Conan: The Mechanic

"A house?" The agent of the agency looked at Chiba and Conan suspiciously.

"The renter may be dressed in black, most likely a woman with dark eaves and dressed in black," Qian Yu said while looking at the form she wrote. "There should be an instrument such as a printing press in the leased house. It is very likely that there is an upright identity who can legally purchase a printing press."

"..." The service staff frowned. "'Upright'? What are you suspecting?"

"We suspect that someone has kidnapped his brother!" At this time, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta walked in with Jun also, while Haibara Ai followed a few people helplessly.

"I don't know," the service staff shook his head. "I don't know of anyone who has rented from us."

"That..." Jun also hesitated. "It's as if my brother once made a phone call home."

"What?" Everyone was shocked. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"Because that was my grandma's call..." Jun also said aggrieved. "She's very old, so her ears aren't very good."

"What did he say?" Qianyu asked.

"He said..." Jun Ye agreed. "He's with someone who looks a lot like Natsume Soseki."

"Like Natsume Soseki?" The waiter raised his eyebrows. . "I do know someone who looks a lot like Natsume Soseki. He is the owner of the corner bookstore."

"It looks a lot like..." Qian Yu seemed to want to say something, but Yuan Tai and the others behind her happily said. "It must be him! Uncle, take us to find him!"

"Are you sure you want to go?" the service staff asked hesitantly. "That guy is notoriously difficult to deal with..."

"Go!" Yuantai Mitsuhiko and Ayumi said in unison.

. . .

"Then go in and ask him yourself..." The service staff took everyone to a corner bookstore. "I'll go back first, he's very difficult to deal with, you guys be careful."

"Is it difficult to do..." After Yuantai Guangyan Ayumi walked into the bookstore, Qianyu pouted and gave up her plan to follow up. Instead, she leaned against the glass on the outer wall of the bookstore and watched the bustling people passing by crowd.

A minute later. . .

"You all go out to me!!!" Chiba shrank his neck from a terrifying voice, and when he turned around, he saw the shopkeeper who looked like Soseki Natsume kicked the shivering Motobu Mimitoshihiko out of the bookstore.

Well. . . What about Conan and Haibara Ai?

Haibara Ai. . . I have been reading some books by a remote bookshelf before, and now I am walking out of the bookstore.

Conan. . . Conan is sneaking out of a door in the bookstore.

"Not this one," Conan walked out and shook his head. "There is no printer."

"Then what should we do..." Jun also wondered.

"Actually..." Qian Yu shrugged and said. "If he looks like Natsume Soseki, it doesn't necessarily mean he looks like Natsume Soseki, right? I think we should start with the similarity in style, right?"

"Natsume Kinosuke, Soseki is a pillow, hence the name Soseki." Conan pondered after hearing Qian Yu's thoughts. "If you really want to say it, it's probably someone who behaves very strangely?"

"Furthermore, I'm more concerned about another issue," Qianyu looked in the direction of the agency. "We'd better find another person who also works for the agency to ask that question again."

"You suspect there is something wrong with that staff member?" Conan frowned.

"There's something wrong with that person's answer," Chiba motioned for everyone to go with him. "'What are you suspecting?' There's an interesting message in that answer, which is that he's able to match the image we're describing with someone he knows. And they seem to have a good relationship. , because it's clearly defending his friend."

"You mean," Conan said in surprise. "He's lying to us?"

"I can't blame him for that," Qian Yu's mouth raised slightly. "This is a normal human reaction. Humans generally don't believe that people they know will commit crimes, so we need to ask another question and ask someone who won't favor possible criminals."

"What are you going to ask?" Haibara Ai asked curiously.

"People may not expose their friends' illegal behavior," Qian Yu's eyes curled into crescent moons. "But I will definitely actively reward my friend's righteous actions~"

"I see..." Haibara Ai understood what Qianyu meant, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

"..." Conan still didn't understand, silently thinking about Qianyu's meaning. And the others couldn't even understand what Qianyu and the others were thinking about, let alone get involved.

. . .

When the group returned to the agency, the staff member was still sitting at the front desk. If he didn't get rid of him, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to ask anything.

"Do you need to get rid of him?" Although Conan didn't understand Chiba's plan, he was very clear about Chiba's goal.

"Hmm..." Qianyu frowned. "You have to get rid of this guy."

"How long will it take?" Conan asked, taking the change from his pocket.

"The longer the better, at least three minutes." Qianyu looked at Conan's actions, a little puzzled. "what are you planning to do?"

"Just leave it to me," Conan collected the change again. "After he is led away~www.wuxiahere.com~ you just need to hurry up and ask for the answer."

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The staff member was checking the business list when suddenly, the phone in front of him rang.

"Hello?" The staff member picked up the phone and said politely.

"Excuse me, is this the Oduma agency?" A majestic male voice came.

"Yes, may I ask who you are?" the staff replied.

"This is the Dadujan Police Station. I'm the police officer of the First Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Mu Mu Shisan. We need to invite you to cooperate with our investigation. Can you come now? Life is at stake, I hope you can understand."

"Huh?" The staff was a little panicked. "Okay, I'll come right away!"

In a phone booth in the distance, Conan put down the microphone and looked in the direction of the agency.

"I've bought you time, it's up to you." Conan murmured.

At the same time, in front of the intermediary company.

"He can really lead him out..." Qian Yu led everyone out of the shadows and sighed. "Okay, it's time for me to start work, you wait for me outside the door."

"Uncle," Qian Yu came to the front desk and asked the person who replaced the staff member who left. "Can I ask a question?"

"Little boy, what do you want to ask?" The new person said kindly.

"My friend was rescued by a woman in black with a deep-brimmed hat. She didn't tell us her life, but she dropped a business card from your company, so we thought she might have been your customers."

"Oh, I know that person!" The newcomer replied with a smile. "She's the owner of the newspaper next to the police station, the one who prints the town's intelligence magazine!"

Chiba's smile became extremely bright at this moment.