"Where should we go next?" Kogoro Mouri pulled out an Osaka travel guide from somewhere and flipped through it casually. "I've got it! Let's go eat some grilled takoyaki!" He felt he could still eat a little more.
"Okay, let's listen to Daddy, let's go..." Ran smiled and asked Hanyu Nan and Ai for their opinions. Just as she was about to suggest that they all go eat grilled takoyaki, her smile suddenly disappeared.
"What's wrong, Ran-neechan?" The observant Ai immediately noticed the change in Ran's expression and asked with concern.
"I don't know either," Xiaolan said with a puzzled look, glancing around before saying uncertainly, "I just suddenly felt a chill..."
"Maybe it's because the air conditioning in the store is too cold. Let's go!" Kogoro Mouri didn't take Ran's words to heart; his mind was full of delicious takoyaki.
Yuzuru thoughtfully turned his gaze to a girl in the ramen shop, wearing an orange sweater, with her hair tied in a high ponytail and a matching headband.
interesting!
He had long noticed the girl who had been suspiciously following them, and he knew her identity very well.
Kazuha Toyama is a girl who is always daydreaming, yet incredibly innocent and adorable.
However, logically speaking, Kazuha Toyama shouldn't be causing trouble for Ran like in the original storyline.
After all, she had just taught her childhood friend Hattori Heiji a lesson, so she should know very well that Ran was her girlfriend.
"What are you looking at?" Ai noticed Yuzuru's strange gaze and asked curiously, following his line of sight.
"Nothing?" Hearing Ai's question, Yuu Nan looked away and reached out to rub Ai's head.
He didn't intend to expose Toyama Kazuha directly, but rather wanted to see what kind of show this girl, whose personality was very similar to Ran's, was planning to put on for him.
Ai, standing to the side, shook off the large hand on her head with some dissatisfaction, then looked at the girl with her back to them, and then glared at Yuzuru, who was smiling at her.
Her intuition, stemming from her genius as a scientist, always gave her the feeling that Yuzuru was plotting something wicked.
However, before Ai could think about it further, she was interrupted by Ran's shout.
"Nan, Xiao Ai, we're leaving!" After paying the bill, Xiao Lan turned around and waved to the two of them.
"Okay, I'll be right there!" Yuzuru replied, then took Ai's little hand and walked towards the door.
After they left the ramen shop, Toyama Kazuha, who had been facing away from them, turned around, her water-green eyes flashing. Then she stood up from her chair and quietly followed them.
...
After leaving the ramen shop, Yuzuru and his companions got into the luxurious Rolls-Royce that had been quietly waiting at the door.
After starting the car, we arrived at our destination in a short time, following the address marked in the Osaka travel guide.
"Oh, it's delicious!"
Kogoro Mori excitedly held the skewer, his eyes shining, and kept stuffing grilled takoyaki into his mouth.
"Ah, open your mouth!" With a hint of mischief, Yuzuru gently pried open Ai's little mouth and, ignoring Ai's displeased look, put a takoyaki inside. "Is it good?"
"..." Ai, whose mouth was stuffed full and unable to speak, glared angrily at Yuzuru, and then began to chew fiercely.
"Haha~" Yuzuru Nan let out a burst of mischievous laughter, while occasionally tapping Ai's puffed-up cheeks with his finger.
Xiao Lan, standing to the side, looked around with a somewhat surprised and uncertain expression.
She always felt like someone was watching her.
Is it just my imagination?
Of course not. After noticing Ran's actions, Yuzuru looked up at Toyama Kazuha, who was pretending to be a passerby again, and raised his eyebrows.
That's really persistent!
...
Xiaolan looked around but didn't find anything unusual. She figured she was probably just overthinking it, so she looked away and prepared to enjoy the delicious grilled takoyaki.
"Ah! Dad, how did you finish them all so quickly?" Xiaolan picked up the empty plate on the table, her face full of disbelief.
She had only been distracted for a short while, and yet not a single grilled takoyaki was left.
"Tch!" Kogoro Mouri crossed his arms and glanced at Nanami Hanyu across from him, clearly annoyed by his daughter's words.
"Silly girl, it's with me now, how could your uncle not save some for you?" Yu Shengnan smiled and tapped Xiao Lan's fair forehead. Then he took out a multi-purpose capsule and pressed it. Immediately, a tray appeared on the table, with six grilled takoyaki neatly arranged on it.
He was worried that Kogoro Mouri would eat all the grilled takoyaki by himself, so he specially took out the super capsule and put it away in advance.
"It tastes really good, eat up." Yu Shengnan looked at Xiao Lan, who was holding her head and pretending to be in pain, and smiled indulgently as he gently pushed the tray toward her.
"Hehe," Ran winked mischievously at Yuzuru, then quickly chopped up a dumpling and popped it into her mouth. Because she ate so fast, her words became slurred, "Nan is the best!"
At that moment, Ai quietly tugged at the sleeve of Yuzuru, who was watching Ran eat with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Yu Shengnan looked down.
"Hanyu, did you notice that girl? We saw her at the ramen shop earlier." Ai lowered her voice and pointed to Toyama Kazuha, who was holding a newspaper in front of him and glancing over from time to time.
Because of Hanyu Nanasu, Ai is certain that the girl is the one she met at the ramen shop before.
Yuzuru glanced at it, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I know what she's up to!"
"..." Fine, since Yuzuru has said so, Ai can only pretend she didn't see the girl trying to cover up her mistake.
...
"Hattori, is this all you're treating me to?"
Conan stared at the pancake in his hand, speechless.
Sigh, I should have gone with Xiaolan and the others!
"What's wrong? Doesn't it taste good?" Hattori Heiji took a big bite of the pancake, chewing loudly, and mumbled, "I think it's pretty good!"
He usually likes to buy a pancake on the way home from school and eat it while walking, finishing it just as he gets home.
"Hehe..." Conan forced himself to eat the hard pancake, feeling as if his life had lost all its luster.
It's too difficult for a seven-year-old's teeth to bite through a pancake of this hardness!
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