Conan: Naruto

New day, dusk.

On the highway, on the car rented by Mori Kogoro.

"Hey, Dad."

Xiaolan, who was sitting in the co-pilot, folded her hands between her legs, looked at Kogoro Mori in the driver's seat, and asked curiously:

"Why did the client specifically ask you to take us there?"

"do not know!"

Mori Kogoro held the steering wheel with both hands, squinted his eyes and stared ahead, looking very happy.

Dongfang Haoyue sat on the far left in the back row of the car, with both hands on Kudo Shinichi's chest, observed Kogoro through the rearview mirror in the middle of the front row of the car, and thoughtfully guessed:

"Uncle doesn't seem to want to see the client very much?"

"of course."

Mori Kogoro glanced at Dongfang Haoyue in the rearview mirror, looked ahead, and introduced boringly:

"The client, Ichikawa Kotaro, is indeed very rich as the chairman of Ichikawa Sangyo, but his unscrupulous and unscrupulous behavior is unpleasant."

Mori Kogoro paused for a second, and speculated without thinking:

"In my opinion, he is definitely not a good person."

"Wouldn't it be nice if Dad refused him?"

Ran looked at Kogoro Mori in bewilderment.

"Xiaolan, listen up."

Mori Kogoro glanced at Xiaolan, looked ahead, and explained in a serious manner:

"Some things are definitely not as simple as they appear on the surface.

Although Kotaro Ichikawa did not clarify the purpose of entrusting me, but the possibility of him finding me to do evil is very low, and most likely he entrusted me to do some small things within his ability. "

"Ha~"

Kudo Shinichi, whose head was resting on Dongfang Haoyue's lap, slowly woke up, covered his lips and let out a breath, looked straight ahead at the ceiling, and muttered secretly:

"It's clearly because the other party is the chairman, and the entrustment fee he is willing to pay must not be too low, so he made a special trip."

"Conan woke up~?"

When Dongfang Haoyue heard the movement, she poked Kudo Shinichi's handsome face with her hand, and looked down at Shinichi with a smile.

"Haoyue, I'll sleep for a while..."

Kudo Shinichi murmured, and accurately grabbed Dongfang Haoyue's naughty little hand and pressed it to his chest as a seal.

In the next second, Shinichi closed his eyes, and fell into a carefree sleep state, and his fair little face gradually became peaceful in a dream.

Dongfang Haoyue smiled happily.

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after a while.

Outside the gate of Kotaro Ichikawa's villa.

Xiaolan's family slowly walked up the steps in front of the gate.

"Maori Detective, waiting for your arrival."

A middle-aged man in his 50s pushed open the door on the right side of the villa, took a step, and looked respectfully at Kogoro Mori two meters ahead.

"Ah... hello."

Mori Kogoro stopped on the platform above the steps, looked at the middle-aged man wearing a brown suit, white lining, and gray tie ahead, and asked in bewilderment:

"Excuse me, are you...?"

"Next is the master's housekeeper, Toshiaki Imamura."

Imamura Toshiaki bowed slightly, stood sideways by the door, made way for Xiaolan's family, and politely invited:

"Everyone, please come in."

Xiaolan's family nodded and walked into the gate of the villa.

Imamura Toshiaki closed the door and followed behind them calmly.

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Nine seconds later.

Everyone walked slowly in the corridor.

Xiaolan looked at the huge courtyard outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the left, and found dozens of men, women, and children scattered around the eight larger dining tables covered with white tablecloths under the cherry blossom trees. She asked curiously:

"Are you having a party?"

"Correct."

Imamura Toshiaki glanced at the people outside the courtyard, and explained calmly:

"The chairman holds a gathering among relatives every year on his birthday."

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After half a minute.

On the second floor of the villa, outside the gate of the chairman's office.

"Boom, boom."

It was Toshiaki Imamura's unhurried knock on the door.

"master."

Imamura Toshiaki stared at the gate ahead and reported seriously:

"Maori detectives have arrived."

"Come in."

It was the response of a middle-aged man.

Imamura Toshiaki turned the doorknob with his right hand, pushed open the door, and stood sideways by the door, making way for Xiaolan's family.

Xiaolan's family looked into the house and found...

A middle-aged man in his fifties, Ichikawa Kotaro, wearing a black suit with blue lining, was sitting on a sofa chair facing the window.

In addition, a young man wearing a white suit, light blue lining, red tie, and black square glasses sat on a stool in front of Ichikawa.

Seeing Xiaolan's family stepping into the door, the man calmly took back the medical equipment used to examine Ichikawa Kotaro's body, and put the equipment into the silver first-aid kit on his lap.

"Maori detective."

Kotaro Ichikawa turned his head to look at Kogoro Mori who was coming slowly to the right with his hands in his pockets, and said in a neutral tone:

"You are welcome."

"I must declare one thing in advance."

Mori Kogoro stopped opposite the wooden table on the right of Kotaro Ichikawa, looked at Ichikawa calmly, and proudly told:

"My coming here does not mean that I have accepted your entrustment."

"Li Ming."

Kotaro Ichikawa glanced calmly at Toshiaki Imamura who was standing sideways on Kogoro Mori's left.

"Yes."

Imamura Toshiaki took out a check from the inner pocket of his jacket, bent over, pressed the check on the wooden table, and pushed it in front of Mori Kogoro lightly.

Kogoro glanced down at the check casually, then suddenly raised his head to look at Kotaro Ichikawa, and confirmed in shock:

"One, one million yen!?"

"After the matter is completed, there will be another 100 million as a thank you."

Kotaro Ichikawa looked at Kogoro Mori indifferently.

"Cough cough."

Mori Kogoro coughed twice, and asked politely:

"Mr. Ichikawa, why did you ask me here?"

The three of Xiaolan stood behind Kogoro Mouri, looking helplessly at Kogoro who changed his face rapidly.

Kotaro Ichikawa looked at Kogoro calmly, and said calmly:

"Tonight, my two daughters will come here to attend the banquet."

"Uh-huh."

Mori Kogoro leaned forward and nodded seriously.

Kotaro Ichikawa casually demanded:

"I hope you pay more attention to what they do, or find out what they want to do."