Chapter 65 The beginning of a new round
A new barista has come to the coffee shop below the Maori Detective Agency. He is a very handsome young man with short, neat hair and healthy dark skin. He has a bright and generous smile, and the patterns of the coffee he makes are vivid and beautiful. He is very popular with the female customers in the store, and the business has been much better recently because of him.
Pei Zhen still came here to eat breakfast as usual. The prices here were not expensive, the sandwiches and some breakfasts were pretty good, and they also provided takeaway for customers. Even if it wasn't related to the plot, he would still be willing to patronize here.
He was summarizing what he had gained during this period. All the light points of [Isabelle] from the beginning to the end have been used up by him, and the ones that have been saved recently are the results of [Kazematsuri Nomi] and [Yagyu Mingche] during this period. [Kazematsuri Nomi] met Gin and Vodka three times. Except for the first meeting, the two subsequent encounters did not provide much, a total of +54 and +35 respectively. As for [Yagusei Mingche], the one who ventured into the entertainment industry, his fame had not yet risen. There were more than a few thousand people who had heard of his name and still remembered him, but Pei Zhen only received 102.2 light points.
He was not in a hurry. No matter what happened, nothing could be accomplished overnight.
In other words, he now has a total of only 191.2+34.1=225.3 light spots. What follows is the encounter with Conan and others in the past few days. Compared with the prosperity of the previous period, it is a world of difference.
"Sir, here's your order." The new waiter brought a cup of freshly heated milk, and next to it was a wrap with an egg and a hot dog, which was a new dish in the store. After giving the detective, a frequent customer in the neighborhood, a discreet glance, the clerk returned behind the counter as if nothing had happened.
"Thump, thump, thump." The sound of someone walking down the stairs from above.
Seeing Pei Zhen, Conan and the others were a little surprised. "Hey, Brother Amano," Conan greeted him. "I haven't seen you come here to eat for a long time. Is the matter at the office finally resolved?"
The three of them were wearing thick clothes, furry earmuffs on their heads, and had suitcases beside them, looking like they were going on a long journey.
Pei Zhen bought a new mobile phone. The development of technology in Conan seems to be a bit magical. In the past, what "he" carried with him and brought from the countryside was a candy-bar phone with buttons, but recently, what are popular on the market are full-screen phones. After the firm had some income, he went and bought a new one.
Pei Zhen smiled and said, "There aren't that many things to do. I just dealt with some old files in the agency. I'm a little tired and don't want to go out."
Conan's eyelashes trembled, and he began to realize that this "Brother Amano" no longer concealed his "socially anxious" nature after getting to know him a little better. A waiter on the side brought a breakfast of coffee and an egg burger to Conan and the others. Kogoro Mouri started eating without any hesitation. After saying hello, Xiaolan also enjoyed her portion.
"What are you doing..." Pei Zhen looked at their outfits.
"Didn't Ayumi and the others go traveling?" Xiaolan looked up and smiled, "Dad happened to receive an invitation from a friend abroad, so we decided to take Conan over to have a look. They had their midterm exams some time ago, and we promised them that if they got good grades, we would go out to play together. This trip is one of them, and we can also experience the local customs and characteristics."
"This is also a good time to travel," the shop assistant who brought them more miso soup said familiarly, "It's also good to take the children with you. It should be a very relaxing trip."
"Really?" Xiaolan was very happy. Her face flushed as she said, "I have never experienced such a long journey. I went there by plane before. This time, I heard that I will take an international train and pass through several countries. It is really exciting."
Pei Zhen paused. The clerk was also a little surprised. He said, "International train? Wow, I've heard of it. It is said that you can see the scenery of many countries at once. Some people take such trains specifically for sightseeing and can take a lot of beautiful photos along the way."
Xiaolan's eyes lit up: "You knew that too? Have any of your friends been there?"
"A friend told me..." The clerk blended into the outer circle of this store quickly and naturally. Soon, he had a very pleasant conversation with the daughter of the family. Conan watched this scene in secret, and his alertness quickly rose.
"Meow." "Baozhi" rubbed Pei Zhen's legs from below.
They exchanged names. The dark-skinned young man was called "Toru Amuro". He was a free man who made a living by working. He had a friend in the United States and he traveled frequently, so he knew something about these things and gave Xiaolan a lot of advice.
Unfortunately, this "Amuro-kun" only gave himself 13 points of light. It was estimated that he had noticed him somewhere in the past, so there was no large amount of income.
Conan came over and asked: "Do you know the details of this guy?"
Pei Zhen looked sideways in astonishment: "I'm a detective, not a pervert. I don't have to investigate everyone around me. How can I live like that?"
Conan was secretly annoyed. He thought that Amano Tsuru did have the potential to become his assistant, but he just lacked the ambition. He was more like a otaku than a detective.
They finished their conversation quickly. There was a car parked outside the door, it was a yellow Beetle. Sitting in the driver's seat was a fat old man with a round figure. A little girl with brown hair was leaning against the car window looking over here. Her attention was completely on Toru Amuro, and her eyes revealed a variety of emotions, mostly shock and horror.
But just as Toru Amuro was about to see that side, she immediately disappeared behind the car window.
"It's great," he sighed with envy beside Pei Zhen, "Traveling with my family and friends during holidays, I also want to have such a life."
Pei Zhen nodded: "This is what ordinary people want, but life often doesn't give them the opportunity."
Toru Amuro was somewhat speechless. He looked at this young man who was only seventeen or eighteen years old at most, wondering where the emotion came from. He thought about the information he had found and said, "If you want to be a detective, then learn from Mr. Maori Kogoro. I think you will achieve success in the future."
"You're right!" Pei Zhen didn't refute him at all. He praised loudly, "Mr. Mao Li is my role model. He is the person who solves cases most easily that I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I haven't learned his essence yet. I'm missing something."
Amuro Toru choked. For some reason, he always felt that this sentence was a little strange.
Pei Zhen quickly finished his breakfast and took some away for lunch. Before leaving, Pei Zhen twitched politely.
[Bronze Skill] [Painting]
The whole world is in the paint. You are addicted to it and feel that the paintings are your real utopia.
It seems that drawing cards has nothing to do with who you meet, it just depends on luck. Good luck is good, bad luck is bad. Cheating is not allowed.
He focused on his vest.
"Who is that person who came from the store?" Huibara Ai asked tremblingly while hiding under a chair in the car.
Conan was a little surprised: "I'm just a coffee shop clerk, you're just like this..."
Huiyuan Ai closed her eyes: "I don't know, I just have a feeling..."
Conan frowned: "Could he be from the winery? He came here to work as a coffee shop clerk. Could it be that... he has seen through my identity?" When he thought of this, his heart was shocked and panic surged.
"Conan!" Xiaolan in the passenger seat turned her head and said, "Fasten your seat belts quickly. And Huibara, Huibara you..." She noticed that Huibara Ai was different: "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing." Before Conan turned around, Huihara Ai had already sat back in the chair. She said coldly, "It was just a little cold just now, so I was shivering a little. I feel much better now."
Xiaolan looked at her with some concern and decided to put one of her clothes on her next.
"Why don't you take a plane?" Haibara Ai asked Conan in a low voice.
"This is actually an international tourist train, and the ticket price is much higher than the plane," Conan replied in the same low voice: "Besides, this is what the client sent me, it would be a waste if I don't go."
"I always feel like something is going to happen on this trip," Huihara Ai's eyes were filled with confusion. She looked out the window: "Was it the person I just met who irritated me?"
Conan consoled her: "If you are tired, take a nap first. We have to change trains soon."
Below them, where they couldn't see, a small piece of cloth was shaking slightly, as if something was hiding there.
In winter, the further south you go, the warmer the weather on Earth. Because it is a tropical monsoon climate, the temperature there is generally several degrees higher than in Japan. You can take off some winter clothes and put on lighter everyday clothes.
Originally, only the Maori family was invited on this trip, but the professor and Haibara Ai really wanted to go out for a walk, and to their surprise, when Xiaolan and the others really arrived at the station, a small surprise was already waiting for them there.
"Surprise!" A short-haired beautiful girl with a headband turned around suddenly and showed herself to Xiaolan and the others. She danced with youthful energy, and her crimson dress made her look a little older. She opened her arms towards Mao Li Ran.
"Yuanzi, you!" Xiaolan's eyes lit up, and she went up to hug her without hesitation, "Didn't you say you were going to your uncle's vineyard?"
"Hehe," Suzuki Sonoko said embarrassedly, "I was not happy at that time that you, Xiaolan, went on a trip without me. Then I thought, Xiaolan, you didn't have a ticket, so I might as well buy one myself. Compared with the joy of traveling with you, Xiaolan, that little bit of unhappiness is simply not worth mentioning." She clenched her fists and said excitedly, "Buying a ticket is my profit, okay!"
"Yuanzi!" Xiaolan was a little touched.
"Xiaolan!" Suzuki Sonoko also held her hand in return.
Conan only felt a shadow covering him. He looked at the scene with a crooked mouth and eyes, feeling a little unhappy.
"Sir, please show me your ticket." The conductor's polite voice came from the side.
"Ah," the speaker was a flax-haired man who was carrying a box and wearing a long jacket. Next to him was a young man with light gray eyes. They seemed to be colleagues. He quickly put the box aside, dug into his pocket, pulled out a ticket, and asked in confusion, "Does this country check tickets outside the car?"
No one answered him, and he didn't feel embarrassed. He just stood there waiting.
He is a Japanese, probably an employee of a company, lower-middle level. For some reason, he also boarded this tourist train. The destination is unknown.
"Senior." The person behind him pulled at the corner of his clothes, leaned over and whispered something, but Conan didn't hear clearly. He didn't care and was about to turn around to talk to his sister Xiaolan when a black shadow passed by the corner of his eye and his eyes widened instantly.
But when he tried to look back again, the figure had disappeared at another entrance. He stopped running and thought, "How could it be?" Thunder flashed in his mind, "That person is..."
"What's wrong?" This time it was Conan who was startled. Haibara Ai was listening to music with earphones still in her ears. She didn't quite understand Conan's reaction.
"No, nothing." Conan looked at her and said.
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