"X?"

After hearing what Ran said to Conan behind him, Kōyū couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Turning her head to Ai beside her, she whispered, "When can I have an X?"

"Dream on."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Ai's face, making it difficult for anyone to see the rosy complexion.

She rolled her eyes at Kwang-woo and said, "I'm leaving now."

"Is something wrong, Ai?"

Ran watched Ai's departing figure and asked Kyou.

Guangyou shook his head: "It's nothing, she said she wants to go back and do her homework first."

After hearing Ran's question, Conan put his mind to it.

Sonoko frowned and advised, "Ran, don't be silly, there's no use asking a kid like him."

Conan stopped thinking and squinted at Sonoko with a hostile look.

Kōyū nudged Conan and said, "What are you looking at? You really don't know, and besides, if I don't tell you the answer, you probably won't know for a long time."

"Do you know what it is?"

"Nonsense, everyone on Earth knows that."

Conan looked down at his hands, then looked up at Kōyū: "I'm an Earthling too."

"No, you're from Mars."

The more he said that, the more Conan wanted to know the true meaning of X, and his brain switched to automatic turbo mode.

Hikari, standing beside him, seemed to hear the fan-like sound of Conan's brain working intensely as he pondered.

But no matter how much you think about it, Conan's brain isn't a computer; it can't store so many strange and bizarre things.

"Oh, and she also said that it would be good for girls to know this mark."

"Yes, it definitely has benefits."

Guangyou smiled and nodded.

Sonoko looked at Kōyū with a strange expression and asked suspiciously, "Kōyū, do you know what this symbol means?"

"I know, it's not exactly a secret."

Kouyu's answer made Sonoko roll her eyes: "My God, are kids these days really this bad?"

"Looking at it this way, Conan seems pretty normal after all."

Sonoko's complaints filled Conan with resentment once again.

"However, Sonoko, have you noticed that Ms. Judy has changed a lot during class?"

"Yeah, they used to be so serious, so incredibly boring."

Sonoko nodded frantically, "But now she also teaches us some extracurricular knowledge, and I've already come to like this English teacher."

Even if you praise me, I won't give you extra points on your exams.

Speak of the devil, and he appears; Judy's heavily accented Japanese rang out behind Ran and Sonoko.

Judy gently put her arms around Ran and Sonoko and asked, "Ran, have you figured out what that X means?"

Xiaolan laughed awkwardly twice: "No, I have absolutely no clue."

"Then you can text Shinichi and see if he knows anything about it."

Sonoko, with a teasing smile, suddenly thought of something and said, "Just say that if you guess right, I'll give you the most important X."

Judy tapped her palm: "That's a great idea!"

Upon hearing this, Conan became even more curious, and his mind raced once again. Mitsuhiro felt that Conan had already pushed himself to the limit.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out what X meant, Guangyou assured him.

Judy came here specifically to see Ran and Sonoko, and after explaining her purpose, Ran and Sonoko agreed.

The group arrived at a tea shop in a nearby shopping mall.

Conan kept thinking about the meaning of X the whole way, but unfortunately, he still couldn't figure it out when they arrived at the tea shop.

Sitting in the tea shop, Judy asked the two girls, "Ran, Sonoko, have you ever encountered anyone who tried to grope you?"

Upon hearing Judy's question, Kōyū suddenly chuckled twice.

"What are you laughing at, you little cool kid?"

"However, that kind of person can't get close to Xiaolan. Xiaolan's karate skills are not just for show. I guess the opponent would be lying on the ground groaning before he even makes a move."

Just thinking about that scene makes Guangyou want to laugh.

From her appearance, you would never guess that Xiao Lan is a karate expert.

The black tea on the table seemed to be just for decoration. It wasn't Guangyou's purpose to just chat without drinking tea; his purpose was simply to freeload a drink.

The black tea with ice tasted great; you could tell this shop wasn't just trying to fool customers with instant black tea.

Judy was there to give Ran and Sonoko a heads-up, to warn them that someone might be watching them from their neighborhood.

Kōyū was well aware of this, but he wasn't flustered at all.

Judy said to the two of them very seriously, "If you find anyone suspicious, just call the teacher!"

"You guys are underestimating those people. If I, their teacher, were to catch them, I would definitely teach them a lesson in American diplomacy!"

Judy clenched her fist, looking very serious.

A man next door was making a phone call timidly, and the content of his call was suspicious.

The group had just finished chatting and picked up their black tea when suddenly everything around them went dark.

Fortunately, power was restored to the entire mall shortly afterward.

Sonoko breathed a sigh of relief. She still vividly remembered what had happened at the department store and the twin towers.

Suddenly, a shrill female voice seemed to pierce the sky.

Everyone in the mall heard it.

Conan didn't have time to think about X's meaning, so he quickly jumped off his seat and rushed out the door.

A person was sitting on the escalator. Judging from the person's dead fish eyes and the bloodstains on their chest, it was easy to tell that the person was already dead.

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