Akai Shuichi's Many Uses

Jiang Xia briefly looked over several assignments, then sent them to four people separately—he even sent one to Jiang Xia's phone.

In addition, the assignment sent to Okiya Subaru was not far from Jiang Xia's assignment location.

One of them quickly replied to indicate that they had received it.

After waiting a while, Jiang Xia also used his own phone to send himself a "Received"—his two phones had always been used separately, one belonging to the detective and the other exclusively for the organization.

Even after breakfast, the remaining two still had not responded. Perhaps they simply had not checked their phones.

Jiang Xia therefore did not keep waiting. He had other things to do.

He got dressed and headed out, intending to first check the mail at the Detective Agency. But just as he pushed open his front door, he suddenly caught sight of a small figure flickering at the edge of his vision.

Jiang Xia paused and turned to look toward Professor Agasa's house next door.

Through the sparse Iron Fence, he saw Haibara Ai dressed in childish children's clothes, wearing a Princess Hat that tightly concealed her hair. She was even holding an exquisite Cloth Doll. Kneeling in an open area of the yard, she was playing house by herself while looking up at him nervously, her eyes full of inquiry.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

At first glance, he had almost thought Yoshida Ayumi had gone to Professor Agasa's house and was cosplaying Haibara Ai in the yard... After all, although Haibara Ai looked like nothing more than an elementary school student, inside she was a mature and steady underage girl. She normally had no hobby like playing house, and even the corresponding toys had been specifically bought to play with Yoshida Ayumi.

For a moment, Jiang