Chapter 919 Mouri Kogoro: We Are Both Uncles, but How Come There Is Such a Big Gap in Our Lives!
In the blink of an eye, Qin Zhibo took the little boy to another detective agency a block away.
"I sincerely recommend to you, the Maori Detective Agency."
"The famous detective Mouri Kogoro is personally in charge. Although the commission fee for the business trip will be more expensive, it should not be a problem for a child star like you..."
Qin Zhibo looked at the information above Jingchuan Hehui's head. Although he was only 7 years old, his main occupation was an actor, with a social credit of 6,400, so he should be very rich.
It's just that Qin Zhibo is not short of money now. Finding ways to handle more cases and gain some proficiency is the right way in the world.
For this reason, Qin Zhibo decided to introduce this good deal to his colleague Mouri Kogoro in exchange for Conan, the "God of Death" colleague.
I don't produce death, I'm just the transporter of death.
Kinukawa and Hui looked up at the office and thought it was okay.
As a child actor, he also consulted his friends in the industry about which detectives were better.
Okino Yoko’s first recommendation is Qin Zhibo, followed by Mouri Kogoro, both of whom are very good.
"But if we compare, Detective Qin may be more powerful, because every time the two of them meet, Detective Qin solves the case first."
This is Okino Yoko's evaluation of the two. Out of cash constraints, Kinukawa Kazuki directly chose a more powerful detective to solve the problem at once.
Yes, even though he is a child star, Kinukawa Kazuki is really short of money. All his money is stored in the agency, and the agency doesn't know about the fact that he came out to find a detective, so he doesn't have much money on him.
Thinking of this, Kinukawa and Hui nodded and agreed.
"Then let's go to this one. The price doesn't matter. I have plenty of money anyway..."
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Under the introduction of Qin Zhibo, Maori Kogoro received this "high-quality customer".
Not only that, because today is a day off, Conan and Mao Lilan are also in the office. It can be said that the buffs are full and everyone is gone.
"You can't be that child actor who acted in TV series and movies, Kazuki Kinukawa!"
"That's great! I met a real person!"
"You are cuter than on TV~"
Mao Lilan came over and knelt down, looking straight at the little boy in front of her, with a bright smile on her face.
Being so close to Mao Lilan face to face, Kinukawa and Hui were stunned for a moment.
Although he often visited the studio and met many female stars, he was still attracted by a natural neighbor like Mao Lilan.
"Alright, okay..."
Kinukawa Kazuki, who was being praised and pulled by her beautiful sister, also showed a somewhat shy expression and her face was slightly red.
Looking at this scene, Conan, as a "peer of the same age", also saw that this kid had a crush on Mao Lilan. He pursed his lips and turned his eyes away.
Why are all the kiddies these days so precocious? Not pure at all...
Qin Zhibo walked over and stroked Conan's head, comforting the jealous king.
"Actually, Conan is cuter, especially when he's jealous..."
When Conan heard this, he quickly raised his head in surprise and looked at Qin Zhibo who handed over the assist with protesting eyes.
Hello!
When Mao Lilan heard Qin Zhibo's words, she turned her head and looked at Conan in disbelief, "Conan, are you jealous?"
"No, no..." Conan blushed.
However, Mao Lilan ignored this weak rebuttal and commented with a smile: "Actually, Conan is also very cute ~ just like Shinichi when he was a child..."
When Conan heard this, his eyes lit up.
When I was a child, in Mao Lilan's eyes, I was... cute?
Although Conan remembers that when he was a child, he often tried hard to be a great detective like Sherlock Holmes and had nothing to do with being cute, but when he heard Xiaolan speak so highly of himself, he still felt warm in his heart.
"Alright, okay..."
Conan scratched his head, his tone a little twisted.
Being complimented by the girl he likes, Conan couldn't help but show the same expression and words as Kinukawa Kazuki just now.
Qin Zhibo looked at Conan who was gradually turning into a child, and he couldn't help but lament that playing another person for a long time would indeed change people from the inside out.
Just like Cheng Shi, after cosplaying with a woman on Moon Shadow Island for three years, even now that she is out of that environment, she still behaves like a woman, a kind that even Belmod can't tell.
If Conan lasts longer, will he still look like a child even if he recovers?
Or will as the body returns to normal size and a large amount of male hormones be secreted, the man's masculinity will be regained?
Let time prove this point.
"Okay, let's talk about the commission first."
At this time, it was Kogoro Mori who took control of the situation and turned the topic to the main purpose of the trip.
Kinukawa Kazuki came over and sat on the sofa, like a little adult, he took out a stack of postcards from his bag and put them on the coffee table.
The content is still the same as when Qin Zhibo was entrusted. Through these postcards, he found the woman named "Wenzi" who sent the postcards.
Mouri Kogoro, Conan, and Qin Zhibo each picked up several postcards and looked at the contents carefully.
The postcards seemed to be landscape postcards produced in a certain place. The sender on them was signed Wenzi, and there was no Ren or a sending address.
On the back of the postcard were handwritten words of encouragement to Kazuki Kinukawa and thoughts on the performance. It seemed to be sent by a fan.
Looking at the postcard in his hand, Qin Zhibo unconsciously remembered that there were also postcards sent to him by unknown people in his office drawer.
Those postcards are without exception Hawaiian scenery postcards, with photos of Hawaiian scenery in different seasons on the back.
But other than that, there is no text in the postcard.
Qin Zhibo once personally received a package of Hawaii postcards like this from the postman. The entire package of postcards was unopened and new.
At that time, Qin Zhibo observed for a long time and was confused for a while because he saw the water of the Pacific Ocean.
There was no "Fear in a Bottle" at that time, and I couldn't overcome my aversion to sea water, especially the sea water in the Pacific Ocean.
The strange thing is that although the postcards sent all the way from Hawaii are unused, the original owner of the body has carefully read every postcard sent before. The evidence is that there are slight marks on the paper.
According to normal thinking, maybe the original owner of the body used these postcards to relieve his homesickness...
If so, those postcards were likely sent from the body's original owner's family in Hawaii.
Back to this commission, the postcards contain photos of local scenery, making it much easier to find the mailing address.
"Judging from the photos on the back of these postcards, they should be scenic spots somewhere. As long as we go to the local area and investigate one by one, the answer should be among them."
"It's just that doing this will take a lot of time, and you may have to stay locally for one night..."
Seeing that Qin Zhibo spoke first, Mouri Kogoro also asked: "This seems to be a postcard sent by a movie fan. Are you sure you want to find this fan?"
"I see that these postcards are all dirty and stained. You probably don't care for these postcards very much, right?"
Mouri Kogoro also showed off his reasoning ability in a low-key manner, but both Qin Zhibo and Conan were surprised.
These stains will remain because you care too much and look at them repeatedly.
As for the dirty ones, they were probably tears or even snot dripping on them.
Kinukawa and Hui crossed their legs, their eyes full of disdain: "I can't help it, because I hate them, so I threw them aside..."
"Because these are not sent by fans at all, they are all postcards written by my mother."
"Your mother?" Mao Lilan said in surprise.
"Yeah." Kinukawa Hehui drooped his eyelids, "Six years ago, she cruelly threw me like garbage in front of the church. These are the postcards written by that woman."
After hearing this, Mao Lilan, who is very maternal, looked pitiful for the little child star.
"Didn't you find this place because you wanted to see your mother?"
Faced with Mao Lilan's question, Kinukawa and Hui immediately refuted.
"Don't get me wrong! I just want to say to that woman, don't want to recognize me as a mother just because I am famous now."
well said!
In his heart, Qin Zhibo agreed very much with this little child star's statement. It would be a waste of life to be born without raising a child. Leaving a one-year-old baby at the door of the church is more careless than talking about breaking up on the phone.
It's a pity that children are still children after all, and now he is at this age when he longs for maternal love.
If I were ten years older, I might not have any illusions about my "mother" anymore.
Regarding Kinukawa Kazuki's words, Qin Zhibo and Conan saw that they were arrogant.
Mao Lilan, who has always been kind, did not comment on this behavior of drawing a clear line with her biological mother, nor did she give any advice.
Ran Kogoro looked at the postcard and asked, "But it doesn't say she is your mother?"
Kinukawa Kazuki said with certainty, "It's that woman, because the handwriting on it is exactly the same as the note she wrote when she abandoned me, and the signature is exactly the same."
Mouri Kogoro raised his eyebrows and continued his analysis: "But there are postmarks from Hokkaido to Okinawa on it. So it seems that she quite likes traveling?"
Hearing Moori Kogoro's analysis, Kinukawa Kazuki's heart was stung, and his expression immediately changed.
"Forget it, I still won't look for that woman."
As he said that, his two little hands were about to collect the postcards on the table.
Mouri Kogoro stared, not knowing what he said wrongly to offend this little client.
He is an uncle, so of course he doesn't understand the thoughts of a arrogant brat. A mother would rather have money to travel across the country than raise him. It would be completely unnecessary for him to go all the way to find her.
At this moment, Qin Zhibo also expressed his new opinion.
"If it is a mother who has abandoned her child, her financial situation should not be very good, and traveling across the country is impossible."
Qin Zhibo's words restored Kinukawa Kazuhui's small self-esteem, and also saved the side mission he was about to get.
Conan nodded in agreement, showed the postcard in his hand, and reasoned: "Look at the scenery photos on these postcards, do they look familiar?"
"Look at this palm at the bottom of the photo."
The several postcards in Conan's hand all showed the same blue sky, but a bronze palm suddenly appeared at the bottom of the middle.
Mao Lilan came over to take a look, thought for two seconds, and said in surprise: "I know~ It's that place!"
As he spoke, Mao Lilan walked to the bookcase next to him and took out a book. On the cover of the book, there was a picture of a man kicking a woman away, while the woman sat on the ground and made a gesture of retention towards the man.
It also says "Atami Love Story" on the cover.
"These should be the statues of Guanyi and Gong!"
Conan nodded fondly, "This postcard should come in a set of four. The four together are the complete statues of Guanyi and Gong, but all the postcards use the blankest one in the upper left corner."
"If you are a rich person, you should be able to use all four postcards, instead of using this one that most people will throw away because it is too empty."
"And if you keep traveling, you should have postcards of scenery from other places..."
At this time, Qin Zhibo took over the conversation at the right time to prevent Conan from talking too much and being suspected by Mao Lilan, who would eventually put the blame on himself.
"The landscape postcard was only made from defective products from one place, but the postmarks were all over the country. This means that this person must be working in a certain hotel and asked hotel guests to help send postcards all over the country."
"Maybe she doesn't want people to know her current address..."
"Anyway, if there are no other problems, we can only take a trip to Atami."
After Qin Zhibo finished speaking, he couldn't wait to stand up.
But Mouri Kogoro was stunned for a moment, "Wait a minute, aren't you talking about the commission that was introduced to me? Do you want to come with me?"
Qin Zhibo nodded matter-of-factly, "Actually, when I saw these postcards, I guessed that the target was probably at a certain scenic spot."
"I just want to go on a trip to relax recently. I will go traveling and you will go to work. No one will be delayed."
Qin Zhibo said this in a leisurely tone, which made Kogoro Mouri a little helpless as a married man who had to go around asking for trouble.
They are both uncles, so why is the gap so big?
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Atami is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, in the northern part of the Izu Peninsula.
After taking the Shinkansen from Tokyo for an hour and a half, the group set foot on the land of Atami.
On the way, Mao Lilan, who had nothing to do, told Qin Zhibo "Atami Love Story".
In order to find a future, a man named "Guanyi" chose to go to Tokyo and kicked his girlfriend named "Agiya", but the two were still entangled under the influence of fate.
However, this story reads, "A Gong became the bride of Guanyi's immediate boss. On the wedding day, Gong met Guanyi. Guanyi saw the married version of Gong and was moved again. He wanted to take the bride to escape from the wedding, but his immediate boss was Take someone to catch you" and that's the end.
Because the original author died of illness before he finished the work.
The more famous statue in Atami is the heartless scene of Kanichi kicking his girlfriend away on the beach in Atami.
When Qin Zhibo heard this, wasn't this "the first sword on the shore, kill the person you like first"?
According to incomplete statistics, most of the people who were beheaded before landing were women.