Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Why are all the people in the hotel gone?"

The girls wearing hot spring suits all came out of the room. The hot spring hotel which was not crowded and lively just now was now unusually deserted. Not only the guests but even the proprietress was gone.

"Iori?"

Not long after Ooka Koye called out, Iori Muwo, who had just finished taking a bath and changed into a dry suit, opened the door next door and walked out, nodding at Ooka Koye.

"Kaito Kid is back in action. Mr. Maori and Officer Nishimura have all gone to Axue's house."

"It seems that they may not come back before dawn. Let's go to bed."

Mao Lilan looked at her watch and found that it was already 2:30 in the morning. She suggested closing the door of the hotel, but the next second the stomachs of the two girls next to her began to growl, and the scene became a little awkward.

"Well, it's been a long time since dinner, and we also soaked in the hot spring for so long. Soaking in a hot spring is very physically demanding, so it's normal for my stomach to growl..."

In fact, the real reason was that the two girls were thinking about Hattori Heiji during dinner, so they didn't eat much of the dinner prepared by the hotel. But Xiaolan looked at the two girls who had finally created a harmonious atmosphere, and thought that exposing this point at this time might cause some bad effects, so she didn't say it.

"How about this?" The one-horned girl clapped her hands. "I know where the hotel's kitchen is. When I visited it last night, I saw a lot of ingredients. Let's just cook something to kill time."

“That’s a good suggestion.”

Ooka Hongye was the first to agree with the Kanto girl's opinion, and then thought of another thing.

Since Kidd has appeared again, her future husband, Heiji-kun, must have rushed to the Axue family like a hound, following the scent. Maybe he will come back with the policemen to rest after dawn.

After a busy night, he can still eat the food she made. Heiji will definitely think that she is a very considerate girl, and his favorability will definitely increase! Up!

[Hongye, your food is so delicious. I can feel the love in it. Don’t bother with that nagging woman anymore. I will ask Mr. Ooka to marry me openly. Marry me!]
Similar words and the tender voice of Hattori Heiji that had been modified in his mind rang in Ooka Momiji's mind, making her body, which had just finished taking a bath, seem to soften.

"What kind of food does Hongye like to eat?" Toyama Kazuha next to him rolled up his sleeves, made an "I'm super awesome" gesture, and smiled, "I can't say anything else, but I can cook the most authentic Kansai style. Just tell me what you want to eat."

"Little Leaf..."

Ooka Hongye looked at Toyama Kazuha with a complicated expression: "I... I also learned cooking at a technical school. You can tell me if you want to eat anything."

"Yoshi, let's go then."

Maori Ran took the lead and walked in front. After passing Maori Kogoro and the others' room, she opened the door of the reception hall. Through the innermost paper partition door, she reached the kitchen of the hot spring hotel.

Unlike old-style Japanese kitchens, this one is filled with clean and bright Western-style kitchenware. After opening the refrigerator and seeing the fresh vegetables and minced meat inside, Xiaolan decided to make tempura and hamburger meat, while the two from Kansai chose Osaka-yaki without hesitation.

"Osaka-yaki is very delicious, and the taste won't be much different even if it gets cold." Mao Lilan nodded in agreement. After the airship landed in Osaka, they all went to eat at the old restaurant that Hattori Heiji had always recommended. It was really delicious.

"Ah, that's the one." After hearing Xiaolan's description, Toyama Kazuha suddenly realized, "Heiji really likes to eat Osaka-yaki from that restaurant, and I learned my cooking skills from that restaurant."

Considering that both tempura and hamburger meat require a long time to leave the kitchen, Mao Lilan, who had some physiological reactions, immediately smiled embarrassedly and said that she would be back soon.

Passing Iori Muga at the kitchen door, Maori Ran pushed open the bathroom door on Maori Kogoro's side and saw a lot of cigarette butts on the floor. She had no choice but to go back to her own side.

"These uncles are really something. At least throw the cigarettes they smoke into the trash can."

He muttered to himself to cover up the subtle sounds in the bathroom, and directly opened the door, and Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi, who was wearing a slit hotel robe, pretended to be in front of each other. Both of them were stunned.

"You...didn't you go to the kitchen with them to cook?"

Kudo Shinichi put his cell phone on the storage rack on the wall, pulled his clothes tighter awkwardly, and hugged his shoulders.

"I'm going to the bathroom. But Shinichi, how come you're back?"

Xiaolan suppressed her shame after seeing something and asked Kudo Shinichi why he changed back, but she still compared Conan and Kudo Shinichi in her mind.

Is this the difference between children and adults?

After closing the door, Mao Lilan turned her back and leaned against the door. She lowered her head and waited for Shinichi to come out until the sound of hand washing was heard, and then she walked in silently.

"Ah...Xiaolan, it's really too reckless not to knock on the door..."

Kudo Shinichi, with his face covered but his ears red, said that he was next to Xiaolan and the others' room, then turned around and walked back. When he opened the door, he saw several men in black suits climbing over the wall of the yard.

"Kudo Shinichi saw it?!"

The leading man immediately urged his men to act quickly, and he himself rushed directly towards the high school boy at the door, ready to knock him down first.

"Coming for me?!"

Kudo Shinichi's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)