Chapter 362: Haibara Ai's Acting Skills (Combined Chapter)
Jiang Xia listened to Dr. Agasa's tone and was a little worried that his next sentence would be "I want to go back early to play with the kids!"
...Fortunately, it didn't.
Dr. Agasa just counted on his fingers with regret:
"The society will be open for two more days. After that, I plan to visit my old friends in Kyushu. I may not be able to go back until next week... I can only leave the children's affairs to you for now. By the way, I called to ask if you are free this weekend?"
"have."
Jiang Xia decided to agree first and talk about it later.
At present, he really has no plans for the weekend. If he is lucky enough to receive a commission or the organization has something to do, he can manage his time reasonably according to the specific situation at that time.
Dr. Agasa twirled his beard, quite happy. He actually wanted Jiang Xia to take the children out to play this weekend.
He was happy to see Jiang Xia getting along happily with a few energetic children. This was good for both sides - presumably, the children would have more in common with Jiang Xia than with him as an old grandfather:
"It's like this, I met an old classmate at a society, and when we were talking about our children, he said that the series of movies directed by his brother was about to be finished, and he was just doing the last shoot recently.
"You can come and visit this weekend - this is a very rare opportunity, it will never come again."
…film series, filming visit, out of print?
A few words were arranged and combined in Jiang Xia's mind, quickly awakening the memories in his huge library of spoilers.
Jiang Xia asked tentatively: "The movie series you mentioned..."
"It's the Gomera series that children love the most!"
Professor Agasa said in a tone that seemed to come with a "Dangdangdang" sound effect:
"I've already said hello to Director Mikami. I'll send you the address and the time later. You can take the kids over to watch it. This will be much more memorable than a movie that can be played over and over again. It's also more interesting. You won't get bored if you watch it with them."
Jiang Xia certainly doesn't feel bored.
Because he remembered that there would be a murder here...
He agreed happily: "Okay."
After talking about business, he quickly hung up the phone.
Jiang Xia looked at the screen which was still on, and thought that Dr. Agasa was truly a good neighbor for a psychic... and of course, so was Kudo-san.
Conan was eavesdropping on Jiang Xia's phone call when Jiang Xia suddenly looked at him.
Then he was confused to find that Jiang Xia's mood seemed to have become quite good, at least better than when he sent the children home just now.
"What did the doctor say?" Conan was a little curious.
"I'm going to take the kids to see the filming of Godmera this weekend." Jiang Xia touched Conan's head very smoothly, and wiped away the murderous aura that Vermouth had accidentally left there just now. "Remember to tell them when they go to school tomorrow."
"Oh, okay." Conan nodded and agreed, and at the same time he was even more surprised.
Jiang Xia is also a fan of Godmela?
As high school students, people's preferences are really different... Conan felt that he would fall asleep reflexively when he thought of Godmera - he had memorized the entire plot when he was a child, and now he has become a child, and he has to relive it with the Junior Detective Team from time to time... Hmm? Speaking of which, Jiang Xia's parents were very busy when he was a child, and it seemed that they had no time to take him to the cinema.
It seems that Jiang Xia didn’t often play with his friends when he was a child. Usually, he was only accompanied by a nanny. The nanny probably wouldn’t think of taking others to the movies. Later, even the nanny was gone... Conan was thinking about it, and suddenly he was enlightened.
Before, he was a little confused as to why Jiang Xia was so proactive in helping Dr. Agasa take care of the child.
Now it seems that Jiang Xia might have been interested in Gomera but was too embarrassed to go to the cinema to watch it by himself, so this time he found a rare opportunity.
In addition, Jiang Xia often plays with the children of the Junior Detective League and likes to be with them. Perhaps it is because he sees his missing childhood in those children?
The more Conan thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. He felt that Jiang Xia's slightly abrupt actions had a reasonable explanation in an instant. He suddenly felt relieved as if he had put the right pieces of a puzzle together and solved a mystery.
At the same time, the enthusiastic Kudo secretly thought that he should create more opportunities for Jiang Xia to interact with the Junior Detective Team in the future.
The three children just had a little misunderstanding about Jiang Xia. After getting to know him more, they naturally discovered that Jiang Xia was actually a good person. Then they began to take the initiative to play with Jiang Xia, and this virtuous cycle continued...
…
Based on the above mental journey.
The next day, when Conan went to school, he did not directly tell the three children that he would go to watch a movie shooting with Jiang Xia on the weekend. He only said that he did not need to go to the movies with Jiang Xia tonight.
Then, when the kids were happily high-fiving each other, I took the opportunity to ask them to go out and play together on the weekend.
The time period we arranged was exactly the time when Jiang Xia and I had agreed to go watch the filming of Gomera together.
After all, weekends are different from weekdays, and there are really many excuses to cancel a show. Jiang Xia also looked like he really wanted to watch the filming with the kids... This was the only way to safely get the kids out.
...Well, this can't be considered as cheating the children, because Jiang Xia is indeed not a scary violent person, and he has even saved these naughty children several times. Jiang Xia was just a little decisive when facing the criminals, which led to the children's misunderstanding of him.
Going out together on the weekend may be a good opportunity to eliminate barriers.
The three real kids of the Junior Detective Team are completely unaware of the dirty thoughts of adults.
On the other hand, Haibara Ai, who was flipping through her elementary school Chinese textbook out of boredom, turned her head and glanced over here.
Then she noticed that Conan was inexplicably sneaky and evasive.
Huiyuan Ai immediately became alert and asked in a low voice with disgust: "What do you want to do now?"
Conan hesitated for a moment, and while the three children were having fun and not paying attention, he told Haibara Ai the whole story.
Then I got a gratifying comment: "You can come up with some good ideas occasionally."
Seeing that someone understood him, Conan's conscience suddenly eased.
That’s right, how can the way the adults handled it be called insidious…
…
On the weekend, three innocent children came to the park early, waiting to meet Conan. They had agreed to play together.
A little after the agreed time, Conan appeared at the door.
Ayumi was prejudiced and jumped off the bench quickly, clearing her throat, intending to reprimand Conan for being late.
But before he could open his mouth, he suddenly saw two other figures appear at the park entrance, and they seemed to have followed Conan.
One of them is their familiar and cute classmate, Huihara Ai.
And the other one...
Brother Jiang Xia?!
The three children were all stunned.
A moment later, while Jiang Xia was looking around the park, they grabbed Conan's shoulders and dragged the traitor over, whispering angrily: "Didn't you say you don't have to watch the movie with Brother Jiang Xia? Why did you bring him here!"
Conan laughed guiltily: "Um..."
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Xia's inquiring voice suddenly came from above their heads. The high school students' shadows elongated by the sunlight fell on them, as if casting a thick and deep shadow.
The three children froze, slowly let go of Conan, and turned their heads little by little to look at Jiang Xia.
A silent and eerie atmosphere spread.
After a few seconds, Mitsuhiko finally reacted and spoke first: "We were saying that the weather is good today, suitable for watching a movie, haha, ha..."
Jiang Xia nodded slightly: "But I'm not going to the movies today."
"..." The three children's expressions changed from confusion to surprise, "Really?!"
"real."
"Then Brother Jiang Xia..."
"Today we are going to watch the filming process of a movie together." Jiang Xia ruthlessly interrupted their farewell reading and pretended not to notice the child's attitude and said, "It's your favorite Godmera series."
“…”
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta looked at each other in confusion for a moment and fell into deep thought.
Visiting the filming of a Godmera monster movie... wouldn't that mean they could see a Godmera that was taller than a skyscraper?!
...I want to go!
...But I don't want to go with Brother Jiang Xia. Because if I go, I have to be a good kid who follows the rules, and many creative actions won't be possible.
but……
The three of them secretly raised their eyes and looked at Jiang Xia who was looking at them gently, then looked at the place where Jiang Xia usually put the baton, and realized with frustration that it seemed that it was not their turn to choose whether to go or not.
——Mihua City is so small. If they firmly refuse to go out and play with Brother Jiang Xia now, what if they suddenly meet at the crime scene in the future? When Brother Jiang Xia beats the criminal, he will remember their refusal and hit him with a stick...
"Wow, I can actually go visit Gomera, what a surprise."
The desire to survive made the three children make slightly exaggerated noises of agreement.
Then, they thought about it carefully and felt that the chances of seeing Gomera were rare. Since they couldn't resist, they might as well have some fun...
…
Half an hour later.
A group of people with different moods came to an old building.
The building is more than five stories high, with slightly mottled walls and many traces of wind and sun. At the top hangs a conspicuous round "Dabao" icon - this is the filming location of Gomera, Dabao Cinema.
The three children looked up at this ordinary building, and there was the same confusion in their eyes of different sizes.
——Does Gomera really live here?
The place is too small for it. I'm afraid it won't be able to squeeze in without breaking a few bones... Wait, are Jiang Xia's friends abusing Gomera? !
Is this the legendary birds of a feather flock together? The children's pupils trembled.
Haibara Ai followed behind Jiang Xia and looked at them in confusion.
She thought the kids were like otakus on a shrine tour, shocked by the birthplace of their idol, so she gently reminded them, "It's time to go. You won't be able to see Godmela if you stay outside."
“……!”…Ai actually wanted to visit the poor trapped Gomera…She has always been close to Brother Jiang Xia, but it seems that she has been corrupted by the terrible adults.
The three weak and helpless children looked at each other and could only walk towards the building silently, wondering whether they should risk being beaten with batons to rescue the miserable Gomera from Brother Jiang Xia and his friends.
Jiang Xia also noticed the strangeness of the children, but didn't pay much attention to it.
These kids are all like Conan, and they are very imaginative. As long as they are willing to come and watch the filming, let them do whatever they want...
…
Pushing open the main door of the building, what appeared in front of him was a very ordinary lobby, without "Gomera curled up in a small building".
The three children looked around in confusion, followed Jiang Xia carefully, walked into the stairwell, and climbed up the steps.
Soon we reached the top floor.
Several people stood in front of the door of the stairwell. Jiang Xia looked down at his cell phone and compared the floors.
According to the address sent by Dr. Agasa, the filming location should be on this floor.
He was about to reach out and push the door.
But at this moment, Huibara Ai suddenly stretched out her hand and pressed down the back of Jiang Xia's hand on the door handle, stopping him from opening the door, as if there was some extremely terrifying monster hiding behind the door.
Jiang Xia was startled and looked down at her.
At the same time, he suddenly discovered that the ghosts were a little more active than before. They were no longer lingering on him due to the scorching sun. Instead, they raised their heads and looked through the door at the floor where the filming was taking place. The greedier ones even began to wipe the corners of their mouths reservedly.
...There are members of the organization in the studio?
And from the looks of it, he should be a member of an organization with murderous aura.
By the way, Haibara Ai's radar is even sharper than that of a ghost. Is she too strong, or is the ghost too weak? ... Jiang Xia fell into deep thought while patting Haibara Ai's head sympathetically.
Then he asked, as if he didn't know what was going on: "What's wrong?"
Ai Huihara caught a glimpse of three children who knew nothing about the organization, and Conan who overreacted to the organization, and couldn't tell Jiang Xia directly what she had discovered. After all, she remembered that in Conan's eyes, Jiang Xia didn't know about the organization yet. If she told him directly, Jiang Xia might be forced to reveal herself.
She turned pale and raised her hand to cover her stomach: "I shouldn't have eaten that bowl of ice cream this morning... I, I'm going to the convenience store downstairs to buy some hot tea."
As she said this, she trotted downstairs.
After running down two floors and getting away from the organization's aura, Haibara Ai felt a little relieved.
Then there were some doubts.
Why would there be members of an organization in a place like this?
...Does this have anything to do with Jiang Xia?
...No, that shouldn't be the case. Coming here was Dr. Agasa's suggestion, not Jiang Xia's sudden idea. After Dr. Agasa asked Jiang Xia to take the children out to play, he actually called her and asked her to look after Jiang Xia and the children, so Haibara Ai was very clear about this.
In short, judging from Jiang Xia’s reaction just now, for him, encountering members of the organization should just be an accident.
...Anyway, it definitely wasn't Jiang Xia who was deliberately plotting against her, because there was no need for that at all.
Huiyuan Ai muttered to herself as she took out her phone and sent an email to Jiang Xia:
[I just sensed their presence. I'm going back now. Please be careful.]
She couldn't stay here.
Otherwise, if Shirley's identity is discovered, it will be a catastrophe affecting everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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