Chapter 214 The Missing Software Engineer
Conan and Hattori Heiji were on their way back.
Hattori Heiji was holding a roll of film in his hand and throwing it up and down continuously.
"It seems that this teacher does have some problems." Hattori Heiji said thoughtfully, "Not only did he secretly take pictures of us, but he also pretended to take a shower."
Conan nodded in agreement: "Yeah, he made us wait for so long, but when we opened the door, he was still steaming, and the shower gel on the tiles was not dry yet. He must have pretended to take a shower again."
"I'm afraid he took advantage of this time to hide something that we can't see."
But the first time they went to Judy's house, they had no good excuse to wander around the home of a woman living alone, and investigating a bathroom didn't yield much.
"Well," Hattori Heiji squeezed the film tightly and said with a smile, "Anyway, I have already brought the film here, and although this teacher is a little suspicious, I don't sense any malicious intent from her."
"Besides, there are many foreigners in Japan. We can't doubt her because of this, right?"
Conan nodded slightly. Today's investigation did not yield much.
Faced with such obvious temptations from the two of them, Teacher Judy did not show any unusual behavior. Either there was really nothing wrong with her, or her acting skills were so good that she even concealed it from the two detectives.
Conan suddenly thought of something: "By the way, why aren't you leaving yet? Is He Ye still waiting for you?"
Hattori Heiji's face changed, and he finally remembered his childhood sweetheart whom he had forgotten for most of the day. He quickly stuffed the film into Conan's hand and said, "Then I'll leave first. If you have anything else, remember to call me!"
Conan looked at Hattori Heiji's receding back with a thoughtful expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
When Conan returned to the office, he was somewhat surprised to find Ran Mouri hiding behind the curtains, looking at something outside furtively.
"Ran, what are you doing here?" Conan asked puzzledly.
"Conan, you're back." Mao Lilan said with some joy, but her smile quickly faded, "I always feel like someone is peeking at me here lately."
Conan's eyes narrowed: "Is there anyone peeking?"
Mao Lilan said uncertainly: "It may be my illusion. Sometimes when I come back from outside, I feel that someone is following me, but when I look for it, I find nothing."
Conan pinched his chin and his expression gradually became ugly.
It seems that not only he is investigating the other party, but the other party is also secretly observing this firm?
I just don't know who the other party's target is, him? Maori Kogoro? Or Maori Ran?
"Do you think it could be one of theirs?" Mao Lilan asked in a low voice with some concern.
Conan hesitated and said, "I'm not sure right now. I'm still investigating. Lan, you must be careful these days and don't act alone."
"I understand." Mao Lilan nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, I will protect you." Conan said seriously.
Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, and her face couldn't help but blush. In order to hide her shyness, she rubbed Conan's head and said, "Really? You are like this now, it's not certain who will protect whom~"
Conan lowered his eyes, speechless. What was going on? Why did even Xiaolan like to play with his head?
Who led her astray? !
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A few days passed peacefully.
Seeing that Vermouth had not taken any action, Youya guessed that she had not found any useful information from the old house, so she lay dormant for the time being.
I felt a little relieved.
Maori Office
Ran Mouri was cleaning the office room, Conan was supporting his chin with a thoughtful look on his face, and Kogoro Mouri was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed watching TV.
Conan had considered visiting Tomoaki Aide to investigate in order to confirm or eliminate his suspicions.
But just like going to see Judy, even if you want to go to see Tomoaki Aida in a legitimate way, you still need a suitable reason.
The problem is that Tomoaki Aride is a doctor. Whether you go to the infirmary of Teitan High School or to his home clinic, if you go to him when you are not sick, what if there is really something wrong with this person? Wouldn't that lead to suspicion?
Unfortunately, no one suitable around me has fallen ill these days, so there is really no good reason to visit Tomoaki Aide. I can't bring Shiho Miyano with me, because that would be like walking into the tiger's mouth.
None of them were members of the drama club, otherwise they could go to Tomoaki Aride on the pretext of asking for advice on the script, after all, he was now the instructor of the drama club.
Conan even tried to catch a cold, but failed.
It would be great if there was a good opportunity to get close to each other like the time Inspector Shiratori and Officer Sato went on a blind date.
"Uncle Kogoro, don't you have to go to Dr. Shinde recently?" Conan asked, supporting his chin.
Kogoro Mouri asked with a confused look on his face: "Dr. Shinde? I'm not sick, why should I go to see him? Well, do you want Xiaolan to date him?" He looked at Conan secretly.
"Dad, what are you talking about!" Mao Lilan angrily threw the rag on the table.
"No!" Conan waved his hands repeatedly. He could feel the piercing gaze of Maori Ran, as if she was complaining about why he brought up this topic. He quickly reminded Maori Kogoro, "Didn't we talk about the liver last time?"
"Oh, that, I've already seen the doctor, there's no problem. I just need to continue to control my drinking." Kogoro Mouri was a little surprised. It turned out that this guy cared about him. He immediately felt relieved.
Conan stood up in surprise: "When did you go?"
Maori Kogoro said nonchalantly, "The day before yesterday?"
Conan lay weakly on the back of the sofa, like a salted fish that had lost its dream. He actually missed such a good opportunity.
At this time, the phone on the desk rang.
Mao Lilan picked up the microphone: "Hello, this is Mao Li Detective Agency."
"What? A game software engineer is missing? You want to find that person, right? Sure, there are no other clients in the office right now."
Maori Kogoro crossed his legs and changed his posture, then asked lazily, "Do you have a commission?"
"Yes, the client said he will be here soon. Okay, go shave and change your clothes. Really, why are you so lazy!" Maori Ran put her hands on her hips and angrily accused Maori Kogoro.
Seeing that his daughter was angry, Kogoro Mouri didn't dare to argue and went to clean up his image obediently.
Conan felt a little funny when looking at Kogoro Mouri's appearance. It's true that the uncle was controlled by his wife before and now he is controlled by his daughter.
"Conan, you too, don't just stand there like an idiot. Take the garbage away." Ran Mouri started directing Conan again.
Conan: ...I dare not refuse.
Conan suddenly realized that after his identity was known by Mouri Ran, his biggest problem was not worrying about people from the organization coming to his door, but that he could no longer lie on the sofa and do nothing like before.
Mao Lilan might not have the heart to let a child do the work, but she would have no burden at all if she let Kudo Shinichi do the work.