Kuroki Yasuji found the owner of the specialty gourmet shop and packed up all the ready-made dishes in the shop today.
These include fried crickets, grilled spider skewers, live hornet larvae, braised silkworm pupae, locust sushi rolls...
After the three children witnessed various insect foods being packaged, they shook their heads like rattles when Chi Feichi asked, "Do you want to try something?"
Dr. Agasa, Conan and Haibara Ai were faced with plates of insect dishes, but they couldn't say what they wanted to eat for a long time.
Fei Chi couldn't think of what he wanted to eat, mainly because he wanted to try it all.
In the end, Chi Feichi packed up a portion of everything and took it away. He planned to choose some to try himself and the rest to the greedy Feichi. If Dr. A Li and the five children changed their minds, they could share it with a few people.
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The Tachibana Residence is on one side of the village. The Japanese-style building is surrounded by tall walls and gates, like a large square seal on the edge of the village.
Walking to the wall, there were no villagers nearby. Conan couldn't help but asked, "Mr. Kuroki, what were you doing to the north of the village just now?"
Before Kuroki Yasushi could speak, Chi Feichi said, "Conan, we'll talk about it later."
Kuroki Yasuji was startled and quickly nodded, "It would be better for Mr. Yukihira or my young master to talk about this matter."
Conan's mind turned around and he reacted.
It’s not that his friends didn’t notice the problem, and Mr. Kuroki has been talking about other things just now, and it’s not because he was talking about other things to hide it. It’s because the matter may involve members of the family. Mr. Kuroki is just a housekeeper, so it’s not convenient to say more.
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When we were on the road before, Mr. Kuroki mentioned "Mr. Yukihira's invitation". Chi Feichi should have known that Mr. Tachibana Yukihira and Xiaoshu's brother would not hide them, and reached a tacit agreement with Mr. Kuroki - we arrived at the place
, and then listen to what the host has to say.
However, these people don’t say it clearly if they have concerns, it’s all up to everyone to understand, don’t you think it’s troublesome?
"ah?"
The three children looked at the three of them with puzzled faces.
"Conan, what are you talking about?"
"What's matter?"
"No," Haiyuan Ai intervened to intercept the three children's questions and changed the subject, "By the way, on the way here, didn't you say you wanted to try all the special delicacies?"
The faces of the three children changed. When they thought of those insect delicacies, they suddenly had no intention of thinking about other things.
"It's not..."
"We didn't know it was insects before, we thought it was delicious rabbit meat."
"Actually, I don't really want to eat rabbit meat. I was looking forward to seeing whether there would be delicious and fresh fruits..."
Arriving at the front door of Tachibana's house, Kuroki Yasuji stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Not long after, a middle-aged maid opened the door.
Before the middle-aged maid could speak, the old woman's urgent voice came through the room, "Is Nanaze back?"
"Madam, it's not the eldest lady, it's Mr. Kuroki and the guests he brought back," the middle-aged maid turned around to explain, then smiled apologetically at Chi Feichi and others, and stepped aside to get out of the way, "Mr. Kuroki, please bring
Guests, come in."
Behind the main entrance is a long and deep corridor with Japanese-style wooden doors on both sides.
After the group entered the door, the maid helped them get slippers.
On one side of the corridor, a short old woman stood in front of an open wooden door. She was wearing a light brown kimono. Her short shoulder-length hair was all white. Her face was full of sorrow. She noticed someone coming from the room behind her and looked back.
Take a look and step aside to get out of the way.
The old man who walked out was wearing a short coat, with a long snow-white beard, and his white hair was combed back into a warrior's hair. He walked towards the door barefoot, his steps steady and powerful, trying hard to hide the anxiety and sadness on his face, "It's not Master Chi.
I'm really sorry that you and your friends are here, but I can't entertain you properly."
"You're too polite, Mr. Yukihira," Chi Feichi quickly changed his slippers and politely greeted Tachibana Yukihira calmly, "It's us who have disturbed you."
"Yes," Dr. Ali said quickly, "Thank you very much for your invitation. I hope it won't cause you any trouble."
The five children also bowed obediently.
"excuse me!"
"I heard Xiao Mo say before that you brought children with you," Tachibana Yukihei faced the children and tried to calm down his face and eyes, "You can ask the maid at home to take them to play in the yard later.
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Chi Feichi sat down to change his shoes and asked bluntly, "What happened here?"
Conan: "..."
Can I ask directly now?
"Yes..." Tachibana Yukihei hesitated and looked at the children who were also changing their shoes.
"It doesn't matter if you tell them..."
From behind the open door came a young male voice with a Kansai accent that was very familiar to Conan.
"These brats should be reliable, and they can be allowed to play in the yard until the matter is over, and they will not have the chance to tell anyone about the situation here," Hattori Heiji walked out of the door, leaned against the door, and saw Ike Feichi,
Conan and others looked at him and greeted him with a smile, "Brother Chi, Doctor, the little guy with glasses, and everyone else, long time no see!"
Three children: "Why is only Conan singled out among the children..."
Conan: "Why am I the 'Glad with Glasses'..."
Hattori Heiji half-moon eyes.
Hey, hey, he said hello so enthusiastically...
Chi Feichi responded calmly, "Long time no see."
Hattori Heiji still has half-moon eyes.
It's too cold...
Are these people not surprised at all when they suddenly meet him here?
When Hattori Heiji was depressed, someone finally had the reaction he wanted. Dr. Agasa asked in surprise, "Hattori, why are you here?"
"I'm here to help with the investigation," Hattori Heiji said as he got down to business and looked serious, "Mr. Yukihira's ten-year-old granddaughter, Miss Nanaze, has been kidnapped!"
Dr. A Li's expression changed, "Wha, what?!"
Conan also looked at Hattori Heiji in surprise, changed his shoes three times, and looked at a pair of little girl's style sneakers placed at the entrance, "Could this pair of shoes be..."
"They belong to Ms. Nanaze," Hattori Heiji saw the old woman going back to the house, so he moved to make way and said seriously, "But she didn't come back after going to school yesterday. Those shoes were left by her the day before.
At the door."
"They went to school yesterday," Mitsuhiko asked in confusion. "They haven't had summer vacation yet?"
Hattori Heiji looked at Tachibana Yukihei, "It's a private elementary school built by Mr. Yukihei in the village. All the children in the village and Miss Nanaze go to school there. The summer holidays are later than other schools. Of course, the start time is also the same."
"Actually, yesterday they only had moral education classes and activity classes. After the activity classes, it was officially summer vacation," Tachibana Yukihei frowned, "Nanaze usually goes home after school, and will be delayed on the road for at most half an hour, but yesterday
In the afternoon, she didn't come home until five o'clock in the afternoon. I asked people to search for her at the school and everywhere in the village..."
"As a result, at night, a letter demanding ransom was put into the mailbox. At that time, everyone in the village was looking for Miss Nanaze. Mr. Yukihira and everyone in the family also went out. No one knew about the letter.
When did the letter come and who sent it," Hattori Heiji said. "After dark, they turned back, hoping that Miss Nanaze had come back by herself, and saw a half-exposure of the letter in the mailbox.
After watching it, I found out that Miss Nanaze was kidnapped."
Dr. Ali became worried when he thought that the kidnapped little girl was only ten years old, "Did you call the police?"
Tachibana Yukihira said anxiously, "No, you can't call the police!"
"There are not many outsiders who usually come in and out of this village. They are all acquaintances. If the kidnappers were observing nearby and saw many strangers entering the village, they would have guessed that Mr. Yukihira had called the police. In that case, Ms. Nanaze
There might be danger," Heiji Hattori explained helpfully, "So I first asked me, a high school detective, to come and help. As for Mr. Kuroki who brought you back..."
"Mr. Yukihira plans to send Nanaze to Kyoto to study literature after she has a vacation. Then we will study with the same teacher..."
They walked out of Tachibana Yukihira and Hattori Heiji's rooms one after another, and the voices came from far away, and then a ten-year-old boy wearing a gray and blue kimono walked out.
The boy's small face under the black hair had a calm expression, and his voice was a little childish, but his tone was always unhurried. He stopped in the corridor and looked up at Tachibana Yukihira, "Grandpa Yukihira was going to send Nanaze to Kyoto today. I
Grandpa called Grandpa Yukihira this morning to ask when they would arrive..."
When a certain young lady came out, Fei Chi stuck his head out of Chi Feichi's collar, stared at a certain young lady, and whispered with emotion, "Master, in human aesthetics, Fei Chi should belong to
Very cute, right?"
Chi Feichi couldn't answer.
After Fei Mo transformed into a human form, this face is absolutely good-looking. Coupled with the round facial contours that children have, and the rounded curvature of the eyes at the head and tail, it can be said to be cute.
But I can’t say ‘very cute’.
Children are supposed to have innocent eyes and a soft and harmless expression. The Fei Mo in front of them is not occupied at all, there is no innocence and ignorance in their eyes, and their expressions are relatively calm. Like Conan and Xiao Ai, they can win the word "premature" with their demeanor.
evaluate.
This is still the appearance that Fei Mo has concealed, otherwise with his private appearance, the words "vicissitudes of life" and "profound" would have been engraved in his eyes.
But then again, Fei Mo's eye color is not brown like Koizumi Anko or Hakuba Tan, but black and red, the red is more vivid, scarlet like thick blood, even if he tries hard to show innocence and ignorance
, it will only be an innocent face with a pair of evil-looking eyes, which will look even more awkward, so it is better to keep it as it is now.
"As soon as Grandpa Xingping answered the phone, he said 'Hello' nervously. After hearing that it was my grandfather on the other end of the phone, he said that he had urgent work to deal with and would call my grandfather tomorrow to explain," Feimo didn't.
He looked at Tachibana Yukihira again, then turned to Kuroki Yasuji at the door, "My grandfather said that someone in Grandpa Yukihira's family may have been kidnapped, and he asked me to come over and take a look."
Hattori Heiji was speechless, "Although I felt a little strange when I heard it, but..."
"Children of the Mizuno family have been kidnapped before, and several families that our master is familiar with have also had such situations. As soon as you heard what Mr. Yukihira said in a panic, you can guess what happened," Kuroki Yasuji changed.
Shoes, he picked up the bag placed on the cabinet at the door again, straightened up and said to Chi Feichi, "Of course, my master is not particularly sure, so he asked me to take the young master for a trip."
Dr. A Li smiled dryly.
My family and friends have had the experience of surviving with their children being kidnapped, which makes me speechless.