Chapter 70: A Brush with Izu
In the morning, Jiang Xia came to the detective agency as usual, lined up the newly received cat bags and dog cages, and counted them.
In addition, the previous commission regarding the loan collateral has also expired.
Jiang Xia checked the registration book and called the clients one by one.
…
After sending out the cats and dogs, another person came to the door.
Jiang Xia looked up and found that it was the client who asked him to keep an eye on the collateral.
The client had just gone to Mrs. Maru to pay back the money and retrieve the pawned crockery, and now she was stopping by the detective agency to pay the balance.
She was obviously very happy to have gotten the pottery back successfully.
After paying the fee, he gave Jiang Xia a small exquisite card with gold-plated words:
"This is the store where my friend works. His store recently relocated and he gave us some experience coupons, but I really don't have time to go. If you are interested, you can go and take a look."
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After Jiang Xia sent her away, he looked at the experience voucher in his hand.
It is not uncommon to see clients giving out coupons at random - this is actually reverse advertising by the clients, who will give out one when the occasion is right.
At this time, the office's business card box was already filled with a lot of experience coupons for the new store opening.
Most of them were restaurants, and there were also a few game halls, all of which were given by Jiang Xia to his hard-working younger brothers.
But this time is special.
——This is a trial voucher for a pottery class.
Jiang Xia originally planned to put it into the business card box after taking a look at it.
However, when Jiang Xia saw the word "Izu" on the address, he paused.
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Izu is a famous seaside tourist destination, about two or three hours' drive from Tokyo, which is not too far.
Jiang Xia had no interest in watching the sea. But he remembered that in this world, Izu was also a place where accidents happened frequently. Every time Conan and his friends went to the beach in Izu, they would encounter some cases involving ghosts.
Jiang Xia: “…” How about going to school tomorrow and trying to drop this experience voucher at the feet of Mao Li Ran or Suzuki Sonoko to see their reactions?
Just as he was thinking about it, Xiaobai suddenly floated over, poked him, and pointed behind him.
Jiang Xia turned around and saw Toru Amuro standing at the door of the office, looking at the experience ticket in his hand: "Kikuemon's pottery studio?"
Jiang Xia was stunned.
After a moment, he thought about it and remembered that Toru Amuro could barely be considered a member of the protagonist group, and should have some event-related physique.
So he handed over the experience voucher and asked expectantly: "Have you heard of this store?"
"Well, this is the store that 'Kikuemon' promoted." Amuro Toru took the card and looked at it carefully.
Seeing that Jiang Xia looked very interested, he gave some scientific advice:
“‘Kikuemon’ is not a name, but a title. Those who can get it are all national treasure-level ceramic masters.
"Now 'Kikuemon' has been passed down to the fifth generation, and its owner, Tsuchiya Mankichi, is almost 80 years old. At this age, he suddenly renovated the pottery studio... Maybe there are fewer and fewer people learning this craft, so he wants to create a famous shop to attract apprentices for his apprentices."
"..." Jiang Xia didn't expect that a trial voucher he casually received would have so much background.
Also, there is one thing that is a little strange.
——Toru Amuro knows too much. Pottery is not a popular hobby. Even if Bourbon is good at gathering information, does he remember the real name of the fifth generation "Kikuemon"?
Jiang Xia: “…” There’s something fishy.
And something fishy usually means... there's hope of finding a ghost?
Toru Amuro discovered that the way Jiang Xia looked at him gradually became strange.
He remembered Jiang Xia's spoiler-like reasoning ability, and did not hide it: "There is indeed a related task recently." As he said, Amuro Toru shook the experience voucher in his hand, "I'll use this."
Jiang Xia nodded hesitantly.
Then he took out his cell phone and started searching.
——"Kikuemon" is indeed a celebrity, and a lot of information related to him can be found on the Internet.
Recently, a pottery experience classroom has indeed appeared under the name of this person, but it was not opened by him, but by his junior brother, a man named Mino Muneyuki.
Mino Muneyuki actually opened the store more than ten years ago, but he has always kept a low profile.
But recently, Kikuemon urged his junior to renovate the store and made many requests for improvements.
So currently, this store is still in trial operation.
Just now, the experience voucher that the client gave to Jiang Xia was not an advertisement, but a real "experience voucher" with limited issuance and not for sale.
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Jiang Xia looked at the message, then looked at the two names that left a deep impression on him, and suddenly felt regretful.
...If I had known this, I shouldn't have agreed so quickly when the boss asked for the coupon.
(End of this chapter)
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