Conan's Helping People

Chapter 117 The Cat and the Boy in a Baseball Cap (Two in One)

After ten o'clock in the evening, Taro Inoue returned home exhausted.

The home is lit with warm lights, illuminating the entire living room.

According to his past habits, he first untied his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath. The bathtub was already filled with a tub of warm water, and as soon as he soaked in it, he involuntarily exhaled.

After soaking in the bath for half an hour, he changed into his pajamas after the water cooled down, and walked slowly into the study.

The desk in the study room was clean, and all the messy documents from last night had been tidied up. Now there was a steaming cup of coffee on there, and a newspaper next to it.

Taro Inoue is used to it, it must have been his wife.

He sat down comfortably in the chair, took a sip of his coffee, and picked up the newspaper to glance at it.

The news on the newspaper was the murder that happened on the day of the celebration, and there was a picture of the murderer kneeling and crying on the detective's finger. The large characters next to it emphasized the identity of the detective, Yusaku Kudo.

Inoue Taro looked at the photo carefully, and found that he was right, there was really a child in the corner of the photo.

What, such an important case, actually let a child in, really.

At this moment, the phone in the living room rang, and he frowned impatiently, waiting for his wife to answer the phone and inform him who it was.

But after waiting for a while, the phone was almost hung up, and there was no usual sound of hurriedly walking and answering the phone in the living room.

what happened?

Reluctantly, Inoue Taro got up, dragged himself into the living room, and picked up the phone when it was ringing.

As soon as he picked it up, although he still didn't know who the other party was, the reluctance on his face had completely disappeared, and it turned into the respectful expression in the research room. He said politely: "Moses, is your Excellency ?”

His wife's voice came from the other end of the phone, "It's me, really, didn't you check the number?"

"What's the matter with you, I said yesterday, I have something to go back to my mother, and I asked you to pick up the child from school, why did the teacher call me twice just now?"

"Next time pick up the child earlier, and then tell the teacher if it's okay! Wait, you won't be working overtime again?!"

what?
At first, Taro Inoue didn't react, and directly frowned and retorted to his wife, "What are you crazy about, just now..."

Didn't you bring me a cup of coffee just now?How could it be possible to go back to mother's house?
He froze.

On the phone, his wife echoed impatiently, "What just now? Are you saying that you don't work overtime, that you get along very well with your colleagues, and that everyone appreciates and loves you because of your outstanding ability?"

This is to piss people off. In the research room where he works, Inoue Taro's ability is very good.

The researcher who took the lead also admired him very much, and once said with comfort, 'With you in the future, everyone will not be afraid. '

... Then Inoue Taro was rejected by everyone.

But that's not the point now.

The sip of coffee that he just drank seemed to slide down his throat again warmly, Taro Inoue slowly raised his head.

The light in the living room was still on, and the whole living room was filled with warm yellow lights, which looked very warm.

Yesterday, his wife did say that he would go back to his mother's house today.

So, now, who is at home?
The other party not only turned on the light in the living room, but also put out the bath water for him. He didn't leave after that, but made a cup of coffee at the time he came out, and placed it at his first destination after taking a shower. , That is, in the study.

Everything in the room suddenly became strange and terrifying. Looking at the whole room now, Taro Inoue suddenly realized something was wrong, the decorations in the room had been adjusted.

The landscape painting hanging on the wall is now on the back, the red vase on the shelf has disappeared, and the row of books in the lower cabinet has also disappeared... There was indeed an extra row of books in the study just now.

Holding the phone, Taro Inoue froze in place, until the person on the other end yelled a few words impatiently and hung up the phone, then he slowly turned his head and looked at the study that was concealed.

Now, where is that strange visitor?
Is the other party watching him silently, listening to him calling silently, and has already discovered his abnormality?
You can just open the door and escape.

Inoue Taro tried to move his legs, but found that his legs seemed to be filled with cement, and he couldn't move at all. After struggling hard for a few seconds, he started to walk slowly, but he was not going towards the door, but towards the study.

At the same time, he also restrained the expression on his face, becoming nonchalant.

Run out now, there is a narrow corridor outside, if you are caught up, you will definitely die.

It's better to lock yourself in the study, and then go out the window directly, this is the third floor, there are green plants outside the window, you shouldn't die, right...?
As long as that strange visitor is not in the study now.

The decoration in the study is also very simple. There are only a few small boxes and no cabinets, so there should be no way to hide anyone. The other party is definitely not in the study. The study is an absolutely safe place!

The closer Taro Inoue got to the study, the more frightened he became, so he could only try to convince himself that the study was safe.

He pushed open the door of the study room, strode in, acted as if nothing had happened for a second, then closed the door in a panic, and ran directly towards the window.

When passing by the desk, he caught a glimpse of a conspicuous white on the desk from the corner of his eye, so he subconsciously turned his head.

There were still newspapers and coffee on the table, exactly the same as when he left.

Just one more thing.

There is an extra white post-it note with a line of red letters on it.

Taro Inoue froze again.

The strange visitor, who was here just now, probably noticed his anomaly, and only posted a post-it note when he finally realized that there were other people in the room.

He stared at the post-it note for a few seconds, and the other party probably guessed that he would never go closer to read it, so the line above was very large and short: 【Join us. 】

There is also a smiley face symbol below.

It's not that he runs away now, and it's not that he continues to stay where he is.

When he was hesitating, the mobile phone on his body suddenly rang again, making a piercing and rapid ringtone.

It only rang for a second, and Taro Inoue hurriedly picked it up, "Who the hell are you?!"

"... Huh?" The voice of a young woman on the other end of the phone got an angry attitude, and the other party's voice immediately became cautious, "I'm sorry, I'm Xiao Inouye's teacher, is Mr. Inoue home yet?"

"As soon as I turned around, Inoue-san disappeared. There was only a post-it note saying that you had picked him up. It's really... Maybe you are a little anxious, but next time, can you talk to the teacher? We will be very worried. "

"Sorry, I didn't mean to criticize too much, but after searching for too long, I suddenly found that there was a post-it note posted there silently, blabla..."

Inoue Taro was stunned, only to feel that his whole body began to feel cold.

His son was picked up and a post-it note was left at the scene.

Before hearing the news, although Taro Inoue was terrified and terrified because of "the home was invaded/invaded silently", the focus was still on escaping, and he had no intention of giving in for the time being.

But now, he hangs up the phone stiffly, stands in the extremely strange study room, and subconsciously moves his eyes to the table little by little.

The wind blew in through the half-open window, blowing up the glaring post-it note on the table, exposing the lower corner.

The bottom of the sticky note is not the desktop, but the same white.

After stiffly peeling off the top layer of post-it notes, Inoue Taro saw the second post-it note:
[By the way, I brought the child back for you, and used a little anesthetic, so don't worry, he didn't cry loudly:)

Didn't see my face either. 】

Just looking at the words, the other party is very kind, and they put hot water and make coffee, and they also have the task of picking up the children.

It is also thoughtful to prevent children from seeing their own faces, and there is no bonus 'killing mouth' promotion.

Looking at this sticky note, Taro Inoue suddenly remembered something.

A few days ago, one of his researcher colleagues suddenly asked for sick leave, saying that he had a sudden illness.

But at that time, he was at the scene and saw his colleague tore a piece of paper from the table with his own eyes, his face changed rapidly, he looked around in horror, and then rushed directly to ask for leave.

At that time, Taro Inoue only thought that his colleague was in a hurry and excused his sick leave, but recalling now, he remembered the piece of paper that his colleague tore off, which was a white post-it note.

I thought of everything that happened tonight and the meaning behind it.

The other party knew his little habits, such as taking a bath as soon as he got home, where to put all kinds of toiletries, such as going to the study after taking a bath, and needing coffee and newspapers.

Being able to figure this out means that the other party has been monitoring him, and may even stare at him silently after he falls asleep, to estimate whether he is pretending to sleep or really sleeping.

During this period, if the opponent wants to attack him, it is very simple.

He stared at the post-it note on the table, trembling, and continued to open the next page.

[I didn't have enough time to watch you all the time. I only watched you for two or three days. If you agree to join us, you can turn to the next page. 】

The next page is Pandora's ink cartridge.

Taro Inoue raised his head subconsciously, and looked around in horror. The study was empty, only the sound of his own rapid breathing, and nothing else.

He lowered his head again and took deep breaths several times. Countless clips flashed in his mind. There were scenes when he first joined the job, and there were also chats where a colleague who suddenly disappeared betrayed the laboratory, and there were scenes of his wife and children laughing. screen.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally opened the next one, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

【Your son is sleeping at the door, it's a bit cold at night, you can bring him in. 】

Phew... not bad, not bad.

He didn't even know what was going on with him, he could only rejoice, and then simply turned the last page.

Lying on it is a string of numbers, which is a phone number.

There is a line of small characters written in the bottom corner: [Welcome to join, my companion. 】

... This bastard is definitely a devil.

Inoue Taro hastily scanned the string of numbers, memorized it in his heart, then frantically took out the lighter and began to destroy the post-it notes, destroying one of the evidences of his betrayal in advance.

After cleaning up, he hurried out of the house, and sure enough, he found a sleeping child at the door.

He picked up the child and glanced outside, but he didn't find any suspicious characters or things.

After entering the house, he opened the window again and took a look below.

Below are some people who are walking hand in hand, probably lovers, and some old people who are gathered together.

Directly below his room was a bench where a teenager in a baseball cap sat.

Taro Inoue looked over subconsciously, and his scrutinizing gaze disappeared when he caught sight of what the other party was doing.

The teenager was feeding the cat with his head down, or in other words, was being stalked by the bully cat.

It was a pure white conspicuous cat. Inoue Taro knew that cat. It is said that the managers of the community were very troubled by it, but luckily it did not scratch or bite. The personality is extremely vigilant and vicious, so it has not been dealt with for the time being.

Now, the cat was half-squatting on the knee of the boy in the baseball cap, its two front paws hooked the boy's neckline, and it kept meowing.

…This is one of the reasons why the cat is called the 'bully cat'. It picks lucky people to feed itself every day, but in the past, this cat will not be so close to lucky people.

Anyway, the closeness only means that the other party is really a resident of the community, maybe it is because they often feed the cats, which is why they have such a good relationship with the cats.

Inoue Taro withdrew his gaze, and continued to scan the other people strictly, trying to find out whether there were any abnormal figures among the couple or the elderly.

Strictly scanned for more than a minute, and made a third call before finally getting through to the mysterious number, when a murderous voice came from the opposite side.

"Say."

　Thanks for the reward of the role of the little girl from the Liu family
　　Thanks to Sijunyan and IRBLUE for their rewards

　　
　
(End of this chapter)