Conan kissed me again and again, and Huiyuan was stunned

"After his brother went missing, he called home, but it was his grandmother who answered the phone."

Junye turned around and looked at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and said uneasily:

"My grandmother had poor hearing and my brother was speaking very fast, so she barely heard what he said. She only heard him say that he was with people like Soseki."

"Soseki... such a person...?"

Kudo Shinichi thought that the words conveyed by Toshiya's brother had another metaphor, and he pondered and began to think.

Dongfang Haoyue put his hands behind his back and clasped them together, looking at Shinichi quietly, and made a serious judgment in his heart:

“It seems that Toshiya’s brother being with someone like Soseki is a key clue.

But...how can we find Toshiya's brother based on this clue...?"

Dongfang Haoyue was puzzled and extremely confused.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya walked to the left of Toshiya, looked at him seriously, and confirmed carefully:

"Have you told the police about this?"

"There must be!"

Junya turned around and looked at Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya excitedly, then changed the subject and said in a somewhat frustrated tone:

"But the police couldn't find that person no matter how hard they looked. They suspected that my grandma had misheard the call or that it was just a prank."

at the same time.

Yoshida Ayumi stood to the left of Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, looked at Toshiya in a friendly manner, and said with some assurance:

“Your brother is a fan of Soseki, right?

People like Soseki will protect your brother, so we don't have to worry about your brother getting into danger."

at the same time.

Kojima Genta stood to the left of Yoshida Ayumi, looked at Toshiya in a friendly manner, and also said with some uncertainty:

"Ayumi is right. Your brother will definitely be able to return home safely if he is with someone like Soseki."

"But...but..."

Junye held his hands together and let them fall to his sides. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the cold floor. He described with an uneasy look:

"My grandmother said my brother's voice was shaking and he even hung up the phone midway."

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi looked at Junye calmly, and made a rigorous judgment in their hearts:

"I understand. Junye's brother secretly called home, but the criminal discovered his actions and forcibly hung up the phone."

The thought just fell.

The middle-aged man calmly looked at Dongfang Haoyue, Kudo Shinichi, Kojima Genta, Yoshida Ayumi, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko and Toshiya from beginning to end, and explained calmly:

"If you're looking for someone like Soseki, I can tell you... that person is nearby!"

"Eh?"

Dongfang Haoyue turned around and looked at the middle-aged man, and subconsciously made a silly sound.

The man looked at the bright moon and explained calmly:

"He's the owner of the bookstore on the corner, and his nickname is Thousand Dollar Bill."

Dongfang Haoyue hasn't said anything yet.

Kojima Genta, Yoshida Ayumi, and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko clenched their fists and waved them in front of their chests, looking at the middle-aged man excitedly, and said happily and confidently:

“That’s the person!!”

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After a short time.

A large bookstore with bright lights is located on the street corner, far to the right of the Negishi Real Estate store.

"Do not make jokes!!"

A burly man stood not far from the bookstore's automatically opened double-pane glass, facing the sidewalk. He was wearing a white apron and a light blue short-sleeved shirt, and looked similar to Natsume Soseki. He pushed the group of seven students and the middle-aged man gathered in front of him out of the store.

The burly man stopped half a meter outside the door, leaned forward, opened his arms wide, looked at the group of seven with a ferocious look, and angrily expelled them:

"How could there be counterfeit money in a bookstore? Stop causing trouble!!"

At this point, the burly man turned around and walked into the store with some anger still in his stomach.

Genta Kojima, Ayumi Yoshida and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya stood side by side, watching the man with lingering fear.

The middle-aged man stood on the left side of the group of seven students, with his hands behind his back and wrists crossed. He withdrew his awkward gaze from the burly man. If he had known this would happen, he would look at the group of seven and teach them helplessly:

"I told you it's best not to come to him, right?"

at the same time.

Kojima Genta recovered and looked up at the clear night sky, secretly dissatisfied:

"This store manager is so unreasonable!"

“That’s too suspicious.”

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was standing on the right side of Ayumi Yoshida, who was on the right side of Genta Kojima. He turned around and looked at Genta, his words filled with distrust of the strong man.

However......

"I think there's nothing wrong with the store manager."

Dongfang Haoyue stood between Kojima Genta and Yoshida Ayumi, with his hands clasped on his right shoulder. He looked back and forth at the confused Genta and Mitsuhiko, and explained seriously:

"Conan and I checked the bookstore and sneaked into the bookstore's warehouse to confirm that there was no printing machine for making counterfeit money and no secret room inside.

In other words, it is impossible for the store manager to produce counterfeit money in the bookstore."

at the same time.

Kudo Shinichi stood to the right of Dongfang Haoyue, his hands in his pockets, looking at Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko as steady as a rock, and agreed with Haoyue in a serious tone:

“Haoyue is right, the prerequisite for making counterfeit money is a printing press.

Since the bookstore does not have a printing press for making counterfeit money, unless we find a printing press related to the store manager somewhere else, we cannot prove that he is the criminal. "

The voice just fell.

"Speaking of the printing press..."

The middle-aged man listened to the words of Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and vaguely remembered something. He raised his head slightly and looked at the stars. He held his chin with his right hand and recalled seriously:

“I remember that the newspaper near the station bought a new printing press some time ago.”

"Newspaper office?"

Kudo Shinichi was slightly stunned, turned around and looked at the middle-aged man in surprise.

Dongfang Haoyue turned around, put his hands behind his back, clasped his hands, looked up at the man, and asked curiously:

"Where is that newspaper office?"

Actually...

Dongfang Haoyue confidently asserted in his heart:

“That’s it!!

Toshiya's brother must be there!

Although I don't know what the relationship is between the newspaper and a person like Soseki, but according to the convention of the plot, new clues are bound to appear when Shinichi and I are unable to solve the case.

Therefore, the newspaper's purchase of a new printing press some time ago is definitely a major clue.

If I'm right, that new printing press is used to make counterfeit money, and it was the people from that newspaper who imprisoned Junye's brother!"

"Look over there."

The middle-aged man turned 180 degrees and pointed to the vertical sign on the outer wall of the three-story building across the street that read "Dadujian News Agency on the third floor of Lianhe Building" and introduced it meticulously:

"That newspaper office is on the third floor of the building next to the police station. It is also the property that our Negishi Real Estate sold two years ago."

Kudo Shinichi turned around and looked at the building, then looked at the middle-aged man and asked cautiously:

"What kind of people are in that newspaper?"

"It was a small newspaper, and I remember the chairman of the board was a woman who liked to wear a black hat."

The middle-aged man turned and looked at Kudo Shinichi, with his hands suspended above his shoulders and his palms facing each other, measuring the size of the black hat.

Shinichi's pupils shrank slightly, and he thought in his heart with doubt:

"Could it be..."

Kudo Shinichi hasn't finished thinking yet.

Dongfang Haoyue put his hands in his pockets, looked at the middle-aged man calmly, and thought excitedly:

"as expected!"

at the same time.

"Don't think too much."

The middle-aged man looked down at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, guessed what they were thinking, and casually denied it:

"What the newspaper printed was not counterfeit money, but daily news in Dadu. After all, no one would print counterfeit money next to a police station.

Okay, I'll stop playing with you guys today. I have work to do, so I'll leave first."

At this point, the middle-aged man turned left and walked towards the Negishi Real Estate store, with his left hand in his trouser pocket and his right hand waved slightly over his shoulder.

Yoshida Ayumi turned around and watched the man walk away, then looked at Mitsuhiko, speculatively seeking approval:

"Hey, is that newspaper..."

Yoshida Ayumi hasn't finished speaking yet.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya turned around and looked at Ayumi, and rationally denied it:

"But that newspaper has nothing to do with Natsume Soseki."

The voice just fell.

Kudo Shinichi kept his hands in his pockets, staring intently at the third floor of the newspaper building, which was lit with incandescent lights, and explained concisely:

"Shushi pillow stream."