It's dark, and the lights in the Rice Flower Library have all been extinguished. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was a gradual sound of footsteps in the hallway, and the leather shoes rubbed against the smooth floor tiles, making a panicked "click" sound.

He seemed to be familiar with the library, and without even using a flashlight, he walked to the elevator door in the dark, and then pressed the elevator button in a bit of fumbling.

The elevator door opened, and the light inside lit up the entire hallway and his face in an instant.

He squinted his eyes, and as he got used to the light, his eyes swept over the toilet next to him, as if inadvertently.

Although every day after work, a cleaner would carefully inspect it, but he remembered that there was a cabinet inside, which used to be a place for miscellaneous items, and now it has been out of use for a long time.

He smiled inexplicably, for he was so familiar with the place, so familiar that he could sense even a mouse coming in.

"Looks like there's a few little mice hiding in the cupboard..."

Instead of stepping into the elevator, he pulled out a wrench from his waist and walked gently towards the toilet.

"Kids, it's out... It's not good at all...", his voice was soft, but his face was full of hideousness: "Come out! ”

He rushed to the cabinet, then slammed the door open, his other hand waving in the air ready to fall.

However, to his surprise, it was empty, and there was not even the slightest human figure.

"Am I wrong? All those little ghosts have gone back? He muttered to himself in some confusion, then tossed the wrench aside and returned to the elevator.

The elevator doors opened again, and this time he finally walked in, never looking back.

……

The whole library was silent again, but after a long time, there was a slight "gauze" sound in a certain reading area, like a leaf gently shaking, and then, the sound became louder and louder, and a row of bookcases slowly pushed outward, revealing a few small figures inside.

"Whew... I was scared to death, I thought he was going to find out..."It was Ayumi who spoke, and she was next to Hitomi Maori, almost hanging her whole body on him, with a scared expression.

Motota and Mitsuhiko's heads also poked out, and after finding that there was no danger, Mitsuhiko whispered: "It's good that I didn't listen to Conan, if we hide in the toilet, we will be miserable!" ”

"That's it..."Yuan Tai also echoed dissatisfiedly beside him.

Conan's face was full of black lines, and he looked at a few people and said a little speechlessly: "I asked you to go back early, you have to stay to investigate the case, and now you still blame me?" ”

Hitomi didn't speak, he shook the lever that controlled the bookcase again, put the bookcase back in its original position, and fumbled through the neatly arranged books.

"Hitomi-chan, what are you looking for?" Seeing this, Ayumi asked with some curiosity.

Now she admires Hitomi, who had planned to listen to Conan's advice and hide in the cabinet in the toilet, but Hitomi said that it was too close to the elevator, and if she accidentally made a little noise, she would be discovered by the curator. As a result, as Hitomi said, they heard the movement of the elevator just now, and they are still a little afraid.

"Because only here will be the clue..."It was Conan who spoke, and he glanced at Maori Hitomi with some complication: this guy's observation and reasoning skills are indeed quite powerful, and he actually thought of the problem one step ahead of himself.

Then he turned on the flashlight on his watch to illuminate his surroundings, and continued to Ayumi and the others: "If Mr. Tamada really caused him to disappear because he found something in the library, then the clue must still be in the library, and the curator will not hide it in an obvious place like his office, but will only hide the things of those invisible people in the clutter of books, so that it is not easy to be discovered." But..."

"But there is still a certain danger, after all, people come and go, and if you don't pay attention, you will be seen, so he should choose a place that seems simple, but it is very complicated." Hitomi Mori stood up and patted the dust off her pants: "What we have to do now is to find those things that are not normal, so that we can get close to the truth." ”

"Wow, that's amazing!" Yuan Tai shouted in admiration, and then said with an ignorant face: "But I still don't know what it means." ”

"Huh..."Maori Hitomi laughed speechlessly, and then looked at Conan: "Find it separately?" ”

Conan hesitated, after all, they were all children, and finding them separately would undoubtedly maximize the danger. However, there is not much time left for them, and if there are no clues by waiting until dawn, it may add a lot of uncertainties.

After half a ring, he finally nodded in agreement, and just whispered into Hitomi's ear and asked, "Are you sure it's okay to separate?" After all, you're not an adult now, so you might not even be able to beat Motota in hand-to-hand combat, right...?

"Cut..."Mori glanced at him, then pointed to his head, "I win with my head, okay?" ”

“……”

"Hey, what are you whispering? You won't be talking about going it alone again, will you? ”

"It's just, every time Conan shows this expression, it means to throw us off..."

Motota and Mitsuhiko stared at them with some dissatisfaction, for fear that Conan would disappear again if he was not careful.

Hitomi Mori glanced at Conan amusedly, it seemed that this guy had a bad record, but he didn't explain much, smiled and said, "We're talking about grouping, because the library is too big." ”

He looked at the last few little ghosts expectantly, and said with a look of distress: "What should I do, if I follow Conan, I will definitely find clues, and if I follow me, I may be busy in vain, otherwise I will act alone, right?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey... Your excuse is too clumsy..."Conan complained to himself.

Although the excuse is clumsy, Mitsuhiko and others deeply agree with it, although Conan often "eats alone", but he will definitely be able to solve the case perfectly in the end, so they all looked at Conan with bright eyes, with an expression of "choose me, choose me".

Ayumi hesitated at this time, she also knew that she would definitely be able to solve the case with Conan, but Hitomi was too pitiful, a lonely person...

The little girl glanced at Maori Hitomi rather distressedly, and this guy was secretly happy, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently hooked up a smug smile.

"And so it was... Hitomi is deliberately smiling to hide her embarrassment... It's so pathetic...", the kind-hearted little Bumi thought quietly.

When Hitomi Maori thought that the plan had succeeded, and he could finally get rid of this group of imps temporarily, he heard a weak voice next to him: "Otherwise, I'll come and join Hitomi..."

"Nani?!"

Maori Hitomi turned around and looked at Ayumi in surprise, only to see her two small hands tangled together, looking at herself with a shy face, and her watery eyes were full of expectation:

"Okay, Hitomi-chan?"

……

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En~ I'm just water, how can I drip it...

Well, don't hit me, because there's something going on at home, so I'll change the water today. I'll make it up tomorrow~

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