Model worker and his little darling

Seeing that Inspector Megure had arrived at the hotel and found Akiko Tani on the surveillance footage, Heiji removed the traces of his presence from the footage.

"Let's go, Xiaoqi, let's go check on Conan's situation."

Heiji drove towards the point marked on the map that belonged to Conan.

Watching Conan speeding down the road on his dog: "Hmm? Still haven't found that warehouse. Looks like he's been knocked senseless by that blow I gave him."

Pingqing parked the car at the corner and watched Conan ride his dog into the school, followed by Uncle Ran, the butler, and Mr. Tani.

Conan rushed into the warehouse. The huge warehouse was deserted, not even a ghost, let alone a person. He quickly checked the surroundings and frowned. It didn't look like anyone had been there.

"Conan, have you found Tani Akiko?"

"Uncle, Sister Xiaolan, Gu Jingzi isn't here."

Mr. Gu, who arrived later, immediately knelt down: "Jingzi, my daughter."

Butler Aso was also filled with regret: "It's all my fault, I'm the one who harmed Miss."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "Xiao Lan, call the police quickly. We can only ask the police for help now."

Conan clenched his fists, his face gloomy. Damn it, we've been completely played by the kidnappers!

“Let’s go home first and let the police find the kidnappers based on the call records. The kidnappers also said they would take the girl home, so maybe she’s already safely home by now.” At this moment, the uncle acted as the backbone, giving everyone confidence.

Listening to the commotion outside, Ping Qing thought to himself, "What a pity, you won't be able to find out. He destroyed the card directly."

"Now it's time to go to this person's house to watch the play."

……

Mr. Gu had just returned home when he saw a group of police officers arrive.

The man immediately reported the situation to his old acquaintance, Inspector Megure: "Inspector Megure, this kidnapping case..."

Inspector Megure interrupted the man: "Brother Mori, what kidnapping case? I found Mr. Tani's daughter at the crime scene. She was unconscious and we took her to the hospital. Now we're going to Mr. Tani's house to find out what's going on."

"What? A murder case? You're saying Mr. Gu's daughter was at the crime scene?"

After exchanging information, Inspector Megure learned that Akiko Tani had indeed been kidnapped. Mr. Tani discovered that his daughter was at the Chihiro Hotel, and the kidnapper had given them a fake address to look for.

At that moment, Inspector Megure received a call from the hospital and turned to Mr. Gu: "Mr. Gu, your daughter is fine. She just inhaled a sedative. She'll be alright once she wakes up. After a hospital examination, the sedative will not have any effect on your daughter."

Mr. Gu was instantly relieved; thankfully, his daughter was alright.

"Inspector Megure, according to the investigation, the victim who died at the Qianhe Hotel was named Nakamura Kawa. He was arrested for theft not long ago and was only released in the last two days. It seems that he wanted to kidnap Ms. Tani Akiko and then extort money from Mr. Tani."

"Furthermore, we couldn't find the person who called the police at the Qianhe Hotel, but one of the hotel's staff members was drugged and hidden in a locker in the changing room. It looks like the same drug used to drug Ms. Gu Jingzi."

"Furthermore, we investigated the hotel's surveillance footage and found no suspicious individuals, so the hotel's surveillance system must have been tampered with. We also found no records of Mr. Gu's calls with the kidnappers."

After listening to his subordinate's report, Inspector Megure began to summarize: "It appears that the murderer drugged a hotel employee, disguised himself as a waiter, entered Ms. Tani Akiko's room, and then drugged her. He then murdered Nakamura Gawa and extorted money from Mr. Tani. The problem now is that we have absolutely no information about the murderer, so we have no way to investigate."

Pingqing, who was eavesdropping from the big tree nearby, heard Inspector Megure's words and nodded. It seems that Inspector Megure is a liberal arts student and has a good ability to summarize.

"Xiaoqi, this is the first case that Shinichi Kudo encountered when he transformed into Conan. If it can't be solved perfectly, how much of an impact do you think this will have on him?"

[Host, the Metropolitan Police Department will treat this as an unsolved case and seal it off.]

After Inspector Megure finished speaking, everyone in the yard fell silent.

“Inspector Megure, during the conversation with the kidnappers, I heard my daughter’s voice with my own ears. She said she was in the school warehouse. When we found the warehouse, no one had ever been there.”

"This……"

Conan stood to the side, scratching his head frantically, unable to understand it. He really couldn't understand it.

How did the murderer know about the school warehouse, and how did he get Tani Akiko to say those things? Words like "big chimney" are indeed adjectives that only children would use.

Suddenly feeling like someone was watching him, Conan quickly ran to the vicinity of the big tree, but there was no one there.

Was he mistaken?

Pingqing hid in the darkness. Tsk, what a sharp little detective.

In the end, Inspector Megure made the final decision to let everyone leave work first: "Alright, everyone has worked hard today. Let's wait until tomorrow when Akiko and the hotel staff wake up and see if they know anything about the killer."

Conan could only follow behind Uncle Mori dejectedly. On the way home, no one was in the mood to talk. Ran, however, was kind-hearted and remembered that Conan's accommodation problem hadn't been solved yet.

"Dad, can this child stay with us temporarily?"

The uncle stared at Conan for a long time, making Conan break out in a cold sweat, before finally agreeing to let Conan stay at his place.

Heiji drove home early in the morning and heard the police car bringing Mori and the others back.

"Xiao Qi, are you satisfied with the play I directed today?"

[Host, I'm very satisfied~]

"What's the reward?"

[Host, the story begins today, and the system will be updating. There will be a surprise when you wake up tomorrow!]

"Fine, if you don't satisfy me, I'll tear you apart."

【Host, please don't be so violent.】

……

The next day, Heisei opened his eyes.

"Xiao Qi, where's my surprise?"

[Host, you gained a total of 8700 points yesterday. The system shop has been updated with many great items, and your various skills have also been enhanced, including but not limited to combat, firearms, computer skills, and psychology.]

[The most surprising thing is that the host can summon characters with money, and the characters summoned by the system are absolutely loyal to the host.]

Heiji was already happy to hear about the skill upgrades, but he didn't expect even more surprises. He thought about his prank on Shinichi Kudo's Academy City.

"Xiaoqi, can I summon Misaka Mikoto? Just imagine, Misaka Mikoto with a coin and Conan with a soccer ball, sniping each other in the middle of the goal from fifty meters away, that scene is so exciting."

【Host, oh dear~ Although I really want to see such a scene, it's impossible.】

Ping Qing opened the system panel and found that his various skills had indeed improved, but why did the computer only improve by one point?

[Host, your computer skills were already top-notch, and your combat skills already gave you a 100-point boost.]

"Hehe—this is the surprise, Xiao Qi, watch me tear you apart."

【Host, I've added all your points to your combat and weapon skills.】

"Hmph, then what kind of people can I summon?"

[Driver, cook.]

"Hehe—I'm really surprised! What, are you worried I'll starve to death?"

[Host, I created this character specifically so you can eat and sleep well, and there will be more and more good stuff coming your way.]

"That would be best. Let's get a cook first, so she can help me clean up. Oh, and I need a chef who can cook Chinese food. You can do that, right, Xiaoqi?"