Chapter 21—The Man Who Falls Slowly
"Chiha," Conan asked in a low voice to Chiba as he walked out of the train station. "How did you find him? I always feel like you found him for a purpose. ”
"Can't you pick up a conversation?" Thousand feathers with white eyes.
“。。。” Conan's brow jumped.
"Little brother," Dr. Asasa asked Yuu. "When was the festival held?"
"The festival starts at 9 a.m. and should run until around 6 p.m." Yu thought for a moment and replied.
"So," Dr. Asa asked again. "What is the approximate rate of the hostel in Okumurame?"
"Huh?" Yu seemed to be confused by this question. "Hostel?"
"yes, what's wrong?" Dr. Asasa asked in confusion about Yuu's reaction.
"Okumura is a small town, and there doesn't seem to be a hostel in the town, after all, this is a small town that has just had a telephone." Yoo said with a smile.
"Then can we sit back in the city after watching the festival?"
"If the festival ends at six o'clock, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for us to go back." Qian Yu interrupted with a frown. "The festival is more popular than you think, and it's unlikely we'll be able to get tickets unless we go back early-"
"Do you have any acquaintances in Ashikaga?" Yu asked.
"Nope." Dr. Asasa shook his head.
"Then just stay in my house, my empty house is quite rich, and the price will definitely be cheaper than the hostels in the city." Yu suddenly recommended it to everyone. "Hostels in the city are generally 3,500 yen per person, and children are 1,500 to 2,000 yen, and the food is only a very simple breakfast. How about you have four or five children for 10,000 yen? I'll prepare frozen food for you tonight and tomorrow morning, and I'll do my best to buy you delicious bento boxes for tomorrow night. If you are not satisfied with the price, you can negotiate again. ”
“。。。” Dr. Asa glanced at Mitsuhiko Mototabu, who had an expectant expression, and then looked at Conan. Conan, on the other hand, glanced at Chiha, who had been looking at Yuu, and nodded at Dr. Asasa. "Then please."
"By the way," Conan said to Yu suddenly. "If we bring food, we don't have to bother my brother, how about reducing the cost to 9,500 yen?"
"Huh?" Yu was stunned. If you prepare food for the six of them, it will cost about 3,000 yen, which means that Conan's words made him an extra 2,500 yen.
Dr. Asa froze.
Qian Yu reacted after being slightly stunned, and hurriedly looked around, in case any of the mallets didn't understand Conan's plan and ruined Conan's plan. (Isn't this ruining Qianyu's plan)
Mitsuhiko was about to remind Conan after calculating, but was stopped by Chiha.
Yuantai is not interested in bento boxes, and is full of interest in going out to buy food by herself, so she doesn't think about the problem.
Chiba hooked Mitsuhiko's shoulders and pulled him aside.
"Qianyu, what are you doing?" Mitsuhiko was suddenly pulled by Qianyu and was startled, and it took a few stumbles to steady his pace.
"Are you saying it's a big loss?" Qian Yu ignored the strange eyes of Motota and Ayumi and said in a low voice.
"Isn't it?" Mitsuhiko said as a matter of course.
"Eat your opinion in your stomach and don't say it!" Qianyu's brows furrowed, and he said firmly in an unquestioning voice. "Conan did it for a reason."
"Huh?" Mitsuhiko digested Chiha's words for a moment, and finally decided to do it first. "Oh, okay."
"The car is coming, let's run faster!" Yu glanced behind him and suddenly ran.
"Huh?" Everyone in the detective group was stunned, and saw a bus coming from behind everyone, heading for the bus stop dozens of meters ahead.
"Run!" Dr. Asasa gave an order and everyone ran.
"Whew-whew-" Genta sat down in his seat in a rough dress. "I've finally grabbed a seat."
"There aren't as many people here as in Tokyo," Yuu said with a smile as he sat in the seat next to him. "There are fewer buses than in Tokyo, but there are no seats like in Tokyo. All we had to do was get to the terminal, and we were able to get to the tram stop to Okumuran, which took about an hour. ”
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"I'm ... Chiba woke up in a daze, only to see himself standing, staring at a man face to face. "I'm eye level with an adult man? I'm dreaming ... So, this man is ... ”
The man wore a pair of glasses and a well-dressed suit, and looked at Chiba in silence.
"Who are you?" Qian Yu asked.
“。。。” The man did not respond.
The man's figure was suddenly shattered by the sound that Qian Yu heard.
"Two o'clock!" Motota's voice caused Chiba to suddenly wake up from a dream seeking the truth.
"Yuantai, what are you doing!" Chiba woke up from her sleep, and the rare angry sound instantly frightened Motota.
"Ahh Right... I'm sorry... Yuan Tai apologized with a wilt.
"But then again, how did I fall asleep... Qian Yu tapped his forehead, thinking helplessly. "Sure enough, I didn't get enough sleep last night...
"Ahh Feed! "Yuan Tai actually let out a loud shout again." Look at the top of the building! ”
"What are you doing with Yuantai—" Qianyu was about to reprimand Yuantai, but found that just behind the two-story building on the other side of the road, there seemed to be two people pushing and shoving. Chiba's eyes narrowed. "These two people...
Just when several people were speculating about what the hell was going on, one of the two people was actually pushed off the roof of the building by the other!
“!!!” All of them had incredible expressions on their faces.
"Something big is wrong... Chiba and Conan looked at each other and muttered.
"It's not far away to get the next stop, let's get off the train and hurry over!" Conan said, standing at the back door of the bus. "Brother You, can you lead the way?"
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Fifteen minutes later, when the group followed the guide to the scene of the incident, they saw a person lying on the ground downstairs, his life and death unknown, and an ambulance from the fire department had just stopped on the side of the road, and two doctors ran down with stretchers and braces to treat the injured.
"The injured person may have fractures, pay attention to the carrying posture!" The doctor reminded the patient as he secured the patient's body with a brace, turned it over and lifted it onto a stretcher.
"Something isn't right." Conan muttered to himself.
"Hmm... Chiba agreed.
A few minutes later.
"I'm sorry, may I ask which of you called the police?" The driver of the ambulance gets out of the car and prepares to take a record of the accident.
"It's me," replied a young woman with an umbrella as she stepped out of the crowd. "I called the police."
"I was walking on the road with an umbrella just now, and this man suddenly fell like this, and then I called the police."
"She's the witness." Conan raised an eyebrow and disappeared into the crowd.
"Mr. the driver of the ambulance," Chiwa said to the driver. "I suggest you call the detectives."
"Huh?" The driver was stunned.
"He was pushed down," Qian Yu said, pointing a finger to his eyes. "By another person."
"We saw it too!" Motota Mitsuhiko and Ayumi also nodded.
"Yes," Yuu nodded. "We were sitting on a bus on the other side of the street and saw him being pushed off."
"What!" The driver's face immediately turned very bad and he walked quickly to the car. "This is the first aid service, and it seems that there is a possibility of attempted murder in relation to the fall from the building that I just contacted. Ah, the victim, Mr. Masaaki Ogata, 37 years old... ”
"Interesting." Conan's voice rang out from behind Chiba.
“?” Qianyu turned his head and looked at Conan with a playful expression.
"That sister saw the victim fall to the ground at 2:10." Conan said as he looked at Chiba.
"But we should have been... After Qian Yu heard the news, his face was full of confusion.
"Two o'clock saw him being pushed down," Conan nodded. "That is, it was a slow fall that lasted ten minutes."