Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Because he sensed danger in the car, he put the disk into Xiaolan's bag.

After capturing Mr. Shirakawa and finding no disk on him, the other party came looking for Ran, wanting to retrieve the disk.

Zhiyong did not mention this matter.

They arrived at Professor Agasa's house.

Ran told Professor Agasa about it and then took out the disk.

Dr. Agasa took the disk, inserted it into the floppy drive, and first scanned for and removed viruses.

Just as Zhiyong had suspected, the disk was password protected.

"Is it possible to crack the code?" Conan asked.

"It is possible, but it will take some time," Professor Agasa replied.

"Then I'll trouble you. Let's go to the bus company first and ask the driver about the situation," Conan replied.

“Alright, if I crack the disk password, I’ll call you and let you know,” Dr. Agasa said with a smile.

All three of them got into the car.

Conan said, "Let's go call Sonoko-neechan. Maybe she can provide some vague memories."

"Alright then, but I wonder if Sonoko is resting at this time," Ran replied.

Even so, Ran still told the taxi driver Sonoko's address.

……

Why do you insist that I go too?

Inside the room in the garden.

Sonoko was very upset after hearing what Ran said.

"Conan said that if you go with him, he might be able to provide some vague memories." Ran immediately sold Conan out.

"I knew it was you, you brat," Sonoko said, tormenting Conan with frustration.

"Please, Sonoko, please help me." Ran pleaded.

Sonoko said helplessly, "Really, I just finished taking a shower, and you're asking me to leave now."

"I knew the garden was the best," Xiaolan said with a smile.

"What can I say, we're best friends. You're really something. You guys wait outside for a bit. I'll change my clothes and then we'll go together," Sonoko said, rolling her eyes.

Fortunately, Sonoko didn't spend much time getting ready.

Less than ten minutes later, the garden came out.

……

Chapter 57 Sonoko in Danger

They have just contacted the driver of the bus that Xiaolan took during the day.

They took their car and went directly to the driver.

The driver said helplessly, "I already said this during the day. Quite a few people got off the bus then, and I can't remember the old gentleman you mentioned at all."

"Xiao Lan, which seat did you sit in during the day? Let's check if any clues were left behind," Zhi Yong said.

"But I wasn't driving this bus at the time. That one had some problems and was sent to the company's main station for repairs," the bus driver said.

They asked for the address and then prepared to leave.

The driver then asked, "Is your surname Maori?"

“Yes, my surname is Maoli,” Ran replied.

"In the afternoon, someone asked me where a girl named Maori got off the bus," the driver replied.

"what?"

"What does he look like?"

"What did he look like?" The driver thought for a moment and said, "He was tall, wearing a gray trench coat and sunglasses."

"Could it be that person..." Xiaolan pondered.

"Have you seen that person?" Sonoko asked.

"I saw someone who kept an eye on my spot, so I had a vague impression of him."

"Let's find that bus first."

The group left with questions in their minds.

When they arrived at the bus terminal.

Based on the license plate number given by the driver, the bus was quickly located.

Someone is cleaning this bus.

Several times when getting on the bus.

The man said in great surprise, "You can't just come up here like that."

"I'm sorry, we forgot something," Xiaolan replied.

Xiaolan walked to a seat, sat down, and said, "I'll sit here."

Zhiyong walked over and pointed to the window next to Xiaolan, saying, "Did Mr. Shiraku write the words on the glass of this window?"

"Yes, there was fog on the glass at the time, but it's gone now," Xiaolan said disappointedly.

Zhiyong leaned forward to the glass and breathed on it. Soon, words appeared on the glass.

It is precisely these five characters: "Shera" and "Ran Mouri".

"This really wasn't my dream," Xiaolan said with a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Conan's cell phone rang.

Conan answered the phone; it was Professor Agasa calling.

"Shinichi, the code has been cracked," Professor Agasa said.

"The password is cracked, what's on the disk?" Conan asked.

"The contents of the disk contain a yin-yang ledger."

"The Yin-Yang Ledger?"

"This is a set of ledgers belonging to Mihua Construction Company. One is a public ledger, and the other is an internal ledger. It contains bribes to politicians and a complete list of shareholders with whom they conducted secret transactions."

"I see. Mr. Shitara was attacked because he brought out this Yin-Yang ledger," Conan analyzed.

"So, the man in sunglasses wasn't following me, but Mr. Shitara," Ran thought to herself.

Zhiyong nodded and said, "That's right. Mr. Shele discovered that he was being followed, so he put the disk in Xiaolan's bag."

“Then we must find Mr. Sheraton, otherwise he may be in danger,” Xiaolan said, standing up.

"Let's call the police now. The bus driver just mentioned that someone asked about Xiaolan. It's likely that person knew Mr. Shiraku didn't have the ledger, which is why they thought the ledger might be on Xiaolan," Zhiyong explained.

"That means Mr. Shirakawa has been captured by him," Ran immediately understood.

"Sister Ran, please call Inspector Megure."

Conan then ran out of the bus.

"Where are you going?" Xiaolan asked.

"I'll go to where Mr. Shitara got off the bus and find out what happened," Conan replied.

"Let Zhiyong go with you," Xiaolan said.

“No, Xiaolan is being watched now, I’ll stay and protect you,” Zhiyong replied.

"Yes, you guys just wait here for news." After saying that, Conan ran out.

Zhiyong simply couldn't be bothered with Conan anymore.

Knowing that Xiaolan was being watched, she still ran around everywhere.

Did they really think that Ran was invincible just because she knew karate?

Zhiyong took out his phone, ready to make a call, only to find that it was out of battery.

"My phone is dead, so I'll have to make a call from a public phone," Zhiyong said, waving his phone in front of Xiaolan.

Mobile phones are not yet widespread, and public telephones are still the mainstream.

There are public telephones in the bus company's duty room.

Xiaolan took the SIM card out of her bag and said, "Yuanzi, you take my bag first."

Sonoko took the bag and looked it up and down.

Women have a great love for handbags.

As the saying goes, there's nothing a woman can't solve with a handbag; if there is, then two handbags will do.

Sonoko held up the bag for a moment, then slung it across her shoulder.

Ran called Kogoro Mouri first, but Kogoro Mouri was already drunk by then.

While Ran was on the phone, Sonoko got bored waiting, so she walked out of the office and stretched her body at the door.

If Xiaolan hadn't contacted her, Yuanzi would have already gone to bed.

At that moment, Sonoko was unaware that a dark figure was approaching her.

Because Zhiyong knew that someone wanted to harm Xiaolan, he was protecting Xiaolan and did not notice Sonoko.

The dark figure appeared behind Sonoko and covered her mouth with one hand, preventing her from making a sound.

Then, they dragged the garden outwards.

Fortunately, it happened at this time.

Zhiyong glanced around but didn't spot Yuanzi.