Chapter 2256 2268 [Business Acumen]
Mori Rintaro felt more and more puzzled as he spoke: "He has lived in my house since then. Although I have no evidence, my intuition tells me that there must be something wrong with Uncle Kamekura!"
This restaurant is a typical store in front and home in the back, where you eat, live and work together. For Mori Rintaro, this kind of employee with free food and accommodation is like a new family member who was forced to join.
"It's normal for children to be uncomfortable with the sudden appearance of a new member and become hostile to him, thinking that he is weird." Hashimoto Maya pricked up her ears and eavesdropped, and couldn't help thinking, "Common sense should be like this, but..."
But this time, that little minion was involved in this matter, and this is the biggest abnormality!
Could it be that Kamekura really has another purpose?
As he eavesdropped intently, Conan asked, "What do you think is wrong with him?"
Mori Rintaro thought about it seriously, frowned and said, "He said that my late grandfather had done him a favor, but my grandfather had a bad temper and was stingy. He was lucky enough not to take advantage of others. How could he possibly give others such a favor? This must be just an excuse for Uncle Kamekura to get close to us!"
Conan: "..." What kind of evidence is this? People are multifaceted. Maybe your grandfather is just strict with you, but a good person elsewhere. And even the weirdest people can be kind sometimes... To put it another way, even if Kamekura really made up an excuse, he probably just wanted to get free food and shelter.
Conan was about to express his thoughts in a tactful way, but at this moment, Kojima Genta said solemnly: "I see, no wonder I smelled a strong scent of crime as soon as I arrived!"
Yoshida Ayumi: “Me too!”
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: “Indeed.”
Maya Hashimoto next door couldn't help but nodded.
Conan: “…”
"How can a person who has worked honestly in a restaurant for a few months have any criminal aura? Oh, why should I entertain myself with these naughty kids?" Conan sighed in his heart:
"I should have gone to Jiang Xia to play earlier. I heard that Huiyuan has been addicted to online shopping in the live broadcast room recently. He bought a lot of special ingredients from all over the world. As a result, Jiang Xia's snacks and meals have become much richer. I will definitely be able to get novel and delicious meals by going to his place - even if not, the commissions that Jiang Xia received are much more interesting than here..."
While the fake elementary school student was slacking off, the three serious members of the Junior Detective Team had already taken out the same notebook as Jiang Xia, and imitated the detective's way of not knocking people, and asked the client seriously: "Tell me in detail, what did Uncle Kamekura do after he came to your house?"
Mori Rintaro sighed sadly: "As you know, my restaurant used to have few customers. The store was empty every day. I could do whatever I wanted after school. I had a lot of free time. The same was true for other people in my family.
"But when Uncle Kamekura came, he was very anxious about the situation. When he saw my parents were giving up, he took the initiative to say that he had experience as a chef and started teaching my parents how to cook.
"Then he said the store also needed to be renovated, with better lighting and partitions. My family didn't have that much savings, so he said he could pay for it out of his own pocket, and he really transformed my store into what it is now."
While listening, Maya Hashimoto glanced at the decoration of the store. He had been dealing with construction-related matters every day recently, and immediately had a rough estimate of the price of the renovation.
"Uzo is really willing to spend money to train his Tokyo version of the 'Baker Street Guerrillas'. These cadres are really good at wasting the organization's funds."
Hashimoto Maya was quite emotional: "But compared to that island, this decoration is just a drop in the bucket. And as for Uzo... he can let those controlled by him do these things out of their own pockets. In this way, not only does the organization not have to reimburse, but there will be some left over.
"In addition, Wuzo can bargain in his own way. If there is a property he likes, he can turn it into a haunted house first, and then buy it at a relatively cheap price. Or like the theater and the island, let the owners who bid the highest die, and then he can get the property at a low price..."
As she was thinking, Maya Hashimoto was suddenly stunned: It seems that the boss is quite good at housekeeping?
“When I want to retire and get married and have kids, I will follow in Master Uzo’s footsteps and buy a suitable haunted house.
"This saves money and increases safety. After all, Uzo likes to pursue novelty, and his murders rarely happen again in the same place... Oh, the poor citizens of Tokyo will never think that cheap haunted houses are actually safer."
When Maya Hashimoto was planning her retirement.
At the next table, the worried elementary school student continued, "After that, my restaurant became what you see now - it's okay now, it's just full, and if it's a holiday, there will even be many people queuing outside."
Conan was full of questions: "Isn't this bad? He sounds like a good person who is only interested in repaying his gratitude."
Kojima Genta suddenly had an idea: "I see, he wants to make your business better first, and then steal all the money you earn!"
Mori Rintaro: "I see! So insidious!"
Conan: "...But if he wanted to steal money, wouldn't it be faster for him to find those big restaurants that are already making a lot of money?"
Mori Rintaro hesitated again: "That's right. But...but he is very suspicious!"
He suddenly remembered another piece of "evidence" and pointed to an inconspicuous corner of the store: "Look at that door, the paper on the door was pasted by him!"
Maya Hashimoto couldn't see what he was pointing at because of the green plants, but after looking around, he quickly found what the elementary school student was pointing at.
——It was a notice posted on the door that read "New menu is being developed, no entry allowed."
The signature is "Kamekura".
Mori Rintaro: "Ever since the business started to pick up, Uncle Kamekura has been staying in that room from morning till night. I always suspect he's doing something bad in there, but I have no evidence."
Hashimoto Maya stirred the noodles in the bowl. The more she listened, the more familiar it sounded. "Wait, why does it sound so much like the classic case in Sherlock Holmes's detective collection, the Red-Headed Society?"
The client in "The Red-Headed Society" is a red-haired pawnshop owner. His new clerk is diligent and capable, and only demands very little salary.
Not long after the new employee joined the company, he brought news of a high-paying part-time job to his red-haired boss. The red-haired boss tried to apply for the job and successfully got it - the part-time job required him to copy books for four hours every day at a designated location, and he must not leave during this period.
(End of this chapter)
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