Chapter 120 Fourteen Cats

The beautiful chocolate Siamese cat lay in the crook of Chijiang's arm, its tail lazily brushing across his arm.

Chi Jiang Na Yue was leaning on the fabric sofa under the cat climbing frame. It was not until he was reminded that he raised his hand to touch the cat's chin perfunctorily. When he did this, any of the cats present could see that his mind was definitely sleepwalking at this moment, but the cats had no intention of reminding him to come back to his senses.

Perhaps out of a more subtle caring mentality, in the eyes of the four police officers who considered themselves qualified adults and were all in their twenties, regardless of whether they were wary of the store manager's identity, they all subconsciously cared for the store manager as a child.

Well, even Furuya couldn't look at a store manager who would fight with his own cat for stealing cat snacks as an adult.

"What happened?" Having escaped from the clutches of the children, Hagiwara jumped to the side of Akae Nazuki and curled up lazily. He gently placed his paw pads on the keeper's thighs and gently stepped on them, while curiously asking, "Why would that child want to stay alone among the store managers?"

When Conan was quietly called into the store manager's room by Shirley, the four cats present saw it, but due to the perspective problem, they did not see Shirley's presence, so in the end it was only Hagiwara who asked this tentatively.

Chijiang Nayue knew that his cats were suspicious of the "things" he brought back.

However, he was not prepared to hide it from them seriously at the beginning. At most, he just cheated by relying on the [Book]. Every time he went out, he would hide all traces and smells of himself and Shirley, so that the cats would lose this shortcut to find something wrong.

"Hmm? Of course it's okay." The store manager bowed his head and smiled, his tone light, "As for that kid, he is a young detective whom I commissioned to investigate. Don't underestimate him because of his young age. He is actually very good at reasoning."

Because they caught the key words, the two little carrot heads that were originally obsessed with petting cats also excitedly came to the store manager's side.

"It turns out that Conan is not here just to play today." Empress Dowager Yuan sighed after realizing it.

"What is the manager's commission? We can also come in and help!" Mitsuhiko and Ayumi stood on either side of Genta, looking at the manager surrounded by them on the sofa with sparkling eyes, and said in unison, "We are the Junior Detective Team!"

As if to prove their abilities, the children began chattering about the cases they had experienced in the past.

"Oh, so that's how it is." The store manager listened patiently, nodding from time to time in response, and then praised the children seriously, "You are all the detective team around Sherlock Holmes, right? You are all really amazing!"

The little radishes who were originally excited to continue talking paused and looked at the store manager with curious eyes. It was obvious that they did not expect him to react like this.

Of course they know that many adults think they are just playing house, and even though they have solved many cases that adults could not solve with the help of Conan, who is really smart, the adults do not take them seriously because of their age.

Generally speaking, this is not the first time they have recommended themselves or talked endlessly, but this is the first time they have been seriously praised.

Matsuda, who nearly got his fur tangled up while playing with the children, stared at the sofa in amazement, and was shocked at the children's sudden good behavior. "They weren't like this just now, were they?"

Akae Nayue, who has extensive experience in raising children, pretended not to understand and turned her head away.

The Siamese cat in his arms sat motionless like a mountain in the crook of his left arm, so he stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the hair of the little radishes one by one, as if stroking the petals of a flower.

"Because we are all good kids." He did not forget to look up and wink at Matsuda, "Jinping-chan, you are not jealous, are you? Don't worry, I still like you very much."

Matsuda suddenly jumped back a big step, and the cat's face showed a speechless and submissive expression, muttering and complaining: "Who would be jealous of a cub, you little bastard!"

Akae Nazuki looked at Matsuda with regret in her eyes: [What a pity! If it was Jinpei from the police academy or Jinpei who had just joined the police academy, he would have been furious... This adult Matsuda is not fun at all at this time.]

He was still waiting to see Matsuda get angry, and then bury his face in the curly ball.

After all, Matsuda, who has not been bitten by the little devil for seven or eight years, has not yet realized how powerful the little devil is. In Matsuda's eyes, the little devil is even just a kid who is a little naughty occasionally, right?

——Even the brainless fans of the savior himself, [Book], couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts.

Chijiang Nayue didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Don't be fooled by his childish appearance in front of his friends. Now he can completely discard any impression of his personality related to the identity of 'Akae Nazuki', because he not only uses the pseudonym Miyamoto Akira when he appears here, but also occasionally uses his external personality when he appears under that pseudonym.

As for Miyamoto Akira, his profession is a teacher who has nothing to do with the mafia, the police, or the detective.

To be exact, Chi Jiang Na Yue had really worked as a teacher for a period of time with this identity. The children in front of him were all in his class at that time, so of course he was familiar with how to communicate with them effectively.

Chi Jiang Na Yue can guarantee without any hesitation and with full confidence that he is definitely the best at raising children among the five generations of his master's school!

"Can the store manager understand what the cats are saying?" Ayumi asked enviously and surprisedly while lying on the armrest of the sofa.

The fact that Akae Nazuki and Matsuda could communicate seamlessly was completely magical in the eyes of the children.

Noticing that after just a few minutes of communication, the store manager had changed from 'Mr. Store Manager' to 'Brother Store Manager' in their mouths, Kouya, who was lying in the store manager's arms pretending to sleep, twitched his mouth, and was not surprised at all.

How could a child not be swayed by this store manager who even a well-trained undercover like him wanted to let down his guard and get along well with? It's impossible.

Chi Jiang Na Yue was actually quite shocked - he was mainly shocked by the word "little kittens".

Under the gazes of many people, the young man with long hair tied behind his head and neat clothes tilted his head unconsciously in confusion, turned sideways and pulled Hagiwara, who was curled up to watch the excitement, onto his lap, then lifted this cat, which was considered big for a Maine cat, up on its front legs with its back facing the children.

——It was raised...at least the upper body was raised.

But because he was sitting, Hagiwara, who was not struggling, was still sitting firmly on his thighs, as if he was not affected by the raised upper body at all, and he even rubbed his hands stuck on his forelimbs left and right skillfully.

Akae Nazuki and Hagiwara's crystal purple eyes stared at each other for two seconds, then half of their faces poked out from the fluffy and soft fur collar around Main's neck and looked at the two children with an expression that looked genuinely confused.

“Is this also considered a kitten?”

The original Hagiwara weighs more than 20 kilograms, and he can still sit properly when lifted up like this, and he also covers Akae Nazuki behind him tightly. If Akae Nazuki lets go, she might get washed in the face by the big cat... Is this still considered a little cat in the eyes of children!

Hagiwara meowed in amusement - a meaningless meow - and then said pitifully, "Manager - do you think I'm a big cat?"

Chi Jiang Na Yue was not sure what to say, but he expressed his meaning by quietly looking away.

There's no way. He actually didn't dislike Hagiwara for being a large cat. He just simply disliked the fact that these gorillas were so adept at using cat form to sell cuteness... To be honest, for someone like him who knew what they looked like in human form, being 'attacked' by his own cats was like a sweet torture every time!

So weird, take another look.

When Akae Nayue seemed to be in a daze before, he was actually listening with great interest to the conversation between the store managers as narrated by the book in his mind, so he knew in advance that the two children finally discovered the flaw he had deliberately revealed after checking the information they knew.

This is to create opportunities for children to gain experience, and it is definitely not for them to be lazy.

However, now that Shirley and the others have finished their mission, he should also think about how to reasonably reveal the organization's intelligence to Furuya.

Jōgiya is an intelligence officer and an undercover agent of the public security. This is something that he can use as an achievement to add to his resume, but Akajō Natsuki is not prepared to do it himself.

He can see the intelligence that has already been explored and organized by Jōtani, so why should he go through the trouble of exploring on his own, right?

Who said that Kaluya was not an intelligence agent, but just a poor and innocent five-year-old and two-month-old book-made human.

As he was thinking, Akajinazuki made a quick decision. While Conan was about to come out from the store manager's booth to try to get information about the "black cat" from him, he tapped the "book" in his mind.

The next second, the store manager's cell phone on the table rang. The cats all looked sideways, each revealing their own surprise.

This is really strange. This seems to be the first call to the store manager in more than two months. Who could it be?

In the past, there were many customers who wanted to ask the store manager for their social media accounts and mobile phone numbers, but the store manager would often politely refuse or push the overly enthusiastic customers to his own employee, Miss Xiaozi, to serve them. Even Miss Xiaozi sometimes only had the store's landline number, not the store manager's mobile phone number.

So the person who called was, unsurprisingly, someone the store manager knew in the past.

Jōtani's eyes lit up: Isn't this a good opportunity to get to know the store manager's true information!

The store manager also seemed surprised that someone would call him. He dragged the two cats hanging on his body, leaned forward and touched his mobile phone.

The caller note on the screen shows [Grandfather].