Conan: This repairman is not very knowledgeable

"What a troublesome guy..."

When Uncle Maori saw the message from the client, he moved his fingers and was about to refuse.

In this era, things on the Internet are indeed the most unreliable.

The same goes for this client.

"Dad, it's so hard to get business, how can I refuse it!" Xiaolan also felt that her old father was a bit too lazy in his daily life.

There is no subsidy for solving cases outside, so you should take care of the financial situation of your family!
"Um……"

Speaking of money, Uncle Maori deleted his words of refusal and honestly agreed to the client's suggestion.

"We're going to meet in Columbus, can you take me with you?"

"Of course, I will pay the tuition fees normally." Amuro looked at the mustache detective.

"It's okay if you want to go, but is the business downstairs okay?" Uncle Maori turned his head and asked puzzledly.

"I was planning to take a day off in the afternoon to rest." Amuro nodded.

"Well, let's save these sandwiches for dinner tonight. Conan and I will also go to Columbus for lunch!"

Xiaolan suddenly realized that she didn’t have to prepare lunch and dinner today, and she smiled.

"Let me make it clear first, don't make trouble..."

Uncle Maori put out his cigarette and asked everyone to go downstairs.

"Mr. Maori, you guys go ahead, I'll go talk to the store manager."

Amuro took off her apron and returned to Polo's shop. Just as Conan said, there were not many customers today and it was not very busy.

"Go ahead, and remember to bring me a portion of whatever you've eaten." Lin Feng waved his hand nonchalantly and gave the cook a day off.

If these people go to Columbus, Columbus will also be in trouble.

Go ahead, go ahead, just don’t meet in your own coffee shop.

"I see……"

Amuro always felt like his store manager was trying to drive away some plague god...

……

Columbus Restaurant.

The Maori family of three was having dinner, and Toruko ordered a cup of coffee and waited for the client to arrive.

The place where they were sitting was quite close to the door, so they could see anyone coming in immediately.

In addition, Kogoro Mori's photo is posted on the website, so there should be no client who cannot recognize him.

"That's all. We can take it with us when we leave." Amuro asked the waiter for two more popular recommended sets.

"Mr. Amuro, isn't he going to eat here?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"I guess Brother Amuro is asking for it on behalf of Brother Lin Feng." The Dog-Headed Detective had a speechless expression.

"That's right!" Amuro smiled.

Yes, I bought it for that greedy store manager.

"Mr. Maori, did this client tell you what the case was in advance?"

Uncle Maori swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's the key to the automatic locker."

"This client found a key to a locker among his deceased brother's belongings."

"The other party wants me to help him find out which locker it is and see if there are any important relics of my brother in it."

Amuro was stunned when he heard this.

that's it?
Looking for a locker?

"Can we find it?" Xiaolan was a little skeptical.

"Locker keys usually have information on them, like the name of the manufacturing company or a serial number or something like that."

"As long as we have this information and then contact the manufacturing company, everything will become clear." Uncle Maori has already thought about how to carry out this commission.

"It sounds like it's quite simple..." Amuro felt that with this commission, he would not be able to see the sleeping Kogoro.

"That's true, but as long as we find that locker, we'll have $300,000, which is a good deal."

Uncle Maori smiled and nodded.

Is this job as a detective okay?
"Uncle, if it's that simple, why doesn't that person go find it himself?"

Conan didn't know exactly how he communicated with his client.

"There are always things that people don't understand. It's too early for you, a little kid, to understand these things."

"Maybe he's my fan or something, and he wants to take this opportunity to meet me..."

……

"You went out to meet a client, why haven't you come back for so long?" Lin Feng stood at the door of the store and looked outside.

It had been nearly two hours since those four men had been gone.

"Could it be that they have started investigating a case?"

"I think you, manager, can't wait for the food to come back." A Zi said with a smile.

"If a murder had occurred, the investigation might last until very late."

Paul also agrees with this point.

"Hmm..." Lin Feng tilted his head and looked outside the door.

Just now a strange man passed by the Boluomen and seemed to be going upstairs to the office.

Those four people haven't come back yet.

Lin Feng pushed open the door and looked for a while, and found that the other party did not go downstairs.

Thief?

It's rare to see a thief like this who doesn't cover his face at all...

……

Maori Detective Agency.

A man knocked on the office door.

A few seconds later, the door opened.

Standing in front of him was a beautiful woman with short hair and a windbreaker, looking smart and capable.

"Hello!"

"Are you the client who has agreed in advance to come to my house?" The woman greeted him with a smile and let him in.

"Yes, I am Kei Katsuka."

The man looked to be in his thirties, with dreadlocks. He followed behind into the house and sat on the sofa.

"I'm Detective Maori's assistant. He asked me to receive you first."

"Please wait a moment, I'll make some tea first." The woman went to the kitchen to boil water.

"When will Detective Mori come back?" Kei Kenzuka found a ready-made ashtray on the table and lit a cigarette without hesitation.

"Well, I'll call and ask right away." The woman replied from the kitchen.

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The woman standing in the kitchen trembled all over, stuck her head out, and looked towards the door with a look of surprise in her eyes.

There is a figure outside the window.

"I'll go open the door for you." Kei Kenzuka waved his hand, signaling the assistant to continue with her work. He stood up, walked to the door and turned the doorknob.

"Who are you looking for?"

He asked the other party politely on behalf of the assistant.

"I?"

Lin Feng was a little confused by the question. He also saw a woman looking out from behind the man, in the small kitchen.

Who are these two people?

He also asked me who I was looking for.

Did I take the wrong path?
No, I walked out of my store and...

"Hello, you are here to see Detective Maori as well. He is not here right now." The woman took a step forward, smiled at the young man outside the door, and began to explain.

"Yeah……"

Lin Feng didn't quite understand the situation.

The woman was holding a cup of black tea in her hand, which was obviously freshly brewed.

"I came here first. When Mr. Mori comes back later, he has to help me with my commission first." Kei Kenzuka turned around and sat back on the sofa, then reminded the assistant.

Everything should be done on a first come first served basis! Lin Feng also walked into the house and sat opposite the man with dreadlocks. He turned his head and looked at the short-haired woman in a windbreaker next to him, with a puzzled look on his face.

"I understand. I'll contact Detective Maori right away!" The woman nodded, took out the phone from her pocket, turned around and walked towards the kitchen again, as if she was going to make a call.

"Do you have a commission for Detective Maori?" Lin Feng asked.

"Ah."

Kei Kenzuka nodded, picked up his half-smoked cigarette from the ashtray and continued smoking.

"Then she is..." Lin Feng pointed towards the kitchen again.

Who is it?

Has Xiaolan grown up?
"Mr. Maori's assistant."

"It's probably like the relationship between Holmes and Watson."

"By the way, Miss Assistant, I forgot to ask, what is your name?" After explaining, Kei Kenzuka asked towards the kitchen.

"My last name is Nakamura."

The assistant stuck her head out, replied with a smile, and then dialed the number. The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be the legendary sleeping detective.

"Yes, Mr. Kenzuka Kei has arrived."

"You can't make it back?"

"I understand. Let's change the meeting place..."

The voice of assistant Miss Nakamura was heard from the kitchen, and after a while, she came out.

"I'm sorry, you two. Detective Maori suddenly encountered a case and couldn't come back immediately."

"However, Mr. Kenzuka, Detective Mori said that he could meet you near the scene to discuss the commission."

Ms. Nakamura conveyed the words of the famous detective.

"Is this a crime scene?" Kei Kenzuka frowned.

"Yes." Miss Nakamura nodded.

"Ms. Nakamura, what about me? Can't I meet Detective Mori today?" Lin Feng crossed his arms, sounding a little unhappy.

This result is truly unacceptable.

"I'm sorry, Detective Maori didn't mention that he had an appointment with other people." Miss Nakamura said with a slight bow.

"No, I have to see Detective Maori today."

"I have something important to ask him."

"Give me his phone number and I'll ask him." Lin Feng refused to give up and turned into a persistent customer.

He was really curious about what was going on between these two people.

The keyhole of the door had obviously been conquered by someone in a very rough way.

It seems that this woman had secretly picked the lock and slipped in at some point.

"How about this, I'll ask for you again, okay?" Miss Nakamura asked with some embarrassment.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction.

If there is any discrimination, you should be careful about it.

"Then I guess I'll come back tomorrow."

"Mr. Mori, are you free tomorrow?" Kei Kenzuka glanced at the time on the phone and asked the assistant.

It seemed that he was not going to go to any crime scene to meet the sleeping famous detective today.

"Māori detectives will be busy with other work in the next few days. If we commission this earlier, we can start the investigation earlier."

"I can drive you there."

Ms. Nakamura in front of me advised.

"This..." Kei Kenzuka seemed a little hesitant.

"..."

Lin Feng leaned on the sofa and looked at the two of them.

This is strange.

These two, one is the client and the other is the "detective assistant".

The client who was commissioning the investigation suddenly didn't want to meet me anymore, even though he had just reminded me not to cut in line.

The assistant on the other side, was it for business? He even offered to pick me up and drop me off...

"Mr. Kenzuka."

"What incident do you want to commission an investigation into?" Lin Feng asked out of curiosity.

"Why are you asking this?" Jianzhong Kei looked displeased.

"I'm just asking casually. If you tell me, I will definitely not tell anyone else." Lin Feng said that he was very tight-lipped.

"Sir, this involves Mr. Kenzuka's personal privacy, so you'd better not ask." Miss Nakamura saw Kei Kenzuka glaring and angry, and immediately stopped him.

"Ms. Nakamura, you are the detective's assistant, so you should know the content of the commission, right?"

After she said this, Lin Feng turned and looked at her.

"Hey, kid, stop it."

"Ms. Nakamura, let's get ready to go and meet Mr. Mori." Kei Kenzuka pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and put it out.

This guy makes people feel a little annoyed for some reason.

"Okay, please wait a moment." Miss Nakamura picked up the teacup on the table and wanted to clean it up first.

"Wait a minute, where are you going to take him?" Lin Feng interrupted.

Hearing this, Kei Kenzuka also looked at the assistant.

Yes, I didn’t ask just now, where is the destination, it’s in Tokyo, right?

"Detective Mori is waiting for us over at Haido Town." Ms. Nakamura briefly explained the location.

"Then let's go together."

Lin Feng looked at the time, smiled and stood up.

Just in time to help digestion...

……

the other side.

Inside Columbus Restaurant.

The four of them had been sitting there for more than two hours, and Conan was almost falling asleep at the dining table with his chin resting on his back.

"Uncle, why hasn't the client arrived yet?" The dog-headed detective finished the juice in the glass and asked.

This is too slow. We should be able to get there even if we walk.

"Teacher Maori, is there any other Columbus nearby?" Amuro asked with a smile.

Finding a locker is not something that should arouse my interest in the first place, but I happened to encounter such a client.

"No." Uncle Maori was operating the phone in his hand with a helpless look on his face.

"By the way, did you remember to reply to the text message about changing the location?" Amuro asked.

If you forget to reply, it will cause a misunderstanding.

"I replied immediately, and sent several text messages while sitting here, telling the other party that we are waiting here." Uncle Maori did some operations and sent another text message.

As expected, people say that in the online world, you can’t trust others easily.

It looks like this commission has fallen through.

"Wait a minute, the number that sent me a message last night is not the same number that sent me a message today saying they wanted to change the meeting place."

Uncle Maori looked through the information and suddenly said in confusion.

"Then uncle, which number did you reply to?" Conan already had a guess.

"Of course it's today's number." Uncle Maori scratched his head.

"Could it be that he temporarily borrowed someone else's phone today?" Xiaolan asked after thinking for a while.

For example, your phone suddenly runs out of battery, so you borrow it from someone else.

"I see. The other party did not use the original number to receive your reply, Mr. Mori." Amuro picked up the coffee, took a sip and nodded.

"The client thought you didn't agree to change the location or didn't receive the information, so he or she wouldn't come to Columbus Restaurant at all."

Conan curled his lips and summarized.

I really waited for an entire afternoon in vain... (End of this chapter)