"House?" The service staff of the agency looked at Qianyu and Conan suspiciously.

"The lessee may be dressed in black, most likely a woman with deep black brim and dressed in black," Qianyu said, looking at the form he wrote. "There should be a printing press in the rented house.

The equipment, it is likely that there is some kind of aboveboard identity that can legally purchase the printing press."

"..." The service staff frowned. "'Above and aboveboard'? What are you suspecting?"

"We suspect that someone kidnapped his brother!" At this time, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi and Genta walked in with Toshiya, while Haibara Ai followed them with a look of helplessness.

"I don't know," the service staff shook his head. "I don't know that such a person has rented a house from us."

"Well..." Jun Ye hesitated. "It seems that my brother once called home."

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

"Because it was my grandma who answered the phone..." Jun Ye said aggrievedly. "She is very old, so her ears are not very good."

"What did he say?" Qianyu asked.

"He said..." Toshiya said solemnly. "He is with a person who looks very similar to Natsume Soseki."

"Looks like Natsume Soseki?" The service staff raised an eyebrow. "I actually know a person who looks a lot like Natsume Soseki. He is the owner of the corner bookstore."

"Looks very similar..." Qianyu seemed to want to say something, but Yuantai and others behind him said happily. "It must be him! Uncle, take us to find him!"

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

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

...

"Then you go in and ask him yourselves..." The service staff took everyone to a corner bookstore. "I'm going back first. He's very difficult to deal with, so be careful."

"Is it difficult to do..." After Gentai Mitsuhiko Ayumi walked into the bookstore, Qianyu curled her lips and gave up the plan to follow in. Instead, she leaned on the glass of the outer wall of the bookstore and looked at the bustling people passing by on both sides.

crowd.

One minute later...

"Get out of here!!!" The terrifying voice sounded. Qianha shrank her neck, and when she turned around, she saw the shopkeeper who looked exactly like Natsume Soseki driving the frightened Gentai Ayumi Mitsuhiko out of the bookstore.

Hmm...where are Conan and Haibara Ai?

Haibara Ai... I had been reading some book next to a remote bookshelf before, and now I am walking out of the bookstore.

Conan...Conan was 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 Ye was confused.

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

"Natsume Kinnosuke, Soseki's pillow, hence his name Soseki." After hearing Chiba's thoughts, Conan pondered. "If you really want to say it, he is probably someone with very weird behavior, right?"

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

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

"There's something wrong with that man's answer," Qianyu motioned for everyone to go with him. "'What are you suspecting?' This way of answering contains very interesting information, that is, he can combine the image we described with his

Someone he knew met. And it seemed like their personal relationship was pretty good, because he was obviously trying to protect his friend."

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

"You can't blame him," Qian Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "This is a normal reaction of human beings. Human beings generally do not believe that people they know well will commit crimes, so we need to change the way of asking and find someone who will not be biased.

You have to ask the prisoner."

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

"People may not expose their friends' illegal behavior," Qianyu's eyes turned into crescent moons. "But they will definitely actively reward their friends for their righteous behavior~"

"I see..." Haiyuan Ai understood Qian Yu's meaning and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"..." Conan still didn't understand, silently thinking about what Qianyu meant. But 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 they didn't move him away, they probably wouldn't be able to ask anything.

"You need to get him away, right?" Although Conan hasn't understood Qianyu's plan yet, he is very clear about Qianyu's goal.

"Well..." Qianyu frowned. "We have to get this guy away."

"How long will it take?" Conan took out the change from his pocket and asked.

"The longer the better, at least three minutes." Qianyu looked at Conan's movements with some confusion. "What are you going to do?"

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

…

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 Otama agency?" came a majestic male voice.

"Yes, who are you?" the staff member replied.

"This is the Otoma Police Station. I am the police officer of the Investigation Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department. We need you to come and cooperate with our investigation. Can you come now? Human lives are at stake. I hope you can understand."

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

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

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

At the same time, in front of the agency.

"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 guys wait for me outside the door."

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

"Kid, what do you want to ask?" the newcomer said kindly.

"My friend was saved by a woman wearing black clothes and a deep-brimmed hat. She didn't tell us her life at the time, but she dropped a business card from your company, so we thought she might be

Your customers.”

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