Conan froze, steadied himself, and turned around. Jiang Xia had somehow come over, and it had been Jiang Xia who bumped into him just now.
Conan rubbed the back of his head in confusion, suspecting Jiang Xia's sense of responsibility had kicked in and brought him over to help clean up the mess. But because the sudden accident had left him distracted, he had tripped over himself while approaching.
Just as Conan was about to pat his neighbor's leg and tell him not to worry, his phone suddenly felt lighter, followed by a short beep.
Conan froze again and looked back, only to see that while he had been watching Jiang Xia, the man in black had reached out and hung up the emergency call he had just made.
Conan: "...?"
The man in black released his phone and raised his head slightly. His gaze swept over the surroundings before settling on Conan and Jiang Xia.
After a thoughtful pause, "Kurosawa Sa" said, "I'm busy. I don't have time to go to the hospital for an examination. If you feel guilty, why not take me to that hotel?"
As he spoke, the man in black raised a hand and pointed south.
Conan followed his gesture and saw a tall, magnificent building in the distance. He had some impression of that hotel. Its First Floor was a multifunctional banquet hall where many large-scale events were held. Before long, there was supposedly going to be a highly anticipated game launch there.
"..." Conan had been suspicious, but his doubts about the man in black eased slightly.
—Could the person they had hit actually be some high-ranking white-collar worker who lived for his job?
If he had something important to attend and was about to be late, a workaholic like that really might