2926 [Loss of Gun ×4]
"Alright, alright." The old farmer patted the falconer's shoulder firmly and comforted him, "Since the store manager's wife has said so, stop bringing it up again and again—she's the one most heartbroken by the store manager's death."
As he spoke, Old Farmer seemed to remember something and said regretfully, "Still, I really never expected our café to end like this."
"It won't end!" The store manager's wife sat up straight and interrupted him. "My husband poured so much effort into this place. If he knew that we chose to close the store after he was gone... he would be unable to rest in peace!"
She clenched her fists, her eyes filled with determination. "I can learn to hunt. That way, the three of us can keep the store running!"
Old Farmer and Falconer looked at her in surprise. After a long while, they both nodded heavily.
"This scene is pretty inspiring." Conan muttered to Jiang Xia as he quietly slipped away and went elsewhere to search for clues.
After a while, when they circled around to the front yard, they found that the falconer had left the store manager's wife and was sitting on the open trunk of a car.
The hawk perched on a stand beside him. The falconer stared blankly at it for a moment, then lowered his head and rummaged out a box.
He dug out a lump of ointment from the box and slowly reached it toward the hawk.
"Wait!" A voice came from nearby. The three high school girls had somehow wandered over as well. Seeing this, and recalling the staff's earlier speculation, Suzuki Sonoko immediately grew suspicious. "You're not going to poison this hawk, are you?"
"Huh?" Falconer froze solidly. Once he came back to his senses, he