Chapter 57: Out-of-Print Liquor
Akechi... Goro.
Conan tightened the book in his hand.
"Looking for Brother Karasawa to read" is his most common and most useful reason for going downstairs. Conan ran out the same way today. What he was holding in his hand was the same one he met Fei Yingli before. At that time, Tang Ze gave him the book "Twenty Faces of Strangers".
Conan, a die-hard fan of mystery novels, has of course read Edogawa Ranpo's books, and is also very familiar with the famous detective "Akechi Kogoro" created by Edogawa Ranpo.
Even the "Young Detective Team" formed by him and several elementary school classmates is also named after a related series of works. It was proposed by Conan and several naughty kids readily accepted it.
Akechi Goro saw Conan's movements, and he pointed to the book in Conan's hand generously: "Little brother, have you also read this book? My father is a loyal reader of this series. , so he gave me such a name, which is very similar to the detective in the book."
Hearing this, Conan smiled innocently, but he didn't fully believe it.
He thought of the night he became smaller. He met Xiaolan who came to see him at home. He glanced at the bookcase in desperation and gave himself the pseudonym "Edogawa Conan".
The way this man said his name didn't look like he was introducing himself at all. It also looked like he had made up a random pseudonym after seeing the book in his hand.
"I'm back...eh?" While Conan was still laughing face to face with Goro Akechi, Conan's familiar voice came from the door.
Tangze is back.
Akechi Goro immediately turned his head in the direction of the voice and glanced at Karasawa who entered the door with a critical eye.
Kang Ze saw Goro Akechi's face clearly, and there was no trace of smile on his face anymore.
Conan rarely saw such a gloomy expression on Tang Ze's face, and the current Tang Ze felt strange to him.
"It's been such a long time, Karasawa." Goro Akechi stood up and walked towards Karasawa.
“Why are you here?”
“Why else? You should ask yourself.”
Akechi Goro still maintained a gentle smile, but The words spoken were a bit harsh.
Karasawa seemed to be unable to control his emotions and stared at Akechi in front of him with a ferocious expression.
"I don't like to see such an expression on this face." Akechi took another step closer to him, "Control yourself, Akira."
The atmosphere between the two of them was visibly tense. There were sparks in his eyes, and he glared at no one.
"Ah, guest, your sandwich..." Azusa Enomoto was holding the plate, looking at the scene in front of him at a loss.
Karasawa glanced at Azusa Enomoto and Conan as if he woke up, and glared at Goro Akechi before turning away, grabbing Akechi's wrist and pulling him out of the store.
"Karasawa-kun..." Azusa Enomoto watched helplessly as Karasawa dragged the new guest away, put down the sandwich, and wondered whether she should pursue him. She asked Conan in a low voice, "What's going on? Did Tangze quarrel with him? ”
Conan started to use his brain, blinked his eyes, sorted out some ideas, and replied in a low voice: "It seems to be someone that Brother Tangze knew before...it seems that the relationship is not good."
"They don't know how to fight. Get up?" Azusa Enomoto was worried as he saw Karasawa leading the man to the side alley.
"Probably not." Conan said uncertainly, wondering whether he should follow and eavesdrop.
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Fortunately, Tangze came back after a while.
He came back alone. He seemed to have recovered his emotions and returned to his previous state. He greeted Azusa Enomoto and Conan with a smile.
Enomoto Azusa stood on tiptoe and looked at the empty door, and asked: "Where is the guest just now, that one, 'Akechi'-kun?"
"Leave him alone, he won't come back. "Tang Ze's tone was unkind.
"But he has already paid for this sandwich..." "I helped him eat it." Tangze dragged the plate in front of him rudely, "It's a waste to give it to him."
Azusa Enomoto rarely saw such an emotional look on Tang Ze, and it was a bit funny: "Is he someone you knew before? A classmate? You don't have a good relationship?"
"Not a classmate." Tang Ze only answered this question, and then curled his lips, "Next time you see him, don't let him in, just throw him out."
Tang Ze didn't seem to want to talk about this issue.
But the more he avoided talking about it, the more Conan couldn't help but be curious.
Although Karasawa seemed to be very emotional, it was not really intense enough to cause a conflict. As far as Conan's understanding of Karasawa has always been, when Karasawa really hates someone, his emotions become more intense. He is very reserved. He will keep looking at that person coldly, but he will not say bad words or express his dissatisfaction as straightforwardly as he did today.
But to say that they are hurting friends is a bit excessive. Tangze is not such a senseless person and would not be so unfriendly to his friends.
Could he be Tang Ze’s friend from the past? The two had a falling out due to principled differences? But Tangze still trusts him, so he is still willing to communicate with him and talk in private?
Conan made a random analysis and his eyes fell on his book.
"So his name is really Goro Akechi?" Conan was a little unbelievable, "Would any parents give their children such a name?"
"'Edogawa Conan' didn't either How can you be normal, little Conan?" Tang Ze retorted.
Conan opened his mouth to refute that this was not his real name, but saw Azusa Enomoto two steps away and swallowed his words back.
"So what is going on?" Conan leaned close to Tangze's ear and asked in a low voice.
Tangze babbled and reluctantly replied: "Just a nuisance."
"The relationship between you and him doesn't seem that bad."
"Don't talk nonsense. I am without him, and he is without me." Tang Ze rolled his eyes and said angrily, "...but if you meet him outside and you really have no choice, you can ask him for help. He is a nuisance. Ghost, but his ability is just okay, not a waste.”
A nuisance, but trustworthy. A nuisance, but not a waste.
Conan, who had never seen such a special interpersonal model, was stunned by such twisted evaluations and relationships.
"Don't talk about such a spoiler..." Tang Ze sighed in disinterest, took out his mobile phone and opened a news article, "I checked briefly and found that Mantiantian held a new game release this time. On the eve of the conference, their club received multiple threatening letters, warning them to stop holding the conference immediately. However, it seems that they often receive similar threats and do not think these letters are true. The conference is going to be held as scheduled. "
Conan leaned over and read the news page that Karasawa found. Thinking of joker's message, he shook his head: "I'm afraid this is not a simple threat."
"Don't worry, joker, no matter what he is. I think he hasn't really hurt anyone since he was born. He may have discovered something and couldn't show himself, so he lured you over." He threw it towards the vest skillfully. Guo, Tang Ze's face was not red, his heart was not beating, "Didn't you say that he discovered your identity?"
"Isn't that more worth worrying about?" Conan crossed his arms and sighed, "His chuunibyou who always talks about 'cutting off evil' is still very capable. If he can't stop the attack, what will happen if it's me? What’s the use? ”
Who are you calling me evil? Tangze squinted his eyes and curled his lips and said, "Maybe he couldn't stop him and asked you to go over and collect the victim's body..."
Conan glared: "What do you mean by collecting the victim's body?"
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, you are a detective. You can definitely be better than the joker and prevent accidents from happening in time." Tang Ze patted his back perfunctorily.
I don’t know who discovered the corpse and became so accustomed to it that even Mao Lilan became numb and stopped screaming.
Conan's half-moon eyes were displeased and he snorted: "You also come with me. They won't believe me when I talk to a child, and they won't be able to stop me if they find out."
"Okay, I will listen to you. ." Tang Ze looked helpless on the surface, but smiled playfully on the inside.
Now that it’s stable, he can have new tequila in his bar.
This is the only out-of-print achievement, so don’t miss it.
ψ(｀)ψ vest, you should have seen it all, you can guess the real situation of this scene
(End of this chapter)