Conan Moslin

Let us welcome——

Sorry, that's not the right word.

Regardless of whether the guests are famous or not, they are all presidents or entrepreneurs who have more or less cooperated with the Suzuki Group.

In this situation where no one knows where the thieves are, apart from the communication between the upper-level financial groups, people will always gather with familiar people or people of the same profession first.

"You really are Mr. Maori. Long time no see."

French chef Shoji Hashimoto, who expanded his French restaurant with the help of the Hashimoto and Suzuki Groups, was the chef for this banquet.

At the cruise ship wedding banquet of the niece of the heir designated by the head of the family, Kogoro Mouri and Conan caught the murderer who killed his father and two others.

The Rakumoto Group has been taken over and run jointly by his brother's daughter Rakumoto Natsue and her husband Rakumoto Takeshi. Both of them are capable and the business is developing very well.

Kogoro Mouri recognized the person, but he was interrupted by another person as soon as he started to greet him.

"President Suzuki just left, and your flattering dishes are about to cry."

The person who came was Takuya Mifune, the young president of Mifune Electronics Industry. He appeared in the case of the murder of Yotsugu Reika and Nikaido Yuji at the birthday party. The cause was revenge from fellow yacht club members because of Nanao Yaeko.

He himself is a straightforward person, with an uninhibited but careful temperament.

Hearing Mifune's words, Ryūmoto Shoji smiled and punched him in the stomach as a greeting.

"You are just sarcastic... And why aren't you wearing your pearls?"

Mifune Takuya tossed the jewelry box in his hand nonchalantly: "This kind of house-playing... I'm not interested."

However, after hearing Kogoro Mori's words that "if you don't wear it, you will be suspected", he still took out his handkerchief and put on the pearls. His cherishing attitude was seriously inconsistent with his casual way of throwing the jewelry box around.

This action was naturally noticed by Conan, who was watching the few people chatting, and it also made him notice something.

But then, another sound caught his attention.

"What? Miss Ayako didn't come?"

This question was asked by someone standing next to Suzuki Sonoko. The person who spoke was the fiancé of the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, Tozawa Yuzo.

The Tozawa family has triplets. The eldest son seriously injured his father and lost his inheritance rights and was imprisoned. The remaining family business is temporarily managed by the second and third sons. The one who took time out this time was the third son, naturally because of his engagement with Suzuki Ayako.

Suzuki Sonoko also felt a little strange that she hadn't seen her sister, but she still managed to make an excuse to reply to him: "Well, my sister has something to do."

"Really? That's a pity..." Tozawa Yuzo was obviously a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered himself up and started a conversation with Sonoko, hoping to find out some other information about Ayako.

Suzuki Sonoko was careless and didn't notice his intention at all.

The three people came from different cases, and Li An was not involved.

Although Conan doesn't say much about the case, Li An can still get information from [Ming] and the police.

She was just a little confused: How did Conan and the others find so much time to travel to so many places?

Kogoro Mouri quickly finished his conversation with a few acquaintances and started looking for Ran Mouri who had gone to the bathroom.

"Xiaolan, really... why are you so slow?"

"Maybe she got lost somewhere. She's really bad at directions." Sonoko knew about Xiaolan's situation and made a guess.

Conan volunteered: "I'll go find Sister Xiaolan!"

"You kid...don't lose yourself." Kogoro Mouri waved his hand and let him go.

"Come to think of it, Madam, more than 500 guests around here are wearing the protagonist of today, the Dark Night Star." Maori Kogoro let Conan go and ignored him. Instead, he asked his wife Suzuki, hoping to get information about the real Dark Night Star. "If you don't tell me which one is the real one, how can I protect it?"

"No matter how good it is, it's a knockoff. If you look closely, you can see some differences." Suzuki Tomoko explained, "I'll tell you a hint."

"This black pearl fascinated my grandfather sixty years ago because of its peacock green luster. Now, I have given it to the most suitable woman."

"This……"

"On the ship, there is only one person who can match it."

Conan, who was hiding behind the crowd, heard the key information and went to find Xiaolan with satisfaction.

So where is Maorilan?

Mao Lilan was indeed lost.

The venue that could accommodate 500 people for a banquet was naturally not small. She went out from the door near the front, went to the bathroom, and then came in from another door farthest away. She was so dizzy that she couldn't find any trace of her father and Conan and the others.

"Excuse me, have you seen an adult with a child?" Probably knowing that the father and the others were at the front, she asked while looking forward.

Neither her father nor Conan could find him, but when she asked for directions and looked around, she found Li An.

Li An entered and stood at a certain position and did not move. This position was a little bit remote, but there were many people around. Occasionally, a few young men from wealthy families would come to chat with her when they saw that there was no one around her, but she blocked them all with a smile.

He held the cup in his hand for a long time without taking a sip.

For example, the young man in front of me is from a financial group, and he speaks in a familiar and clichéd way: "Miss, are you here alone?"

The people who come here are either talented or wealthy. For both parties, no matter which connection they make, they will never lose out. Therefore, there are always people coming around. Even if you reject one, there will always be another one.

"My brother and I came here. I was a step late and couldn't find anyone." Since entering the venue, Li An has been smiling all the time. No matter who comes, he is always smiling and at ease. "He has been in for a while. Did you see him just now?"

"I wonder what kind of person he is? Maybe I have some impression of him." Seeing that she took the question, the visitor naturally would not refuse to help.

He was unlucky, as the person Li An mentioned did not meet him.

"I only saw one man dressed similarly, but he didn't look like what you described..."

In his opinion, the news did not help her.

Li An still raised his glass to thank him.

Li An quickly dealt with the people and then met his acquaintance Mao Lilan.

In the eyes of others, everyone who came here except the Phantom Thief had received an invitation, so Mao Lilan did not ask questions like "Did you also receive an invitation?" She just went to Li An and talked to her, her tone showing her surprise to see her: "Sister Li An! I didn't see you just now..."

There were a lot of pink jewelry boxes piled on the banquet table next to Li An. They were placed there when people around her watched her movements when she started to wear jewelry.

The chairs next to the wine table were pushed into the table and covered by the tablecloth, leaving only the backs of the chairs exposed.

The same is true for the seats at several nearby wine tables, with the aim of leaving guests space to move around.

Seeing Mao Lilan, Li An raised the corners of his mouth even higher, and was obviously in a better mood: "I came in late, so I didn't see Mr. Mao Li."

Li An entered the scene late, and he and Conan and the others were blocked by many people, so they were not seen by them, and they didn't see them either.

She knew that several people would definitely come, but she would not change the location casually because this place was one of the places that easily attracted attention in the dark.

Xiaolan happened to enter from the door closer to her and was able to find her.

"Is Conan here too?"

"Um……"

"Sister Xiaolan!"

As he was speaking, he saw the guests around being pushed to make way for a path, and Conan's voice and his people quickly squeezed over.

"So you are here! And... Sister Li An!"