Stay away from Conan

Chapter 522: Encounter in the bookstore

"Then let's make it simple first. Focus on the school and residence, and look for places nearby where you can borrow books. I think her method of borrowing books will also attract the attention of the store clerk."

Gao Yuan said analytically, and Miss Kyoko nodded in agreement.

So the two walked out of the room and returned to the car.

At the same time, Ousuke Gindate, who was locked in the car, seemed to have tried nothing. He just waited quietly in the car and looked at Takato and Miss Kyoko who came back with a look of resentment——

"Forcing your way into someone's home...that's not right."

Slightly helpless, Yin Tate Ousuke seemed to have guessed what the two had just done. He was a little depressed, but he still said so.

"But for being able to speak so quietly, Mr. Osuke understands our hard work. Thank you very much!"

In response, Miss Kyoko couldn't help but reply.

"But then, there will be something that needs Mr. Yinkan's help."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Have you discovered anything?"

It seems that he is still sulking, and Ousuke Gindate seems to have no interest in such a conversation.

"No."

Miss Kyoko looked at Gindate Ousuke seriously, and suddenly said aloud, but this could not help but startled Gindate Ousuke——

"Why?"

Completely confused, Yin Tate Ousuke made a confused sound.

"But just because there isn't, I need your help for the next thing."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but said:

"Based on Mr. Yinkan's experience, do you know anything about the stores or libraries nearby where you can borrow books?"

"What's the meaning?"

Yin Tate Ousuke still asked in confusion:

"What book are you looking for?"

"No, Mr. Osuke!"

Miss Jinzi couldn't help but said:

“We just thought that there must be other channels for ‘Last Word Girl’ to borrow books besides the school library, so we wanted to see if we could find that place in the surrounding area.”

"Huh? If we find it, will we know why she committed suicide?"

Yin Tate Ousuke couldn't help but said in surprise.

"Not sure."

"Not sure."

When Gao Yuan and Miss Kyoko faced this problem, although they had different opinions, they expressed the same meaning.

"Why……"

Hearing this, Yin Tate Osuke couldn't help but sigh in despair——

"But at least it's a direction."

Miss Todayko said:

"Furthermore, I also want to take a look at that comic book to see if I can figure out why the 'Last Word Girl' chose to use the lines in that comic book as a disguise for her last words."

"This is true...after all, it was a comic that was popular for a while more than ten years ago, but it seemed that because the style was too depressing, it was not reprinted. It is difficult to find preserved comics from more than ten years ago on the market now. Most of the completed comics are in dilapidated condition.”

Gao Yuan couldn't help but said:

"I can't find all the comic content even if I search it on the Internet, but I can still see the source of the few sentences the girl quoted."

"But what story does the entire comic tell? Why the girl wanted to use the lines of this comic as her last words is always a mystery."

Miss Kyoko said.

"That comic...is called "The Girl Only for Me", right?"

After listening to the discussion between the two people and their seemingly helpless appearance, Yin Tate Ousuke couldn't help but ask tentatively.

"yes."

Gao Yuan nodded.

"If that's the case, I know the comic is out there!"

Yin Tate Osuke said very seriously...

…

"Infinite Old Bookstore" is a second-hand bookstore located not too far from Sakuraba Girls' College and Hazuki Yageya. It is also the place where Yin Tate Ousuke used to work.

It was precisely after resigning from this second-hand bookstore that Ousuke Gindate entered Sakuraba Women's Academy and got a formal job.

But Yin Tate Esuke never expected that he would come back here again in this way.

Gao Yuan drove the car outside the store, but this time Ousuke Gintate offered not to get out of the car and go in to check. It seemed that thinking about the experience of resigning from this store, Ousuke Gintate was embarrassed to enter this store again.

So, Gao Yuan and Miss Kyoko got out of the car and walked into the store together——

"May I ask, has this girl been here before?"

Walking into the bookstore, Miss Kyoko looked at the room full of books and various rare old mystery novels. She felt as if she had entered a paradise. She plunged straight into the stacks of books and started wandering in front of various bookshelves to search.

In contrast, Gao Yuan first came to the counter of this store and saw that there was only one staff member - according to Yin Tate Esuke, this was the manager of this store, a man in his thirties. year old man.

In response, Gao Yuan took out his mobile phone, pulled out Ye Yue Yage's photo, and asked the store manager for confirmation.

The store manager is a gentle man with a bookish air, which seems to match the temperament of this ancient bookstore very well——

After hearing Gao Yuan's inquiry, the store manager pushed up the glasses on his face, looked closer to the mobile phone screen displayed by Gao Yuan, and then looked at Gao Yuan with a confused expression, as if he was asking who he was——

"I am her brother. She ran away from home. I and her sister are looking for her now."

Gao Yuan made up a reason at random and replied.

"Is your whereabouts unknown?"

Slightly surprised, the store manager had a surprised expression on his face and said as if he was very surprised.

"Yes, we are worried about her."

Gao Yuan, the store manager, had such a reaction that he couldn't help but continue.

"That's why I haven't been here recently..."

The store manager couldn't help but sigh.

In response to this, Gao Yuan immediately became energetic and showed a very shocked expression. He eagerly approached the store manager and asked anxiously.

At the same time, Miss Kyoko reluctantly looked away from the bookshelf with mystery novels, and turned to the bookshelf with comic books, looking for the target——

""The Girl Only Belongs to Me"..."

Muttering the name of the comic, Miss Kyoko bent down, pointed at the books neatly placed on the bookshelf, and moved them over row by row——

"Ah! Found it!"

Soon, Miss Kyoko found the target she was looking for on the bookshelf. Then she showed a surprised expression and reached out to take out the comic——

However, at this moment, a hand grabbed the comic before Miss Kyoko.

Because Miss Kyoko was in a hunched posture, she couldn't help but feel a little disgusted with the person standing behind her, reaching out to snatch the target she had already set her sights on.

Then he couldn't help but turn his head to see who this rude person was.

What caught his eye was a handsome young man wearing a beige suit and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses—

"Sorry, can you let me take a look first, miss."

Showing an elegant smile and seeing Miss Kyoko's slightly depressed pouting expression, the young man responded politely.