Monday, January 4th, afternoon, Teidan Elementary School.

After school, Ayumi watched Ash Yuan Ai pack up her things and slowly walked out of the classroom, so she ran up shouting, but Gray Yuan Ai ignored Ayumi at all, and didn't stop until she was caught up by Ayumi.

"Gray Yuan-san, let's go home together. Ayumi smiled and invited.

Gray Yuan-san, are you calling me? Gray Yuan, who was contemplating his situation, glanced sideways at Ayumi's petite face, yes, this is my name, my current name, and then fell into deep thought.

Ayumi said in frustration: "Gray Yuan-san......"

Yuan Tai, who came up, said: "Ignore her, what a girl with a full shelf." ”

Mitsuhiko chased after him and asked Gray Yuan next to the shoe cabinet, "Excuse me, where is your home?"

"By the way, you just moved here," Ayumi stepped forward and smiled at Gray Yuan again, "You're welcome, a few of us can send you home." ”

Turning his head to look at Conan, who was walking at the end, Gray Yuan smiled sadly: "No. 22, 2-chome of Rice Flower Town, I live there now." ”

Conan thought to himself, if you want to say that No. 22 in Rice Flower Town, it will be near my house, but there is no apartment or building nearby, could it be that a new family surnamed Gray Yuan has moved in?

Yuan Tai teased: "What's wrong with you, Conan, could it be that you are interested in that girl who is full of shelves?"

"No, absolutely not. Conan said hurriedly.

"Who are you interested in?Conan?" Megumi Ito ran over, "I heard that there is a new classmate in your class who is a tea hair like me, so this is it." ”

"I've heard that too," Ninety-Nine Fumino ran over to greet Gray Plains, "Hello, my name is Ninety-Nine Fumina." Then he asked Conan, "Would you like to come to my house and play?"

Looking at Ayumi, who was standing in front of him and turned his back to him, Conan said helplessly: "This, I still have some things." ”

"Forget it, I'll make an appointment with you later. Ninety-Nine Wennai smiled, "Then I'll go first, goodbye, Conan." After saying that, he took out his shoes from the shoe cabinet and put them on and left.

Seeing Ayumi looking at herself, Megumi Ito wrinkled her nose, "I didn't look for you again." ”

"Conan is in our class. Ayumi said.

Conan said to Megumi Ito, "Aren't you going to train? ”

"I fell asleep last night, and I just want to say to you, thank you for being with me in Hawaii. Megumi Ito smiled, "Goodbye then." After saying that, he took out his shoes from the shoe cabinet and put them on and left.

"Xia, Hawaii!" Ayumi was taken aback and turned to stare at Conan, "You went to Hawaii with her?"

Conan's sweat fell, "Well, I was taken by Sister Lan, and she was taken by her brother." ”

"Hmph, really. "Ayumi airway.

"That's great, I want to go to Hawaii too. Mitsuhiko said.

"Is there eel rice in Hawaii?" asked Motota.

Seeing Conan wipe his sweat, Gray Yuan laughed out loud, this guy's campus life is really not lonely at all.

"Let's go, Gray Yuan-san, let our young detective group send you home. Mitsuhiko said,

"Junior Detectives?" confirmed Gray Hara.

"I formed it. Yuan Tai smiled, "Every day, we have to solve all kinds of difficult cases entrusted by everyone, and we have solved all the murder incidents." ”

"Oh," Ashbara asked, "Is Edogawa-san's too?"

"Of course, he's my subordinate. Motota pressed his hand on Conan's head.

Please, who solved those incidents? Conan thought helplessly.

Mitsuhiko said: "The place where we received the commission was Yuantai's shoe cabinet, and you can see that it also had the words 'Difficult Incident Entrustment Office, the first grade and second class of the Junior Detective Corps' written on it, and the power of attorney would be thrown into it." ”

"There are a lot of letters every day, from people who have been confronted with puzzles. Yuan Tai opened the shoe cabinet, but found that there was not a single letter of entrustment, and said with an embarrassed smile, "There are usually a lot, but today happened to be the case, by the way, it must be because of the fact that the school has just started." ”

Usually nothing, Conan said, "Okay, let's go home and go to the park to play football." ”

"Okay. Yuan Tai put on his shoes, but found that there was something like paper inside, and he was overjoyed, "Wait, this must be a letter of entrustment." Then I took off my shoes and took them out, and sure enough, it was a letter of entrustment, saying that the Junior Detective Corps was asked to go to the first grade class after school.

So, Ayumi pulled Ashibara and went to the first grade class with Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Motota, and met Shunya Okano, the client of the incident, and learned that they were entrusted to find his brother, Koya Okano, a college student, and on the afternoon of the first day after the start of New Year's leave, he said that he went out to have fun, and then he never came back.

Shunya Okano said, "The police are also looking for him, but they haven't been found yet, so I think you might be able to help me." ”

Conan asked, "Did you get a ransom call?"

"Nope. Jun Okano shook his head and said.

Mitsuhiko asked, "It's not just running away from home, is it?"

Jun Okano also said worriedly: "How is it possible, he didn't go home for the New Year." ”

"That's right, there are a lot of delicious things to eat during the New Year. Yuan Tai said, and then excitedly exclaimed, "Okay, we have taken this commission, and the Junior Detective Team will be dispatched!" and then asked, "Uh, how should we investigate next?"

Conan said, "Let's go to his house and have a look, and then talk about something else." ”

"That's right, let's go. Ayumi pulled Gray Yuan Wai again, "Gray Yuan-san, you can come too." ”……

It's more than three o'clock in the afternoon, in Kakudo Town, outside Toshiya Okano's house.

Pointing to a building with a police car parked in front of the door, Shunya Okano said to the Junior Detective Corps and Ash Hara, "That's my house." ”

At this time, a middle-aged woman with a sad face and two policemen came out of Toshiya Okano's house, and the policeman told the middle-aged woman, "Mrs. Okano, if you think of anything again, please inform the police again." ”

"I will. Mrs. Okano said.

After the police left, Mrs. Okano asked Shunya Okano, who had come with the five of them, "Shunya, are they your friends?"

"Excuse me. Motota, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko said.

"Then please come in. Mrs. Okano said, and then asked Shunya Okano, "Toshiya, what are you going to entertain them?"

"Please don't bother, let's stay and leave. Conan said.

"Well, well. Mrs. Okano said, "Shunya, I'm in the kitchen." With that, he left.

After that, the four of Motota and Ashbara were taken to Koya Okano's room by Shunya Okano.

After putting down the schoolbag, the four of them began to search for clues, and Gray Yuan Ai stood next to him and looked at Conan with interest.

When the three of them were rummaging around, Conan found a wallet in the desk, and after confirming that it was Koya Okano, he said solemnly: "The wallet is still here, this is not running away from home, so he should have encountered some accident." ”

At this time, Ayumi noticed that there were a lot of picture frames under the bed, so she took them out and found that they were all strange paintings, "It's really ugly, who drew this kind of painting?"

"Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Gauguin, Cézanne, Treillo. Conan read.

"My brother painted all of these by himself," says Shunya Okano, "and my brother is from an art club and is very good at copying paintings by famous artists. ”

Yuan Tai said: "He must have been kidnapped to paint." ”

Mitsuhiko said: "It's possible, if you let him copy the famous painting, and then drop the bag with the real thing......

"No, it won't be, the sketches are good, but the colors and brushstrokes are too bad to make a fake," Conan said, "and the purpose of the kidnapping should not be for money, if it was for money, it would have been a long time ago to make a blackmail call, and it should have kidnapped you more than your brother, a high school student." ”

Shunya Okano asked, "...... now?"

"It's the painting that I care about. Conan said, looking at a sketch.

"Huh?" said Motota, "I think I've seen this person somewhere." ”

"Of course I did," Mitsuhiko said with a smile, "This is Natsume Soseki, and his head is printed on it for a thousand yen." ”

"My brother was an admirer of Soseki, and he was proud of this painting, and he sent it to an exhibition in the town," said Shunya Okano, "but because he copied the picture on the money, everyone at the exhibition criticized him." ”

Yuan Tai asked, "Is this still called a proud work?"

Shunya Okano said, "Because some people praise my brother and say that he is very good at drawing.

Conan asked, "Do you know who it is?"

Shunya Okano said, "It's a strange woman, a woman who wears a black hat with a wide brim and a black skirt, and is dressed in pitch black from top to bottom. ”

Conan's face changed, "When was that, when did you meet that woman? Apart from that woman, is there a man in black?"

"It's been a long time," said Shunya Okano, "and there was a man in a black suit, and he was very strong, like a bodyguard. ”

Volt, vodka, Conan was taken aback, and then said eagerly to Shunya Okano: "Take me to the place where your brother may go around here, he is likely to be taken away somewhere near here, if you look around, you may be able to find something." After saying that, he pulled Okano Jun and ran out, Yuan Tai hurriedly chased after him on the third day, and Gray Yuan Ai also slowly followed. ……

Kakuto-cho shopping street, Doubara coffee shop.

Pointing to the boss behind the counter, Shunya Okano said, "This is Mr. Douhara, and my brother often comes for a drink." ”

"It's Shunya," Mr. Douhara said, "hasn't your brother been found yet?"

"yes. Shunya Okano sighed.

Conan asked, "Mr. Douhara, have you ever seen a woman wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and a black dress?"

"No need to ask, the police have already asked me, and I don't see any suspicious people," Mr. Douhara said, "and someone as conspicuous as you said should be impressed." ”

Conan said to Shunya Okano, "Take us somewhere else." ”

After that, the group walked around the Kakudo shopping street, but found nothing, the only thing they found was that the police had already investigated before them.

Passing by a convenience store, Ayumi said she was thirsty, so everyone accompanied her in to buy drinks, and happened to meet a cigarette buyer, who bought a pack of cigarettes for 1,000 yen, and found 770 yen.

Seeing Conan's thoughtful look, Ayumi asked, "What's wrong, Conan?"

Conan said, "It's weird to buy a pack of cigarettes with a 1,000 yen bill. ”

Yuantai said, "Probably he didn't bring change." ”

Conan said, "And for 1,000 yuan, you can buy it from the vending machine in front of the store, so you don't have to go to the cash register." ”

Mitsuhiko said, "It must be because the cigarettes he wanted to buy were sold out." ”

No, if I'm not mistaken, Conan jumped on the cash register and snatched the 1,000 yen from the clerk, and immediately laughed when he looked at the light.

"What are you doing, kid. The clerk angrily snatched the money back.

"Call the police, the money is fake. Conan jumped off the cash register and chased him out, and Yuan Tai and his party followed.

As he walked, Mitsuhiko asked, "Conan, what's wrong?"

Yuan Tai said, "What's going on? What fake money did you just say in the convenience store, is there any drama?"

"It's not filming, it's really someone committing a crime. Conan said, "There is obviously a vending machine in front of the store, but the man went to the store to buy cigarettes, which means that the banknote in the man's hand cannot be detected by the machine, and if the object is a person, it is easy to get by." ”

Shunya Okano asked, "But what does this have to do with my brother's disappearance?"

"It's a big deal, isn't your brother's painting of Natsume Soseki just imitating the portrait on the money? Maybe someone took a fancy to his drawing ability and locked him up somewhere and asked him to help make fake banknotes. Conan said, and then said unconsciously, "I can't tell if that man has something to do with it, but maybe it's those black-clad ...... who used drugs to make my body smaller" and then reacted and changed his words, "Just kidding, just kidding, it's me talking nonsense, this is the American humor I learned." ”

Mitsuhiko said, "I see, fantasy humor. ”

"Yes, yes, that's it. Conan breathed a sigh of relief, it was so dangerous, and then thought to himself, I can't let them be involved in such a dangerous thing, but if they continue like this, they will lose the man, so he thought of a way, put a transmitter on his 1,000 yen money, and ran up to stop the man, saying that he had picked up the 1,000 yen he had dropped, and the man took the money back, and then hurriedly left.

Motota asked, "Conan, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing, I picked up the money that person dropped, and I've been thinking about whether to return the money to him, so I followed him, and just now I finally wanted to pass. Conan said.

"That's right, Conan," Ayumi laughed, "you can't take your own money." ”

"Yes, yes, I see. Conan said, adding, "No clues have been found now, only tomorrow." You go back to Junya's house first to get your school bag, and I'll go to the front to buy something and go over right away. With that, he ran away. ……