Conan Moslin

Hearing what Li An said, Conan swallowed the food in his mouth: "Hmm... almost. Sister Xiaolan and the others are going to the Benkei Hotel in Tochigi Prefecture. They will probably arrive at noon. They should still be on the train. Does Sister Li An want to contact them?"

He remembered that Sister Li An asked about talking to Xiaolan yesterday.

Li An looked at Conan strangely.

"Didn't you promise to call her before?"

Conan realized belatedly: Oh, that’s right.

"The Benkei Ryokan in Tochigi Prefecture? The hot springs there are pretty good." Hattori Heiji next to him finally had a chance to talk, "I remember there's a fireworks display there tonight..."

He suddenly hit his head in annoyance.

"Could it be that Kudo Shinichi and Miss Xiaolan went to watch the fireworks together?" At this point, Hattori Heiji's voice gradually became softer, and he gradually fell into deep thought, "It would be nice if I could ask Miss Xiaolan..."

After hearing what the other party said, Conan felt that something bad was going to happen. He wiped his mouth, jumped off the chair, said something like "Go back to do your homework" and ran to the room.

"Sister Li An, I have to go back to my room to do my homework! Remember to call me at lunch time!"

Li An didn't stop him.

However, Hattori Heiji, who was standing by, was quick-witted and quickly raised his fist to his palm, his eyes brightening: "Little brother, wait a minute? Did you just say you wanted to contact Miss Xiaolan by phone?"

Conan pretended not to hear it and quickly hid back in his room, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he didn't suddenly remember it until he sat down at the table again.

Oops, his pen seems to still be with Sister Li An...

Please don't complain why Conan only brought a pen again. Anyway, Hattori Heiji, who was still in the restaurant at this time, hit a wall with Kurian again.

As soon as Hattori Heiji opened his mouth, Kurian knew what he was going to ask, so she refused very straightforwardly this time.

She had made it very clear that she didn't know where Kudo Shinichi was and didn't want to provide Hattori with any useful clues.

Besides, she was not the one who was familiar with "Kudo Shinichi". How long had this person been "missing"? Why did one or two people keep coming to her to ask what was going on?

Li An reflected on himself silently.

She looks good saying...

I have to say, she is really easy to talk to.

——She should have been a cold and expressionless person since she was young, not the neurotic kind.

Just by putting on a cold face that keeps people away, you can scare away everyone who wants to chat, and you can also maintain a poker face. Why not do it?

But of course she couldn't do that. After all, what magician could face the audience with a cold face?

Unless she never works as a magician again.

"By the way, Sister Li An, Aunt Maria told me last night that she wanted to talk to you after lunch today."

"…Ms. Maria?"

Li An didn't expect that someone would want to find her here. She looked at the woman at the table across from her with some surprise.

The other party seemed to have heard part of their conversation. When he saw her looking at him, he winked at her, raised his glass and smiled.

"Ms. Kuroba Kuriyasu, are you free this afternoon?"

Of course Li An has.

The two ladies then started chatting.

Hattori Heiji, who was completely ignored, scratched his nose and thought about how to contact Miss Xiaolan over there.

Of course he didn't leave Xiaolan's phone number or Kogoro's, the only number he had written down was the Mouri Detective Agency.

If the Internet cable here had not been cut off and the phone had not been disconnected, he would have gone online to look up the phone number of Benkei Hotel and called it.

This impatient guy probably doesn't want to wait until the hotel trip is over, right?

Hattori Heiji considered the possibility of going directly to Benkei Ryokan, but he gave up this method as well.

What blocked his way was not the cliff but the long and winding mountain road - if he didn't have a special vehicle to go down the mountain, it would take several hours just to go down the mountain.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder, is there really anyone staying in a hotel like this?

……

The Mycroft Hotel was indeed deserted most of the time, and the Benkei Hotel nearby, where a fireworks display was to be held that evening, was no less popular.

In such a large hotel with a mixed-gender hot spring, only Kogoro Mori and his classmates had booked a room today.

When talking about the name Benkei Ryokan, we have to mention the character "Benkei".

The most memorable part of this story is probably the ending where he died standing still with thousands of arrows piercing his heart.

As for the others, it doesn’t matter whether you mention them or not, after all, it’s just a name.

It was not too late when the Mori father and daughter arrived at the Benkei Ryokan, and several of Kogoro's old classmates had already arrived.

In addition to Aunt Yumi Horikoshi who Xiaolan met last time, there is also her ex-boyfriend Kazushi Nakamichi who has broken up, Yukio Ayashiro and Noriko who have become husband and wife, and Atsushi Omura who has always been in love with Yumi.

During their college years, several of them were in the Judo Club of Beihua University, and their judo skills were among the best.

Xiaolan also came here five years ago. Although her memory is a little vague, the adults still remember her and are still very cordial about her arrival.

"So many years have passed in a flash." Omura Jun said with some emotion, "Xiaolan has grown up so much."

"Yes, we classmates are all old..."

"But I'm not like some guy who quit being a police officer halfway through."

"Hey! Are you talking about me?!"

Of course, the only person who can say this is Nakamichi Kazushi, the only police officer in the society. As for the person he is referring to, it is naturally Kogoro.

Everyone laughed.

"By the way, I also brought our college photo album! I wanted to let everyone reminisce, so I brought it with me." After chatting for a while, Ayashiro Noriko pointed to the red book on the seat next to her, "Xiaolan, do you want to look at it together?"

Xiaolan took the photo album with anticipation on her face.

The young father appears in the photo with such a green face, and the members of the judo club hold the trophy with genuine and bright smiles.

“We took this photo when we won the Kyoto tournament.”

“That’s really amazing!”

"Come to think of it, Kazushi and Yumi were already dating at that time?"

Kogoro Mouri pointed at the two people hugging each other in the photo album and smiled, but for some reason, the originally happy and harmonious atmosphere in the room suddenly stopped.

Ayashiro Norio immediately followed up, "Yes, we were two people who were sad at the time! Right? Chun?"

“…Yeah.” This incident obviously brought back Omura Jun’s sad memories, and he lowered his head with a slight blush.

As for the second sad man, his wife pulled his ears because of what he said, and he was still begging for mercy.

Maori Kogoro asked again: "So do you two have... now?"

"Don't be silly, I broke up with him a long time ago!" One of the two protagonists of the story, Yumi Horikoshi, slapped Nakamichi Kazushi on the back, causing him to stagger.

"Now, Lian Hezhi has someone to marry!"