Maori Kogoro complained: "This election car has been turning around for many days, it's so noisy!"

"Who said it wasn't!" Azusa Enomoto nodded.

Toru Amuro went to bring Kogoro Mori's coffee.

Maori Kogoro took a sip of his coffee and saw that Enomoto Azusa had not left yet and looked like he had something to say but didn't know whether to say it or not, so he asked:

"Xiao Zi, did something happen to you?"

Azusa Enomoto hesitated: "I don't know whether I should ask you..."

"It's okay, just tell me!"

He's very free now anyway.

"A cell phone was dropped in the store two days ago, so I'd like to ask Mr. Maori for help in finding its owner."

Azusa Enomoto went to the counter and got a cell phone.

“There are still people using this kind of phone now!”

The phone was a camouflaged flip phone with an antenna.

Maori Kogoro took the phone and asked, "No one has come to pick it up in two days? And no one called?"

Enomoto Azusa said: "That person didn't come to pick it up, but two phone calls came in.

The first one claimed it was a wrong number, and the second one even threatened to kill the caller.

As soon as he heard about murder, Kogoro Mouri instantly became alert.

"Did you say anything else?"

"Uh... I was so scared at that time that I hung up the phone." Azusa Enomoto smiled embarrassedly.

At this time, Amuro Toru interrupted and said, "Then just call the number in his phone book."

Azusa Enomoto said: "This is what I find very strange. Mr. Maori, you can take a look. The phone directory is full of fake phone numbers and names. Moreover, the phone is out of credit and can't make calls at all."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri opened the phone book, which was full of names like "Aida Ken."

"Indeed, there are no ten-digit numbers starting with 1 in China." Maori Kogoro continued to check the information on his phone. "The received and missed calls are all empty, even the text messages are empty."

Amuro Toru requested, "Mr. Maori, can you show me?"

Kogoro Mouri handed the phone to Toru Amuro, who carefully looked at the strange phone book.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and had a vague guess in his mind that this way of recording was somewhat familiar.

He asked Enomoto Azusa: "Do you remember what that person looked like?"

Azusa Enomoto thought for a moment and said, "He had a cropped haircut, wore glasses, was a bit fat, and wore a suit. Because he ordered a lot and spent exactly 3000 yen, I was quite impressed by him!

Oh, and he also issued an invoice on the company's letterhead, but with honorifics..."

"I know!" Maori Kogoro suddenly exclaimed and took the phone. "Every phone has its own manufacturing number. As long as we have this number, we can find out who bought it!"

As he spoke, he removed the phone case and took out the battery, only to find that the serial number inside had been torn off.

"I think its owner doesn't want it anymore!"

Kogoro Maori's mouth twitched and he threw away his phone.

Amuro Toru asked: "Where did this phone fall?"

"It's right under the sofa where Mr. Mori is sitting." Azusa Enomoto squatted down and pointed to the gap between the sofa and the floor.

"How could he go to such a place? That person must have done it on purpose!" Kogoro Mouri said firmly.

Amuro Toru coaxed: "But why did he deliberately leave his phone under the sofa?"

Maori Kogoro pondered, "I think it's probably related to that phone book. It's probably some kind of code. Didn't someone call and say they wanted to kill him? The owner of the phone is probably doing some dangerous business!"

"As expected of the great detective Mori!" Toru Amuro turned into a fanboy.

Just then, the bell on the shop door rang.

"Welcome..." Azusa Enomoto was stunned for a moment.

Because the people who came were two policemen.

"Ms. Miyamoto!" Kogoro Mouri greeted.

"Detective Maori is here too."

Miyamoto Yumi responded, then said to Enomoto Azusa and Amuro Toru: "Sorry to bother you, we are here to investigate the whereabouts of a man."

Miike Naoko presented an invoice.

Azusa Enomoto exclaimed: "Ah, this is the invoice issued by that man!"

Maori Kogoro immediately stood up and said, "Ms. Miyamoto, do you know where the owner of the invoice is?"

"Uh... he died the night before last. We came to investigate this invoice because he didn't have anything on him that could prove his identity," explained Yumi Miyamoto.

"Dead? How did he die?" Kogoro Mouri widened his eyes.

Miike Naeko explained: "According to witnesses, he suddenly rushed onto the road from between parked cars and was hit by a truck."

"What about the driver? Did he escape?"

Kogoro Mori suspected that the man was murdered.

"No, and the driver wasn't drunk or anything."

"That was an accident." Kogoro Mouri frowned.

Miyamoto Yumi said: "He went to a convenience store to ask for directions, and he asked for directions to this Polo Coffee Shop. Then he left in a panic and was hit by a truck. He was taken to the hospital and died that evening."

Then she asked, "Why do you care so much about this, Detective Maori?"

Maori Kogoro said: "Because that person left an old-fashioned mobile phone in the store, the phone book on it is very strange. According to my reasoning, it is likely to be some kind of secret code."

"I see!" Miyamoto Yumi pondered, "So he just wanted to get his phone back!"

Kogoro Mouri frowned. After listening to Yumi Miyamoto's description, he realized that the man did want to retrieve his phone, but this conflicted with his previous reasoning.

If you left your phone behind on purpose, why are you in such a hurry to get it back?

"By the way, where is that guy Kitagawa Taki? Let's call him over as well." She looked at the Kitagawa Exorcism Agency across the street.

Last time, she was tricked by Kitagawa Taki and played mahjong with Xiaolan. This made her, a mahjong master, feel miserable and turned her into a mahjong novice.

Maori Kogoro said: "Brother Kitagawa and Xiaolan went out to play."

Amuro Toru suddenly asked: "Mr. Mori, are you familiar with the famous Mr. Kitagawa Taki?"

Maori Kogoro nodded: "Yes, he is my daughter Xiaolan's boyfriend, but we are separate."

Boy friend???

Yumi Miyamoto's eyes widened, her breathing became rapid, and she felt like something was broken.

"Yumi..." Seeing this, Miike Naeko pulled Yumi Miyamoto's hand. She knew what Yumi Miyamoto was thinking.

Kogoro Mori and Toru Amuro were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice anything unusual about Yumi Miyamoto at all.

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