Chapter 62: The Birthday Banquet
Regarding Zero's birthday party, Two-Three and Maya didn't help much in the end.
The reason is very simple, when Zero informed Xiaolan, Yuanzi and others to come to their house to attend the birthday banquet on August 1, the enthusiastic Yuanzi lady immediately took care of it and chose the most upscale hotel to celebrate Zero's birthday.
Three days passed quickly, and during this time, Zero did not encounter any commissions, but there was a mention in the news of the case of two policemen being killed one after another.
On the day of August 1st, Zero took Ersan and Maya to the Rice Flower International Hotel booked by Yuanzi.
This is the most luxurious hotel in the whole of Rice Flower Town, and it is one of the top hotels in the whole of Tokyo. After entering the hotel, Maya, who had never seen much of the world, was directly stunned, and opened her mouth and didn't close it for a long time.
Zero didn't let Maya wear that psychic costume out, but asked her to choose another set from her own clothes, otherwise Maya's outfit would definitely get a lot of strange eyes if she wore it out to the birthday party.
The hotel has six floors, and the garden has reserved one of the best private rooms on the sixth floor. This private room is so large that it almost fits the lobby of some small hotels.
Originally, Zero thought that there would not be many people attending the banquet, but when he entered the private room, he found that the number of people exceeded his imagination, and while he was waiting in the seats, there were still people entering one after another.
Since it was a birthday party, his parents must have to participate, and it was the first time he met them after moving out of his parents' house, and he was also quite emotional, and sat with his parents and chatted with them for a while before the banquet began.
Xiaolan, Yuanzi, Conan, Xiao Ai, Yuantai, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi were naturally all present, and in addition to Xiaolan and Yuanzi on the side of Teidan High School, there were two people who participated in this birthday party, one of them was Eisuke Aizawa, and the other was a girl named Mirei Maki. Needless to say, Eisuke Aizawa said that Mirei Maki was a classmate with whom she had a good relationship in the class. However, when he was in school, he spent most of his time on Xiaolan and Yuanzi, and the only one who could be regarded as a friend besides them was Mirei Maki, which made Zero Zi reflect a little. Although Xiaolan and Yuanzi are important people, it seems that he shouldn't just focus on the two of them, should he take time to make more friends next semester.
There were a lot of people at Fudo High School who attended his birthday party, not to mention Ah Yi and Miyuki, and some people should have been in charge of contacting and calling them over.
Makoto Makoto, head of the Reasoning Research Department of Fudo High School, senior in high school, looks five points handsome and five points obscene. Maki has always looked at Ah Yi unpleasantly, but he has always been his own licking dog when he was in Fudo High School before, although he has never paid attention to him. It stands to reason that Ah Yi will not contact him to invite him, and it is estimated that he heard the news from other people, so he insisted on coming over with a dead face.
Ryuji Saki, although he is a member of the Reasoning Research Department of Fudo High School, is actually only in the third year of junior high school. Saki is plain-looking, wears a pair of glasses, and looks like a nerd, but his specialty is videography. Ryuuji has an older brother named Ryuta who is a year older than him, and the two brothers look very similar, and Zero mistakes him for his brother when he first enters the private room. Later, when I asked, I found out that Long Tai was unfortunately killed in an incident. In fact, the plot of Long Taihui's murder Zero also knew in advance, and when he transferred to another school, he specially told the other party to be cautious, but unfortunately he couldn't change his fate in the end.
Murakami Kusata, a member of the reasoning research department of Fudo High School, a sophomore in high school, has a somewhat handsome appearance. Murakami's parents are both lawyers, and he himself aspires to become a lawyer. According to Zero's previous observations, Murakami is most likely secretly in love with him.
Eri Miura, a freshman in high school, is a very cute girl. She likes her cousin Aichi and can be called Miyuki's rival in love. Emi has inherited the ancestral "treasure hunting" skills, and in Huaxia, he can barely be counted as a peer with Hu Bayi.
Yuna Mizuno, the girl who was bullied by Zero's rescue.
These are the students of Fudo High School who attended the birthday party.
Zero himself also invited six friends from elementary school and junior high school. Originally, she also invited Hongzi, but Hongzi was not suitable for such a noisy occasion, not to mention that she didn't know anyone who attended the birthday banquet except for Lingzi, so she didn't join in the fun.
There were also three people from the Metropolitan Police Department, Wataru Takagi, Renzaburo Shiratori, and Miwako Sato. Takagi and Sato also have an intersection with themselves, and there is a high probability that they were also invited by the garden, but Shiratori has never seen him, and he is probably not worried about Takagi and Sato going out, so he also followed him cheekily.
In addition to the above-mentioned people, Ah Yi's parents (his aunt and uncle) also came, plus Zero, Ersan, and Maya, there were a total of thirty-two people in the private room. However, this private room was very large, and the thirty-two people sat around two large rectangular tables, which were not crowded at all.
The banquet is about to begin, and Zero has left his parents' side. After that, his parents and Ah Yi's parents sat together and talked happily, and of course he had to be with his peers.
Now the question comes, Xiaolan and Miyuki both beckoned themselves to sit beside him, whether they should sit in the area of Didan High School or the part of Fudo High School.
Xiaolan and Miyuki are okay, with their personalities, no matter where they sit, they won't have any opinions. However, Eisuke Aizawa and Makoto Makoto both stared at each other tightly, and the two sides could be described as having a strong smell of gunpowder. After all, they are both men, who can't see what each other has in mind, and they are rivals in love with each other, and the sparks in their eyes are almost visible.
Makoto Makoto took the lead in saying to Zero: "Zero-class, we used to be members of the Reasoning Research Department, and we have a rare gathering today, so you should sit on our side." ”
Zero used to be affiliated with the Reasoning Research Department when he was in Fudo High School, and it makes sense for Makabe to use this as an excuse to ask Zero to sit on their side. When Magabe said this, he also glanced at Aizawa defiantly, which means that I have a bond with Zero Zi in the same reasoning research department, what are you fools fighting with me?
As a member of the football club, Eisuke Aizawa has a strong blood, how can he stand such a provocation, and immediately shouted to Zero: "Zero, sit here, we have watched the football game together." ”
When Makoto heard this, his face was crooked, let's go to the football game together? Isn't that just dating, it's much more intimate than doing club activities in the same club! No, what that guy said must be a lie, just with his virtue, how could Zero's classmates look down on him, let alone go on a date with him.
Looking at the two-for-tat, Zero ignored them directly, and instead took Ersan and Maya and sat in the middle of the junior detective group. It's okay to sit with the kids, and those guys won't be jealous of the kids, no matter how they are.
Regarding the arrival of Zero, Ayumi, Motota and Mitsuhiko are naturally very welcome, Xiao Ai is still indifferent, and Conan is noncommittal.
At the beginning of the banquet, exquisite dishes were served to everyone one after another. At such a top-notch hotel, the price of each dish is at least 5,000 yen. Most of the time in Japan is divided into separate meals, and this banquet is no exception, which means that 32 people are served for each dish. In this way, the total price of this banquet is ridiculously high, and it is only because the eldest lady of the garden will spend so much money for her friend's birthday.
Everyone chatted while eating, so it was not lively.
Halfway through the meal, Shiratori Renzaburo left his seat, walked over to Zero, and said to Zero, "Miss Kaneda, I have been famous for a long time, and I saw it today, which really makes the contemptible Shiratori Renzaburo feel very honored." ”
Zero responded, "Officer Shiratori is really overrated. ”
At the same time of responding, Zero naturally wants to check the attributes of the other party.
Shiratori Ren Saburo - Force: C+, Intelligence: B-, Intimacy: E+.
There's not much to say about the evaluation, and it's okay overall.
I only heard Shiratori continue: "The day after tomorrow is the wedding day of my sister, if I can, I hope that Miss Kanedaichi can participate in her sister's wedding with a good face." ”
Zero was a little puzzled, is Shiratori so self-cooked? No matter what reason he attended his birthday party today, it was the first time he met him after all, and he didn't have any friendship with each other at all, so he invited himself to his sister's wedding?
"No problem, I'll be there then." But since the other party invited him, Zero felt that it didn't hurt to participate.
"Thank you, Miss Kaneda." Shiratori said as he pulled out an invitation card and handed it to Zero.
It seems that this guy came prepared, so it is estimated that he may not be chasing Sato and Takagi as he just speculated.
After Shiratori returned to his seat, Zero thought about it again, Shiratori's family is also a well-known big conglomerate, although it is certainly not as good as the Suzuki Group, but it is still a first-line chaebol in Japan. Shiratori's smooth promotion in the Metropolitan Police Department is inseparable from the help of his family. In addition to having the connections left by his grandfather in the police world, his own reputation in the police world is also getting louder and louder, maybe Shiratori thinks that befriending him is a decision that is beneficial to him.
Anyway, Shiratori may have his own plans, but he's still a good cop overall, and there's nothing wrong with having a relationship with him.
Wait a minute, Officer Shiratori's sister's wedding!?
Zero recalled the news of the murder of two policemen he had seen in the past few days, and then suddenly realized that the case of Conan's fourth theatrical version of "The Assassin in the Pupil" had happened.
According to the original plot, the murderer killed two police officers one after another, and tried to shoot Miwako Sato at the wedding of Officer Shiratori's sister. Sato was seriously injured by a bullet, and Xiaolan, who witnessed the scene of Sato being shot, lost her memory because she was stimulated too much.
It just so happens that he still lacks a murderer with a crime level of at least A who needs to be arrested by himself, so he simply took the opportunity of this wedding to arrest the prisoner on the spot while protecting Officer Sato and Xiaolan.