Chapter 144: The scene reappears. It's hard to get rid of the boy...
Conan Edogawa, who had finally escaped from the entanglement of the Junior Detective League, sat in his seat panting heavily, extremely tired, while the 'culprits' who made him like this watched the game as if nothing had happened and were still having a heated discussion.
"The first contestant presented a seaweed bento. It looked so ordinary." Kojima Genta looked at the green bento and smacked his lips in disappointment.
"Is it because the points in the previous round were low, and he spent too much time thinking about the production method, so the good ingredients were picked up by other contestants?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya made a reasonable guess based on the previous performance of the first contestant who brought out the finished product.
"I think what Mitsuhiko said makes sense." Yoshida Ayumi nodded in agreement.
"Hey Genta, it's not going into your mouth, so what are you disappointed about?" Conan Edogawa couldn't help but say.
"Hmph, just Conan, I don't want to talk to someone who would easily misunderstand others." Kojima Genta turned his head and chose to face Edogawa Conan with the back of his head.
"Hey, hey..." Edogawa Conan showed his half-moon eyes and said helplessly, "I already said that I didn't mean that. And--"
Edogawa Conan showed off his messy hair and disheveled clothes, and said angrily, "You guys made me look like this, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet. Hey—"
Edogawa Conan looked at the people in front of him looking around and whistling, and couldn't help but shouting.
"Forget it, Conan-kun, they are still children, just be more generous--" The player came over, looked at the boy who took a step back in fright, raised his eyebrows, and said with pure malice.
"Yes, yes, we are all still children!" Kojima Genta immediately raised his hand in agreement.
"Uh..., having said that, isn't Conan also a child?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya looked at the messy appearance of Conan Edogawa and felt that he had gone a little too far, so he whispered to defend Conan.
Looks like a child, but actually has a mature soul. Former high school detective, now Conan Edogawa: "..."
What should he do? In front of this black-haired girl who knew his true identity, he really couldn't refute what she had just said.
"Hmm, oh my~" The player said nothing, but just made an unknown breath sound.
"Hehe...he." In response, Edogawa Conan could only smile.
At this moment, bursts of exclamations attracted their attention!
"Oh my god! What an exquisite bento..."
“What a masterpiece…”
"How can I eat this? I don't want to ruin such a beautiful scene!"
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Even though there were large screens around for the audience to watch, the players still turned their attention to the judges' seats and saw the real finished product - the lunch boxes placed in front of the judges were made using a nine-square grid type lunch box, and the rice and accompanying ingredients were divided into nine portions, each portion was just the right size for a mouthful.
But! The different ingredients on the bento were covered with small pearls that looked exactly the same except for the different colors.
"So that's how it is. This is quite rare." The player who noticed something strange at a glance straightened his back and lay down again.
"This shape... is it caviar?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya took out his notebook, as if he wanted to record the shape of this bento.
"No, Guangyan-kun, that answer isn't quite right." The player pinched his ballpoint pen, causing him to stop writing, shook his finger, and said with a smile, "Would you like to guess again?"
"Except for Professor Agasa, you can all try to guess." The player then said to the others, "The first person to guess correctly before the answer is revealed can make a request to me that doesn't violate my bottom line. It doesn't matter what it is—"
The player's eyes blatantly glanced at the two people she was focusing on - Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai, as if giving a hint.
The player is trying to seduce you like this, and I don’t believe that you, a detective with full curiosity and a scientific research talent full of mystery, will not take the bait!
Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai's expressions suddenly darkened.
"Is it okay to have a hundred bowls of eel rice?" Kojima Genta asked expectantly. He really wanted to eat eel rice now.
"Of course." The player can even fulfill this small request for the little boy now.
"What about the super popular Kamen Rider peripherals?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's eyes also lit up.
"Not a problem at all." Players also love to collect, but they love to collect all kinds of prop cards even more.
"What about the super cute little skirt that's a collaboration with the girl idol group?" Ayumi Yoshida was also full of anticipation.
"That's even more of a no-brainer!" The player smiled and touched the little girl's hair.
The three children immediately burst into cheers of joy and began to gather together to discuss in a low voice.
Dr. Agasa's lost voice came, "Hey, why am I the only one who can't do it?"
Upon hearing this, the player immediately put on the same glasses as Edogawa Kenner, pushed them up pretentiously, and said seriously, "If Professor Agasa were to participate, the mystery might be solved soon, so--"
The player made a big X and said, "No!"
"Oh, okay." Hearing this, Dr. Agasa sighed in disappointment.
"Only the first person to tell me the answer will get it." The player picked up his phone and lowered his head to reply to other people's messages. "Well, I look forward to your good news, then?"
"I have something to do now, so I won't disturb your thoughts."
Can these guards give players peace of mind? What's the point of a dark-skinned man in a trench coat injuring a dozen of his men, only to have them escape? He's not Batman!
How could the dark men in black break through the defenses? Why couldn't the well-trained guards detect or stop them? These are all questions!
More practice, more practice, give me more practice on everything!
The players began to issue orders angrily!
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"Hey, Kudo, do you really believe what that woman said?"
Hiding behind Dr. Agasa, Huihara Ai looked at Edogawa Conan frowning in thought, and thinking of the shock she had just suffered, she couldn't help but remind him, "That woman is not as simple as her innocent face."
"Speaking of this, Haibara, did you also experience what happened to me before? It was..." Edogawa Conan came back to his senses from his concentrated thinking and told her about his previous encounter with Kamikami Chiyo in the coffee shop in Yokohama.
After listening to the entire story of Edogawa Conan's terrifying trip to Yokohama, Ai Huibara said: "......!!!"
"So you already knew that woman was not simple?" She couldn't help but stepped on Edogawa Conan and whispered, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
If she had known this would happen, she would never have come out with Dr. Agasa today!
If it weren't for the man named Okiya Takashi who made her tremble so much living in Kudo Shin's family...
When she thought that Okiya Ao was the one who had brought trouble upon herself, the angry Haibara Ai couldn't help but stepped on Edogawa Conan again.
Caught off guard and stepped on twice, Edogawa Conan said in bewilderment, "...Hey, Haibara, what are you doing?"
"Great Detective Kudo, you always love taking risks." Haibara Ai said coldly, "When will you realize that the result of doing so may not bring good rewards, but countless dangers?"
"Haibara..." Conan Edogawa didn't react to Haibara Ai's behavior for a while, but he still tried his best to say, "Don't worry too much. Kamikami Chiyo is not as dangerous as you think."
"She's more... uh, fun-loving." At this point, Edogawa Conan said with a somewhat indescribable look, "I think she just likes to see other people's frightened faces."
"Otherwise, how could I still be standing here safely now that she knows my true identity?" Edogawa Conan spread his hands.
Huiyuan Ai: "...I wouldn't believe you."
But looking at the girl who was concentrating on her phone with a mischievous expression on her face, Haibara Ai's originally firm heart seemed to become a little wavering.
Seeing that the brown girl in front of him seemed to be touched, Edogawa Conan, who was very good at observation, immediately began to persuade her again.
"...I understand. If you want to go, go ahead. Just don't involve me." Haibara Ai continued to hide behind Dr. Agasa.
"Wait a minute! You haven't told me what she just said to you." Edogawa Conan pulled her sleeve and said, "How can I be the only one who said it? This is not fair!"
"...We'll talk about this later. You should first face the problem at hand, great detective." Huiyuan Ai hinted, "About the secret of that dish."
"Then I don't know, right? You should know something, right? Haibara?" asked Conan Edogawa.
Huiyuan Ai, who was unable to move because her sleeve was pulled, pinched his little finger and twisted it back. In the face of his painful expression, she said expressionlessly, "Oh, so what if I know? I won't tell you so easily--"
After saying that, she turned her head away, out of sight, out of mind.
Holding his tortured fingers, Edogawa Conan silently wailed in his heart for a few times at his poor palms, muttering softly, "If you don't want to help, then don't help. I can figure it out myself."
The secret of cooking...
The little pearls, though different in color but almost identical in appearance, are not caviar... Kamikami Chiyo didn't allow Dr. Agasa to get involved in the speculation about this issue, thinking that Dr. Agasa's involvement was a dimensionality reduction attack...
Dr. Agasa is a scientist. These small, usable pearls look almost identical, which means they might be made in the same way...
Could it be?!
Edogawa Conan was startled, and the glasses that covered most of his face flashed a sharp white light, and a confident smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
If that's the case... then there's absolutely no mistake!
I found it...
The secret hidden in this exquisite dish...
"Sister Chiyo, I know! The secret hidden in the food!" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya raised one hand and shook it, saying happily.
Edogawa Conan: "What!"
What's going on?
This kind of scene, this kind of experience, why does he feel like he's seen it before?!
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