"House?" The service staff of the intermediary company looked at Chiba and Conan suspiciously.

"The tenant may be dressed in black, most likely a woman with a black eaves and a black dress," Qian Yu said, looking at the form she had written. "There should be an instrument such as a printing press in the rented house, and it is likely that there is some kind of integrity that can legally buy a printing press."

“。。。” The service staff frowned. "'Above board'? What are you suspecting? ”

"We suspect someone kidnapped his brother!" At this time, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Motota walked in with Shunya, while Ashbara followed behind a few people with a helpless face.

"I don't know," the attendant shook his head. "I don't know of anyone like that who has rented a house from us."

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

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

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

"What did he say?" Qian Yu asked.

"He said... Toshiya is only submissive. "He's with someone who looks a lot like Natsume Soseki."

"Similar to Natsume Soseki?" The service staff raised their eyebrows. "I do know a guy who looks a lot like Natsume Soseki, and he's the owner of a bookstore on the corner."

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

"Are you sure you're going?" The service staff hesitated. "That guy is notoriously difficult...

"Go!" Mitsuhiko Motota 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, it's hard for him to do it, you guys be careful."

"Is it hard to do... After Motota Mitsuhiko Ayumi walked into the bookstore, Chiba pursed her lips and gave up her plan to follow up, but leaned against the glass on the outer wall of the bookstore, looking at the bustling crowd walking on both sides.

A minute later ...

"You all get me out!!" The volume of horror shrank from Chiba's neck, and as soon as he turned around, he saw the shopkeeper who looked like Natsume Soseki driving out Mitsuhiko Motota, who was trembling with fear, out of the bookstore.

Not... What about Conan and Gray Plains?

Gray Plains mourning... I've been reading books next to a remote bookshelf before, and now I'm walking out of the bookstore.

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

"It's not this one," Conan said, walking out, shaking his head. "There is no printer."

"So what are we going to do... Joon is also embarrassed.

"Actually... Qian Yu shrugged his shoulders and said. "If it's similar to Natsume Soseki, it doesn't necessarily mean that it looks like Natsume Soseki, right? I think it's better to start with a similar style, right? ”

"Natsume Kananosuke, Soseki pillow flow, hence the name Soseki." Conan pondered when he heard Chiba's thoughts. "If anything, it's probably someone who behaves very strangely, right?"

"Moreover, I am more concerned about another issue," Qian Yu looked in the direction of the agency. "We'd better find another person who also works at an agency and ask that question again."

"Do you suspect there's something wrong with that staff?" Conan frowned.

"That person's answer is questionable," Qian Yu motioned for everyone to come with him. "'What are you suspecting?' Implicit in this way of answering is the interesting fact that he is able to match the image we are narrating with someone he knows. And it seems, their personal relationship is not bad, because it is clearly defending his friend. ”

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

"You can't blame him for that," the corners of Qianyu's mouth lifted slightly. "This is a normal human reaction. Humans generally don't trust people they know to commit crimes, so we need to change the way we ask and find someone who won't be biased towards possible criminals. ”

"What are you going to ask?" Gray Yuan said curiously.

"People may not expose their friends' transgressions," Chiba's eyes bent into crescent moons. "But I will definitely actively reward my friends for their righteous deeds~"

"I see... Gray Yuan Wai understood what Qian Yu meant, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

“。。。” Conan still didn't understand, and silently pondered what Qianyu meant. And the others couldn't even understand what Qian Yu was thinking about, let alone participate.

。。。

When the group returned to the agency, the staff member was still sitting at the front desk, and if he hadn't been pushed away, he probably wouldn't have been able to ask anything.

"You need to break him up, don't you?" Although Conan still hasn't understood Chiha's plan, he is well aware of Chiba's goal.

"Hmm... Qian Yu frowned. "This guy has to be pulled apart."

"How long will it take?" Conan asked, pulling the change out of his pocket.

"The longer the better, at least three minutes." Qian Yu looked at Conan's movements, a little puzzled. "What are you going to do?"

"Just leave it to me," Conan said, putting away the change again. "After he's led away, you just need to hurry up and ask for the answer."

…

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

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

"Is this the Otoma Agency?" A majestic male voice came.

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

"This is the Oduma Police Station, I'm Officer Twilight Thirteen of the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Division, we need to ask you to come and cooperate with our investigation, can you come now? Human lives matter, I hope you understand. ”

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

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 muttered.

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

"He's really going to be able to lure him out... Qian Yu led everyone out of the shadows and sighed. "Alright, it's time for me to get to work, you guys are waiting for me outside the door."

"Uncle," Chiba asked as she came to the front desk and asked the person who had replaced the staff member who had left. "Can I ask a question?"

"Kid, what do you want to ask?" New people and good ways.

"Earlier, my friend was rescued by a woman dressed in black and wearing a deep-brimmed hat. She didn't tell us about her life at the time, but she dropped a business card from your company at the time, so we thought she might be your customer. ”

"Oh, I know that guy!" 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!"

Qianyu's smile became incomparably bright at this moment.