The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

But just as he arrived at his doorstep, he unexpectedly encountered a few people.

To be precise, it was a few familiar faces: the mischievous kids from the Junior Detective League, plus the elusive Conan.

"Conan, weren't you watching Kaito Kid? What are you doing here?"

It's only been a little over an hour, right? This guy's date with Kaito Kid is so short.

"I rushed over here after receiving a message from Genta and the others. Putting that aside for now, how is Mitsuhiko? Have they found him?"

Conan acted like he was in charge, showing no trace of a child.

Fortunately, Miwa and Takagi were used to it, and Asami didn't pay attention to these things either.

"It's not clear yet, but anyway, come in."

Asami Tsuburaya had already opened the door and walked to the entrance to bring out slippers for everyone.

Kaoru Kazama lost interest in drinking tea in the living room and put on her slippers, heading straight for Mitsuhiko's room.

While going upstairs, he didn't forget to turn back and ask Conan:

"Have you contacted him using a detective badge?"

“We tried to contact them a long time ago, but we couldn’t get through, so Genta and the others came to Mitsuhiko’s house to check on things.”

"Then what happened to you? You didn't just come here directly, did you? Did you tell Ran that you were missing? Don't let her come to the Metropolitan Police Department to report you missing."

"Forehead..."

Conan was originally rushing upstairs in a hurry, but after hearing Kazama Kaoru's words, he remembered that he should tell Ran.

"Go quickly, go quickly."

Having a childhood friend who only cares about the event is truly a blessing or a curse.

"Click".

As Tsuburaya Asami moved, Mitsuhiko's door was opened.

The interior was quite clean and tidy; it is said that Mitsuhiko cleaned it himself.

"Miss Asami, where does Mitsuhiko usually put the notes he leaves?"

"It's usually kept in a drawer, but I didn't find the note today."

As Asami Tsuburaya spoke, she opened the drawer of her desk, revealing various utensils inside.

"And my wallet is gone too."

"If you bring your wallet with you when you go out, it means that the place you are going to is not very close, and you will most likely have to take a tram or something."

"Mitsuhiko must have gone somewhere with a purpose, it wasn't just a simple disappearance."

"How did that get involved with the missing Numabuchi Kiichiro?"

Kaoru Kazama asked this question.

She was shocked by what he said on the phone at the beginning. How could this little kid suddenly be hanging out with the fugitive serial killer, Kiichiro Numabuchi?

"It's like this, he seemed to have been preparing to go somewhere for a while, but he wouldn't say no matter how I asked, so I kept an eye on him. Then today he disappeared all day, so I rushed to look for him. I found out from an old man at the station that Mitsuhiko seemed to have taken the high-speed train to Gunma Prefecture."

Gunma Prefecture? Are you sure you're not joking?

Kazama Kaoru was a little incredulous. How could a seven-year-old child have such a strong sense of purpose, sneaking off to such a far place without the help of adults or friends?

And she even brought rice balls and other food. Could it be that she met Numabuchi Kiichiro online and traveled all the way to deliver food to him?

Kaoru Kazama didn't find this guess funny at all; the Metropolitan Police Department's ability to make connections was just too strong.

However, this explains why Mitsuhiko got involved with the fugitive Numabuchi Kiichiro.

After all, this guy was hiding in the deep mountains and forests near Gunma Prefecture. After searching several times without success, the Osaka police had no choice but to ask the local police in Gunma Prefecture to search for him, and then they went back in disgrace.

This incident was even considered an amusing anecdote within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, given the strained relationship between Osaka and Tokyo.

The embarrassing moments of one's opponent are, of course, the best form of entertainment.

Next, Kaoru Kazama, along with a bunch of mischievous kids, Miwako, and Takagi, followed the route that Asami Tsuburaya had taken, asking each person they had asked for verification.

First, there's that florist girl who supposedly has a close relationship with Mitsuhiko.

The National Health Exercise Registration Manual that was found in the room earlier clearly stated that Mitsuhiko would be absent every Sunday.

According to Asami, this guy was looking for a third-grade girl in the neighborhood.

She would come to help out at her family's flower shop every Sunday. At first, she thought that Mitsuhiko was going on a date with this girl and didn't care much about Mitsuhiko's disappearance.

But when she went to ask the girl, she learned that she had seen someone who looked very much like Mitsuhiko, wearing a hat and carrying a backpack, board the bus.

"Young lady, are you sure you really saw it?"

Because it was late at night, the girl had already gone home. Kazama Kaoru brought such a large group of people to her house in a menacing manner to inquire about her affairs. The girl was a little scared and her speech was somewhat incoherent.

"It should be, because I was wondering why Mitsuhiko didn't come today, and then when I went to the flower shop, I saw someone who looked a lot like Mitsuhiko's younger brother. He was wearing a hat and carrying a small backpack, looking like he was going on a long trip, and he also had a strange smell on him."

"A strange smell?"

Kaoru Kazama expressed considerable curiosity about this information that he had not received from Asami.

"It's not really that strange, it's just that I smelled a lemon scent on him."

Chapter 426 Who in the world does not know you?

With this information, it becomes much clearer to describe Mitsuhiko's personal characteristics to others.

The second stop was the bus that the little girl mentioned, the one Mitsuhiko was on.

Fortunately, it's 9:30 now, and there's still half an hour before the bus stops running.

Moreover, the driver hadn't changed, and his memory was excellent; he clearly remembered that during the day, a boy who smelled of lemons boarded the bus.

But what happened after that is unclear. After all, the daily traffic volume would be terrifying, and if it weren't for the peculiar smell, it probably wouldn't have left an impression on the drivers.

The third stop was the high-speed rail ticket hall; I don't know if it was the protagonist's halo at work.

This little kid is asking everyone he knows.

The bespectacled male ticket seller remembered very clearly that Mitsuhiko ran away in a great hurry after buying the ticket.

It was as if someone was chasing him.

"He's so young, he couldn't possibly be in debt to loan sharks, could he?"

Kaoru Kazama stroked his chin thoughtfully. As for them now, they had already boarded the high-speed train bound for Gunma Prefecture.

Resting is out of the question; it's already night.

If Mitsuhiko really went to the deep mountains and forests of Gunma Prefecture, let alone finding him, it's probably unrealistic for the group of them to even go in and search for him.

But now that we've come this far, there's no turning back.

Moreover, they don't have to use the most rudimentary methods to find Mitsuhiko's location.

The reason they went to such lengths to get close to him was to make Conan's tracking glasses work.

Although the doctor's glasses are made with very advanced technology, they can receive the detective's armband signal within a range of 20 kilometers.

However, the distance between Tokyo and Gunma Prefecture is not just twenty kilometers.

Therefore, they had to go to Gunma Prefecture no matter what.

"Was that where Numabuchi Kiichiro fled? I think the Gunma Prefecture police should still be searching for him in the mountains."

Kaoru Kazama, holding his laptop, typed for a while before addressing the group.

"Really? Then can we get rid of the police over there and help us find Mitsuhiko?"

"Yes, this way we can speed things up."

"However, I still don't understand what Mitsuhiko is going to do. The things those people said before were all very strange. It was about Mitsuhiko being scolded, and about some warlord from the Warring States period. It's all very puzzling."

Yuan Tai tried to summarize the information he had collected and organize it into a clue.

Unfortunately, his empty stomach didn't support this idea; as soon as his stomach growled, his mind went blank.

Forget about thinking, this guy is probably already doing well if he can even remember his own name.

Gunma Prefecture isn't actually that far from Tokyo, but the main problem is that they're still unsure exactly where Mitsuhiko got off the train.

After all, we can't just rely on the ticket seller's word to conclude that Mitsuhiko definitely went to Gunma Prefecture.

So they went out and asked around at all the booths they stopped at.

Perhaps it was truly the protection of a C-level protagonist's halo, but at the last stop of the bus, the ticket seller, who was about to go off duty, said that she still remembered this child.

Because the tickets are manually checked here, very few people come.

The ticket seller had a vivid memory of the child with such distinctive features.

It is said that Mitsuhiko's demeanor was rather timid and he kept hiding along the way, only getting off after everyone had left.

This coincides with the testimony of the ticket seller earlier. Mitsuhiko must have come to this place for some reason, and it's probably something he doesn't want to do.

Otherwise, even though this guy is a bit shy, he wouldn't be so timid as to be timid and hesitant.

As for the previous speculation that Mitsuhiko traveled a long way to deliver food to the escaped Numabuchi Kiichiro, it was just a joke.

After all, where are we going to find a computer in this remote mountain forest?

According to information obtained from the Gunma Prefecture website, Kiichiro Numabuchi was likely still handcuffed when he fled, so he couldn't have gone far.

This significantly reduced the threat to Mitsuhiko.

Furthermore, the Gunma Prefectural Police are still searching for this guy, and taking action against Mitsuhiko would undoubtedly increase the likelihood of him being exposed.

After Kaoru Kazama told Asami about this, Asami's expression relaxed considerably.

"Conan, how's the situation?"

Kaoru Kazama looked down at Conan, who was fiddling with his glasses as soon as he got out of the car, and asked.

"No problem, Mitsuhiko's location has been revealed; he's inside this mountain."

Conan looked up at Kaoru Kazama and answered. She could clearly see the route map on Conan's glasses, as well as the small red dot flashing in the center.

This red dot represents Mitsuhiko's location.