Conan smelled the scent of a case and jumped straight up from his seat, asking Emoto Masashi, "Then that person must also know that there is only one child at Miss Emoto Aya's home tonight, right!"
"That... is true..."
Emoto Masashi looked at the elementary school student who had suddenly jumped up, somewhat at a loss.
Sato Miwako took over the conversation instead, shouting, "Aya, just in case, quickly make a phone call home to confirm!"
Emoto Aya hesitated. "I already called just now... but it kept not going through, which is why I'm worried about the child..."
"Then let's hurry home and check!"
"Chiba!"
"Dad!"
Sato Miwako stood up, wanting to call Chiba, and Ran also wanted to call her dad.
Then, turning back, she saw a group of heavy drinkers holding glasses.
Yumi Miyamoto lay flat on the table, fast asleep; Chiba held a wine bottle with a chubby, flushed face; and Mori Kogoro rested one hand on the back of his chair, held a stemmed wine glass in the other, and still had his necktie tied around his head.
"Let's go."
Fujino quietly stood up, picked up the suit jacket hanging on the back of the chair, and put it on. "None of you can drive since everyone drank, one and all. As it happens, I didn't drink, so I'll drive. But with so many people, including those heavy drinkers, one car probably won't be enough."
"Sato, you didn't drink either, so I'll drive one car, and you can drive the other."
Sato Miwako looked at the drunkards and could only helplessly nod in agreement.
They couldn't just leave Chiba and Yumi here.
It would be bad if the two of them ended up picked up off the street by someone.
They brought the heavy drinkers