Chapter 959: The Phantom Thieves are still too comprehensive
This is indeed a very attractive suggestion. Most children's attention is easily diverted. With such a lively theme park in front of them, it is normal for their minds to be completely attracted by the constant laughter and noise of the amusement park. .
The three people almost nodded in agreement. After seeing the amusement park behind them, they barely suppressed their restless hearts.
"Um, but, we are also 'detectives' who were invited here!" Yoshida Ayumi hesitated for a moment, and finally pulled her eyes back from the balloon at the door, "Wouldn't it be bad not to meet the entrusted person? …”
"The main person he invited was me." Mouri Kogoro, who rarely showed patience to his children, gave some persuasion. "And I am a hired private detective. He paid me for the commission. He didn't share the money with you. He asked you and It would not be appropriate for me to go to counseling together.”
While speaking, he also deliberately glanced at Conan, and found that the kid rarely showed any objection, so he turned back and added.
"Okay, when you finish playing and come out, if appropriate, I will tell you the contents of the commission. If I really need your help, it will not be too late to tell you then."
He was very serious and serious in his persuasion. For a while, several primary school students looked at each other and couldn't find any reason to refute.
It is indeed a commission issued to the detective, but it is also an adult's job.
What's more, he also promised to share the information with them in the future. It seems that there is no need to meet the strange uncle...
The three of them murmured a few words, and seeing that Haihara Ai and Conan had no objections, they finally nodded.
"Then it's agreed. If it's an interesting commission..." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya said uneasily.
"...or it may be very difficult. Uncle, if you can't solve the content, you must tell us!" Kojima Genta snatched the words away before he could finish.
With his eyebrows beating, Mouri Kogoro looked at the direction of the hotel again, barely suppressing his anger: "Okay, okay... let's go quickly, don't make trouble..."
It doesn't really matter when it comes to daily work. Most of the clients are not defensive about their children and will just think that Mouri Kogoro has the habit of working with his family members.
But for a rich man like this who has nothing to do and lives in an amusement park, it's hard to say where the defenses are.
After convincing the three most adventurous people, except for Conan who had a straight face and didn't know what he was thinking, the others had no doubts.
Just when they had discussed and were about to split up, a man in a suit and leather shoes walked out of the hotel lobby. When he saw a few people getting out of the car and staying in front of the door, he hurriedly greeted them.
"Sorry, is this Detective Mouri Kogoro? I've been waiting for you for a long time." The man saluted, stood up straight, showed a face that was very consistent with the stereotype, and said in a gentle tone, "I am your client this time. Secretary, my surname is Takada, and these guys..."
After greeting Maori Kogoro first, he looked at Maori Lan, who was about to turn around and leave with the children, and said very politely: "You are Maori's daughter, right? And you, the 'Young Detective Team' . I have been waiting for you for a long time. The client has made preparations for the meeting..."
"No need, Mr. Takada." Feeling Conan gently pull down the hem of her skirt, Mao Lilan immediately put on a smile, "I don't understand the work of a detective, so I can't help. Thank you for your respect. You politely invited us to come together because the meeting place is at Fantasy Park, so you want to take care of your family, right? Thank you very much, but we won’t disturb you for such an important commission..."
Since most of them were excuses, it was difficult to say them sincerely, so what she said was not smooth.
She is still not used to lying, although people will inevitably need to tell a few lies. At this time, even social rhetoric will burden her.
But looking at the secretary's expression, she gritted her teeth and insisted on telling these excuses.
After all, they are still a group of elementary school students, and they cannot be of much help in such a high-dollar business commission. If they insist on going to the appointment, the purpose sounds too obvious.
We have to protect these children, we have to be sensitive at this time, and we can't be too careless.
"Uh, but..." Secretary Takada, who didn't expect to hear a rejection, was shocked, "Everyone is here... The meeting place was chosen for this reason in the conference hall..."
"Ah, I accidentally discovered that the address here is the Fantasy Park when I was searching for map navigation." Mao Lilan spent a few seconds to make up an impartial excuse, "I thought it would be nice to stop by and have fun. So I took the kids with me.”
"But, the request I received is..."
"No, no, there are five first-grade children. That would be too much trouble for you. How inappropriate would it be to disturb the entrusted connection?"
The more Secretary Takada asked them to bring elementary school students, the more Mao Lilan felt that the other party had ulterior motives, and the more she refused to let go.
Conan, who was holding down the restless Emperor Dan San together with Haihara Ai, looked at them and secretly gave a thumbs up.
He is easy to talk but accepts death, which sometimes feels unlikable, but at such moments, people will sincerely admire this gentle but firm expression of principle.
He will not let the children take risks until the client's ideas are clear.
"If you insist..." Looking at his watch, Takada was obviously a little anxious because of the time. In the end, he could only nod in compromise, and then asked the staff behind him to get a box from the hotel, "It's okay if you don't want to attend the meeting, please Accept this. This is the client’s wish. I hope you won’t refuse.”
He took the box, opened it and took out a watch-like device from the middle. Mao Lilan, who was observing it carefully, stopped immediately when he heard the last words and turned around to close the lid: "We are just playing with dad. , so troublesome..."
So what if it's just a small watch?
She had no idea before, and now she still doesn't know how outrageous functions a watch can have. What if this is a locator used by some people with special hobbies to locate their prey?
Not to mention that she had just observed it carefully for a long time and only saw the buckle installed on the watch. The design was somewhat technological, but no matter how she looked at it, she could not find any buttons or seams that could be easily removed... It was even more suspicious.
"This is the VIP ticket for Fantasy Park, Miss Maori." Secretary Takada, sensing Mao Lilan's difficulty, didn't dare to let her speak again, and doubled the speed of his speech, "Look at the ticket machine over there. The one currently used in Fantasy Park These are more convenient smart bracelets that can easily locate tourists and provide timely assistance if an unexpected situation occurs. ”
Mao Lilan turned her head and observed the crowd coming in and out for a while. She saw that everyone had similar things in their hands, but most of them were smaller than the one in her hand, so her expression relaxed slightly: "That's it, I don't have any." Have you ever seen this kind of design..."
Secretary Takada wiped his sweat, kept a smile, and wisely stopped answering.
He stopped talking and showed no intention of moving to lead the way. He obviously hoped that a few people would wear their tickets now.
Mao Lilan started racking her brains again to think of the reasons. Conan suddenly jumped up, grabbed the thing in her hand, and pulled it roughly for a while, deliberately making an annoying, child-like sound. Increase the fuss: "I don't want to wear it, this thing is so ugly! Sister Xiaolan, I like my own watch!"
Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, lowered her head to meet Conan's gaze, blinked twice, perhaps understanding Conan's eyes, and quickly reentered the state of Sister Xiaolan who disciplined the naughty child, and reached out to hold Conan.
"Conan! Don't make trouble, this is a gift, you will break it!"
"I don't want to wear it! I don't want to wear this!"
"Hey, Conan, don't throw it around. If it's really bad, you'll have to pay for it!" Just like every time Conan deliberately caused trouble, the two people started running around the children, and the scene suddenly became chaotic because of the naughty children.
Secretary Takada wiped his sweat again, and suddenly felt a little lucky that Mao Lilan firmly refused to take the children to the hotel.
Maybe, this lady is not difficult to talk to, but she really knows the lethality of naughty children and is worried about screwing up the commission...
Forget it, the boss just asked them to wear tickets anyway, and if they don't see it, they can see it.
The two chased him for two or three times. Mao Lilan reached out to fish it out and finally grabbed Conan's collar and pulled him in front of him.
She pulled the watch back and met Conan's eyes again.
Behind the large lenses, Conan's expression no longer looked like a naughty child laughing, but looked straight at her with an unwavering determination.
Takada has not left yet, and has been watching them fight, the hint is obvious enough.
He just wants the children to wear watches.
They were suspicious of the client, but they couldn't directly ask the question. If they delayed it any longer, the other party would become suspicious.
Now, there is only one way to fool him.
Please...you...collect 6...9...books...!
Mao Lilan's eyes widened slightly after understanding what he meant, and her fingertips were stiff.
But after looking at each other for a few seconds, she still knelt down and, like a careful sister who disciplined her children, took Conan's hand and put the watch on his blank wrist.
The moment she pressed the buckle, she felt her eyes heat up slightly.
"Okay, put it on properly and thank others, you know..."
After saying that, she also picked up a watch and pretended to put it on her wrist.
Looking at this scene, Secretary Takada finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his smile became sincere again.
"Detective Mori, please..."
Watching the half-crouched high school girl really start to hand out watches to children, more importantly, she and the Maori detective's children have already put them on, and his mission has been completed.
Moreover, they had no reason to refuse the amusement park tickets, which looked full of good intentions. Secretary Takada, who felt that the problem was basically solved, did not delay this time.
"Just give the car key to the car boy, and he will help you park it properly. Come on, come this way..."
Watching Maori Kogoro leave, and when the two people completely disappeared from the hotel lobby, the smile on Maori Lan's face collapsed.
She tugged on the watch on Conan's hand and watched the LCD numbers light up after flashing, briefly displaying the time, date and weather on the dial. She gritted her teeth and did not dare to take it off directly.
Just in case, just in case this thing is really troublesome...
Pursing her lips, she immediately pressed the buckle on her wrist firmly before Conan could object. She also fastened the watch firmly on her hand.
"Lan, you..." Conan grabbed her wrist, looking slightly anxious.
Regarding this watch, just looking at its structure that was not easy to disassemble with one hand, he already had many bad images in his mind.
What kind of toxin injection, what kind of pulse and heartbeat monitoring, what kind of locator, what kind of bomb...
A lot of messy things flew by, but none of them were good.
Knowing that something was wrong, I still put this thing on my hand...
"No matter what this is, since you are going to take a risk, there is no reason for me to hide and watch." Mao Lilan shook his watch and whispered, "And if I wear it too, you are taking a risk. Sometimes, you have to be a little worried, right?”
"Lan..."
Haihara Ai also picked up a watch in the box, and saw that the two of them stood there looking at each other in silence. After waiting for a few seconds, there was still no response, and then she deliberately cleared her throat.
"Hmm! Is it time to enter the amusement park? In fact, the doctor has booked VIP tickets for us in advance. We don't need this. It's inappropriate for us to just take the client's things without accepting the request."
This is of course not true, but the tickets were indeed booked in advance, and her sister helped to book them...
"The doctor made a 'special trip' to give us a gift. It's already pitiful that he can't come with us because of something. We can't refuse his wishes." For fear that the children would become rebellious, Haibara Ai emphasized again.
"Oh, okay..." The three elementary school students who came over curiously and were about to take the watch heard this and immediately gave up their plans to buy tickets. They followed Haihara Ai happily to the door to collect the reserved tickets.
Like a child king, Haihara Ai led several people to the ticket check-in area. As he passed by, he said something in a very small voice.
"A touching scene, but you'll be moved later. Pay attention to the news."
Conan, who was really still immersed in emotion, reluctantly recovered his mind and didn't understand what she was referring to for a while.
However, after a few minutes, Conan understood what she meant.
"Keep your hands straight, or put them on the seat over here." Kenji Hagihara quickly selected a pry bar and a screwdriver from the tool box. He also picked a pair of pliers that were convenient for cutting rubber and saw that Conan didn't react and was friendly. He added, "You can put it on my knee if you want."
Conan finally understood what Haihara Ai meant: "..."
No, you, the Phantom Thieves, say you have made preparations. Isn't this too comprehensive? !
(End of chapter)