Stay away from Conan

"'LE ESCARGOT'? Oh, I have the impression that there was a report in the news last week that the female owner of this French restaurant encountered a robber and murderer and was killed, right?"

After hearing the incident mentioned by Mitsuhiko, and then looking at the sign on the door of the French restaurant that should no longer be open, Conan followed.

"Huh? What? Conan, what are you reading? Why is there such a strange store name?"

After listening to Conan read out the unfamiliar characters on the store's sign, Genta felt a little strange and asked.

"It's not really surprising. The word 'escargot' refers to the edible snail in French cuisine."

"Huh? Can you eat snails too?"

Hearing what Conan said, Yuanta couldn't help but said in surprise, and then imagined the situation of snails cooking, Yuanta couldn't help but feel sick and vomited.

In this way, Conan felt helpless after noticing Genta's expression——

What is this guy thinking about?

Then, after thinking for a while, Conan said:

"About this matter, I heard Uncle Maori mention it to Officer Megure on the phone. It seems that the victim slept until noon and then happened to encounter the robber who broke into the house and bumped into him."

"In other words, the robber thought that there was no one in the store, so he unlocked the door and entered to steal."

And listening to Conan's narration, Xiao Ai couldn't help but follow suit.

"It should be so. When the deceased was found, his hands and feet were tied. He was stabbed to death by a robber without the ability to resist."

Conan nodded and continued:

"According to my guess, the robber stole all the money after asking where he hid the money, and killed the victim before leaving."

"Hey! How scary!"

Hearing that such a cruel incident happened in the closed French restaurant in front of him, Yuantai couldn't help but shuddered and said with some fear.

"With such a cruel criminal, it seems that our young detective team has little use..."

After listening to this, Mitsuhiko said this with a little regret. It seemed that he originally mentioned this robbery and murder case that had not caught the culprit because he wanted to see if there was a chance to investigate it, but now he heard Conan After explaining the situation, I had no choice but to give up.

In this regard, Conan and Xiao Ai looked at them with indifferent expressions and said nothing. Just like that, everyone in the Young Detective Team continued to move forward...

…

"Jingle Bell--"

In the smart house and living room, the landline phone kept ringing.

However, since Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai have not returned yet, there are almost no calls to the landline, so it is naturally impossible for anyone to answer it.

In this way, after the phone rang for about a minute, the incoming call finally stopped and stopped ringing.

At this moment, in a phone booth not far from Mingzhi's house, there was a man wearing a motorcycle helmet on his head, sunglasses on his face, a tight coat on his body, and gloves on his hands. The age and appearance were unclear, but the figure could only be identified as a man. He hung up the receiver of the public phone, canceled the unanswered call, then walked out of the phone booth and looked in the direction of Akechi's house. A sneer appeared on the corner of the man's mouth.

Then, he was seen carefully approaching the vicinity of Mingzhi's house in this costume. After confirming that no one was passing by, the man suddenly turned over and crossed the wall outside Mingzhi's house, then crouched down and walked quickly After moving from the front of the Mingzhi residence to the back of the yard, where he would hardly be noticed by passers-by, he found a window on the first floor. The man took out a glass-scratching tool from his large pocket and stuck it on On the window, close to the lock inside the window, a gap was made on the glass window. Then the man reached in through the gap and opened the lock on the glass window. At this point, he could push the locked window opened.

After doing this, the man put away his tools, laid his hands on the window sill, and then turned over and entered the wise house——

In this way, after entering, the man found that the location he was in was a study room...

…

On the other side, the young detective team were walking on the way home from school——

Since they went home in different directions, after walking on a common road home, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Conan also walked on different roads one after another.

After saying "goodbye" to each other, when they arrived at the 2nd-chome of Miwa Town, Xiao Ai was already walking the last part of the way home alone.

However, at this moment——

"Alert message..."

Feeling that her phone was vibrating, Xiao Ai took it out of her pocket and looked at the alarm information displayed on her phone. Xiao Ai couldn't help but frown——

This is……

Someone has touched the security system of Smart House!

Thinking of this, when Xiao Ai was about to turn on her phone to check more specific information, suddenly, a call from Gao Yuan popped up directly on the phone interface.

So, Xiao Ai immediately answered the phone——

"Hey! Haiyuan! Where are you now? Have you gone home?"

Somewhat anxiously, Gao Yuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Not yet...but...not far away."

Hearing the anxiety in Gao Yuan's tone, Xiao Ai probably guessed what Gao Yuan was worried about because of the alarm message just now, so she said this.

In this regard, after hearing her answer, Xiao Ai clearly heard it. Gao Yuan on the other end of the phone breathed out as if he was relieved, and then said with relief:

"Okay... just now, the sensor on the study window detected an object passing through the window. I adjusted the monitoring and found that a man wearing a helmet broke into our house. Now, since you haven't gone back yet, first Go hide somewhere else, like Dr. Ali’s house or someone else…”

"Won't you call the police?"

With a solemn look on his face, Xiao Ai couldn't help but ask after hearing what Gao Yuan said -

The home was broken into by an unknown person, most likely a burglar...

Xiao Ai subconsciously thought this because she had just heard about the robber and murder case in the French restaurant from Conan.

"Wait a minute. Although the surveillance systems in the room are not fully covered, they are all very concealed. Let me take a look and confirm the other party's purpose. If it is really just a simple burglary, then it is not too late to call the police... Anyway, The important stuff isn’t on it.”

On the other end of the phone, Gao Yuan said:

"Anyway, I'll handle this matter. Please pay attention to your safety..."

"good."

Hearing what Gao Yuan said, Xiao Ai naturally nodded with peace of mind, and at the same time understood the meaning of Gao Yuan's words in her heart -

The other party may not be a simple burglary.

After all, because of Belmode's incident, he and Gao Yuan took so many insurance measures yesterday before going out to investigate.

Although nothing happened yesterday and I did some willful things because of it, this does not mean that today is safe.

At this time, my and Gao Yuan's home was invaded by outsiders. We really cannot rule out the possibility that those people did it...

Fortunately, Smart House has complete facilities.

No one would have expected that not only the door but also every window of the Smart House is equipped with very concealed infrared sensors. Once something passes through and the sensor detects it, an alarm signal will be sent to his and Gao Yuan's mobile phones. Therefore, it is almost impossible to invade the wise house silently... ()