For a second or two, Shiraishi wanted to close the door and pretend that nothing happened, but fortunately he was not angry, nor was he sleepy at this time, and he clearly remembered his character.
He quickly showed a friendly smile and followed Hattori Heiji's greeting and said, "What a coincidence."
…
Hattori Heiji didn't come to see Shiraishi, he mainly wanted to find two peers, Kudo Shinichi and Maori Ran.
But when he was going upstairs, he passed by the back door of Shiraishi's house. Hattori Heiji thought that even though he was here, he should say hello to Shiraishi. After all, they had solved a case together, so he wanted to knock on the door and invite Shiraishi to go out with him.
Play.
Hattori Heiji had previously felt that Kudo Shinichi had a talent for encountering strange cases, and that many murderers in Tokyo were better at making monsters than those in Osaka.
However, when the two discussed the matter privately, Kudo insisted that it was Shiraishi's fault.
Hattori Heiji was also led astray by him, and he couldn't determine who it was, but there was a solution - as long as the two of them were taken out together, they would definitely find an interesting case.
"My mother's friend's son is getting married recently. My mother originally wanted to attend the ceremony, but a few days ago she was hit by a takoyaki iron plate and broke her toe, so she asked me to come."
As he said that, Hattori Heiji pointed to Toyama Kazuha next to him: "She insists on coming - oh, yes, you haven't seen her yet, her name is Toyama Kazuha, her father..."
Hattori Heiji originally wanted to simply summarize the relationship between the two people with the description "her father is my father's subordinate".
But before that, Yuan Shan and Ye interrupted with a not-so-good look on their face: "I am his childhood sweetheart. We have been in the same class since childhood, and we have a very good relationship!"
When she said this, she looked directly at Mao Lilan who had just come downstairs, and it seemed that she regarded this beautiful high school girl as her love rival.
Both Mao Lilan and Conan felt her hostility.
Hattori Heiji didn't notice it at all. He habitually retorted: "Who has a particularly good relationship with you? It's obviously you who came here shamelessly."
Yuan Shan and Ye's faces turned the color of lotus leaves with anger.
Hattori Heiji still didn't notice. After briefly introducing Toyama Kazuha, he returned to the topic:
"I have to give them wedding gifts in the afternoon." He pointed to the gift bag hanging on the corner of the chair. In addition to the gifts, there was an envelope, with the words "Sen Yuan" vaguely visible on it.
Then he took back his hand and invited full of expectation: "Let's have some fun together in the morning. Kazuya has always wanted to go to Shibuya to buy clothes. I think there are always interesting cases around you. There are so many people in Shibuya. If you meet
Now, how can we compete to solve the case?"
Mao Lilan's eyes lit up when she heard "buy clothes".
After hearing the next half of the sentence, his eyes slowly degenerated into dead eyes, and his interest was greatly reduced.
I actually came here for this...
Hattori Heiji always did what he said. When he verbally planned the itinerary, he had already stood up and looked at Shiraishi's relatively spacious cafe: "Let's go, can you leave your luggage first? We'll come back to pick it up later.
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Shiraishi nodded.
With Butterfly Ninja here, this is indeed the safest luggage storage place.
I just hope that there is nothing too smelly in the luggage of Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha. Although Shiraishi has installed a lot of air purifiers and range hoods in the cafe, some of the smells caused by the butterfly ninja are still very stubborn...
…
Shiraishi actually wanted to rest at home today.
Unfortunately, as soon as Hattori Heiji arrived, the mission jumped out unambiguously, and the wedding ceremony and the words "Morisen" also reminded Shiraishi of a certain case.
He originally thought he would spend the whole day with this Osaka God of Death.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, the postman happened to pass by on a scooter. When he turned around, he recognized the owner of the coffee shop and gave the letter to Shiraishi directly.
As soon as Shiraishi touched the envelope, he heard another ding-dong sound in his ear.
...two tasks?
He stopped walking and unfolded the letter. The content was very concise and comprehensive——
[Help, the mermaid wants to kill me!]
"..."
Shiraishi stared at the letter and couldn't help but think of the experience of being recognized by the students in the haunted house at the campus festival a few days ago.
It took him a few beats to realize that due to the cooperation between Shinna Kaho and Kimura Tatsuya, he seemed to have taken a shortcut and became a slightly famous detective...at least among fans of Shinna Kaho and Kimura Tatsuya.
In between, probably like this.
Below the distress message, there was a phone number attached. The other party hoped that Shiraishi would contact her as soon as possible after receiving the letter.
Shiraishi turned over the envelope and saw that the sender was written "Kadori Saori".
When he saw "Mermaid", Shiraishi knew which case this was.
It is not uncommon for two tasks to appear in the taskbar at the same time - not to mention two, it is possible for three or four to appear at the same time when you are busy.
But when Shiraishi unfolded the light screen and looked at the start times of the two tasks, he felt that he was not yet qualified as a master of time management - one of the two tasks was this afternoon and the other was this evening.
It seemed like it was arranged.
But the problem is that although Mermaid Island is also in Honshu, it is far away from Tokyo, almost straddling the east and west sides. After handling the cases here in the afternoon, it is simply impossible to get to Mermaid Island in the evening.
If you want to successfully complete the task, you must make good use of tools...or tool people.
Three high school students and a tomboy walked out a few meters in a lively manner, only to find that one person was missing.
They turned around and found Shiraishi stopping at the door of the store, looking at the letter in his hand with a serious expression.
Hattori Heiji was startled for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up - he suspected that Shiraishi had received the commission, and for a while he didn't even bother strolling around the street, so he ran back quickly.
However, before he could read the contents of the letter clearly, the person opposite him suddenly sighed and put the letter away.
"What's the matter?" Hattori Heiji followed Shiraishi's hand with his eyes.
Yuan Shan and Ye raised their elbows and nudged him: "That's someone's personal privacy." What kind of case are you solving? Let's go shopping!
Shiraishi shook his head and turned back to the coffee shop. He passed through the door behind the counter and randomly found a folder from the back room and took it in his hand.
Then he returned to the coffee shop, looked at the people who had followed him in, and asked Hattori Heiji: "You are going to attend the Morizon family's wedding this afternoon. I just saw the envelope exposed."
"Yes." Hattori Heiji didn't know what the relationship between the wedding and the case was. Hearing that Shiraishi's tone was not right, he wondered, "What happened to them?"
"The relationship between their family is a bit strange. Someone asked me to investigate before, and the results I found out..." Shiraishi dragged out a chair and sat down, put the folder on his lap, and said worriedly, "I feel very bad.