Chapter 3497 3509 [Enthusiastic Driver]
As soon as these words came out, Haibara Ai suddenly came to her senses and covered her mouth with her hand.
She suddenly thought of some ancient legends: for example, the protagonist of the story was walking in a haunted forest, accompanied by a friendly fellow traveler. If the protagonist did not ask anything, the journey would end safely, but if he said something he shouldn't say... the fellow traveler would suddenly turn around and transform into a terrifying ghost.
Did she... say something she shouldn't have?
All the messy horror movies she had ever seen began to roll around in her mind. Huibara Ai regretted it so much that she wanted to travel back half a minute and knock herself out with a punch... However, after holding her breath for a long time, what she imagined did not happen.
Jiang Xia didn't turn into anything scary, and his tone was the same as before. He answered casually, "Because we have a good relationship."
Haibara Ai was stunned.
Jiang Xia knows so much because they have a good relationship?
...Who do you have a good relationship with? Vermouth? Or Uzo?
She wanted to ask again, but the courage she had gathered had largely vanished in the pause. The mini-scientist opened her mouth, then closed it silently. Just as she had done with previous solitary research problems, she took the new clue she had just obtained and began to analyze it independently.
"Kudou has a good relationship with Vermouth, Kudou has a good relationship with Usa, and Jiang Xia has a good relationship with them... Could it be that these four people have experienced something together that I don't know about, and formed a deep friendship because of that thing?
“Speaking of which, Kudo actually dared to impersonate me tonight and deliver himself to Vermouth… Although he can be a bit reckless sometimes, he doesn’t seem like the type to go about dying for no reason. The reason he did this, besides being confident in the props that Professor Agasa made for him, is probably because he felt that even if his identity was exposed, Vermouth wouldn’t kill him outright.”
"so……"
How do these two groups of people, who seem to have nothing in common, know each other?
"Kudo and Jiang Xia have been neighbors since childhood, and Jiang Xia's parents are members of the organization... Could it be that those two people came into contact with each other during their growth process?"
After sorting out Jiang Xia and Conan's social network for a while, suddenly, Haibara Ai's eyes moved, and she felt that she had grasped something.
By the way, Jiang Xia’s parents!
"Given Malvisa's abilities, it's not surprising that she knows several key members from outside the city. As for Jiang Xia Longping... although his work ability is questionable, his abilities in other areas are quite astonishing. These two people had a close personal friend, and after their deaths, that friend was transferred to Tokyo and became Jiang Xia's backer. This seems very reasonable.
"As for why I didn't know about this matter...Before he defected from the organization, I was the one who looked after Jiang Xia, so Jiang Xia's parents' friends didn't think it was necessary to come.
"But after I defected, the situation changed. It makes perfect sense for that person to appear at this time."
——No matter whether this is the case or not, at least now the logic seems to make sense!
Ai Haibara finally sorted out a seemingly smooth straight line from the tangled ball of thread. Although this might not be the truth, her wandering thoughts finally had an anchor point that seemed to be able to stand.
"But thinking about it carefully, Jiang Xia's temperament seems to have changed over this period of time. I always feel that his organizational aura seems to have become stronger..."
His thoughts were briefly distracted, but Huibara Ai quickly caught him and corrected him: "This may be because Jiang Xia had some contact with Uzo and Vermouth, and he has been stained with their aura, so sometimes he makes me feel like a cadre... Anyway, don't think about it for now. When we go back and ask about the relationship between Conan and Vermouth, maybe we can find out what's going on with Jiang Xia."
As she was concentrating on her thoughts, she suddenly tripped over a curbstone... and then a hand grabbed her hood and lifted her up.
Jiang Xia put down the distracted fake child and looked down at her: "What's wrong?"
Huiyuan Ai huddled in her hood, pretending she hadn't thought about anything just now: "Nothing, I... I just had a little pain in my legs, and my legs were weak for a while."
"Really?" Jiang Xia squatted down and took a look. "Your skin is a little broken. You fell just now, right? Can I carry you?"
Haibara Ai looked down at herself. She was covered in dust, and her clothes were stained with blood that belonged to no one. If Jiang Xia carried her like this... all the dirt would get rubbed onto him.
Although at this time, one shouldn't care about such a small matter. But for some reason, Haibara Ai just shook her head like a rattle.
"It doesn't hurt that much, actually." She tried to make up for it carefully, "and the bus stop will be here soon."
"That's right." Jiang Xia looked at the bus stop, which was only a few meters away, and examined the timetable next to it. "But the next bus won't be here for more than 20 minutes. There's some blood seeping through the gauze, so it's best to get to the hospital as soon as possible... Oh, if only there was a kind car passing by that could take us back."
As he was speaking, as if it had heard his suggestion, a red sports car passing by slowed down more than ten meters in advance, then approached stealthily and stopped next to them.
Huiyuan Ai: "..." Huh? Sneaky?
After a brief moment of hesitation, she suddenly became alert and stared at the sports car that was less than two meters away from her and Jiang Xia, feeling that something was wrong.
Late at night, a little girl covered in dirt and a high school student who looked like a good person were standing on the side of the road. It was normal for passers-by to stop and ask questions.
Normally, wouldn't a helpful passerby roll down their car window from a distance, crane their head to look over, and curiously and concernedly inquire about their situation? But this sports car, however, kept stopping and starting, its windows closed. There was something inexplicably strange about it, as if... its owner wasn't eager to help, but rather approached with some ulterior motive.
"Could it be one of Jiang Xia's illegitimate fans?" This thought flashed through her mind, but was quickly suppressed by Huiyuan Ai:
"No, the sasaeng fan should have driven over here in a flash, and might have already kicked open the door and jumped on Jiang Xia... But this car looks like it doesn't want to get close at all, but it has to come over anyway."
Just as she was wondering, the red sports car lowered its window under her vigilant gaze.
A pair of familiar squinting eyes appeared in the window.
The owner of the narrowed eyes forced a smile and said dryly, "Jiang Xia! What a coincidence."
Jiang Xia turned around, also looking a little surprised: "Mr. Okiya? Why are you here?"
Okiya Subaru smiled bitterly: "..." Yeah, I also want to ask this question...
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