Chapter 33 Friend or Foe
"So, why do you say that you want to go to an amusement park and suddenly turn into an amusement city?And, crucially, how can you forget such an important thing, Xiaolan?" Mori Kogoro complained as he held on to the pillar on the side with one hand, his whole face already darkening from his poor condition.
An hour ago, just as we were about to call our three little ones to go, a phone call disrupted our plans. So, after a lot of scramble, an hour later we were already at a video game company. And Maori Kogoro, who was already hungover, got motion sickness unsurprisingly under the high-speed car.
"Ahh Xiaolan said apologetically. "But Dad, you're also at fault, it's clear that the person invited by the video game company is yourself, how can you forget it?"
"Sister Xiaolan, so, what's going on here?" Conan, who had been confused all along, finally asked.
"That's right, today the video game supervised by Dad is on the market, so the game company specially invited Dad to come. Xiaolan replied.
"Eh, Uncle Maori's video game?" "Well, I didn't expect this detective to have a really wide range of knowledge.
"Well, yes, the theme of this game is called Detective Mori Kogoro Detective Museum. In general, it is a mystery game in which a player finds a body in a mysterious room, and the occasional MΔori detective gives a hint and solves the case through reasoning. Lan bent down and explained to Conan and me.
"Oh, that's right. But does it really matter what the person looks like?" I nodded in understanding, and then looked to the side, apparently not in good shape, Mori Kogoro.
"Mo~ Who made him forget about this matter himself, and he ran out early in the morning to drink with people, and he drank so much when he just ate, hum, he really deserved it. Xiaolan said this, but still worriedly walked towards Maori Kogoro.
"Uh~ Actually, I just drank a few more glasses because I was happy, it's GIN, Vodka and the like......" Maori Kogoro burped dizzily and folded his hands.
GIN and Vodka? I pouted to myself, hmph, it's really some unpleasant memory. And Conan on the side also thought of those two people when he heard the names of these two wines: It was because of GIN and Vodka themselves that they became like this, damn it, don't let me touch you!
"Hmph, Dad, you're embarrassed to say it!" Xiaolan snorted dissatisfiedly, and then turned her head to look at the long queue at the storage place, "Ah~ But I really didn't expect that there would be so many people." β
"Of course, because almost all the big names in the game world are here. Mori Kogoro said as a matter of course.
"Ah, Mori-san, hello, I'm Hideaki Nakajima from heaven, and the video game of Detective Mori Kogoro Detective Museum was planned by me. At this time, a person suddenly said from behind me, and I turned around, a man who looked polite, "But it's really thanks to Maorisan, and I have completed a great set of video game software." β
"Nakajima, you're really good, if that set of video game software is planned by you. Another man's voice interjected.
"Ueda?" Nakajima looked at the man named Ueda in surprise.
"Hmph, using Maori detectives to design video game software is bound to make a lot of money, and I accidentally leaked it to you, and as a result, you came up with the same plan three days later, and you have already held a presentation meeting. Oh, you're really a genius at plagiarizing other people, whether it's a job or a woman. Are you right, Takeshita?" Ueda asked, turning to the man behind him.
"Well, ah, yes, that's all college days, I've long forgotten about it. Takeshita touched his glasses and said.
"Okay, I don't think I saw it this time, you seem to be cornered by the underground bank. Ueda turned his head and said maliciously.
"Hello, this is the identification number of the things you deposited, number 96, please keep it. "At the time of speaking, we were already at the front of the line, and the receptionist handed the number plate to Mori Kogoro and said.
"Oh no, it's getting late, we're going to get into the venue quickly. At this time, Takeshita looked at his watch and said suddenly.
"Ah, it's true, we have to hurry into the venue and prepare. Hearing Takeshita say this, Ueda also subconsciously glanced at the watch, and then the two hurriedly crossed Xiaolan to the front of the storage office.
"Hey, it's better not to cut the line. Nakajima looked at the two of them with some reluctance.
"Hurry up, if you're late, you'll be scolded by the president. Ueda said.
"Ah, listening to you say that, it's really ......" Nakajima was also a little anxious, hurriedly cut in front of the line, and then handed the box to the receptionist: "Please, don't make a mistake." β
"Ah, you all three use the same suitcase. Xiaolan didn't mind the three of them cutting in line, but looked at the suitcases of the three and asked.
"Yes, not only the suitcase, but also the tie and watch, this is the idea of our president, and he hopes that this will make our company more deeply remembered. Ueda explained, "But that's right, it's just a big and heavy broken suitcase, and even though I brought it today, it's probably the only one who plans to carry it with all employees today." β
"Uh-huh, what, isn't this okay?" Behind him, a person coughed heavily, brushing his sense of presence.
"Ah, President!!" the three of them were horrified.
"Why don't you three hurry up and go to work? Do you want to be deducted from your salary?" the president who was said badly looked fierce.
"Ahh
"Oh, Conan, Saya, you see, we just got the number 100 brand. Something good is going to happen today. "After watching a farce, Xiaolan also stored her things.
"Eun, whether anything good will happen or not, let's hurry up and get in, well, my head hurts. Mori Kogoro had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and now he just wanted to find a place to rest quickly.
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"Yo Xi! Win again!" After listening to the new product launch, Maori Kogoro hurriedly found a place to rest, and Conan and I were Xiaolan who played several video games with Xiaolan, well, to be precise, I watched Xiaolan and Conan play several games of video games, video games are such leisure and entertainment things, I can't play tragically......
"Miss Xiaolan, that's really amazing, your skills are very rare. Ueda, who was standing on the sidelines, stretched out his head and complimented.
"Well, really?" Xiaolan was even more excited when she heard this.
Then, encouraged, Xiaolan pulled us to another video game. Forgive me for not playing with this kind of thing, I don't know what it's called, but it looks like it's a test of boxing strength.
At this time, a young man was typing a value of 246 on that instrument, but this value is not small, after all, if it is an ordinary person who has no exercise, it will be about 100 at most.
"Oh, it's a pity, but if you can reach 250 or more, you will have even more brilliant colors. With that, Takeshita began to greet Nakajima again: "Hey, Nakajima, can you come over and demonstrate?"
"Look, Mr. Nakajima looks like he's going to demonstrate. Ran lowered her head and said to Conan and me.
With the sound of "bump", Nakajima really lived up to expectations and successfully hit a value of 348.
"Wow! That's amazing!Mr. Nakajima, have you studied anything before?" Xiaolan, who was already playing, stared at her in surprise.
"Well, when I was in college, I used to join a boxing club. Nakajima explained.
"Oh, by the way, Miss Xiaolan, would you like to give it a try?" asked Takeshita.
"Ah, I don't need to use this. Xiaolan refused with a smile.
"Give it a try, this will take the stress away. β
"Huh, do you want to take the stress away?" Xiao Lan seemed to think of something, and blinked.
A few seconds later~
"Hah, come back to me, Shinichi !!"
"Dangdang ......" was accompanied by a cheerful sound, and the value of 400 was displayed in the center of the screen, causing the onlookers to marvel.
However, I grinned, the value of 400, how did that person named Shinichi provoke her. Shaking his head speechlessly, he inadvertently turned his head, only to see a slightly familiar side face around the corner. Well, that person seems to have seen it somewhere.
"Conan, Saya, you guys should give it a try. At this time, Xiaolan had already taken off her boxing gloves, bent down and asked Conan and me.
"Well, I don't need it, Sister Xiaolan. "After seeing Xiaolan's terrifying explosive power, I don't want to humiliate myself when I become smaller.
"Heh, heh, heh, I think I still don't need it. That one. Sister Xiaolan, I want to go to the toilet. Conan smiled dryly.
"Ah, I want to go too, I'll take you there. Nakajima took the initiative to say.
"Well, I'll go too. I was still thinking about the vague familiarity in my heart, and I was not in the mood to play with Xiaolan for a while, so I casually found a reason to say.
"Alright then, you guys go. Xiaolan thought about it and agreed.
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In the corridor~
"Well, I'll see, the toilet should be in the ......"
"Ahh
Before Nakajima's words were finished, Conan and Nakajima, who were walking in front, were knocked down by someone who came out of the corner. The visitor gave the three of us a cold look, didn't apologize, and left.
And at this time, when I finally saw the face of that person, I finally remembered where that inexplicable familiarity came from. Fortunately, he didn't know me, and he wasn't a core member, otherwise this unexpected encounter would have been dangerous. But why are the people of the organization here? Could there be anyone else besides him?
"Conan, I suddenly remembered that I had something else to do, so go first, and I'll be back in a moment. I said casually to Conan, and then pretended to be casual and followed the man in black away.
Quietly following the man in black for a while, he seemed to have something next to a cupboard, and then he walked directly to the locker.
So, the one he took just now should be the number plate. I looked at the box exchanged in the hands of the man in black, and if I remember correctly, it must be the special suitcase of the Mantendo Company. Oh, it's interesting, is there anyone in this company who is doing business with the organization?
Wait, did that kid Conan notice something strange about this person? I stood behind the corner and watched Conan secretly follow the movements of the man in black and frowned, this kid, curiosity is still so heavy, this is not a good phenomenon.
To be honest, I really don't want Conan to have anything to do with the Order, and if he gets noticed by the Order, I'm in big trouble. Thinking of this, just as I was about to go out and call Conan back, Conan also seemed to change his mind, no longer following the man in black, but instead buying a drink behind the man in black.
"The transaction is done, you don't have to worry, Vodka, you also inform GIN by the way...... "Well? is it so blatantly calling? This person is really careless, and he won't know how to die in the future."
"Whoa......" Conan's sudden wallet falling to the ground caught my attention again, and I looked at Conan strangely, what would happen to his frightened expression?
ββ¦β¦ It's nothing, it's just the movement of a little ghost copper plate falling to the ground. The Man in Black also spotted Conan, thankfully he didn't pay much attention to it. However, Conan's next move really made my heart tighten.
"Now, uncle, I can't get my ten-dollar coin, can you lift your feet?" Conan crouched down and said to the man in black.
"Get out of here!" the man in black kicked Conan away, cursed, and turned away, but his behavior was within my acceptable range, forget it, forget it, just teach that kid a lesson.
Hey, no, wait a minute, there's a reflective thing at the feet of the man in black that caught my attention, and that's, the bugging device? When was it installed?
When I saw that Conan had started to follow the man in black again, I didn't think too much about it, so I immediately followed.
"Bump!!" Suddenly, there was a loud bang from ahead.
I hurried over, and at that moment, I vaguely saw a figure so familiar that I couldn't be more familiar with it and hurriedly ran out against the flow of people. I was shocked, and I didn't know if he saw me, you know, he saw me when I was a kid. Immediately, I didn't care about Conan's side, so I hurriedly and secretly ran out with Vodka.
"Moximosi, big brother?...... Well, I'm Vodka, and things have changed...... Well, yes, I'll report back to you in a moment. β¦β¦ Yes, okay, I'll go right away. With that, Vodka had already stepped into the car, and I couldn't get any further information. However, I still don't know if Vodka actually saw me, which makes me uneasy.
"Damn!" I cursed to myself, the surveillance here is very tight, and it is obviously impossible to steal a car with my current identity, is it just that?
"Taxi. "I stopped a car and hurriedly sat down.
"Follow the car in front. β
"Uh, kid?" the driver looked at me with a hesitant expression.
"Don't talk nonsense, keep up. I snorted.
"Oh, oh, got it. "The driver was startled by me and hurriedly started the car to keep up.
Unfortunately, after some time, a train happened to block the distance between the two cars at a train crossing, and I still lost it.
"Damn!" I smacked the back seat viciously.
"Uh, kid?" the driver looked at me weakly.
"Let's go back the way you came. Quickly calming down, I said to the driver.
"Oh, okay. The driver breathed a sigh of relief, are children so scary now?
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"Hmph, could it be that the bomb that exploded just now is the bomb I dropped? Heh, I deliberately made a scare document to deliberately create the illusion that terrorists are making trouble. "By the time I returned to the press conference again, Takeshita had already confessed to his crime.
Well, has it already been solved? I tilted my head, I solved the case really quickly, I really deserved to be a well-known detective. I approached the Maori detective in admiration, well, speaking of which, this is the first time I've seen the sleeping Kogoro solve the case up close, although I haven't seen the previous reasoning......
"That's right, it's you who should be damned, it's you who killed Yoshimi!" Takeshita's emotions seemed to suddenly get out of control, and he suddenly grabbed Nakajima's shirt tightly and roared. Then it was quickly controlled by the police.
"Ryomi?" Officer Mu Du turned his head in confusion.
Ryomi used to be Takeshita's girlfriend in college, but then she fell in love with Nakajima, and after Nakajima dumped her, she committed suicide because of it. Ueda explained.
"Well, because of luck, Mr. Nakajima was not killed," Mori Kogoro suddenly interjected, and everyone's attention was also drawn. However, I frowned, because of the proximity and the angle, I could clearly see that Mori Kogoro did not open his mouth, but the sound was indeed made by Mori Kogoro. This is, what's going on?
I took a few steps forward, and after changing angles, I saw something that shocked me, and that was, Conan?
"Mr. Nakajima, it's almost time for us to get down to business. Mori Kogoro's voice continued, but I could already be sure that it was Conan speaking.
If it was surprising to find out that it was actually Conan reasoning, then Conan's next sentence can be said to be completely terrifying.
"Who is the man in black who traded with you just now?" asked Conan.
"Well, that's ......" Nakajima hesitated, and didn't seem to want to say it.
"You've ruined the deal, and their gang will definitely come to you. I think you should be honest, and asking for the protection of the police is the best policy. Conan pressed closely.
"I really don't know. However, every time I traded with them, I was in the same place, in a bar called Cocktail on the top floor of the Daikoku Building in Rice Flower Town. Hearing Conan say this, Nakajima was also a little scared, and what he said didn't look like he was lying.
"Hey, Mori-kun, what kind of syndicate were you talking about?" Officer Twilight was confused and shook Mori Kogoro as Conan took the opportunity to run out.
I looked at Conan's back running away, and my heart was gloomy, this kid, listening to his words, seems to know about the organization. What does he have to do with the organization? And will he, to me, be an enemy or a friend?
Hmph, I see, the sleeping Maori Kogoro, is this how he came? Or is it just an accident? Heh, anyway, in the future, there will be time, isn't it?