The world of science is unscientific

Yusuke Suzuki looked down at Kogoro Mouri. "Sensei, you called me here because..."

At present, he couldn't imagine what trouble might arise, and the bumbling detective was clearly very happy.

"It's the TV series I told you about last time. Although it wasn't filmed because of a murder case, we'll be showing footage of a reporter interviewing the characters in a bit."

Yusuke Suzuki: "..."

You called him over just for this?

I should go back and stay with Ai.

As if sensing something, Kogoro Mouri quickly grabbed Yusuke Suzuki's wrist and pulled him to sit down next to him.

His expression was solemn, and his tone was deep.

"Yusuke, you can look closely later. Your teacher will..."

Conan, who had been observing from the sidelines, was taken aback by the commotion and instinctively asked, "What's going to happen?"

"He'll be so handsome, hahahahaha~~~"

Conan and Yusuke Suzuki: "..."

It's true, it's only because of the deep bond between master and disciple that things would have gone wrong today.

Yusuke Suzuki sighed. "That's it."

He could understand why Kogoro Mouri was so insistent on having him come over and watch together.

Perhaps because Kogoro Mouri is usually in a coma when he's doing deductions, he doesn't know how Yusuke Suzuki reacts after hearing the deduction.

Before even getting into the deduction phase, Suzuki Yusuke often outperformed his teacher.

Now that we have this opportunity, we should naturally give full play to his talent as a teacher.

Yusuke Suzuki calmed down. Since there was still plenty of time, he decided to go and spend time with Ai Haibara after watching the show.

The matter of Itakura Taku has now come to an end, and he doesn't need to worry too much about the formation of the Sheep Village for the time being. The Black Cat Gang is being managed by Mamizu Miki.

Spending a day with your wife isn't too much to ask, is it?

Chapter 268 Itakura Takuya is Going to Die

After waiting for about 20 minutes, the screen on the small TV changed.

Kogoro Mouri immediately sat up straight. "This is it, this is it."

Soon after the reporters on the periphery finished speaking, the camera began to move forward, squeezing past the many other reporters, and Kogoro Mouri's upper body appeared.

The bumbling detective, who had been in a state of excitement, suddenly calmed down.

The interview clips ended quickly, and Kogoro Mouri, with his back to the crowd, slowly walked away amidst the reporters' attempts to persuade him to stay.

"A real man doesn't need to speak; his back view says it all."

Off the field, Kogoro Mouri had already entered his swaggering mode, saying, "I'm just too handsome."

However, his image didn't last long; it crumbled instantly, and he started gesturing wildly like a child.

“Teacher, I know it’s not appropriate to say this now,” Suzuki Yusuke said, his gaze fixed on Kogoro Mouri’s chin, “but you should shave your beard.”

"It's so noisy..."

The blushing detective picked up the remote and started pressing buttons randomly, trying to admire his own heroic posture one last time.

With nothing else to do, Suzuki Yusuke was about to get up and say goodbye when he noticed that Conan looked a little worried, wondering what he was thinking about.

Forget it, take care of him.

Just as he was about to speak, the landline on the table rang.

Ran Mouri immediately went to answer the phone, and Yusuke Suzuki had no choice but to wait.

"A game?" Ran Mouri switched the receiver to her left hand and picked up a pen with her right hand to start taking notes. "A system engineer for a game software has suddenly disappeared. You want to find him?"

"Hey, if you're looking for me, just say I'm not here." Kogoro Mouri remembered that Yoko Okino's show would be airing that night, and decided to give himself a day off.

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri immediately became displeased and replied in a warm voice, "Of course we can handle it immediately, since my father is free today."

The bumbling detective was a bit dizzy, and so was Yusuke Suzuki.

Game software engineer... and at this point in time, could it be Itakura Takumi?

The old guy just sent him an email and then disappeared?

Look again.

Yusuke Suzuki plopped back down on the sofa.

"Yusuke, what were you doing up just now?" Kogoro Mouri asked casually as he was adjusting his tie.

"I was planning to leave, but since you've taken on this task, I'll stay and see what happens."

Less than an hour later, three people arrived at the detective agency together.

After a brief introduction, the youngest member, Xu Beikelu, handed over his photo.

"This person is Mr. Itakura, who suddenly disappeared a week ago."

Yusuke Suzuki looked at the photo with Kogoro Mouri, and it really was Taku Itakura.

As for the word 'a week' mentioned by the bumbling detective, he simply ignored it.

"Then what did you mean when you said that this wasn't the first time he'd gone missing?"

"He likes to disappear whenever the deadline for the game software he designs is approaching," Schubek explained.

...

Yusuke Suzuki turned to the side to make his back more comfortable. If there was any truth to his disappearance, it was probably related to the organization.

These three people and the organization are all considered clients of Itakura Taku. The old man can hide from the former by simply changing locations, but hiding from the organization means he has to move house. However, he has never managed to escape.

Subek and the other two took turns criticizing Itakura Taku, and then started arguing again, all hoping that Kogoro Mouri would contact them first after finding the person.

"So...the three of you aren't from the same company?"

Kogoro Mouri asked around and found out that the three of them belonged to different companies and had each commissioned Itakura Taku to customize software for Go, chess, and shogi.

"Can he really handle so many things all by himself...?"

The bumbling detective was greatly shocked.

Seeing that the conversation was pointless, Suzuki Yusuke simply took out his phone and sent a text message to Haibara Ai.

[Ms. Mori has a new request, and I'd like to go check it out, so I can't accompany you today. Sorry.]

At Professor Agasa's house, Ai Haibara breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied.

It's okay, ^_^.

She felt at ease being with Uncle Mori, as long as he wasn't with anyone from the organization.

Since Suzuki Yusuke couldn't be with her, she decided to continue the experiments. The development of the antidote remained stalled, and she was starting to get anxious.

On the other side, Naito Teppei, who needed chess software, took out his laptop and played a video recorded by Itakura Taku himself.

This guy was still very arrogant, speaking casually and saying he wanted to relax for a few days.

I never expected that old guy would have two faces; he was clearly a coward in front of Suzuki Yusuke.

"Has Mr. Itakura been kidnapped?" Kogoro Mouri speculated.

Ryusuke Soma pondered for a moment, “For him, it’s not impossible. I remember two years ago, when I went to his company, I saw a burly man with a mustache and a strong Kansai accent talking to him.”

Upon hearing this, Yusuke Suzuki thought of an unlucky fellow: agave.

This guy was a disgrace to the organization, as he was accidentally killed in a bombing because he took the wrong box.

Conan immediately became excited and asked, "What did that burly man say?"

"What exactly did they say at the company back then?!"

“How would I know?” Ryusuke Soma said, his forehead covered in cold sweat, still shaken. “All I heard him say was, ‘You’re no longer of any use to me.’”

"Is that all? There must be something else you wanted to say, right?"

Conan wanted to ask more questions, but Ran Mouri picked him up and took him away.

We absolutely must find Itakura Taku and get to the bottom of this!

Conan hasn't come across any information related to the Black Organization for a long time, and he can't just let things continue like this. He wants to turn back into Shinichi Kudo as soon as possible!

Moreover, he had to be vigilant against the invisible threat at all times. Even if it was a game, after so long, shouldn't he have reached the next level by now?

What to do...

Conan's mind raced, and he immediately thought of something, prompting, "Ran-neechan, tonight I want to eat sashimi and..."

"Teacher, please take a look here."

Conan's hint was immediately interrupted by Yusuke Suzuki.

"where?"

Yusuke Suzuki pointed to the edge of the video, "There were chess, Go, and Shogi boards placed next to him at the same time. It would be strange if he hadn't brought these with him himself, but had asked someone else for them."

"And just looking at the interior, it feels more like a hotel. He also said he wanted to take a vacation these few days, right?"

The clueless detective looked thoughtfully at the three clients and said, "That's true. Do you know what he'll be taking on vacation this time?"

"He'll probably bring his usual laptop and a few floppy disks, but he probably won't bring anything else. Too much luggage would be too much trouble."

Naito Sadahira analyzed the situation for a moment, then nodded in affirmation of his idea.

Chapter 269: Expectations for Software Processing

"In that case, let's go find him."

Since Itakura Takumi never goes far when he disappears, Kogoro Mouri decides to start the search from Tokyo, beginning in Beika Town.

The method was simple: ask them one by one, mimicking the Itakura table to get information out of the hotel reception staff, using the fact that they had borrowed three different kinds of chess pieces at the same time as a characteristic.

This exhaustive approach involves an enormous amount of work.