[Conan] I have to work hard even if I lose my memory

"Coolboy, are you sure you're here?" Teacher Judy asked.

"Yeah." Conan added in a low voice, they just checked the staff channel.

"Takaji Watanabe is a local, and he knows the area like the back of his hand. The lock on the door of the staff passageway is newly replaced. I asked the staff just now, and he said that it was newly replaced this morning. They found the original lock yesterday. It seems that there are traces of being pried open. So I suspect that this is the work of Takaharu Watanabe."

"First, let's go to the general library."

In Japan, libraries use NDC to classify books. According to the content of the books, they are classified with numbers from 0 to 9, while philosophy books are numbered 1.

The three of them arrived at the general library, found out the code of the book "Time and Free Will", and immediately the three of them came to the corresponding bookcase.

The list shows that the library contains a total of 5 copies of the book, but at this time the place where the book should have been placed is empty.

Seeing this, Conan ran to the service desk. "Hey, big sister. I want to ask, has the book "Time and Free Will" been loaned out?"

After a pause, Conan said aggrievedly, "I want to read this book so much! It would be terrible if someone finished reading this book and didn't put it back in its original place!"

"Wait a minute, little brother. I'll check it out for you." Amused by Conan's aggrieved expression, the young lady voluntarily put down her work, "Well, indeed. The last book was lent out three days ago. .”

What?Conan frowned, was borrowed three days ago?Where is the "Time and Free Will" carried by Takashi Watanabe?

After a cursory glance at the introduction, the young lady was a little surprised. This kind of book definitely belonged to the kind of jerky tomes that she would never touch.

"However, little brother. Can you understand this book? The children's library is downstairs, little brother, you can go there and find some interesting books."

"Ah, it's mainly about cultivating fun." Judy rubbed Conan's head and made a relief.

"Sorry, I need your cooperation in some matters." A familiar female voice came from behind.

The three turned their heads, and it was Officer Sato and Officer Takagi.

Officer Takagi said, "Isn't this Conan?"

Glancing at his watch, Police Officer Sato said in a bad tone, "Conan, it's only two o'clock in the afternoon. I remember that school isn't over yet?!"

"Uh... It was an accident today. Speaking of Officer Sato and Officer Takagi, why are you here?" Conan laughed, trying to get away with it.

"It's because of the theft at Tianfu's house the night before. Police officer Sato and I are looking for the lost copy of "Time and Free Will." The good old officer Takagi narrated the incident solemnly, "Officer Sato thinks that Watanabe Takaharu made this book The book was brought to the library."

Conan continued, "I just asked this big sister, the last book "Time and Free Will" was lent out three days ago."

"what?"

"But there is another possibility." Conan turned his head to look at the young lady, "Have there been any books whose spines have been torn off in the past two days?"

"Conan, what does this mean?" Officer Sato asked if he didn't understand.

"I think that Takaharu Watanabe sneaked into the library through the employee passage, and then tore off the label on the spine of a book that had been returned but had not been put back on the shelf, and pasted it on the "Time and Free Will" he brought.

Because the staff of the library have to count the books that have been returned every day, check whether there are damages, etc., if there are such conditions, they need to make minor repairs.

However, it is impossible for librarians to memorize all the book codes under the NDC guidelines, so it is very likely that someone will place the book according to the code posted on "Time and Free Will" after minor repairs. "

"So, if we find the book with the label removed from the spine, we can find that Time and Free Will."

"That's it, it's really possible." Officer Sato showed his ID to the young lady, and said seriously, "I hope you can cooperate with the investigation."

Soon, the people who sorted out the books yesterday and this morning were gathered in the office. After listening to Conan's question, everyone thought for a while and gave an answer.

"There is indeed one book whose label has been torn off." An elderly woman said, "I found one yesterday when I sorted out the returned books. It seems to be called "Time Machine."

Just in case, Conan asked, "Are there any books that need to be relabeled?"

"There are a few." A man said, "My colleagues and I found a few books with aging labels yesterday. Another book had a strange label, as if it had been torn off and put back on again, and the first page with the barcode was also It got lost. So we relabeled it and put a barcode on it."

Conan asked eagerly, "Is that book called "Time and Free Will", and is it filled with notes and comments?"

"It seems to be called time or something, I didn't look carefully. But it is indeed full of notes and comments." Rubbing the space between his brows, the man said distressedly, "The guest who borrowed the book is really rude. .”

Officer Sato said, "Is there any record of maintaining books?"

"Of course there is."

Immediately, everyone checked the records, and saw that the book whose label had been torn off was the same as the book that was filled with annotations and comments.

After checking the borrowing records, everyone confirmed that this "Time and Free Will" was lent by a person named Akina Kajihara.

On the way everyone drove to Kajiwara Akina's house, and repeatedly assured that Dr. Ari and Mr. Judy were reliable partners, Conan asked the two police officers about the disappearance of Inspector Odagiri.

"We focused on the two cases 13 years ago. Because we conducted this investigation in private and did not alert the upper echelon, Officer Megure could only let Officer Sato and Mr. Mori complete the investigation. Sending more people will hinder the daily work."

The good old police officer Takagi actively answered Conan's questions, "The three of us drove to Osaka to investigate, and then came across the theft at Tianfu's house the night before."

"What about Uncle Maury?"

"Uh, Mr. Maori, because of last night's dinner problem, now... he is staying in the public toilet."

Conan: Heh, Uncle, he definitely ate too much food, and then he suffered from indigestion!

At this time the public toilet;

"Ahh! Seafood set or something, it is absolutely impossible to eat again next time!!"

Mr. Mori, a famous detective, keeps disconnecting...

congratulations……

About 30 minutes later, everyone arrived at Kajiwara Akina's house.

Ding-dong-

Seeing a group of unfamiliar people gathered around the door of his house, Akina Kajiwara asked cautiously, "What's the matter?"

"Hello!" Officer Sato showed his ID, "We want to ask if you borrowed the book "Time and Free Will" from the XX library yesterday?"

Seeing the identity of the other policeman, he hesitated for a while, but Akina Kajiwara still opened the door, "Yes..."

Akina Kajihara took out the book at the request of Officer Sato.In the living room, Conan flipped through the book and confirmed that it was "Time and Free Will" lost by Tian Fu's family.

Seeing that there were still two teacups with some tea on the coffee table, and the tea was still warm, Conan asked, "Big sister, do you have any guests?"

"Yeah. I made an appointment with a classmate just now." Akina Kajiwara stopped explaining too much.

——"Kajihara. Can I ask you something?"

--"What's wrong?"

——"Don't tell anyone else that I'm here to live."

——"It can be done, but why?"

——"I don't want others to know that I still read this kind of books."

Heh heh heh, I didn't expect that engineering man with a paralyzed face to read philosophy books.

Thinking of that scene, Kajiwara Akina couldn't help laughing.That guy, in college, has a tense face all day long, and is neither cold nor hot about anything.

Some people mysteriously disappeared after appearing at the group day event.

The students in the class bet many times, vowing to find out this hobby that puts on a world-weary face of "life is boring" all day long. (Kindai: I just have facial paralysis, thank you.)

She also understands that guy's desire to maintain his own image, anyway, it's not a big deal, so she just reluctantly helps her old classmate maintain his "life is boring" image——

With the ID of Police Officer Sato, Conan logically seized the "Time and Free Will".

After leaving Kajiwara Akina's house, out of trust in Conan Edogawa, Officer Takagi and Officer Sato temporarily left the book in Conan's hands.

Officer Sato said goodbye, "Then, Conan. Let's go first."

"Going back to work overtime again." Officer Takagi lamented.

Officer Sato grabbed Officer Takagi by the collar, and headed towards his beloved car full of vigor, "Stop talking nonsense, maybe you can find out the key information about Chief Inspector Odagiri!"

Conan stopped in his tracks, "Wait a minute, Officer Sato! What information?"

"It's the hard disk diaries of Tian Fusanzhi and Xiang Yuanmin. Mr. Mori thinks that by starting with their diaries, we may be able to find information that was overlooked in the two cases that year."

The author has something to say:

Didn't my girlfriend say that she wanted me to write about her brain hole?In the past few days, I have flipped through the novels, comics, and anime of Howard Dog below.Then……

QAQ, God.

Terrible this man, QAQ.

I only have a deep fear for Dazai Osamu, and I dare not have any other emotions.

I can't say I like it or hate it. Apart from fear, I really can't afford other thoughts.

Because I was overwhelmed by overwhelming fear, I couldn't experience anything else at all.But my girlfriend said it's normal.

Girlfriend: Normal, my boyfriend also suffers from Dazai phobia, and had a nightmare the night before, so he called me in the middle of the night for comfort.Mom sells batches, and I am admiring Mr. Mori's 3 [beep] article.

Girlfriend: By the way, it's almost your birthday.How about sending you a Dazai body pillow?Pay attention to check.

Me: Where can I get the guts to hug him to sleep? !Can I send one from Chuya, or Mr. Mori’s——

Girlfriend: The former is OK, but the latter is not even considered——

So I have a question, how did you fall in love with this terrible man.