Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 556 The Disappearing Bell Ringer
"Kil, how are you handling those things?"

As Clarett spoke, the car they were riding in stopped.

The car owner, Alex, turned around and said, "We're here... Does Kiel have other tasks?"

Kiel smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not a mission, it's just some weird things that happen normally."

As she spoke, she and Clarette got out of the car from the left and right, looking at the place where they had screened movies all night before, and felt a wave of fatigue in their hearts.

While working, I have to go to the organization's base to organize information and record videos. I also have to find time to secretly report to my superiors, and conceal my undercover identity...

She is so difficult.

"Strange? What's strange? It can't be haunted." Alex had become familiar with the two women from being unfamiliar with them at first. He said this half-jokingly as they walked towards the base.

"No... but I'm not sure." Keel initially denied it, but after thinking about it carefully, his tone was not so certain, "It's just that someone would ring my doorbell every Saturday before, but when I opened the door, there was no one there."

Alex paused, his mouth slightly open, "No way? Is it really haunted?"

Clarette interrupted, "Not only that, someone used a voice changer to call Kiel's workplace and asked about her daily life..."

"…Is that a stalker?"

"Well, I don't know." Keel shook his head, his eyes thoughtful, "But I am also a little worried that someone might be investigating me."

Alex was a little curious: "Some people, who do you mean?"

"You haven't been to Japan before, so you may not know much about it." Clarett helped explain, "Japan is a high-activity area for the FBI. Vermouth was targeted by the FBI before, and Kiel had more contact with Vermouth during that time, so it is very likely that he was targeted by those guys from the FBI."

After a brief explanation, Alex understood the situation.

"What should we do? Should we contact the intelligence personnel to help investigate?"

"It's okay. I've already reported this issue and hired a detective to help investigate... There should be a result tomorrow." Keel smiled. "Even if the perpetrators are not found, I'm sure they will be more restrained after they find out that I hired a detective."

Clarette nodded. "You are very thoughtful, Kiel, but you must be careful when facing the detective."

"Well, don't worry, I know what I'm doing..."

……

The next day.

Maori Detective Agency.

It was Friday, but it was not a school day. Conan, the legendary creature, got up early and sat on the sofa in the office reading comic books.

But, everything is just appearance.

In fact, Conan's mind was full of twists and turns, still thinking about what happened the day before yesterday:

He was still wondering why Lie asked Jing to take them to Nagano to pick mushrooms.

Although Jing did not do anything suspicious along the way from beginning to end, he just drove them there, looked for someone and found the body, then went down the mountain to call the police when he realized something was wrong, had dinner with them, and then drove them back...that's all.

But Conan always felt something was wrong.

But he racked his brains and couldn't figure it out. 'So what am I struggling with, idiot!'

Conan took the comic book and hit it on his head.

Since he has treated his head like this more than once, Xiaolan, who initially thought Conan was hurting himself, has become accustomed to it. When she saw him hitting his head with a book, she brought him a glass of milk.

"Speaking of which, where did Dad go again?" After patting Conan's big head, Mao Lilan looked at the empty desk worriedly, "I promised Miss Mizuno a commission this afternoon. Dad wouldn't forget it again, right?"

Conan drank some milk, calmed down a little, and looked up cutely: "I shouldn't have forgotten what uncle said! Because when he left this morning, he said that he must make back the money he lost in horse racing last time, then have a good meal at noon, and then go to Sister Mizunoshi Rena's house in the afternoon... By the way, Sister Xiaolan, who is Sister Mizunoshi Rena?"

When he came back, he heard Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro mention this matter, but because he had just returned and his mind was full of Rei, he forgot to ask about the specific details of the commission.

"Ms. Mizuno, she is the host of Nichimi TV! We saw her on the Sunday evening news before." Xiaolan said with a smile, and then told them about the distress that she heard Kiel tell them the night before.

Conan suddenly became curious about this doorbell incident:
For more than a month, there were people ringing the doorbell on Saturdays, but when I opened the door, no one was there...

At first glance, it sounds a bit haunted.

interesting!
Conan's fighting spirit was inexplicably aroused - perhaps he needed to solve some puzzles to make up for his many setbacks with Rei.

It was around lunch time, around two or three o'clock, when Kogoro Mori finally returned.

Not long after he came back, he was pestered by Conan who was in an abnormal state, and kept urging him to go out and do the commission quickly and not to keep others waiting.

Kogoro Mouri had been planning to have a good afternoon sleep and then go to Rena Mizunashi's apartment later, but Conan disturbed him and he couldn't sleep. In the end, he hit Conan on the head with two big bumps and then angrily dragged the brat out of the door.

Before leaving, Lie called and asked them if they wanted to have dinner together in the evening.

However, considering that she didn't know how long the commission would take, Mao Lilan did not agree immediately.

Lie said it was okay and he would ask again when they got to the hotel, and he didn't say anything else.

This made Conan, who had been living a comfortable life recently, feel uncomfortable...

"We must solve this case successfully and catch the murderer!"

Conan clenched his fists and swore silently in his heart.

We only solved one case in the past week, which is really too little!

then……

The three of them stood outside Kiel's apartment door for a full hour.

"So what are you in such a hurry for, little brat?" Kogoro Mouri, who was waiting impatiently at the door, would punch Conan from time to time.

Conan covered the bump on his head, his face full of indomitable spirit and his whole body filled with a will of steel.

Uncle Maori is so unprofessional that he didn't even investigate the environment around the client before taking on the commission...

For example, who lives next door to the client, upstairs and downstairs? Finding out these things is crucial to solving the case!
But as soon as he tried to conduct secret investigation, he would be caught immediately.

This situation did not ease until Kiel returned.

(End of this chapter)