Chapter 2592 2604 [Hide and Seek]
"There's something wrong." Vodka muttered secretly, "Fortunately this is not a bank, otherwise there must be a large number of armed kidnappers hiding in the carriage of the courier truck."
"But a place like a hospital is also unsafe. What if there's a guy in the car who's about to cause trouble at the hospital, and he brings a truckload of bombs and plans to die with the doctors?"
Taking various factors into consideration, Vodka did not stay in the ward for long. He turned around and went downstairs to the hospital's specially landscaped courtyard.
"This way, even if the building collapses, I can hide in time." Vodka huddled behind the lush plants and slowly smiled, "And that little bastard will have to go back to see the King of Hell. God bless him, and let more bricks fall where he is."
…
Conan went to the ward he had noted down last time, but was shocked to find that it was empty.
"...nurse sister." The fake elementary school student once again used his sweet talk skills. He grabbed the passing nurse and said, "Where is the uncle in this ward? I want to find him for something."
Strictly speaking, he and Vodka had some connections and had met several times before - now that he saw someone he knew was in the hospital, it was barely justifiable for him to visit him on the way.
The nurse thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Yamada, he has been transferred to another ward."
Conan's heart skipped a beat, worrying that he had been exposed: "Why?"
Nurse: “…” This is a long story. Mr. Yamada complained that the ward was too far from the emergency passage, then complained that the curtains did not block out enough light, and then he said that there was a strange smell in the ventilation duct… Alas, this guy really did not go to the wrong department at all.
But there was no need to tell the child about these messy things. So the nurse simply smiled and said, "This ward needs to be repaired. The doctor thinks it would be better for him to move to a ward with a better view."
Conan pondered: "Is that so..."
…
As a seemingly harmless child, Conan successfully tricked the nurse into giving him the location of Vodka's new ward.
Then he couldn't help regretting: after carefully calculating the direction, this was exactly the ward he encountered when he came here!
"We were chatting a little too loudly when we passed by his door just now... I hope it didn't alert him."
Conan sighed and muttered to himself: "What excuse can I find to go there? Just say that I saw someone I know, so I came to visit? - Come to think of it, we have actually experienced some cases together... Looking back, it's really magical."
He made up countless excuses in his mind, along with subsequent responses to match them.
However, after sneaking into the ward confidently and looking at the empty room, Conan fell silent.
Conan: "..."Where are the people?
…
After walking around for a while, Conan still couldn't find the missing vodka. After a moment of regret, he had to go back to his classmates so that his actions would appear as natural as possible.
After just a few words with Jun Kataoka, Jun, who was extremely bored while in the hospital, made a request that shocked the Junior Detective Team.
"You want to go to the arcade?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya looked at his feet and hesitated, "But you can't walk, right?"
Kataoka Jun said nonchalantly, "It's not that exaggerated. It's almost healed. We can take a taxi, so we don't have to walk too far. I'll pay for the taxi!"
After a pause, he remembered something and continued, "I'll treat you to the arcade as well, you can play whatever you want. My dad doesn't usually let me go, but this is a rare opportunity - it's the newly opened arcade in Haido Town, there are many newest games, are you really not interested at all?"
“…”
Obviously, the curious young detective team was very excited.
Kataoka Jun sighed: "If I can't go today, when I'm discharged from the hospital tomorrow, all I'll have left is make-up classes - piano lessons, English lessons, and the classes I missed these few days..."
The Young Detectives: “…”Is this so pitiful?
"But..." Yoshida Ayumi was a little worried, "If your father finds out, won't you be scolded?"
"They won't be able to find out." Kataoka Jun said confidently, "The nurses here have a fixed schedule. They came once just now, and the next time they come will be at twelve o'clock in two hours. It only takes us half an hour to go back and forth, so we can play for more than an hour."
The three children were very confused and looked at Conan instinctively: They had to admit that although this little bastard was hateful, perhaps because Conan had spent too much time with Brother Jiang Xia, he really had the calmness of a serious detective at critical moments.
Conan looked at Jun Kataoka's face, which was somewhat similar to his own, and suddenly a bold idea came to his mind.
He touched his chin and suddenly said, "If you want to leave the hospital from this VIP ward, you have to pass by the nurse station at the corner. In addition, according to my observation, when the nurses pass by the door, they will also take a look inside the room to confirm the condition of the patients.
"If we really go to the game room with Xiaochun, and there is one person missing in the room, the nurses will notice it immediately without having to wait until 12 o'clock."
Kojima Genta sighed in disappointment: "Then I can't get out, right?"
"No." Conan laughed. "If you think about it carefully, it doesn't matter if Xiaochun leaves for a while, as long as Xiaochun is still in the hospital during that time."
Under the confused gaze of the Junior Detective Team and the surprised expression of Jun Kataoka, Conan said: "Come on, let's exchange clothes."
"Yeah!" Kataoka Jun didn't have any reserve of a rich young master. He took off his hospital gown neatly for the game room.
…
Outside Sijichuan Hospital.
In the stationary delivery truck on the street.
A dark shadow was observing the movements outside the hospital entrance through the half-rolled window with boredom.
Suddenly, his eyes sharpened and he looked at the four children who were leaving together.
"Humph, you dawdling brats. I was just visiting a patient, but you made me wait so long."
The shadow spat, started the car, and drove around to the back of the hospital.
…
In the ward, Conan was completely unaware of the approaching shadow.
Just now, Jun Kataoka changed into his clothes and left with the Junior Detective League, while he wore the hospital gown, pulled the quilt over him and lay on the bed.
As expected, after the few children who came to visit the patient left, the nurse came over to take a look with concern.
Seeing that the child patient was sleeping soundly, they left with peace of mind and returned to the nurses' station.
After the door was closed, Conan jumped off the bed.
"It's very strange for a child without parents to explore the hospital alone." He chuckled, "But it's very reasonable for a patient to wander around the inpatient area out of boredom."
With this wonderful new identity, Conan sets out on a journey to find vodka.
However, at this moment, with a click, the door of the ward was suddenly opened from the outside.
(End of this chapter)
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