Conan: I am really a good person

Chapter 172 Footprints
The fourth room is empty.

Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "This is it. Let's go in quickly, Conan!"

Mirai Ichijo stopped for a moment, "If you don't mind, can you let Conan live with me?"

"More convenient."

Mirai Ichijo is not a stranger. Mao Lilan actually doesn't spend much time with him, but as Suzuki Sonoko said, from a normal person's perspective, their current relationship is already considered a friend.

And he does seem to be paying some attention to Conan, and Conan is paying some attention to him.

So, Mao Lilan only hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and looked at Conan, then nodded, "Then I'll leave it to Mr. Future, I'm really sorry to trouble you."

Then he quickly rushed in through the door.

Suzuki Sonoko silently covered her face, wishing she could hit the wall, "Why don't they close the door..."

"Why don't you lock the door when you change clothes? I've obviously given you the key!"

When first arriving in a strange place, most ordinary people will be a little defensive. Especially when doing private things, it is normal to lock the door. It is understandable not to lock the door.

After all, they are not wolves, but cute sheep that can bleat and be pinched by anyone passing by.

But, “ordinary people can understand.”

Such is the way of the future.

He drew a category: ordinary people.

Most ordinary people are a little defensive, but only a little. They are fine in places they are familiar with and know how to naturally abide by some rules, such as which neighborhoods are not dangerous at night and cannot be visited, such as bathroom sockets leaking electricity, etc. Be careful not to splash when bathing.

When we arrive at a strange place, we often act without thinking, as if our brains are covered with a layer of mush, and we do things that we think are stupid when we think about them soberly afterwards, such as jumping out of curiosity on the suspension bridge just now. See if the knot is strong, such as curiously wandering around in a rarely visited jungle to explore.

It doesn't matter if you don't lock the door. You are a man anyway. As long as the murderer doesn't suddenly open the door and attack you, it's not a big deal.

But non-ordinary people, such as people who deliberately disguise themselves and create a different body shape for themselves, when they remove the disguise and change clothes, they are not defensive at all like ordinary people, and just close the door normally. This is too... …

The person in disguise and disguise is the male guest in the second room.

He has chubby cheeks that resemble those of a fat person, and has the body of a normal adult male.

When changing clothes, there were too many white bandages on the layers of beds. There were no wounds on the exposed body, and there was no inconvenience on the legs. There was no smell of blood in the room, so it was clear that he was not injured.

Of course, the more important point is that when Ichigo Mirai was stationed nearby, he saw how this guest looked when he arrived: a chubby face, a chubby body, and a belly hidden by clothes that looked good to the touch and quite soft.

It was completely different from the thin figure he showed when he changed clothes.

People who pretend to be like this are definitely not ordinary people.

No matter whether this guest is a police officer, a criminal, a detective, or other gray personnel hired by various figures, it has nothing to do with Ichijo's future.

But he is really stupid.

He was so stupid that if it was the police who pushed open the door, he would have to make up a reason for his arrest after entering prison, otherwise he would have to accept the ridicule of his fellow inmates.

It only takes a few hours for someone to use a specially ridiculed name and become known to the entire prison, bringing a little fun to the boring lives of many prisoners.Ichichi Mirai can only comment: ...forget it, criminals and police are both advanced and backward.

Sometimes the criminals are generally smarter than the police, and sometimes the police are generally smarter than the criminals, but overall the difference is not too big.

In this era where the police are somewhat unskilled and submissive, detectives, criminals, and gray figures who are colleagues or competitors with the police also have lower professional abilities, which is normal.

He smiled and changed the subject, "Has Ms. Suzuki chosen a room?"

And I know the answer very well: definitely not.

Sure enough, Suzuki Sonoko smiled sheepishly, "Not yet, I have been receiving guests downstairs, and I plan to wait until the guests have chosen a room before choosing a room."

Once you've chosen your future, choose the room next door!

"Okay," Ichichi Mirai said, "Conan wants to be with me, so it would be better for us to choose a room that is closer to Miss Mori. Let's stay in the empty room next door, right?"

While he lowered his head to ask Conan's opinion, he reached out and unscrewed the room next door, opened it, took a cursory glance at the empty room, and stepped back a few steps to let Conan see the layout clearly.

"The two opposite rooms and the room next to ours are also unoccupied," Ichichi Mirai added, "Does Miss Suzuki want to live nearby?"

Suzuki Sonoko said without hesitation: "Of course!"

He hesitated again, "Hey, Mr. Future, how do you know which room is occupied and which room is empty?"

"There are traces wherever people go, and these traces are more obvious in places that have not been visited for a long time, or in places that have just been cleaned recently," a future reply said, "I didn't have enough time just now, so I'm not sure. It’s too late to say, I’m sorry.”

He looked down at Conan, "What's wrong?"

Conan was trying his best to observe a future without leaving a trace, "Brother Future is so amazing. I feel that there is no difference between the surrounding rooms, but you can actually detect which room is occupied!"

"It's really amazing. How did you observe it?"

Footprints on the floor, sounds in the room, and marks on the door.

Of course, the floor in the villa is not a cement floor, but a smooth floor. After the whole thing is wiped clean and dried, the floor will be clean, but once someone steps on it, no matter how light it is, it will leave footprints.

This kind of footprints cannot be seen from a normal person's perspective.

But those who know a little bit about footprints can adjust the angle to use the reflection on the floor to see the usually invisible footprints.

There are light footprints and traces left by suitcase wheels on the corridor on the second floor. Most of them are concentrated in the first few rooms. There is also a gray mark left by the collision of suitcase wheels on the lower edge of one door.

Footprints are irrelevant. As long as they are police officers with qualified professional abilities, they will know more or less. Ichimi Mirai briefly explained.

Conan immediately verified and squatted down to look at the ground. He adjusted the angle. When he could see the layer of light cast by the corridor lights on the ground, he saw very inconspicuous footprints. "Hey, there really are them."

He looked up thoughtfully. Even though he knew Ichijo Mirai was very powerful last time, he still couldn't help but judge again: What a dangerous guy.

...Even a detective wouldn't observe footprints so naturally, would he?
It's not like I'm solving a case seriously, I'm just spending my leisure time on a daily basis.

Mirai Ichijo touched the back of his neck again, turned to ask Suzuki Sonoko, "Is there a time to meet at the restaurant?"

(End of this chapter)