Obviously nothing has happened yet, but the atmosphere has become inexplicably depressing.
Mouri Kogoro took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, but he found to his dismay that the lighter seemed to be left in the car.
"Uncle, there is no ashtray here..." Conan reminded.
"I know!"
Mouri Kogoro put the cigarette back into the cigarette case a little irritably, as if he had not received the signal at all.
Conan: "..."
Did you mean that? There is no ashtray and no trash can in the corner, which means that either the guests here never smoke, or it means that guests are rarely received here...
Is this normal?
This is obviously abnormal!
He glanced at his sulking tool man, his childhood sweetheart who was shivering beside him, and Gao Yuanyi who had never shown any special talents from beginning to end, and sighed silently:
"Oh, in this situation...it would be nice if Saraichi-nii, Hattori and the others were here."
Of course, there was no popularity in the villa, which was something Ye Geng had discovered early on, but he had further guesses about the origin of the drunk man.
...Maybe you can go take a look at the tower-like building behind the villa.
The group of four people waited in the waiting room for a few more minutes.
Although the red carpet in the corridor restricted Ye Gengyi's hearing, considering the load on his nerves caused by turning on the 'Makeover Card' for a long time, he has not yet thought of using multi-angle cameras.
"We may explore the villa later... Well, with Conan here, the placement of the sub-disposable sensors must be careful. As for the test plan for 'a certain tool man'... let's take it one step at a time." Until we understand the situation, safety is our top priority.”
Ye Gengyi was silent, thinking about what he might do next.
Another ten seconds passed.
The maid also appeared again in front of the two thick doors.
However, there was still no one behind her.
You really have no temper and no face to be a detective!
Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri curled his lips and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Hey, we've been here for so long. No matter how busy your master is, he still comes out to meet us."
The maid walked into the room, her dark shoes making a dull 'tapping' sound on the dark floor.
The smile disappeared from her face and she slowly uttered a few words:
"Master...is missing."
"Eh?!"
Mouri Kogoro was stunned.
Faced with this answer, I didn’t know how to express myself for a while.
Beside him, Conan asked anxiously: "What do you mean by missing? Is he not in the study, or has he left the villa? Have you looked elsewhere?"
Ye Gengyi, like Mao Lilan, continued to remain silent.
However, the left hand inserted in the pocket was gently shaken.
Someone is missing, and the maid's attitude is even less urgent than that of Conan.
It's just that her face has become a bit worse. It can't be explained by the 'professionalism of a maid who doesn't panic in times of trouble'...
"Master, he will only be in the study at this time...but he is missing."
The maid seemed to be unaware of many things and gave an answer that could not be described as 'ambiguous' but simply a 'communication barrier'.
As expected, the expression on Conan's face twitched, but he still asked:
"So, you weren't looking elsewhere in the villa, were you?"
The door to the living room has been open since the drunk man appeared.
Regardless of time, if the maids really searched hard after discovering that the owner of the villa was missing, they would have been able to hear the shouts, but... no.
...This woman is lying! She must be hiding something.
"In this case, we will help you look for it."
Ye Gengyi said, and took the initiative to come to the maid, with an unchanging smile on his face, "Okay?"
ah?
Just as he was about to make a few foreshadowings, it would be best to guide an adult man who would speak with more weight—that is, his own tool—when Conan made this suggestion and was startled.
His eyes subconsciously fell on the straight back.
There was an instant of familiarity, but no matter whether it was body shape or appearance, there was no one in my mind that could match him.
"Okay... then..."
The maid nodded, took a half step back unconsciously, and was about to finish the second half of her sentence.
Ye Gengyi ignored her, turned sideways, and said to Maori Kogoro: "In case something happens to the owner of the villa, let's look for him separately."
"B-separate?" Mao Lilan's reaction was a little violent. Anyone who saw her expression at this time knew that she was scared.
"Oh... I mean, you and the maid are looking inside the villa, and I'll go outside the villa."
Ye Geng paused and said with a low-level excuse: "Actually, it's too stuffy inside the house. I think maybe the owner of the villa is like me, so it's not necessary to go outside to get some fresh air."
...Even if the other party is not outside, he can simply judge through the light where in the villa the master has gone.
"That's it..."
Mouri Kogoro nodded: "However, the weather outside is not very good, so don't run too far."
"No, I'll just take a look in front of the villa." Ye Gengyi said.
"I want to go too!" Conan said suddenly.
This guy is very sharp.
Ye Gengyi looked over with unchanged expression and expressed his doubts with a modal particle:
"ah?"
"that……"
Conan scratched his big head and explained: "I think the villa is so big. If the master went to other rooms, he can confirm it through the lights. Uh... of course he may also have gone to a room without windows."
By the way, besides the cliff, I went to look at the other two directions of the villa to confirm how the drunk man got here, right... Ye Gengyi finished this sentence in his mind.
However, can this kid really leave his girlfriend and old father-in-law in such a weird villa just to satisfy his desire to explore the truth?
And, most importantly, he didn't want to be with this unfortunate boy...
A team of four becomes a team of two.
It seems reasonable, but when combined with reality, it can be found that the student Ye Gengyi actually only revealed an unknown name to a few people from beginning to end, and talked with Mao Lilan about some things that young people know. Just a topic...
As a result, Mouri Kogoro actually agreed to this method of dividing the team.
It seems that Conan is not the only one with a big heart... This can also be seen from the side. In fact, this tool man is not as unbearable as he appears. The trust he showed in Conan at a critical moment is not the attitude he should have towards a primary school student. .
Well... there is another possibility. In order to hitch a ride and play the role of an ordinary young student, I did not show any danger from beginning to end.
Stepping on the bright red carpet again.
The five people separated in front of the stairs.
Ye Gengyi calmed down his divergent thoughts, unlocked the door, and looked out into the rich night.
