Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 464 The Disappearing Prisoner

3pm.

Maori Kogoro, who was still dozing off, was violently pulled up from the sofa by his own daughter:
"Dad! Why don't you check what time it is!"

"Ah...what? Lan, I'm full..."

"…I didn't ask you to get up and eat! It's a commission! The client said you have to go to his house before five o'clock. Did you forget, Dad?"

The word "commission" gave Maori Kogoro a start. He broke free from Xiaolan's hand and quickly woke up. He shouted in fear:
"Oh no! It's too late! Why didn't you call me earlier..."

Mao Lilan looked helpless: "I've been calling you dad for half an hour..."

Her father could really sleep as soundly as a dead pig and could not be woken up no matter how much she called him.

Xiaolan was also very angry when she thought about how her father couldn't control himself and ran downstairs to watch TV so late last night.

Fortunately, after waking up, Kogoro Mouri realized the seriousness of the problem. He spent less than two minutes to get himself ready, put on a neat suit, and rushed out the door without taking anything with him.

Ran Mouri, who was behind, covered her face, silently picked up the power of attorney and postcard and put them into her small bag, then picked up Conan, who was sitting next to her with his mobile phone and doing something, and caught up with her father at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

……

No. 29, Shaji-cho 1-chome.

A taxi stopped in front of this family's door.

Maori Kogoro got out of the car with a look of fear on his face. "Fortunately, fortunately, there is still half an hour left. We finally arrived..."

"So, Dad, can you remember to set an alarm next time?"

Mao Lilan looked at her father helplessly, and then said gratefully to the taxi driver who brought them here: "Mr. Kamikawa, thank you for troubling you again this time!"

"It's no big deal. I just happened to be sending a guest nearby today." Ryohei Kamikawa showed his big white teeth.

When Kogoro Maori wanted to take a taxi, there was no taxi available, so Xiaolan called Ryohei Kamikawa, who used to be their 'full-time' taxi driver.

Coincidentally, Ryohei Kamikawa said he was nearby, so he rode his horse at full speed to pull them over.

This place is a little remote, and the only convenient way to get there is to drive or take a taxi.

After taking two thousand yuan as a token of his appreciation, Ryohei Kamikawa said goodbye to the people with a smile, then drove away in a taxi.

Kogoro Mori and Ran Mori watched each other leave before turning to this family.

Conan was held in Ran's arms, still keeping his eyes on his phone, until Maori Kogoro asked:
"That's strange... this is a family called Harada."

Conan paused typing on his phone and looked at the house number outside.

Xiaolan also leaned over to take a look: "Yes, but isn't the client Mr. Okura from No. 29 Shajimachi?"

She also found it strange, but luckily she had taken the power of attorney with her before going out, so she took it out and took a look at it.

"It is indeed the 29th..."

A question mark appeared above the heads of Maori Ran and Maori Kogoro.

Conan's curiosity was aroused, so he leaned over to take a look and pointed at the signature on the white paper: "Hey, Xiaolan, look here, isn't there a black dot? It seems to be protruding from the paper."

Xiaolan took a look and said, "Really... there is indeed a black dot on the word 'two'."

"Is that correction fluid next to it?" Maori Kogoro looked at it for two seconds, then suddenly clenched his fist and clapped his hands. "I understand! Mr. Okura must have accidentally dropped correction fluid on the paper when he was writing this letter of authorization..."

"So, it should be number thirty-nine?"

Mao Lilan also reacted. In fact, if you look closely, you will find that the "two" in the signature address looks flatter than normal, but because the letter was handwritten, they thought it was a problem with the writing style at first, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

However, house numbers 29 and 39 are not far apart, and they can definitely arrive within the time required by the other party.

After stopping someone on the road to ask for directions, the three of them walked forward.

But when they were halfway there, they suddenly heard a bang...

And it’s right in front of them!
"Gunshots?!"

Kogoro Mouri and Conan both recognized the source of the voice and were shocked.

Someone fired a gun... Could it be a murder?!

Conan instantly imagined the crime scene in his mind and shouted, "Uncle Maori, the direction of the gunshot seems to be towards No. 39!"

"what!"

Kogoro Mori's face changed and he rushed forward at a faster speed.

……

No. 39, Shaji-cho.

The door of the house with the nameplate "Okura Kazukatsu" was wide open, and the path leading to the front door was full of fallen leaves, and it was obvious that it had not been cleaned for a long time.

But Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who rushed over in a hurry, didn't care about these small problems.

What they noticed was a series of muddy footprints extending from inside the house to outside, leading in the exact opposite direction from where they had come.

Conan's mind reacted subconsciously, "Uncle, this could be..."

"These might be the criminal's footprints!" Maori Kogoro also made a quick judgment, "I'll chase these footprints! Xiaolan, you go to Mr. Okura's house first to check the situation!"

If the person who just fired the gun was in the Okura family, then this set of footprints was most likely left by the shooter!
Watching Uncle Maori following the footprints, Conan also felt that he should take some action.

He quickly pressed two buttons on his cell phone, put it away, jumped directly from Xiaolan's arms, and ran into the Okura family with the door open. Xiaolan had no time to catch him.

"Ahhhhh!"

As soon as Conan entered the door, two overlapping female screams came from upstairs.

He immediately had a target and quickly rushed up the stairs.

The second floor of the Okura family home.

At the door of the room on the left, two women dressed as maids were hugging each other, looking into the room with inexplicable fear.

Conan ran to their side and looked into the house, his pupils constricted:
in the room.

The female corpse, with blood gushing from her forehead, was slumped over the back of a chair with her head tilted back. The glass windows in the room seemed to have been opened violently, with the two window frames open outwards. A large piece of glass on the windows was broken, and the room was in a mess.

It looked like someone climbed in from outside, shot someone, took out something valuable and ran away from the villa.

However, Conan felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.

He first pulled another chair and climbed up, performed a routine check on the victim's condition, and confirmed that the person was beyond saving. Then, when Mao Lilan came up and saw the situation, she immediately and skillfully took out her cell phone to call the police.

After they completed a series of actions, Kogoro Mori rushed back from outside, panting.

(End of this chapter)