"Hmm, so this so-called traveling under your own identity just meant switching to a more conspicuous seat?"
Sitting beside Tangze, Hoshikawa Teru took advantage of the gap before Mori Kogoro and the others sat down to let out a quiet sigh.
Come to think of it, the situation in Osaka last time had not been too different. The only change was that his seat on the train had gone from some concealed spot elsewhere to among the group.
Considering something had happened on the return train too, that concealment had not lasted long before Tangze dragged him over to log in...
"Quietly sitting somewhere by yourself feels different from openly sitting among everyone and chatting," Tangze corrected, wagging a finger. "Though nobody would reject you if you wanted to stay with the Phantom Thief Troupe forever, it is still necessary to interact with people outside the group."
"It's not like I never interact with people..." Hoshikawa Teru sighed, only falling silent when he noticed Mori Kogoro and the others approaching.
"Working for the Suzuki family really is convenient." Mori Kogoro plopped down in the seat opposite them and stretched. "I would never have considered something like a business-class compartment when traveling for work before."
"The conditions are not that different, are they?" Conan adjusted his seat. "It feels about the same."
"Not being disturbed is rather nice." Almost instinctively, Hoshikawa Teru's expression shifted as he slipped into Akechi Goro mode. "Public transportation with too many people can sometimes be a little troublesome."
That was a very real and honest statement.
With the organization's promotion, coupled with the growing number of eye-catching cases Akechi Goro handled for work, appearing in newspaper columns and news headlines, Hoshikawa Teru's troubling life as a celebrity had begun the moment he traveled under Akechi Goro's