Looking at the note, Uncle Mori frowned and said, "Noon has long passed... He's still the same as always, still so untrustworthy."
They set off at 2 PM, which was past noon by any reckoning.
“Mr. Nanchuan might still be at home when they got here,” Xiaolan said. “So they went out for drinks and planned to be back before noon, but they lost track of time while chatting.”
Looking away from the note, Kōyū stared at a wet patch on the door and said, "Ran-neechan, I don't think Heiji-nii saw Mr. Kusukawa, and he's been waiting in front of this door for a long time."
Upon hearing this, Ran and Uncle Mori turned around and looked at Kousuke with a puzzled expression.
“Look, there’s a wet stain next to the note,” Kōyū said, pointing to the stain. “If I remember correctly, that should be the pattern on Heiji’s hat, with the word ‘SAX’ on it.”
Almost every time Kousuke sees Heiji Hattori, he sees him wearing this hat.
Over time, I started to remember it.
So much so that the instant he saw that mark, he immediately thought of the hat on Hattori Heiji's head.
"How did you know that Kōyū had been waiting here for a long time?" Uncle Mori asked.
"Because besides the mark on top, there's another mark like that on the bottom," Conan couldn't help but interject. "The mark on the bottom is about the same height as me."
"It must be because Heiji-nii waited for too long and got a little impatient, so he simply sat down and leaned against the door to continue waiting, which is why he left this mark."
“I agree with Conan,” Mitsuyu nodded in agreement.
Just then, Kōyū felt Ai tug at his sleeve.
Turning to look at Ai, before he could ask anything, he heard her whisper, "It seems like someone else has been in this room..."
As she spoke, Ai pointed to the bottom right corner of the door.
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