Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 257 Crisis
Mouri Kogoro, who choked on his daughter's words, was speechless for a moment, and didn't want to continue bringing the topic to Fei Yingli, so he had no choice but to sit down at the table and start eating dinner by himself.

Conan, who witnessed the quarrel between father and daughter, also felt that now was not his chance to intervene, so he sat down to have dinner together.

When he thought that the other party had just made it clear that he was using Tohru Amuro to criticize him, Conan glanced at Uncle Mouri who was enjoying the meal with his half-moon eyes, and thought that it was really that delicious, so he also took a bite.

A few seconds later, Conan started eating as much as Kogoro Mouri regardless of appearance. He quickly finished the food on the table, and the two of them leaned back in their chairs with satisfied expressions.

Just when Conan was feeling happy physically and mentally after enjoying a wonderful dinner, a sense of crisis suddenly emerged from his heart. He quickly stood up from his chair and told Uncle Maori that he had eaten too much and wanted to eat. I went for a walk to digest and hurried out the door.

During this period of time, he and the other members of the Young Detective Team went to reminisce about the sweet house quite a few times, so they became quite familiar with Toru Amuro, the chef and waiter in the store.

The other party is not only handsome, but also has a very good personality. He is mature, steady, enthusiastic and cheerful. He is also very friendly to children. There are even many female customers who go to the store to spend money on him. Even I almost missed it just now. Become a prisoner of the other person’s delicious food.

Thinking that Xiaolan had worked with each other for a long time during the vacation, Conan couldn't help but put himself and Toru Amuro on the scale to carefully compare, but suddenly found that apart from being handsome, he was evenly matched with each other. In addition, in other points that can win the favor of girls, he completely failed!
Recalling the shy look Xiaolan showed when Uncle Mouri mentioned Toru Amuro, Conan suddenly felt alarm bells ringing in his heart. He felt that if things continued like this, his wife might be abducted by Huang Mao next door, so he hurriedly ran to the house not far away. At the phone booth, I wanted to call Xiaolan quickly to make her presence felt.

After glancing at his watch, Conan estimated that Xiaolan had almost finished taking a shower, so he picked up the phone and called the other party's mobile phone.

Xiaolan, who was drying her hair, noticed that her cell phone suddenly lit up with an unfamiliar call notification. She quickly turned off the hair dryer and put it aside. She picked up the phone and asked, "Hello, who is this?"

"It's me, Xiaolan." Conan on the other end of the phone responded, picking up the voice-changing bow tie.

"Shinichi! Is that you?" Xiaolan asked excitedly when she heard the voice coming from her ear, "Why did it take you so long to call me?"

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, the case I'm dealing with right now is a bit tricky, so I can't get away from it for the moment." After hearing the other party's question, Conan explained with his usual excuse, "But I have been paying attention to you. Are you having fun going to America for a while?”

Knowing that although the other party was busy with important things, he still cared about her, the resentment in Xiaolan's heart eased a little, and she replied with a smile: "It's really fun to go to the United States with everyone, but it would be even better if you could go together. Well, I also want to make up for the night view of Manhattan that we didn’t see together before.”

"There's no rush. Once I finish this case, I'll go with you next time." Sensing Xiaolan's regretful mood, Conan decisively made a promise next time. "Okay then, it's a deal." Xiaolan was overjoyed when she saw the other party's promise. She looked up and saw the plush puppy pendant hanging on her school bag. She walked to the bag and stroked the dog's head slightly. He smiled and said, "By the way, Shinichi, don't you like puppies very much? I saw a pair of super cute puppy pendants in the United States this time. I will bring them to you next time we meet!"

Hearing this, Conan recalled the pendant he had glanced at before. He was about to speak and temporarily agree, but he noticed the sudden sound of electricity on the phone. He asked strangely: "That's good, but Xiaolan, are you okay?" I was drying my hair just after taking a shower, and I could hear the noise of electricity."

"No, I turned off the hair dryer when I answered the phone." Upon hearing the other party's question, Xiaolan felt a little strange at first, then she frowned and ran to the window to look out, "How did you know that I just After taking a shower, have you been peeping at me since just now?"

Conan, who was in a phone booth not far downstairs, was so frightened when he saw the window being opened that he quickly turned his back to the phone and explained: "No, I just relied on guessing. After all, today is the first day of school. Usually, You will stay at the karate club for a long time before going home, and you will just have finished taking a shower and eating at this time."

Noticing that the sound of electricity on the phone immediately weakened a lot after Xiaolan moved to the window, Conan suddenly thought of a possibility, and with a strong sense of crisis instantly swept through his brain, he hurriedly said to Xiaolan on the phone : "Sorry Xiaolan, I'm in a hurry here. I'll call you later!"

After speaking, Conan immediately hung up the phone, left the phone booth and ran back, while Xiaolan put down the phone speechlessly, returned to the bathroom door and turned on the hair dryer again to continue treating her long hair that was not yet dry.

Conan, who quietly returned to the Maori Detective Agency, took advantage of Xiaolan's inability to notice the movement in the living room due to the noise of the hair dryer. He quickly walked to the other party's schoolbag and checked it carefully, and finally found it in the crack of the puppy pendant. Got the bug.

Looking at this inconspicuous little object in his hand, Conan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his constricted pupils fully reflected the panic in his heart at this moment.

Without any time to think, Conan held the bug in his hand and quickly left the Mori Detective Agency. He found an uninhabited corner and dismantled the bug and destroyed it before rushing to Dr. Agasa's house with the remains.

On the way, Conan recalled that Xiaolan had unpacked the pendant and hung it on her schoolbag just today. Since it could pass the customs security inspection, it could not have been bugged when it was purchased. In this case, it should be Someone tampered with me during the day today.

Considering that a large number of people have access to Xiaolan's schoolbag, whether in classrooms, clubs, or even in the Memories Sweet House, it is difficult for Conan to determine who planted the bug and for what purpose. Want to monitor Xiaolan.

In the current situation where there are insufficient clues, Conan can only place his hope on Dr. Ali to help him trace the remains of the eavesdropper through the remains of the eavesdropper. Otherwise, he can only think about the worst. , prepare as much as possible to deal with it...

(End of this chapter)