Model worker and his little darling

[Dealing with the drug dealers at Beika Library, the librarian, Hideji Tsugawa—Gin]

As the message on his phone disappeared, Pingqing yawned. After all this time, the task had come back to him. It seemed he wouldn't be able to bask in the sun today.

He remembered that the curator had connections with several drug dealers on Moonshadow Island.

and many more?

Rice Flower Library? Drug dealers?

Damn, another childhood trauma!!

I picked up two books I had borrowed not long ago and strolled slowly toward the Mihua Library.

As I walked, I heard a chattering sound coming from behind me.

"Brother Pingqing, Brother Pingqing."

"Oh, it's you guys. Why aren't you going home after school? Where are you headed?"

"We're going to the Mikaku Library to write book reports, where are you going, Hirakiyo-nii?" Ayumi said cutely.

Pingqing looked at Ayumi with a kind expression. The little girl was quite cute.

"I'm going to the Mika Library too. I've finished reading the books I borrowed last time, and I'm going to borrow other books today." She said, waving the books in her hand.

"Great, let's go quickly."

Seeing Conan sluggishly behind her, Ayumi grabbed him and pulled him forward.

Seeing Conan's unwilling expression, Heishi quickly asked the system to take a picture; these are all meme material.

Upon arriving at the library, Pingqing led them to the children's book section.

"You all stay here and read. I'm going upstairs to the novel section. You can find me if you need anything."

The three little ones nodded obediently, but Conan practically crawled into the closet.

After Conan took out the original imported books from abroad, a man walked behind Conan and took all the books away.

"Little friend, this is not a book for children your age."

Ping Qing's eyes lit up. Wasn't this the mission target? He hadn't expected to encounter it so soon. He was truly grateful to the Grim Reaper.

As the curator squatted on the ground tidying up the books Conan had just found, Hirai walked behind the children, pretending to look at them, and shot the poisoned needle into the curator's neck.

This time it was a new drug that he got from Melo.

It is said to make people die in a state of bliss within half an hour, and hallucinogenic substances are added to achieve this effect.

That's perfect, it fits the image of a drug dealer.

Tsk, this task is really easy. He took out his phone and replied to Gin's message.

[Mission Completed - Imperial Deer]

Just then, police sirens sounded outside.

Ping Qingchao looked out the window and exclaimed, "Oh dear, it's an old acquaintance again!"

Conan knew he was in for another job as soon as he saw Inspector Megure, so he rushed to the elevator, and the three kids followed him in.

"Drip-drip-"

Seeing that the number of people had exceeded the limit, Conan led them up the stairs again.

Pingqing glanced at the elevator and followed them downstairs.

Inspector Megure greeted Heikichi warmly, "Hey Heikichi, you're here too."

"Officer, I've come to return a book today."

Upon seeing the librarian approach, Inspector Megure pulled out a photograph. "The main reason we're here today is regarding the matter of your library employee, Tamada Kazuo."

"He didn't come to work yesterday without asking for leave."

Conan walked up to Inspector Megure and activated his "answer all questions" skill.

"Inspector Megure, what happened?"

Inspector Megure explained the situation: "Mr. Tamada has been missing since the night before last. We heard that Mr. Tamada and the director were working overtime here the night before last, so we came to inquire."

Several police officers investigated the warehouse but found nothing. Inspector Megure told the director and then prepared to leave with his men.

Seeing that Inspector Megure had already left the library, Hirai followed after him and whispered to Inspector Megure, "Officer, I think I know where he is."

Seeing Hirai's actions, Conan followed suit.

Inspector Megure stared at Heikichi in shock: "What? You know, Heikichi-kun?"

Ping Qing pressed his ear, thinking about Inspector Megure's loud voice.

"I just noticed that there were four adults in the elevator where the curator was. After Conan and the others got on, it showed that it was overloaded. The elevator is full of seven people, and even with four children, it wouldn't be overloaded. I suspect there's something in the elevator."

Conan immediately understood what Hirai said and confidently said, "Mr. Tamada's body must be in the elevator."

Hearing the voice, the two looked down and saw Conan reflected in his glasses.

Inspector Megure understood and immediately led his men to search the elevator.

Conan grabbed Heikiyo: "Hirakiyo-nii, how did you know how many people were in the elevator? I remember you didn't go in the elevator."

Looking at Conan, Pingqing thought, "Tsk, the detective's paranoia."

"Because I saw you guys looking silly as you were counting heads."

Conan also remembered how Genta had loudly counted heads earlier; so that's how it was.

Pingqing nudged Conan. "Let's go, let's see how Inspector Megure is doing."

Upon entering the library, they found Ayumi glaring angrily at Conan: "Conan, you're so cunning!"

Genta and Mitsuhiko also spoke up angrily: "That's right, Conan, you've been secretly asking Inspector Megure about the case again."

"what--"

It turned out that Inspector Megure had found Tamada's body, which startled the onlookers.

Inspector Megure looked at the curator with a serious expression: "Please explain what's going on here?"

The librarian stared at the body in shock. "Officer, I don't know what happened either. The night before last, I was working overtime with Yutian, but I left before him. I don't know what happened after that. I think someone must have broken into the library and killed Yutian."

Pingqing stared at the curator, wondering what was going on. Logically, the curator should have died by now.

Melo, that good-for-nothing. The organization handed over the base laboratory to him, spent money like water every day, bragged to him about how powerful the drug was, and he was in a good mood. And this is what he got?

Seeing that Hirai was looking at the curator with a serious expression, Conan tugged at Hirai's clothes.

Heiji looked down and saw that Conan wanted to talk to him.

Knowing that looking down for too long is bad for the cervical spine and bending over is bad for the back, I had no choice but to squat down to listen to what Conan had to say.

"Brother Pingqing, do you also think there's something wrong with the curator?"

Pingqing nodded. There was a problem; why wasn't he dead yet?

Just then, a young police officer ran over: "Officer, we found drugs hidden in these books." They were the very books Conan had discovered.

Inspector Megure, holding the book, glared at the curator. "Mr. Tsugawa, what's going on here?"

Seeing that he had been exposed, the curator frantically shook his head: "I didn't do it, I didn't do it..."

Inspector Megure immediately signaled to the officers to pull the museum director away.

Sudden--

"Hahaha... I did it all. I killed the people and I poisoned them. It's just that Yutian found out..."

Before he could finish speaking, the curator collapsed to the ground, a strange smile on his face.

The three little ones clung tightly to Pingqing's clothes. Pingqing comforted them, saying that they hadn't seen each other often enough and that things would get better in the future.

Huh, the curator looks so shabby. He no longer trusts that liar, Melo.

“Officer, he’s dead.” The young officer pointed at the curator, his voice trembling.

The murderer died right under his nose, and Inspector Megure lost all interest in catching the killer.

He ordered the entire library sealed off and then left with the two corpses.

As it was getting dark, Pingqing looked at the three children who were still in shock and said, "It's getting dark, you should go home quickly, or your parents will worry."

After saying goodbye to the three children, Conan followed behind Hirai with a heavy expression. He kept thinking about the curator's behavior before his death, which was really too unusual.

"Brother Pingqing, there's something fishy about the curator's death."

Pingqing chimed in, "The police will investigate all of this. Don't overthink it. Kids who think too much won't grow tall."