Early in the morning, Kōyū and his group took a taxi to the Twin Towers skyscraper in the neighboring city of Nishitama. Looking at the Twin Towers, which stood tall on the ground and contrasted sharply with the surrounding buildings, they seemed to stand out like cranes among chickens.
"Hey, isn't that Conan?"
Xiaolan's clear, bell-like voice rang out, and Guangyou turned his head to look. When he saw Xiao Ai, a smile appeared on his smiling face, and he quickly waved.
A faint smile unconsciously appeared on Ai's lips, and she nodded slightly. However, Uncle Mori pointed at Conan, who was running over, and said, "Kids, what are you doing here!"
"We were on our way home after camping and stopped by to take a look at this building. Are you here for an event, sir?"
Uncle Mori coughed lightly: "It's like this, my junior from university, Tokiwa Mio, owns this building, and she specially invited me to visit before the opening ceremony next week."
Ran glared at Uncle Mori with resentment: "I don't know either. I just suddenly felt something was off, and then he confessed after I pressed him for details."
"So you came here to monitor Uncle's actions." Conan understood Ran's thoughts perfectly from just a few words.
Sonoko suddenly spoke up, "Yes, because this Tokiwa Mio is the eldest daughter of the Tokiwa Group, and she's still single. She'll definitely be worried about Ran, whose parents are separated."
Kōyū nodded in agreement and asked Ai, "Ai, how was the camping trip?"
"It's alright, but the professor's lame jokes are still pretty boring." Ai didn't hide her thoughts at all, making Professor Agasa, who was standing behind her, blush a little.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Kogoro Mouri?"
Guangyou looked toward the source of the sound and saw a pair of long, beautiful legs in low heels. She was wearing a dark purple bodycon OL outfit, and her short hair was tied up, making her look extremely capable.
"My name is Chinami Sawaguchi, and I am the chairman's secretary. The chairman is currently entertaining guests, so please follow me to the exhibition hall for a tour."
Kōyū's first impression upon entering the Twin Towers skyscraper was that the space was very large. It was not yet open to the public, and the only people in the lobby were Kōyū, his group, and his secretary, Chinami.
Arriving at the second and third floors where the exhibition hall is located, a large part of the exhibition hall is filled with various interesting electronic game machines, among which the most eye-catching is the machine on the platform that occupies a large area in the exhibition hall.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair in a brown suit walked towards the group. Chiami introduced him, "This is Mr. Hara Yoshiaki, the director and engineer."
Genta and Mitsuhiko could roughly guess what the other machines in the exhibition hall were for, but they couldn't figure out what the two cockpits in front of them were for no matter how they looked at them.
When the machine was mentioned, Hara Yoshiaki's face was filled with a smug and proud smile: "This machine can let you see what you will look like ten years from now. Do you want to give it a try?"
The completely novel machine aroused the curiosity of Dr. Agasa, who was also an inventor. Seeing that the others were interested, Hara Yoshiaki smiled and said, "Welcome to try out this machine. Please get ready."
Aside from Professor Agasa, Uncle Mori was the oldest person present. He put his hands on his hips and said, "Although I don't really want to see my grumpy face ten years from now, this machine looks pretty interesting."
The first to try it were Professor Agasa and Ayumi. Hara Yoshiaki pressed two keys on the keypad in front of the cockpit, and a fully enclosed helmet appeared from above in the cockpit.
After completely covering their heads, countless points of light flashed across the mask, seemingly scanning and collecting facial data. Soon, a flash of white light appeared inside the helmet, followed by the classic shutter sound.
This also signaled that the machine had completed its task, and two photos quickly slid out from an opening in the front control panel.
Professor Agasa held up his photo, looking at the unchanging Professor Agasa except for a few more wrinkles in some places. Genta couldn't help but complain, "What? He hasn't changed at all."
Professor Agasa gave a wry smile, while Kōyū on the other side suddenly exclaimed, "Wow, Ayumi, you're so cute now that you've grown up!"
Ayumi looked at the photo that might be what she would look like ten years from now, her face full of smiles. When Genta and Mitsuhiko saw it, their eyes immediately lit up with hearts, and they exclaimed from the bottom of their hearts, "So cute!"
Compared to now, Ayumi in the photo has lost some of her childishness, and the baby fat on her face has decreased a lot. Her bright eyes and the smile that always hangs on the corners of her mouth add a lot of charm, which makes it hard for Mitsuhiko and Genta, who are already Ayumi fans, to contain their excitement.
Suddenly, Genta pointed at Sonoko standing to the side and said, "Ayumi will definitely be more charming than this older sister in the future!"
"Hmph, how could a kid understand the charm of an adult!" Sonoko retorted, but she couldn't hide her admiration for Ayumi as she grew up.
Seeing how amazing the machine was, Mitsuhiko and Genta excitedly ran to its side, also looking forward to seeing what they would look like ten years from now.
After going through the same process, the two looked at the photos in their hands and felt a little disappointed. Mitsuhiko was alright; having lost his childishness, he looked quite handsome, but the freckles on his face detracted from his appearance.
Genta wasn't so lucky. Ten years later, his already somewhat fierce appearance became even fiercer. Sonoko, who had been criticized before, was no longer upset: "I've seen this kind of high school student before. He's very ordinary."
Xiao Lan praised, "Your photos are both very beautiful."
The two, praised by Xiaolan, looked at their own photos and smiled wistfully.
Next up were Sonoko and Ran. Kouyu nodded as he looked at the photo. Ten years later, Sonoko looked quite mature. Her short hair combed back gave her an air of elegance, but a hint of whimsy could still be seen between her brows.
It is evident that even ten years later, Sonoko's personality remained unchanged.
Yuan Tai pointed to the photo: "I've seen old women like that before."
"You're so noisy!" Sonoko yelled at Genta, annoyed.
"Actually, Sonoko-neechan looks really good in this picture. She has a very high-society aura!"
Kōyū's words came from the heart. Indeed, given Sonoko's family background, it was not surprising that she developed such a temperament. Sonoko, who was praised by Kōyū, felt much less dissatisfied.
Ran's photo was immediately taken by Ayumi. Looking at her appearance in the photo, Uncle Mori said without hesitation, "She looks exactly like young Eri."
Mitsuyu clearly saw the blush that appeared on Conan's face the moment he saw the photo, and Professor Agasa also teased, "Ran, it's really a pity that you're with Shinichi."
Sonoko pinched her chin and sighed with great resentment: "It's really like all the good cabbages have been eaten by pigs."
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