Conan Moslin

A brown flash of lightning passed through every corner of the street, bringing with it a gust of wind.

Wherever he passed, countless people screamed and dodged.

On this day, many people saw such a scene.

The small figure in the blue suit lay on the big dog, hugged the dog's neck tightly, and ran past their legs.

Conan and Big Mac ran all the way, sometimes through corners and corners, and sometimes rushing onto the streets.

He was having a really great time today, either running around on his skateboard or riding his dog.

Forget it, at least he doesn’t have to run alone.

Because time was running out, Conan didn't pay attention to what was happening around him. He just focused on drawing a map in his mind and walking towards the destination he had deduced.

Many times, when they couldn't stop and pushed the people around them away, some people fell to the ground because they were not standing steadily.

A large number of people fell on the street, and all of them did the same thing, either rubbing their heads or holding their waists.

Conan left at lightning speed, leaving behind a trail of angry voices.

"Hiss—it hurts."

"Whose child is this?" "How can he be so ignorant!"

"Yeah... rushing around..."

quick! Faster!

Between the tall and short houses passing by and the streets and alleys passing through, the originally towering building gradually changed from a vague shadow to a clear and solid one.

That's the Rice Flower Hotel.

From this direction, the building still doesn't look like a chimney.

In fact, Conan felt a little regretful when he rushed out just now. After all, there was still some distance between the two schools.

But now that he was already out, there was no way he could waste time turning back.

So we must move forward.

Besides, it was difficult for a child to explain something, so he simply didn't explain and just ran away.

As the Big Mac took him running, the clues in his mind became clearer.

Although the initial location was determined to be the warehouse of Beika University, Conan discovered that there was a possibility that the location was in the warehouse inside Beika University, but it was not absolute.

He had to be absolutely sure of the location, and time was running out.

Conan was not sure whether he could reach his destination at five o'clock because it was already four fifty-five.

Because he had been running for a long time with a child on his back, the giant's pace gradually slowed down.

Conan could feel its chest heaving violently, its breathing becoming much heavier, and its tongue sticking out long.

When passing a fork in the road, the giant's pace, which had already slowed down a lot, paused slightly and became even slower.

Conan patted the head of the big dog, which had slowed down its pace, and gently pulled the collar on the dog's neck to guide it in a direction.

"This way!"

The Big Mac stopped completely, raised his majestic head and looked to the other side.

If you ignore its sticking tongue, it should be quite handsome.

There is a souvenir shop at the other end of the street, and not many people come.

Conan guessed that it smelled something, perhaps the scent of its little master.

So he let the big dog continue sniffing.

He took some time to send a message to Kuroba Kuriyasu on his cell phone, hoping that she could help reveal the location of the kidnappers to Uncle Maori and the others.

While he was concentrating on sending the message, a blue-gray car passed by him.

The big dog quickly changed direction and ran in a direction that was not exactly the same as the one Conan pointed.

There is an abandoned warehouse near the direction where the big dog ran.

In other words, there is a high possibility that the kidnapped child is there!

In fact it does.

The location chosen by the two kidnappers naturally could not be the warehouse inside the university, because there would be people in the university regardless of whether there was a campus festival or not, which would not be convenient for them to hide.

That direction...although it's not the direction of Mika University, it's very close.

They chose this place for two reasons: firstly, it was hidden, and secondly, it was convenient for their escape.

The tall building stood there silently and straight, unmoving. However, Conan's perspective kept changing as the giant ran and moved.

Seeing the building change from wide and square to long and thin, becoming more like a chimney, Conan knew that he was getting closer to his real destination.

It is sinking to the west day by day.

……

Soon, the taxi drove away with the ransom.

In order to calm the kidnappers over there, Kogoro Mori has been doing what he asked.

He didn't find anything unusual about the taxi driver. But the absence of anything unusual was the biggest abnormality.

The taxi driver might be the kidnapper in disguise.

It could also be that he is just a driver who collects money to do the job.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure followed from a distance behind, not daring to get too close for fear of being discovered.

Inspector Megure has already notified all the officers to disperse.

He had already called the police station and dispatched the few police officers that were available during the long holiday to keep a close eye on the vehicle with the license plate Shinjuku 55-8462, and to quickly search the warehouses of nearby schools for any children or suspicious persons.

Because the kidnappers had deliberately given false information, the police station took it very seriously and did not limit the search to a single warehouse.

For example, Officer Sato was heading towards the vicinity of Beika University.

Officer Takagi went to Teitan High School.

Officer Chiba went towards Toudou University.

With Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mori following from a distance, the taxi with the Shinjuku license plate seemed to be driving aimlessly along the Beika Highway.

The roof light on the taxi was blinking, indicating that the taxi was idle.

The time had long passed five o'clock and was moving forward without stopping towards the next hour.

Soon, pedestrians raised their hands to stop the car.

Kogoro Mouri stared at the person who got on the bus, but because the distance was quite far, he couldn't see his face clearly, nor could he tell whether the person was holding anything in his hands.

They followed the taxi for some distance.

Not long after, the man got off the bus.

Just like an ordinary taxi, the light on the roof of the car indicating vacant space lit up again, as if lighting a beacon for people to go home.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure looked at each other and drove towards the man.

The man had not walked far, and with empty hands, he did not notice that two pairs of eyes were staring at him fiercely from the car passing by.

The passerby shuddered, looked around, but didn't find anything unusual. After rubbing the goose bumps on his arms, he continued on his way home.

After working all day, I finally get to go home and take a break... How about going to a nearby izakaya and having a drink?

This is……

Kogoro Maori frowned, and he almost immediately determined what the taxi was going to do.

This is to delay time and disrupt the police's thinking.

As for why they would do this...

Kogoro Mori had a bad feeling in his heart.

Maybe they were discovered.

What went wrong…?