With plenty of money in his pocket, Kaedehara directly called a taxi and rushed to the destination, and soon arrived near the signal.

It was a very ordinary apartment building.

He was just a child, so he didn't attract attention, but Kaedehara still observed cautiously before walking upstairs.

Coming to the location indicated by the transmitter, Kaedehara knocked on the door.

There was only one person in the room.

It was Miss Masami Hirota.

Seeing "Conan", Masami Hirota was very surprised: "Conan! How did you find it? ”

At this moment, Masami Hirota is completely dressed in a workplace attire, with her hair untied and she doesn't wear glasses.

Her rustic makeup from last night has also been removed, and she looks more mature and attractive now.

"You left your address yesterday," Kaedehara squeezed into the room and said, "Did you forget Masami?" ”

Just a child of a Maori detective, Masami Hirota is unsuspecting. She stepped out of the way and let Kaedehara in, then closed the door.

Still, she was a little puzzled.

She remembered that she didn't seem to keep her address, but she just left her phone, but when she heard "Conan" say this, she wasn't quite sure if she had left.

"I'm sorry, Conan, my sister doesn't have any juice here, so I have to give you this," Masami Hirota poured a glass of water and handed it to "Conan" sitting on the sofa, and said, "Is there anything wrong with Conan coming to my sister?" Has Mr. Detective found my dad? ”

If you find Kenzo Hirota, you should also be notified by phone... There's no need for a little kid to come and tell me this far...

Kaedehara shook his head.

"Uncle has some questions that he wants me to come over and ask Sister Masami," Kaedehara said, "Is that okay?" ”

"Of course." Masami Hirota said, "As long as you can find my dad as soon as possible, you can ask anything." ”

Judging from Masami Hirota's performance last night, her acting skills are quite good, but it seems that it will take a while to brew. Although she is also trying to show her anxious and helpless mood now, the effect is much worse than last night.

But... That's how he acted, Kaedehara thought.

Masami Hirota poured herself a glass of water and sat down opposite "Conan", patiently waiting for "Conan" to speak.

Then she saw "Conan" with an embarrassed expression and said to her, "Oops! I don't think I've forgotten what to ask! Can Sister Masami let me call my uncle first? ”

What a cute little kid...

Masami Hirota nodded and said, "Oh... Okay, the call is in—"

She stopped before she could finish her sentence, because she noticed that the child opposite took out her phone.

She forgot that yesterday the kid was also holding a mobile phone... A child at such a young age has a mobile phone, probably because he is often used by Maori detectives...

Masami Hirota sat quietly, listening to "Conan" ask what to say on the other side of the phone. And then the kid was there all the time listening, seemingly trying to remember what was said on the other side of the phone...

Masami Hirota couldn't help but look at the child in front of her... There is no doubt that this is a very cute elementary school student.

When I and my sister can still be together more freely... My sister is about the same age.

She couldn't help but fall into the good memories of the past, but her mood was a little lower.

"Conan" puts down the phone, and Masami Hirota picks up her spirits, ready to deal with the Maori detective's question.

"Sister Masami," Kaedehara took off her glasses, "Then I'll start asking?" ”

When I take off my glasses, I feel like a different person...

Without thinking much about it, Masami Hirota, who didn't want to be suspected by the Maori detective, couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and then she heard "Conan" say:

"Sister Masami, you're not Kenzo Hirota's daughter, are you?"

Masami Hirota's brain went blank for a moment, and then reacted: "How come? Conan, why do you think so? ”

"Because Sister Masami, you don't look like a high school student at all."

"I'm in college," Masami Hirota said hurriedly, "at Yamagata University." ”

"Then why are you pretending to be like that to meet Uncle Detective?"

"Last night..."

"You already explained last night, Sister Masami." Kaedehara interrupted, "However, a college student who is currently studying to entrust a detective to find his father, there is no need to pretend to be different, right?" It's not surprising that college students seem to be more mature. ”

"So, maybe you're not Kenzo Hirota's daughter, and you're looking for him for another reason." Masami Hirota listened to the child in front of her in a daze, "Of course, this is just a guess. The next thing is the point – we called and asked about the taxi company you mentioned, where Kenzo Hirota once worked. ”

"They say Kenzo Hirota has left. They also said," Kaedehara paused, "Kenzo Hirota didn't work hard when he was in office, and he didn't carry passengers every day in the evening, but drove a taxi back and forth on a route, and it was at a fairly fast speed..."

"He likes drag racing? But he only ran back and forth on a repetitive line. What does he like about the scenery there? But he drove fast again. So, I thought, maybe he's just getting acquainted with that line. ”

Masami Hirota glanced at "Conan" with a complicated expression.

"Do you know which line it is, Sister Masami?"

Masami Hirota did not speak.

"I know!" Kaedehara continued, "Someone on the other side of the phone patiently told me, because Kenzo Hirota ran like this every day during that time, so many people remember it very clearly..."

Kaedehara took out a neatly folded newspaper from his clothes, put it on the table, and slowly opened it for Masami Hirota.

Billion dollar robbery.

A case that was reported on the front page of the newspaper.

Masami Hirota still didn't say a word, just looked at the newspaper in a daze.

The newspaper had pictures of three robbers wearing hoods.

It was captured on surveillance footage.

"Interestingly, that route is exactly the same as the route that these robbers escaped."

"Sister Masami," Kaedehara said softly after a pause, "Is it possible, Kenzo Hirota," he pointed to one of the robbers in the picture, who was about the same size as Kenzo Hirota, "is that this uncle?" ”

There was a brief silence.

The air seemed to freeze, and Masami Hirota, who was pressed, was a little out of breath.

After a while, she seemed to wake up suddenly, gasping for breath like a fish in a shoal, and then said in a dazed and lost tone: "No wonder Dad has not heard from him... It turned out that I had done something like this..."

Even Masami Hirota herself felt that her struggle at the moment was a bit ridiculous.

The child expressed doubts about his identity at the outset.

But...

This is her last chance.

This was her last straw when she drowned.

If the Maori detective had called the police... If Kenzo Hirota is caught by the police... If she doesn't get the money... If she doesn't make it to Gin as planned...

And she, and her sister...

Tears fell onto her watch.

The slight ticking sound suddenly woke her up again, but it also made it difficult for her to suppress her emotions.

She looked at the child in front of her with tears in her eyes, expecting him to say something like "That's right, Sister Masami, your father is a robber."

Please.

Please.

But the kid on the other side just lowered his eyes, leaned slightly, leaned out and pointed to the person in the middle of the picture in the newspaper, and said in a completely different tone from before, which sounded very flat to Masami Hirota:

"This is you, Miss Masami."