Chapter 83
The collection room is very large, with a partition in the middle. Maori and his daughter and Miss Lihua, who had run away, were admiring the works in another partition at this time and did not notice the situation here.
Conan, who had just caused trouble, took advantage of the two people's inattention and tried to use transparent tape to secretly remove the fingerprint that represented the creator on the drawing paper.
It was because he happened to see that the signature of the painting was actually Hoshikawa Kazuaki, with a childish finger print with ink neatly printed below the name, that he suddenly had an idea and deliberately dropped the painting.
At this time, Hoshikawa Kazuaki and Date Kou really didn't care what he was doing.
After Ida Ko said that as if in exclamation, both of them were stunned for a moment.
Hoshikawa and Ming didn't understand what Date Kou meant by these incoherent words, while Date Kou seemed to be suddenly reminded by his own voice, and a rare look of regret appeared on his face.
Sure enough, before Xingchuan and Ming asked, Date Kou immediately explained:
"Don't worry about it. I just remembered some things from the past. It has nothing to do with today's case. You don't have to take it to heart."
Xingchuan Heming looked at him, who was obviously unwilling to say anything more, and he was rarely interested in what he said about the "past".
What on earth could have caused the cheerful Date Kou to suddenly become so secretive? And judging from his reaction to the painting, it was clear that this incident was related to him.
At this time, Conan was right under the eyes of the two people, and while their attention was attracted by the exclamation of Ida Kou, he quickly completed the task of extracting fingerprints.
Then he quickly glanced at the painting, and in that moment he only saw that the content of the painting seemed to be a fierce gun battle, a group of angry policemen, an exploding and burning car, and a brown-haired man collecting blood samples.
Xingchuan and Ming bent down and tried to pick up the drawing paper, but they didn't expect that Ida Kou had already picked it up before them, and when Xingchuan and Ming reached out to take it, Ida Kou dodged his hand.
"I'm sorry, Xingchuan. This painting involves some very confidential content. I'm afraid I can't return it to you for the time being."
After Ida Hang finished speaking, he paused for a moment before finally remembering that the person in front of him, as the creator of the painting, probably knew the content of the painting much more clearly than he did. He immediately added with an embarrassed look on his face:
"Of course, I would also like to ask you to keep the contents of the painting confidential and not disclose any information about the painting to anyone else in any way."
Date Ko looked at Hoshikawa Kazuaki with a serious expression, and his calm face added a bit of seriousness to the atmosphere at this moment.
Seeing how serious he was, Xingchuan and Ming also suppressed their smiles and worked together to think carefully about what had happened when they first painted the picture, so as to remind themselves to keep the matter secret.
However, what makes Xingchuan and Ming feel helpless is that their old forgetfulness problem comes back at this critical moment.
I can only remember that I drew this picture when I participated in a group activity before leaving the orphanage. The inspiration came from a discussion about the plot.
As for who he was discussing this with, he really couldn't remember at all.
Rubbing his forehead which was swollen due to excessive reminiscence, Xingchuan and Ming raised their heads and smiled helplessly at Date Kou. Under the other party's nervous gaze, he said awkwardly:
"I'm sorry, Brother Date, it's been so long since I drew this picture, so I don't remember why I drew it, and naturally I don't know what the so-called relevant information is."
Ida Kou obviously didn't expect to get such an answer. But if someone else said this, it would sound like a sophistry. But once it was put on Xingchuan and Ming, everything seemed to make sense.
In response to this, Ida Ko could only respond with a helpless wry smile, and then comfort himself in his heart that at least now even the creator himself did not know the relevant details of the painting, so the secret was kept, right?
So, he carefully folded the painting in his hand and put it in his pocket, and said to the two people in front of him, one big and one small, without giving them the right to refuse:
"In that case, I will take this painting away first."
After Conan obtained the fingerprints, he hurriedly glanced at the contents of the painting. There seems to be no clear logical relationship between the four scenes, but the matter that can make Officer Date take it so seriously must be not simple.
His curiosity was immediately aroused.
But at this moment, seeing that Date Kou put away the drawing paper without any explanation, with a look of not wanting to be refused, no matter how curious Conan was, he could only give up the idea of exploring for the time being and just kept this matter in mind.
After staying in the collection room for a short while, they prepared to leave and go to the next tourist destination.
The happiest person was Maori Kogoro. He stretched his body, yawned and said:
"These collections are so crudely made, what's so good about them? I'm ashamed of you for looking at them for so long."
Mao Lilan quickly reminded in a low voice from behind:
"Dad! Don't say that. It's very rude. Those works were made by the children of the orphanage. They have greater commemorative significance. And if you look at them carefully, they are actually very interesting."
Maori Kogoro curled his lips impatiently, reached into his pocket and fumbled around, saying:
"Let's get out of here quickly. I didn't expect that smoking is prohibited in the collection room. I've been enduring this for a long time."
When they arrived at the porch, they saw Kagano Satoshi folding his arms and looking towards the bamboo forest, seemingly sulking. Hagiwara Kenji was beside him, trying to comfort him. When they saw everyone coming out, Hagiwara Kenji was the first to greet them:
"Sorry, we were busy. Are you guys going somewhere else after your visit?"
As he said this, Kenji Hagiwara looked towards Kou Ida. But he didn't expect Kou Ida to still be distracted by the painting in his arms and didn't notice the look Kenji Hagiwara gave him. Kenji Hagiwara frowned in confusion, thinking to himself, is the situation with the class leader very difficult?
Hoshikawa and Akeno Satoshi were in a bad mood and asked directly in their consciousness: What happened?
Kagino Tomo snorted in dissatisfaction and said bitterly:
I wanted to use some means to check where your donations usually go, but my second brother insisted that I was not allowed to use hacking methods unless it was absolutely necessary, and asked me to let him investigate this matter.
Really, there is a simple way, why does he have to make trouble for himself?
Hoshikawa Kazuaki immediately understood Hagiwara Kenji's idea. He wanted to find evidence through legal investigation methods and finally solve the matter through formal channels.
It seems that he has already thought of letting the police intervene in this matter and give him justice. This made Xingchuan and Ming feel warm in their hearts, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but curl up slightly, and the depression they had been feeling all the way was instantly dissipated.
The reason why Kenji Hagiwara did not let Kagamino Satoshi take action was not only because the evidence obtained in this way was not strong enough, but also because he wanted to protect Kagamino Satoshi.
Otherwise, if everyone knew that Satoshi Kagamino was a hacker, the attitudes of people around him would inevitably change, which would not be a good thing for Satoshi Kagamino who still had a childish mentality.
A few words calmed Kagino Tomoe down, but Hoshikawa Kazuaki still fell slowly at the end of the team.
However, this time he discovered that Miss Lihua, who was leading the way, actually looked in his direction from time to time, with obvious guilt and helplessness in her eyes.
Seeing her move, Date Ko shook his head at her. Miss Reika then cooperated and looked away.
Xingchuan and Ming guessed that it was because Date Kou told Miss Reika the truth that her attitude changed so much. Date Kou didn't have to do these things. He probably did it to make himself feel better.
I was taken care of by the two of them without leaving any trace!
Although they didn't admit it, Xingchuan and Ming felt warm in their hearts as if they were being brushed by hot springs.
Xingchuan and Ming had to admit that having such a group of friends was really their biggest gain in the world of science.
After coming out of the collection room, they were faced with a dense forest separated from the surrounding buildings. Such a forest was particularly eye-catching in this welfare home dominated by bamboo forests.
"In the center of this forest is actually an ancient tree that has been growing for more than 300 years. When the orphanage was first built, the director at the time believed that this tree was a good omen and could bring good luck to the orphanage, so he kept the ancient tree and the younger trees nearby to form the forest in front of us."
After listening to Miss Lihua's introduction, everyone became interested and followed her into the edge of the woods to look up. Only Hagiwara Kenji did not look up, but stared down at the ground covered with rotten leaves, and suddenly exclaimed:
"Huh? What is this?"
There was an inconspicuous sunken mark in the pile of rotten leaves that was originally full of natural breath, and a few tiny plastic sequins were shining in the mark.
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