Conan Rick's Investigator

"me too……"

The three of them looked at each other, then looked at Conan.

Conan also stared at them in surprise.

Because I had already checked the envelopes on my side, I checked them several times over for fear of missing anything.

As it turned out, there was no letter from Miyano Akemi inside.

"Did you really look carefully? Did you not miss anything?"

"Or a typo?"

Conan asked quickly.

The three little ones looked a little dissatisfied, "Of course, if you don't believe me, come and see."

Conan reached out and took the envelopes from the three people and started counting them again.

But even if he counted it himself, and with Haibara Ai watching beside him, he still didn't find the envelope signed by "Miyano Akemi".

Conan put the envelope aside and checked the box again, but there was nothing missing.

All the envelopes from that year are here.

But the only one missing is Miyano Akemi.

"how so……"

Conan stared at the box and envelope in shock.

Clearly from the verbal descriptions of the three graduates, Miyano Akemi must have left behind her own time capsule, as well as words for her younger sister Miyano Shiho.

But why...

Just then, several figures walked out from the main entrance of the teaching building. They were the three graduates and Kobayashi and Wakasa Rumi.

Conan immediately collected his thoughts, put the envelopes into the box, and then had it kept by Haibara Ai temporarily.

At this time, Haibara Ai's expression was a little dazed, and she took the box mechanically with both hands.

Conan also understood the loss and disappointment in her heart.

But that's why he has to rely on reasoning to make a quick decision and find Miyano Akemi's time capsule. "If we can't find the time capsule, how about we let everyone recall the contents?"

"Well, that's all we can do..."

"But I feel a little embarrassed, after all, I am saying the message I left when I was a kid in front of so many people."

The three graduates walked over to the breeding hut, chatting and laughing.

They came to thank the Young Detectives for their help.

"Children, even though we didn't find it, I still want to thank you for your help."

"Then you guys continue to work hard on the cleaning. We'll go back to hold the class reunion first."

Takumi Murata smiled and waved goodbye, then turned around and left with Yanagimachi Gaku and the female doctor.

But Conan put his hands in his pockets, raised the corners of his mouth, and stood there with a confident look on his face.

"Would you please just leave like this?"

"Even the time capsule that carries important memories is gone..."

As Conan finished his words, the three graduates froze in shock.

The three of them turned around at the same time and looked at Conan nervously, "Did you find the time capsule?!"

Conan smiled slightly and did not comment.

He turned his gaze to Yanagimiao Yue and asked, "First of all, I want to ask, Brother Yanagimiao Yue, why do you keep interfering with our search for the time capsule?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Tingyue's body trembled and his upper body leaned back subconsciously.

"Where, where is it?"

"How am I hindering you?"

Yanagimachi Yue's cheeks were covered with two drops of nervous sweat. He defended himself, "Didn't I decipher a lot of codes? How could that be a hindrance?"

However, Conan replied with a childlike expression: "You are obviously hindering everyone. After all, you have prepared so many wrong answers..."

As he spoke, he pulled out his cell phone from his pocket and showed the photos in the album to everyone.

"First, the third code is 'Don't go draw', because the school prohibits drawing on the rooftop, so you wrote ぐ on the door handle leading to the rooftop."

"But the same word is written on the bottom edge of the table in the art room."

"There was also a code for the health room. A student lied and said he was not feeling well and went to sleep in the health room, so we found it under the bed."

"But there is also a し on the back of the height measuring machine, because some students would secretly tiptoe during the physical examination and cheat on their height, right?"

"And the painting of the first secret code. I was the one who checked that painting before. There was nothing written on the wall behind the painting at that time."

"In other words, it was you, Yanagimachi Yue, who secretly left false answers in any place that could be associated with the code."

"During the first operation, you speculated that one of us would guess the answer in the next round of operations, so you secretly arranged everything."

"Am I right? Yanagimachi-chan?"

Although Conan calls him "Brother" all the time and sounds sweeter than anyone else, his sharp eyes seem to see through everything.

Yanagimachi Yue broke out in a cold sweat, and looking at the surprised looks of his two old classmates, he finally couldn't bear the pressure.

"Yes, it's me..."

"Yanagimachi? Why are you doing this?" the female doctor asked in disbelief.

Yanagimachi Gaku lowered his head and began to speak.

"I'm sorry, I was just too scared..."

"The fire in the music room 14 years ago was actually caused by me and the bad kids from the neighborhood sneaking into the school to play with fireworks."

"We were seen by Mingmei at the time, so I was afraid that Mingmei would tell this matter..."

Takumi Murata and the female doctor looked even more surprised.

The former stepped forward and asked, "Is this true, Yanagimachi?"

"Um……"

"On the day of the graduation ceremony, Mingmei found me alone and asked me to muster up my courage. I guess she wanted me to turn myself in to the police."

"I was so scared at the time that I didn't say anything."

"But I'm afraid Mingmei will write this in a time capsule and make it public."

"If a current firefighter was once an arsonist, it's not something that can be forgotten with a smile..."

As he spoke, Yanagimachi Gaku shed tears of regret.

The air was silent for a moment, and Takumi Murata walked to Yanagimachi Gaku and placed his hand on his shoulder.

"I understand you, and so do I."

"In fact, the painting in the principal's office that won the award was only because Mingmei did not submit her better painting for the competition."

"I'm also worried about her writing about this in a time capsule..."

The female doctor also stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Me too."

"During the Chinese language test, I once copied Mingmei, who was sitting in the row in front of me. As a result, Mingmei was called to the teacher's office together with him."

"I'm afraid of her, too..."

Seeing that the three of them formed a victim alliance, as if Miyano Akemi was some kind of big devil who took advantage of her classmates' weaknesses, Conan suddenly interrupted the three of them.

"How could she possibly write this!"

"She's the most popular and well-liked person in the class, how could she write something negative like that in a comment?"

Conan turned his gaze to Haibara Ai beside him and motioned for her to take out the box.

As Haibara Ai brought the box hidden in her clothes in front of her, the three graduates were stunned.

They recognized it immediately; this was the box that contained the envelopes from everyone in the class.

"This is……!"

"Yes, this is your class's time capsule."

As Conan handed the box to the three people, he said, "In fact, the code on the code paper came from the keyboard that Miyano Akemi often encountered when she was a library committee member."

"As long as you rotate the computer keyboard 90 degrees clockwise and write down the key positions required to type each code, you can get the content of the code."

"There are five codes in total, and the final result is しいくこや, which means the breeding hut."

Conan didn't explain each sentence because the three of them were rummaging through the box and didn't care about how to solve the code at all.

Only Mr. Kobayashi pounded his fist excitedly beside him, "I see!"

"This code is so clever that even I, a member of the library committee, didn't think of it!"

At this time, the three of them thoroughly searched the envelopes in the box, but still couldn't find what they were looking for.

"Strange, there doesn't seem to be Mingmei's envelope in here?"

"yes……"

Seeing this, Conan quickly joined in the conversation. This was what he wanted to know most.

"Murata-san, did you really see Miyano Akemi put the envelope in there?"

Takumi Murata nodded and said, "Yes, everyone walked up to the podium and put their envelopes in one by one. There shouldn't be any missing ones."

The female doctor added: "But the teacher only gave Mingmei the task of hiding the time capsule."

Yanagimachi Gaku raised his head and asked, "Could it be that Mingmei took her envelope out of it at that time?"

Takumi Murata held the box in one hand and his chin in the other, muttering, "It's possible..."

Conan, who was standing in a shorter position, stared at the facial expressions of the three men seriously, but couldn't tell which one of them was lying.

If their guess is true, it is possible that it was Miyano Akemi who took away her envelope.

After all, Miyano Akemi is a member of the organization. In order not to implicate her elementary school classmates who she met by chance, she can only try her best to cut off contact with everyone.

Maybe he returned to school and took his own envelope from the box before deciding to leave the organization...

In Conan's mind, this was the only possibility he could think of.

Chapter 1457 Real sisters?

Now that the time capsule has been found, the three graduates can go back and report.

And in order to thank the Junior Detective Team for helping them find the time capsule, they also invited several people to the party.

Before Conan could consider whether to go or not, the three little ones agreed excitedly.

"Really? We can go too!"

"Is there anything to eat? Do you have eel rice?"

Yuantai patted his big belly, his eyes widened.

This scene amused the trio, and it also relieved some of the heavy atmosphere from the confession.

"I can't guarantee that the eel rice will be good, but I will definitely make you full!" said Takumi Murata with a smile.

"Great!"

"Conan, Ai, let's go together!"

The three little ones were just happy that they got to eat again, and they forced Conan and Haibara Ai to come along.

……

Everyone came to the classroom where the class reunion was held. There were quite a few people in the classroom and the classroom had already been decorated.

Various takeaway snacks and drinks are placed in the central area composed of several study tables, which is somewhat similar to a buffet.

The three graduates told their classmates the whole story about the time capsule, and the Junior Detective Team was immediately welcomed by everyone present.