Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

"Huh? Special commission? Dad, are you planning to do it next?"

"Well, this is a very important commission."

After seeing off a rare guest from the Maori Detective Agency, the slightly confused Mao Lilan received a different reply from her father, Maori Kogoro, who was rarely serious.

Ever since she and Conan came up with a way to divert the attention and focus of her father, Mouri Kogoro, from solving the case, Mao Lilan has never seen her father who now only occasionally takes some low-level commissions such as finding cats and dogs. It's obviously not a simple entrustment for Dad to care so much.

So, after receiving the message from his girlfriend, Conan immediately slipped back from Dr. Agasa's house as quickly as possible and set his sights on an invitation letter that Mouri Kogoro casually placed on the table.

Ignoring the exquisite invitation cover and the faint smell of tulips coming from the invitation, Conan looked at the content on the invitation, propped his chin and began to think.

There are a few lines of softly written words on the inside page of the unfolded invitation letter. There are no common compliments or greetings. Except for the title "Neon Detective Sleeping Mouri Kogoro" at the beginning, the rest is an invitation to him on the 20th of this month. Went to Kyoto to attend a party on the 8th.

The time and place were concise and clear, and the only thing that seemed special was the signature at the end of the invitation.

A tulip pattern that fades from gold to black is printed neatly where the name of the inviter should be, looking mysterious and weird.

"What are you rummaging about, you brat?"

Mouri Kogoro, who walked in from the door with a carry of beer, saw Conan holding the invitation letter sent by the previous client and didn't know what he was thinking. He immediately looked angry, put down the beer, and moved toward Conan menacingly. Conan walked over.

First, he snatched the invitation away, carefully put it away, and then slapped Conan on the head.

"This is a unique invitation letter. If it is damaged, you will not be able to complete the client's commission."

"If it's so important, Dad, why did you just leave it on the table and not put it away properly?"

Mao Lilan, who was cleaning the utility room with cleaning tools, heard the movement outside the door and saw this scene as soon as he walked out with the broom.

Seeing Conan holding his head and grinning, Mao Lilan felt distressed and looked at her father with angry eyes and complained.

Listening to the full meaning of his daughter's elbows turned outwards in the words of that brat who favored Kudo Shinichi, Mouri Kogoro secretly grinded his teeth.

With a murderous look in his eyes, he secretly glanced at Conan, who was acting coquettishly towards his precious daughter, and made another note in the little notebook in his heart.

Just wait for me, Kudo Shinichi.

Conan, who suddenly felt a murderous aura, was shocked. When he turned around, he saw that Kogoro Mori had turned around to get the bottle of beer placed by the door.

He has already learned from Xiaolan that the client who proposed the entrustment this time has paid Maori Kogoro a check of 50 million as a down payment in advance.

And after Kogoro Mori completes the commission, the remaining balance of 50 million will be paid.

However, regarding the specific content of the commission, the client and Kogoro Mori closed the door and discussed it alone.

Therefore, if you want to know the more specific content of the commission now, you can only inquire from Uncle Maori.

Conan, who was determined to figure out this commission, enjoyed the comfort of kissing his girlfriend Xiaolan for a while, and then approached Mouri Kogoro who was putting beer in the refrigerator to chill it for the evening drink.

The fussing that Mouri Kogoro had become accustomed to began, and he tried to explore the specific content of this commission overtly and covertly.

Then, Conan, who finally got the specific content from Kogoro Mori, received a message from Shuichi Akai at night.

Someone placed a commission letter with a check for 50 million yen in the mailbox at the door of Kudo's house, and attached an invitation letter inside.

The next day, Conan, who had already expected it, looked at the commission letter in his hand that was similar to the one he had gotten from Uncle Maori, and once again showed a depressed and hopeless face.

If he had known this, he wouldn't have tried so hard to inquire about the content of the commission yesterday.

Haibara Ai, who already knew from Sister Xiaolan that in order to obtain the commission content, not only received a loving education from his father-in-law, but also rolled around and lay on the ground for a long time before getting the information he wanted, rolled his eyes happily.

Then, as if he felt the depression of Conan Edogawa from a distance, his good brother Hattori Heiji sent a greeting.

"Kudo, you should have received the tulip invitation too, right?"

Conan, who was originally happy because of the call from his good brother Hattori Heiji, suddenly returned to his previous depression, and replied in a very perfunctory manner:

"Ah, yes, there is also an entrustment with a deposit of fifty million yen in check."

Hattori Heiji, who didn't even notice that his good brother was trying to deal with him, said in an extremely serious tone:

"It's not just me, there are several people who have received invitations. As far as I know, including you, me and the narcissistic young man Bai Ma Tan, there are at least eight people who have received the same commission.

Including us, all eight of us are famous detectives who have solved many major cases in the past five years and have solid achievements.

Moreover, the client paid a deposit of 50 million yen in advance to each detective. "

One person is 50 million yen, eight people is 400 million yen, including the final payment, it is 800 million yen.

Using 800 million yuan to hire eight of the most powerful detectives in the country just to complete the same commission is definitely a big deal.

The meaning of Hattori Heiji's words made Conan wipe away his previous depression and concentrate on the communication with Hattori Heiji.

After a while, Baima Tan, who had not been active for a long time, also joined in halfway.

In order to better facilitate communication, Conan directly changed the communication location to the group he formed before.

As the messages scrolled rapidly, information about the nine detectives involved in the tulip invitation was soon posted in the group.

Mao Lilan and Haihara Ai, who were looking at a mobile phone together, frowned slightly when they saw the information of the nine detectives.

As Hattori Heiji said, except for Mouri Kogoro, who is actually the Nishibe detective made famous by Conan, the others are all real detectives who have solved many difficult and complicated cases.

It's just that some of them have little fame, some have great fame, and some are even unknown.

Under the standard of Neon, it is generally believed that the greater the reputation, the stronger the strength. Those who would choose to do this must first of all have powerful forces behind them and be able to accurately pass through the barrier of reputation and know the true power of the detectives.

Secondly, eight real detectives are needed to complete the same commission, which shows the importance of this commission.

Haibara Ai has read the commission letter sent to Kudo Shinichi by name. It clearly states that if the commission cannot be completed, the 50 million check as a down payment does not need to be returned. To make friends.

In other words, regardless of whether the final commission was completed or not, the check for 50 million yen, from the moment it appeared in Kudo's house, already belonged to the high school detective who owned Kanto, the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era. , Kudo Shinichi, who is also known as the savior of the Japanese police.

There is never a free lunch in the world. High profits are often accompanied by fatal crises.

Whether it is Huihara Ai or Mao Lilan, both of them understand this truth.

Therefore, facing the high commission fee and looking at the powerful detective information published in the group, Mao Lilan couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for her father, Mao Li Kogoro.

In fact, she had thought about persuading her father, Mouri Kogoro, not to go to Kyoto for an appointment.

However, before speaking, Mao Lilan saw the eyes of her father, Maori Kogoro, who were drunk but had firm eyes.

So, she finally failed to speak.

Because she had a hunch that even if she opened her mouth to refuse to accept the commission, she would be able to get 50 million in vain to dissuade her old father who loved money so much.

Will only get a rejection response.

Akai Shuichi, who had already read the content of the commission letter sent to Kudo Shinichi, did not participate in the discussion about the large commission by Conan, Hattori Heiji, Hakuba Tan, and Kuroba Kaito who joined in the second half. .

Although he was staying in the living room of Dr. Ari's house with Conan, Haibara Ai, and Mao Lilan, most of his attention was on the documents on his mobile phone that had nothing to do with the 50 million commission.

Relying on the lingering favor of the unknown political boss of Berry Country after the twilight eradication, coupled with the achievements made during this period in Berry Country, Akai Shuichi smoothly took the position of agent supervisor.

Since then, Akai Shuichi, who completed a two-level identity jump within half a year, was finally in the same class as CIA ace Odes Ackerman, and had a certain say in the FBI's top brass.

As the position rises, in addition to the corresponding increase in salary, benefits and authority manpower, even the number of tasks that need to be handled at hand also rises linearly.

As an agent supervisor, even if he is currently performing an undercover mission, he still needs to personally review and approve some documents and materials.

Therefore, he has no time to deal with the 50 million commission for the time being.

Contrary to the invitation letter, which was concise and clear in content but looked extremely delicate and fancy, the commission letter in black and white words first praised the strong strength of the detectives in gorgeous words and detailed some of the major cases they had participated in solving.

Then they were sincerely invited to participate in a three-day top-notch conversation held at the Tulip Manor in Kyoto.

The task they need to complete is to find the person who turned the originally golden tulips black before the banquet ends.

As for the consequences of failure to complete the commission, the commission letter did not state it directly. It only said that the completion of their commission will directly affect the future direction of Neon.

However, Conan and others are not fools.

Just because it’s not said doesn’t mean it’s not there.

The unknown consequences of failing to complete the commission will only make people feel more horrified.

The total deposits for all the detectives' commission fees amounted to a total of 450 million.

Just give it as you say, without any strings attached. Even the Suzuki Foundation, which has always been willing to establish a conscientious corporate image and often supports public welfare undertakings, will not spend so much money at one time. Doing this is no different from giving it away for free, and there is no return. Unseen charity events.

It’s not like burning too much money.

However, since the mysterious client did not use money as the price to pay for failing to complete the commission.

Then, when the commission is not completed, what the other party asks for will only be something more valuable than money.

Thinking about the sentence mentioned in the commission letter that the completion of their commission will affect the future direction of Neon, a sense of mission arose spontaneously in the hearts of Conan and others.

In fact, both Conan and Hattori Heiji and others believed that there must be many crises behind this commission.

However, faced with the unknown consequences hanging over their heads, and the crisis that would most likely affect the relatives, friends and loved ones they care about, several people decided to participate in this feast after a very short period of consideration.

Different from the invitation letter, the entrustment letter also has a surname signature at the end.

Hatoyama.

This is a rare surname.

In the end, several people agreed that Hattori Heiji would investigate the relevant information of the Tulip Manor.

The White Horse Detective is responsible for collecting specific information about the three-day exchange meeting to be held at the Tulip Manor at the end of this month.

Kuroba Kaito is responsible for searching and screening content related to the surname Hatoyama.

As for Conan, he was responsible for going to Inspector Mu Mu of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Bureau to inquire about relevant information.

Finally, after each investigation is completed, the intelligence is summarized in the group and kept in contact at any time.

The active group chat began to become deserted as the tasks were assigned. After exiting the group chat interface, Conan was full of fighting spirit and planned to take action.

Then he was stopped by Mao Lilan:

"Conan, it's time for lunch."

After looking at the time and realizing that it was already twelve o'clock at noon, Conan glanced at the scorching hot weather outside and walked decisively towards the table where the fragrant food was exuding.

It's too hot right now, so let's wait until it gets cooler in the afternoon.

Tokyo,

A penthouse apartment with simple decoration, but the interior is filled with luxury.

Sitting on the sofa with a wanton posture, Karasuma Sonobu looked at the invitation in his hand, his eyes lingered on the golden tulips at the end of the invitation for a while, and then he threw away the fancy-looking invitation with a faint tulip scent very casually. Back to the table.

Boring trick.

With this comment in his mind, Karasuma Sonobu took out his cell phone and called Aieko Rimoto, who was currently working diligently at the headquarters building of the Karasuma Foundation.

"Arrange your schedule and go to Kyoto with me next Thursday."

"Yes."

After a brief explanation, Karasuma Sonobu hung up the phone and then threw the phone back on the table.

Tulip Manor, Miyazawa is pleasant and Hatoyama is virtuous.

I didn't expect that I would still have to get involved in this mess. It was really unlucky.