Chapter 237 Watching with eager eyes
Chapter 238 Watching with eager eyes

"Oh, it's Mr. Mori." We walked into the president's office of the art museum. Mr. Suzuki Shiro, Sonoko's father, had been waiting for us for a long time. "Thank you for coming all the way here."

"Ah. No, you're welcome." Dad shook hands with Suzuki Shiro politely.

"Ah, Xiaolan, Conan, and Xiaoxun, you are here too."

"Hello, Uncle Suzuki." Xiaolan bowed politely. Conan and I also greeted Mr. Suzuki at the same time.

"The next two are..." Suzuki Shiro asked Hattori and Kazuha.

"Dad, they are Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha. Hattori is a high school detective from Kansai and is very famous in the Kansai area." Sonoko introduced her father.

"So that's how it is. Are you the son of Hattori Heizo? Haha, then I'll have to rely on you from now on." Suzuki Shiro said with a smile.

"Well, leave it to me, uncle." Heiji responded calmly.

"Well, let me introduce the guests here to you." After hearing what Shiro Suzuki said, everyone turned their eyes to the people present.

"First of all, this is the first-class secretary of the Russian Embassy, ​​Mr. Siru Ovchinnikov." As he spoke, a silver-haired, burly man sitting on the sofa stood up and greeted everyone.

"Please give me your advice." Just from a greeting, I could hear the Russian flavor in his voice.

"As for this one, he is the art dealer I found. Mr. Qian Jiangyi." Suzuki Shiro continued to introduce. "Hello." The art dealer's eyes were shining, as if he wanted to see through the value of everyone here.

"And this is Miss Pu Siqinglan, a researcher on the Romanov dynasty." As he spoke, Shiro Suzuki introduced a beautiful woman in cheongsam next to him to everyone.

"Hello." The gray-haired woman greeted everyone.

"Huh?!" I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows after hearing her greeting. Because this greeting was in Chinese. "Chinese?"

"Huh? What's wrong, Xiaoxun?" Xiaolan heard my voice and asked me.

"Ah, no, nothing." I smiled at Xiaolan. Then I looked at her silently. I thought to myself, no, she is not Chinese. The way she said "hello" does not seem to be Mandarin. Does she have an accent? And there is no double surname "Pusi" in China. I was puzzled, but other people here did not know my puzzlement, and Suzuki Shiro continued to introduce.

"This is Mr. Ryu Kanakawa, a freelance photographer who applied to interview and photograph the Easter eggs."

"Please give me your advice, everyone." Hanchuan Long held up the camera to indicate his identity.

"So, Mr. Suzuki, what was the final appraisal result of the value of the egg?" After introducing everyone, Dad began to ask about his job and the value of the object he protects.

"Eight hundred million." Mr. Qian is an authority on this subject, so he said it immediately.

"Eight, eight hundred million?!" Dad was shocked. This number was definitely an astronomical figure for him, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the Suzuki family.

"Well...if you're willing to sell it, I'm willing to pay a little more." Mr. Qian seemed very satisfied with the effect of using money to hit people in the face. But he obviously left some room for maneuver, because the price I saw on the black website was close to 1.5 billion yen. It seemed that he was also planning to buy it at a lower price and then sell it at a higher price.

"Mr. President, this Emperor's Easter Egg is a Russian item. Instead of selling it to an art dealer of unknown origin, please donate it to our Russian Art Museum." The burly clerk hurriedly stated his position when he saw Mr. Qian's offer.

"What?! Who are you saying is of unknown origin?" Mr. Qian said angrily.

"Okay, okay, maybe I can take pictures of something more interesting than that egg." Hanchuan Long said cynically. "And you, you look like you don't care about anything. If you are really a researcher of the Romanov dynasty, you should want to get that egg more than anyone else, right?"

"Yes." Pu Siqinglan changed her words and said in Japanese. "But the price of Bayi is really..."

"Well...that's right. Even for me, I can only barely raise 200 million." Hanchuan Long said helplessly.

"Hey, why are there so many people paying attention to this egg besides Kaito Kidd?" Conan said beside me.

"You have to know that although this thing appeared in Japan, it is indeed something of the Russian dynasty. With such a transnational attribute, and with the involvement of middlemen and researchers, how could it not be lively?" I smiled at Conan.

"Anyway, let's talk about the eggs another day." Shiro Suzuki said to the people here.

"Okay, then we'll take our leave first." With that, the four competitors left the venue one after another. At the same time, Suzuki Shiro's secretary Nishino also came to the president's office with the Easter egg.

"President, I brought the egg." Secretary Nishino said.

"Okay, put it on the table."

"Can we take a look?" Xiaolan asked expectantly.

"Its appearance is actually not that great." Yuanzi said with a look of understanding. "When I was a child, I often used that egg as a toy."

"Hehehe... a toy worth 800 million." I couldn't help but complain.

Soon, the egg was taken out of the box by Nishino, and everyone looked over. It was a emerald green egg, with several protruding brackets under the egg to support the balance of the egg. The emerald green body was surrounded by silver-glittering decorations. There were several small holes on the top. The circle of lines in the middle seemed to indicate that the egg could be opened.

"It doesn't look that good." Hattori looked at the egg carefully and said.

"It feels like an ostrich egg." He Ye also responded.

“This egg should be openable.”

"Haha, you are quite knowledgeable." Suzuki Shiro smiled. "Indeed, this egg can be opened." Suzuki Shiro reached out and took the egg, twisted it gently, and the whole egg was opened. The thing inside was really surprising. It was a model of the Romanov family made of pure gold. It was very gorgeous.

"And this egg has an interesting mechanism." As he spoke, Shiro Suzuki took out a small key and twisted it into a keyhole on the egg. After rotating it twice, the pure gold model inside the egg slowly rose up, and the king sitting in the middle opened the pure gold book.

"According to Fabergé's previous records, there are internal production procedures for this egg, so this egg was identified as authentic." Suzuki Shiro brought up a stack of information. Inside was a picture recording the production sequence of this egg.

"Are those gems inlaid inside that egg?" Xiaolan asked, pointing at the sparkling crystals on the top of the egg's interior.

"No, it's just ordinary glass. Suzuki Shiro waved his hand."

"This is a gift from the emperor to the queen. It's strange to use glass." Conan seemed to have discovered something.

"Well... But when the 51st egg was being made, it was said that Russia was in the midst of an economic crisis."

"Eh? Is that so?"

"But, compared to this, I think Kidd's notice is more strange. The glowing Sky Tower, why would Osaka Castle glow?" Hattori asked puzzledly.

"Stupid, Mr. Taiko who built Osaka Castle wanted Osaka Castle to witness the development of Osaka, just like the light of Osaka." Kazuha narrated.

"That's right!" At the same time, two policemen came in from the door, one was Kaito's future father-in-law, Officer Nakamori Ginzo, and the head of Section 2, Chaki Shintaro. "It's absolutely true that Kidd will appear in the castle tower of Osaka Castle." Officer Chaki said aggressively. "But when the clock without the second hand engraved the twelfth word, the meaning of this sentence is incomprehensible." Officer Nakamori continued.

"Could it be the twelfth character in the Gokudani?" He Ye's words woke the dreamer up.

"Eh? That's shi... Is it four o'clock?"

"No, Kidd's code is not that simple."

"Yes, I understand, Mr. Officer." Dad seemed to have thought of something. "It's not the 50-character syllable, but the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, which is L."

"L? That's... three o'clock?"

"That's right, three o'clock is indeed before dawn!" Guanjingmen also realized.

"Oh, you're worthy of being the great Detective Mori. You solved the case beautifully." Shiro Suzuki seemed to believe what his father said.

"Meahahahaha!" Dad was so engrossed in his studies.

"Xiao Xun, what do you think?" Conan asked me.

"Did I have any idea?" I shrugged.

"...Just pretend I didn't ask." Conan sighed.

"Heh~" I chuckled. "Hey, Kaito, what time is it?" I looked up at the window of the meeting room. On a platform outside the window, a white pigeon was standing there obediently. Feeling my gaze, the pigeon jumped up excitedly, circling back and forth. It flew outside the window and looked at me.

"Ha, it seems you still remember me." I smiled softly and gestured to it to be quiet. I didn't want Kaito's monitoring to miss anything because of me.

———————————Detective Conan the Movie: The Magician of the End of the Century————————————

After that, as the host of Kansai, Hattori and Kazuha took me, Conan, Ran and Sonoko to the local Namba Hotei Shrine, which is said to have very accurate fortunes. Everyone donated incense and drew a fortune stick to show respect for the temple.

"Hey! I drew a lucky number." When everyone was busy looking at their own lots, Xiaolan suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Nani Nani? What does it say?"

"The one who has been waiting will eventually meet his lover. That's what it says on it." Xiaolan said happily as she spread out the sign in her hand.

"You mean Shinichi's matter?" Sonoko responded.

"Hey? That's great, it's a good opportunity for me to meet him." Kazuha also said. Indeed, Kazuha has never seen Conan transformed into Shinichi.

"Haha... I may disappoint you." Beside me, Conan smiled helplessly.

"He Ye, please help me tell those two girls to go play first."

"Eh? What about you, Hattori?" Kazuha turned around and asked.

"Boys, of course, should be with boys. I'll take care of these two kids." Hattori walked out with Conan. Although I wanted to go with Kazuha, I thought that I had more important things to do later, so I followed Hattori's footsteps.

"Phew..So, how are we going to kill time before 12am?" Hattori said lightly. "Are you still thinking about the th character?"

"Well, there's something I can't figure out." Conan said as he thought. "Obviously, Kaoru knows the answer, but it's a pity that he doesn't intend to tell me."

"Hey, how do you know I know the answer?" I said speechlessly. "I just don't want to bother thinking about it. Besides, it's you two who are fighting against Kidd, why bother involving me?"

"Huh? Don't you want to bring that thief to justice?" Hattori asked me.

"From a certain perspective, our professions are somewhat related, and he didn't offend me, so why should I arrest him?" I rolled my eyes. "I'll leave this difficult question to you guys, I'm leaving now."

"Hey? Where are you going?" Conan asked me.

"It's a rare trip to Osaka, I'm going to buy some local specialties for Ai."

"Ai? Who is Ai?" Hattori was puzzled.

"She's Kaoru's girlfriend."

"What?!" Hattori was shocked, "Masaka, Maori, you gave a primary school student to..."

"That's not the case." Conan explained to me with a smile. "That was his real girlfriend when he was an adult, but she also betrayed the organization and escaped. She was the maker of the medicine we took, and her current name is Huihara Ai. I'll tell you the details later."

"Well, okay." Hattori scratched his head. "By the way, what did you draw just now?"

"Drawing lots? I haven't even seen it yet." Conan said.

"Eh? This is a sign for a confrontation with Kidd, how can I not look at it?"

"Uh... Really." Conan took out the lottery ticket from his pocket. When he opened it, he saw that it was Xiaoji.

"Small luck? Doesn't that mean nothing?" The fortune at the shrine is divided into big luck, medium luck, small luck, and last luck. There is no such thing as bad luck. However, last luck and bad luck are basically the same.

"Eh? If you travel, your secret will be discovered, don't go?" Conan read the interpretation on the sign. "Hey, hey, no way."

"What about you? Mao... Mingya."

"I forgot where I lost it."

"......" Hattori Hangetsu said. "The fortunes from this shrine are very powerful. Be careful of retribution if you do this."

"If I believed this, I would have died long ago." I glanced at Hattori unhappily. "Okay, you guys have fun, I'm leaving." After saying that, I left without giving them a chance to speak. After turning the corner, I took out a piece of paper from my pocket. It was the lot I had just drawn.

"Tsk... Sueyoshi?" I frowned and said. Although I didn't believe it, there was a line in the interpretation of this fortune that I had to pay attention to.

【Travel: The source of disaster. Don't travel with friends or family, stay away from them, otherwise you will bring danger to them. 】

"...Who are you talking about? Dad? Xiaolan? Kaito? Or Conan and Hattori?" I frowned. "So why should Africans draw? They can't draw SSR anyway."

(End of this chapter)