Chapter 501: End of Investigation
Chapter 501: End of Investigation
The members of the Junior Detective League are unaware that the big boss in their team has easily solved the whole case and is currently heading to the cafeteria under the leadership of Kogoro Mouri.
The parents of the members of the Junior Detective League did not follow. They were very confident in Kogoro Mouri, just like they were as confident in Genmi Mitsuki - one was a famous lawyer, and the other was a famous detective.
The famous lawyer has just demonstrated his professional level, so the ability of the famous detective Mouri Kogoro, who was once as famous as the famous lawyer on a TV program, will not be much worse!
"...Ah? You have no impression? Really?"
Standing near the food purchasing window of the cafeteria, Kogoro Mori looked embarrassed.
Damn it, he just wanted to show off his extraordinary strength as the famous detective, the Sleeping Kogoro, but the clues were cut off just as he arrived at the cafeteria. If this goes on, won’t his reputation as Kogoro Mori among elementary school students be completely ruined?
Uncle Maori scratched his hair irritably and looked a little distressed, but when his eyes fell on the faces of the expectant members of the Junior Detective League next to him... he became even more distressed.
Sometimes things are just like this. It doesn't matter if you are anxious. It's just like a math problem. No matter how anxious you are or how hard you push, you still can't do it. The same goes for reasoning.
Kogoro Mouri only hated himself for not being sleepy until now, which made his reasoning ability seem a little stretched in this situation. Otherwise, if he transformed into a sleeping Kogoro, he would definitely solve the case in minutes!
"Uncle Maori, I remember that Yazaki's parents didn't seem to come to the parents' meeting!"
Yoshida Ayumi said with some distress.
"Otherwise, we can just ask Yazaki's parents..."
Ayumi's words were like a white needle piercing through Kogoro Mori's brain. Suddenly, a clear light flashed in Uncle Mori's eyes. He understood. He knew how to find Yazaki Yasuji's trace in the cafeteria.
The time for parent-teacher meetings is different for classes of different grades. Today, only the first-grade students are attending the meeting, and parents will attend the meetings for most students.
"Yes, you are absolutely right! That kid's parents did not attend the parents' meeting, which means that he came to the cafeteria window to buy lunch alone! The other students were accompanied by their fathers or mothers to buy lunch!"
"In other words, we only need to go to each window and ask if there are any students who come to buy lunch alone, and then ask for the specific situation, and we will know whether Yazaki Yasuji has bought lunch in the cafeteria!"
Kogoro Mouri clapped his hands and immediately came up with the answer. Without thinking too much, he immediately called the members of the Junior Detective League and ran to find the staff of the Teitan Elementary School cafeteria to inquire about relevant matters.
Hard work pays off. The cafeteria staff really had an impression of Yazaki Yasushi who came to the cafeteria alone to eat. He thought about it, and then carefully told Maori Kogoro what he knew——————
"That child came to the cafeteria to eat alone. He looked very pitiful. When he bought his lunch, he took out a 1,000 yen bill from his envelope to pay for it. I saw there were about ten bills in the envelope."
"Anyway, I reminded him not to carry so much yen around when he went to school in Beika Town. He nodded shyly, and I gave him 700 yen in change. He put it in the pocket of his school uniform and ate his meal on the side."
"After the child finished his meal and returned the plate, he left the cafeteria. I didn't see him again... You guys came here with so many people to ask about him. Could it be that something happened to the child?"
Hearing this, Maori Kogoro scratched the back of his head, laughed dryly twice, and then said, "No, no, it's just that a thousand yen bill is missing from his envelope, so we went to the places he went to look for it and see if it fell somewhere."
The staff member thought about it, finally opened the drawer, rummaged through it, then took out a thousand yen bill and handed it to Kogoro Mouri, and said seriously.
"This is the 1,000 yen bill that the child used to buy lunch. It looks very new and I remember it very clearly. If you really can't find it, give this bill to the child."
"It's only a thousand yen anyway, and I happened to have some change with me, so I can just make up for it."
Maori Kogoro's expression suddenly became serious. How could this be allowed? Although he didn't have much money with him, he couldn't let kind people spend money in such a situation. Therefore, it would be better for him to pay for it himself.
Uncle Maori took out his wallet, pulled out a 1,000 yen bill and handed it to the staff member. He then took Yazaki Yasuji's brand new 1,000 yen bill and accepted it as evidence for the class referee.
However, Uncle Maori looked at the 1,000 yen he got back and felt that something was not right. He seemed to have overlooked something that was particularly important to this emergency, but he couldn't remember it for a while...
"Uncle Maori! We found new information!"
At this moment, the members of the Young Detective Team ran over shouting and screaming. Kogoro Mouri came to his senses, put the brand new 1,000 yen in his pocket, and decided not to think about what he couldn't remember. Everything would work out when the time comes.
However, before the members of the Junior Detective League could speak, Maori Kogoro's cell phone rang. He took out his cell phone and saw that it was a text message from Kobayashi Sumiko. The content on it was only one -
[The investigation phase has ended. Mr. Maori, please return to the classroom to start the class judgment. ]
"…What? At this time?"
Uncle Maori muttered as he showed the information on the phone to the other members of the Junior Detective Team. The kids immediately lost the excitement they had during the investigation, and they were no longer in the mood to talk about what they had just discovered.
As they walked towards the classroom together, they also saw students and parents who had returned from outside the school. Those students seemed to have gained something special, and one could see the proud expressions on their faces.
Xiang Yuanguang, who was standing on the rooftop, also put down his phone. He yawned, then put his hands in the pockets of his blue coat and walked downstairs.
The investigation phase is over. Let's see what new things the Junior Detective Team and Uncle Mouri can come up with.
This school-level refereeing should be finished very quickly.
(End of this chapter)