Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

Five men and five women sat near the inside of Dongzhao Pavilion.

The food had not been served yet, and their attention was all drawn to the film crew outside that occupied half of the restaurant.

Date Kou asked, "Hagiwara, why did you choose such a restaurant? This environment doesn't seem to be suitable for socializing."

Hagiwara Kenji said with a smile: "I chose this one on purpose."

Furuya Rei: "Which crew is this?"

Before Hagiwara Kenji could answer, the female classmate sitting opposite him said excitedly, "I know! It's 'Night Detective'! The guy wearing the grey suit over there is the lead actor, Mr. Hiiragi Yamato!"

Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes at Hagiwara Kenji: "You really are good at it."

"Hey, thank you for the compliment. Socializing isn't the most important thing. The main thing is that we're all going to start our training soon, so we want to come out and relax before we get busy."

"Oh, if that's all, why can't the five of us do it on our own?"

Hagiwara Kenji smiled and said, "Don't you think that a party is incomplete without girls?"

Matsuda Jinpei cursed with a sullen face: "Friends of women."

It was an unconscious remark from him, but as soon as it came out, both he and Hagiwara were stunned.

The other three turned to look at them and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Hagiwara Kenji smiled and said, "Nothing. I just suddenly remembered that this was what Sakurai said about me at the convenience store before. I didn't expect that Jinpei still remembered it."

Matsuda Jinpei: "...Why are you still so proud? What's there to be proud of in such a title?"

"That shows I'm popular with women, doesn't it?"

The five girls who were looking at the filming site turned around and echoed.

"That's right, Hagiwara is the most thoughtful! Knowing that I like Mr. Hiiragi Yamato, he specially chose this restaurant. I'm so happy!"

"So gentle and thoughtful!"

"Yes, it's the best!"

"Although I have no interest in the lead actor, it is really interesting to see the filming of the show in person!"

"Yes, that's what I thought! Usually the crew would book the filming location, right? I didn't expect that we could actually dine here. Hagiwara, do you have any acquaintances in the crew?"

The other four people: ...

When you think about it this way, it does seem quite impressive. What kind of connections did you use to achieve this?

Hagiwara Kenji winked at them and said, "Hey, I asked a friend of mine to help. She has a good relationship with the director of the crew and has agreed to let us sit here as extras. As long as it doesn't affect the filming, there's no problem."

The five girls on the other side were shocked: "What? Does this mean I might appear on camera?"

The five of them immediately straightened their sitting postures and instantly behaved like ladies again, but their eyes kept drifting towards the crew.

Matsuda Jinpei was speechless for a while, then said to Hagiwara: "For this point, I really have to admire you."

Zhu Fu Jingguang leaned his head towards Furuya Ling and whispered, "It seems that I met that person at the previous two social gatherings. I wonder if I will meet her again this time."

Furiya Rei had been thinking about this for a long time.

Ever since he discovered that Sakurai Izumi had amazing disguise skills at the last social gathering, Furuya Rei felt like this person seemed to be everywhere.

This time, when Hagiwara first proposed the social gathering, he wondered if he would meet her again?

However, based on his current observations, no trace of her has been found.

The fact is, Koizumi was sitting not far from them, looking speechless and asking the heavens.

I also want to know this question, why do I always meet you guys at every social gathering! It's amazing!

But now she has done a simple disguise, wearing loose work clothes, a hat and glasses, and looks like a silly school girl. As long as she doesn't make any noise, she shouldn't be exposed, right?

"Ms. Sakurai, come here! Come over here and put on some makeup." Sato Aiko waved at her from a distance and shouted loudly.

Koizumi almost choked to death on his own saliva.

Facing the shocked or suspicious looks behind her, she quickly stood up and answered in a low voice, "Ah, I'll be right there!"

Then he ran over recklessly.

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "...Maybe it's just a coincidence that our surnames overlap?"

Because the work clothes were too big, Fūya Rei didn't recognize the back of the person at first, and could only say with doubt in his eyes: "... Maybe?"

Matsuda Jinpei suddenly stood up and walked out: "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."

Furiya Rei: "...I'll go out for some fresh air too. It's a bit stuffy."

Hagiwara Kenji looked at the two people's backs in confusion: "Eh? You went out for some fresh air just as the meal started? Come back soon, the food will be served soon."

Zhu Fu Jingguang:...

If I follow him out, will it be too conspicuous? But I really want to follow him to check!

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When makeup assistant Aiko Sato was touching up the actors' makeup, Koizumi followed behind her with the tools and watched.

Although she had basically no chance to get started, Sato Aiko still fulfilled her duties as a personal instructor conscientiously. While helping people put on makeup, she explained to them what they should pay attention to.

However, Koizumi didn't care even if she didn't have the chance to do it. She was just interested in the filming of the crew.

If she had known that she would meet the five-member group again, she would never have come to join in the fun.

Because the room was too chaotic, Koizumi didn't notice that Furuya Rei and Matsuda Jinpei were standing next to her. When she noticed someone was around her, she turned around and saw two people standing very close to her, staring at her intently.

Koizumi was so frightened that he almost threw what he was holding in their faces.

Seeing the panic-stricken expression on the little girl in front of them, Furuya Rei and Matsuda Jinpei looked at each other.

Is it her?

It does not seem?

After confirming each other's eyes, the two of them turned around and walked away.

The frightened Koizumi covered his chest and watched the two people walk away, and suddenly a sense of enlightenment came to his mind.

In the past, she always stood in front of everyone with labels like tough, eccentric, and bad-tempered. Today, she occasionally showed a weak expression, which made these two sensitive guys unable to recognize her.

The reason why Vermouth and Kudo Yukiko's disguises are so successful is certainly because of their excellent makeup skills, but the more important thing is probably that they both have excellent acting skills!

Perhaps she doesn't need to focus on improving her disguise skills in the short term, but should practice her acting skills instead.

Koizumi didn't expect that she would get such unexpected rewards from this job, and she couldn't help but sigh that she was really lucky. This job came at the right time, and she could take the opportunity to learn acting skills from the actors in the crew.

Sato Aiko was explaining to Koizumi the techniques of using loose powder when she was grabbed by the assistant director who was passing by.

"Hey, you go tell the people eating in the back that the next scene is a shot of the killer played by Mr. Hiiragi Yamato intimidating the whole audience. Ask them to cooperate and keep quiet and don't talk."

Sato Aiko quickly replied: "Okay, I'll go right away!"

After the assistant director left, Koizumi said to her, "Let me go, you continue to help the actors with their makeup."

As she said this, she deliberately made a weak and pitiful expression and said, "Is it okay, Sato-senpai?"

Sato Aiko burst out laughing. "Are you preparing for the task on the forum? Okay, I'll leave it to you. Good luck!"

Koizumi smiled and said, "Yeah, that's it. I'll go over then."

Let's give it a try and see what her current performance level is.

Although the girl's behavior just now temporarily dispelled Furiya Ling's suspicion, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, always feeling that there was something wrong with this person.

After returning to the dining table, he kept paying attention to what was going on there, trying to find reasons that made him uneasy.

When he turned around for the Nth time, he was shocked to find that this person was actually walking towards them on his own initiative.

Based on this point alone, it is definitely not her.