CHAPTER XXIV

"Knock knock."

Kawashima Esaki knocks on the door of the banquet hall.

He heard Officer Twilight's voice coming from inside, "It must be Officer Kawashima coming, I'm going to open the door." ”

In the next second, Officer Twilight opened the door and invited Kawashima Esaki in.

Bright crystal lamps hung from the ceiling, and the bright light sprinkled the young man's face.

The pearl-like brilliance fell on his black eyelashes, his delicate facial features seemed to be carefully carved by a medieval sculptor, his black hair was naturally fluffy, messy on his eyebrows and eyes, and the skin was as white as porcelain.

Although it was a private farewell party, he did not relax the dress code.

He wears a crisp thin black suit, a shirt that is buttoned to the top, a dark blue twill tie, and a blue dial watch on his wrist.

Compared with the public security police, the youth is more like a star who has broken in by mistake.

It's a natural thing to enjoy.

Everyone looked at the past in unison, and they were ashamed of themselves for a while...... What's that, they still have such good-looking cops in the Metropolitan Police Department?? I've never seen it before. They couldn't tell what brand of clothes Kawashima was wearing or watches, but they felt that they were worth a lot of money.

In the face of such a delicate and exquisite young man, I heard that the police rank was still higher than them, and a few rude criminal policemen who had drunk several rounds and were already full of alcohol instantly restrained a lot.

Officer Twilight introduces to everyone.

"This is Officer Kawashima Esaki from the Public Security Section."

"These are all colleagues from the Criminal Division, they are Officer Kazuma Minechi, Officer Takashi Araida, and Officer Ken Kunimu......"

There are so many people that Kawashima is too lazy to remember.

Fortunately, everyone was very good, and they took out their business cards and handed them to him, and Kawashima put a dozen or so business cards into his suit pocket, as if he had come to buy them.

He was not familiar with Mori Kogoro, so he randomly chose a gift that could not go wrong, which was a Fidel fountain pen, which cost about 40,000 yen, and it would not be distressing for Kawashima, who was about to run out of ammunition.

Kawashima Ezaki sat down, drank two sips of wine with Mori and Meto, ate some food, and suddenly felt his clothes being tugged.

"Brother."

Kawashima bowed his head.

Ten-year-old Shinichi Kudo was looking at him with a pair of large, clever eyes.

"Your gift to Uncle Maori is a fountain pen, right?"

While Mao Lilan, who was the same age as him, was pulling Kudo Shinichi's clothes, "Shinichi, you are very rude like this, how could you take the initiative to ask the guest what gifts he gave?" Dad will definitely scold you when he hears it! ”

"I didn't ask, I would have deduced it a long time ago."

The boy wearing the Teidan elementary school uniform with a pigtail on the back of his head was very unconvinced, his round eyes were upside down, and he began to explain how he deduced that Kawashima Ezaki's gift was a fountain pen.

"My brother's suit is a summer model from the French brand be just two months ago."

"The shoes belong to Ren's."

"The watch is an old Patek Philippe watch. These prove that my brother is a person who pays more attention to the quality of life and loves to use luxury brands. ”

Mao Lilan was still listening carefully to his analysis, but when he heard "love luxury brands", he began to call Kudo Shinichi's name again, and beat him on the head with his fist, "How can you describe a guest with such words." ”

Whoever hears it will be unhappy, right? There will be a sense of accusation of vanity.

Kawashima Esaki listened to it quite interestingly.

He sat sideways, his left arm resting on the table, the back of his hand against the side of his face.

The two ten-year-old children had not yet sat down, his chest was high, and the young man with outstanding appearance looked down at Kudo Shinichi, his glazed black eyelashes drooping, and the folds at his eyelids were slightly red reflected in the rich capillaries, which looked particularly lazy and sultry.

"It's okay, I'm not angry."

He said to Kudo Shinichi again, "You go on. ”

The guests made it clear that they weren't angry, and Mao Lilan had to withdraw his hand stupidly, but he still grabbed the corner of Shinichi's clothes.

Kudo Shinichi hugged his head and felt his head go bigger.

Lan's skills are getting better and better, and his strength is super terrifying!

"My brother doesn't know Uncle Maori very well, right? People like you, when they don't know the hobbies of the host's family, are likely to choose decent and infallible gifts out of etiquette. ”

"Coupled with the size of the gift box, and a little calculation of the salaries and bonuses of the public security police, as well as the consumption habits revealed by my brother, it shows that you have no concept of saving money."

"So I guess it's a high-end pen brand like Fielder and Freily in the box."

The boy stuck his waist and snorted.

"How? I'm right! ”

Kawashima Ezaki doesn't have a bad taste for lying and deceiving children, moreover, Maori Ran is the daughter of Maori Kogoro, Kudo Shinichi is Maori Lan's childhood sweetheart, he lies at this time, and when the child comes home and opens the gift, he will still know that his reasoning is correct.

"Field's pen indeed, indeed."

Kawashima Esaki has never met such a smart child, and he even knows fashion so clearly.

"My name is Kawashima Ezaki, what's your name?"

Kudo Shinichi was treated so solemnly by an adult male, and he also straightened his chest, "My name is Kudo Shinichi, I, I'm a disciple of Sherlock Holmes, and my dream is to be Sherlock Holmes in the Heisei era!" ”

"In the future, I may choose law or criminology studies, micro-expression psychology and other related majors, and the goal is to solve all unsolved cases!"

Kawashima Esaki: "......"

Kawashima Ezaki raised his glass and wanted to take a sip of wine.

But he held back for a long time, and he really couldn't hold back, "Poof-"

"Damn! Don't laugh at me! ”

Ten-year-old Shinichi Kudo, a fourth-grade elementary school student, was annoyed by Kawashima Laugh.

His face was flushed with anger.

Does this consumer maniac know that respecting other people's dreams is the most basic social etiquette!

Although it is only a soft laugh, it may make Japan lose the most powerful genius detective in a few years!

"I'm sorry." Kawashima Ezaki immediately apologized, but a big-headed pea diced in front of him was like a little adult, and he really couldn't help it.

The young man took a sip of wine to calm his mind.

The spicy liquor slid down his throat, and Kawashima Esaki felt his right hand on his knee being lightly pounded by Kudo Shinichi, and he looked over and saw that the boy was looking at him with "reluctantly forgive you" eyes.

Kudo Shinichi muttered quietly: "Forget it this time, don't make an example." ”

"Yes~"

After three rounds of wine, a large piece of wine was poured in the banquet hall.

All of them were red and disheveled, and Mori Kogoro's tie even appeared on his head inexplicably, tied like a bowl.

No one in Kawashima Esaki dared to pour wine, and the toast was also ordered, and after a few rounds, he drank a lot, but not to the point of being drunk.

The smell of alcohol in the air is getting stronger.

The young man frowned, thinking that it was time to take his leave.

Before he could stand up, Kawashima suddenly noticed that Kudo Shinichi was tiptoeing at the door of the banquet hall.

The door was heavy, and he fell backwards before he quickly opened a small slit.

"Why don't you call someone."

An arm in a suit stretched out from the boy's face, and Kawashima Esaki took Kudo Shinichi aside and opened the door to go out with him.

Kudo Shinichi looked at him suspiciously: "? ”

"What are you doing out and going to the bathroom?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to open the door later, and you'll stand outside crying."

Shinichi Kudo: "......"

It's really outrageous, this person.

The two of them stood in the hallway, on the left hand side was the small banquet hall where Mori Kogoro and the others were, and on the right hand side was a large ballroom, the heavy door was well insulated, and they could faintly hear a loud noise inside, but it was not a word.

There happened to be three people in the elevator.

At the head of the pack was the hotel manager with shiny hair, followed by two waiters.

They went to Sichuan

Shima Esaki and Kudo Shinichi walked to their side, and when they walked up to them, they stood still and bowed before pushing the door into the larger banquet hall.

The door opened, and the noise inside poured out unmistakably.

"My gold wire cat's eye necklace is gone! Thief! There are thieves among you! ”

Opal is a precious gemstone.

One gram of gold wire cat's eye can be sold for 8 million yen, and since it is made into a necklace pendant, the weight should not be less than 10 grams, which is 80 million yen.

The value is quite high.

Kawashima Esaki and Shinichi Kudo glanced at each other.

"Don't go to the bathroom, little detective?"

Kudo Shinichi could only compromise, because his ten-year-old body really couldn't push open the heavy door, "You wait for me for a while, let's go in together." ”：，，