After leaving the room, Hattori Heiji asked again, "Kudo, are they always like this?"

"Yeah, more or less." Conan was alright; he'd seen plenty of things like this before, and even more outrageous ones.

"You really are living in dire straits," Hattori Heiji sighed, revealing his earlier thoughts.

"Hey...it's actually not that bad." Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji, who was sighing for him, and said with a hint of speechlessness.

It would have been better if he hadn't said it, because once he did, Hattori Heiji sighed again.

"Alright, stop talking about them." Conan heard the sigh and quickly changed the subject. "Let's talk about our own things."

"Yes, that's true." Hattori Heiji nodded in agreement.

The two walked down the corridor to the entrance hall. Hattori Heiji glanced at the landline phone in the entrance hall and said, "That person's methods are really low-level."

"It is indeed quite low-level." Conan also felt that this method was somewhat low-level. If it were him or Heiji Hattori, they would definitely have seen through it quickly.

As for Guangyou, needless to say.

However, it must be admitted that the other party has achieved his goal of eavesdropping on Genda Takatoku through such low-level means.

"If only Mr. Genda could have found the bugging device." Hattori Heiji sighed again, this time because of Genda Takatoku's experience.

He fell into a trap deliberately set by others and believed that he was a serial arsonist.

They live in constant fear, worried that they might set fire to the place again.

"The only thing we can do is catch the real arsonist and clear Mr. Genda's name," Conan said earnestly.

"Um."

Let's leave that topic for now. After Conan and Heiji Hattori put their shoes in the shoe cabinet, they turned and walked into the house.

The two pushed open the door and went into the room next to Guangyou's, discussing the matter they hadn't finished discussing earlier, while waiting for the three suspects to arrive.

...

A few minutes later, Uncle Mori and Officer Yumikaze had driven far away, chatting as they drove back to Genda's house.

To avoid alerting the suspect, the two changed into slippers and then hid their shoes in the shoe cabinet.

A few minutes later, Ran and Kazuha returned to Genda's house.

At Uncle Mori's suggestion, the two also hid their shoes in the shoe cabinet and cleaned up the traces left behind.

...

The footsteps coming from outside the door made Kōyū and Ai slowly open their eyes.

"It seems like they've all come back."

"Um."

As soon as she opened her eyes, Ai sat up straight, but she didn't pull her hand away from Kouyu's.

Ran pushed the door open and, seeing that only Kousuke and Ai were left in the room, asked, "Kousuke, where are Conan and the others?"

"They should be in the next room," Guangyou replied, pointing to the next room.

He didn't miss the sound of Heiji Hattori and Conan opening the door; even through the wall, he could vaguely hear what they were discussing.

Then, Mitsuyoshi heard Hattori Heiji and Inspector Yumikasa discussing something from next door.

The content is roughly about what to do after the three people arrive at Genda's house.

For example, Uncle Mori could guard the entrance hall, while Ran and Kazuha could guard the room where the crystal was kept.

Meanwhile, Inspector Yumikaze and Heiji Hattori were keeping watch on the remaining suspect, preparing to expose him when he carried out his arson plan.

The specific plan has been finalized, and all they need to do next is wait for the three suspects to arrive at Genda's house.

"Ai, why don't you take a nap first?" Kōyū checked the time; there were still several hours until the estimated time.

And judging from the situation, there probably won't be much time to rest tonight.

Ai didn't feel very sleepy after taking a nap leaning against Kōyū in the car that afternoon, but she still nodded and replied, "Mm."

Seeing that Ai had agreed, Kōyū patted his shoulder and asked with a smile, "Right here?"

Although she didn't respond, Ai made her meaning clear through her actions.

Leaning on Kyou's shoulder, Ai closed her eyes, hiding her eyes, which were like top-grade sapphires, under her eyelids.

...

As darkness fell completely, a figure walked slowly down the street in a residential area far from the neon lights.

The streetlights cast a long shadow on the person.

The figure pushed open the iron gate of Genda's house, and without lingering in front of the gate, went straight to the sliding door that led to the yard.

The figure peeked into the corridor after opening the sliding door, and only entered the room after seeing that no one was there. The figure then closed the sliding door and drew the curtains.

The figure walked down the corridor to a room. As soon as the door was opened, the sound of a key being used to open the door came from the entrance.

Leaning against the corner of the wall, the figure glanced at the entrance and then quickly opened the door to the next room and slipped inside.

To observe the situation, the figure deliberately left a gap.

Through the crack, the figure could clearly see the person push open the door to the opposite room and go inside.

The figure was panting slightly, trying to calm his nerves, and muttered to himself, "Why is he here too?"

The figure watched as the person entered the room, used a screwdriver to unscrew the landline in the opposite room, took out a small black box, and then put the landline back in its original state.

"Is that so..." The figure saw the person walking out of the room with a flashlight and quickly looked away, hiding behind the wall and thinking to himself.

Once the person closed the door to the opposite room and was out of sight, the figure breathed a sigh of relief and then turned its gaze to the room.

Unbeknownst to the figure, in a corner of the room, two people were secretly watching her through a crack.

...

After the second uninvited guest left the room, he turned on his flashlight, climbed the stairs, and prepared to go to the second floor of Genda's house.

Just then, a faint sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance behind me.

Normally, one might not hear it, but in this quiet environment, the footsteps were amplified several times over.

To make sure he hadn't misheard, the man turned on his flashlight, turned his head, and glanced towards the entrance.

At that moment, the faint footsteps sounded like thunder to the man's ears, which made him tense up immediately.

He quickly turned off his flashlight and ran up to the second floor as fast as he could, trying to avoid making too much noise so as not to be discovered by the person at the door.

As the man disappeared around the corner on the second floor, the door to the Genda family's house was slowly pushed open.

The third uninvited guest stood in the entryway. After confirming that no one was around, he turned his attention to the decorations in the entryway.

The bright moonlight shone into the entrance hall and onto that person.

Under the moonlight, the man's mustache and the smile beneath it were so clearly visible.

"Fortunately, they didn't find out."

After whispering something, Soga Misao placed his hands on the decorative items in the entryway, preparing to take out the listening device inside.

To his surprise, a pair of hands suddenly covered his mouth.

...