"Boss, the sanitation has been completed, can I go back now?"

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Takenaka Momoe stood in the corridor outside the bedroom, changed into her own clothes, carried her bag, and said goodbye to Sakaki Makoto and the other man.

After cleaning for a whole day, the cleaning task was finally completed. Takenaka Momoe looked exhausted and was so tired that she could hardly straighten her back.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to invite you to have dinner at the hotel to make up for my impolite behavior during the day."

His tone was polite, but Makoto Sakaki was still secretly testing Takenaka Momoe, trying to observe her next reaction.

"No, thanks..."

Baihui Takenaka waved her hands quickly:

"It's getting late, the kids are waiting for me to come home, and I have to catch the next train. I don't have time."

"I happen to have a car, so I'll take you to the station."

Sakaki turned around and picked up his coat.

"ah..."

Upon hearing this, Takenaka Momoe was stunned, as if she wanted to say something.

"What's wrong?"

"No...Nothing, thank you then."

Sakaki Makoto smiled, went downstairs and started the car. After Miss Miyano and Takenaka Momoe got in the car, he stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the station.

Along the way, the carriage was dead silent and no one spoke.

Baihui Takenaka sat in the back row, holding her bag with both hands, turning her head to look out the window and admire the scenery of Hakone.

Occasionally, Sakaki Makoto would glance at the rearview mirror and observe Takenaka Momoe's movements.

Twenty minutes later...

The black car arrived at the station smoothly.

"Boss, thank you for sending me here."

After getting off the car, the first thing Takenaka Momoe did was to bow and thank Sakaki Makoto with a very respectful attitude.

"Nothing, I should thank you."

Sakaki Makoto took two steps forward, gently patted Takenaka Momoe's arm, and said:

"Let me take you to the station."

“This is too much trouble…”

"We're already here, what's the point of these two steps?"

"....Then thank you for your help."

Miss Miyano leaned against the car and watched Makoto Sakaki take Takenaka Momoe to the station.

About ten minutes later...

Sakaki Makoto returned alone.

"She got in the car?"

"Yes, I saw her get on the Odakyu train to Shinjuku with my own eyes."

"You still doubt her, don't you?"

"right."

Looking at his girlfriend, Sakaki Makoto said frankly:

"What did you talk about with her in the afternoon when I was sleeping?"

"You fell asleep and knew what was happening outside?"

"Intuition. I have a strong sixth sense."

“It’s a lie.”

With a curl of her lips, Miss Miyano sneered contemptuously:

"Let me guess, where is the flaw?"

"Oh, right..."

"When you woke up, you hugged me seemingly naturally, but you were actually quietly testing the temperature of the pillow. When you were sure that the pillow was cold and I had been up for at least a while, you turned over and sat up to look at the album with me. However, you found that the album had just been opened, which proved that I had just taken the album back."

"Based on these two pieces of information, you inferred that I was away for at least half an hour between 3 and 6 o'clock. I checked other rooms yesterday. Obviously, it is very likely that I went to look for Takenaka Momoe during this half hour... How's your reasoning, great detective?"

“How terrible…”

Sakaki Makoto grinned and said with a wry smile:

"She's like a female version of Sherlock Holmes, but..."

"You are wrong about one thing."

"Which one?"

"motivation."

Sakaki Makoto said seriously:

"I believe that you will listen to my advice. Since we both have different attitudes towards Baihui Takenaka, you must not be stubborn and think that you are the only one who is right. In this way..."

"You are very likely to take advantage of my sleep to secretly find out the details of Takenaka Momoe."

Hearing this...

Miss Miyano could no longer suppress the smile on her face.

"Well, even if you are right about this, what about you?"

She put away her smile and said with a straight face:

"I listened to you and you didn't listen to me, that's not fair."

"Who said no?!"

Covering his chest, Sakaki Makoto groaned as if he had been wronged:

"If I hadn't listened to your advice, how could Takenaka Momoe have left Hakone so smoothly?"

"I don't believe you didn't have a backup plan."

"This...it is indeed left."

Scratching his head, Makoto Sakaki took out a black square object from his pocket:

"I borrowed two bugs from Conan and attached one to Baihui Takenaka's body."

"As long as she appears within 10 kilometers of Conan, we can receive the news immediately."

"Tsk, you despicable outsider."

Glancing at her boyfriend with disdain, Miss Miyano slowly took out a similar bug:

"I put one on her, too."

“.......”

“.......”

The four looked at each other for a long time...

The two smiled knowingly.

..................................

6:45 pm, Yumoto Onsen Hotel.

squeak...

The black car slowly stopped next to the station wagon painted with 'Nikkei TV'.

Pull open the grille door and lift the door curtain, and you will see the hotel bustling with activity. Waiters wearing only kimonos, with their hair piled high in a bun, and white tabi shoes on their feet, are carrying trays and moving back and forth between the private rooms and the kitchen.

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