After cos Genshin Sanshin came to the Yokohama studio

"Zhongli." The curator said, "Do you have any relationship with this detective boy...?"

"Mr. Zhongli is my mother's close friend." Guobeng No. [-] helper Zhongli replied, "My mother has been out recently and entrusted me to Mr. Zhongli to take care of me. I am looking for him this time."

The curator heard Guobeng No. [-]'s nonsense - if according to what he said, it would be more natural for him to help Zhongli with his work.

The curator cursed secretly in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged: "I heard what the detective said. You came here to find Zhongli. Isn't the detective from Tokyo?"

Guobeng No. [-] shook his head honestly: "I'm from Yokohama."

"Since that's the case, detective students should have a lot of daily necessities to prepare for the first time, and they are not very familiar with Tokyo. But you will come to investigate the case tomorrow, and it is too much work to pile up so many things... how about it , I will give Zhongli a vacation, and the salary will be paid to you as usual, how about entertaining the distinguished guests from afar?"

"No." The curator Zhong Li said, "The contract cannot be violated. If I don't work, I shouldn't be paid accordingly."

"Then...won't you be paid?" the curator held back his anger and asked tentatively.

"No."

The words in the throat were almost spat out, but they were suppressed in the end, and the curator didn't say anything in the end.

This brat is going to make things difficult for himself, right?

The curator has made up his mind, when this matter is over, he must fire Zhongli, and let this ignorant guy know what will happen if he offends him!

Zhong Li did not evade at all, and looked at the curator calmly: "The practice of arbitrarily depriving others of wages earned through labor without asking the staff's wishes is also a violation of the contract."

"Then how can you be willing?" the curator said kindly.

Zhong Li said: "You can try asking me."

"..." the curator said, "Would you like me to give you an afternoon off?"

"Yes." Zhong Li nodded, "But I have the right to make a request."

"Say."

"It's okay to take a vacation, but the wages need to be paid."

curator:"……"

All the logic returned to the original point again, and the curator could see it—the water in the stomachs of these two people was as dark as black. Whether it was Guobeng No. [-] or Zhongli, their words were aimed at him everywhere.

Guobeng No. [-] obviously just arrived here not long ago, and it is obviously unrealistic to identify him as the murderer without any evidence—if he really came to such a conclusion so casually, once the subsequent plot exceeds his As expected, it would be tantamount to smashing his own signboard.Unless he has absolute certainty, and the most likely to provide confidence for Guobeng No. [-] is... Zhongli who has worked here for more than a day or two.

Zhongli has no culture, he was spoiled and spoiled when he was a child, so he naturally didn't have the brains to search for the complete story after Yutian disappeared. The only possibility is——

He saw it with his own eyes.

It would be fine if Zhongli just saw him kill Yutian with his own eyes, but what he was afraid of was whether Zhongli was also told about the drug hidden in the book when Yutian discovered it.

If it's the latter... The curator remembered the scene that happened in the children's newspaper reading area.

[Let me help you get the box. ]

[No. ]

[It's just a duty. ]

He probably already knew that there was something wrong with the imported books in that box.As for why he didn't directly expose this matter, it's also very simple, probably because he knew that his friend's child was coming to Tokyo, which added color to his title of "Detective".

Fortunately, Zhongli was stupid and didn't tell them when the police officers were around, and insisted on delaying until tomorrow for Guobeng No. [-] to investigate the case himself.So what will happen tonight... Hehe, who knows.

Night falls.

Because it is not certain whether Mr. Yutian happened in the library, it is not feasible to close the library in some name in advance.When the museum is closed naturally, the moonlight is the only light source in the room.After confirming that there was no movement, Conan came out of the cabinet and carefully looked around.When he was sure that no one was there, he breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to leave the room, but the next second, the sound of the window being opened suddenly came from behind.

Conan turned around subconsciously, and then saw a hand resting on the window sill.The next moment, a person flipped in through the window neatly.

Originally, Conan's mind had already started to automatically play the movie of the strange talk in the library, but it turned out that the person who came was an acquaintance, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.But soon he picked up his temper again.

"What's wrong?" Guobeng No. [-] patted the ashes on his body, and looked puzzled at the shocked elementary school student.

Conan swallowed, "How did you get here?"

"?" Guobeng No. [-] tilted its head slightly, "It just climbed up."

Looking at the expression of "Why are you so surprised" on the other side's face, Conan's expression was subtle.

If he remembers correctly, the children's reading area is on the fourth floor.

"Oh, that's right." Guobeng No. [-] leaned over and looked at Edogawa Conan, puzzled, "Why are you here? Did you not go home in time and was locked in the library?"

"I……"

Guobeng No. [-] held his chin, his eyes blank: "No, the lights have been off for so long, children should have been scared to cry long ago, right?"

"My purpose of coming here is the same as yours." Edogawa Conan said while taking advantage of Guobeng No. [-]'s thinking.

"You also want to investigate this case?" Guobeng No. [-] was a little surprised, "I remember your friend said that 'our young detective team will not admit defeat', are you in it?"

"Uh...um." Conan looked away, "I heard that big brother is a very powerful young detective, so I really want to compete with you, is that okay?"

It doesn't matter if he is aggressive or youthful, but for some reason, he feels that there is a thread in the dark that makes him declare war on the young man in front of him.

In the afternoon, he didn't participate in the dispute among the few people, but just stood beside Police Officer Mumu and observed everyone's every move.Of course, when Guobeng No. [-] showed obvious hostility to the curator, he almost put all his eyes on the curator.

The authorities may not have felt much, but as an outsider, they can clearly detect the abnormality of the curator.After all, what he said from the beginning to the end was to obstruct Guobeng No. [-] and Zhongli.From this point of view alone, it can already be added to the ranks of suspects.

The other party did not cover up well, but there was no evidence.And now he is "Edogawa Conan" not "Kudo Shinichi", so he wisely did not speak at the time.After confirming that there was something strange about the curator, he couldn't help paying attention to another person.

After all, those who were present were talking about some strange person they had never seen before... probably that Mr. Cleaning.

That kind of temperament and demeanor, paired with that overalls, is just as out of place as a child wearing an adult's clothes.

when was he there

For some reason, Conan has no impression of Zhongli.But he has been to the Mihua Library more than once. If it is someone as conspicuous as Zhongli, he believes that once he sees it, he will never forget it.He knew very well that he hadn't seen it, and he asked Ayumi and the others, but he got the same result.

But it was such a strange person, the curator knew him, and so did the [Young Detective].

Although it is not a suspect, it is enough to make him curious enough.

"Competition?" Guobeng No. [-] was tired from bending over, and simply squatted down, "You don't even know a few words yet."

Conan was at a loss for words for a while, just when Guobeng No. [-] was about to say something, Conan sensed something was wrong, and immediately made a "shh" gesture, and then wanted the other party to hide with him, but with his physical strength, he couldn't do it. Pull up the Guobeng No. [-] that doesn't cooperate at all.He stood up thoughtfully, and walked towards the door where the footsteps came from.

"Hey……!"

Conan suppressed his voice and wanted to call Guobeng No. [-] back, but the other party ignored him at all.Just when Conan hid behind the closet and stared nervously at the boy who couldn't shout, the footsteps stopped.

"Mr. Zhongli." When Guobeng No. [-] saw the tall man in overalls in front of him, he showed an expression of "as expected", "Guess who I just met?"

Zhong Li looked behind Guobeng No. [-], and when he saw Conan's face, he was not surprised at all.

"Didn't you come together?"

After confirming that the person outside the door was not the curator, Conan breathed a sigh of relief, and uttered the question he just had just by the way.

Zhongli said: "After the curator granted me leave, I stayed here for a while on the grounds of packing up my things, and then I didn't leave."

"Mr. Zhongli said that if I'm here, the curator will definitely be suspicious." Guobeng No. [-] was quite aggrieved when he said this, "So let me come back after the museum is closed."

Zhongli is not surprised that Conan appears here, after all, the case was also investigated by young detectives in the original plot.But he didn't seem to see those children, Zhongli asked: "Aren't your partners here?"

"They said that they must stay, but I want to have a real contest with brother Guobeng No. [-]." Conan said, "Is it possible?"

"This is a bit of a nonsense..." Guobeng No. [-] squatted halfway, clasping his hands on his knees to persuade the other party to retreat, "I don't necessarily have time to protect you."

"Number two."

With a generous palm on the shoulder, Guobeng No. [-] tilted his head and saw Zhong Li shaking his head at him.

Zhong Li said: "In this case, let's try it out."

When he told Poe about the original setting, he told Poe that the protagonist of the story was a young detective.When Police Officer Mumu added this name to Guobeng No. [-], Zhongli couldn't help but think that Poe regarded Guobeng No. Number Two put forward the word "competition"...

Maybe a double protagonist.

As the protagonist of the original work, challenge the new protagonist who entered the mystery novel.So what was supposed to be [Unraveling the Mystery] may have become [Racing to Unravel the Mystery] at this moment.Because if there is no racing, Conan alone is enough to end the case, and the truth will naturally become known by then, and there is nothing worthy of him and Guobeng No. [-] to take action.

"Why?" Guobeng No. [-] was a little confused, "Do you think he can help?"

"I believe you will win."

"Oh...huh?!"

Guobeng No. [-]'s eyes widened a little, and he didn't hide his astonishment at all.

"Then, the competition will officially begin."