Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

quickly,

Time has come to the day when the treasure hunt competition officially begins.

As soon as the sun rose, Kogoro Mori climbed out of bed with full energy and shining eyes, without any urging.

Conan was awakened by the "ping-pong" noise coming from the bathroom. He opened his eyes sleepily and saw that the bed next to him was empty.

The light in the washroom was already on.

In addition to the noise of washing, from time to time one could hear Kogoro Mouri's excited and barely suppressed mumbling, as well as strange laughter that could be heard even if one covered one's ears.

Conan, with a head of adobe hair, who woke up passively, held his head in despair, with a look in his eyes that showed that he was tired of the world and indifferent to everything at such a young age.

In the bathroom, Kogoro Maori was in high spirits, admiring himself in the mirror, looking neatly dressed and handsome, and humming a song as he walked out.

While changing the clothes next to the pillow, Maori Kogoro did not forget to call Conan in the next bed:

"Wake up, kid, the sun is about to burn your butt."

Oh, it’s only six o’clock now.

Looking at the sky outside the window that was slightly illuminated by the morning light, Conan got out of bed in slippers, yawned sleepily, and pulled open the curtain that he had lifted at a corner.

Kogoro Mori, who was overwhelmed by the news that he was about to meet Yoko Okino, didn't care about all this and kept urging Conan to wash up and change clothes.

He stepped on the footstool specially provided for him by the hotel, turned on the faucet, filled the blue children's wash cup printed with cartoon patterns with water, and squeezed fruit-flavored children's toothpaste into it.

After completing this series of preparations, Conan looked at himself in the mirror wearing cartoon pajamas and began to wash up.

Outside the window, the dim light gradually brightened, pulling out the sun from behind the clouds and awakening the city of Kyoto.

Yes,

At this moment, they were not in Tokyo's Beikacho, but in a high-end hotel in the eastern district of Kyoto.

In order to look his best when meeting Okino Yoko, Kogoro Mori, who has always been stingy and likes to take advantage of others, is unusually generous this time.

Not only did he arrive in Kyoto, the starting point of the treasure hunt competition, the night in advance, but he also booked a room in a high-end hotel closest to the opening ceremony of the competition.

Mao Lilan, who accompanied them, showed her good luck as always. When checking in at the hotel front desk, she won the special prize in a lottery held by the hotel to attract popularity and increase occupancy rate.

The room we stayed in was upgraded free of charge from two standard rooms to a top-level family suite.

Around seven o'clock,

The warm and comfortable sunlight shone through the half-open window onto Kogoro Mouri, who was still sitting in the living room of the suite, stuffing a hearty breakfast into his stomach.

He originally planned to take his daughter and Conan to the opening ceremony of the treasure hunt competition after they changed their clothes.

But as the doorbell rang, Kogoro Mouri impatiently opened the door and saw the hotel waiter outside pushing a whole cart of luxurious breakfast.

He immediately smiled and decided to have breakfast first and then go to the opening ceremony to meet his beloved Ms. Okino Yoko.

Anyway, it's still early, and I can see Miss Okino Yoko if I go later, but it would be a big loss if I miss this breakfast.

Kogoro Mori, who loves to take advantage of others, thought so.

So, in Conan's half-moon eyes, Kogoro Mouri, who had been so excited that he wished he could grow two pairs of wings and fly to the opening ceremony venue and had always complained about Conan's procrastination, now looked at him.

At this moment, all he had in his eyes and mind was the breakfast on the table. Looking at the situation, he was about to lick the plate of breakfast on the table clean.

"Today's weather is really nice, the sun is shining brightly."

Mao Lilan, who put down her chopsticks when she was 70% full, looked at the bright sky outside the window and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, it rained last night, but I didn't expect the sun to come out early this morning."

Breathing the clear and moist air, Conan agreed and couldn't help but secretly look at Mao Li Ran's appearance at the moment.

The girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was wearing an extremely beautiful aqua blue kimono. The hand-cut fabric was delicately embroidered with gardenias.

With every move she made, the gardenias on her sleeves seemed to be blown by the wind, carrying with them the vitality as if they were still growing on the branches.

As the sunlight shone, Ran Maoli, with a gentle smile on her face, seemed like a noble princess in a classical painting, who had come alive.

It was so close that Conan thought he could faintly smell the scent of gardenia.

"Hey, did it rain last night?"

Ran Mao Li, who lived alone in a separate single bedroom in the family suite and slept well all night, had no idea about this.

As for Conan, he was kept awake all night by Kogoro Mouri, who was sleeping in the next bed in the twin bedroom. He not only talked in his sleep intermittently all night, but also laughed horribly.

Only then did I realize that there was a not-so-light rain in Kyoto at around 1 or 2 in the morning yesterday.

In other words, Conan is sitting with his back to the light and wearing glasses on his face, otherwise Ran Mouri would definitely be able to see the two dark circles under Conan's eyes.

“I went to bed early last night and woke up at daybreak, so I didn’t know about this.

But, Conan, if you know this, then you didn't sleep well last night, did you? "

Conan glanced at Maori Kogoro, who was still concentrating on eating breakfast, and made an excuse:

"I woke up in the middle of the night last night and felt dry in the mouth. When I got out of bed to get some water, I heard the sound of rain outside the window. I opened the curtains and took a look, and that's when I realized it."

"The rain is pretty heavy."

The sound of rain can be heard through the window curtains.

"Yeah, it's pretty heavy. I originally thought that this rain would affect today's weather."

As Conan spoke, he couldn't help but look at Mao Li Ran.

The uncontrollable amazement and unconcealable love in his eyes made Kogoro Mouri, who seemed to be concentrating on eating but actually saw everything, and who had been pretending to be blind for a long time, become more and more angry.

That brat Kudo Shinichi is still as hateful as ever.

He, Xiaolan's father, is still sitting here, so blatantly, with his eyes glued to Xiaolan.

He doesn't even know how to restrain himself. He really thinks Xiaolan's father is a blind man.

Don't think I don't know that the clothes Xiaolan is wearing were secretly given to her by you.

Haha, they even teamed up to lie to me and said that it was given to me by Xiaolan’s good friend Sonoko.

Kogoro Mouri, who felt that Conan had led his daughter astray, gave a vicious look at Conan, who was staring at his precious daughter intently.

The next second, Conan covered his mouth and nose and sneezed loudly.

"Conan, you have a cold."

Ran Mao Li asked worriedly, suspecting that Conan caught a cold because he didn't wear enough clothes when he got out of bed to pour water last night.

Conan, who suddenly felt a chill beside him, turned his head in confusion and saw Maori Kogoro contentedly put down a cleared breakfast plate and reached out for another one.

Maybe I really caught a cold last night?

Conan, who couldn't find the reason, turned around and comforted Mao Lilan who looked concerned:

"It's okay. I guess it's Genta and Ayumi who are talking about me behind my back."

In order to follow this time, Conan used a voice changer to disguise himself as Kogoro Mouri, and asked for ten days of sick leave from his school teacher on the grounds that the flu was prevalent recently and he had caught a cold.

When they came to visit Conan, they found that Conan's illness was not serious. However, the three little ones were very envious that he had a ten-day vacation and could follow Mouri Kogoro to participate in the treasure hunt competition.

As for the kimono that Mao Lilan was wearing at the moment, he also bought it secretly during those few days.

Ever since Conan learned that Xiaolan would participate in the treasure hunt competition with her future father-in-law, he had the idea of ​​buying Xiaolan a beautiful kimono.

As a childhood sweetheart who grew up together, he has been involved in most of Mao Lilan's life.

After Xiaolan's parents separated, she knew that she had to take care of her father, who was careless and decadent and unable to take care of himself, at a young age. He was just a paralyzed patient and lacked a certificate of paralysis.

Most of the time, she goes out without makeup and wears simple and comfortable clothes. Unlike other girls, she does not dress up exquisitely every day, and her wardrobe full of items is always missing a favorite dress.

So, after secretly calling her mother, Kudo Yukiko, who had gone abroad again, she was teased at first, and then received professional guidance for several hours.

Early the next morning, Conan followed the guidance of Yukiko Kudo and came to an old handmade custom kimono shop located in an old alley in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which was not well-known but had exquisite craftsmanship and a long history.

As soon as he entered the door, his eyes were attracted by the light blue kimono embroidered with gardenias hanging on a row of display racks.

Then, an old lady who was both the store manager and kimono maker thought I was a child who came in out of curiosity.

Not only did he not drive him away, he even stuffed a handful of candy into his hand.

After Conan told the purpose of his visit, he changed the request of buying clothes into that his brother wanted to buy clothes for his favorite future wife, but because he was abroad and his parents were very busy and on business trips in other cities, so he was asked to run errands.

The old store manager touched his head with a loving look on her face, first praising him for being so smart and capable, then followed Conan's instructions, took the kimono off the shelf, and packed it carefully.

Finally, when Conan paid and handed him the wrapped box, the old woman also wished:

"The flower language of gardenia is eternal love and protection. The little girl who received this gift will surely be happy with her lover forever."

Hearing the blessing, Conan nodded solemnly, and after leaving the house he was so happy that he even jumped on the way back.

That afternoon, Mao Lilan, who had originally planned to wear the yukata she bought last year, received a beautiful and exquisite kimono.

In addition, there is a bunch of small-leaf gardenias with a faint fragrance.

However, when Kogoro Mouri asked her about it, she did not say that it was given by Conan, but instead used her good friend Sonoko as an excuse.

After hearing Conan's answer, the worry on Ran Mouri's face did not diminish in the slightest.

When he saw that Conan had no other symptoms except sneezing and his temperature was normal, he still expressed his concern:

"Don't take it lightly, Conan. If you feel uncomfortable, please tell me."

"Ah."

Conan nodded.

After the showdown, he rarely called Mao Lilan "Sister Xiaolan" except when necessary.

After finishing another plate of breakfast, Kogoro Mouri looked at his daughter's elbows and gritted his teeth while chewing.

Then, while putting the plate down, he glared at Conan, who was still looking at Xiaolan from time to time with a happy smile on his face.

"Ah sneeze~"

Seeing Conan sneeze again, Mao Lilan now completely believed that Conan caught a cold last night and sneezing was an early sign.

As for the lack of other reactions, it is because these symptoms will gradually appear later.

then,

When the treasure hunt opening ceremony began, Conan, wearing a small black samurai suit and a small wooden sword on his waist, looked at Kogoro Mouri who was trying hard to squeeze towards where Yoko Okino was.

There was not even the slightest desire to open my mouth and complain.

Her cute facial features were covered by a black mask, and her mouth was filled with the strange bitter taste of cold medicine.

The whole person looked so listless as if he had really caught the flu.

Seeing Hattori Heiji walking towards him from a distance, he thought he had recognized the wrong person.

If I hadn't recognized the anti-counterfeiting logo on the person next to me, who was currently chatting intimately with her lover Toyama Kazuha, I would have thought that it was Kudo Shinichi's lover, Mouri Ran.

He almost turned around and looked in another direction.

After learning the reason why Conan became like this, Hattori Heiji comforted him:

"Miss Xiaolan also cares about you."

Conan's mouth was so bitter that he didn't want to talk. He felt that his stomach probably didn't like the children's cold granules sent by the hotel and was silently rebelling.

You never know, he might spit it out as soon as he opens his mouth.

In front, Kogoro Mori, who had finally squeezed next to Yoko Okino, tried hard to look serious, but was not very successful.

The corners of his mouth were almost stretched behind his ears.

However, Yoko Okino, who had commissioned Kogoro Mouri, still remembered that Kogoro Mouri was the famous detective Sleeping Kogoro who was famous last year, so she was very friendly.

In the distance, professional media reporters invited by the Ooka Foundation were taking photos and interviewing the lively opening ceremony.

Ooka Momiji, wearing a maple-red kimono and holding a fan with a maple forest's bamboo leaves and leaves painted on it, looks at everything with an arrogant demeanor and a calm gaze.

Behind her, Ichi Muga, dressed as a samurai, was observing his surroundings vigilantly.

Toru Amuro, who had just changed out of the opening ceremony staff uniform and secretly replaced one of the media photographers, was wrapped tightly and recording the entire opening ceremony with his camera. He looked at the stack of parchment with the treasure map of the red leaf treasure brought by the staff and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the treasure map was distributed to all participants at the opening ceremony.

Otherwise, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

As everyone was sighing, the atmosphere on the scene gradually reached a climax as the staff appeared with the token of this treasure hunt competition - a sheepskin treasure map.