Professor Agasa nodded and quietly explained to Conan, "After you left, I carefully checked every blank spot in that document again. Then I found that there was actually another passage underneath, following the mysterious woman's remarks about 'God, demons,' and things like that."
"It said, 'A cat meowed behind the woman, and the sound grew louder and louder. The woman hurriedly hung up the phone.'"
Conan sighed. "That alone can't prove the woman was afraid of cats—maybe she just found the stray cats outside too noisy, or her pet cat came over to bother her, so she hurriedly ended the call."
Professor Agasa paused. "That... does make some sense."
"Let's talk about something more certain." Conan scratched his head helplessly. "Haibara mentioned before that her father, Atsushi Miyano, was a scientist. As for that man..."
"Oh, him." Professor Agasa actually knew him. "I've met him."
Conan: "?!!"
Haibara was a member of the Organization, and it seemed the Organization had raised her from childhood. By that logic, her parents must have had deep ties to the Organization too—yet Professor Agasa had met someone like that before?
Thinking of his peaceful everyday life in the past, Conan slowly shuddered. Only now did he realize that beneath the seemingly tranquil surface, quite a few dangerous whirlpools might have been lurking.
He hurriedly asked, "Where did you meet him?"
Professor Agasa chuckled. "At a New Invention presentation."
Conan could not hide his shock. "I heard he was a mad scientist exiled by the scientific community... He actually attended a product launch like yours?"
"A mad scientist exiled by the scientific community?" Professor Agasa seemed puzzled by the title. He recalled, "But in my impression, Dr. Miyano was a very dignified man with excellent character—he was also one of the few people who genuinely