Chapter 715: The Invaded Office
Mao Lilan couldn't help but speculate: "Could it be that the client's phone ran out of battery, so he borrowed a friend's phone and sent a text message in a hurry?"
Toru Amuro received: "After that, that friend turned off his phone because of something..."
Maori Kogoro said anxiously: "Hey, hey, I replied OK to that number just now, right?"
Conan said with empty eyes: "Maybe the other party didn't know that you replied OK, so he went back to the original place and waited..."
"The original place is..." A drop of sweat fell from Kogoro Mori's forehead.
Everyone hurried back to the office, opened the door, but saw no one inside.
Conan looked around the room and soon his eyes fell on the coffee table, his eyes moved slightly.
Maori Kogoro complained unhappily, "There's no one here either!" He took out his phone to check, "Just in case, I sent a message to the number I called last night saying I'll be right back."
Mao Lilan said, "Then the other party should reply soon." She turned and walked towards the kitchen. "Would you like to drink some black tea and wait?"
Maori Kogoro immediately said: "No, I just drank a lot of coffee in the restaurant... I'm going to the bathroom."
Amuro Toru also noticed something strange on the coffee table, thought for a moment and shouted towards the kitchen: "Xiaolan, if you want to make tea, I'll come and help you."
Mao Lilan shouted back from the kitchen: "Could you please take out the teacup?"
"OK!" Amuro Toru responded and walked towards the cabinet.
Just as Kogoro Mouri walked to the door of the toilet, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He instinctively stopped and took out his phone to check: "It's from the client... He said he's already at Columbus Restaurant and will come over right away if it's convenient."
Mao Lilan hurried out of the kitchen: "Then we have to go there quickly!"
Maori Kogoro nodded: "Yes."
Conan twisted his body, looking anxious, and shouted, "I want to go too. Wait for me, I need to go to the bathroom first."
Kogoro Mouri cut it and looked at Conan with disgust, but didn't say much.
Just as Conan was about to go to the bathroom, Kogoro Mouri's cell phone rang again.
The client sent a message urging them to hurry over.
"Everyone together?" Kogoro Mouri was a little confused for a moment.
Conan's eyes froze instantly.
"Everyone, are we going over there too?" Mao Lilan was a little confused.
Kogoro Mori curled his lips and said, "Is there anyone else?" Although this situation is rare, many people have seen it, so Kogoro Mori doesn't find it strange.
Amuro Toru glanced at the door of the toilet, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said: "In this case, let's go to Columbus Restaurant quickly."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for the Maori father and daughter to react, he pushed them out the door, sending two messages in a row as he walked. The situation must be very urgent and he couldn't keep the client waiting for long.
When they got to the door, Toru Amuro made a gesture to silence everyone: "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment."
The Maori father and daughter, who were about to go downstairs, looked at him puzzledly: "What's going on?"
Amuro revealed a mysterious smile: "I think the thing should be like this, someone doesn't want the client to meet with Mr. Maori, so he sent a fake message from another number and tricked us into going to Columbus Restaurant.
Then, while we were away, he disguised himself as a staff member of the firm to receive clients and discuss matters with him.”
The Maori father and daughter couldn't help but scream in surprise.
Amuro Toru shushed him and looked down at the door handle: "The evidence is that there are obvious signs of prying on the door lock."
The two looked down and saw that it was true.
He continued, "Also, I found a water-stained cup in the cabinet."
He looked at Mao Lilan and said, "According to Xiaolan's habit, she shouldn't put the undried cup into the cabinet, right? Otherwise, it will not only leave ugly marks, but also easily breed bacteria."
Mao Lilan nodded blankly: "That's right, I always make sure to wipe the cups and tableware dry before putting them in the cabinet."
"Also," Conan suddenly spoke, trying to keep his voice low, "Before we left the office, Uncle Kogoro's cigarette ash that had fallen on the coffee table and had not been wiped off was also wiped clean."
Amuro Toru concluded: "These are the traces that someone invited the client in when Mr. Maori was away, wiped the table, and served tea to the guest."
Mao Lilan suddenly felt a chill on her back and asked in a horrified manner: "But why do you want to do this? The client just wants us to help find a locker, right?"
Maori Kogoro also felt a little chilly, and couldn't help but guess: "Is there something incredible in that locker?"
Amuro Toru chuckled and opened the door of the office directly: "As for this, you just need to ask him himself."
"Huh?" Maori and his daughter looked a little confused.
"You mean, is that person still here?" Mao Lilan clenched her fists nervously, her whole body tense.
Anyone who would do something like this is definitely not a good person.
She looked at the three people around her - Kogoro Mouri was very skilled so there was no need to worry, and she didn't know if Toru Amuro could fight or not, but Conan didn't have much fighting ability anyway.
Then she only needs to pay attention to protecting Conan and Amuro Toru, and hope that the other party does not have any hot weapons in their hands.
Thinking of this, Mao Lilan took a step forward calmly, with the vague intention of protecting Conan and Amuro Toru behind her.
Toru Amuro looked at Ran Mouri with some surprise - he knew that this seemingly weak girl actually had karate skills that were only slightly weaker than Yuya's, and what was even more precious was her concern for others.
But how could a grown man like him allow a girl to protect him?
What no one noticed was that Kogoro Mori, who was standing behind, had a sharp look in his eyes and pulled his tie calmly.
Amuro Toru took a step forward, looked in the direction of the toilet and said, "I just saw traces of something being dragged at the toilet door. I guess that person dragged the client into the toilet for some reason.
So, when Mr. Maori and Conan were about to go to the toilet, they sent two messages in succession urging us to go to Columbus Restaurant.
"Could it be!" Mao Lilan widened her eyes.
"That's right, that person is hiding in the toilet now!"
"boom!"
As soon as Toru Amuro finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from the toilet.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Toru Amuro and Conan's faces changed. Was that a gunshot?!