Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 51 Shadow
After meeting Asoshi, the newly hired personal doctor, Xia Mei temporarily relieved herself and asked him to take care of Grandma Yangzi's health.

After everything was arranged here, Ishino and Natsumi returned to their home in Mihuacho, preparing to reopen on Monday tomorrow.

In the next few days, Memories Sweet House welcomed more customers, and this was not only due to Ishino's golden signature as a celebrity, but also because Xia Mei's desserts were of excellent quality, and each dessert contained her emotion.

Although the price of the goods in the store is much higher than that of ordinary dessert shops, it is definitely worth the money, and the students and residents' families in the vicinity are in good condition, so they are well-known and highly respected.

In this way, Ishino managed to spend a period of leisure and peaceful daily life, but in Ke Xue's world, such time is always short...

Looking at the Shinigami elementary school student who was secretly talking to him in front of him, although Ishino felt disgusted, he still asked calmly: "Conan-kun, what can I do for you?"

"Brother Shiye, your hometown is from China..." Conan glanced at the friends beside him, making sure that no one was paying attention to him, and whispered something wrong, "Have you ever heard of a kind called 'Bai Gan'er'? ' Baijiu?"

"That's right, there is such a high-grade baijiu." When Ishino heard Conan asked about it, he knew that the other party should have turned back to Kudo Shinichi by relying on baiganjiu. "Why do you ask this?"

After getting the answer he wanted, Conan asked a little awkwardly: "Then can you buy me a bottle?"

"Actually, I have an extra-curricular experiment that needs to use this kind of wine." Seeing the suspicious look at him, Conan quickly added.

Ishino did not directly expose Conan's lie, but pretended to be thinking seriously, shook his head and said: "This kind of high-alcohol liquor is a restricted item in international express delivery, and it is not good to bring it directly from China to Japan. Even if it is really The cost is too high to bring over.”

"You should ask Maori detective if you can buy imported white dry wine in Japan, it should be more cost-effective." Ishino put forward his own suggestion to Conan.

"Yes, is that so?" Hearing the other party's answer, Conan couldn't find any suitable reason to force Ishino to help him bring the goods, so he smiled awkwardly, "Then I'll ask Uncle Maori..."

"Conan, have you chosen yet?" Ayumi asked from the side.

"If you don't hurry up, the good-looking books in the library will be borrowed first by others!" Guangyan urged.

"Yes, Conan, you are so slow, if you don't leave, we won't wait for you!" Yuantai over there also became a little impatient.

"Here we come! I haven't decided which one to choose, so I won't buy it yet." Conan didn't keep his friends waiting too long, and followed after bidding farewell to Ishino.

After seeing off Conan and the children, Ishino turned back to the back kitchen and made a real phone call to Aso at the castle.

Just now I heard a few little ones say they are going to the Mihua Library, and with Conan coming to ask him about Baiganjiu, Ishino is basically sure that the young detective team will encounter that "childhood shadow" case today.

At the same time, it's time for me to cash in my third chip to Ma Sheng...

……

"Every book here is really boring..."

Looking at the messy children's books on the bookshelf in front of him, Conan really couldn't understand why the three little ones could read them with so much interest.

Bored, he saw that the cabinet next to the bookshelf was open, so with the idea of ​​killing time, he rummaged through the cardboard boxes inside.

It was just that what was turned out of the cardboard box was imported books inserted upside down into the book box, and the outside was wrapped in plastic film, which seemed a bit strange.

"Hey, this is not a book suitable for children."

Suddenly, a big hand stretched out from behind Conan, over his shoulder, and took the book in his hand away.

Seeing the uncle behind him showing a kind smile, Conan scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Ah, I'm sorry."

At this time, sirens sounded from far to near outside the window, and the children of the Boys Detective Team lay down on the window sill curiously, looking at the police car driving on the road.

Seeing the police car stop at the entrance of the library, Megure got out of the car with Takagi and other police officers, walked into the gate of the library, and the children immediately jumped off the tiptoe chairs and ran to the elevator.

"Sorry, wait for us!" Conan shouted while running, and finally rushed into the elevator with a few little ones before the elevator door closed.

It's just that a few people just stood still when they heard the elevator's overload alarm go off.

After counting, the four of them just exceeded the limit of 7 people, so the four children had no choice but to exit the elevator and go down the side stairs.

When a few people ran downstairs, Police Officer Megure was already questioning the middle-aged man from before, that is, Hideji Tsugawa, the library director.

Conan and others came to the side of Police Officer Megure, and through the conversation between the two sides, they learned that Yu Tian and the male library staff had been missing since the night before yesterday.

Yutian Kazuo has the habit of calling home to inform his wife before leaving get off work every day, but he did not do so the night before, indicating that the other party is most likely missing in the library.

So the police came to the library to conduct a comprehensive search to see if they could find Yutian Kazuo's whereabouts, or...the corpse.

A few hours later, Takagi commanded other police officers to search the entire library, but ultimately failed to find Yutian Kazuo's whereabouts or body.

Considering that there is also the possibility that the prisoner will take Yutian Kazuo out of the library after being controlled, Officer Megure can only announce the withdrawal of the team and go back to study other search directions.

Conan, who was listening to the whole process, frowned at this time, feeling that the matter was not simple, so he decided to stay in the library and conduct a late-night exploration...

……

As night fell, it was already pitch black outside, and the library had been closed a few hours ago, so there should be no one inside at this time.

It's just that in a locker in a certain bathroom, a few curious little ghosts carefully opened the door and got out from inside...

"What are we going to do next? Conan-kun!" Ayumi's voice showed eagerness to try.

While complaining in his heart that these brats are really difficult, he reluctantly answered the other party's question: "Of course it's to find the hidden corpse."

"But didn't the police already..." Mitsuhiko said puzzled.

"Because I always feel that there is a smell in this library..."

Just when the three little ones were puzzled, the elevator not far away suddenly issued a notification sound when it reached the floor.

A few people were startled, and hurriedly hid in the shadow of the corner, secretly observed the direction of the elevator door, and found that the person who walked out of the elevator was actually the curator Jin Chuan!

Just as the little ones approached the room that Director Jinchuan had just entered, they did not find a slender figure with long hair and a crow tengu mask standing quietly in the shadow at the far end of the corridor...

　Finally [-] words, thank you for your company all the way!
　　I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!

　　Please recommend, please collect!thank you all!

　　


(End of this chapter)