cat blues

When Fukuzawa Yukichi led Edogawa to the Hojo Tower, it happened to be raining. Although it was not a heavy rain, the drizzling feeling made people feel even more upset.

In the rainy weather, even the air is humid.

When Fukuzawa Yukichi brought Edogawa Ranpo to the Hojo building, he happened to see a conflict between a little girl and the waiter at the door, but this conflict was different from the general sense. Seeing the little girl As soon as the girl raised her foot, she wanted to give the waiter a flying kick, but Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't want to step forward to stop him. He could see that the little girl was very measured, and even if she kicked down, she wouldn't be able to do it. And the man with that girl looks quite familiar.

"Oh, isn't this Mori Kogoro and the others?" Edogawa Ranpo explained at the side, "Although it is said to be a detective from Tokyo, but in the end it is that level."

"What's wrong with them?" Fukuzawa Yukichi was a little puzzled.

"It must have been told by the waiter that the coupons can't be used." Edogawa Ranpo said before they even opened their mouths, "There are a large number of coupons sent out by the Hojo Building that cannot be used on weekdays." Immediately he said He added, "However, it's different in Yokohama. All the coupons are available throughout the day."

What I wanted to say over there was snatched by the people here, so that the Moori father and daughter, whose eyes turned into peas, were a little puzzled, when they heard the last words of Edogawa Ranpo, suddenly Even more unhappy, Mao Lilan looked at the person in front of him righteously and said, "It's also an invitation ticket, why are the ones in other places different from the local ones in Yokohama?"

"This, this is a reasonable measure to separate the flow of people..." The waiter at the side quickly explained.

"Yes, is that so?" Mao Lilan suddenly turned into peas again.

"That's it." In fact, because there are too many dangerous people in Yokohama, Hojo House dare not write words like "The right to explain this coupon belongs to our store" on the coupons that are sent out. After all, you will never Knowing who will get the coupon, if you come to an afia and encounter something that can't be used, wouldn't you be dead?

Although the current portafia is much better than before, but looking at the blocks that are occasionally blocked in the port area, the guy who dares to treat them as ordinary people has a problem with his brain.

After Mao Lilan got a reasonable explanation, she didn't say anything anymore. After honestly apologizing, she took the initiative to greet Edogawa Ranpo and Fukuzawa Yukichi on the other side, "That's detective Edogawa Ranpo. Mr. Abu and uh, President Fukuzawa, right?"

A long time ago, Mao Lilan kept hearing her childhood sweetheart Kudo Shinkazu praise the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo, but the real meeting was on the train before, and that meeting really left a very deep impression on her. The profound image, especially the feeling of being able to understand everything in a leisurely stroll, and the sharpness of an invincible long sword when pointing out the prisoner directly at the end, these two feelings are intertwined and mixed, far better than Kudo Shinichi's The truth of the introduction also made her become a fan of Edogawa Ranpo somewhat involuntarily.

Mori Kogoro is a little uncomfortable. In fact, he also knows that his "famous detective" has a lot of water, so when he sees a real famous detective, he can't help but shrink back, but he is expected to feel ashamed It is absolutely impossible.

As for the youngest Edogawa Conan, he is in a difficult situation. He is undoubtedly excited to see his idol, but he dare not be too excited. He still remembers the last time on the Polaris train, Edogawa Ranpo He told the truth accurately without even going to the scene, and then he saw through Gao Yuanyao's arrangement at a glance, and successfully explained the scene arrangement that made him feel headache.However, it was precisely because of this that he was even more flustered.

When I was on the train before, there were cases that could distract Edogawa Ranpo from paying attention to himself, but it is different now, there are only a few of them now, and Edogawa Ranpo has seen himself a few years ago , although Conan is not sure whether the other party still remembers his previous self, but he is sure that with Mr. Ranpo's ability, he may be able to immediately discover his strangeness in a short time.

Damn, can I just cheat on my acting skills?

Edogawa Conan burst into tears in his heart, and he didn't have any confidence in deceiving Mr. Ranpo.

"This brat looks familiar." Edogawa Ranpo ignored Mao Lilan who was greeting him over there, and leaned over to look at Conan who was hiding behind Mao Lilan. He straightened up, turned around and said to Fukuzawa Yukichi: "President, let's go to eat, it's too strange to stand stupidly at the door."

Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded. He hesitated for a moment when he passed Mori Kogoro and the two, but he still didn't say anything to them. He just turned around and entered the Hojo Building. Today he made an appointment with Ranpo to have dinner here, or It's better not to ruin Luanbu's mood.

Edogawa Ranpo's mood immediately became better, and his steps became a little lighter, "Hurry up, president, I want to eat this store's signature dessert, almond tofu!"

"Let's eat dinner first." Fukuzawa Yukichi couldn't help but said.

"Yeah!" Edogawa Ranbu followed him into the hall, and when he saw someone over there inviting Mao Lilan and the others to have dinner together, he froze for a moment, then opened his eyes slightly, looked at them, and said loudly : "Hey, little girl over there."

Mao Lilan froze for a moment, raised her finger and pointed at herself, "Yes, are you talking about me?"

Edogawa Ranpo nodded and said: "It's best not to eat with them, you will be involved in the matter."

After he finished speaking, he pointed to a bearded man over there and said, "That man is going to murder this guy." When he mentioned this guy, he pointed to another slightly fat man among them, "You sit with them, you get sucked in and you don't eat at all."

Fukuzawa Yukichi stopped immediately when he heard this, and looked at the bearded man over there with sharp eyes.

Among the four people at the table over there, the bearded man who was identified by Edogawa Ranpo was also taken aback. After hearing what he said just now, the other people subconsciously backed away from the table for a few steps.

The bearded man couldn't help but said: "Hey young man, it's not good to talk nonsense like this, especially when you say that I'm going to kill someone, isn't it a bit too much?"

The other people who were with him also reacted, yes, it's too much to say that others are going to kill people when they first meet, isn't it?The few of them hurriedly looked towards Edogawa Luanbu, "Hey kid, isn't it good to slander others when you open your mouth?"

Even Mori Kogoro over there couldn't help showing a strange expression, "Hey, what strange words are you talking about?"

Even the waiters on the side couldn't sit still and wanted to step forward to stop them.

However, Fukuzawa Yukichi ignored their distrustful gazes, and said in a deep voice: "I am Fukuzawa Yukichi from the Armed Detective Agency, and the person who spoke just now was Ranpo Edogawa, our detective."

He only said these two sentences, and the originally chaotic scene became quiet in an instant. The waiter who wanted to go forward to stop Fukuzawa Yukichi and the others immediately turned around and walked towards the four people over there. people.

Fukuzawa Yukichi reached out and patted Edogawa Ranpo's shoulder to appease, and then continued to say to the person in front of him: "Go to the police..."

"Ah, yes." The little brother at the front desk quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed.

Looking at the scene in front of them, Mao Li and his group suddenly felt deeply what the so-called shadow of a famous tree meant.

"Wait, wait a minute!" The bearded man, who had heard of it before, raised his hand quickly, "Even if he is a detective, he can't just point at me and say that I want to kill someone. Do you think I want to kill someone?"

"That's right, that's right." Mori Kogoro couldn't help adding fuel to the fire, "And it's so unreasonable to say someone wants to kill someone just by looking at it."

Edogawa Ranbu was not affected at all, he said casually: "You can tell just by looking at it. You put the toxin on the bottom of the turntable on the table, just push those two dishes in front of this fat man a few times , he can't help reaching out to turn the turntable, and then he will be poisoned, and then he will be poisoned and die immediately if he eats any dishes that require his hands, such as the most famous Peking duck, right?"

"It's also very simple to check, now you don't have time to clean up your preparations, do you?" Edogawa ranbu put his hands behind his head, "So just a little inspection will know that the wet towel on your hand should be still there. Are you infected with toxins?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone walked away from the bearded man for a few steps, but the bearded man shook his head as if resigned to his fate, and sat back down again, "Did you get discovered so quickly?" "A famous detective really lives up to his reputation."

"Huh?" Hearing the other party's words, Mori Kogoro was stunned.

Edogawa Conan on the side was even more excited. As expected, he was his idol. What he hadn't noticed at all, the other party could see it at a glance!

"Oh, the trouble of explaining something is dead, let's go to eat after we finish talking." Edogawa ranpo said and grabbed Fukuzawa Yukichi's haori, "Let's go."

The manager of the lobby of the Hojo building has also run out. He glanced at the situation over there, and immediately ordered a few words to the waiter around him, and hurried forward to Edogawa Ranpo, "Detective Ranpo, very Thank you for your reminder in advance, this has saved our restaurant from a murder incident, in order to thank you, please come to the VIP room on the second floor with us, today the two of you do not need to use meal coupons and all meals are free."

Edogawa Ranpo suddenly became happy, he raised his hand happily, "Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, he looked back at Mao Lilan over there again. Just when many people doubted his words just now, that girl still showed a look of conviction to him, so the current chaos is not good for Mao Lilan. Lan's favorability is very high, "That girl, don't eat today, go to the hospital quickly, haven't you noticed that you have a fever?"

"Hey?" After being reminded by Edogawa Ranpo, Mao Lilan felt that something was wrong with her body, she was stunned for a moment, raised her hand and put it on her forehead, and after touching it, she really felt some heat, "Really ah……"

"Hey Lan, are you okay?" Although Mori Kogoro had noticed that something was wrong with his daughter before, but because there was no abnormality on his face, Mao Lilan didn't have any other signs of discomfort except a little motion sickness. Therefore, he was a little neglected, and at this moment, when he heard the words of Luanbu and saw his daughter's actions, he also became flustered.

Even Conan, who was still worshiping Edogawa Ranpo wholeheartedly, immediately turned his attention to the girl beside him, "Sister Ran, are you alright?"

"Damn it, I don't want to eat anything today, I'll take you to the hospital immediately." Kogoro Maoli couldn't wait any longer, and walked to the car as soon as he pulled Mao Lilan into the car.

Conan on the side also hurriedly followed, "That's right, sister Lan, go to the hospital quickly, anyway, you can go to eat on rest days, let's go quickly."

So soon, the Maori family left.

After another 10 minutes, the police also came.

"Huh? The famous detective Edogawa Ranpo pointed it out?" The police officer Yokomizo Shigego who led the team is a policeman who doesn't like detectives very much. When he heard this, he suddenly became more suspicious.

The lobby manager looked at the vivid expression on his face and was not angry, "These gentlemen are being watched by us at present, you can ask the forensic personnel to check the discs and towels on the table, there are surveillance cameras in the lobby, everyone The police officer can also retrieve it on his own, and... I think this gentleman will not deny his crime now, right?"

The bearded man over there nodded, "This gentleman is right. They have been exposed, and the evidence is conclusive. If I continue to quibble, I will cause trouble for myself, right? Even if it doesn't make the crime worse, but Will it be hated by the prosecutor?"

"And..." the bearded man slapped the table vigorously, "It's all because of this guy, that girl died!"

Hearing that another incident was actually involved, Henggou Shigeno, who was a little surprised at first, immediately looked at the fat man over there with sharp eyes.

"I, that wasn't my fault at all! It was clearly an accident!" Fatty Shiro Kawabata immediately argued, "It was clearly an accident, isn't it too strange to blame it on me?"

"If you hadn't squeezed the lead actress' energy too much, she wouldn't have had that kind of accident during filming!" The bearded man also replied angrily.

"Stop!" Henggou Shigeno resolutely stopped their conversation, "If you have any questions, go back to the police station!"

He is actually quite dissatisfied with the current situation in Kanagawa. In Kanagawa County, no matter what difficult and miscellaneous cases arise, they will only remind people of the Armed Detective Agency. Yokohama is even more powerful. The power of their county police is often not as good as that of the city police. , and the city police can't do anything about the dark forces here, and they have to rely on the power of private detectives for many things, even if the detective agency has a strong background... These things really give him a headache when he thinks about them.

"Tsk..." Henggou Chongwu couldn't help snorting, and signaled his police officers to take them all to the police station. He took the monitor, and sent someone to remove the disk on the table and take it away, then he turned to the waiter next to him, "Hey, where is Edogawa Ranbu? I'll ask him to come with me." The police department will take notes."

"Isn't that necessary?" The lobby manager of the Hojo Building is still very good at being a man, "Those two guests should be eating now, even if you need to supplement the transcripts, you can invite them later, and I remember the police station in Kanagawa Prefecture Should there be cooperation with the Armed Detective Agency?"

Henggou re-enlightened even more upset, such a detective who revealed the truth, didn't go to the police station with them to take notes at the first time, but instead had a meal here comfortably, it was unbearable.

Yokomizo Shigeno couldn't really say anything to them. After all, the Armed Detective Agency has always had a special status in Yokohama, and even has a pretty good status in the whole of Japan. He snorted a little unhappy, but still quickly He left with the team.

Immediately after the policemen left, the manager of the lobby announced that every guest who came to dine today could enjoy a [-]% discount, and would also receive a snack carefully made by Hojo House as a gift.

No murder actually happened, and there was no confusion, so most of the guests were more at ease. When they heard that there was such a discount, they immediately forgot about the commotion that should have been, and even Several customers ordered a few extra dishes.

In the private room on the second floor, Ranpo Edogawa and Yukichi Fukuzawa sat together and had dinner happily. The food in the Hojo Building tasted pretty good. It was already famous for Chinese food. There may be a murder in the lobby, the back kitchen of the Hojo building immediately decided to entertain the two of them with all their special dishes.

If it wasn't for Fukuzawa Yukichi's insistence that he only needed three or four dishes, which would be too much waste, the chef of the Hojo Building would probably be eager to cook them all the dishes on the menu.

Someone in the dining restaurant died because of eating. Even if the truth is found out afterwards, the blow to the reputation of the hotel will be devastating if the news spreads.

But since only four dishes can be served, a group of chefs quarreled in the back kitchen for a while, and finally chose the dish to serve, because I heard that the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo likes sweets, so I served one Sweet and sour pork tenderloin, a pineapple sweet and sour pork dish, a fish-flavored eggplant dish, and a winter melon ball soup, and finally there is a dessert that Mr. Ranpo will definitely like, almond tofu.

The three dishes and one soup were both meat and vegetables, and they all tasted Edogawa Ranpo's favorite sweet taste. As soon as the dishes were served, the famous detective stuffed various dishes into his mouth very bluntly.

Looking at the dishes served, Fukuzawa Yukichi couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The big cat Yukichi at home knows that eating sweets is bad for his teeth, so he deliberately restrains himself from adding sugar when cooking every day. , although there will be a lot of other snacks for Luanbu, but the taste of the main meal is normal. If you must say it, it is more biased towards your own taste.

Thinking about it this way, I feel that it is necessary to look for cat food of various flavors.

And when it comes to the taste of cat food... Fukuzawa Yukichi took a sip of winter melon soup, and remembered someone who lived in Chinatown. It seems that he can only ask Earl D?But will Earl D have any news about cat food?He should not encourage cats to eat cat food, right?It is more advocating to let animals play their nature...

Edogawa Ranpo was eating happily, and even his face was covered with rice grains. When he looked up, he saw the more serious expression on Fukuzawa Yukichi's face. He didn't need to think about what Fukuzawa Yukichi was thinking about now. , He chewed the food in his mouth a few times, swallowed it with a gulp, and then said: "Go and ask, Earl D may really have cat food with a special taste."

After speaking, he paused again, and said with some displeasure: "Before going to Earl D, pack a portion of almond tofu first, and then pack some Chinese snacks, such as hawthorn cake, rose cake and so on."

"Okay..." Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded at him.

After they finished their meal, they came to the door of Earl D's pet shop with the packed snacks. Edogawa glanced at those people in disorder when he saw Earl D sending his hands away. Looking at Earl D carefully, "It's rare to see you doing normal business."

"Mr. Ranpo, what are you talking about? I'm just an ordinary pet store manager, and all I do is small businesses." Earl D said with a smile, as if he didn't understand what the other party meant at all.

"Forget it, this is for you, it's a gift." Edogawa Ranpo didn't wait for Fukuzawa Yukichi to say, he reached out and handed over the bag in his hand, "As a price, please tell us what is suitable for Mr. Yukichi Cat food. And cat toys!"

The detective did not forget his mission, he still had to prepare cat toys.

"Okay..." Count D accepted the gift with a smile, and he didn't take the two of them into his shop. He turned around and walked in, and walked out after a while, handing a piece of paper to the two of them, holding it up. Covering his lips halfway with his hands, he said with a smile, "Take it, I found these after searching for a long time, but this shop doesn't sell this kind of cat food."

"Thank you..." Fukuzawa Yukichi thanked him very seriously.

"As for cat toys." Earl D turned his head and glanced at Edogawa Ranpo, and couldn't help showing a sad expression, "I have prepared a room for His Highness, but why would His Highness stay with you and take care of you?" Such a guy doesn't want to come to my place! It's really... That's why I won't sell you cat toys or something!"

Earl D closed the door after finishing speaking, and Edogawa jumped out of the door angrily, "Hey, come out for the guy inside, what do you mean by "a guy like me", a detective is the number one in the world O famous detective! "

However, Earl D opened the door and poked his head out before the random steps were over. He looked at the detective and said, "Speaking of which, recently, I have always felt that the weather changes are very abnormal."

Luanbu stopped immediately, he knew what the other party wanted to say, and only heard Earl D continue: "So I specially asked a few adults to do divination, and the content of their divination, apart from a certain In addition to the individual being the source of the mutation, divination revealed that the black crow is the real culprit behind the mutation.”

"I see, I will pass on these words to the person who should say them." Edogawa Ranpo also opened his eyes immediately, expressing that he understood.

Earl D nodded in satisfaction, "If that's the case, I'll leave the matter to you. I hope you can catch all the black crows as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking this time, Earl D officially closed the door.