Chapter 169: Huiyuan Ai's familiarity
"We have met before." Hattori Heiji smiled and showed his white teeth: "Right, little Conan?"

"Yeah." Conan nodded in agreement.

If there is no topic, then find one. Anyway, he won't let these two people chat forever.

Uncle Maori, who was standing aside, looked at them with some boredom, then looked at Xuemei and said enthusiastically: "Miss Xuemei, don't pay attention to these guys, let's go to the side and have a chat!"

Even though they had only just met and hadn't exchanged a few words, he had already changed the way he addressed Aragaki Yukimi from 'Ms. Aragaki' to 'Ms. Yukimi'. Just from the change in the way they addressed each other, it seemed as if their relationship had become very close.

Uncle Maori is very thick-skinned. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with calling me so affectionately.

When facing beautiful women, Uncle Maori's attitude seems very enthusiastic. Ordinary people would not be able to withstand his enthusiasm.

But Aragaki Yukimi is not an ordinary person.

"I'm glad to do that." Xuemei nodded gracefully in response.

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Haibara Ai looked at Aragaki Yukimi who was standing next to Uncle Mori with some confusion, then looked away.

For some reason, this Miss Xuemei gave her a familiar feeling, even made her feel a little friendly.

But she was sure that she had never seen this face before, and this feeling of familiarity was really strange.

After all her relatives died, the only two people who could make Haibara Ai feel close to her should be Professor Agasa and Sawawa. How could there be a third person?
It’s weird.

This Aragaki Yukimi looks very abnormal, but Haibara Ai can't tell what's wrong with her.

This feeling is... weird.

Ze Yu took in Haibara Ai's reaction, he smiled slightly, and had no intention of helping her solve her confusion.

Now is not the time.

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"Everyone, it's already very late." The villa's owner, Jin Gu Yuzhi, clapped his hands and forced a smile on his fat face: "Please go back to your rooms and rest. Get up at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to have breakfast..."

He told everyone about their daily routine while living here these days.

"...Tomorrow night, the highlight of this tour will be a very difficult reasoning quiz!"

"Anyone who answers all the questions correctly can get the book in my hand..." said Hiroyuki Kanaya, taking out a slightly old but well-preserved book from his arms.

“This is the first edition of the Sherlock Holmes series and Conan Doyle’s masterpiece, A Study in Scarlet!”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present looked at him with envy and made a lot of noise, wishing they could take this collector's edition of the book for themselves.

Especially Conan, his eyes were red.

Even Hiroki looked at the book in Kanaya Hiroyuki's hand with some longing, and was obviously moved by this treasured first edition book. Seeing everyone's exaggerated reaction, Ze Yu not only felt nothing, but couldn't help but laughed.

It's just a first edition of "A Study in Scarlet". Is this something worth showing off?

You know, Ze Yu's warehouse even has the first edition manuscript of "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes". That is the draft written by Conan Doyle himself, and his fingerprints are still on it.

In addition, Ze Yu also collected a large number of trial prints of books before the official release. Even the first edition that was officially released, he had more than ten sets in his hands, all of which were signed by Conan Doyle.

In comparison, the book in Kanaya Hiroyuki's hand doesn't even have a signature, so what does it count for?
The most important thing is, with these things in hand, do you think Ze Yu is proud?
No, he would not be proud of this collection, because these things were just the most ordinary items in his collection.

Ze Yu usually doesn't take action, but when he does, any item taken out of his collection will be enough to shock most people.

However, Ze Yu’s personality is not that flamboyant, at least that’s what he thinks.

In the field, Kanaya Hiroyuki put away the book and smiled wickedly: "But before that, I would like to ask you to prove how much you love Sherlock Holmes. This should be no problem, right?"

"How do you want us to prove it?" asked the woman who had mocked Uncle Maori before, her expression looking a little confused.

Kanaya Hiroyuki raised his hand and a maid came over and distributed an item to everyone, with everyone holding one.

"Now, the item that this lady is handing out to you is the Sherlock Holmes Quiz, 1,000 Questions. The deadline for submission is before tomorrow night."

"Only those with a total score of 990 or above can participate in the reasoning quiz after tomorrow's dinner." Hiroyuki Kanaya raised his right index finger with a somewhat smug expression on his face.

"To be on the safe side, I hope everyone will hand over their mobile phones and related reference books to this lady for safekeeping to prevent cheating."

"It doesn't matter if you don't hand it in, because this villa is equipped with surveillance cameras and eavesdropping devices everywhere, monitoring everyone present at all times. If anyone cheats, he will be eliminated, and I will ask him to get out of my hotel villa immediately!"

Hiroyuki Kanaya took out a communicator that looked a bit like a mobile phone from his pocket and shook it, showing off his status and privileges as the owner of the villa.

The maid came over carrying a plate. Wherever she went, everyone handed over their cell phones and books. Even Ze Yu was no exception. He obediently handed over his cell phone.

However, no one could have imagined that Ze Yu was connected to an alien space with infinite area, and this alien space used for storage was filled with countless collections.

Those things are Ze Yu’s treasures.

As for the mobile phone he handed in, what does it matter?
He had hundreds of spare mobile phones in the alien space, including every model. Even if one phone was taken away, what would happen?

If he wanted, Ze Yu could take out a new phone to make calls at any time, but if he did that, it would be difficult for him to explain the source of these phones.

So he wasn't going to do that.

The only item that Ze Yu handed in was a mobile phone, nothing else. Although Kanaya Hiroyuki asked everyone to hand over all the books they had, Ze Yu did not carry any books with him because he had placed those books in a different space.

If Ze Yu were to hand over all the books stored in the alien space, then the next moment, the cliff where the villa hotel was located would be completely crushed by countless books.

(End of this chapter)