Chapter 144 Running Away Without a Trace
"Could it be that he was kidnapped and forced to paint?!" Genta's words almost revealed the truth.
Mitsuhiko also shared his guess, although Conan rejected it. However, it's clear that Mitsuhiko has a bright future.
Kawasaki Machi gave him a slight look of appreciation, but not much.
“But what puzzles me most is this painting.” Conan held up the portrait of Natsume Soseki.
Kawasaki Machi walked to his side, looked down at the painting, and suddenly uttered a sentence in a low voice, "Natsume Soseki, the portrait on the thousand-yen banknote is Natsume Soseki, isn't it?"
Conan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had grasped something.
Immediately afterwards, Nakata Toshiya, who was standing next to him, offered him a clue.
“My brother’s idol is Natsume Soseki. He submitted this painting to the exhibition because he really liked it. However, the painting was based on a photograph, so everyone at the exhibition seemed to have a complaint. The only person who praised his painting was a strange woman. She was wearing a hat with a very deep brim and was dressed entirely in black from head to toe.”
Upon hearing the description of being dressed entirely in black, Conan immediately lost his composure and began shaking Nakata Toshiya's innocent shoulder, pressing him for answers.
Glancing at Conan's serious expression, Kawasaki Machi couldn't help but think to himself: You're really overthinking it. The other party is just a habitual counterfeiter.
If Gin knew about your thoughts, he would just get angry, pull out his gun, fire a few bullets at that woman, and then show a disdainful smile, indicating that the organization doesn't accept just anyone.
Although it's clear that everything in the distillery except for him is fake liquor that's been diluted with water.
Watching the group run off, Kawasaki Machi glanced at his backpack on the ground and the text message he had already sent out to use as a fake document to ask someone to help him find someone. He paused for a moment, then picked up his backpack and slowly followed behind Ai Haibara.
Ai-chan is so calm, as expected!
If there are no winery personnel around.
Following behind them, watching them search for a long time and confirm information about counterfeit money along the way, until the sun was about to set, Kawasaki Machi quietly raised his hand, "Um, I know where Nakata's brother is..."
Conan and the others: !!
They paused, turned to look at him in shock, and then all rushed forward to surround him.
"Do you really know where my brother is!?"
"What?! How did you know, Chuan Sheng?!"
Kawasaki Machi took out his phone, opened it, nodded, and then pulled up a picture of the woman, handing it to Nakata Toshiya. "Hmm, I had my brother help me look for her. Is the person you saw her?"
Nakata Toshiya glanced at it and nodded in complete confirmation, "That's right! It's her!"
“She’s the president of the Otsuma News Agency,” said Machi Kawasaki, putting his phone back in his pocket and putting one hand in his pocket.
Otsuma News Agency?
Conan felt that the newspaper's name sounded familiar.
He suddenly remembered that a blue-haired guy had told him he worked at the Ottoman News Agency?
Conan: !!!
"Quick! We need to get there right now!"
Just like that... ran away x3.
The group arrived across from the Otsuka News Agency and, seeing the police station right next to it, fell into a slight silence.
Is it really possible for someone to commit a crime right next to a police station?
They explained the whole story to the police at the station, and sure enough, the police didn't believe what the children said.
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