In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 76 Cut off the beard
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the grand opening ceremony of the film festival finally came to an end.

Suzuki Sonoko, the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, did as she said at the beginning.

He came to Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki and took them to visit the film festival exhibition area.

"This film festival can be said to be the largest in Japanese history. In addition, the dinner will start at 6:30 in the evening at the Harbor Royal Garden, so we will definitely not be able to finish shopping today."

Suzuki Sonoko walked beside Akigawa Sosuke and introduced them to Akigawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki.

"The actors, directors, and screenwriters invited every day are different, and there are many new directors, so I believe that Mr. Akikawa will not get bored even if he stays here for four or five days."

“Besides, there are so many excellent works on display this time that it is basically impossible to view them all during the exhibition.”

"Bravo."

Akikawa Sosuke nodded and sighed softly.

He then looked at the group of people walking out of the exhibition area and asked curiously:
"Where are those people going? Aren't they planning to visit the film festival?"

"Oh, they probably went back to the hotel first. After all, the first three days of the film festival are only open to the media and industry insiders, so it's no problem if they don't visit today."

"I see. Thank you very much for your explanation, Ms. Suzuki."

"It's okay~ It's just a small matter, it's nothing!"

Although Suzuki Sonoko said so,
But Conan, Mao Lilan and others beside her looked at her with such pride that they couldn't help but curl their lips.

It is clear that Akikawa Sosuke's thanks were obviously very helpful to Suzuki Sonoko.

After being thanked by Akikawa Sosuke, Suzuki Sonoko was obviously more excited.

She turned and looked at Akikawa Sosuke.

"By the way, Mr. Akikawa, are there any works, directors, or actors that you're particularly interested in? I'll lead the way!"

"Hmm, I wonder if there are any works directed by Masako Saegusa?"

Although Akikawa Sosuke has hardly watched any movies since coming here,

But he still remembered the director's name on the rental disc he saw at the original owner's house.

"Director Saegusa, what an old name. I remember her having her works exhibited."

As Suzuki Sonoko spoke, she took out her cell phone and started looking for it.

After a moment her eyes lit up.

"Found it, it's a short play! It's called "Summer Dream"! I'll lead the way!"

Suzuki Sonoko said this and walked to the front and began to lead the way.

Not far from Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, Conan, Sera Masumi and others were following behind.

Conan seemed somewhat uninterested.

He put his hands in his pockets and looked around, his eyes quickly scanning the large posters.

However, his gaze did not stay on any of the posters for too long.

In contrast.

Mao Lilan obviously seemed to be in higher spirits.

When she sees a movie poster that interests her, she will even take out her cell phone to take a photo.

As for the other one,
Masumi Sera, whose looks are in no way inferior to those of the current male idols but who is a tomboy, mostly keeps her eyes on Sosuke Akikawa who is chatting with Sonoko Suzuki.

"At the beginning, I didn't talk much, and most of the time I would only pick up the topic after Sonoko brought it up."

"But after discussing the movie with Sonoko, he became more talkative and showed a strong desire to chat with others."

"Is it because we talked about a topic of interest?"

"I remember that Officer Takagi also said that a lot of rental discs were found in Akikawa's house."

"Sure enough, you really like watching movies."

Masumi Sera was silently observing Akikawa Sousuke.

But she discovered.

Even though they had been walking around for over an hour, Akikawa Sosuke still hadn't shown any signs of being inconsistent with the image they remembered.

And the shining temperament that Akikawa Sosuke had when he played Kodani Sae on stage never appeared again after he left the stage.

"Hey, Mr. Akikawa."

Masumi Sera suddenly walked up and spoke to Akikawa Sosuke who was chatting with Suzuki Sonoko.

After noticing Akikawa Sosuke looking over, she pointed to two posters in the other screening room.

"You must have heard of Director Shimono and Director Utsumi, right? Which of their two works do you like better if you look at the names?"

"For me, it should be "The Wave" directed by Utsumi."

Akikawa Sosuke was halfway through his sentence when his words suddenly stopped. "It's 'The Tide Never Ends: The Moment of the Other Shore'!!"

Itakura Misaki, who was standing by, quickly whispered a reminder.

"Oh, yes, that's it."

After being reminded, Akikawa Sosuke smiled awkwardly and nodded in reply.

When Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko heard this, they both showed a little surprise.

Itakura Misaki saw the whole scene.

Suddenly, she felt a strong urge to cover her face.

Originally, Akigawa Sosuke performed quite well in front of Suzuki Sonoko today, but it turned out that he couldn't even pronounce the name of the movie. This is too embarrassing!
If this scene was seen by a famous director.

Then I'm afraid that no matter how good Akikawa Sosuke's acting skills are or how handsome he is, it will be difficult for him to get a role.

"Sera, this guy hasn't given up yet."

How could Conan not understand what Sera Masumi was thinking.

I didn't expect that Sera Masumi still didn't forget to test Akikawa Sousuke until now.

It’s a pity that it seems that Akikawa Sosuke is still not much different from a child in terms of mentality and knowledge reserves.

Conan turned his head and looked at Sera Masumi, who also had his hands in his pockets with no change in expression, and felt speechless.

"Hey, Akikawa-kun? Why are you here?"

Suddenly, a voice that was familiar to everyone present sounded.

Everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from and saw Yoko Okino, whom they had just met at the opening ceremony not long ago, looking towards them.

Yoko Okino was already very surprised after meeting Sosuke Akikawa.

Then, after seeing that Akikawa Sosuke was still with Mouri Ran, Conan and others, the expression of surprise on his face became more and more obvious.

"Huh?! Conan-kun, and Ms. Maori, did you know Akikawa-kun?"

"It was Sonoko who invited Mr. Akikawa here, so we are officially meeting today."

Mao Lilan replied.

"Akikawa from our company, thank you for your care."

Upon hearing this, Yoko Okino walked forward and bowed slightly to Suzuki Sonoko.

"Hey, it's not a big deal, Ms. Yoko, there's no need to be like this!"

Yoko Okino's solemn thanks made Suzuki Sonoko a little nervous for a moment.

Then she heard Okino Yoko say to herself:
"It's really hard to say this. I didn't expect to meet Akikawa-kun here."

"Actually, I'm going to meet with Director Horita next. If I can bring Akikawa-kun with me, it might be very helpful for his future."

Yoko Okino clenched her fist to her lips, looked down at the ground, and showed an embarrassed expression.

"Ah, it's okay! I just came here to take a look around. Miss Yoko and Mr. Akikawa, please go ahead."

"I originally thought that Mr. Akikawa had great potential, so I invited him because I wanted him to meet more people in the industry."

Suzuki Sonoko understood the meaning of Okino Yoko's words and hurriedly spoke.

"Thank you, Ms. Suzuki."

As Yoko Okino spoke, a charming smile appeared on her delicate and flawless face.

Suzuki Sonoko, Mao Li Ran and others who were standing by were all stunned.

"You've been cut off, Sonoko."

After a while, a teasing voice came from my ear.

Suzuki Sonoko looked in the direction of the voice and saw Sera Masumi looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Ah, ah?"

Suzuki Sonoko opened her mouth wide, looking as if she didn't understand the situation.

Conan, on the other hand, showed a thoughtful expression, and then met Sera Masumi's eyes.

They both saw the meaning in each other's eyes -

Okino Yoko doesn't seem to want Akikawa Sosuke to be with them.
-
the other side.

Taking advantage of the time when Akigawa Sosuke temporarily left to go to the bathroom, Okino Yoko looked at Itakura Misaki, who seemed a little excited after seeing her.

She opened her red lips and uttered a gentle and pleasant voice:

"Ms. Itakura, can you tell me why you and Akikawa-kun are here?"

(End of this chapter)