After the incident was resolved ahead of schedule and the turpentine in the flower beds was disposed of, the Sunflower Show in Japan was held smoothly.

The Junior Detectives also had a good look.

The same goes for the Doctor and Ms. Fusha.

On this day, at the doctor's house, after talking to Ayumi on the phone, Kaedehara came to Gray Yuanai, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Look at the cat?" Gray Yuan Wai turned his head curiously, obviously having some interest in it.

"yes, it's the stray cat that often goes to Poirot's café to eat," Kaedehara said, "We saw it before, don't you remember?" It's the tricolor cat that scratches your sweater off..."

"Ah, it's the Captain." Gray Plains mourned suddenly.

That happened a few weeks ago.

That day, with Gray's permission, the Doctor ordered a cake, and the Junior Detectives went to play soccer together on the nearby children's field before waiting for the cake to arrive.

At that time—

"Let's go!"

After receiving a pass from Ash Hara, Kaedehara accelerated past Conan, and then flew into the air.

"Ahh Motota, who was guarding the goal opposite, watched the football slip past him.

"Great! Kaedehara! Gray Plains! Mitsuhiko, who was guarding the door here, shouted happily, "This time it's overtaking!" ”

There are just six members of the Junior Detectives, and they play a three-on-three game in two teams, with the goalkeepers taking turns.

"That's now—" Ayumi thought about the score.

"Seven to six." Gray Yuan said.

"Then, this game is over!" Mitsuhiko said.

Because the stadium is small and there are two super-level players in Kaedehara and Conan, it is easy to score goals, and they agree that whoever scores seven goals first wins.

"Looks like we won this game."

"Damn," Conan looked at Kaedehara gloomily, "You can't be cheating, right?" ”

Before kicking the ball, Conan specially told Kaedehara alone that he was only allowed to play football at the physical level of elementary school students. So they still played back and forth, but they didn't expect to be killed in the end.

"In that case, the score would be seven to one," Kaedehara replied, "and besides, I'm not that naïve." ”

"It's all Conan's fault, he doesn't pass the ball to us much," Yuan Tai said dissatisfied, "It's because you played too alone that we were overtaken..."

"Don't be so serious," Conan argued, "is this just a warm-up before the Doctor's cake arrives?" ”

Besides, I also want to face off against Kaedehara... Ling and Ayumi are not Kaedehara's opponents at all.

Thinking to himself, Conan looked at his watch again, "We'll probably have two more hours to play." ”

So the next round continued.

It was Kaedehara's turn to be goalkeepers with Conan, but after a few goals, they were tied again, and the previous duel resumed.

This time, I won't let you go through it again!

Conan stared closely at Kaedehara with the ball, and on the other side, facing Ayumi's Ayumi, Aishinohara shouted at Kaedehara while following up, "Hurry up and pass the ball, Kaedehara!" ”

"It's coming—"

The hateful Kaedehara actually doesn't fight against himself.

Conan complained in his heart, and then he was surprised to find that Kaedehara did not pass the ball, but suddenly stopped, and then picked up the ball with his right foot, and then flipped the ball a few times with his head.

"Ah, foul!" Yuan Tai shouted loudly, "Okay, Kaedehara, you are only allowed to use your left foot like Conan!" ”

"Yes, yes..."

"I just used my right foot..."

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi agreed.

"And he used his head," Conan said, looking at Kaedehara with the eyes of a dead fish, "then exchange the ball—"

"No," Kaedehara tapped the ball a few more times, then gestured to Gray Yuan's side, "We've got a guest coming." ”

They looked over and saw Ashbara half-crouched on the ground looking at one of the kittens facing her.

"Meow—"

Gray Yuan looked happily at the cute cat in front of him.

Kaedehara didn't pass the ball to her just now, and she was a little surprised when she even fouled directly, but she immediately noticed the kitten that accidentally broke into the court and came to her feet.

"It's so cute!" Ayumi also came over.

"It's a cat."

"Isn't this the captain?"

"Conan, do you know this cat?" Motota asked.

"Yes, it's a stray cat that lives near the 5-chome where the Maori detective agency is located," Conan explained, "and it's very nice to Sister Azusa at Poirot's Cafe downstairs, and she often goes over in the evening to eat." Because it often comes to Poirot..."

"And Detective Poirot has a good friend named Captain Hastings..."Kaedehara took over.

"Well, that's why the store manager called it Captain."

"Oh... Then I'll call it Shangzai! Ayumi said happily.

"But is it really a stray cat?" Gray Yuan Wai held the kitten in his arms, and the kitten did not resist, "Still wearing a collar!" ”

"It must have been raised by someone, right?"

As he spoke, the kitten seemed to smell or hear something, and suddenly broke free of Gray Yuan's embrace and ran to the side.

It also has the thread of the Gray Plains Mourning Sweater on its paws.

"Ah, Gray Plains, your sweater... I was scratched by a cat's claw and fell off the line. ”

Ai and Ayumi noticed the ripped wool on the ground, and then saw Kaedehara quickly pull at the yarn.

Wrapping the yarn around in his hand, Kaedehara let the yarn rub in his hand for a while before tightening it slightly, and the thread on the other side that was carried by the kitten was immediately straightened, and then the thread fell off the cat's paws.

The kitten didn't stop, but ran straight towards the road.

"Ah, ran away..."

"It's bad if you get hit by a car on the road!" Mitsuhiko said worriedly.

"Hurry up and chase it!"

When Yuantai's words fell, Conan and the real elementary school students hurriedly ran over. And because they still have to deal with the thread of the sweater, Kaede Yuan and Gray Yuan Ai are one step behind for the time being.

"Really," Gray Yuan mourned as he watched Kaedehara retract the yarn little by little, "What if I hurt that little guy?" ”

"It's not that fragile, and I just gradually increased the friction at first, until I finally pulled it completely..."Kaedehara rolled the thread in his hand, "And your sweater is hand-knitted..."

"yes, I kind of like this sweater..."

"What about these lines?" Kaedehara asked.

"You just hold it like that."

"Hey, hey..."

"Just kidding." "Didn't you bring scissors or blades or anything like that?" ”

"It's just to play football, how can you bring something weird like that..."Kaedehara looked at the ground, "There are no sharp stones on this side of the field... Got it, put your hand up a bit. ”

Gray Yuan was slightly stunned, watched Kaedehara get closer, raised his hands obediently, and let Kaedehara lower his head and wrap the wool around her waist a few times.

"That's it." Kaedehara tied a knot in the yarn.

"Pervert." Gray Yuan said softly, blushing a little, and then subconsciously looked for the location of the elementary school students, "What about them?" ”

"Let's go find the cat on the road..."

The two walked out of the court together, and then glanced around, but did not see Conan and the others.

"Strange, gone..."

"It's only been a while, where are you going?"

There are no tall apartment buildings near the street, so it is possible that Conan and the others followed the cat into a nearby store, but from here Kaedehara and Gray Plains couldn't see Conan and them.

"I didn't have any tracking glasses with me," said Kaedehara, who was only here to play football, and he didn't feel the need to wear glasses, "and their badges are all in my bag..."

Walking back to the court, Kaedehara glanced at the schoolbag on the side and the skateboard that Conan brought, "If you have a mobile phone..."

"Edogawa's mobile phone is charged at the doctor's house..."Aiya Gray Hara glanced at Kaedehara's bag, and in order to facilitate the game, they put all the things they temporarily took down in the bag that Kaedehara brought, "Well, Kojima and Yoshida's mobile phones are also in the bag..."

"Mitsuhiko's words..."Kaedehara took out his phone and called, then blinked a little helplessly, "It's probably out of battery." ”

“… Really," Gray Yuan wailed his arms a little dissatisfied, "I said, has this kind of scene happened once before?" ”

It's exactly the same as the last time you went camping, when Conan and the real elementary school students were locked up in a cabin, and they just so didn't have any way to get in touch.

"I hope I didn't encounter any danger this time..."Kaede Yuan couldn't help but sigh, "Let's go find them." ”

"How do you find it this time?" Gray Yuan said curiously.

"When they ran out, I didn't listen carefully, but I could vaguely hear them mention the car," Kaedehara said, "I think they probably followed the cat into a car..."

"Huh?"

"In that case, it should be a truck... Courier trucks or courier cars..."

For example, the cake ordered by the doctor was delivered by the courier service, so it was easy to think of it.

So Kaedehara and Gray Yuan asked the clerk in the store next to them, and soon learned that there was a courier refrigerated truck that drove over while they were playing football, and then happened to leave just now.

Words in that direction...

Kaedehara returns to the court and picks up Conan's skateboard.

"It's good that Conan brought the skateboard with him," Kaedehara stepped on Conan's skateboard and invited Gray Yuan, "Come along?" ”

Ash Yuan mourned did not refuse.

She stepped on the skateboard, then grabbed Kaedehara's coat tightly. However, the solar skateboard made by the doctor was full of horsepower, and after it was activated, she hugged Kaede Yuan tightly.

Soon, they found the cat on the road, with a piece of paper in its mouth with Conan's code on it.

The code refers to the presence of a corpse in the car.

Conan and they had to hide in the freezer car because of this, plus Conan's anesthesia needle, watch, and shoes were out of power.

Soon, the courier refrigerated truck that stopped to deliver the goods appeared in front of the two of them.

Kaedehara stopped the slider, and Ash Yuan let go of the hand that was tightly wrapped around Kaedehara's waist and walked on the sliding board, and then noticed that Kaedehara directly opened the footpower enhancement shoes.

……

Time comes back to the present.

"Ah, it's the Captain."

"It's not a captain, it's a captain." Kaedehara corrected.

"Huh?" Gray Plains was stunned for a moment.

"Probably promoted... What do you think? Do you want to go together? Kaedehara said, "Although Bourbon should be in Poirot by now, as I told you before, he is likely to be from the Japanese police..."

"But it's not decided yet, is it?" Gray Yuan lamented for a moment and shook his head, "I won't go." ”

Kaede wanted to get a closer look at Bourbon, so he agreed to Ayumi and the others and came to Poirot's Cafe with them.

When they arrived at the door, they happened to meet Miss Azusa Enomoto, who and Amuro were both waiters at Poirot's Cafe.

"Wow! It's amazing! Motota took the magazine handed over by Miss Enomoto Azusa with a little ostentation, "Poirot is really in the magazine!" ”

"Not really! Although the person who came to interview me said that it would be published, I didn't expect it to be published in such a large space! Miss Enomoto Azusa smiled.

"And the photo of Sister Azi!" Mitsuhiko pointed to the text in the magazine, "Look, here! wrote [Captain Tricolor, a frequent customer of this store, and Miss Azi, a beautiful clerk]. ”

"Really! Holding the captain in his arms! ”

"Really," Miss Enomoto Azusa held her face a little embarrassed, "It's too good to say that people are beautiful women!" ”

"Oh, isn't that great!"

"Sister Azi is already very photogenic!"

"This kind of reporting is generally exaggerated." Conan said ruthlessly.

"Yes, yes..."Miss Enomoto Azusa Doudou Eyes.

"You're really good at talking—" Kaedehara glanced at Conan a little speechlessly.

Then he noticed that Toru Amuro had also come out of the store and stood next to Miss Azusa Enomoto.

"Why isn't Brother Amuro on it?" Motota asked Toru Amuro.

"Ah, I happened to be unwell that day, so I took a leave of absence."

"What a pity!"

"Obviously a handsome guy..."Ayumi said regretfully.

"That's it!" Miss Azusa Enomoto looked at Toru Amuro, "If Amuro's picture had been on it, the store would have been crowded with girls by now." ”

"Don't laugh at me." Amuro said with a smile.

However, it was clearly a deliberate time off. Kaedehara thought to himself.

After all, whether the other party is the identity of the black-clad organization or the identity of the police undercover, he can't easily show his face in food magazines.

"Speaking of how many of you, is there one person missing?"

"There's something she can't do here," Kaedehara replied, "But how did Brother Amuro know?" ”

"How many people are in the famous Junior Detective Corps, of course I've heard of it..."

"Really?"

"It's us, after all!"

"By the way, since last week, the captain has become my domestic cat!" Miss Enomoto said happily.

"Ahh

"Is that okay?"

"Although the captain is a wild cat, it wears a collar, which means that it has an owner!"

"But," Azusa Enomoto explained, "I was worried about the fact that he seemed to have been fighting with a nearby cat the other day, and he was covered in bruises." And its photos are all published in magazines! If its owner really wanted to find it, he would have come to the door as soon as he saw the report. ”

"But but... It's too cunning for you to monopolize the captain! ”

"That's right, how can the owner of such a small photo be found."

"If it's posted online, maybe it's still possible." Mitsuhiko thought for a moment.

"That's what you usually think." Miss Enomoto Azusa squatted down and waved her finger proudly at the elementary school students, "But, what you didn't expect is—"

"Excuse me," a man in a hat walked over, "is this the shop Poirot that the magazine said?" ”

"Ah, yes!" Miss Enomoto Azusa quickly got up and replied.

"You're the person in the report, right? There is also a wild cat that comes to eat at dusk, and a photo is attached. ”

"That's right."

"Actually, it's just my cat! I've been looking for it since half a year ago. ”

"Huh?"

"Hey, what are you talking about!" At this time, another uncle wearing glasses came over, "That's obviously my cat!" Please, don't talk nonsense! ”

The owner of the cat really came to him, and two of them appeared at once. In fact, there are not just two, but there is one in the store.

They walked into the store to ask.

"How does it feel?" Conan deliberately took a step behind and asked in a low voice to Kaedehara.

He was obviously asking about Toru Amuro.

"Nothing special..."Kaedehara thought for a moment, "but it's still a little strange, he doesn't seem to know anything about the last bug... Or maybe he's good at pretending..."

Belmore had discovered the bugging device on the day of the shrine, so Belmore already knew that they knew that Amuro was a member of the organization.

"yes... And I thought about it later, whether it was the morning sickness or the fact that the person he was pretending to be completely unaware of when he was taking the transcript, it was a clear loophole," Conan said, "and it always felt like they were deliberately exposed, wanting to see how we reacted..."

Although they think so, Mr. Pleiades has not yet made a final investigation, so they can only do this first.

It would seem strange to be outside for too long, so Kaedehara and Conan stopped whispering and walked into the store.

The first to arrive at Café Poirot and claim to be the captain's owner was an old lady.

The three men had their own opinions.

After a while, Toru Amuro suggested that Miss Enomoto Azusa go home and bring the captain over, and they took advantage of this time to ask Detective Mori Kogoro to find out the real owner of the captain.

(End of chapter)