Heiji wondered about that brief pause, but didn't comment on it. It had been so brief, it would've easily been missed by someone other than a detective like himself and Shinichi. However, the other boy didn't seem to be lying about the name. That would've been awful fast to come up with a fake name unless it was one routinely used like Conan to Shinichi.

"Pleasure to meet you, Kuroba-han," he answered, his accent as always present and obvious to anyone but himself. "Ah yes, it is curious. I overheard some people saying there are passengers from different times as well as places. Are trains something you're familiar with?" He didn't want to assume which part Kaito was referring to as 'weird thing'.