Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

Seeing Conan Edogawa's brave little figure moving forward, Ai Haibara's expression gradually became quite helpless.

However, before he could even approach the thug, the young couple not far away started arguing with him.

For a moment, the three of them shouted and argued at each other from a distance. In the end, the young couple left the screening room in a fit of anger, leaving only the hoodlum named Zhang Tian standing there laughing uncontrollably.

The arguing attracted the attention of the receptionist, Yuri Yuriko.

From Yuri Yuriko's words, the Junior Detective League learned that the thug named Zhang Tian was actually a demolition businessman behind the movie theater, and similar incidents had happened countless times in the past few days.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Junior Detective League were indignant, but since it had already happened, they were powerless to change anything. In the end, after being comforted by Yuri Yuri, they could only return to their seats dejectedly and continue watching the movie.

Just then, something seemed to happen unexpectedly. Zhang Tian's phone suddenly rang, and after answering the call, he hurriedly left the movie theater.

This gave the boy detectives, who were eager to watch the movie, a brief moment of peace.

They watched it all the way until evening, and the group of young detectives reluctantly left the theater after the entire Gomera trilogy had finished playing.

As a result, right at the entrance of the movie theater, they bumped into Inspector Megure, Inspector Takagi, and others who had suddenly appeared there for some unknown reason.

Upon seeing this scene, Conan Edogawa was greatly puzzled. He had just learned the full details of the Blue Castle case from Inspector Takagi that morning, and he knew that the Metropolitan Police Department should be focusing all its attention on this strange case at this time. So why would he suddenly appear in this movie theater that was about to be demolished?

He went up and asked for a moment, and received a result that shocked him.

That hoodlum named Zhang Tian has disappeared.

Moreover, shortly after leaving the movie theater, no one ever saw him again.

Normally, if an adult male goes missing, it would take at least 1-2 days for his family to report the case to the Metropolitan Police Department before they would arrange for the necessary personnel and resources to search for him.

However, Zhang Tian is a very special person.

As a real estate businessman with ties to organized crime, Zhang Tian has accumulated a considerable amount of debt to surrounding gangs over the years, and these gangs are backed by high-ranking officials from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Perhaps worried that Zhang Tian would take the opportunity to run away, or perhaps afraid that they would not be able to recover the debts they had lent out, the higher-ups in the gang contacted the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division as soon as they could not reach Zhang Tian, ​​and used their connections to forcefully open a case for investigation.

That's why we're in this situation now.

Conan Edogawa had very little interest in such matters.

Compared to an adult man who had only been missing for less than six hours, he was clearly more concerned about the two cases that occurred inside the Blue Castle last night.

Secret passages, disguises, property...

Each of these factors seems more interesting than this ordinary missing person case, and...

In Conan Edogawa's understanding, the disappearance of such a petty thug at this time is very likely to be a temporary hiding place to avoid debts.

Although Zhang Tian has a bad personality and has made many enemies, his interpersonal relationships are quite simple.

Although the creditors hated him to the core, if Zhang Tian died, it would mean that the debts they had lent out would never be recovered. So theoretically, these people should be even less concerned about anything happening to him than Zhang Tian himself.

As for the others, such as the staff at this movie theater, although they certainly disliked Zhang Tian, ​​most of their conflicts were just verbal and personal.

Even if some of them really did have murderous intent towards Zhang Tian, ​​it was most likely due to a momentary impulse, or a crime of passion.

It makes no sense that we still can't find Zhang Tian's whereabouts; it's clearly illogical.

Therefore, after carefully considering the matter several times in his mind, Conan Edogawa ultimately felt that it was more likely that Zhang Tian was the one who had disappeared.

That's what he thought, and that's what he said to Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure was naturally quite helpless about this, saying that he agreed with Conan's idea, but since his superiors had assigned him the task, he didn't have any better solutions.

The two looked at each other and sighed. Just then, Conan Edogawa was about to leave with the group of children.

The receptionist, Yuri Yuriko, suddenly spoke up, cautiously asking:

"Um... around noon, a man dressed in black came to our movie theater. He said he was a detective and even approached Mr. Furuhashi. Officers, do you think Zhang Tian's disappearance could be related to this man in black?"

It's like a switch inside your body suddenly matched a password.

'Men in Black', 'Detective'...

These words reached Conan Edogawa's ears, and he immediately stopped in his tracks. He turned around with a look of horror and began questioning Yuri Yuri.

Seeing that Inspector Megure and the boy in front of her seemed to have a good relationship, Yuri Yuri hesitated for a moment before finally explaining the whole story under Conan's questioning.

"He was a man dressed all in black, wearing sunglasses and a black hat. I think his name was Saburo Kurosawa. I saw the business card he had..."

With a 'boom,' Conan Edogawa felt a jolt in his brain, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Saburo Kurosawa...

The detective, whom he once suspected was a member of the Black Organization, suddenly and mysteriously disappeared after the case of Junya's brother's disappearance, and no trace of him could be found in the entire Beika Town.

Conan initially thought the other party's talent was just a flash in the pan, but he never expected...

He actually showed up here, and his appearance was so sudden, so unexpected...

Could it be that there is some unspeakable secret behind this disappearance?

Thinking of this, Conan Edogawa suddenly looked up, his eyes fixed on Furuhashi Nyan beside him.

He wanted to know exactly what 'Kurosawa Saburo' and Furuhashi Nen had discussed, and why he had come to this movie theater in the first place...

Behind this seemingly ordinary event, is there an organized operation at play...?

What exactly happened to that real estate developer named Zhang Tian...?

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