Conan and I start the hell-level main line

Amuro brought a basket of bread and placed it on Edogawa and Mitsuhiko's table. He glanced at the two children and brought two glasses of juice.

Mitsuhiko: "Didn't we order beer?"

Amuro rolled his eyes at him, not showing any good attitude, "What are you drinking, little brat?"

"You...at least you're trying to warm yourself up. Don't you see it's really cold outside?"

"There's a fireplace in the lounge. Go and warm yourself by the fire after you finish eating." Amuro didn't say anything else. He turned back to the front desk and started sitting there sleepily "fishing" again.

Mitsuhiko was about to get angry when he saw his contemptuous look, but Edogawa, who was always rational and calm, raised his hand to hold him down and shook his head at him.

Edogawa picked up a piece of bread and started eating. "Thank you for the treat."

Upon seeing this, Mitsuhiko calmed down and started eating together. There was a sudden heavy snowfall tonight and he had been sleeping in the open all the way from London and was now extremely hungry.

After finishing the bread, Edogawa glanced around the restaurant. Some of the three people were still eating, like Liang, who was a businessman after all and had money so he kept eating. Others had finished eating long ago and had no intention of going back to their rooms to sleep.

Although it is only 10 o'clock now, it is windy and snowy outside and the temperature is too cold. Why not go back to the room and rest as soon as possible? But they remain unmoved.

Edogawa always felt that they seemed to only want to stay here and didn't want to go back.

Thinking of this, Edogawa walked to the counter. Due to the hotel's bad reputation and the snowstorm, no one would come now, so Amuro had locked the door to prevent the wind and snow from entering.

As for himself, he lay on the counter, feeling drowsy and unable to fall asleep due to the cold, and he did not go upstairs to his room.

Edogawa's eyes were serious: Strange, they aren't going upstairs? Why do I feel like they don't want to go upstairs?

Edogawa tightened his cloak. The cold really made him shiver. He walked to the counter and asked, "Hello, Mr. Amuro. May I ask you something?"

"It's you? Just ask whatever you want to ask, huhu." Amuro raised his eyes and looked at him, then continued to lie down with his head down. The cold made his breath white.

"Excuse me, sir, it's so cold, why don't you go upstairs to your room to rest, or go to the lounge and warm yourself by the fireplace as you mentioned."

Amuro didn't say anything for a while, but for these outsiders who had no idea of ​​the inside story, it didn't hurt to remind them. After all, they were just children. "As you know, this is the Missing Fog hotel. Too many people have disappeared in our hotel. Without exception, they all went to the second floor. Some people have never come down since then."

Amuro said, lazily raising his hand and pointing up, "So people who live here try not to go upstairs. As for why we don't go to the lounge, well, to be honest, because the murder happened there, the police said they would not let us in to protect the scene."

Edogawa glanced at policeman Kogoro in the restaurant, who was also looking at him at the moment. He immediately understood. Since we came here as detectives anyway, it was no wonder that Amuro let us in.

Edogawa thought for a moment and asked, "Then are we the only ones in this hotel?"

"There is also our store manager and a foreigner. There is a special room on the first floor. That is the store manager's room. He is resting in it. The foreigner is sleeping in a room on the second floor now."

"What, you didn't persuade him?"

"I advised him, but unfortunately he didn't listen. If he doesn't listen, it's none of our business."

Hearing this, Edogawa stopped asking questions, greeted Mitsuhiko, and walked towards the lounge to the right of the front desk. Just as they were about to go in, Kogoro's voice called them from behind.

"Wait a minute, even if you call yourselves detectives, I am a police officer. Do you think you can enter a murder scene without my permission?"

Edogawa and Mitsuhiko paused, and said, "Could you please come and help, Officer?"

Kogoro didn't know if he was influenced by the world, but he agreed without even thinking about it. "Well, since you are sent by Mr. Holmes, then fine, but the case has no clues yet, can you guys do it?"

"If you don't try, how will you know there is no clue?" Edogawa came to the door and was about to push it, but found that he couldn't push it no matter what. Is it locked?

Mitsuhiko: "Mr. Amuro, is the door to the lounge locked? Do you have a key?"

Amuro glanced at a door next to the stairs and said, "The key is in the hands of the store manager. Go knock on his door and find him."

Mitsuhiko noticed that Amuro was still yawning and sleepy. Remembering Edogawa's advice, he had to walk past quietly and quickly, and came to the manager's room and knocked on the door.

dong dong dong, dong dong dong.

After knocking on the door several times, no one spoke inside, not even a single sound?

"Mr. Manager, are you there?" Mitsuhiko knocked on the door again, but there was no response, so he touched the door handle and found that the door was not locked.

"Mr. Manager, sorry to bother you, I'm coming in." Mitsuhiko opened the door and found that there was no one in the simple room. There was an opened quilt on the bed, proving that someone had been lying on it before.

But the manager was not in the room.

Mitsuhiko said in confusion: "Mr. Amuro, the manager is not here."

"What, it's impossible?!" Amuro suddenly came to his senses and looked over in disbelief, thinking that this little brat was playing a trick on him.

"I remember the manager went back to his room two hours ago and hasn't come out since. How come he's not here?!"

! ! Edogawa also felt something was wrong, so he ran over and entered the manager's room. There was still light from a lantern in the room. He came to the window and found that it was very small and it was impossible for an adult to pass through.

Edogawa: "Mr. Amuro, are you sure the manager went back to his room and didn't come out?"

Amuro nodded affirmatively, "I'm sure. Two hours ago, I had to get food for that thug. He was so annoying. I remember it very clearly. The store manager just came back from outside and went straight back to the room. Not long after, it started to blow and snow."

"I heard you. You seem to be very dissatisfied with me." Natsume suddenly rushed out from the side without making any footsteps, and frightened Kogoro so much that he bumped into the ceiling.

Natsume: "Why, what happened?"

Mitsuhiko: “The store manager is missing.”

Natsume: "Missing? Maybe he went out..."

Amuro: "No, I have been at the front desk the whole time and have hardly left. The manager has not gone out either. If he had gone out, the snowstorm would have definitely caused a commotion!"

Edogawa: "This... is urgent. We have to go find him."

Several people had no objection, especially Amuro, who was the most anxious. The store manager was missing, so who would pay his salary this month?

But the first floor was so small that they searched everywhere in no time. Amuro also found the key to the lounge in the store manager's room. He opened the lounge, but there was no one inside.

Now the two little detectives have no time to pay attention to the murder case, and finding the missing store manager is the priority. But where is he?

"Maybe he's on the second floor." Liang also noticed the noise they made when they were looking for someone and said.

"Second floor?" Edogawa and Mitsuhiko looked towards the stairs at the same time, but Amuro and Natsume both showed some fear.

Amuro: "That shouldn't be the case. The store manager doesn't even dare to go upstairs at night except during the day. How could it be possible..."

Edogawa: "If there's no one on the first floor, then he can only be on the second floor. Mitsuhiko, let's go up."

Mitsuhiko nodded and was about to take action when Natsume said anxiously, "Wait, we really can't go up to the second floor."

Without looking back, Jiang Dogan said calmly: "If you are afraid, then the two of us can go up, and we won't involve you."

Kogoro is a policeman after all. If he is looked down upon by two kids, how can he put his face? "I'll go too."

Amuro: "I'll go too. There are so many people here, so hopefully nothing will happen to them all. Besides, that ignorant foreigner is also up there, so I might as well go take a look."

Liang: "As a businessman, how can you be so timid? Add me in."

Seeing that they all went upstairs, Natsume had no choice but to follow them, cursing, "Hey, you... bastards, this makes me look bad..."

This hotel has two floors, plus a small attic for storing sundries. The second floor is almost the same as an ordinary hotel.

There were less than ten rooms. Amuro took the key and opened the doors one by one, but still no one was there. He looked in the attic too, but there was no one there either.

All the windows of that hotel were special. They were separated by wooden boards in the middle, and the remaining windows were not wide enough for adults to pass through.

In other words, there is no other way to leave the hotel except through the main door, but Amuro never noticed anyone going out.

This is strange. It’s as if the manager has disappeared out of thin air in the entire hotel and cannot be found no matter how hard we look.

Could it be true... Missing fog, disappeared.

Amuro suddenly remembered, "Oh, there is another room, it belongs to the foreigner. I was sorry to bother him just now, now I have to go find him and ask him."

When they arrived at the door of the foreigner's room, they all complained in unison: This guy is really brave, but he still needs to go downstairs quickly, or he might get lost if he stays there for too long.

Edogawa knocked on the door and someone soon responded. When the door opened, a man with golden hair looked at the group of people outside with a vigilant look.

His expression was unfriendly and his words contained murderous intent.

"what's up?"

Edogawa: "Hello, we found that the manager is missing. We have searched the entire hotel except your room, but we couldn't find the manager, so we wanted to come to your room to check."

"The store manager is missing?" The foreigner's expression changed slightly. He was surprised for a moment, and then he calmed down again and didn't care.

"None of my business." Just as the foreigner was about to close the door, a strong hand grabbed the door and forced it open.

It’s Officer Kogoro.

"Excuse me, I'm a police officer. Please cooperate with us in the search. We'll be leaving soon."

The foreigner was a little timid, clenched his teeth slightly, and then took a step back, "You guys go find it."

Several people entered the room together, but there was still no clue of the manager. Not even in the closet or under the bed, they had searched the entire hotel, but there was no sign of the manager.

He didn't go out at all.

Now, even Edogawa had to admit it, and his face darkened.

The manager, in this hotel, is really missing.