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

Chapter 558 The Lost Eavesdropping Device
Beika-cho 3-chome.

Lie's home.

"Noah, Noah! Tell me, who is Conan bullying again?"

Lie stood in the living room, dancing and talking in front of the TV, muttering to himself.

At first glance, it looks like a shaman performance.

On the TV, colorful circles of light flashed by:

"Lord Lie, the information has been synchronized to the database. Please use it at your own convenience. Thank you for your cooperation."

Noah's voice was calm and emotionless.

Lie blinked, grabbed the TV, and pressed his face against the screen: "No~ Noah~ Just tell me directly! This is more interesting~"

Noah on the TV fell silent.

a long time.

Noah replied righteously: "I refuse."

Lord Xie told it to be an artificial intelligence with its own self and personality, rather than a tool Noah.

It felt that what Lord Xie said made sense - because this would prevent Lie from not thinking about doing the work himself and throwing things to it.

After a while, Lie saw that Noah was not listening to him, and slid down from the TV in frustration, and walked over to Hiroki who was working at the computer desk, and pinched Hiroki's little face: "Hey, Hiroki! Help me check what Conan did today~"

Hongshu didn't indulge him at all. He slapped Lie's hand away expressionlessly and said, "Uncle Lie, go check it on your tablet yourself... I still have to prepare for the invasion of tomorrow's game conference. Don't interfere with my work."

Can Uncle Lie be more proactive? Why does it seem like Uncle Lie has become even lazier after going out with Uncle Jing the day before yesterday?

"Ah~ okay."

Lie pouted in grievance, and finally had to crawl back onto the sofa and fiddle with the tablet.

Come to think of it, he has to attend a press conference tomorrow. He almost forgot...

Yes! Xiao Yousaku will also come back, Xiao Xie will also go...

I'm looking forward to it~

A bright smile like the warm sun appeared on Lie's face again. He hummed a song and rolled around on the sofa with a tablet in his hand, as lively as a child.

……

The next day.

Conan stayed up all night, but he was still full of energy.

The main reason was that the smell of organization in the apartment kept him awake all night, so he simply didn't sleep... but he didn't find out what the source of this smell was.

He woke up Kogoro Mouri almost at 6:29 - everyone who rang the doorbell before had done so at 6:30 sharp.

However, Kiel and Mao Lilan woke up at six o'clock and sat in the porch, staring at the door.

Although Kogoro Mouri sat at the entrance with a mop, ready to catch the criminal at any time, he was sleeping so hard that his nose was snotty, so he must have had an extremely sweet dream.

"Uncle, it's almost time." Conan pulled Kogoro Mouri's suit and shook it hard several times before finally waking him up.

"Drink, drink... ah? What? Incident?"

Kogoro Mori was probably not fully awake yet, and his words were vague.

Conan couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows when he saw this.

But then, the crisp doorbell rang at this moment!

Maori Kogoro suddenly came to his senses, jumped up from the floor and ran to the door, "You can't run away now!"

"Come on, let me see your true face!"

He opened seven locks almost in one second and pushed open the door at lightning speed.

but……

The air was silent.

"No, no one?" Kogoro Mouri was a little dumbfounded.

Behind him, Keel and Mao Lilan were also a little surprised.

Is this...really haunted? "Is it true that someone would fall over the railing after ringing the bell?" Keel stared at the empty corridor and began to bite his fingers.

She calculated that if she went downstairs directly after ringing the bell, she would not be able to find anyone, but the magazines and waste books she placed at the door should have traces of being bumped by someone, but in fact, there was no trace of being bumped by someone...

'If there is no result today, how should I report to the higher-ups?'
Kiel pondered internally.

Everything she encounters now is no longer her own business. On one side is the organization, and on the other side is the CIA... It can be said that most of her actions are beyond her control.

But it's okay.

Everything is for my father's last wish...

Mourning his father in his heart every day and thinking of his troublesome brother, Kiel calmed down a little and took a second to think about how to report to the organization and his superiors in the CIA.

However, the next second, she saw Conan leisurely walk out of the door, with a kind of inexplicable confidence on his tired face, "The criminal is still here."

"……what?"

Maori Kogoro looked at Conan speechlessly, "What nonsense are you talking about? There is no one here, okay?"

"Yes." Conan walked to the side of the magazine pile and pointed, "He's right here."

Maori Kogoro almost laughed out loud: "Fool! How could such a small place hide a person, a person, a person... a child?!"

He originally wanted to pull Conan back, but when he came over and lowered his head, he found a little kid with a bowl-shaped head hiding behind a pile of magazines.

After seeing the culprit being held in the hands of Kogoro Mouri, Kiel was a little confused - this was the criminal who had been harassing her and made her almost think that he was targeted by people from other institutions.

It’s actually a child?

She didn't understand, but she was shocked.

Later, under Conan's reasoning, the truth gradually came to light - it turned out that her work schedule was pushed to Sunday night, causing the child to think that she overslept and missed the show recording on Saturday morning...

The reason I put sleeping pills at her door was simply because I hoped she would have a good sleep and wake up normally in the morning.

Kil, who was originally feeling a little amused, gradually stopped laughing.

Because the child said that her mother died early, which meant she was living in a single-parent family.

Jill couldn't help but think of herself. She and her brother were also raised by their father, and their mother died early... After her father died four years ago, only she and her brother were left, but her brother was just in junior high school at that time...

After feeling sad for a while, Kil still kept smiling and explained to the child, asking him not to do such pranks again in the future.

The other party probably thought that Kiel was very similar to his mother. After listening to Kiel's detailed explanation, he left happily.

Then, she insisted on giving Kogoro Mori an additional commission fee, and then watched the three people say goodbye and leave.

"There's still some time... Let's make breakfast first."

Kiel checked the time, went back into the house and locked the door again.

It would be a good thing to be able to solve recent troubles before taking action.

……

"Really? I didn't expect the result to be so boring..."

"What's wrong with that? Anyway, the commission has been successfully completed and the commission fee has been received..."

Kogoro Mouri complains as he walks down the street. Ran Mouri has become accustomed to guiding him in the right values ​​and is already considering whether or not to use the commission fee to buy some food.

However, when we were halfway there, it started to drizzle.

This meant that Xiaolan had to give up her grocery shopping plan as she didn't bring an umbrella.

at the same time……

Conan looked up to feel the rain and suddenly heard a noise coming from the edge of his glasses.

This made him pause and his expression froze:
damn...

He forgot to retrieve the bug and the message he had taped to the wall!

"Ah! Um, Sister Xiaolan, you two should go back first. I suddenly remembered that I left something at that sister's house..."

"Eh? Hey! Conan!"

(End of this chapter)