Chapter 24 Kurokawa Kaoru: Actually, I am a technician...
Chapter 24
A few days after getting off the Sally Beth, Conan Edogawa came to Kansai.
It's not that he came specifically for Kurokawa Kaoru, but simply because Hattori Heiji's mother, Hattori Shizuka, said she wanted to see what the detective her son was obsessed with looked like, so she found an excuse to go to Tokyo.
After her identity was exposed by Hattori Heiji, Hattori Shizuka was not shy at all. Instead, she smiled and invited Mori Kogoro and others to visit Kansai.
Yes - in Hattori Shizuka's opinion, the detective that could make Hattori Heiji miss him should be the legendary Maori Kogoro. Thinking that her son was still young and must need a lot of care, she took the initiative to invite them to Kansai.
As the daughter of Maori Kogoro and a close friend of Toyama Kazuha, Maori Ran also came along. Naturally, she also brought along the detective Conan, who was being dreamed of by Edogawa, the fake pendant, and the real Hattori Heiji.
"So after you heard about my situation at the Gong family, you asked this guy to bring you here."
He looked at Hattori Heiji expressionlessly, then pulled Gong You aside with a dry laugh. Kurokawa Kaoru frowned and his eyes fell on Edogawa Conan: "I told you that you can come to me if you have any problems, but you are a little too fast."
Edogawa Conan blinked his eyes: "It just happened to be an opportunity."
Hattori Heiji came to visit their home, and brought his children with him, so the Gong family naturally had to entertain them warmly. Seeing the Gong lady coming over with a fruit plate, Edogawa Conan cheered, trotted over to her, and took the fruit plate steadily.
"Great! It's actually watermelon! I think I can eat it, Heiji-nii, right?"
Hattori Heiji, who couldn't get used to Edogawa Conan speaking in this tone no matter how many times he spoke: ...
Could someone please give Kudo a beating for no apparent reason? He was nearly vomiting from nausea.
After all, Mrs. Palace was here, so Kurokawa Kaoru couldn't say anything else. He looked at Hattori Heiji with a half-smile, whose facial expression was extremely ferocious. The corners of his lips rose, and he grabbed Edogawa Conan's collar, successfully blocking the other's "escape" route.
"Thank you, sister... It's so hot today. I was just wondering what to do. Now I feel like I can finally live with these watermelons."
"You kid."
The handsome young man looked at her with a smile, saying something flattering, which immediately made Madam Gong very happy. He raised his hand in the air as if hitting someone on the head. Madam Gong's eyebrows curved, and her eyes were filled with smiles: "Didn't you say you would call me Auntie?"
Kurokawa Kaoru looked embarrassed: "But mother said that beautiful women are all sisters."
"Since Mrs. Kurokawa said so, there's nothing we can do."
As a woman, who doesn't like to be praised for her beauty? She reached out and rubbed the other person's head. Madam Gong smiled and stuffed a piece of soft candy into Kurokawa Xun's hand: "This is Xiaoyou's favorite milk candy. Xiaoxun, you can try it too. If you like it, I'll buy more next time."
"Mother!"
Gong You's eyes widened. "Didn't you say before that the price of this brand of gummy candy had gone up, and that you wouldn't buy it for us once we finished it?"
"I did."
In response to her son's accusation, Madam Gong looked righteous and confident: "Besides, I'm eating this for Xiaoxun. What does it have to do with you two?"
Gong You: ???
Is this kind of thing really reasonable?
She had no idea that in the corner she could see, her son had already broken into pieces. After talking with someone in the room for a while, Madam Gong left the room with a smile as bright as a flower. Before leaving, she glanced at Gong You, and she sighed with regret, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Gong You:?
I gave his candy to Kurokawa, so why is he still sighing at me?
How can this be possible!
So when Kurokawa Kaoru turned around, what he saw was Miya You's face full of resentment.
Kurokawa Kaoru: ...
"Are you constipated?"
"You're constipated!"
Gong You rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of watermelon with a toothpick and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling, "You've coaxed Mother too well. Now she's starting to look at me and Azhi with disdain."
"Isn't it your fault and Miyaji's fault that this happened?"
"Before you came to stay at our house, Mother never looked down on us!"
"It means you two did a terrible job."
Putting his cushion beside Edogawa Conan, and noticing the stiffness of his body, Kurokawa Kaoru chuckled and sat down on the cushion: "Didn't you want to ask me a question? If you don't say anything, I can't guess what you're thinking."
"Who are you?"
"Didn't I say it before? I'm just an ordinary high school student."
He shook his own cup on the table, and the tea leaves in the cup swayed back and forth in the tea, making a subtle sound. Noticing Edogawa Conan's gaze on him, Kurokawa Kaoru yawned, and no emotion could be heard in his words: "To be honest, I'm just a conscientious technician."
Technician?
Edogawa Conan frowned and subconsciously wanted to ask, but Kurokawa Kaoru in front of him laughed.
His smile was gentle. For some reason, even though they were all first-year high school students, Edogawa Conan always felt a sense of incongruity with him.
It’s as if there is an adult’s soul hidden inside Kurokawa Kaoru’s shell.
Wait a moment--
Adult?
As if he had thought of something important, Edogawa Conan's breathing quickened, his eyes fixed on the other person. Being caught in the gaze, Kurokawa Kaoru didn't hide, but just stared at him quietly. After a while, Edogawa Conan still lowered his head uncomfortably, and at the same time, he also gave up the idea in his heart.
Am I overthinking it? He thought to himself.
Judging from Kurokawa Kaoru's attitude towards the Black Organization, he doesn't seem to have been exposed to that kind of poison. Perhaps it's just because of his original family that he seems more mature than his peers.
Completely unaware that he had missed the best opportunity to learn the truth, Edogawa Conan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then continued, "What did you mean by technicians?"
"You know there are so many cameras in Dorobigaar Park, and even some blind spots can be recorded clearly. Have you ever thought about what would happen if someone saw the video?"
Seeing the stunned look on the man's face, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed, took out his phone from his pocket, clicked something on the screen, and placed the phone on the table. "This is the initial version of the video recording, maybe it will be helpful to you."
Hearing the meaning behind the other party's words, Edogawa Conan's expression changed slightly, and some inexplicable emotions flashed in his eyes: "Initial version?"
Does that mean there are many more versions?
It's fine if Edogawa Conan isn't mentioned, but the mention of Kurokawa Kaoru makes me angry. It's fair to say the winery's technicians are incredibly incompetent. Putting aside the absurdity of a living person like Kudo Shinichi falling to the ground and then having blood oozing from his head, the "transfiguration" scene alone is enough to warrant researchers capturing him and studying him for a long time.
As witnesses to the scene, he and Gong Yoo would be grabbed and shouted at together. It was easy to imagine how much trouble they would get into.
"If you're going to remove the images, why not remove the images of everyone present? Don't you realize how much trouble this will cause others?"
Thinking about how he had put so much effort into cleaning up after someone else's situation, and not even getting any compensation, Kurokawa Kaoru's expression became a little resentful: "The Mafia is really a nuisance wherever they go."
Gong Yoo was about to eat watermelon but almost choked because of this sentence:?
Shouldn't this person read what he's saying? What kind of Mafia member would be so annoyed by the Mafia itself?
Without noticing Gong You's expression, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed and turned his head to look at Edogawa Conan: "Speaking of which, I have already given you the initial version of the video recording. It is your personal choice to find their hiding place by comparing the faces of these two people. But... I hope you don't mention me to too many people, especially when it comes to matters involving the Mafia. Don't let my name come out of your mouth."
"I still know about this kind of thing."
Interpreting Kurokawa Kaoru's caution as fear of the Black Organization, Edogawa Conan clenched his fists, looked at him seriously and nodded: "But I can't guarantee that I won't ask you for help in the future."
"I had already guessed this would happen when I recorded the video for you."
In this life, Kurokawa Kaoru didn't inherit the Kurokawa family, so he wasn't above interacting with anyone as long as they weren't members of the mafia. Furthermore, he actually quite admired Kudo Shinichi, and since he had helped him before, it wasn't a big deal to occasionally help someone.
Thinking of this, Kurokawa Kaoru chuckled, and just as he was about to speak, a "ah" sound came out of his mouth.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing his voice, Edogawa Conan quickly said: "Have you thought of something?"
"Not only did I think about it, it was also something very important."
After many days, he recalled the scene again and mentally reviewed his mistake. Kurokawa Kaoru shook his head and met Edogawa Conan's nervous gaze, saying word by word: "That man named Gin, his hair looks so smooth. I should have asked him what kind of soap he used when we first met."
“…”
The moment Kurokawa Kaoru showed that expression, he guessed that the other party would definitely not say anything normal. Looking at the identical speechless expressions on Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan's faces, Miya Yu, who had become numb from being shocked by the other party too many times, snorted coldly and slowly stuffed the watermelon into his mouth.
"What a fuss."
TBC.
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