Conan: Goodbye, Brewery, I'm running away

A few days later, at the Maori Detective Agency.

After school, Conan, who did not go out to play with the other members of the Detective League, sat on the sofa in the office with a serious face.

He was thinking about what happened when he met a member of the organization in Kanagawa a few days ago. At that time, he did not get any information from Mr. Amuro, and later he asked Huiyuan for some information.

Unfortunately, he did not get any useful information from Huiyuan, and Huiyuan's evaluation of the previous case was also very simple. According to the organization's usual rules of conduct, it is estimated that they are interested in the new medicine of the Morita family, but Conan always feels that it is not that simple. He thinks he must have overlooked something.

Sitting at the desk next to him, Kogoro Mouri was watching Yoko Okino's show, and from time to time he would laugh and shout like a pervert.

And Mao Lilan was preparing dinner for three people upstairs.

Just then, someone knocked on the door of the office.

Maori Kogoro didn't want to pay attention to the person knocking on the door, and said impatiently, "Really, we should prepare a sign for non-business hours and hang it up when we watch Yoko's show next time."

Fortunately, the show was coming to an end, and Maori Kogoro only complained a few words and asked Conan to open the door, "Kid, go open the door."

Conan, who was thinking, looked at the uncle who was still staring at the end of the show with his half-moon eyes, jumped off the sofa, walked to the door and opened it.

When I opened the door, there stood a tall foreign man who looked to be around 30 years old.

"Hello, is this the Maori Detective Agency?"

The man saw that the person who opened the door was a little child, so he half-knelt down to greet Edogawa Conan, and his voice had a bit of the strange accent that is unique to foreigners speaking Japanese.

Edogawa Conan observed the man in front of him. From his state, Conan could tell that this man was not here to entrust a case. "Hello, yes, this is the Mori Detective Agency."

After hearing Conan's words, the man looked at the child in front of him, and after he seemed to confirm something, he asked: "Excuse me, are you Edogawa Conan?"

Conan realized that the person in front of him was looking for him and nodded, "It's me, what can I do for you?"

In the room, Kogoro Mouri had already finished watching the closing remarks of Yoko Okino's show. He turned off the TV and straightened his clothes and bow tie, and found that the little ghost had not brought anyone in yet. He stood up and decided to see what was going on.

"Conan, what's going on?"

Hearing the adult's voice in the room, the man took back what he hadn't said yet. He had always felt that his boss's request was unreasonable. How could he entrust such a young child? Now that he heard an adult's voice, he still felt that it would be more convenient to communicate with an adult.

Conan also saw what was meant by the other person's eyes, so he invited the visitor into the office. He was also a little curious, why did this foreigner know him?

After a while, Kogoro Mouri and the visitor sat face to face on the sofa in the office, while Conan stood by and watched.

"Hello, Mr. Maori, my name is Louis Edmond, and this is my business card."

The man took out two business cards and pushed them in front of Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa respectively.

Looking at his actions, Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa both noticed something strange. Among the people who passed by the office, very few or almost no one had ever handed a business card to Conan, who looked like a child.

Conan thought of what the man had just said at the door, and he habitually became wary of the person in front of him.

"My boss asked me to give an invitation letter to Conan Edogawa and Detective Maori, and to entrust Conan Edogawa and Mr. Maori with a case."

He explained the purpose of his visit and took out two invitations that looked very artistic from his bag, on which were written the names of Conan Edogawa and Kogoro Mori respectively.

Kogoro Mouri took the two invitations and opened his own, which invited Kogoro Mouri to bring his companions to attend the opening exhibition of an art gallery in Nishitama City in three days.

Louis Edmond continued, "I wonder if you two have heard about the fact that Kaito Kidd has issued another notice?"

Hearing this, both Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa nodded.

They also heard that Kaito Kidd has set his sights on a new gem, and that the owner of the gem this time is a French businessman. Although Conan also wants to participate in Kidd's new target case, the owner of the gem this time is not the old man of the Suzuki family, and Officer Nakamori of the Second Investigation Division does not want Kogoro Mori to participate, so they only know about this case at present.

When they heard the visitor mention this matter, both Edogawa Conan and Mori Kogoro had already guessed what case the visitor wanted to commission.

Maori Kogoro closed the notice in his hand and said, "It seems that you want to entrust me... Xiaogui and I to participate in Kid's jewel case."

Maori Kogoro was used to saying something about him, but then he thought of the Louis Edmond in front of him who always put the little devil in front. Although he was a little unconvinced, the little devil was indeed known as Kidd's nemesis, so he still added the little devil.

Conan on the side was smiling very confidently, not looking embarrassed at all.

Louis Edmond nodded, "That's exactly what Mr. Maori said. Although our boss initially thought it didn't matter that Kidd liked the gem, after all, Kidd would return the gem every time, so the boss thought it didn't matter to let Kidd see the gem.

But Officer Nakamori from Japan got the news from somewhere and insisted on intervening. Our boss had no choice but to agree to the request of your local police."

Conan's mouth twitched at the side. He could already imagine what Officer Nakamori had said.

Maori Kogoro crossed his arms across his chest. He was still a little dissatisfied with the fact that he was just a foil, and even didn't want to go. "Since your boss doesn't care, why did you come here to entrust us?"

Hearing Maori Kogoro's question, Louis Edmond explained, "Someone gave our boss an idea. He said that since we agreed to take this opportunity to fight Kidd, we must invite Kidd's nemesis, Edogawa Conan."

When Louis Edmond heard these words, an image of a person turning his head, giving a thumbs up, and grinning confidently appeared in the minds of Conan Edogawa and Kogoro Mori.

Shaking his head to get rid of the imagined scene, Maori Kogoro's mouth twitched, "Could the person you are talking about be Suzuki Jirokichi, the consultant of the Suzuki family?"

Louis Edmond nodded, "Yes, it was Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi. He said that as long as Edogawa Conan is here, the gems will never be taken away by Kid. He also said that Edogawa Conan is the undisputed nemesis of Kid."

Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa felt that the black lines on their heads were about to materialize.

"The contents of the notice have been deciphered by Officer Nakamori. The date is exactly the day of the art exhibition we have scheduled for opening in three days, so our boss asked me to invite you two. Here is a copy of the notice and the deposit for the commission fee."

The man took out two more things from his bag, one was a notice letter, and the other was a thin envelope containing a check.

"The boss hopes that Conan Edogawa and Detective Maori can take on this commission."

Of course, Edogawa Conan hoped to fight Kid again. He immediately nodded and accepted the invitation.

Seeing that there was money to be made and not much work to be done, Kogoro Mori was of course willing to participate, so he nodded and agreed to take on the commission.

Seeing that the two agreed, Louis Edmond had completed the task assigned by his boss. He took out a few more invitations and said, "My boss asked me to give you two more invitations. Mr. Maori and little Conan can also invite friends to join us."

After seeing Louis Edmund off, Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa, who were reading the preview letter, heard another knock on the door. This time the door of the office was not closed. When they looked up, they saw Toru Amuro holding a sandwich.

"Excuse me, Mr. Maori and Conan, you probably haven't had dinner yet. I made too many sandwiches, so I came to bring you some."

Seeing the other party holding a sandwich, Maori Kogoro, who was already used to being fed by the other party, nodded and said, "It's you, Amuro."

Conan also greeted Amuro Toru from the side, "Amuro brother."

Amuro Toru noticed that the cup of water was still placed on the sofa where the client usually sat, and asked casually, "Was there a guest just now?"

Maori Kogoro nodded, and seeing the sandwich the other party put down, Maori Kogoro thought of the invitation letter that Conan had left after inviting his friends, so he casually asked: "Amuro, are you free in three days? There is an extra invitation letter in the invitation letter that the client just sent, which is related to Kid."

"Is it the gem called 'Acacia'?" Amuro Toru came here for this, so he naturally wouldn't refuse. He smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Maori for taking me with you when you have time!"

Maori Kogoro waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to thank him, and handed him the invitation. After all, they usually ate the food sent by the other party, so there was nothing to thank for an extra invitation.

Conan, who was checking the information about the gemstone, looked at Amuro Toru and asked, "Amuro-san, are you also interested in this case?"

Doesn't this guy usually have no time to take care of Kidd's case? Why would he suddenly want to get involved? Could it be...

Amuro Toru smiled and replied, "I am quite interested."