Chapter 133 Twenty-Seven Cats

The Karasuma Group is as rich as Karasuma Renya, and it has many base buildings in Tokyo alone. The building that Akae Nazuki and Karasuma Renya agreed to go to is the headquarters located in Chuo Ward, near Tokyo Bay, and it was also there that he woke up before.

The time they agreed to meet was 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The front desk staff of the headquarters was originally sitting there, until Chijiang Nayue walked in from outside, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to him slightly stiffly.

Chi Jiang Na Yue appeared calm and waved her hands to indicate that this was not necessary, but she was shocked in her heart.

What did the old man say to the front desk lady? I always felt that her eyes were strange. She didn't look like she was looking at the future successor of the group, but rather at some kind of enchanting concubine who was bewitching the group boss. Her admiration was mixed with a little shock, and her shock was mixed with a little worship.

So strange, take another look.

"Master Kaluya, the boss has informed you in advance that you only need to take the elevator to the twelfth floor. The research department mainly goes up and down a few floors there." As she spoke, the receptionist took out a brooch from a box and handed it to him. "This contains your pass. All your information has been entered. It is almost the highest authority in the headquarters. You can go in and out as you like."

The preparations were very complete. All the information, including the iris fingerprints, was entered by Karasuma Renya's subordinates when he just woke up. He didn't expect that it would be used here.

Chi Jiang Na Yue nodded gently to her, took the brooch and pinned it casually, and asked casually: "Isn't the boss himself at the headquarters?"

"Ah... yes." The receptionist was still hesitant at first whether to tell this to Chijiang Nayue. She glanced at the brooch and immediately felt relieved and confessed everything without resistance. "The boss left with Lord Rum at noon. Do you need to contact them?"

"No, thanks." He nodded and walked towards the elevator. Only then did the lady at the front desk hear the sound of wheels rolling on the ground. She glanced over and saw Chi Jiang Na Yue dragging a large black suitcase in her hand.

I don't know what's inside.

Only after he successfully entered the elevator did Chijiang Nayue feel relieved. The elevator door slowly closed in front of him, and he reached out to press the floor button.

A hand blocked the elevator door at the last moment. This action was somewhat dangerous. The manager was surprised for a moment and quickly changed the button, opening the door again according to the force of the intruder.

The person standing outside was a very familiar-looking man. He was wearing a black windbreaker and a black hat, with long light blonde hair flowing down his back. When he saw the store manager, his emerald green eyes narrowed and his gaze became sharp.

It's gin.

"Kaluuya?" Gin walked into the elevator, his slightly hoarse voice inquiring, "What are you doing here?"

While Gin was speaking, the store manager felt the suitcase in his hand suddenly move slightly, but he seemed not to notice anything. He just looked at Gin in surprise, and then he didn't know what he thought of, the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise, and his eyebrows were curved with a smile.

"I mentioned this to Grandpa last week. I'm here to visit the research department today." The store manager shrugged, as if he was not affected by Gin's habitual cold face and murderous aura at all. His tone was still natural. "By the way, I took this month's physical examination. Grandpa needs to see the report."

The way he spoke of 'Grandpa' at this moment made it impossible to imagine that the relationship between him and Karasuma Renya was not that close at all, and even Gin didn't notice anything wrong.

Gin is the 'employee in Grandpa's company who looks like an illegal person' that the store manager mentioned to Conan and Furuya before. They met each other in the few days when the store manager just woke up. It was also Gin who taught the store manager some self-protection methods and some strange common sense such as bomb disposal. The two get along surprisingly well.

Coincidentally, Gin was also going to the research department today. He simply took over the task of going through the floors and exchanged positions with the store manager. During the process, Gin's eyes drifted to the black suitcase.

"What is this?" he asked, frowning.

"Some small gifts for Grandpa," the store manager said calmly, "I also wanted to take back the smaller instrument from the research department, so I don't have to travel so far anymore."

Gin's expression couldn't reveal what was going on in his heart.

When you say 'always', do you mean you've been here three times in two months, two of which were at night and one was today?

He can't and doesn't want to interfere in the boss's family affairs.

Thinking of this, Gin looked away indifferently.

What he didn't know was that while they were talking, the cat and two dogs crowded together in the suitcase all became more or less nervous.

The big suitcase contained a pure black German Shepherd, a chocolate Siamese and a black and white Border Collie. At this moment, they were curled up in the suitcase with difficulty and had to endure the occasional bumps.

After all, they wanted to come here themselves.

Akai calmly blocked the cat punch that Furiya couldn't bear anymore, his eyes were blank, and he couldn't help but start thinking silently, how on earth did he appear here?

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The Suzuki Foundation's dinner incident happened a week ago. After the police controlled the criminals and the situation on the top floor, the people from the Suzuki Foundation immediately went to the exhibition hall on the top floor to take an inventory. They found that the Tears of the Saint had indeed been taken away by the Phantom Thief Kid in some unknown way, but the "Saint in the Coffin" was still there.

At that moment, the strange thief Kidd appeared again beside the display cabinet in full view of the crowd. He raised the gem in his hand and observed it for a moment under the moon. Then he smiled and shook his head: "What a pity! This is not the gem I am looking for."

The thief Kid's cloak was raised high, and the rising smoke blocked everyone's vision. When they could see again, the white thief had already escaped, and the color-changing star sapphire [Tears of the Saint], which was of extremely high symbolic meaning and actual value, was re-inlaid into the saint's eye socket.

But all of this has nothing to do with Fūya and the others who had already left.

Since it was already late at the end of the day, everyone discussed and decided to leave for the time being. In the end, the only ones who returned to the house together were the store manager and Shirley, who was holding his hand and remained silent all the way.

"I'm back..." the store manager subconsciously said to the house while changing his shoes at the entrance. Before he finished speaking, he remembered that his cats were not at home, and the last word of his voice floated away in the air.

A small hand stretched out from below and grabbed him. Due to the huge size difference, the girl's palm could only hold a few fingers of the store manager, but she held them very tightly and still said nothing, as if she wanted to convey something to the store manager through this action.

The two of them stood in this position at the entrance for a while. The manager pursed his lips and lowered his head to look into Shirley's eyes in a daze for a moment, then raised his hand and hesitantly touched Shirley's head.

On the way from leaving the building to returning home, Shirley only spoke one sentence to the store manager, asking a question.

[Since you already know that we are not just animals, why do you keep us at home? ]

The store manager did not answer at the time, and Shirley did not seem to need the store manager to answer, as she had already found the answer herself.

This house is really too empty. It doesn't feel like a home. It feels more like a simple place to stay without any people.

The store manager doesn't care whether the cats and dogs he picks up or kidnaps are humans, animals, or his own kind. He just needs some companions to keep this place from being terribly empty and quiet - he needs some 'family'.

Shirley, who heard from Conan that the manager had just woken up for more than two months, was the one who could best understand the manager's feelings. The manager did not recognize the man who claimed to be his grandfather as his family, but he had to establish a connection with this world so that he could have the reality of waking up and living in this world.

They are the kite string between the store manager and the world.

Shirley took the initiative to hold the kite that was about to break. She tightened her hands a little and said to the store manager in an unskilled manner, stumbling over her words: "Welcome... Welcome home."

The store manager blinked his somewhat dry eyes, and a special light suddenly shone in his eyes, as if his whole person was lit up by these words. He couldn't help laughing and half-knelt on the ground to give the girl in front of him a hug.

"Thank you, you too." The store manager whispered in her ear, his chest shaking with laughter. Shirley was unexpectedly addicted to and enjoying this wonderful feeling. "Welcome home, Shirley."

However, Shirley didn't get to enjoy this warm embrace alone for long, as there was a knock on the door behind them. The store manager had to let go and get up to open the door - he vaguely heard a familiar voice.

After opening the door, Shirley couldn't see anything, but she could hear sounds. She heard people outside talking and chatting quietly, some were laughing, some were swearing, and some were awkwardly greeting the store manager who came to open the door.

"Hi, good evening?" He laughed dryly, pretending to have forgotten that they had just separated at the bottom of the building half an hour ago. "Well, it's too late now and there is no last bus, so can we stay here for one night?"

Shirley cursed these shameless adults in her mind.

What do you mean there is no last bus? Didn’t you drive here by yourselves?

But the store manager sounded happy when he responded.

She sighed silently behind her back: Forget it, as long as the manager is happy.

In fact, there were not only four people ambushing outside the door, but also a little detective who came as a gift, and a man with black hair, green eyes and a knitted hat who came out of nowhere and was fighting with Fūya in the store manager's garden.

Maybe she should call him Akai Shuichi, the FBI who defected and caused her sister to almost die... Now she can add a crime, leading her sister to fake her death without revealing any news to her, even leaving a few clues or telling Conan about her existence? Then she would have learned the news that her sister was not dead earlier!

Shirley gritted her teeth and paused on the door handle. The next second, she slammed the door without hesitation after Conan came in last.

Locked the two men outside the door together.