Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko decided to help Toyama Kazuha look for it.
Seeing that the detectives had no intention of going inside, Mouri Ran handed her umbrella to Hattori Heiji nearby and followed them in. The three girls quickly disappeared into the shop.
There was suddenly much more room beneath the umbrella.
Hattori Heiji and Conan let out relieved sighs. When they looked up, they suddenly noticed Jiang Xia gazing thoughtfully in a certain direction.
"What is it?"
The two of them looked over as well, then paused slightly.
They saw several familiar people—the "Toyotomi Hideyoshi Cosplay travel group" they had run into that morning when they arrived at the Tenshukaku.
The four middle-aged people were still wearing badges bearing the family crests of various famous figures, but their demeanor was different from before.
They had lost their earlier leisureliness and looked confused and anxious as they huddled together to discuss something.
"Not on the south side? Then I'll check the other side."
"I already looked over there. Didn't see anyone."
"Did you check the restrooms?"
"Of course. I even swallowed my pride and asked in every stall. No one."
—It sounded like someone had gone missing.
Detectives could never refuse a topic like that.
That morning, Hattori Heiji had found the cosplay strange and wanted to avoid these people. But now, he couldn't help approaching them and asking, "What happened?"
Conan was much more direct. "Did one of your companions disappear?"
The "Lord" wearing Oda Nobunaga's family crest looked at them and sighed. "'Toyotomi Hideyoshi' is missing. Around the time we ran into you, he got a call and said someone was looking for him. Then he never showed up again."
Beside him, the woman who had drawn the role of "Nene" looked at her wristwatch and frowned