Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"That's it, I hope you can help me find my sister."

Contrary to Tohru Amuro's imagination, the woman in front of her didn't ask to find some crazy guy or stalker. She just took out two photos from her breast pocket, one was a photo of two little blond girls, and the other was a photo of two little blond girls. One picture shows a female high school student wearing a school uniform.

The girls in the group photo are only twelve years old. One has short hair and the other has long hair that reaches her waist. The single photo is of the girl with long hair standing at the gate of a school with an English name on it. Smiling shyly at the camera.

"Both photos were taken with a film camera and appear to be of very good quality."

Taking the photo from the woman's hand, Toru Amuro first touched the material of the photo and judged that it was a photo developed with the best materials and would not fade for decades.

"That picture was taken when my sister and I were young. I took it of my sister in high school in the UK after she graduated from high school and before she went to study at Harvard University."

Akai Marie took off her sunglasses with a nostalgic expression: "She met her husband in college and later came to Japan. I would like to entrust you to help me find her and let me see her again."

Without looking at the photo, Toru Amuro covered it on the table and crossed his hands to his mouth: "With all due respect, madam, your Japanese is very good and you don't sound like someone who has come to Japan for the first time. "

So if she really had a good relationship with her sister, she would have probably gone to find her a long time ago, or commissioned a detective, and it wouldn't have happened until now.

Having seen too many cases like this, Toru Amuro sneered twice in his heart, although his expression remained unchanged.

[I’m afraid I didn’t go see my sister because I did something to her. Or maybe she had already killed her sister, laid out the trap, and was just waiting for a third-rate detective who could provide her with an alibi. 】

"Indeed, this is not my first time coming to Japan. I lived here for a long time before, but there was a reason why I couldn't look for her, so until now."

"Then I can understand that you no longer have this restraint, why don't you go to the police?"

Akai Marie didn't answer the question, she just looked at the can of coffee on the table in a daze, with the clock ticking in the background until the man opposite couldn't help it.

Toru Amuro slumped back, crossed his legs, and hung his right hand on the back of the sofa: "I can accept your request, but you have to tell me the reason."

"The police are going to get me in trouble."

The man in front of her was Kudo Yuji's fake "childhood sweetheart". According to her previous judgment and information collection, Toru Amuro was just a manga assistant who usually worked several jobs.

But he drives a sports car and rents a house of about [-] square meters in the city center. Even if he works until his liver fails, he probably won't be able to survive. In addition, Kudo Yuji has a close relationship with the organization, so it is no accident that Toru Amuro will be involved with the organization. It is also inseparable.

Otherwise, with the style of that organization and such big variables appearing next to the money tree, this man would probably have closed his account by now.

"Okay, for the sake of your honesty, I will promise you."

Toru Amuro pulled out a contract and a pen from behind. After Akai Marie signed and left, he opened the photo and took a closer look at the long-haired girl's appearance, her pupils constricted.

After confirming the girl's name written in small letters in the lower right corner of the photo, Toru Amuro picked up the coffee cup and walked to the window holding the photo.

"How wonderful it would be if this were a picture of you now..."

(End of this chapter)