Before 12 midnight, the four people completed the search and gathered in the financial office. After avoiding the perfunctory patrols of the guards, they communicated the investigation results with each other.
Among the three employees, a middle-aged man is worried about his children recently, and two young male employees just graduated from school last year and are students of the same school...
The financial work is taken care of by the president and secretary. There is some tax problem, but the amount is inconspicuous. If the tax department wants to pursue the case, it can issue a warning or impose penalties. If not, the newspaper can pay the taxes and fees before next year. The matter is over...
The vice president is the brother of the president. The two brothers have an old father who is financially well off. The two of them got a sum of money from their old father to start their own business. They jointly established this newspaper and a small steel ball shop. They usually work independently. The responsible side is in a state of profit...
A lot of things were uncovered, but there were no clues pointing to the existence of spies in the newspaper office.
The bathroom Conan checked was free of any debris and was very clean. There were no suspicious items hidden above the ceiling, in the toilet tank, or anywhere else.
The four people stayed in the financial office and eliminated the people from the newspaper office one by one. After reaching the conclusion that "there are no suspicious persons in the newspaper office," they immediately decided to go home. After cleaning up the traces, they used suction cups, ropes and other props to slide down to the first floor.
The operation was as fierce as a tiger's and finally proved the newspaper's innocence. None of the four people felt any regrets.
Chi Feichi knew that the other three people would not be relieved if he did not come to investigate, so he regarded this investigation, which was not very physically demanding, as one of the leisure and entertainment projects within the day.
The other three people finally felt relieved after the investigation, let alone regret.
After Toru Amuro drove the other three to the Seven Detective Agency, he drove home happily.
Conan found that Toru Amuro had not done anything dangerous, and he was quite satisfied with tonight's investigation. He happily stayed at the Seven Detective Agency for one night.
He went to bed at around three in the morning and was still very excited. The end result of Conan was that he overslept and missed the meeting time for the team-building activity that he had arranged with the other members of the Junior Detective Team.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Chi Fei was late and signed for the delivery service outside the door. He got his share of the oral nutrient solution today, deftly opened the bottle cap and took a sip. He threw the empty bottle into the trash can on the first floor and returned to the second floor with the morning newspaper. building.
Conan sat at the dining table on the second floor, talking on his mobile phone with a look of helplessness, dealing with the complaints from the three children on the other side, "It's all because I played games at Brother Chi's house last night and played too late... I just went to bed too." Wake up...I know, I'm really sorry, I won't forget it next time..."
There were two steaming bowls of ramen on the table. Koshimi Nanatsuki took his bowl out of the semi-open kitchen and put it on the table. He then went to the kitchen and took a plate of sashimi and put it on the table. On the table in front of Fei Chi.
"You can just go...Okay, Brother Chi has gone home, I will ask them..." Conan put down the phone, covered the receiver, turned to look at Chi Feichi who walked to the table and asked , "Brother Chi, the doctor is taking everyone to the cinema today to watch a movie. Do you and Sister Nanatsuki want to go with everyone?"
"But, from what you talked to them on the phone just now, they should have already arrived at the cinema. Isn't it too late for us to go there?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki asked.
Conan responded obediently, "The doctor said that if we want to go, they will refund the movie tickets first and wait for us to have lunch nearby. Then everyone will go to the afternoon show together."
"That would be too much trouble," Chi Feichi pulled up his chair and sat down, handing half of the stack of newspapers to Koshimizu Nanatsuki. "There have been no new movies scheduled in the past two days, and there are no movies that are currently showing that interest me. Yes, I’m not going to go.”
Koshimizu Nanatsuki turned to look at the gloomy sky outside the window, "Besides, it's going to rain, so let them finish the movie as planned and go home early to rest... However, if you want to meet everyone, Conan, , we can also drive you there.”
"No, I didn't want to run there again," Conan said with a smile, "Last night when Mr. Amuro drove by the bookstore on the commercial street, I saw a sign saying 'renovation completed' and the latest issue. The mystery magazines have also arrived, and I want to go there in the afternoon. Since you are not going either, I will tell them so that they don’t have to wait for us!"
After eating a meal of Nagahamura-style ramen, which was either breakfast or lunch, Koshimizu Nanatsuki welcomed Maori Ran and Suzuki Sonoko who came to visit.
Chi Feichi heard that the bookstore Conan was going to had many collector's editions of old books, so he accompanied Conan to the bookstore, preparing to complete today's exercise target during his period of weakness and also plan to buy books.
But when Chi Feichi took Conan for a walk to the bookstore, he discovered that the renovation of the bookstore had indeed ended, but the books in the store had not been completely sorted out.
Facing the book list issued by Chi Feichi, the clerk took the two to the book warehouse with a look of despair, showed the unpacked books to the two, and said that he could not find all the books for Chi Feichi today.
Fortunately, Chi Feichi and Conan both have strong observation and reasoning skills. After looking at the warehouse, they quickly deduced the rules of how the clerk moved books to the warehouse.
Chi Feichi quickly identified several locations with collector's editions of old books, and based on the rules of book divisions and categories, he strolled among the stacks of books, pulling out a book from time to time, and reading what he wanted one after another. books picked out.
Conan also locked onto two newly arrived book stacks, quickly found the mystery magazine he wanted in the stacks, asked the store clerk for a trolley, and helped Chi Feichi pick up books.
One book, two books...
Ten books, twenty books...
The clerk stared dumbfoundedly at the two men who were more proficient at finding books than he was. He couldn't help but suspect that it was not him who put the books into the warehouse, but the big and small ones in front of him. It was not until the checkout that he barely recovered.
Chi Fei paid the bill late and left the address of Seven Detectives Agency to the clerk and asked the clerk to arrange for someone to deliver the book directly to Seven Detectives Agency.
Due to the large volume of books purchased, this kind of delivery service is provided by the bookstore for free, and delivery can be arranged immediately. In addition, it has started to rain outside, so the driver responsible for delivering books to the door also smiled and invited the two of them to take the truck back. .
Chi Feichi, who was in the recuperation period, would naturally not refuse this kind of proposal that could save worry and effort.
"The truck is in the alley behind. It's not convenient to get on the truck. There is still a lot of water on the ground. You two should wait in the store for two minutes, and then go to the sidewalk outside the store to wait to get on the truck," the truck driver said. Holding the car keys, he waved to the two of them, turned around with a smile and walked towards the back door, "After I loaded the goods, I drove the car to the front! Of course, the books had been wrapped in waterproof kraft paper and sealed. The books you bought will not get wet in the box, so please wait for me a little longer, I will drive to the front in about five minutes, you can go out in five minutes!"
The enthusiastic and talkative uncle was not offensive. Chi Feichi and Conan listened to each other's suggestions and did not follow him into the alley behind. However, they both brought umbrellas and did not stay in the bookstore waiting all the time. They went out early and arrived. I bought some snacks from a nearby store and planned to take them back to the girls who were having a tea party with Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Maori Ran.
The bag containing snacks was not heavy and Chi Feichi could carry it alone. Conan held up his small umbrella and followed Chi Feichi. He took out his mobile phone with his free left hand to check the time, "It's already past two in the afternoon. ”
Chi Feichi raised his eyes and saw a truck with a bookstore spray-painted logo approaching at the end of the street. Before he had time to warn Conan, he saw a young woman holding an umbrella and looking at her mobile phone coming towards her, and was about to collide with Conan. The reminder also changed, "Ahead..."
Conan looked up blankly, and when he saw the young woman walking towards him, who was obviously not looking at the road, he stopped subconsciously.
There is still some distance between the two sides. As long as one party can react and avoid in time, they can get out of the way no matter what.
Seeing Conan's obvious reaction, Chi Fei was about to take Conan to the inside of the road.
"Boom!"
There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the lightning illuminated the water in front.
When Chi Feichi moved his eyes from the woman to the road, he saw an enlarging black shadow on the water on the road. His pupils shrank, and he quickly let go of the snack bag with his right hand. He grabbed Conan's back collar and dragged Conan towards the road. Back away.
Conan was caught off guard and his collar was pulled back. His whole body was suspended in the air. In the street scene's backward view, he saw a figure falling freely in front of his body.
Across the way, the young woman's eyes had just moved from her mobile phone to Conan in front of her. Before she could react, she saw a person falling at high speed in front of her.
The figure landed heavily where Conan and Chi Feichi were originally, and the flesh and blood body touched the ground, making a heart-stopping muffled sound, causing other people on the road to turn their heads in shock.
A few drops of blood splashed on the road, being hit and diluted by the falling raindrops. The young woman looked at the fallen man lying limply on the road in front of her, and let out a scream of fear.
"ah--!"
Conan was put back on the ground by Chi Feichi, looking pale at the man on the ground in front of him.
Someone fell!
And if Chi Feichi hadn't reacted in time and pulled him back, there might have been three people lying there now!
(End of chapter)
