Chapter 42 This is not presumptuous
When she took out the photo of Shinichi Kudo, the other three, except for Chizuru, stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Before Xiaolan could speak, Qianzhu spoke first.
"Excuse me, miss, I'd like to ask, you're not really dating Kudo-kun, are you?"
"Of course it's true...! Because... because..."
Chizuru coughed lightly, her fist covering her lips, and shook her head with a smile. Her gentle eyes made Akagi Ryoko pause for a moment. "It doesn't seem like it. Your real purpose isn't to find the 'missing' Kudo-kun, is it?"
"Huh? What exactly happened?" Xiao Lan, whose mind had been blown away by the shocking information just now, just wanted to figure out the reason as soon as possible.
"If you could, could you tell us? Maybe we can help." Qianzhu tilted her head slightly and smiled.
Akagi Ryoko looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded. "You're right. Actually, I sought out Mr. Kudo to ask him to help me find someone, but since I don't know where he is now, I wanted to lure him out in this presumptuous way..."
Conan, standing to the side, twitched at the corner of his mouth: "Hey, hey, this isn't just presumptuous, it's extremely presumptuous!"
But actually, he breathed a huge sigh of relief.
I almost got scammed! Thank you, Brother Qianzhu!
"Actually, it's like this: my younger brother, Mamoru Akagi, has been kidnapped, and the kidnapper is using Mamoru to threaten the hero into throwing the match... I really don't know what to do, so..."
Qianzhu lowered her head slightly and rubbed her fingertips, then looked up at her with a smile, "I understand. If you don't mind, could you take us to your house? I think there should be some clues left there."
...
Chizuru and the others followed Akagi Ryoko to Akagi's house. When she opened the door, Conan looked up and saw that the lock was full of pry marks.
"These marks look like they were done intentionally."
He heard Qianzhu whisper beside him.
Upon entering, Chizuru asked Akagi no Mamoru directly where his room was.
After pointing, Akagi walked over, followed by Conan.
Mori, who followed, was observing the living room.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Ran would comfort Akagi Ryo every now and then.
But the other person seemed distracted, their attention almost entirely focused on the television playing a football match next to them.
Upon opening the door, Conan was immediately shocked by the chaotic scene inside. Chizuru glanced around and said softly, "This mess is obviously staged... After all, a child's room rarely contains valuables, so it's not worth the effort of someone searching it so thoroughly. And even if a child resisted, they wouldn't have caused this much chaos..."
"It really was someone we knew who committed the crime," Qianzhu said softly, confirming.
He left the room and returned to the living room, asking Akagi Ryoko, "Is there any member of Akagi Hideo's team who is close to him and also gets along well with Mamoru?"
Akagi Ryoko paused for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, Mr. Ueki often plays with them."
“Miss Akagi, perhaps Mamoru is at Ueki’s house right now,” Chizuru smiled at her.
Upon hearing this, Akagi Ryoko's eyes widened. "Wh...what? Really?"
Without waiting for Qianzhu's response, she immediately ran out the door.
Qianzhu: "..." Do you really believe what I say?
Oh well, he's cheating anyway, and this answer isn't wrong.
Seeing that Mori, Ran, and Conan had all chased after them, Chizuru sighed softly and didn't follow.
Qianzhu coughed a few times, covering her lips, and frowned.
He didn't bring his medicine today.
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