A Strange Ghost Fetus Appeared

Conan watched silently. "..." They were panicking because they saw you, weren't they? Children were more easily frightened by violence, and when Jiang Xia had acted righteously before, his imposing manner had indeed been a little intimidating.

Although Haibara Ai felt there was no need for the children to be afraid of Jiang Xia, the same thought had secretly crossed her mind.

"Um..." Yoshida Ayumi hesitated under Jiang Xia's gaze.

Perhaps because he had saved her more times than the other two, besides her fear, she also felt a little more trust toward this "handsome but fierce big brother."

After struggling with herself for a moment, Yoshida Ayumi finally said hesitantly, "We were catching fish in a park nearby, and when we were getting ready to have a picnic, we suddenly smelled something strange..."

"A strange smell?"

"Yeah." Yoshida Ayumi nodded. After thinking for a moment, she raised a hand and gestured. "It was... like something we smelled once before, at the Library. The smell of a corpse that's been left sitting for a while..."

"The stench of decay?!" Conan froze, shifting his attention away from the chocolate in his hand and becoming more serious. "Are you sure?"

Jiang Xia rubbed his chin as he looked at the three actual children before him. They had memorized the smell of decaying corpses at such a young age... When it came to encountering Murder Cases, they really were experienced.

Hearing Conan's question, the three children nodded at the same time. They also instinctively looked toward Jiang Xia—the recently famous Detective—wanting to hear a professional opinion.

But when they looked up, they discovered that, for some reason, there seemed to be a faint trace of envy in Jiang Xia's eyes as he looked at them.

"..."

All three shuddered in unison and unconsciously