The balding man flipped through his schedule and sighed. "It's the same this time. We urgently need that software, but he's hiding so well we can't find a trace of him."
Another, younger man complained to Jiang Xia, "Actually, we tried asking the police for help before, but they said this sort of thing wasn't their responsibility and told us not to waste police force resources—now you're the only one who can help us."
Conan: "..." So the missing person had run off on his own. This was nothing like what he'd expected. When he heard that the missing man was a programmer, he'd briefly wondered whether the organization had happened to abduct him. As he remembered it, the Black Organization had dealings with plenty of programmers.
But now...
Sigh. Looks like he'd overthought it.
Still, it wasn't like he had anything better to do. Following Jiang Xia around to solve a few boring cases was better than staying home with nothing to do.
Thinking like this, Conan didn't leave. He sat nearby and began pondering how to find someone who had deliberately gone missing.
Seeing that Jiang Xia hadn't refused, the balding man immediately assumed the young detective had accepted the commission. He hastily took out a business card and said to Jiang Xia, "If you find him, please contact me immediately."
"What do you mean, contact you immediately?" The mushroom-haired man was startled. He grabbed the man's hand. "Our company invested the most, so I should be the first one informed when he's found!"
The young man on the other side also grew anxious. "We were the first ones to approach that guy. First come, first served—I should be the first to know!"
Jiang Xia sipped his juice and leisurely waited for them to finish arguing.
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