Conan's other self

The phone booth is well soundproofed.

There was no one around.

The call was answered quickly.

"Hello?"

"Memu Police Department, it's me."

"Shinichi?" Megure Police Department, who was still working overtime, lowered his voice skillfully and walked away a little before continuing, "What's wrong?"

Brother Kudo's call must be related to the case...

"That's right," Maplehara said, "Conan told me about a missing case. I was a little interested in it, so I called to ask."

Although he was busy at work, it was Kudo's brother's call after all, so the Megure Police Department took it seriously and listened carefully to what "Conan" had learned on the phone.

The Memu Police Department quickly became impressed. Although he did not follow up on this kind of search, there were so few clues that he could easily remember all the clues.

"I suspect this is related to the production of counterfeit banknotes." After exchanging information, Fengyuan said.

"What? Counterfeit money!?"

"Yes." Maplehara explained, "Conan found a portrait of Natsume Soseki painted by the client in the client's room. This painting was modeled after a photo and was very realistic. It was once sent to an exhibition and caused a stir. Special attention from a woman in black.”

"The person in question disappeared shortly thereafter."

Feng Yuan continued, and Hai Yuan Ai looked at him and listened with interest.

"Considering that it was Natsume Soseki who was printed on the thousand-yen note, I thought that this might be related to the case of counterfeit banknotes."

"Then what do you need me to do?" Mumu Police Department was very conscious.

"I'm calling to see if the police have any clues," Fengyuan said. "A woman who is all in black and likes to wear multiple necklaces combined with making counterfeit banknotes...can the police department think of anything?"

The police department was stunned for a moment.

...If you put it this way, he is very familiar with it.

"Silver Fox? This woman is a habitual criminal who makes counterfeit money." The Memu Police Department said with a hint of ridicule, "She has been arrested several times, and she dresses like this every time."

"This guy is different from her counterparts. She always likes to make counterfeit money in the city, so she is often caught," Megure Police Department continued, "But every time she is caught before she succeeds. The money is not as much as what she spent on buying equipment.”

"It was also because of this that she was released again not long after each time. Why, Shinichi, it was her who did it again this time?" Megure Police Department asked.

"Probably."

Kudo brother said so, that should be it...

"But, Shinichi, I don't know where she is now..."

It was too troublesome to find someone, but Brother Kudo happened to be here, so the Megure Police Department thought it would be better to ask directly.

"I do have some ideas."

"oh?"

"The client once called back and said that he was with someone who looked very much like Soseki." Feng Yuan said, which was what Shunya said on the road.

The Memu Police Department nodded on the phone. This was the only clue the police knew.

"This brings us to the origin of the name Natsume Soseki - the Soseki pillow flow." Maplehara continued, "Don't you usually rinse your mouth with water and use a stone as a pillow? Doing it the other way around means you are a very weird person. It means eccentric."

"So that guy has been printing counterfeit money in the city," said the Memu Police Department, "instead of going to the outskirts to hide from people."

"Not only that. If you call back when you may be discovered by the kidnappers at any time, you will definitely try to tell your location. This means that the person's words are also hinting at his location, but he does not dare to say it clearly."

"And if it's just an urban area, it obviously doesn't make sense to say that. So... his location may be a place that makes people feel weirder." Feng Yuan continued.

"More weird?"

"Police Department, you just said that Silver Fox has been caught many times, and each time he was making counterfeit banknotes in the city, right?"

"That's right."

"This means that she still has a certain provocation against you." Fengyuan paused, "So, police department, could you please ask the police station within your jurisdiction to see if there are any such as newspaper offices nearby? , where a printing press is needed?”

Although Haibara Ai couldn't hear the voice on the other end of the phone, it was basically Feng Yuan who was talking on the phone and Memu Police Department was listening, so she still understood the whole story.

No wonder he was able to save his sister from Gin...

Feng Yuan hung up the phone and saw Hai Yuan Ai was distracted.

But Fengyuan didn't bother her and continued to be distracted, because his matter was obviously not over yet.

Halfway through the call, he knew there was new trouble coming.

Opening the door of the phone booth, Feng Yuan walked out.

Conan was standing opposite him, looking at him with a strange expression.

There is Conan in the front, and Haiyuan behind...

"Have you called the police?" Conan asked.

"Yeah." Fengyuan blinked innocently.

"As soon as I turned around and saw you were gone, I knew it. You must have secretly called the police again."

"So I went back to find the phone booth," Conan continued. "You didn't hide it at all. It was right where we passed by just now."

"If I kept this from you, it would be troublesome if you called the Megure Police Department too." Maplehara explained.

"Haha." Conan gave Feng Yuan a dead eye, and then watched Hai Yuan Ai walk out of the phone booth.

But Conan didn't say anything, but went on to ask about Fengyuan's case, "Then what? Has the person been found?"

"No." Maplehara replied, "I'm just asking the Megure Police Department for a favor. If there is any progress," Maplehara paused, "he will call Edogawa Conan."

He had just used the phone in a phone booth, so he couldn't wait here all the time, so he asked the Megure Police Department to inform Conan if there was any progress, and then Conan would tell Shinichi.

Of course, the latter step is not important.

Conan was a little helpless, but felt that he was almost used to it.

Man is such a creature.

"Where are they?" Fengyuan asked, obviously referring to Ayumi and others.

"I told them that you two would be back soon and asked them to wait at a nearby fast food restaurant," Conan explained as he walked, and Maplehara and Haibara Ai followed, "Then I slipped away on the pretext of going to the bathroom. come out."

Because he felt that since Fengyuan went to the police, the case would probably be resolved, so Conan was not so anxious to let them go home. And these children were tired and were unusually obedient, so Conan took the opportunity to come out to find Fengyuan.

On the way, Maplehara briefly explained to Conan the conversation with the Megure Police Department, but Conan seemed to have other things on his mind and was not as interested in the "woman in black" as before.

The three of them soon came to the fast food restaurant to meet the teenager and the group.