The thief turned at sudden voice, smiling at the other and resisting the urge to take a few steps away. While she was normally a nice girl, knowing what she could do with karate always kept him wary, even if he’d never actually been on the receiving end…
“Hmm? I wasn’t aware you were looking for me, ojou-san. Do you need something?”
“I-it happened this morning.. I even tried to call Hatori-kun but he is not picking up his phone either..” she explained as tears streamed down her face.
“I just don’t understand what is happening.. you are the only one i could think of since my dad is drunk and no help!”
Tantei-han may be involved? And they’re both not answering her…. this may not be good…
Kid tried to push that thought to the side for now. There was always the chance the two might not be connected. And if something really bad had happened, there would have been word of it by now… Though, he did wonder why she’d get so worried to have called the other detective so soon… If it was just Conan missing, there could have been any number of reasons to why he wouldn’t answer. A cause for some concern, yes, but not so much to contact someone who rarely got to see him. Why call the Osakan specifically? And then come to find a thief? If she really didn’t understand, why would she go to such lengths?
All the questions running through the thief’s mind were hidden behind a gentle smile, though. To get anywhere, he’d need to try and calm the other. He leaned forward slightly, so that he was eye-level with her, and lightly put a hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure they’re okay. They likely just got caught up in a case. But if we’re going to find out where, we need to be level-headed, ojou-san.” The smile grew a bit wider. “You’ve been around detectives long enough to have learned that. Did tantei-kun say he was going anywhere? And aside from him saying he’s with Kudo-kun, was there anything else in your conversation that might tell us anything?”
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