Chapter 55: The Library of Terror (Part II)
In the woman's slow description, a few people understood what was going on. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The woman's husband, Kazuo Tamada, is an ordinary employee at the Rice Flower Library.
Yesterday Kazuo Tamada and the curator Hidetomo Tsukawa worked late here, which is nothing, because the library is understaffed, and even the director himself has to work overtime a lot, responsible for sorting out the messy books that guests read after reading.
It's just that Mrs. Tamada waited at home all night, and her husband has not come home until today, which makes her very worried. Mr. Tamada is a man with a strong sense of family responsibility, and he will never disappear without saying hello. With no owner, Mrs. Yutian had no choice but to go to her husband's work unit to find out the situation, and if there was no news, she was ready to call the police.
Hearing this, the Junior Detective Team figured out the situation, but Conan asked very strangely, "Why does Auntie think that Mr. Tamada is missing here?" Could he have been attacked on his way from work? ”
"No, I don't think Yutian left the library at all..."Mrs. Yutian categorically denied: "My husband is a very careful and cautious person, every time he works overtime, he will call me after work before leaving the unit." But... He certainly didn't call back yesterday..."
"I see..."Conan nodded secretly, if what Mrs. Tamada said was true, then Mr. Tamada was most likely missing from the library, which also means...
Conan quietly glanced at the curator Tsukawa Hidechi: Then he is very suspicious, after all, he is the one who was with Mr. Tamada in the end!
Ayumi and the others also reacted, but they were not as reserved as Conan, and everyone looked at Tsugawa Shuzhi with suspicion.
Probably noticing everyone's eyes, Tsugawa Hidechi said with some amusement: "This really has nothing to do with me, I watched Yutian go out yesterday, don't you believe that I can search in the library." ”
"Huh? So sure? At this time, Hitomi Maori finally withdrew her gaze and looked at the curator.
If Mr. Tamada really disappeared from the library and had something to do with the director, he wouldn't have asked everyone to search for him so much, either he was really not suspicious, or...
Thinking of this, Mao Li Hitomi lifted his glasses and pretended to be very curious and said, "It's really strange, isn't the business of the library very bad, why are there so many precious calligraphy and paintings in the office of the curator's uncle?" ”
He pointed to the surrounding walls, where there were many paintings and calligraphy, which at first glance looked inconspicuous, but if you looked closely, they were all masterpieces.
"And this..."Hitomi Maori picked up the tourmaline on the desk and said with some uncertainty, "This is made of ivory, right?" ”
As if he didn't hold it steadily, the tourmaline almost slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.
"Oops, be careful!" Tsugawa Hidechi hurriedly rushed over and snatched the tourmaline back, then wiped his sweat and said, "Haha... It's all imitation collectibles, my personal hobby..."
Imitation? Why are you so excited about imitations?
Hitomi Mori and Conan looked at each other tacitly, and they both laughed.
"Okay, I think that's it, I still have a lot of things to do. Mrs. Yutian, you can go back and have a look, maybe Mr. Yutian has already arrived home. If you really don't feel at ease, then call the police, I really don't know the situation here~" Tsugawa Hidechi waved his hand and made a gesture of rushing people.
He had a faint hunch that these little ghosts might cause him a big deal, especially these two children with glasses, who looked at him strangely. It's like a cat looking at a mouse...
Mrs. Yutian can't help it, the library is not big, but it is not small, if you really want to hide a person, only the police can do it.
Seeing her crying and going out, a few little ghosts were embarrassed to stay here any longer, so they had to look at each other and follow out.
There was a "click", and the door was slammed shut.
Yuan Tai glanced inside with some dissatisfaction: "At first, I thought Mr. Curator was a good person, but now I am more and more suspicious of him!" ”
Ayumi also nodded and said, "yes... And not at all like a highly learned person..."
Conan looked at his watch, looked up and asked, "It's not too early, you guys go back to dinner first." ”
Mitsuhiko looked at him with disdain, then poked his finger on the head and said, "Then you stay and look for Mr. Tamada yourself, right?" ”
"Ahh This..."The corners of Conan's mouth twitched, and the group of imps was getting smarter and smarter.
"Hmph, I knew that!" Even Ayumi began to despise Conan, she jumped up and walked to the side of Maori Hitomi, then grabbed his arm and said, "Anyway, we have Hitomi now, we are also a young detective team without your help~ Hitomi, will you stay?" ”
Probably because of the close proximity to Maori Hitomi, the little girl's face was a little red, and her eyes were still shining looking at the boy next to her, with a look of anticipation.
Motota and Mitsuhiko looked at the arm that was tightly held by Ayumi with envy, and then looked at the seemingly innocent Maori Hitomi with very appreciative eyes, and forgot to say it for a while.
"But it's not necessarily useful to stay," Hitomi Mori said slowly.
Ayumi let out an "ah" with some disappointment, thinking that Mori Hitomi wanted to go home, and Yuanta and the others also glared at him dissatisfied.
"You're getting me wrong..."Hitomi Mori smiled slightly, then glanced at the closed office door, and said in a low voice, "The library is full of people, and if Mr. Tamada was hiding in an obvious location, he would have been discovered a long time ago." So I think if he's still here, he's in some unknown corner, somewhere we can't find it. ”
"Huh? So what to do? Ayumi and the others were a little disappointed, but they understood what Hitomi said.
"Hehe, now we can't find it, it doesn't mean that there is no way after dark..."
"You mean..."Conan also reacted at this time, looking at him a little strangely, when did this guy become so positive?
"That's right, let's hide somewhere first, and when we get off work here, it's time for our junior detective team to act!"
"Wow, Hitomi is so good!" Ayumi and the others cheered, if they could detect clues, it would be worth it even if they went home and were spanked.
Seeing their cheering appearances, Conan whispered in the ear of Maori Hitomi, "What's the matter, don't you hate being with these little ghosts?" ”
"Don't you think something is wrong?" Hitomi Mori shook her head and added, "I mean Tsugawa Hidetomo. ”
Conan understood, nodded and replied, "Indeed, it is impossible for a small curator to have so much money to buy a collection, and the source of this money is very suspicious. ”
"Yes. The source of the large amount of money is either embezzlement or other uncertain factors..."Hitomi Mori motioned for Conan to follow in the footsteps of Ayumi and the others, and continued: "And Mr. Tamada may have inadvertently discovered this, causing him to evaporate from the world. ”
"Looks like things are getting more and more interesting..."
"It's a little human, isn't it, someone is missing now!"
"Cut, it's less coming, obviously you're also excited, okay..."
"Ho Ho, you can see it~ Junior Detective Team, let's go!"
“……”
The crowd walked farther and farther away, not noticing that behind them, the closed office door was quietly opened.
A pair of eyes peeked through the hidden crack in the door, glinting with a gloomy light.
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