Chapter 414 Strange Commission
Chapter 414: Strange Commission
"Wow! So cute!"

"Eh? This is me!"

"This chocolate really looks like us!" A few days later, at the Maori Detective Agency, Xiaolan made a lot of chocolate experiments because of Valentine's Day, and Xiaolan carefully made the remaining materials and carved them into children's heads, including Dr. Agasa's. So, on the second day of Valentine's Day, Xiaolan asked Conan to call the children to the agency together and gave all the chocolates to the children.

"Can we really take these chocolates away?" Yuantai held up the largest piece of chocolate and grinned happily.

"Of course." Xiaolan said with a smile. "I learned this specifically for you guys at Chuidu Villa."

"Wow~ Sister Xiaolan is so nice~ Thank you~" The children's smiles were innocent and they were completely immersed in the joy of chocolate.

"As long as you like it~" Seeing the children's smiles, Xiaolan's mood also improved a little. "Well, I'll go make some tea, you guys sit here for a while~"

"Hi~~~" X3
"It seems that you managed to scare Xiaolan well last night?"

"Eh?" Conan looked at Shiho in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Xun's sister must have been very sad last night, right? But she seems to be in good condition today. Did you use any method to get through Valentine's Day?"

"Ah, I used a little trick." Conan scratched his head.

"I have to say it's really hard for him." I shrugged my shoulders to express my helplessness.

Just last night on Valentine's Day, when I returned home, I heard Conan talking about what happened in Fukuto Villa. This unlucky kid could encounter a murder on Valentine's Day. This also affected Xiaolan's chocolate making course. But then Sonoko's boyfriend Kyogoku Makoto appeared in a very strong way and brought the atmosphere back. This made Xiaolan and her group not so bad.

After that, Conan and the others returned to the office. That night, perhaps because Sonoko and Kyogoku were so affectionate, Xiaolan was both envious and sad, and almost ate the chocolate she had worked so hard to make. For this, Conan was dejected and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, not long after, Xiaolan fell asleep on the sofa due to fatigue from the journey and sadness from crying.

Taking this opportunity, Conan quietly ate all of Xiaolan's chocolates, took a picture of her sleeping face, and sent the picture to her using Kudo's name, pretending that Kudo had been there. Conan himself ran to the door of the office in dejection, waiting for Xiaolan to wake up.

About an hour later, Xiaolan woke up slowly, and Conan hurriedly called her, and then went back upstairs to chat with Xiaolan. While they were on the phone, I turned on my computer and made a video call to Jingliu. I couldn't forget her on such an important day.

Both sides talked on the phone for nearly two hours, which allowed the four of us to have a good sleep. Of course, after talking to Jingliu, I also called Shiho, but Shiho said that she still needed to look at some information for a while, so we only chatted for a few words and then hung up the phone in a hurry.

"Anyway, yesterday was a happy day for everyone." I stretched. "Come on, Ai, try some of the chocolates made by Xiaolan." I got to the center of the children, picked up the chocolate with Shiho's head, and put it in her hand.

"..." Shiho held the chocolate and stared at it for a while, and finally put it into her mouth. Soon, her smart eyes flashed a little light.

"Wow!! It's really delicious." Compared to Shiho's calmness, Genta directly expressed his innermost thoughts.

“It’s just as delicious as the ones sold outside.”

"That's what I mean." The other two children echoed.

"Ahem!" Perhaps the children's cheerfulness made the father with headphones a little unhappy. So he put his hand on his cheek and reminded them in an irritable voice, "I say, can you guys be a little quieter? I can't concentrate on my work."

"Ah, sorry, sorry, we'll go back right after we finish our tea." Dr. Agasa smiled, but I was already helpless with my mouth twitching. Because of the amplified hearing surgery, my dad's headphones were turned up to the maximum volume, so I could still hear it clearly.

"Uncle, are you really working?" Perhaps because of the scolding, the children surrounded their father who was sitting at the desk and began to question him.

"I heard that the uncle sleeps all day every day."

"Idiot, am I not listening to the tape recorded by the client right now?" Dad pointed to the earphones on his ears, but his slightly trembling eyebrows almost exposed his lie.

slap~
The sound of the headphones being unplugged was heard softly, and a live horse racing report came from the radio, which not only scared the children, but also made the father sitting at the table panic.

"Uncle..what is this?"

"Is it horse racing?" Yuantai and Mitsuhiko narrowed their eyes and asked their father for an explanation.

"Ah... this, ah this..."

ding dong~~~
No sooner said than done, the doorbell of the office suddenly rang.

"Ah, here they come! Please wait a moment!" Seeing that he had an excuse to escape from the children's questioning, the father quickly got up and ran to the door to open it.

"Welcome~" The father in good condition opened the door, and outside the door was a middle-aged man in a brown suit. Seeing the father's enthusiastic look, the middle-aged man was also startled. Then he said shyly.

"Oh, no, sorry. I... I came to ask you to help me find a lost watch."

"..."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————"My name is Hideo Goda. I came to you to ask you to find a watch that belonged to my late wife." The man narrated his request timidly. "It's an old clockwork watch. It was a gift from my wife."

"How could the watch still be there?" Yuan Tai, who was unaware of the situation, asked what was in his mind regardless of the occasion.

"Didn't your wife die?" Ayumi asked.

"Oh, I know. Is the watch in the pawn shop?" The three children of the detective team had no awareness at all, which made their father sitting among them very angry.

"No, actually...actually my wife comes to me in my dreams every night. In the dreams, she always asks me, what time is it now, what time is it?" As he spoke, Hideo Goda's face became terrified.

"Aha, ahahaha. I think, I think you must be too tired." A supernatural scene appeared, and the father couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and the children next to him were so scared that they closed their mouths.

"Actually, I thought so too. But..." Hideo Goda lowered his head with a look of fear on his face.

"So, did your wife lose her watch when she was out? Or was it stolen by a thief?"

"No, I think the watch may still be in my house."

"...ha?"

"Because, because my wife is always very reckless. Sometimes she would spend a whole day looking for a lipstick under a magazine. I always say that by the time she finds it, she will have become a god."

"You must be joking!" Dad's face instantly zoomed in front of Hideo Goda. "Can't you find the things you lost in your own house yourself?"

"But, but I... I am even more stubborn than my wife, I..."

"I am the famous Maori Kogoro! I don't have time to deal with trivial matters like this!"

"Hey? You, you are the famous Kogoro Mori?" Hideo Goda seemed a little at a loss when he heard his father's name.

"Strange..." I, who had been silent all the time, suddenly muttered.

"What's wrong?" Shiho asked sideways.

"That doesn't make sense." I frowned slightly. "There's such a big sign on the window, and Dad's name is also on the billboard downstairs. Why would he be so horrified when he heard Dad's name?"

"Maybe you're overthinking it?" Shiho was obviously not interested in this case.

"Look, look, uncle is getting ready to slack off again." The three children began to mutter behind their father.

"That's right, it's just like a store that refuses customers and yet is right on its own." Mitsuhiko looked disgusted.

"Besides, cases shouldn't be divided into big and small ones." Ayumi also expressed her own opinion.

"These little brats..." Dad gritted his teeth and muttered softly, but he felt that he had gone too far in this matter, and he should at least give the client a way out.

"Ahem. Of course, if you must find this watch, I can..."

"No, I won't. I'll find someone else." Hideo Hoda stood up and waved his hand, then walked out of the office. "Sorry to bother you." After saying that, Hideo Hoda left.

"Heh, interesting."

"Heh, interesting."

Two small voices were heard, causing Shiho to look over at the same time and give them the same look, which clearly meant, when did the two of you become so in sync with each other?

"Oh? Xun, are you also interested in finding the watch?" Conan turned his head to look at me.

"Not at all." I shrugged.

"So what do you mean by interesting?" Conan had a question mark above his head.

"Well... I won't tell you yet." A smile appeared on the corner of my mouth. "Anyway, you will follow them and help them solve the case, right?"

"Hehehe." Conan laughed. "Even if I don't go, don't you understand when you see the kids getting ready?" After saying that, our colleague looked at the kids who were still mumbling. They had a light in their eyes that said they hadn't made trouble for a long time. They pulled the doctor towards the door.

"What else can I say? Let's go check it out." I shrugged again and followed the children and Conan. Shiho also squinted her eyes and smiled softly after a brief pause. She shook her head and followed us.

(End of this chapter)