Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Glendale Whisky

So, almost naturally, the "acquaintance" mentioned by Kudo Shinichi in Mao Lilan's mind has become a boy about the same age as Kudo Shinichi. Until -

"Hey—Arthas!"

Kudo Shinichi's eyes lit up, as if he'd caught sight of someone. He tried hard not to jump, but even the most mature man still had the heart of a young man. So, he stood on tiptoe, waved, and pushed his way into the crowd.

"Shinichi!"

Mao Lilan had no choice but to try hard to catch up with Kudo Shinichi.

*

Olga's arm was grasped.

She instinctively wanted to attack, and then she heard Kudo Shinichi's voice: "How did you deduce the culprit just now?"

He sounded genuinely curious.

Olga was speechless. Why was he still dwelling on this?

"...I told you, intuition."

But Kudo Shinichi obviously didn't believe it and still held her arm and refused to let go, which showed the detective's stubbornness very well.

During this standoff, Olga noticed a dark-haired Japanese girl approaching. She clearly knew Kudo Shinichi. Seeing the standoff, the girl was stunned for a moment, then looked a little strange.

Olga felt like she had realized something.

So she signaled Kudo Shinichi with her eyes to look back.

But Kudo Shinichi didn't get any hint from Olga's eyes at all.

Helpless, Olga had to remind him: "Your sister is angry."

"ha?"

The surprise on Kudo Shinichi's face could even be described as terrifying.

Olga was also stunned - isn't it her younger sister? Then...

"Your sister is angry," she tentatively amended.

This time, Olga could almost feel Kudo Shinichi's tangible speechlessness: "Hey, hey, this 'luring the tiger away from the mountain' is too clumsy, isn't it?"

Olga: “…”

Kudo Shinichi: “…”

The scene returned to the initial staring match. Amidst the rushing crowd, the two men standing there, tug-and-tug, stood out.

Fortunately, at this moment, Mao Lilan stepped forward, tugged at Kudo Shinichi's shirt, and whispered to him, "Hey, Shinichi, is this the 'acquaintance' you mentioned?"

Olga could feel that the look in Mouri Ran's eyes when she looked at her was a little strange, like... anyway, it was strange, but perhaps even she herself did not realize it.

Olga: “???” A sister’s strange possessiveness towards her brother?

Olga had no idea what these two people were doing.

*

Kudo Shinichi finally introduced Olga and Mouri Ran to each other.

Although Olga had no interest in this at all.

"This—" Kudo Shinichi seemed to be considering his words, "This is my classmate, Mao Li Ran. We grew up together... childhood sweethearts."

His ears were a little red, and his voice became softer as he spoke, the last four words almost as soft as a mosquito's hum.

But Olga still heard it. She looked at Kudo Shinichi, then at Mao Lilan, and then suddenly realized it. She patted Kudo Shinichi on the shoulder and whispered in his ear in an encouraging manner: "If you can't be a father, you can still become sworn sisters with her."

Kudo Shinichi: “???” Why did he suddenly feel like he couldn’t understand English?

After a few seconds of careful reasoning, Kudo Shinichi felt that Olga might think that the relationship between him and Mao Lilan was deep...

But she clearly seemed to be fine when she was reasoning about the case before!

What Kudo Shinichi didn't know was that Olga really couldn't tell the difference between family affection and love, ah, although it hadn't developed into love yet. But Olga couldn't tell the difference anyway, after all, she was the one who truly believed that Mizunashi Rena and Ethan Hondou were a couple.

Olga fooled Kudo Shinichi and strode towards the airport exit. She had no luggage, so it was easier for her to walk than Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan, who were dragging their suitcases.

but--

Olga sighed and wanted to cover her ears or cover Kudo Shinichi's mouth with her backhand.

If it weren't for Kudo Shinichi who dragged Mao Lilan to follow her all the way, she absolutely didn't want to review the case with Kudo Shinichi again, and she absolutely didn't want to listen to the anecdotes of Sherlock Holmes that she had already known.

Of course, if it weren't for her relationship with Vermouth, she would have just walked away in anger.

Although she hates Vermouth...

The scene then changed to Olga walking ahead expressionlessly and silently. Kudo Shinichi dragged Ran Mouri behind her, chattering nonstop. Ran Mouri remained silent, looking down at the floor, letting Kudo Shinichi practically drag her forward to chase Olga.

Mao Lilan secretly glanced at the two people in front of her who were in a "harmonious" atmosphere, and thought with some sadness that their relationship was definitely not just "relatively familiar" as Shinichi said. They looked so familiar... They spoke English so fast that she couldn't understand them, they had common topics, they...

She raised her eyes and glanced at the red-haired girl. Shinichi said her name was "Alsace".

*

After leaving the airport, Olga thought she could finally have some peace and quiet, and parted ways with Kudo Shinichi. However, she never expected that someone unexpected would appear again——

"Ah, isn't this Arthas-chan? He's grown so big now!"

Olga felt a bit overwhelmed by Kudo Yukiko's enthusiasm. She was completely unsuitable for dealing with such people. Furthermore, Kudo Yukiko was an extremely talented actress, and if she wasn't paying attention, she would reveal her flaws in front of her.

Kudo Yukiko herself is not a big deal, but her husband Kudo Yusaku is the most troublesome. Kudo Yusaku is not only an excellent reasoning person, but also well-known to many people in the police force, including but not limited to Interpol.

Olga thought with interest that if the organization was torn open from her side and overthrown, the boss's expression would definitely be very interesting.

Forget it, she doesn't want the organization to be destroyed for the time being.

So Olga put on a smile and started dealing with Kudo Yukiko. She was the best at pretending to be a good kid.

With a twitch in the corner of Kudo Shinichi's mouth, Arthas seemed to be possessed by another body and turned into a well-behaved and lovable boy, while his mother was caring about "someone else's child" Arthas and completely ignored him as her son.

Later, she even invited Olga to go with them.

"Has Alsace-chan booked a car? If not, come with us!" She whispered mysteriously into Olga's ear, "Ana-chan and I are heading to Broadway to look for Sharon."

Vermouth?

What is she doing on Broadway?

Is Shuichi Akai on Broadway now?

Uh... With Olga's poor imagination, she could never imagine the man watching a musical.

*

Fortunately, in the end, Olga didn't let the enthusiastic Kudo Yukiko drag her into her antique sports car, which looked unreliable at first glance. Forgive Olga for having a prejudice against "antique cars". After all, Gin's classic car has an impressive top speed and even has a dark history of breaking down on the highway many times...

Just as Olga was about to lose her temper, a striking champagne-colored Lamborghini Aventador SVJ suddenly pulled up in front of them. With its sleek lines and a top speed exceeding 200 mph, it's sure to deliver the most thrilling racing experience.

"Wow~ cool!" Yukiko Kudo clasped her hands in front of her chest and looked at the car, her eyes shining brightly. She instinctively exclaimed in Japanese in excitement.

Seeing this, Kudo Shinichi knew that his mother was probably thinking of buying a new car again.

The driver's door opened, and a man wearing sunglasses stepped out of the champagne-colored sports car. He wore a black suit askew, his shirt unbuttoned near his neck, revealing his collarbones.

After ruffling her slightly curly black hair, he first gave Kudo Yukiko a bright smile and said in Japanese: "Thank you for the compliment, beautiful lady."

Kudo Yukiko was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the man a few steps away, then the smile on her face became even bigger, with appreciation: "Wow ~ cool!"

Kudo Shinichi: “…”

Obviously, the "cool" here doesn't refer to the car...

Kudo Shinichi ignored Kudo Yukiko's words with a bit of depression and began to look at the man wearing sunglasses. He was quite tall, definitely over 1.8 meters, about 20 years old, and his occupation was -

Strange. Kudo Shinichi watched the guy in sunglasses staggering towards Olga. He couldn't even figure out his profession! He couldn't even guess roughly what it was.

The man in sunglasses stopped two steps in front of Olga, rubbed his slightly messy black hair, and took off the sunglasses he had been wearing.

"Long time no see, Arthas~" He yawned, looking casual and unfocused, yet not making people feel uncomfortable.

Kudo Shinichi looked at Olga again, only to see that Olga also seemed to be looking at the man in sunglasses. Suddenly, she raised the corner of her mouth and said meaningfully: "Long time no see - Grain."

Grain Whisky

Kudo Shinichi was stunned again. His knowledge base was naturally different from when he was a child, so when "Alsace" and "Grain" appeared together, he almost immediately realized that they were both the names of wine.

What is the probability of someone using a wine name as their name? And what is the probability of meeting two people using wine names as their names at the same time?

Kudo Shinichi thought silently, it was probably just like what Olga had always complained about him, "I met the same person four times, and murder happened four times"...

As Kudo Shinichi thought about it, he couldn't help but start observing the man Olga called "Gran". He always felt that this man looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he was.

"Grain" seemed to be some kind of magical switch. After Olga uttered the word, the previously lazily yawning man's eyes suddenly sharpened. It was only for a moment, but Kudo Shinichi was certain he wasn't mistaken.

Then, the man in sunglasses, known as "grain," smiled, looking a bit ruffian and a bit disdainful. Anyway, it couldn't be called happy.