Conan also stared at the person who had just entered through the door, momentarily stunned. ...Why is it Amuro Tooru??
Although Jiang Xia had said that Boss Amuro had a habit of working multiple jobs, it was not exactly strange for him to suddenly turn out to be a courier.
...But on second thought, Conan realized that, from another perspective, this "working multiple jobs" might itself be highly suspicious. It allowed Amuro Tooru to appear wherever he wanted in a perfectly reasonable manner, gathering intelligence or reducing suspicion.
The suspicious Ms. Takenaka, plus Jiang Xia's suspicious boss...
Conan's thoughts raced as he began analyzing and arranging countless possible scenarios.
Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru followed the officer into the living room.
"I heard that there was..." Halfway through his sentence, his gaze suddenly froze when he spotted Jiang Xia dozing in the corner.
Amuro Tooru paused before finishing his sentence. "...a murder case?"
"Hm? It's you. What a coincidence." Inspector Megure walked over.
Of course, he remembered this mixed-race young man—if he recalled correctly, Amuro Tooru was also a private detective, and the boss of the Detective Agency where Jiang Xia worked. It was just that this detective did not seem to care much for his actual profession, and no one knew what he spent all day doing... Still, it was understandable. With an employee like Jiang Xia, who solved cases quickly and eagerly accepted commissions, what boss would still want to head into the field himself? He would definitely use his spare time to pursue his own hobbies.
...Wait, wouldn't that make him a terrible boss exploiting an underage detective?
At that thought, Inspector Megure's steps toward Amuro Tooru faltered slightly.
He cleared his throat and did not continue the small talk.
"As you can see, an unfortunate murder case