[I don’t want the things at home to be rummaged through, so I told Conan where the photos are stored and asked him to get them. He will bring the photos back to the office, so don’t waste your trip. 】
After Conan sent the email using Kudo Shinichi's mobile phone, he immediately ran to the study.
The Kudo family's study room is almost the same size as a medium-sized library.
The first thing that catches the eye are the four walls, each of which is covered by tall bookshelves. These bookshelves are neatly arranged from top to bottom with various books, from classic literature to world history, from criminal psychology to scientific theories. ,various kinds……
After Akai Shuichi moved in, he would come here to pick up a few books to read in his spare time. Now he looked at Conan who ran up the stairs to the second floor of the study with a clear goal, and he was inevitably a little curious.
He turned off the necklace-shaped voice changer and restored his original voice: "How do you want to find it?"
Conan took out one of the file bags and read the text on the cover. He subconsciously replied: "This area stores files from more than ten years ago. Ak...er, Mr. Subaru?"
He looked at Akai Shuichi who was standing in front of the door.
The latter explained: "The voice changer doesn't have much power left, and the spare is in the bedroom."
That's it...
It would be great if the doctor could use his energy in researching strange props to increase the battery life of useful props... Conan silently complained, and then said:
"I don't need help here. Depending on the year, you should be able to find it soon."
"good."
Akai Shuichi responded, and before walking out of the study, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at Conan, who was rummaging through the files seriously.
He was the first one to rush over when an emergency happened. He was so familiar with the Kudo family's study, and he didn't know what the relationship was between this kid named Conan and Kudo Shinichi...
…
At the same time, on the street not far from 2-chome.
Mao Lilan, Suzuki Sonoko and Sera Masumi gathered together.
After reading Kando Shinichi's email, Mao Lilan frowned and said:
"What? Why don't you just tell me where the photo is."
"Could it be that some unhealthy books and periodicals were placed near that photo?" Suzuki Sonoko said teasingly.
"No matter what it is, we are already near his house."
Sera Masumi was worried that Mao Lilan would turn around and leave in anger, so he took the lead and walked towards Kudo's house and said:
"Besides, I also want to meet Mr. Subaru who lives here."
The three of them passed through the iron gate of Kudo's house and went straight to the house.
Here, Akai Shuichi had just left the study when he suddenly heard several familiar conversations coming from the entrance.
"Excuse me~"
"Ah, they are Conan's shoes."
"He's already here?"
"That kid's moves are really fast."
how come……
Akai Shuichi paused and quickly turned on the necklace-shaped voice changer.
If he continued walking straight back to the bedroom, the two parties would inevitably meet each other, but he had no choice but to retreat and sneak into the bathroom nearby.
"Speaking of Mr. Subaru, I felt a little strange before." Suzuki Sonoko murmured.
"Eh?"
Mao Lilan and Shiliang Zhenzhen looked over in confusion.
"It's his clothes," Suzuki Sonoko explained: "That person always wears clothes that cover his neck, so I was wondering if he wanted to cover the tattoos on his neck or something."
"Listening to what you said," Mao Lilan recalled the few rare meetings: "It seems that it is indeed like that..."
"right!"
Suzuki Sonoko said excitedly: "Let's find an opportunity to rip off his collar while he's not paying attention!"
"..."
Akai Shuichi was hiding in the bathroom. When he heard this conversation, he opened his collar and put away the necklace-shaped voice changer. After picking up the toothpaste and toothbrush, he made a medium-sized 'click' sound.
"Huh? What's the sound?"
Sera Masumi stopped in confusion and looked at the closed door on one side.
"Conan, are you here?"
She shouted, turned the door handle gently, and pushed it open after finding that the door was not locked.
In front of the bathroom mirror.
Akai Shuichi brushed his teeth carelessly.
"Ah—it's Mr. Subaru."
Mao Lilan was the first to react, feeling that this scene seemed a bit familiar, and hurriedly said: "Sorry, we thought Conan was here..."
"Um……"
Akai Shuichi did not speak because he had a toothbrush in his mouth. He just pointed to one side of the corridor outside.
"there?"
Mao Lilan asked: "Is it the study room?"
"Um."
Akai Shuichi continued not to speak, but just nodded.
The three people quickly left the bathroom and walked towards the study.
The second floor of the study room.
Conan had just dug out a box of files that might contain the incident ten years ago when he suddenly heard the sound of the door below being opened.
Immediately afterwards, Sera Masumi sighed: "Wow, there are really a lot of books here."
Mao Lilan walked to the middle of the study, looked around and soon saw Conan looking down.
"Sister Xiaolan...you are here too..."
"Conan, it's too dangerous for you to stand so high. Let me find you." Mao Lilan put down her schoolbag and prepared to climb up the ladder.
"It doesn't matter, I've almost found it."
Conan hurriedly stopped him, "You should go to the kitchen and have a cup of black tea first. I will get it later."
It would be fine if there were only Xiaolan and Sonoko, but now there was another Sera Masumi. Before he knew whether he was an enemy or a friend, he didn't want to give the other party a chance to check these case files.
…
The three girls came to the kitchen and waited for a while.
He failed to guess that Okiya Subaru had a tattoo on his neck, which obviously hurt the pride of a certain reasoning queen.
Suzuki Sonoko took a few sips of black tea and said, "Xiaolan, don't you think it's strange? You can come here to clean at will every month, why are you not allowed to come here to find that photo? I guess the other party must be thinking What to hide!"
"How is that possible?" Mao Lilan said with shame.
"Perhaps what you want to hide is the traces of a woman."
Sera Masaki said nonchalantly:
"I saw the elastic band used to tie the hair on the top of the cabinet, as well as the long wig at the sink drain, and the rim of the glass for drinking red wine. If you look closely, there are lipstick marks on it that were wiped with your fingers."
"boom!"
Suzuki Sonoko slapped the table and defended her best friend:
"Could it be that guy Shinichi who cheated on him and secretly brought the woman back here?!"
"If you think so..."
Sera Masumi suggested:
"You can take a photo of this as evidence and record the date. As long as you write down when and where you found this physical evidence, and how you felt at the time, it will come in handy when you litigate in the future."
"Fight, start a lawsuit..." Mao Lilan was surprised.
"yes."
Sera Masumi nodded:
"Compared with a digital camera that can copy and process photos, it is better to use Polaroid. The diary should also be written with a ball pen that cannot be modified. If the news or weather of the day are also included, the credibility will be improved. .”
Weather... and news content...
Mao Lilan took out her mobile phone and started recording.
"This will make that eloquent reasoning bastard speechless, right? Teacher!"
Suzuki Sonoko directly used the honorific title.
"Uh...that's right."
Sera Masumi explained:
"But Kudo-san hasn't lived at home for a while, right? So according to common sense, the woman who left these traces should be related to Mr. Subaru just now."
(End of chapter)
