While Haibara Ai secretly called for outside help behind the Detective Boys' backs.
Beside her, Conan felt that what she said made a lot of sense, so he lowered his head and asked through the Detective Badge, "Ayumi, can't you speak?—Tap the Badge once if yes, twice if no."
His voice was recorded by the Badge, then transmitted from another Detective Badge far away, echoing softly through the wardrobe.
Yoshida Ayumi's home.
After failing to find her phone, Ayumi had a flash of inspiration. Instead of returning beneath the bed, she grabbed Kamen Rider's alarm clock and hid in the wardrobe—since the criminal had already opened the wardrobe and looked inside, he probably would not check it again.
After closing the wardrobe door, the enclosed space and the familiar scent of laundry detergent let the poor elementary school student relax a little.
Hearing Conan's voice, Yoshida Ayumi felt around the bottom of the wardrobe, found a Hairpin, and used it to tap the Badge once with a thud.
The sound traveled through the Badge all the way to the classroom at Teitan Elementary School.
Hearing the clear thud from the Badge, Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko froze. "Just like Ai said, Ayumi's lost her voice!"
"Then why is she using the Badge to contact us if she can't speak?" Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko wondered for a moment, then suddenly felt that he understood. His little face reddened. "Ayumi must be too lonely, recovering at home all by herself, so she wants to hear my... hear our voices!"
"So that's it!" Kojima Genta found that perfectly reasonable. "Then let's say something to cheer her up!"
He was about to lean in to speak, but Conan stopped him. "Wait. I have a feeling something's strange."
Conan pointed at his Wristwatch. "It's clearly 10:35 right