The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1410 Mysterious Chinese Herbal Supplements

"We're back, Mingmei!"

"I'm back……"

"I'm so tired, I just want a glass of lemonade right away."

After returning from Nagano, I rode in Fujino's car and then in Momiji's helicopter, a flight that took more than two hours, before finally arriving back in Tokyo.

Nagano is located northwest of Tokyo, not too far as the crow flies, about 200 kilometers away. However, for comfort reasons, the helicopter's cruising speed did not exceed 100 kilometers per hour.

Having just returned to Tokyo, a group of people came to visit the Yukioh Ice Castle in Fujino.

Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama had finally come all the way to Tokyo, so naturally they wouldn't just run away without saying goodbye.

As for Sonoko, she was just going the same way as her best friend.

Seeing that a group of people were coming, Hakuba Saguru naturally felt embarrassed to run away alone.

"Oh, you're back..."

Akemi saw Ai Haibara, Momiji, and Sonoko enter in various ways and greeted them with a smile.

However, he was clearly somewhat distracted.

Soon, she and the Shimokasa sisters prepared the drinks and brought them over.

It's already sunset, the students have all gone home after school, the office workers haven't gone home yet, and the housewives are all at home preparing dinner. The Snow King Ice Cream shop is experiencing a lull in business.

A window seat at Snow King Ice City.

The high school detectives, F4, sat down at a table together in perfect unison.

After exchanging pleasantries about the case, Hakuba Saguru looked out the window and asked, "Does that license plate look familiar?"

"look familiar?"

Conan frowned, somewhat puzzled by this.

Heiji Hattori scratched his head, looking bewildered.

Fujino glanced at Akemi-nee, then looked at Hakuba Saguru: "Just say what you want to say, don't play guessing games, or Batman Beika will break down your window and beat you up in the middle of the night."

"Ahem!"

Hakuba Saguru coughed awkwardly upon hearing this, clearly understanding the riddle Fujino was using: "When a person dies, another dies."

He pointed to the car in front of the Poirot Cafe across the street.

It was a silver-gray sedan, and it looked quite ordinary.

He explained, "That's an official vehicle from our department's Criminal Investigation Division, usually used for plainclothes surveillance investigations. It's here now..."

"Surveillance, is that right?"

Fujino picked up the mug on the table and took a sip of juice.

He did notice that the car looked somewhat familiar...

However, unlike Bai Ma, who immediately remembered it.

All I can say is that he truly treats the Metropolitan Police Department like his own home.

He mentally scoffed for a moment, then reasoned, "This is usually a quiet time for customers, but the coffee shop is packed with them..."

"And most of them were men, and there were quite a few acquaintances among them."

"It's probably the Metropolitan Police Department having some kind of operation here, and this operation also involves Poirot Cafe."

“That’s right.” Hakuba Saguru nodded. “Something must have happened.”

Conan suddenly spoke up: "Judging from Akemi's expression just now, something must have happened to Ms. Enomoto on the other side..."

"After all, Ms. Enomoto and Ms. Akemi have a very good relationship. If she saw that the police were monitoring Ms. Enomoto, she would probably be worried."

"A case?"

Heiji Hattori stroked his chin. "I just don't know what kind of case it is..."

“However, this is none of our business.” Hakuba Saguru glanced at Hattori Heiji and continued, “Let Fujino handle this case.”

"...?"

Seeing that Hattori Heiji looked a little confused, Hakuba Saguru continued, "After all, this is Fujino's business. It's not appropriate for us to interfere in the Criminal Investigation Department's affairs, is it?"

Conan: "..."

I even said, "That's downstairs from my house..."

No, it's downstairs from my dear childhood sweetheart's house.

What's wrong with me?

He just pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.

After a moment's thought, Hattori Heiji seemed to have figured something out and said, "In that case, Fujino, I'll leave this case to you."

Fujino: "..."

Why do I get the feeling that you guys are being accommodating to me?

Damn it, you guys didn't do anything, so stop acting like you're giving me all the credit.
…………

At dinner time, everyone went home to their own mothers.

Koyo stayed at the Fujino house for dinner, since she already considered herself a daughter-in-law.

Yuanzi should logically be furious.

However, ever since I started to regard Momiji as my younger sister.

Her resentment lessened considerably: My sister was planning to help me win over my senior, how could she possibly harm me?
Fujino had no idea what Sonoko was thinking. If he did, he would have to say something like, "What kind of succubus is this Koyo? She fooled me, and now she can even fool Sonoko."

Well, Sonoko has always been a bit goofy...

Normally, meals are a time for discussing important family matters.

However, Fujino did not intend to waste this time.

After dinner, I cleaned up the mess.

Hongye drove back to her apartment. Since the Fujino family hadn't finished preparing the rooms yet, she would have to make do with Fujino's place since she was staying there.

Although she really wanted Fujino to live with her.

But seeing Fujino's refusal and his subsequent act of going to sleep on the detective agency's sofa, she couldn't help but sigh with regret.

She felt as if she was being hindered by something again...

It's like how you can raise a person's affection level with a character to the maximum, and then you need to give them a gift or participate in other events to raise their affection level further.

Why doesn't Fujino want to live with me?

Sitting in the back row, she was slightly puzzled: "Even if we don't do anything outrageous, sleeping in the same bed is fine, so why doesn't she want to live with me..."

Iori Muga, who was driving: "..."

Miss, do you have some misunderstanding about cohabitation?
Is sleeping in the same bed considered cohabitation?

Our butler was internally complaining, but he didn't say those words out loud.

At this moment, Koyo raised her head and asked him, "Iori, what do you think?"

When asked, Iori Muga, who was driving in the front seat, thought for a moment and then said in a low voice, "I think, maybe the master feels that it might be a little inconvenient for the family to be together..."

"Perhaps you can move in first, and then we can think about other things."

“You’re right.” Hongye nodded, then pondered for a moment and added, “But the atmosphere last time was pretty good, and he didn’t take it any further. He even said I was overthinking things…”

Iori Muga coughed lightly: "I think the gentleman should be the traditional type. Miss, you should proceed slowly."

“That’s true.” Hongye sighed, touching her chin, her eyes flashing with thoughts that finally turned into a hint of resentment: “But if we wait, I really don’t know how long we’ll have to wait…” As she spoke, she tightened her grip on her chin slightly: “Yizhi, do you think we should, when he comes to my place next time, try to give him… um, you know, add a little bit of that kind of drug that makes people impulsive?”

"..."

Iori Muga paused for a moment, then recovered and said, "If it's the kind of medicine that has an immediate effect, I think it's a bit inappropriate. Putting aside whether the medicine can handle your constitution, the act of administering the medicine itself would be easy for you to detect."

"After all, given your constitution, if we wanted to get medicine to you, the water would probably be completely discolored from being soaked in medicine."

"Moreover, if it is a strong drug, it may leave side effects."

"If my husband finds out, he will easily become disgusted."

"really……"

Red Leaf Chick Pecking Rice nodded: "Drugging your future husband... it just doesn't feel right. What if it hurts your body?"

Iori Muga suddenly spoke up: "However, Miss, you could send Mr. some tonics or something."

Hongye was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Iori Muga continued, "For example, medicinal herbs like deer blood, epimedium, aconite, and cinnamon in traditional Chinese medicine..."

"For example, putting it in tea or food would be perfectly acceptable."

"In that case, taking things slowly is an option."

"uh-huh?!"

Hongye was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then suddenly realized what was going on.

Indeed, administering drugs is one thing, but secretly adding supplements is another...

What kind of drugging is it to secretly add some mysterious supplements?
What's wrong with me giving my future husband some health supplements?

Even if you get caught, you can pretend to be clueless and say you don't understand!
She thought for a moment, then coughed lightly before glancing at her butler with a troubled expression: "But, Iori, how do you know so much?"

"It's just a general reference," Iori Muga said calmly. "Based on your performance, this is a method I came up with a long time ago. After all, it's my job to help the young lady solve her problems."

Hongye nodded in satisfaction: "The suggestion is good, but for things like this, it's best to be clear next time and not bring it up again."

"It was I who overstepped my bounds..."

"I mean, next time do it secretly behind my back."

"understood."

Iori Muga nodded. "Then, shall I prepare a thermos and some fine black tea for you tomorrow morning?"

As he spoke, his tone became more serious: "Speaking of which, I recently discovered some excellent Chinese herbal black teas that can nourish the body."

"Okay, then bring it over tomorrow, and I'll make it for him myself."

"clear."

…………

Fujino was unaware that a certain little red leaf was secretly preparing tea for him containing some mysterious Chinese herbal supplement.

At that moment, he was sitting on the sofa with his family watching TV.

A TV drama was playing on the television; it starred Yoko Okino as the female lead.

However, before Fujino could even ask a question...

Meanwhile, Ai Haibara had secretly sat on Akemi's lap at some point, raising her head and looking completely obedient.

Then, he asked her, "Mingmei, is something on your mind?"

"Eh...it's nothing."

"Then why do you seem a little distracted?"

Seeing that Akemi clearly had something on her mind, Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes, immediately realizing that she must have something she couldn't say. She then smiled and asked, "Could it be about the Poirot Cafe across the street?"

"I see a lot of fierce-looking uncles sitting there today."

Seeing Ai's attempt to set the stage for his own ideas, Fujino couldn't help but want to give her a bear hug.

As expected of Jia Ai, she's incredibly perceptive and adept at using cuteness to gain righteousness...

Seeing that even the little girl had run up to help him get started, Fujino naturally didn't intend to sit idly by and launched his own offensive: "Those should be detectives; there are quite a few familiar faces I've seen in the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division."

As he spoke, he glanced at Mingmei and asked, "Sis, what happened to Xiaozhi?"

“It’s not Xiaozhi…” Seeing that she could no longer hide anything, Mingmei sighed, “It’s Xiaozhi’s brother. It seems something happened to him.”

Fujino frowned upon hearing this: "Something happened?"

The Shimokasa sisters were clearly aware of the matter, and they immediately took turns explaining, "The police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department suspect that her brother is the murderer in some case, and they are afraid that her brother will come looking for her."

"However, Ms. Enomoto doesn't seem to want to talk to us about this."

"Yes, yes, we asked Mr. Takagi, and that's how he told us about it."

"So it's Takagi..." Fujino was no longer surprised when he heard the name Takagi.

Takagi, that's perfectly normal.

That old guy is truly a master at leaking secrets; it perfectly fits his persona.

Mingmei, feeling a bit helpless, continued, "Judging from Xiaozhi's expression, she doesn't seem too willing to talk about this, so I don't feel comfortable asking her..."

Fujino pondered for a moment upon hearing this and could understand Akemi's thoughts.

Xiao Zi can be said to be her best friend.

The two people live across from each other and have a pretty good relationship.

If Enomoto Azusa's brother really did kill someone, going to question him would be like stabbing him in the heart.

It would be rather inappropriate to rush in and get involved under these circumstances.

Besides, it's good that nobody knows right now.

If the matter gets out and is overheard by someone with ulterior motives, then Enomoto Azusa will become the murderer's sister.

No matter how you look at it, the title of murderer is not pleasant to hear.

Therefore, Fujino could understand Akemi's thoughts.

However, Fujino didn't seem to care much about it.

Is Enomoto Azusa's brother a murderer?
In the world of Detective Conan, this simply doesn't make sense...

For example, regular guests in Beika Town in the Detective Conan world are unlikely to have any relatives who are murderers.

Of course, relatives of criminals, or those who have defected from criminal organizations, are a different case.

Fujino has memories of Enomoto Azusa's brother's case.

It looks like a hunting rifle?
After thinking for a moment, Fujino felt his memory was a bit hazy. After pondering for a while, he asked Akemi, "When did those policemen arrive at Poirot Cafe?"

"It was probably around noon this morning," the Shimokasa sisters replied. "When we went out to throw away the trash, we saw those people sitting in Ms. Enomoto's shop."

Upon hearing this, Fujino stroked his chin, then gave Akemi and the Shimokasa sisters a calm smile: "Akemi-neechan, don't worry, I'll contact the Metropolitan Police Department tomorrow to inquire about the case."

Upon hearing this, Mingmei's eyes darted around.

His younger brother is an advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Getting involved in the case in this way doesn't count as meddling in other people's business.

After all, it's my job...

It would be best if we could find out that Xiaozhi's brother is not the murderer.

After thinking for a moment, she finally nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, little brother."

(End of this chapter)