The two detectives, one big and one small, were scheming against each other outside the room.
Inside, the Fat Woman sent away several Uninvited Guests, then sat back down in a huff and happily resumed watching the movie.
However, she had barely watched for long when her pocket suddenly buzzed—someone was calling.
"Who is it, calling at such a crucial moment..." The Fat Woman took out her phone and glanced at it, only to find an unfamiliar phone number.
She answered suspiciously. A man's voice came from the other end. "Mrs. Izuki? Hello, I'm Yamaguchi, a former tenant of Bright Apartment—you know, the one who arranged to meet you today. But you don't seem to be home..."
"Oh, it's you." Only then did the Fat Woman remember that she really had arranged to meet someone.
But he was just some poor bastard who couldn't afford a house and could only rent. How could he be more important than the movie in front of her?
She did not need long to weigh her options before making her choice. "Something urgent suddenly came up, and I can't get away right now. How about we meet tomorrow? I'm hanging up."
With that, she impatiently ended the call.
On the other end, Calvados, who had been stood up: "..."
Something urgent? What could possibly be so urgent? If he had heard correctly, that loud background noise on her end had sounded like dialogue from a Sakura Saburo movie.
"So your so-called emergency is watching a movie?" Looking at the carefully prepared gift in his hands, Calvados clenched his fists. "You actually stood me up over something like this... Bastard, just you wait!"
Amuro Tooru sensed that something was off and looked over the two seedlings whispering together. "What's wrong?"
Conan's heart skipped a