Chapter 920: The Possessed God
"How short-sighted are you..." Suzuki Sonoko sighed helplessly, "That's Conan, this talented Mouri Kogoro."
"Oh, I'm sorry for being rude," Hondo Eiyu took his glasses and put them on, finally looking in the right direction, "Detective Mori! Hello, my name is Hondo Eiyu, this is the first time we meet, please take care of me - ah! "
He bowed, and this time he knocked against the bookshelf behind him, knocking the box off the top and hitting him on the head.
The scattered items in the box fell to the floor. Not long after he stood up, Hondo Eyou immediately covered his head and squatted down again.
"...I mean, why do you keep calling him 'that kid' or 'that kid'?" The corners of Mouri Kogoro's mouth twitched, making me think he was some kind of cute little girl.
Seeing him like this, after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't seem to find a better name.
"It's just a little slow, and the other thing is that I'm not very responsive..." Mao Lilan remembered the collision with Bentang Yingyou in the morning and shook her head.
She now understood a little bit what this man meant by wanting to borrow some luck.
If you think about it seriously, apart from being a little familiar, Hondo Eiyou didn't show anything inappropriate, but since the first meeting with him in the morning, almost every move this guy makes can easily trigger a series of situations.
"As I said, I'm not slow, I'm just very unlucky." Eiyu Hondo retorted, "I'm the kind of person who takes photos with everyone, and what I capture is always the moment when I can't open my eyes. Ah, it's just like that It’s like being rejected by the gods.”
Suzuki Sonoko looked at him and shrugged.
How can I put it this way, if this experience was a girl, it seems that this experience could be used to make a TV series or something, but if it happened to a boy, it would be difficult for the TV series to be a hit.
"That's why I want to see you so much!" After saying this, Yingyou, the first hall, raised his head again as if he suddenly became excited.
"Ah? Why?" Mouri Kogoro, who didn't understand the causal relationship, looked over in confusion.
"I would like to ask you to share some good luck with me!" I, Yingyou, said with a serious face, "Don't you often solve all kinds of shocking mysteries while sleeping? This kind of luck cannot be better!"
Mouri Kogoro's eyes twitched.
This is no different from pointing at his nose and saying that he became a famous detective by picking up leaks.
As if he didn't understand the air at all, the smile on Yingyou's face did not change at all: "At that time, there must be a god possessing you, right?"
The possessed god who was observing him couldn't control it, his expression stiffened, and he quickly held up his glasses to cover it up.
It sounds very nonsensical, and even somewhat weak when it comes to Mouri Kogoro, but these words actually hit the essence of Moori Kogoro.
"Hey, Hondo-kun, my dad is indeed called the 'Sleeping Mouri Kogoro', but that's just a gesture of his reasoning, as if he's fallen into a deep sleep, lowering his head in thought. It doesn't mean that he really I mean sleeping..." Mao Lilan was not very confident, but she still retorted as loudly as possible.
The aura from the "god" on his father's body is indeed not Kogoro Mori's own ability, but it is the most important disguise for Conan now.
For everyone's sake, this secret should not be discussed publicly.
"But," Hondo Yingyu turned to look at her and nodded his chin in confusion, "I have read all the interviews of Detective Maori. Did I say that I am his fan. Detective Maori always said that he 'I can't remember', 'Ask the police for specific details', etc..."
"That's just a humble comment." Mao Lilan raised a finger to stop him from continuing, "Besides, there are many things that cannot be said to reporters. How can it be possible to directly disclose the specific facts of a criminal case that has not been officially closed? Publicizing it won’t do much good.”
When telling this lie, Mao Lilan's face became calm again.
Although this has not happened in the past, she has actually rehearsed the doubts about her father and Conan's identity many times in her mind.
No matter what, when he was the sleeping Mouri Kogoro, his father did not know anything about the real case, and he was just pretending to be a case with a stubbornness that could not lose face.
A detective who has a vague memory of the tricks and puzzles he has carefully solved and even the specific facts of the case must be easily suspected.
So after accepting the truth about her identity, she struggled for a long time. Finally, after several discussions with Tangze, she settled on this rhetoric.
"Hey, but I think Mihua's reporters don't have any scruples when reporting cases..." I didn't expect to get such an answer, and I was a little stunned.
"That's because they are reporters." Mao Lilan stood up again. "The duty of reporters is to follow the news. They can indeed ignore the difficulty of handling criminal cases and pursue showing as many sensational details as possible, but detectives cannot."
"Xiaolan..." Mouri Kogoro looked at his daughter's back blankly.
"And my dad doesn't remember everything, he remembers everything!" Mao Lilan cleared her throat and immediately added, "'It's just that mature men shouldn't talk about their achievements.' Haven't you all seen his interviews? Is that what he said?"
"That's true..." Hontang Yingyou seemed to be convinced by her, nodded slowly, and did not dwell on this issue anymore.
He did not continue to ask, but Conan observed the expression on his face with fear.
The reasons given by Xiaolan are sufficient and can answer many people's questions, but for those who have noticed the abnormalities of Mouri Kogoro, this kind of argument is obviously ineffective.
Here comes a tough guy.
Why did he directly target Mouri Kogoro? Did he discover some special problem or become suspicious of something?
"But no matter what, I long for the 'Sleeping Mouri Kogoro'. Please, please let me see it!" Hondo Eiyu quickly turned around and looked at Moori Kogoro, approaching with a shining expression. "Grant your fans' wishes, Detective Mori!"
"Even if you say so..." Mouri Kogoro raised his eyebrows strangely, took out the booklet from his chest and flipped through it, "The only commissions I have in hand now are an affair investigation that needs to be carried out, and the search for the identity of the stalker. Already..."
As we all know, sleeping Kogoro Mouri only appears when facing difficult cases where the police are helpless, that is, various complicated murder cases. In an ordinary environment, it is definitely useless to just pose.
"It doesn't matter, I have been reading your reports. According to the rules, almost every three days, you will encounter an unexpected case, receive a request for help from the police or accidentally bump into it... If you don't meet it today, then tomorrow Well!"
"You, are you really a fan? Please give me something good..."
"that……"
Just as there was a commotion in the house, a strange male voice came from the open door behind them.
"Is this the Mori Detective Agency?"
It’s this standard line again.
Everyone in the room turned their heads and looked over.
"I have a matter I want to entrust to you..."
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"...Yes, yes, yes. I know, I really caused you trouble."
After hanging up the phone, Karasawa looked at the two slightly nervous girls standing in front of him, raised his hand and patted Koshimizu Nanatsuki's shoulder comfortingly.
"Okay, it's settled. We will rent an apartment in 4-chome in the name of the firm, and then hire Miss Miyagi Kaoru to officially become the receptionist of Amuro Firm..."
"That's great -" before he could finish speaking, Koshimizu Nanatsuki had already turned around and gave the girl behind her who was wearing a mask to hide her face a big hug, "I told you, it's no problem. Akechi and Shin Bosses, they are all great guys!”
After adjusting his tie, Tang Ze met the girl's gaze and smiled gently.
Tokizu Junya's problem has been solved. Koshimi Nanatsuki's friend has officially been freed from murder suspicion, and no longer needs to be forced to stay in Shikoku Island to wait for arraignment because of the case.
This was a good start, but as mentioned before, it was already difficult for her to continue living in her original environment.
She was arrested by the police in public because of Junya Tokijin, and was later temporarily released due to problems with the chain of evidence. However, she still had to face the questioning of the police station and the prosecutor. In the eyes of the people around her, whether she had really committed a crime , actually it’s not that important. What’s important is that she was really arrested by the police many times.
"Maybe I didn't make any mistakes, but it was a problem." Once such an impression is created, it is almost impossible to get rid of it.
Koshizui Nanatsuki, who couldn't wait a day, decided on the affairs of the office, and immediately brought his friend who had escaped from death to Tokyo. But what he had to face immediately was that she had not completely recovered. After completing the process, the record could not be eliminated.
Nanatsuki Koshimizu was still a college student, so she could go back to the dormitory, but her friend's situation meant that she couldn't get the required certificates and couldn't rent a normal apartment.
Without a permanent home, or a landline phone, it is difficult to find a job, even part-time.
Therefore, Koshimi Nanatsuki had no choice but to find his future colleague again and asked him to find a solution.
"I'm really causing trouble for you." After getting excited, Koshizui Nanatsuki turned around and thanked her very seriously, "Xiao Xun's salary can be directly deducted from my portion."
"What is this? Our office already needs someone to work. I'm very busy, and so is the boss. It's not nice to have the door open all day long." Tang Ze laughed, "It's just a small favor. This is our deal. 'On the condition that you join us, I will solve those problems, it's just a matter of course."
Koshimi Nanatsuki's expression softened a lot, but he still shook his head and bowed very seriously.
"Don't take other people's help for granted just because we will work together in the future." Koshimizu Nanatsuki said very solemnly.
"Well, besides, Mr. Amuro and I have come into contact with people in similar situations to hers. Just think that we will naturally sympathize with the innocent people who have been wrongly convicted." Karasawa glanced at the Polo Cafe behind him, "As for the time If you need legal assistance in Tianjin, you can call this number. Their foundation has assisted many victims in similar situations and is very experienced.”
Koshimizu Nanatsuki took it, carefully wrote down the word "Suzuki" on the business card, and put it away properly.
"Okay, the contract that needs to be signed and the procedures that need to be completed are almost done." Looking at his watch, Tang Ze added, "The landlord will contact you soon. I have something else to do..."
As he said this, an excited shout came from the top of the stairs.
"Are you entrusted with solving the incident?! Great!"
The three people standing below all looked up, and could only see the bearded man with curly hair being dragged into the office in a daze.
"Okay, don't worry about us." Nanatsuki Koshimizu waved her hand, "But you, you have been standing here for so long, why don't you go up?"
The reason why they came to Polo Cafe was because Amuro Toru was here. Whether it was signing a contract of entrustment or signing a formal office, they still had to go through the process with this genuine boss.
But she was not very clear why they had to stand downstairs and chat awkwardly.
"The right timing is sometimes more important than doing the right thing." After answering ambiguously, Tang Ze waved his hand and watched the two girls who finally struggled out of the original quagmire leave together, and then he slowly put on his coat.
Glancing at the dark corner of the opposite street from the corner of his eye, Tang Ze confirmed that the "observer" had seen everything he needed to see clearly, and then he slowly stepped on the stairs and walked into the second floor of the Mori Detective Agency, which he was already familiar with.
When his figure completely disappeared in the stairwell, Mizuno Reina, who was clinging to the wall, took a breath, then raised her head, looked through the windows next to the office door, and tried to find the figure she saw with a shocked and terrified look.
There was no mistake, that face, that expression...
Even if she hadn't seen him for many years, she couldn't forget such a face that looked like her own.
Why did Eiyou come here! And he appeared in front of Kumail!
What to do, how to avoid Kumail's attention...
No, on the contrary, maybe Kumail had already discovered him, so he stood on the street and talked and laughed with the new girl he met, like a cat playing with a mouse, calm and relaxed, as if he was afraid that no one would notice him.
"This, troublesome, stupid boy..." Mizuno Reina gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and secretly made up her mind.
The most accurate conclusion she could draw from recent investigations was that Kumail's actions, no matter how crazy they looked, were also very purposeful inside.
He would not make such threats without reason. If he acted like this in front of her, it meant that "Rena Mizunashi" or "Kil" was an object worth his trouble to calculate and tease. He must have some plan.
She couldn't lose her composure. What she should do now was to keep her mind steady and wait for this shrewd detective who was always difficult to deal with to give her a clear request.
Be careful, be more careful, she must be more careful...
One mistake, all the past efforts will go to waste, and she can't lose another loved one...