Looking at the two-story bungalow hotel with a loft in front of her, Xiaolan looked forward to it.
She waved to Conan behind her at the door: "Conan, hurry up!"
"Okay!" Conan jumped into the hotel, but suddenly someone grabbed his arm.
It was a fat lady. She stared at Conan, which made him feel a little scared.
"Huh?" He subconsciously wanted to retreat and break away from this aunt, "Auntie, what do you want to do?"
"Brother, you..." the lady looked at him, "do you have any big secret?"
"Ah?" Conan felt his heart skip a beat.
The astrologer named Maria Toda showed a discerning smile on her face: "Haha, did you secretly hide the test papers with bad results?"
Conan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead without leaving a trace: "Well... someone is calling me."
It turned out that Xiaolan saw that he had not followed up for a long time and asked him dissatisfiedly what he was doing.
"Hmph, be careful, brother..." Maria Toda whispered in his ear, "otherwise, your secret may be known to someone soon!"
Conan returned to Xiaolan and heard her curiously ask: "Who is that lady?"
"An astrologer." Conan glanced at the girl guiltily.
[Impossible...]
Today, a group of them came to this hotel. It was the result of an unauthorized registration by a detective who, although his body had become smaller, still loved Sherlock Holmes deeply.
Under the great will of Ke Xue Universe, he was blessed with destiny and was "lucky" to be chosen to attend this gathering of Sherlock Holmes fans.
So Mouri Kogoro and his daughter also accompanied him to this remote but elegantly decorated hotel.
They were driven to the hotel by Hitomi Iwai, a staff member of the hotel, along with high school physical education teacher Ikuo Kawazu, station attendant Toshiaki Fujisawa, and librarian Nanako Shimizu.
Except for the hotel staff and the Maori father and daughter, they are all ardent Sherlock Holmes fans.
According to Hitomi Iwai, there was another group of people brought to the hotel by her husband.
“Welcome to the [McCrover] Hotel!”
When everyone entered the hotel, they saw a rich middle-aged man dressed as Sherlock Holmes, holding a pipe in his hand, standing in front of the crowd with a smile, welcoming their arrival.
This person is Hiroyuki Kanaya, the owner of this hotel, and he is also a die-hard Sherlock Holmes fan.
He would hold such exchange meetings with Sherlock Holmes fans regularly, and carefully select Sherlock Holmes fans to come to his hotel to open their hearts and communicate with each other.
Hiroyuki Kanaya stepped forward: "And today, I also invited a current famous detective who is comparable to our Sherlock Holmes——"
"Mr. Mouri Kogoro, right? I've seen it on TV and newspapers several times." A young man with an arrogant face came over, "It's just that if it were me, I could easily solve those cases."
The female companion next to him echoed: "Yes, if you actually fight, you may not even be able to beat Dr. Watson next to Holmes!"
These two people are both college students, and they are the president and member of the reasoning research society in the university. The man is called Toju Kento, and the woman is called Ogi Ayako.
Veins popped out on Mouri Kogoro's forehead and he clenched his fists.
He subconsciously vented his anger on the culprit and punched Conan: "It's all your fault! Who told you to sign up!"
"Conan!" Xiaolan exclaimed.
"Conan?" All the Sherlock Holmes fans present were stunned.
Then, Conan was surrounded by them.
"Ah! Your name is Conan?"
"Really?"
"Wow! So cute!"
Conan smiled and responded: "Yeah! My dad is a Conan Doyle fan, so he gave me this name!"
Xiaolan looked at Conan who was surrounded and said to Kogoro happily: "I worry about him in vain."
Seeing her father looking at her, Xiaolan explained: "Because Conan is usually not as calm as a child. Now seeing his innocent look, I feel relieved. Children are just children."
"It's just that the thing about Sherlock Holmes that I like is exactly the same as him."
"Him?" Mouri Kogoro was a little confused.
"Yes, it's that guy!" Xiaolan looked at Conan, her eyes filled with the shadow of her sweetheart, "Proud, stinky..."
Someone answered at this moment: "Amateur reasoner, hardcore Sherlock Holmes enthusiast, catastrophic tone deaf, football player..."
The visitor was wearing a peaked cap and had dark skin.
"...And not long ago, he defeated me in the competition and left without saying goodbye..."
"Kudo Shinichi, right?"
This person is none other than Hattori Heiji, a Western high school student detective from Osaka whom he met in a previous case.
In that case, in (what he thought was a) reasoning duel, he missed a move and came to the wrong conclusion. He was then corrected by Kudo Shinichi, who drank baigan and returned to the body of a high school student.
Since then, he has been brooding about it. While collecting information about Kudo Shinichi, he has been looking for an opportunity to have another (what he thinks is) reasoning showdown with him.
As soon as he heard about this gathering of Sherlock Holmes fans, he thought that his old enemy Kudo Shinichi (who he considered himself) would be coming.
Just as a group of people were chatting noisily, footsteps came from the stairs.
"It's so lively!" The handsome young man yawned and walked downstairs, saying hello to everyone, "Hello everyone! I'm from Yuan Huaiyu..."
His words stopped suddenly, he looked at Conan in "surprise" and shouted: "Huh? Edogawa-san!"
Hearing his voice, Conan looked over and his eyes widened: "Teacher Yuan?"
Xiaolan thought about it for a moment and exclaimed: "Mr. Yuan?!"
Mouri Kogoro and Hattori Heiji looked at each other with confused eyes.
"Lan, this is..." Mouri Kogoro looked at the handsome Yuan Huaiyu and felt wary in his heart.
"This is Mr. Yuan Huaiyu. I met Xinyi on the plane when we went to New York last year." Xiaolan introduced them.
Conan raised his hand: "Teacher Yuan is our science teacher!"
"Huh?" Xiaolan leaned over and looked at Conan, "Mr. Yuan Yuan is the teacher Yuan that Conan often mentioned!"
"Edogawa-san is a very good child."
Yuan Huaiyu praised the high school student and looked at Mao Lilan: "Long time no see, Miss Lan. I didn't expect you to be the parent of classmate Edogawa..."
He looked around.
"It's strange. Isn't Kudo-san not here? I remember that he is a super fan of Sherlock Holmes. I thought I would be able to meet him this time!"