The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Wow, are these all your past works?" Mao Lilan's eyes lit up as she walked into Moritani Teiji's exhibition room, "It's really amazing."

The interior of Teiji Moritani's house uses a classical architectural style that is consistent with the overall architectural style. It is luxurious and elegant, and the exhibits in the entire room have a time-honored elegance, which is in line with the regular symmetry of the buildings in the picture. The buildings complement each other.

Conan walked into the exhibition room and looked at the photos one by one. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart. Fortunately, his decoration style was consistent inside and outside, maintaining the overall architectural standard. Otherwise, if he was in a modern building, , a room full of symmetrical photos appeared, and he was afraid that if he couldn't hold it back, he would take out his notebook and start drawing a floor plan or something.

It looks too much like a puzzle game, the kind where the question is "Find the asymmetrical building in the room"...

Thinking like this, Conan couldn't help but start scanning the photos one by one, and started the activity of finding fault with everyone.

This exterior building has a very bold design. Well, if you look closely, it is indeed symmetrical and perfectly matched. Next.

This, this looks like an observatory, let’s take a look at the location... Oh, indeed, it’s very symmetrical, but if the astronomical telescope rotates, will Professor Moritani... Oh, look carefully, there is an entrance on each side. , then it’s okay, it will be symmetrical no matter how you turn it.

This fountain sculpture looks familiar. Is it at the entrance of some shopping mall? If you tell Professor Moritani that due to the later reconstruction plan of the mall, the sculpture that was originally facing the gate is now at an angle, resulting in a completely asymmetrical visual effect for people entering and exiting the mall, he will be furious. Change?

"Hey, Sister Xiaolan, look, is this the house of Dean Kurokawa's family?" When his eyes moved to the next picture, Conan was stunned, turned to Mao Lilan and called out.

As the villa burst into flames amid the explosion, he stood in front of the door and frowned for a long time, so he was deeply impressed by its appearance.

As a result, is this actually the work of Moritani Teiji?

"Let me take a look, oh, it seems to be true." Mao Lilan looked at the photo for a moment and nodded, "This is also the work of Professor Moritani. What a pity."

Looking at Mao Lilan's expression, Moritani Dier's hands behind his back clenched into fists.

What is a pity? A pity for the hospital director who died in a dispute, or a pity for this house?

Although the accidental detonation of the bomb was something he did not plan, it was a good thing that the damn thing was blown up.

"I heard that Mr. Kurokawa was assassinated by a maid at home... Oh, yes, I did hear that the case seemed to be solved by you, Mr. Detective Mori." Moritani Teiji glanced at Kogoro Mori, who was pretending to look around the room, and said slowly He slowly raised his lips and said, "He is indeed a famous detective with extraordinary intelligence."

"Thank you for your reward." Mouri Kogoro, who had received too many compliments, started to be modest as usual, "The case itself is not complicated, and it happened in the deceased's interpersonal network. Even without my help, the police can investigate the suspicion a little bit. People’s backgrounds can also be solved.”

"But the cost of that is far different from cracking it directly on site. I heard that it only took less than an hour from the time the case was committed to the time it was solved by you. If you let the police investigate, It's not surprising that it takes a week or even a month." Moritani Teiji maintained a steady smile and slowly moved the topic, "I think this is the reason why detectives are respected by everyone and become famous. I originally Mr. Kudo, who was invited, is rumored to have such a sharp and swift style."

Instead of praising the detective's intelligence itself, he instead stated that the detective's main function is to reduce costs. This sentence is a bit intriguing.

Conan looked back at the photo and glanced back at Moritani Teiji subtly.

Although the whole sentence uses honorifics and a lot of complimentary words, it just doesn't sound like a good word.

Mouri Kogoro, who was standing in front of Moritani Teiji, obviously did not feel the aggression of this hidden needle. He was still rubbing the back of his head and said politely with a smile: "Where is it?"

Gee, he's back to that image of an exaggerated and unreliable middle-aged detective.

Shaking his head in his heart, he lowered his evaluation of Maori Kogoro, and turned his focus to Maori Lan: "Speaking of which, I will ask you to attend the appointment on his behalf. You and Mr. Kudo Shinichi are very familiar with each other. "

"Yes, actually, the two of us grew up together and have been studying in the same school. We are indeed very familiar with each other... However, we haven't seen each other much recently." Mao Lilan nodded, He replied, "Xinyi, there are a lot of things that need to be busy recently, and I have only seen him once or twice."

"...Oh, that's right." Moritani Teiji suddenly nodded, while silently moving Mao Lilan's ranking forward.

Young people aged sixteen or seventeen are the time when hormones are most active. Mao Lilan is also a beauty who has outstanding appearance and is in line with public aesthetics. If Kudo Shinichi gets to know her well, he can let her attend various events on his behalf. Depending on the degree of the occasion, the relationship between them might be more ambiguous than I guessed.

And what he wanted to find was just such a person.

"However, we will meet again in a few days. If Professor Moritani has anything you want to convey, I can let him know." Mao Lilan changed the subject and smiled, "Actually, in a few days, It's Shinichi's birthday, and I'm going to invite him to a midnight movie, just in time to celebrate his birthday."

"what?"

"Midnight show?"

Mouri Kogoro and Conan made surprised sounds at the same time, with shocked expressions on their faces, and said at the same time: "No, absolutely not!"

Mao Lilan looked at the expressions of the two people, with a slight blush on her face, and shrugged: "Oh, there is a new blockbuster coming out. It's the kind of midnight premiere with a lot of people. Where do you want to go? Already?"

"It's a very youthful plan to spend midnight in the cinema." Teiji Moritani smiled in agreement and continued, "Have you prepared any gifts?"

"That's not the case yet." Mao Lilan shook his head and said with a sigh, "He didn't agree with what he said, and went to far away places to investigate the case. He didn't go home to school for several months, and didn't even say hello. We were fighting, and I was actually a little angry. So, I decided to watch his performance then. If I could get a reasonable explanation, then I would just choose a gift for him while we were shopping. We both liked it very much. Red, I actually have several gift plans. But, if that doesn’t work..."

After she spoke, she tilted her head, folded her hands behind her back as if in embarrassment, and lightly shrugged, as if helpless.

However, Mouri Kogoro and Conan both vaguely heard the crackling sound of her joints from her light movements.

Oops, Kudo-boy/my birthday, isn’t it going to become my death anniversary...

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"Hey, is that really like this?" The woman covered her mouth in surprise, "Mr. Kisaragi, the pressure is not small."

"Yes, the teacher is actually very concerned about the aesthetic education and training system. He also hopes to expand the number of disciples he can recruit. But after all, he is a national treasure-level master. If he opens some classes at will, it is likely to affect his reputation." Tangze nodded seriously, "So, only if I win this grand prize, will the teacher consider officially including me."