"Excuse me, do you know this cat?"
"Have you seen this cat anywhere?"
"Do you know who the owner of this cat is?"
Harboring the sentiment that someone might get cursed to death, Fujino hit the road with the kids holding the cat, beginning the search for this chapter's victim.
After asking several people in a row, they still hadn't found the cat's owner.
Fujino couldn't help but feel a wave of relief.
In this situation, even if he did recognize it, he absolutely must not speak up.
If he spoke up, he'd probably get dragged straight into a bizarre murder case.
The kids walked and looked around along the way, looking just like they were on a field trip.
Fujino walked with his hands behind his back, following silently.
After all, some kind of murder case would probably happen pretty soon anyway.
If he didn't go leech some Detective Coins out of it, it really wouldn't be justified.
Inquiring all the way, the time gradually reached around noon.
Ai Haibara held the cat in her arms, while Mitsuhiko and Genta started complaining off to the side:
"Hey, Conan, did you mess up?"
"We've been looking for so long, how come we still haven't found the owner of this cat?"
Conan curled his lip. "How could I possibly mess up? If you ask me, it must be because the cat's owner just isn't around here, that's all."
"But that's just your deduction, Conan." Mitsuhiko suggested as he looked toward the group. "Do you guys think this cat could be a stray?"
"A stray?"
The group looked at him, and Ayumi asked curiously, "But it has a collar."
"Yet there's no name tag on this collar." Mitsuhiko brought that up, then deduced: "For example, someone might really like cats, but can't