Just as Ran was grumbling inwardly, Koichi Zenigata arrived at the restaurant and asked Kuroba Kaito, who was disguised as a young maid, for a cup of coffee.
Kuroba Kaito turned around, intending to play his maid role properly and serve the strange-looking uncle like a real maid would.
Then he suddenly felt as though something had disappeared.
"Seems like that guy who looks like a monkey suddenly vanished?"
While this little maid version of him had not been paying attention, Lupin the Third, who had been locked in a love-hate struggle with Zenigata for who knew how many years, sensed Zenigata's presence and immediately ducked beneath the table with Daisuke Jigen beside him.
The entire sequence was smooth as flowing water, as though they had never been there at all.
Except for the steak Lupin had taken down with him.
There was no need for Fujino to get involved in the entanglement between Uncle Zenigata and Lupin.
Naturally, Ran and the others felt the same way.
After everyone left the restaurant, Conan suddenly suggested investigating the rooms where the Prince and Queen had lived before their deaths.
Fujino glanced at him. "Why are you going to search the rooms where the Prince and Queen lived before they died?"
"Of course it's to see whether there are any clues in their rooms!"
Conan spoke with the expression of a child. "Think about it, Brother Fujino. Whenever you, Uncle Mori, and Inspector Megure encounter cases like this, don't you always go take a look at the victim's residence?"
Mori Kogoro was relatively easy to persuade. He nodded thoughtfully. "If we go to the Queen's room, we might indeed find some clues."
Ran considered it for a moment. She felt that searching someone's room certainly required the consent of their family, especially