Maybe it was his age, or maybe it was this serious illness that caused some problems with Nagato Douzan's head.
Otherwise, Katsuki Uehara really can't figure out why this old man who once led the Nagato Group to be on par with the Suzuki Group would have such unreliable ideas in his mind.
If he really wanted to be a son-in-law, it would be the Nagato family's turn. The Suzuki family would have been happy.
The eldest princess Suzuki whom he rescued was married and had a fiancé, but the second princess Suzuki Sonoko was still single.
Comparing the two, a 39-year-old rich woman and a 17-year-old rich woman, the judgment is clear.
He is not Rooney, he has a soft spot for the older aunt.
Faced with Uehara Katsumi's humble response, the old Nagato Douzan happily picked up the cup on the bedside table and took a sip of water. He said like a normal person: "Oh, by the way, if you want to see Uehara Police Department then,
If my son asks about something, I recommend that you ask her to be present."
Katsuki Uehara put away his notepad and raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
"There is no other meaning. The main reason is that Hidetomi experienced a fire when he was in high school. The fire burned his entire face, so that he now sits at home all day writing for fun and does not like to see people.
"If he is lucky enough to be here, he will be more cooperative with the police."
"Burned?"
Uehara Katsuki's brows were visibly stunned for a moment, and then he asked curiously: "Didn't your son undergo cosmetic surgery? With the current level of cosmetic surgery in the medical field, plus the financial support of the Nagato family, recovery shouldn't be difficult, right?"
The old man shook his head and sighed: "I have told Xiu Chen this before, but Xiu Chen is not willing to undergo cosmetic surgery anyway. He would rather wrap himself in bandages like a mummy and hide at home all day.
.
"If it hadn't been for Sachi's appearance, I'm afraid Hidetomi would have developed autism long ago."
This can be restored or not, and you have to wear a bandage and suffer. Why does it sound like you are trying to atone for your sins?
Considering that the Tokyo Shinigami and the Osaka Shinigami are gathering outside right now, all kinds of signs make it hard not to make Uehara Katsumi feel that the only son of the Nagato family who has yet to meet him has a death star shining over his head.
While he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the closed bedroom door, and the sound of "ding-ding-ding" brought him back to his senses in an instant——
"Please come in." The old man leaning against the bed said through the door.
The bedroom door was pushed open in the next second, and a group of people headed by Hattori Heizo filed in. Uehara Katsuki noticed at a glance the two evil spirits of death who were staring at him with unusual dead fish eyes, and then he seemed to be completely unaware.
Unexpectedly, he smiled brightly at them.
Conan: "..."
Heiji: "..."
"Senior, happy birthday..."
While Hattori Heizo, Mouri Kogoro and others were still getting acquainted with each other, Conan, who was already feeling angry, immediately found an opportunity to grab Uehara Katsumi who was about to escape, and pulled him to a corner where no one was paying attention.
Inside, he gritted his teeth and said, "Katsumi Uehara! What do you mean?!"
Next to him, there was Hattori Heiji whose eyes had been bent into protractor shapes.
"It looks like you have fooled Mao Lilan. It's okay. It's amazing." Patting Conan's right hand that was tightly grasping him away, Uehara Katsumi raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Mao Lilan.
"You have the nerve to say that?! Do you know that I had already thought about how to round it off at that time, but you, Kudo Shinichi, almost tricked me to death when you came out!" Hattori Heiji had a straight face and poor words.
Katsuki Uehara looked at him for a long time, not knowing whether his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. After all, his skin color was already dark, so he couldn't tell clearly: "Why are you being tricked? If you are discovered, you will be discovered. Find a chance to let him know after admitting it."
Conan can just go and confess."
"You did it on purpose, right?" Conan, who heard the implication, was so angry that he almost puffed up his cheeks.
"What else? Don't think that your own protection theory full of loopholes will work here."
Katsuki Uehara glanced at him sideways: "If you really want to protect Mao Lilan, the most important thing to do is to stay away from her. If you stay so high-profile around her, you are not protecting her but harming her.
"If the winery discovers something abnormal about you one day, do you believe that Gin can blow up the Mori Detective Agency as well?"
"I--"
"What are you talking about? Just tell me about this winery operation. Who can you deal with on your own? You can't even survive the first wave of gunfights in the street."
Katsumi Uehara gestured playfully: "Do you think someone like Gin, who dares to fight in the street, will beat up Mouri Ran, Mouri Kogoro, Dr. Agasa and others who are close to you after discovering your identity?"
sieve?"
Conan, who has always been sharp-tongued, subconsciously wanted to refute, but he couldn't get the words out of his mouth, and the expression on his face changed uncertainly.
"I'm different from you. First of all, I have the entire Tokyo police system behind me. The undercover information utilization alone is beyond your comparison. There are also a few chaebol favors in the back row that can be used.
"Who is behind you? Your father who is far away in the United States? Your mother who is a celebrity? Or Dr. Ali?"
After some heart-wrenching questioning, Katsuki Uehara pointed at Hattori Heiji, who was also lost in thought: "Unless your dad switches with his dad."
Hattori Heiji's face dropped as he was pointed at.
Why do you have to change your father when you are so good? Does this policeman know how to speak?
"You can't say that, Uehara Police Department." Hattori Heiji, who had never experienced anything like this in Tokyo, looked at Conan's embarrassed expression and wanted to speak up for him: "If Xiaolan knew about it, she would be——"
"Do you really think she didn't notice?"
Katsuki Uehara interrupted his words, squatted on the ground with interest, and vaguely pointed in the direction of Mao Lilan: "I still remember the last time I met Conan for the first time, it was a maple leaf gold coin case.
, I am responsible for sending him home.
"I noticed at that time that there was something obviously wrong with the way Mao Lilan looked at Conan, and I think she must have tested you, Conan." Rubbing his chin, Uehara Katsuki saw everything step by step, and hinted crazily: "I
Whether you say it or not, it doesn't seem to affect anything."
"..."
Conan, who had already been thinking about whether he was wrong or right, suddenly reacted, and the corners of his eyes twitched crazily: "You guy, could it be..."
"Let's make a deal, Edogawa Conan-kun." Katsuki Uehara put his hands in his hands and smiled harmlessly.
…………………………………………………………………………
"I reject."
Suzuki Medieval Museum, staff restaurant.
Haiyuan Ai, who was wearing a baseball cap, sat on a dining chair, holding up a peanut and blueberry sandwich with her left hand and taking a bite. She lowered the brim of the hat with her right hand and rejected her sister's proposal.
"Eh? How could that happen, Zhi——not, Ai."
Directly opposite the girl, Miyano Akemi clasped her palms together after her disguise, and "begged" with a smile on her face: "Promise me, okay? Okay?"
"No~ok~"
When it comes to being cute, Huihara Ai has never been afraid of anyone, especially after she reversed time and returned to childhood.
Facing her gentle, sunny and cheerful sister, the childish side in her heart suddenly took over.
"I don't want to go to school. Being with a group of half-grown children is a kind of torture for me now. I have no common language with them at all."
"But you are just a child now, not to mention you have never experienced a normal elementary school time before, right?"
Miyano Akemi blinked and fell into longing: "Just think about it, I can pick you up from school, hold your hand and walk on the street, and listen to you tell what happened in school today..."
This is something she has never been able to do before.
As an eldest sister, she is like a mother. She regretted not being able to participate in her younger sister's growth. But now, she has this opportunity to make up for her regret.
"No~ok~"
Haihara Ai, who was attracted by the scene described by her sister, put her chin in one hand, put down the sandwich, grabbed the coffee cup on the side, sipped the straw and said silently: "I am a doctor."
It would be better for her to stay at home and study instead of going to school to suffer, and she would have more time to research antidotes.
"But you are a child now, and you will attract others' attention if you don't go to school."
"I have a solution."
"A Fusha painted bag?" Miyano Akemi, who knew her sister very well, set her own conditions.
"...No." Haiyuan Ai hesitated slightly, but quickly chose to refuse: "This is not about the bag."
"Three. If there are more sisters, I will have no money. I have just joined the art museum and my salary has not been paid yet."
"..."
Hui Yuan Ai blinked, and there was a bit of confusion on her delicate little face. She didn't agree, but she didn't refuse either.
Seeing this, Miyano Akemi's eyes suddenly filled with a gentle smile, and she immediately took out her mobile phone and started flipping through her address book. Seeing this, Haibara Ai couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong? Who are you going to call?"
"Officer Uehara, you agreed to enroll in school. I have to tell him about this. After all, I am still a protected witness."
Miyano Akemi, who had a relaxed and comfortable tone, deliberately lowered her voice. The unique vitality of her character made Haibara Ai, who wanted to refuse, open her mouth. In the end, she was unable to say anything. She just stared at her in high spirits, her mouth softened.
Slowly rise.
elder sister……
She had forgotten how long it had been since she had seen her sister like this.
There are no worries about the future, only hopeful expectations.
"Clang!"
Thoughts were surging in my mind, when a crisp metal collision suddenly came from the corridor outside the restaurant. Following it, an old man shouted angrily——
"What are you doing?! This is a work of art! Why are you so messy every day!"
Under the gaze of Haihara Ai, an old man in a suit and ties got angry at several people wearing priest uniforms at the entrance of the aisle.
"Director Ochiai, the person who manages this art museum."
Miyano Akemi, who noticed her sister's gaze, introduced gently: "There is a newly built cathedral in Yoneka Town recently. Like this art museum, it is funded by the Suzuki family. Considering this relationship, the Suzuki family plans to move.
A few suitable religious pieces of art past.
"It is said that this cathedral is hosting a wedding for a couple next month, so Suzuki is more concerned about it."
"Oh? So important?"
Haibara Ai let go of the straw, with a playful expression: "Which consortium is it? It can't be the Suzuki family's own wedding, right?"
"No, he seems to be the only son of the Nagato Consortium."
As soon as Miyano Akemi finished speaking, the phone in hand was already connected——
"Officer Uehara, it's me."
"Oh, it's Miss Mingmei. What's wrong? What's the matter?"
The Nagato family.
Katsumi Uehara, who was sitting in the living room on the third floor and eating a fruit plate, swung his legs, looked at Conan with a troubled expression not far away, and said cheerfully.
"It's like this. After thinking about it, I still have to let my sister go to school. This will also make it easier for her to not reveal her identity, and it is also in line with her performance at her age."
"As long as you discuss it, I have no objection. Just inform me of the relevant school class information after you enroll."
Katsuki Uehara, who was spitting out grape skins, said lazily: "I want to make a record."
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore."
"polite."
There was a beep and the phone was hung up.
The next second, Katsuki Uehara felt his eyes blur. Conan, who had just distanced himself from him, now appeared in front of him, frowning: "Is it Haihara's sister?"
"Well, for the sake of safety, I wanted to find a place for my sister to go to school, so I came to ask for my permission." Uehara Katsumi picked a piece of watermelon with a toothpick and put it in his mouth, leaning on the back of the sofa and moving his neck from side to side.
"I have a question, why do you trust these two sisters so much?"
"Because I'm a good judge of people."
Conan rolled his eyes: "Yes, sir."
"Pay attention to your attitude." Katsuki Uehara turned his head and spat out watermelon seeds, and said vaguely: "Have you considered the previous transaction conditions?"
"I can help you write it, but I can't guarantee that it will be perfect without correction." Conan sighed and accepted his fate: "After all, I have never written a case closure report before this."
Uehara Katsumi was full of confidence: "It doesn't matter, I will polish it when the time comes."
Full of pride, he heard a noise coming from the stairs next door and turned his head. A figure with his head covered in bandages and only one eye exposed came into view.
——?!
Even though Conan had seen a lot of dead bodies, the moment he noticed this man, his heart inevitably jumped!
who?!
"Hey, isn't this Hidetomi? We haven't seen you for a long time, and today you are finally willing to walk out of the room."
Before Uehara Katsumi and Conan could recover, another figure appeared behind the bandaged man, putting their arms around each other and teasing him, with a sinister smile on his handsome face.
The bandaged man simply glanced at Katsumi Uehara on the sofa, and then ignored the man arm-in-arm with him. He left him alone and slowly walked into Nagato Dozo's bedroom.
"There's really nothing I can do against you, and you still have no manners at all."
The man who was pushed away shook his head helplessly, then straightened the folds of his suit, came to Uehara Katsumi, and stretched out his hand: "Uehara Police Department, I have long admired my name. I am the president of Nagato Construction Co., Ltd., Nagato Mitsuomi.
"The weird person just now is Mr. Nagato's only son, Hideomi Nagato. He just doesn't like to communicate with others. Please forgive me."
"Ah, I've heard of you. Hello, Mr. Nagato Mitsuyo."
Looking carefully at the man whom Nagato Douzan called "the most suspicious", Uehara Katsumi shook hands with him with a bright smile and said: "The husband of the second young lady of the Nagato family is the envy of others."