Following the direction Ai was pointing, Kōyū saw a piece of transparent tape stuck to the lower right corner of the door.
One end of the transparent tape was stuck to the door, and the other end was stuck to the door frame.
This is a fairly simple technique that has appeared in many films and television shows.
Its purpose is to know whether anyone has entered your room while you are away.
Their actions attracted the attention of the other three.
Following Kōyū's gaze, Ran and Conan also noticed the piece of transparent tape.
“I know this.” Xiaolan squatted down and recognized the method after taking a look. “First, stick tape on the door so you can tell if anyone has sneaked into your house.”
Because the method is simple and frequently seen, even Xiaolan knows how to use it to determine if someone has entered her room.
Looking at the piece of tape that had come off, Xiaolan said, "I remember, when the tape on the door comes off, it means someone has sneaked in, right?"
"Yes, someone definitely sneaked in, and it's been going on for a while." Guangyou leaned closer, looking at the dust clinging to the transparent tape, and made his judgment.
Standing up, Kōyū continued, "In other words, Mr. Kusunoki originally planned to come back immediately, but for some reason he did not return, and then someone entered his room during the time he was away from home."
"Hmm... I feel like something's wrong." Uncle Mori's expression was grave.
“Let’s go in and take a look,” Guangyou suggested.
"It wouldn't be good to just go in like this, how about we..."
Before Xiaolan could finish speaking, Guangyou grabbed the doorknob and opened the door.
The door wasn't locked.
The next second, Mitsuyu and Conan walked into the room at the same time and looked around.
The room was not messy, and there were no obvious signs of ransacking.
"There are no signs that the door lock has been pried open, and the room hasn't been ransacked." Uncle Mori walked into the room, looked at the fairly tidy room, and said, "He might have just forgotten to lock the door."
"That's unlikely. Heiji-nii has obviously already been in here, and he even discovered something."
At this moment, Guangyou stood in front of the desk in the room, his gaze fixed on the pencil marks on the desk.
There was a neat blank space in the center of the mark, and it was obvious at a glance that something should have been placed on it originally.
"This should be it, right?" Ai looked at the sticky note above the mark, tore off a piece, and placed it in the blank space in the center of the mark.
Perfect fit.
"I knew it." Ai nodded, her expression unchanged even though she had guessed correctly, but she simply turned her gaze to Kousuke.
Guangyou picked up the pencil on the table and began to lightly scribble on the sticky note.
He observed that the sticky notes were very thin; if one didn't tear off a piece of paper to write on, it was very likely that writing would be left on the following sticky notes as well.
The harder you press when you write, the more writing you'll leave on the sticky note, and the clearer your handwriting will be.
In other words, if he repeats Hattori Heiji's previous actions, he should be able to find out what's written on that note.
Seeing Kōyū's actions, Ai's expression subtly changed, a smile flickering beneath her icy blue eyes as the corners of her lips lifted.
"Shh~"
With the sound of a pencil scratching across paper, a few lines of writing slowly appeared on the sticky note.
Aside from Ai, the others peered over the sticky note.
“Kenkyo Town...Ito…” Uncle Mori squinted slightly, carefully examined the area, and said, “There seems to be a phone number on it, but the rest is a bit hard to read.”
Although there was no phone number, the search area had been narrowed down to the Ito family living in Kenchō town.
"Why don't we go check that out?" Conan suggested.
"I have no objection." Kōyū increasingly felt that Hattori Heiji was involved in a case, and perhaps this case was inextricably linked to the Ito family.
Perhaps the mastermind behind the case is the head of the Ito family.
"Hmm, let's go take a look. It's not far from here." Uncle Mori thought for a moment and nodded. "I'll call Inspector Megure first and ask for the exact address."
...
Through their connections with the police, the group obtained five addresses.
All five addresses belong to the Ito family and are located in Xianqiao Town.
The number isn't large, but they're spaced some distance apart.
Before going, the group even planned out a route map.
Following the map, the group arrived at the first Ito house.
The house is inhabited by a middle-aged man who is already facing baldness, with even less hair than Professor Agasa.
"The two high school students with the Western accent?" The uncle shook his head. "No one has come to our house today. Hey, are you police officers investigating a case? Did those two high school students do something wrong?"
Guangyou glanced at the curious-looking uncle, and his lips twitched slightly.
I didn't expect this uncle to be so gossipy.
After explaining, the group said goodbye to the gossipy uncle.
...
The second woman with the surname Ito was a young and beautiful woman.
She had never met Hattori Heiji and the others, but she had met Uncle Mori.
After answering the question, she recognized Uncle Mori: "Could you be the 'Sleeping Kogoro'?"
"It's me, this time I am..."
Before Uncle Mori could finish speaking, as soon as she heard him admit his identity, she turned around and ran into the house.
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