I kept muttering to myself the whole way, and I don't know if it really worked to ward off evil spirits, but anyway, I arrived at my destination safely.
Ugh, seeing the Mouri Detective Agency sign again still gives me the creeps.
Yoruichi Toyama, who had just gotten out of the taxi, was about to hide in a coffee shop when a clear and pleasant voice suddenly reached her ears.
"Ah, is this Mr. Toyama? What brings you here?"
Without even turning around, one could tell it was Ms. Ran Mouri, who looked harmless but whose fighting power was comparable to a heavy excavator.
But you can't blame her. With the aura of death constantly surrounding her, anyone without some self-defense ability would be buried three stories high by now.
Yoruichi Toyama first gave a polite smile before turning around to greet him.
"Miss Mori, didn't you go to school today?"
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Xiaolan was holding the hand of the elementary school student she had just criticized.
Conan can understand, though, since it seems he won't be able to complete the transfer application for a while. But what's wrong with Ran?
"But today is Saturday, a day off!" Xiaolan replied, a little puzzled but still gentle, and then smiled.
"By the way, Mr. Toyama just returned to Japan, so he probably hasn't adjusted to the time difference yet, right?"
I'm telling you, time difference won't affect your days off!
If today is Saturday, did you skip school yesterday to go to the amusement park with Shinichi Kudo? ...
Yoruichi Toyama, who had only been in the Conan world for two days, was already overwhelmed by the chaotic timeline.
...
"So Mr. Toyama is the landlord of Poirot Cafe!"
After hearing Yoruichi Toyama's explanation of the blind box opening concept, Ran suddenly realized.
“My dad and the coffee shop manager are old friends, but I’ve never heard him mention the landlord.”
Fortunately, he didn't mention it, and the author probably didn't either.
Yoruichi Toyama silently recalled her conversation with Taro.
"Oh right, I just remembered, isn't the landlord of Poirot Cafe Uncle Mori? That three-story building belongs to his family."
That's a setting speculated by readers; the original work doesn't specify it, so there's no login in the system.
"So you're taking advantage of a loophole, aren't you?" Yoruichi Toyama scratched his head, looking somewhat uneasy.
"Uncle Mori's detective agency only opened after Conan arrived. How did he make a living before? Wasn't he just collecting rent?"
You don't need to worry about that!
Taro spoke up at the opportune moment.
[Think about it, so many little girls have transmigrated and become the manager of Poirot's Café, but have you ever seen any of them pay rent to Uncle Mori?]
That makes so much sense, I can't even refute it.
It seems that the Mori family's income, along with Ran's fighting skills, Professor Agasa's inventions, and Amuro Tooru's driving skills, is considered one of the four unsolved mysteries of the original Conan manga.
This is unscientific, but it's very much in line with the science of science.
"Yes, because my uncle... who was the original landlord, has passed away. Although I inherited his business, I'm currently abroad, so until now..."
Yoruichi Toyama dutifully offered some meaningless explanations.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Lan showed a hint of sympathy.
"I see... What a pity..."
"So, Mr. Toyama, what brings you here today is..."
Her eyes suddenly flickered, as if she were somewhat surprised.
"Could it be... I remember Mr. Toyama is a detective, right? Does he want to take back the café and turn it into a detective agency?"
"puff--"
Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help herself and almost sprayed Conan, who was standing next to her at a low altitude, on the face.
Then he met the elementary school student's eyes, which were filled with a mixture of fear and anticipation.
Even a ghost could guess what you're thinking!
If Yoruichi Toyama opened a detective agency, a certain elementary school student could eat and sleep at multiple places, juggle two relationships, and live a life of collecting cases at double the rate...
...Dream on!
Let's not even talk about the conflict between the two detective agencies upstairs and downstairs.
If you can be a landlord, who needs to go to work? If you can just sit back and collect money, who needs to start a business?
Yoruichi Toyama resolutely shook her head at Ran and Conan's gazes, which held different but equally intense meanings.
"Opening a detective agency is impossible!"
"Being a detective was just a hobby I had when I was in school."
"Besides, didn't Miss Mori say that the café manager and Mr. Mori are good friends? How could I do something that would ruin someone's livelihood!"
"I want to find an apartment to stay in first, to get used to the environment. As for work..."
"I'll talk about it when I've thought it through."
Having made arrangements with the manager of Poirot Cafe and received the rent payment in his account immediately, Toyama Yoru left this troublesome place with complete satisfaction.
Although mobile payment was not mainstream in Japan in this era... no, even in the real world at that time, as long as you opened an account, real-time transfers were still no problem!
I don't know what Qin Ye and his friend were after, insisting on having a cash transaction at an amusement park. Such a large organization doesn't even have an overseas account to avoid being audited.
Tsk tsk, distilleries... they'll be eliminated if they don't keep up with the times!
...
He found a seemingly reliable real estate agency, signed an agreement, and several young men in suits in the store bowed repeatedly to Toyama Yoruichi, saying that they would notify him as soon as they found an apartment that met his needs.
Yoruichi Toyama did feel a bit of urgency; he only had 20 hours left before he had to pay for his own hotel.
Fortunately, the next afternoon, the agent called to say that there was a unit in a luxury apartment available for rent and invited him to view the apartment.
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