The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"what......"

Uncle Maori, with a stack of towels on his head, slumped by the bathtub, feeling the comfort of the hot spring washing his body, and couldn't help but moaning.

"When you come to Kyoto, you should take a hot spring bath instead of not taking one!"

Conan squinted his eyes at the hopeless old man.

But this pool is really big...

He looked at this hot spring bath, which was more like a "lotus pond" than a bathing pool, and silently raised his admiration for the wealth of the Kyoto nobles to a higher level.

The Suzuki Group is very wealthy, but they are indeed very low-key and rarely show off like this. They drive business cars and live in middle-class villas. How could they have such a manor of thousands of square meters?

Hattori Heiji on the side obviously did not have the leisure time like Uncle Mori. He did not indulge in the enjoyment. Instead, he lay by the pool, holding his mobile phone in a waterproof bag, looking at the photo of the puzzle drawing paper and thinking hard.

Without further hints, even though he knew it was related to the historical legend of Yoshitsune Benkei, he still had no clue about the puzzle.

Or maybe he actually had a sense of déjà vu about the strange layout of the cabinet, but he just couldn't grasp that bit of inspiration.

Conan looked at his friend scratching his head and didn't want to disturb him. After all, he himself didn't understand the puzzle any more. So he looked past Hattori Heiji and looked at Rin Shakuha who was slowly washing a cup and making tea at a small table on the other side of the pond.

......In this bathhouse, there are people who are obsessed with puzzles, and people who don't care about puzzles at all.

Conan sighed in his heart, forced his eyes dead, and imitated the uncle, starting to empty his mind and enjoy the brief peace.

That day he was either running around chasing suspicious people or encountering murders while having fun. He hadn't had much rest since getting off the Shinkansen after sitting on it for several hours, so his smart brain was a little overloaded.

Tuk Tuk.

There was a gentle knock on the sliding door outside the bathing area.

After receiving the uncle's lazy response, the old butler with white hair and beard opened the door, bowed to Rin Chiyu who was drinking tea, and then said to them: "Your rooms have been cleaned up. When you are done with the bath, you can tell the servants outside the door. There are different styles of yukata here. You can choose according to your preferences."

He stepped aside half of his body, and a team of waitresses in kimonos lined up in an orderly manner, holding yukatas of different styles, and showed them the yukatas that were obviously made of expensive materials.

"Uh..." Even the absent-minded Hattori Heiji was startled by the scene, and said in a panic: "Don't bother with that, we just have something to wear."

"This is the first time that Master Chiyu has brought friends back to visit in the past few years. I will naturally not neglect him or be impolite." The old housekeeper shook his head. "Besides, this is not a big deal. It's just a way of entertaining guests."

"......All right."

After hearing what he said, Hattori Heiji didn't want to insist, so he put away his phone and decided to think about it slowly in his room at night.

"Master Chiyu, your female friends have finished bathing and are visiting their rooms. In addition, Miss Sonoko has asked someone to send some game supplies to her room. The others are also here. Do you think we need to postpone breakfast tomorrow?" The old butler asked Xiang Lin Chiyu.

"No need. Just send someone to remind you at the door of the room at 8 o'clock tomorrow. Don't worry about that." Lin Chiyu raised the small porcelain cup with tea mist and said casually.

"By the way, is my mother back?"

"Madam arrived at the mansion this afternoon and had dinner with the chief patriarch."

"Got it." Lin Chiyu nodded, and reminded: "Although there is no need to hide it from her, don't tell her that I brought people back."

"This..." The old butler looked a little embarrassed.

Lin Chiyu realized something was wrong and became alert: "What's wrong?"

"Madam...I'm afraid she already knows. Your master ran into Madam when he returned home not long ago. He mentioned your friends, Master Chiyu, and he seemed to be in a good mood."

Lin Chiyu was silenced by his uncle's backstab, and then the old housekeeper added another blow: "The car that brought you back was sent by the Madam."

"...Okay, I got it." At this point, he didn't feel any regret or anything like that. Like he just said, there was no need to hide it from his mother. He was just a little worried that this eccentric guy would do something funny.

Kogoro Mouri, who was having a great time playing shit, suddenly became pricked up. Is Rin's mother here too?

This time he couldn't give up anymore. Uncle Maori suddenly became a different person, even his mustache looked more resolute.

As an elder, he thought that he had benefited a lot from Lin Chiyu's identity, so naturally he couldn't behave too embarrassingly in front of his parents.

He had met Rin Soumei during his previous trip to Osaka, and thought that the impression he had left on this young and promising consultant of the Suzuki Group was relatively reliable, so of course he couldn't perform too badly in front of his mother Fujiwara Mio.

"Ahem, Rin-chan...Rin-chan, I'm sorry to have caused you trouble this time. If you need any help in the future, just let me know. Uncle Maori will definitely do his best to help you solve it!"

Kogoro Mori pretended to cough by clenching his fist to his mouth, looking very serious.

Rin-chan must be so moved that he wants to cry, right?

Uncle Maori couldn't help but stick out his tongue and laugh in his heart.

Then he opened his eyes and saw Conan, Hattori Heiji and Rin Shakuha looking at him with the same movements, the same expressions, and the same confusion and disgust in their eyes.

Eh?

Uncle Maori was stunned.

Is this different from what he thought?

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Maori, but I think it is better to solve the case at hand first." Rin Shakuha tactfully changed the subject.

The expressions on Conan and Hattori Heiji's faces were more direct.

"What the hell is this uncle doing?"

"have no idea......"

The faces of the two people, one big and one small, were full of impolite thoughts.

"......" Veins popped out on Uncle Maori's head and he clenched his fist and placed it on Conan's head.

If I can't handle those two, can't I handle you?

Conan held his head in resentment, got up from the hot spring dejectedly, picked up the children's-sized yukata prepared for him and went out.

After all, children's bodies are not suitable for soaking for too long.

However, the yukata prepared by the old butler was quite nice. Conan raised his hand and looked down at his gray-blue shorts. He felt that if he picked up a sword, he could go and play the role of a wandering samurai.

To walk out of the bathing beach, you have to walk a short distance on a stone path. The roadside is paved with pebbles and surrounded by carefully trimmed flower beds. Not far away is an artificial rockery. A thin stream of waterfall falls into the frightened deer, and the bamboo tube is gradually filled up. Then it falls with gravity, hitting the rock and making a crisp sound.

The full moon hung high overhead, adding a touch of tranquility to the night.

This old traditional Japanese manor seems to be quite good, except that its value is a little hard to imagine. At least the atmosphere is very good.

No wonder the literati in the past liked to live in this kind of house with a yard.

Feeling the evening breeze was a bit chilly, Conan rubbed his arms and trotted towards a lighted building not far away.