President Dejima watched his two subordinates chatter back and forth while he could only listen like an idiot. Unable to stand it any longer, he cut in unhappily. "When exactly did this happen?! How come nobody told me?"
The Headscarf Staff racked his brains. "It should've been right around when we converted this place into an office. Doing the math, that was probably about twenty years ago.
"To be honest, when the landlord came by, I thought he'd somehow heard about our renovation plans and had come looking for trouble. But fortunately, that wasn't it... Come to think of it, what had he come for?"
Even after all this time, an unsolved mystery still piqued people's curiosity.
"This Dr. Miyano sounds like he was being targeted by some enemy or criminal organization." Jiang Xia thought for a moment and asked the two office workers, "Did he leave any message for you?"
Conan had wanted to ask the same thing, and when someone else brought it up, he nodded.
But the next second, he snapped back to his senses. Why was Jiang Xia the one asking?! If we really confirm there's some criminal organization involved, won't Jiang Xia pursue the investigation all the way through?
...But this had happened twenty years ago. There were no leads left, so it probably wouldn't be a problem.
The Mini Detective reassured himself inwardly while looking curiously at the two office workers—he wanted to know the answer too.
Unfortunately, after thinking it over, both office workers shook their heads. "He only said he had business with the president. Later, when he couldn't wait any longer, he left. He didn't say anything else."
President Dejima was already annoyed whenever this matter came up. As the person involved, he was obviously the one most curious about it.