Chapter 455: Hondou Eisuke tries to change the topic

Chapter 455: Hondou Eisuke tries to change the topic

Now that the person has come, Kogoro Mori feels embarrassed to chase him away, especially since he is his fan.

Just then, the landline phone on the table rang.

Kogoro Mouri was cheered up. This was a phone number reserved for the office, and most of the people calling were clients.

Since the phone is ringing, doesn’t that mean that there’s a commission coming?

But before he could answer it, Hondou Eisuke had already taken the phone and picked up the receiver.

"Hello, this is the Maori Detective Agency... Hello? Hello?"

Hondou Eisuke called the number several times in confusion, but there was only a busy tone on the line. He looked at Maori Kogoro in confusion: "Strange, why is the call disconnected?"

Maori Kogoro's forehead had a big cross on it, and he pointed at the phone and said angrily: "You idiot, you hung up the phone yourself!"

Hondou Eisuke was stunned, and when he looked down, he realized that his finger had accidentally pressed the compression spring (the button that is pressed when the receiver is put down), and he immediately screamed in panic.

Maori Kogoro was furious. He slammed the table and yelled, "Okay, get to the side quickly. From now on, you are not allowed to touch anything!"

Hondou Eisuke felt so embarrassed and guilty that he could only smile awkwardly and take a step back.

Yuya frowned slightly. He hated Hondou Eisuke's impolite behavior of answering other people's calls without permission, but since Mouri Kogoro didn't say anything, he didn't dare to speak either.

Conan stared at Hondou Eisuke's back with a serious expression. He secretly pulled the corner of Yuya's clothes and whispered in his ear: "Did you notice when he came over?"

Yuya shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

Conan said in a deep voice: "Neither do I. Could it be that he deliberately hid his aura and sneaked in?"

Yuya looked at Conan with a strange look in his eyes and whispered, "Have you been reading too many comics recently? Hondou Eisuke is not a ninja, how could he hide his aura? I think he simply has a low sense of presence."

Conan was still a little worried: "But, he and Mizunashi Rena look too much alike. I don't believe they have no relationship."

While the two were talking, Mao Lilan shouted outside the door: "Conan, come and help me get the things."

Just as Conan was about to get up, Hondou Eisuke had already run over attentively.

"Let me do it!" Unexpectedly, Mao Lilan pushed the door open with her shoulder, and he bumped into it with his head.

With a "bang", Hondou Eisuke squatted down on the spot, covering his head and screaming in pain.

Mao Lilan looked over and apologized quickly: "Sorry, I didn't notice you coming over."

Seeing this scene, Conan's mouth twitched, and he said to Yuya speechlessly: "What you said seems to make sense. This guy may really be simple and not attract attention."

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Time passed slowly, and the call that Hondou Eisuke hung up did not come back.

Perhaps the commission that came to his door had fallen through, so Kogoro Mouri was in a bad mood. He pushed a few people aside and flipped through the newspaper to see if there was any explosive news or potential clients today.

Yuya was holding his cell phone and chatting with someone, sometimes showing a lewd and sometimes gentle smile, which made Hondou Eisuke feel creepy. He had to walk behind the sofa and read comics with Conan.

After cleaning the room, Mao Lilan sat next to Conan and started reading comics together.

On the page that was turned over, there happened to be an announcement that the painter had to temporarily stop updating because of the need to collect materials.

Mao Lilan said with some regret: "Hey, the next issue will be suspended? I still want to know the next plot."

Conan said: "Didn't he say he was going to collect materials? There's nothing we can do about it."

Hondou Eisuke leaned on the back of the sofa and said casually, "But don't you think this has a bit of a scandalous feel to it?"

Mao Lilan was a little confused: "Incident? Why?"

Hondou Eisuke pointed at the notice and said, "Even though it says he's collecting materials, no one knows what he's actually going to do, right?"

"It could be that he is tired of the job and wants to escape, or he wants to be lazy and play mahjong, or he could be suffering from a cold or illness."

"Even worse, maybe he was kidnapped?"

Mao Lilan was a little speechless. Can't you hope for something good? She laughed dryly and said, "How could it be? This shouldn't happen, right? These are all published by the publisher. They should confirm the author's situation, right?"

“Maybe the publishing house was threatened to help conceal the truth?” Hondou Eisuke retorted, “For example, the actor who passed away half a year ago, the agency said he was adjusting his condition, but in fact he was sick, right?”

Mao Lilan was speechless. Hondou Eisuke's well-organized analysis made her wonder whether the cartoonist was sick or kidnapped.

If that's the case, what will happen to the plot that she hasn't seen yet? The next episode is the climax of the plot!

Thinking of this, Mao Lilan looked up at Yuya: "Yuya, how about we go investigate?"

Yuya was chatting animatedly with the person on the other end of the phone, and looked up in confusion: "Investigating what?"

Mao Lilan then told the cartoonist that he might be sick or kidnapped.

Youya was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Ran Mao Li glared at Yuya with some dissatisfaction. Was what she said so funny?

Yuya wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a smile:

"Come on, your imagination is too vivid. If that person is really ill, we are not doctors and we can only cause trouble if we go there. As for kidnapping, it is even more impossible. The police will definitely get the news of such a thing.

For kidnapping cases that cannot be handled in a high-profile manner but need to be investigated, Inspector Megure will ask me or Uncle Kogoro for help."

"Isn't there nothing going on now? So it's obvious that you are just overthinking it."

Seeing that the topic was about to be revealed, Hondou Eisuke felt a little unwilling and said, "But, didn't something happen recently? That person is very suspicious. He often appeared on TV before, but suddenly he said he needed to rest or something and disappeared."

Youye narrowed his eyes and said, "Young man, you changed the subject too abruptly. Are you afraid that others will not doubt you?"

Conan stopped turning the pages and his heartbeat quickened: Could he be talking about...

Mao Lilan stared at Hondou Eisuke blankly, and suddenly remembered something: "I know, you are talking about Saka Hengluo, right?"

“Huh?” Hondou Eisuke was stunned.

Mao Lilan naturally didn't know what he was thinking, so she analyzed it on her own: "That person has been very popular recently, but suddenly he said he wanted to take a break to adjust his condition. Could it be that something unexpected really happened?"

Hondou Eisuke hesitated to speak. No, not this person. What he wanted to say was...

Maori Kogoro suddenly snorted: "Anyway, when these people make money, they will definitely go somewhere to play with women, right? Aren't all these people like this?"

Mao Lilan's mouth twitched slightly: Dad, there are four underage children here, do you want to listen to what you are saying?

"That brother was killed!"

Suddenly, a child's voice sounded at the door.