Chapter 4: The Idol Mandate
"Knock Knock Knock !!"
Listening to the knock on the door, Mao Lilan looked helplessly at his father, who was already drunk and unconscious on the sofa, shook his head, and went to open the door. "Hello! This is a Maori detective agency, is there anything you can do? ”
Looking at the girl in front of him, Yamamoto Yoshitsuru couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's so beautiful! The dark brown eyes, with the jet-black flowing hair, casual and decent clothing, look so beautiful. Such a beautiful woman, coupled with the beauties he had seen in the world before, only the beautiful star he saw on TV some time ago could compare with the beautiful woman in front of him, and the others were too much worse.
Yamamoto Yoshizuru, who knew what place this was, guessed who the other party was when he saw the girl's age, so he smiled and said: "Hello, you should be Senior Sister Maorilan, I'm Yamamoto Yoshizuru, I don't know if Master Maori has told you about me." ”
Listening to his introduction, Mao Lilan glanced at him in surprise, nodded and said: "I'm Mao Lilan, you are the detective that my father said I want to learn from him for a while, how to become a detective, I thought you would be a child, I didn't think you were older than me." He stepped aside and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, come in first, my father is already drunk and is sleeping now." ”
Walking into the room again, looking at Maori Kogoro who was sleeping on the sofa, Yamamoto Yoshitsuru smiled faintly and said, "Master Maori and my sister have said that it's good, because I like the profession of detective, but because I don't have much experience, I decided to learn from other detectives." When I came to the office this morning, Master Mori agreed to let me study with me for the time being, because of my pleading. In the future, I hope that my sister will take care of it more. ”
Mao Lilan waved his hand and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Yamamoto, you still don't call me junior sister, I don't know how to reason, you can call me Xiaolan." ”
Yoshitsuru Yamamoto pretended to be sorry and said, "That's a pity!" It's a shame that you can't reason, Xiaolan. Xiaolan, don't call me Mr. Yamamoto, just call me Yamamoto. ”
"Sister Xiaolan, who is here?" A children's voice sounded, and out of the room came a little boy of about 6 or 7 years old, wearing a blue suit, a white shirt underneath, a red bow tie pinned around his neck, and a pair of gray shorts.
"Conan, it's Mr. Yoshitsuru Yamamoto that my father said when he was eating at the beginning." Seeing the boy, Mao Lilan walked over with a smile, led the boy and walked over, "Yamamoto, this is Edogawa Conan, and he is temporarily living here, and I want you to take care of him more in the future." ”
Although Yamamoto Yoshitsuru knew the true identity of the little boy in front of him, he didn't show it, but lowered his body and said, "Conan, I'm Yamamoto Yoshizuru, and I'm here to learn how to become a detective from Master Maori." I need your care in the days to come! ”
"Hello Brother Yamamoto, I'm Conan Edogawa, and I need your care in the future." Edogawa Conan replied with a smile, and then asked cutely, "Brother Yamamoto, why did you study from Uncle Maori instead of those more famous detectives?" (In the future, when he appeared as Kudo Shinichi, he wrote Kudo Shinichi, and when he appeared as Conan, he wrote Edogawa Conan)
"Knock knock!!"
Hearing the knock on the door, Yoshitsuru Yamamoto, who was closest to the door, got up and said to Mao Lilan, who was about to open the door, "I'll just go and open the door." As he spoke, he turned and opened the door.
Looking at the woman standing outside the door, Yoshitsuru Yamamoto closed his eyes and shook his head, then looked again, it was still the woman, and immediately said happily: "You are the star Yoko Okino, right?" Nice to see you! Hello, Yoshizuru Yamamoto, please come in. ”
"Yes, I'm Yoko Okino, please take care of me!" Yoko Okino took off her hat and walked into the office as she spoke. The man standing behind her followed.
Looking at Yoko Okino who came in, Mao Lilan said in surprise: "No, why would an idol come to my house?" ”
"Xiaolan, why don't you go and make a cup of tea for Miss Yoko, what are you doing standing there." Unceremoniously said a word to Mao Lilan, and Yamamoto Yoshitsuru immediately said to Yoko No: "Miss Yoko, I didn't expect to meet you in reality, it's such an honor." ”
"Humph!" Seeing that he regarded the office as his home and unceremoniously let himself make tea, Mao Lilan snorted lightly, but still turned around to make tea.
Glancing at the sloppy uncle sleeping on the sofa, Yoko Okino sat on the sofa next to him and said softly, "Hello Mr. Yamamoto, I came this time to ask you for something." ”
"Miss Yoko, if you can, you might as well call me Yamamoto, that's what everyone who knows me calls me. It was Mao Lilan who went to make tea just now, and it was my younger sister, and sitting next to me was Edogawa Conan, a child who lived here temporarily. Yamamoto Yoshitsuru first introduced the next two people, and then asked, "I don't know what commission you have Miss Yoko?" ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man who was standing aside and did not speak lowered his head and whispered in Yoko Okino's ear: "Yoko, this detective is too young, look, are we changing detective agencies?" ”
Yoko Okino shook her head at the middle-aged man and said to Yoshitsuru Yamamoto, "I'm here to entrust Mr. Yamamoto to help me investigate the person who is following me, and I recently noticed that someone is following me." ”
"Someone is following you?" Yoshitsuru Yamamoto asked in surprise.
Nodding silently, Yoko Okino said with an ugly face: "Yes, when I returned home recently, I found that the furniture had changed, and some people sent me some inexplicable photos, and there were often silent phone calls, which was really scary." ”
Clenching his fists, Yamamoto Yoshitsuru said angrily: "It's so hateful, someone dares to do such a thing to the beautiful Miss Yoko, I must make him look good." ”
"If you can, we'd like you to be able to investigate secretly first." The middle-aged man standing behind Yoko Okino spoke.
Looking at the middle-aged man who was talking, thinking of what the other party whispered to Yoko Okino before, Yoshitsuru Yamamoto nodded and said, "You should be Miss Yoko's agent, right?" Don't know what to call it yet? ”
"Sakae Yamagishi is Yoko's agent!" Sakae Yamagishi looked at Yoshitsuru Yamamoto in surprise, took out a business card from his pocket, and respectfully handed it over. "Mr. Yamamoto, I'm sorry for this investigation!"
Looking at the respectful Sakae Yamagishi, Yoshitsuru Yamamoto took the business card, and with a joy in his heart, he asked the two: "Normally, receiving inexplicable photos and receiving silent phone calls is someone who wants to intimidate the other party in order to achieve the goal. Yoko-san, I would like to ask, how many people know your phone number and address? ”
Yoko Okino thought for a moment and said, "In addition to my family, there are only a few very good friends and some of the staff of the TV station. ”
"Yoko-sama, and Mr. Migishi, please have tea!" Maoliran said as he placed two cups of hot tea on the table.
"Xiaolan, why don't you have mine?" Seeing that there were only two cups of hot tea, and there was no share of his own, Yamamoto Yoshitsuru asked curiously.
"Humph!" Maolilan tilted his head to the side and said, "If you want to drink, pour it yourself." ”
"Mr. Yamamoto, I'll give you this cup to drink." Seeing this, Yoko Okino pushed her side of tea in front of Yoshitsuru Yamamoto.
"No need, I'm joking with Xiaolan." Yoshitsuru Yamamoto waved his hand, returned the tea, and said, "According to what you said about Miss Yoko, your family and friends should be excluded, so the people who do these things should be from your TV station." Of course, it is also possible that someone has obtained your address and phone number from the TV station, but this should be relatively unlikely. ”
Yoko Okino said sullenly: "How can it be someone in the TV station?" I have a good relationship with them, why would they do that? ”
Yoshitsuru Yamamoto thought for a while and said: "Miss Yoko, think about it, in the TV station, have you accidentally offended someone, or the other party has a competitive relationship with you, and you have unknowingly robbed the other party of some role, etc., after all, as an artist, it is inevitable that there will be competition between roles." ”
"By the way, Yuko Ikezawa, it must be Yuko Ikezawa!" Sakae Yamagishi thought for a moment and said with an affirmative face: "There is a TV series that originally chose Miss Yuko Ikezawa as the heroine, but later this role was replaced by Miss Yoko, I think she must have held a grudge because of this, and then did those things." Although she doesn't know Yoko's address and phone number, with her relationship in the TV station, she only needs to check it a little. ”
"Miss Yuko Ikezawa?" Yoko Okino was silent, not expecting that she had just gotten a role that belonged to her, so she did that and intimidated herself.
After listening to Sakae Yamagishi's words, Yoshitsuru Yamamoto nodded and asked, "Has the TV series in which the heroine is replaced by Miss Yoko already started filming?" ”
Sakae Yamagishi shook his head and said, "Not yet, the time is scheduled to start filming in 5 days." As he spoke, he suddenly realized: "I understand, if Yoko gets sick because she is frightened by intimidation or something, then the heroine will definitely be replaced again." And to take over the position of the heroine of Yoko, that Yuko Ikezawa is the most likely, so it seems that there is no doubt that the person must be Yuko Ikezawa. ”
Yoshitsuru Yamamoto nodded and said, "Mr. Yamagishi, you are right, it seems that Miss Yuko Ikezawa is the most likely at the moment, but the possibility of others is not ruled out. Until we find evidence, we can't jump to conclusions. ”
Yamagishi Rong said affirmatively: "It must not be wrong, it must be her!" ”