Chapter 342 What on Earth Is She Going to Do?

"The bathroom is next to the hall. Do you want me to take you there, little brother Conan?"

Tanaka Kikue's voice was gentle, but Conan immediately shook his head and declined: "I can go by myself, thank you!"

After that, Conan jumped off the sofa and ran towards the bathroom. When passing by Nobushige, he also deliberately gave Mr. Asano a wink. Conan thinks that Mr. Asano is so smart that he must realize what he means.

Nobushige did realize it, so he sat sideways next to Tanaka Kikue, where he could prevent her from noticing Conan's little movements.

"Do you have any impressions of these two cats?" Nobushige asked, pointing to the photo, as if he had changed positions just to ask her this.

However, after careful observation, Tanaka Kikue shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't remember seeing them. Can I ask when they disappeared?"

"About five days ago," Mrs. Kato replied.

Miss Michiko nodded, meaning Andy also disappeared five days ago.

"Maybe I didn't open the door to let them in, so I didn't have any impression." Tanaka Kikue even showed a sad expression, "They must have suffered a lot outside for so long. I'm really sorry for them. , if you need any help from me, please feel free to come to me."

With that said, Tanaka Kikue handed her business card to Mrs. Kato and Miss Michiko.

On the other side, Conan opened the toilet door but did not go in. He quickly ducked into Tanaka Kikue's bedroom.

This move was indeed very rude, especially as Conan himself was a seventeen-year-old male. He could have been treated like a pervert for breaking into a single woman's bedroom so boldly.

However, Conan relied on his status as a primary school student to do such a thing without any psychological burden.

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Five minutes later, Conan returned to the bathroom with "nothing", pressed the flush button on the toilet, then pretended to wash his hands, and then walked back to the living room.

"Uncle Maori!" Conan shouted, pretending to be sleepy, "Didn't you say that Xiaohua often appears on the street at six o'clock? It will be six o'clock soon, let's go look for it nearby!"

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything from Tanaka Kikue, Mouri Kogoro had no choice but to adopt Conan's suggestion: "I really bothered you today, so let's leave first."

"Well, if you still need help later, please feel free to call me at any time."

Tanaka Kikue watched them leave with a smile.

Just when Nobushige was about to step out of the door frame, he heard Tanaka Kikue say in a voice that sounded like a whisper: "I really appreciate you, but..."

The next words were drowned in the sound of the door closing.

Nobuhiro looked back at the peephole on the security door, seeming to be looking at the person inside through the glass.

"Mr. Asano?" Conan called.

Xinfan narrowed his eyes, then turned around and followed the large army.

He had a hunch that he and Tanaka Kikue would meet again soon.

"what have you found?"

Nobushige and Conan hung far behind Mouri Kogoro, and the two exchanged information in a low voice.

Conan must have discovered something when he suddenly asked to come out of the house of Tanaka Kikue, who was under great suspicion.

Sure enough, Conan quickly said: "I found a gas station receipt in Tanaka Kikue's bedroom. Just early this morning, she bought a bottle of gasoline."

Gasoline, this is a word that is inextricably linked to crime, especially since Tanaka Kikue has no habit of riding a motorcycle. This is evident from the fact that there is no parking space for motorcycles in the entire apartment building.

"And you can guess, where is this gas station?"

Nobushige didn't want to guess at all, but he probably knew that it must not be close to here, otherwise there would be no need to bring out this information and say: "Where is it?"

Conan replied triumphantly: "It's at the intersection of the Oyoko River and the Onagi River. Although it's not very far from Yoneka Town, it's definitely not close. Why do you think Tanaka Kikue went to a place like that so early to buy a bottle of gasoline? Woolen cloth?"

"Maybe she drove around there and suddenly ran out of gas."

"How is it possible? If that's the case, why didn't she buy more and only bought less than one liter?"

Many years later, Japan stipulated that all gasoline sold at gas stations must require customers to show identification, but there is no such rule in Tokyo now. Therefore, there are many people like Tanaka Kikue who go to gas stations to just buy a little gasoline, but most of them do it to refuel their motorcycles.

While they were talking, everyone had already left the apartment building. Perhaps it was because they were so eye-catching that the security personnel frequently turned their attention to them when they went out.

Such rigorous security is much better than many communities and apartments Conan has encountered before, but even so, the pets still managed to break in, and their whereabouts are still unknown.

"Okay, let's go back along the original route and look for traces of Xiaohua and Andy." Mouri Kogoro said.

However, Conan quickly put forward his own opinion: "Uncle, Brother Asano just said that he would take me to visit a friend. Can I go with him?"

Mouri Kogoro asked in confusion: "What's going on, Asano, didn't you say you should perform your duties as an agent properly?"

Nobuhiro glanced at Conan expressionlessly, and then replied with a crazy wink: "Yes, but today's dinner was decided a long time ago, and I really can't refuse."

Mouri Kogoro felt uncomfortable thinking that he would have to face the difficult Mrs. Kato alone next, but then he thought about it, although Mrs. Kato is difficult to get along with, Miss Michiko is a reasonable, gentle and considerate good girl!

Maori Lan, who had been ignored by her father, suddenly stood between Maori Kogoro and Miss Michiko: "In this case, Mr. Asano, feel free to have dinner together, but I will accompany dad to find Xiaohua and Andy."

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Nobushige drove Conan to the gas station where Tanaka Kikue bought gasoline.

Taking the opportunity to refuel, he asked the gas station staff and determined that Tanaka Kikue had come here to buy gasoline in a hurry. According to her, it seemed that the motorcycle was parked on the side of the road and urgently needed refueling.

However, this is not consistent with their findings.

"The missing cats and dogs," Conan murmured, "and the purchased gasoline...what does Tanaka Kikue want to do?"

Xinfan's gaze fell through the car window on the sparkling river not far away. The river looked extremely terrifying in the dark night, as if it was devouring the surrounding life at any time.