I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 556 The Sudden Kidnapping

Ran Mouri, along with Sonoko Suzuki, Masumi Sera, and Eisuke Hondo, arrived downstairs at the Mouri Detective Agency.

She glanced at Sera Masumi and Hondo Eisuke, who were still arguing back and forth, and couldn't help but sigh. She didn't know why things had suddenly developed to this point, as if all the transfer students had inexplicably become involved with her.

The signboard girl at Polo Cafe greeted Ran Mouri at the counter.

Ran Mouri reached out in response, then picked up her bag and led the three of them upstairs.

Upon reaching the second floor, Ran Mouri rummaged through her bag for her keys, while simultaneously giving Sera Masumi and Hondo Eisuke a heads-up.
"When I went to high school this morning, my dad and Conan went to investigate a case together."

"So I'm not sure if they've gone home at this time, but I think it's unlikely, so don't get your hopes up too high."

Behind Ran Mouri, Eisuke Hondo and Masumi Sera nodded repeatedly.

Then, the two transfer students looked at each other again.

Sonoko Suzuki stood beside Ran Mouri, carrying her bag in both hands, and turned to look at Eisuke Hondo and Masumi Sera behind her, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Why are these two transfer students so eager to come to the Mouri Detective Agency?

Could it be that he really came to see Uncle Mori to improve his detective skills? Wow, that seems so unlikely…

pat.

Ran Mouri used her key to unlock the door on the second floor of the Mouri Detective Agency.

Then, she grabbed the doorknob, pushed the door open, and led the other three Teitan High School students into the classroom. Behind them, Sonoko Suzuki, Masumi Sera, and Eisuke Hondo also filed in.

However, Sera Masumi only glanced at it before saying with some regret,

"Huh, is Detective Mouri not at the agency?"

Moreover, Conan Edogawa, who looks exactly like Shinichi Kudo when he was a child, is not with Kogoro Mouri. It seems that today's trip was a waste.

Standing next to Sera Masumi, Hondo Eisuke didn't have much to say about it.

He also participated in the investigation and deduction of the murder case of Ryozo Gamo yesterday, so he naturally knows how important the Ryozo Gamo case is and how crucial it is to Kogoro Mouri.

If he were Kogoro Mouri, he would also risk everything to investigate a case that challenges his reputation like this.

Besides, according to Hondo Eisuke's investigation, Kogoro Mouri hadn't taken on any ordinary requests during this period.

He had anticipated this scene.

Moreover, Hondo Eisuke could have come or not, but the reason he insisted on coming along was entirely because he felt that Sera Masumi had ill intentions, and he was worried about Sera Masumi going home alone with Suzuki Sonoko and Mori Ran.

Aside from that, it's all about saving face.

As the saying goes, "Buddha fights for a stick of incense, man fights for a breath of air."

Sera Masumi is a transfer student, and so is he.

Could it be that Sera Masumi came, and he can't come?
"Right? I said before that Dad and Conan might not be at the agency at this time."

"By the time they finish their investigation and return, I don't know when that will be."

Ran Mouri shook her head and said this.

Meanwhile, Sonoko Suzuki casually found a seat and sat down, acting as if she were at home, and said relaxedly.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter."

"Whether the uncle is here or not, we still play the same game, don't we?"

"We can even have more fun when Uncle isn't home. So, in that sense, it's not such a bad thing that Uncle isn't home, right, Bentang?"

Upon hearing this, Hondou Eisuke nodded repeatedly, then said in a sarcastic tone,
"Yes, yes, I didn't come to the Mori Detective Agency just to get closer to Detective Mori."

"I won't be like some people who would rush off as soon as they hear Detective Mouri isn't at the office."

Sera Masumi:?
With nearly ten years of Jeet Kune Do training, can you withstand this punch?
If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!

Sera Masumi's eyes turned somewhat dangerous. Putting aside everything else, she had an overwhelming advantage over Hondou Eisuke in terms of combat strength.

Three punches to knock Hondo Eisuke to the ground, then turning him into hero fragments wouldn't be a problem.

After all, after Mary Akai shrunk, there were times when her mother couldn't carry out the MI6 missions alone, and Mary had to go with her to complete those missions.

She's a true practitioner, completely different from those dojo-style brats.

It was as if she could sense the dangerous gaze of Sera Masumi.

Hondo Eisuke immediately sat down on the sofa.

This time, he sat up straight immediately, placed his hands on his thighs, and looked like a good student, adopting a style of being arrogant at first but then obsequious.

Sera Masumi was completely speechless.

She was caught in a dilemma: to take action or not to take action.

We can't exactly find a sack, put it over Hondo Eisuke's head as soon as he leaves the Mouri Detective Agency, and then beat him up to vent our anger—

"Then I'll stay here for a while too."

"Maybe Detective Mouri will be back with that child soon."

Sera Masumi eventually sat down on the sofa, but her gaze inevitably fell on Hondo Eisuke, making Hondo Eisuke feel rather uneasy.

Sonoko Suzuki, who was sitting next to Sera Masumi, didn't sense anything was wrong.

She was just about to gossip with Ran about the strange tales and legends inside Teitan High School when she saw someone push the door open and enter. Upon closer inspection, she could tell that the three people were all middle-aged women in their forties or fifties.

What's going on? Did they come to Uncle Mori for a request?

Sonoko Suzuki raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious.

As the host, Ran Mouri stood up and said somewhat apologetically,
"I'm sorry, ladies, Dad isn't home yet."

"If you have any requests, could you please come later, or tomorrow?"

"Or leave your contact information, and I will give it to Dad when he gets back."

Ran Mouri's voice caught the attention of the three middle-aged women.

Their gazes swept over the four high school girls in Teitan High School uniforms in the office, and they roughly realized that Ran Mouri was Kogoro Mouri's daughter. They then said with a hint of regret,
"Oh, but..."

The phone rang at that moment.

Sonoko Suzuki subconsciously opened her bag, looked at her phone, and took it out.

The caller ID showed that the caller was Chen En.

But just as Sonoko Suzuki was about to press the answer button...

Gunshots rang out at that moment.

"Everyone, hand over your phones!"

The three middle-aged women, like frightened birds, hid inside the Mori Detective Agency.

The somewhat disheveled-looking middle-aged man, with bloodshot eyes, pointed his pistol directly at Suzuki Sonoko, who was holding a cell phone, and said with utmost seriousness,
"Hang up now and put your phone on that desk over there."

"I'm just here to verify something. I'll leave after I've asked, but if you do anything here that makes me feel dangerous, I'll kill you!"

—The hijackers? At this time?
A look of shock appeared in Sonoko Suzuki's eyes.

She looked at Chen En's name on the phone screen, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed the reject call button. Under the threat of a gun, she and the others placed the phone on the desk at the Mouri Detective Agency.

(End of this chapter)