across from him.
Jiang Xia yawned, leaned against the chair back, and looked