Chapter 1598: The Mystery of the Old Couple

Friday, October 14, afternoon.

After school, Conan went straight to the hut near the Mori Detective Agency, and found that there was already a owner, Utohisa.

At this moment, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko appeared.

Yuan Tai said, "It's a very strange name."

Mitsuhiko said, "That's Utohisa."

Ayumi said: "If the name tag has been hung up, it means that it has moved in."

Conan asked helplessly, "What are you doing here?"

Ayumi smiled and said: "Conan, you ran away alone, Xiao Ai said that you will definitely come and take a look out of curiosity."

Mitsuhiko said: "No matter how small it is, as long as there is any doubt, it must be thoroughly investigated. This is the basis of detective science."

Yuan Tai asked suspiciously: "However, is there any doubt here?"

At this time, the door of the small building opened, and an old woman about seventy years old came out. She was tall, neither fat nor thin, with a kind smile on her face.

"Ah, hello."

"Hello."

The old woman smiled and said, "You children live near here, right? We just moved here today. If you don't mind, please come in and tell me something about the neighborhood."

Ayumi smiled and said, "Okay, grandma."

Mitsuhiko said with a smile: "The matter about Mihua Town is on us."

Yuan Tai smiled and said, "I know where the eel rice is cheap and delicious."

The old woman clasped her hands together and said with a smile: "It's really good."

At this time, the old gentleman came out with a shoulder bag on his back, and sat down in the entrance to change his shoes.

The shoulder bag was about 40 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide. Perhaps the backpack was a bit heavy. The old man stood up with his hands on the floor, but Conan found that the old woman seemed very dissatisfied with it.

"Then, I'm going out."

"Safe travels."

After seeing her husband off, the old lady invited Conan and the others into the house, and served drinks and snacks in the restaurant, but there was no furniture in the house, and everyone was sitting on blankets.

The old woman smiled and said, "Sorry, the furniture hasn't been delivered yet."

Conan asked: "Grandma, do you live here with the old grandpa just now?"

"Yes." The old woman replied.

Conan asked, "Aren't you afraid that the stairs are so steep?"

"It's okay, isn't there a handrail?" The old woman smiled, "Actually, I always wanted to live in a house like this when I was young."

Ayumi smiled and said, "Well, I think I can understand this feeling."

Yuan Tai swallowed the snacks in her mouth, "My grandma often said that it would be great if I could live in a high-rise apartment once."

The old woman smiled and said, "Besides, this place is very close to where my only son lives."

Mitsuhiko said with a smile: "So that's the case, but you still have to be more careful."

The old lady praised: "Thank you, you are so considerate."

Yuan Tai boasted: "Anyway, grandma, if you have anything to do, feel free to come to our Detective Boys, we can solve everything."

"Really? If there is a chance," the old woman smiled, and then changed the topic to the nearby situation. ...

After Yuantai finished cleaning the battlefield and stuffed his last snack, it was already evening, and the four of Conan thanked the old lady for her hospitality and left.

Yuantai and the others thought that there was nothing wrong with the old woman, but Conan still had some worries in his heart, and he just couldn't figure it out for a while. ...

In the evening, Maori's house.

The front page of the evening paper carried news about the establishment of the postal privatization-related bill. ...

Conan came home, just in time for dinner, so he continued to think about things while eating, and his absent-minded appearance made Maori very annoyed, so he directly planted mushrooms on Conan's head.

Conan woke up from the pain, and quickly concentrated on eating honestly. He heard from Ran and Mori,

One of them is going to participate in the activities of the regiment headquarters, and the other is going to play mahjong. He will be the only one at home to watch the house tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Conan responded simply, but thought in his heart, this is a good opportunity to observe the couple. ...

Saturday, October 15.

After Lan and Maori left, Conan went to stay outside the small building. The old lady went out in the morning, and Conan followed, but she went shopping for vegetables.

Conan followed all the way, and while he was half dead tired, he found a specious doubt. The old woman was really energetic when she went shopping, and she didn't belong at all. This, well, go with her.

These housewives who buy vegetables are full of energy, and even the elderly who look like they are eighty years old are full of spirits when negotiating with the merchants, and they can talk to the merchants until they have nothing to say. ...

At noon, Conan went to buy some fast food and came back to continue his stay. While imagining the old woman and his wife eating a big meal, he ate the fast food tastelessly. ...

In the afternoon, the old man went out, and Conan cheered up and hurriedly followed, but he hired a taxi when he reached the intersection.

Conan felt sorry for the fare, but he had to hire a taxi to keep up.

This trip actually followed to Yokohama Chinatown. The driver looked at Conan suspiciously after parking the car, wondering if he could pay the fare.

Conan looked at the fare, handed over the bank card speechlessly, and swiped the card for overdraft.

Since becoming a backup member of Mei Daizi's Invincible Girl Club, the Boy Detective Team has each received a bank card, and the card will receive a monthly subsidy of 10,000 yen from the Invincible Girl Club.

This card of the Detective Boys has a certain degree of discount when purchasing goods or services of the Good Mood Foundation, but it depends on the item.

The overdraft can only be used once in an emergency, and the upper limit of the amount is 120,000 yen issued per year. It cannot be overdrafted again until the arrears are paid off, so as to prevent the cardholder from using it indiscriminately.

The taxi that Conan hired this time was not from the Good Mood Foundation, so full payment was required. This made Conan regret that he didn't use his mobile phone to call or book a taxi on the service website through the mobile phone.

After swiping the card to get off the car, Conan continued to follow the old man, followed up the warehouse of a Chinese antique shop from the back door, and listened to what the old man and an old Chinese said to help.

Conan couldn't help approaching under the itch, but accidentally touched the bead curtain on the cabinet and made a sound.

"Who is there?"

Seeing that the Chinese old man directly threw the big knife beside him as a flying knife, Conan quickly dodged, and then slipped away.

After leaving the warehouse and arriving at the crowded street, Conan heaved a sigh of relief, then thought about it, and decided that it would be like this today.

Conan looked at the street signs, headed to Chinatown Station, and prepared to take the tram home.

However, after looking at the route map and connecting routes, calculating the ticket price, and then touching his pocket, Conan was a little dumbfounded. He didn’t bring his transportation card, and the cash wasn’t enough for the whole trip, and the bank card could no longer be overdrawn, so he couldn’t get it from the ATM. Withdraw money for emergency.

First take the Minato Mirai Line tram at the current station to Yokohama Station. This is cash payment, and you can also use the transportation card of the Good Mood Foundation, but there is no discount.

Then transfer to the tram on the Toshin Railway Main Line to Gakusenji Station in Takanawa, Minato District, Tokyo, and then transfer to the tram on the Mihua Underground Loop Line to return to Mihua Plaza Station. These can be used with the traffic card or bank of the Good Mood Foundation Card with discounts.

Of course, you can also choose other lines at Yokohama Station, get off at a station on the Dongdu Loop Line, and transfer to the tram on the Dongdu Loop Line back to Mihua Station, but the whole journey is at a normal price.

At Conan's age, he could have gone to the police and asked the police to take him home, but that would be too embarrassing.

As a last resort, Conan called a special car, Dr. Ari, and asked Dr. Ari to go to Yokohama Station.

Conan still has the money to take the bus to Yokohama Station. ...

Outside Yokohama Station.

Amidst Dr. Ali's laughter, Conan got into the car with a dark face.

"I said what are you doing, come here?"

"I'm following someone."

"No, are you still struggling with that couple?" Dr. A Li smiled and said, "I really told Xiao Ai that she was right. She guessed that you were following them and couldn't go home."

"Really." Conan blushed a little, "Drive carefully."

Dr. Ali asked curiously: "Hey, is there any result of the investigation?"

Conan was a little discouraged, "There is no progress." Then he asked, "By the way, when the old man wants to stand up, does he often use his hands to support the ground?"

Dr. A Li smiled and said, "That's right, I actually have it too, to protect my knee joints."

"Ha, you are fat." Conan laughed, and then asked, "But, the old lady will frown, do you think this is normal?"

"This, it should be because I often tell him to stand up straight when standing, especially when he is in front of people, and I don't like him acting like an old man." Dr. A Li laughed at himself, "I am often called by Yuan Too accusing, like an old man, like an old man."

"That's it." Conan didn't say any more, but he still couldn't let go. ...

In the evening, Maori's house, balcony.

When Conan was putting away his clothes, he accidentally noticed a little reflection from the direction of the small building.

Conan was startled, and thought of the attic of the small building, the place where the detective agency could be seen.

Conan suddenly figured out why he had been holding on to that couple because it was a place where the detective agency could be observed, but the couple inside were not suitable for that kind of house.

Although there are various reasons, such as I like it, and it is far away from where my son lives, but there is no need to choose that one, and you can find houses that are more suitable for the elderly around here.

Conan found out the telescope, went to the rooftop to watch, and found that there was a camera on a tripod with a telephoto lens, and it was facing the direction of Maori Detective Agency. ...

Dr. Ali's home.

Conan ran to give the phone to Hui Yuan, and asked her to look at the photo on it to see if the couple might belong to the organization.

"Isn't it?" Dr. A Li was taken aback, "Why do you suspect that they are members of that organization just now?"

Conan didn't say that they were taking pictures, but just asked Hui Yuan to look at the photos on the phone.

Huiyuan took a look, "I've never seen such an old man before."

Conan asked: "Could it be a fake, but in fact it is not an old man, but a young man. That house is suitable for young people."

"I don't know, but it's not impossible." Huiyuan asked seriously, "Think about it, what have you done recently? Can it arouse the suspicion of the organization?"

"No, I've thought about it." Conan held his chin and said in distress, "If you want to talk about the big thing, it's the loss of money before, but it hasn't been exposed at all."

Dr. Ali guessed in shock: "By the way, could it be that they were discovered during the transfer of funds? Your parents gave you the money, no, it was to Conan?"

Conan said: "No, it was handled by the Good Mood Consortium, and this flaw will not be left."

"Then quickly think about what went wrong." Huiyuan said nervously, unable to read the magazine in his hand, and threw it on the table.

Looking at the magazine, Conan was stunned, and then asked, "What date is it today?"

Dr. Ali asked: "October 15th, Saturday, what happened?"

"Ha...so that's how it is."

Conan laughed, but then turned into a bitter face, and then pulled out a smirk.

Dr. Ari and Haibara looked at each other in blank dismay, what's going on?

"Doctor, please do me a favor." Conan pulled Dr. Ali and bit his ear.

Huiyuan raised his triangular eyes in dissatisfaction, "Hey, don't be tricky!"

"Hey, anyway, I'll find out at night." Conan turned around and slipped away.

Huiyuan looked at Dr. Ali, who spread his hands helplessly and said, "He asked me to wear a black suit and go to the detective agency at night."

"Damn guy." Haibara gritted his teeth, looking at the magazines on the table, but couldn't see anything that inspired Conan. ...