Conan Moslin

While the exciting game was being played on TV, Conan neither watched the game nor had a good meal.

He was holding a pen and writing and drawing in his notebook, arranging and combining the names of several cats.

King, fast, emperor, rich?

Fast, emperor, king, rich?

Hao, Kuai, Emperor, King?

“Cross the finish line!”

Along with the enthusiastic cheers and applause caused by the finishing line on TV, the number one horse won the championship of this race, and the excited voice of the announcer was heard.

“No. 1 lived up to expectations and won the championship again!”

"You are truly worthy of being the invincible and cheerful emperor!"

"The Emperor of Greatness?" Conan suddenly looked up and murmured, "No way..."

The moment of the horse numbered 1 charging forward was being replayed on TV.

The "Emperor" with brown-red fur and lightning-fast speed flew with all four hooves flying. With the rider leaning over to control it, it moved at an extremely fast speed, leaving the other horses behind far behind and won the race with absolute advantage.

Conan looked at the horse in disbelief.

Could it really be such a coincidence?

Conan felt that this matter could not be confirmed so hastily.

Ran Mao Li was sitting next to Conan and leaned over to look at his notes.

She looked up at the TV again, and suddenly pounded her hands with certainty: "It must be like this!"

"Mr. Hirota must really like horse racing, so he named his cat after a horse!"

Upon hearing this, Li An nodded in agreement, and then received a cold eye roll from Conan.

She ignored the gaze and watched the camera on TV turn towards the audience.

In the center, almost everyone stood up and cheered, which made the girl sitting in the front row near the exit with her legs crossed stand out.

She has come back?

At the racetrack...

The camera flashed and immediately turned back to the racecourse, where the second and third place horses arrived at the finish line one after another.

Li An stood up, threw the lunch box into the trash can, and made a phone call at the door of the convenience store.

Inside the convenience store, facing Conan, Mao Lilan was very happy because she was recognized. She turned to the other two people for confirmation: "Dad! Miss Yamei! Is that true?"

Kogoro Mouri was still immersed in the exciting moments of the horse racing game, but Hirota Masami was startled, then immediately reacted and nodded.

"Why don't we go to the nearby horse ranch? Maybe we can find someone there."

Conan was somewhat helpless: "It would be better to go to Mr. Hirota's residence first."

Li An hung up the phone and rubbed his ears.

Even though we were some distance away, the sound was still loud.

When I got back, the TV had changed to a new program that was not very famous and did not attract much attention.

A strange-looking man in sunglasses held his ears and stood up suddenly. He was sweating profusely, but still refused to take off his coat.

This made Li Ando look at him.

It's nothing, the man was wrapped too tightly, even though the clothes didn't look thick, he must still be very hot.

Seeing someone coming, he unconsciously lowered the brim of his hat, tightened his mask, grasped the collar of his coat tightly, and left quickly.

Is it true that he won’t get heat stroke?

In this kind of weather, people with this kind of image either have a strange way of thinking or a special identity, such as a celebrity or a detective.

Li An prefers the latter.

After all, celebrities are very concerned about their image and it is impossible for them to make themselves so embarrassed just to cover up their identity.

However, at this point in time...

"Let's go quickly. We can't keep Miss Yamei waiting like this."

……

While Li An was making the call, the TV in the store was constantly distorted and changing due to signal problems. The colors on the TV quickly faded, leaving only a constantly changing black, white and gray, mixed with a crackling noise.

This kind of thing happens often, and the clerk changed the program without caring.

As a result, the group of people sitting in the store did not see the following live broadcast content:

The cheers on TV suddenly stopped, followed by a sudden burst of terrified screams.

“Ah ...

……

After experiencing many twists and turns, the group finally arrived at the address given by Hirota Masami.

Kenzo Hirota lives on the second floor and has four black cats at home.

The landlord was not there, only a familiar looking white-haired lady was downstairs.

It was the short, kind-looking old lady whom she had met before when she asked for directions.

"You are..." The white-haired old lady narrowed her eyes and looked at the people in front of her, her wrinkles all squeezed together, "Are you here to look for someone?"

She was obviously more trusting than the landlord. With Kogoro Mori's careful, patient and coaxing explanation, the landlord's mother apparently understood what had happened.

She was very surprised that her son did not allow the daughter of the upstairs tenant to enter his father's house, and said that she would definitely scold him when he came back.

Of course, since the mother-in-law's tone was too kind, no one believed this.

She followed them upstairs and opened the door, mumbling: "I don't remember the man's name very clearly. When he came more than a month ago, my son was very happy..."

With a click, the door opened a small crack.

"He said the man had to pay a year's rent first, but he was told to move in without asking any questions. And, all the money had to be in new banknotes."

New banknotes? Conan lowered his head to think, and was caught off guard by a pair of shining round pupils.

As the gap in the door widened, a black cat's head poked out.

"It's just that the man hasn't been home for a month, and no one is feeding the cats in the house, but my son doesn't feel sorry at all."

My mother-in-law was not scared. Instead, she opened the door and let it run out.

It was a black cat with smooth and shiny fur and a name tag tied around its neck. It meowed twice, walked around the feet of several people, and raised its head towards my mother-in-law.

"But I feel bad for them, so I open the door and let them out occasionally."

My mother-in-law walked slowly to the side a few steps, squatted down and touched it.

"It's 'Hao', you always come to pick me up..."

The black cat named Hao raised his tail and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

"This is 'Hao'. There are three cats in the house. I've been feeding them these days. Can you come in and help me take them out?" Grandma waved her hand. "The house is a mess because of the cats' scratches. I won't go in. If it weren't for the rent for that year, my son would never let him continue to live there."

Kogoro Mouri pushed open the door and froze in place.

The house was in a mess.

Sofas, walls, cat scratching posts.

The cat litter in the litter box was scattered all over the floor, and almost all wooden and cloth items were torn to pieces.

In addition to the one that just ran away, you can see two black cats when you enter the room, one squatting on the bookcase and the other squatting at the door.

Seeing a stranger coming in, the black cat at the door jumped away and looked at me in horror from under the sofa with glowing pupils.