The problem is that Conan's transformation isn't like Sailor Moon's, where he can just change whenever he wants.
Leaving aside the subsequent incidents, this time it was because he drank the baijiu brought by Hattori Heiji that he turned back to normal completely by accident.
The transformation process must have been quite painful...
Furthermore, we must also consider the possibility that news of his sudden appearance might reach Gin's ears.
Either one could be considered a deadly danger.
Unfortunately, by the time Yoruichi Toyama asked, Conan had already been tricked into drinking the sake.
Then there's only one option...
What else can we do?
Taro asked curiously.
"That's of course..."
"They're not giving Shinichi Kudo a chance to appear and solve the mystery at all!"
...
Just as Yoruichi Toyama had expected, when he arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri was already receiving a new client, a lady dressed in a low-key yet elegant manner.
"Hey, Conan, what's going on!" Uncle Kogoro scolded in his usual loud voice, "Can't you see I'm entertaining guests? How can you just let outsiders in like that!"
"Mr. Mori, there's no need to be so formal." Yoruichi Toyama walked in with a grin, his gaze sweeping over the dark-skinned boy standing next to him.
"Since you can get this famous high school detective from Kansai to join, it wouldn't hurt to bring me along too!"
"W-what?" The still-attractive lady turned around in surprise and looked at Hattori Heiji. "Is this child also a detective?"
"Mr. Mori, this is really..."
"Ah, that..."
Seeing that the God of Wealth was dissatisfied, Kogoro panicked and kept giving Hattori Heiji meaningful glances.
"Hattori-kun is the son of the head of the Osaka Prefectural Police Department's Hattori Division. He should know his place and won't say anything out of line, so you can rest assured."
It wasn't Hattori Heiji who spoke first, but the young man who had just entered.
He smiled and looked at the wife sitting opposite Kogoro.
"——Mrs. Tsujimura."
The woman, whose name had been called, was suddenly surprised.
"Who...who are you?"
“My name is Toyama, and I’m also a detective. However,” Toyama Yoruichi stepped forward with a smile and patted Hattori Heiji on the shoulder, “like this Hattori-kun, I won’t casually reveal the identity of the lady.”
"As for who you are, Madam..." He put the black cat he was carrying under his arm on his shoulder, and with his other hand pulled Conan, who hadn't had time to run away, over and gave his big head a hard rub. "Actually, it was Conan who told me just now."
"Hey... Achoo!"
A sneeze interrupted Conan's self-justification, leaving him no choice but to reluctantly take the blame.
Fortunately, no one takes a child's nonsense seriously.
Kimie Tsujimura, the wife of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, nodded with a stern face.
"In any case, I'll have to ask Mr. Mori for help this time."
"Please come home with me so my husband can explain the details of the commission."
"Details?" Kogoro blinked his small eyes. "What details do you need if we're just investigating your future daughter-in-law?"
The uncle's question is actually quite reasonable.
When the in-laws investigate their prospective daughter-in-law, they simply want to know if she has a clean past and if her family background is clean. In particular, the Tsujimura family is a bureaucratic family, so they will definitely consider the public impact.
But there's nothing that's hard to say. Even the wife, who is the future mother-in-law, can't explain it clearly. Only the husband himself can talk about it.
This isn't a Bohemian scandal; it's his son getting married, not the diplomat himself.
Even he himself, a mere official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was not even sure if he was serving in the Foreign Minister's office, could not be compared to the King of Bohemia.
Of course, they couldn't get Mr. Holmes to investigate for them.
Even if the person opposite her is Irene Adler.
...In the minds of Kogoro Mouri, and even Conan and Heiji Hattori who were listening in, Mrs. Tsujimura, their future daughter-in-law, had become a beautiful and cunning vixen.
Only Yoruichi Toyama, a spoiler-loving fan, knows that the girl was actually completely innocent.
In the diplomat's story, the woman who had taken a different lover was none other than the still charming lady before us.
...
Twenty years ago, two junior clerks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were competing for a promotion.
That would bring one of them closer to the center of power and allow them to live a more comfortable life.
The pursuits of politicians are nothing more than this.
These two people are named Tsujimura Isao and Yamashiro Kenji.
Politicians' competition is rarely entirely aboveboard.
In the end, Kenji Yamashiro was arrested on charges of embezzlement and imprisoned, and Isao Tsujimura naturally received a promotion.
It's hard to say that this was just a case of a low-level civil servant framing another.
However, for ordinary people who have no understanding of the Japanese political landscape and have only heard a little about this matter, they will only get a superficial conclusion.
This "ordinary person" is Kenji Yamashiro's ex-wife, now the wife of diplomat Tsujimura, Kimie Tsujimura.
Based solely on the fact that her ex-husband Yamashiro was convicted of embezzlement and actually sentenced, Yoruichi Toyama can boldly guess that neither Yamashiro nor Tsujimura held high positions back then.
Otherwise, the involvement of high-ranking diplomatic officials in corruption would likely trigger a political scandal.
It's a miracle that Tsujimura Isao, a rival of Yamashiro, didn't get into any trouble, let alone dare to accept Yamashiro's wife.
They're really not afraid that their rivals will use this opportunity to launch a propaganda offensive!
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