Conan: Rice Flower Spring

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The day after Hayashi Ryoma's visit, Mouri Ran, who was originally scheduled to go home on the third day, returned to the office early with Conan.

The reason they returned home early was simple: they encountered a murder while out, which forced their original three-day and two-night trip to be shortened to two days and one night.

After cooperating with the local police to handle matters related to the murder in the morning, Mao Lilan brought Conan back to the office at noon.

As soon as Mao Lilan opened the door, she smelled alcohol in the room, followed by an unknown creature curled up in the corner of the living room.

"Dad?!" Ran Mouri was shocked and hurried forward to help Kogoro Mouri up with the help of Conan.

"Dad, how did you become like this?" She felt angry and amused at the same time.

How long has she been away from home? Maori Kogoro has drunk himself into this state. Is it really impossible for him to not even take care of her?

And does my father have a grudge against alcohol and his own body? How can an adult abuse his body like this?

"Ah? It's Xiaolan, you're back?" Kogoro Mouri felt like he was hallucinating as he looked at his daughter in front of him.

Didn’t you say you were going to be out for three days? Why did you come back the next day?
Then he looked down and saw Conan next to Mao Lilan, and realized that this was not an illusion. If it was an illusion, there shouldn't be this annoying little devil.

So, my daughter is really back?
Kogoro Mouri took the wet towel from his daughter's hand and wiped his face hard twice before he barely woke up.

He handed the towel in his hand to Conan and asked Mao Lilan curiously: "Xiao Lan, weren't you going to stay in the mountains for three days and two nights? Why did you come back suddenly?"

"There's nothing I can do because something happened." Mao Lilan sighed and talked about the bad experience last night.

She was invited by her best friend Suzuki Sonoko to attend a party with her sister and college classmates. The party was not the purpose, Suzuki Sonoko's purpose was actually to meet some outstanding men in the name of attending the party.

It’s just that Suzuki Sonoko is just talking big. When it comes to taking action, she needs her best friend Ran Mouri to accompany her and give her some courage.

As for the result, the boy that Suzuki Sonoko liked fell in love with Mouri Ran at first sight. It can't be said that he ignored Suzuki Sonoko, but at least he kept a distance from her.

This is nothing. The most terrible thing is that at the party at the Suzuki family’s villa in the mountains, a college classmate of Suzuki Sonoko’s sister killed another college classmate.

Although the "Queen of Reasoning" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly appeared and solved the murder case, a group of people can't continue to stay at the scene where the murder happened.

There were only a few people at the party. One died and was dismembered, and the other was arrested as the murderer.

The remaining one is a playboy who is scared to death by the case, and the other is a loyal licker of the deceased. With this composition, how can there be any party atmosphere?
So after handling the murder-related matters at the local police station in the morning, Mao Lilan took Conan home.

"You are so unlucky." Kogoro Mori exclaimed in surprise after hearing this.

Originally, the Mori family had been encountering murders frequently recently, and Mori Kogoro thought it was just a matter of luck. After all, a famous detective is supposed to appear with murders.

But he was fine at home yesterday, but his daughter who was out playing and the kid who stayed there were murdered. So it seems that someone else is unlucky, right?
Maori Kogoro's attempt to change the subject failed because Maori Ran was not moved at all. After explaining why she came back early, Maori Ran blamed her old father for not caring about her:
"Dad, why did you drink so much yesterday?"

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Maori Kogoro could only helplessly confess: "It's not that I had to drink so much, it was because that guy Lin Ryoma came yesterday.

This guy's alcohol tolerance is ridiculous. I was drinking until I passed out." Mao Lilan did not comment on her father's sophistry. She didn't know what kind of person Hayashi Ryoma was, but how could she not know what kind of person Mao Li Kogoro was?
According to Mao Lilan's analysis, it was most likely that her father got drunk last night and dragged President Lin into a drinking contest.

But because he couldn't drink much, he passed out right on the table.

The last time Kogoro Mori got drunk, it was Hayashi Ryoma and his subordinates who sent him back, and this time will probably be no exception.

As for why Kogoro Mouri fell in the living room, maybe he ran away on his own after being sent back last night?
In order to save her old father's face, Maori Ran did not point out Maori Kogoro's bravado. Instead, Conan on the side was a little curious about Hayashi Ryoma's purpose.

"Uncle, does President Lin come here for any commission this time?"

This sentence just hit the spot for Maori Kogoro. He had been waiting for Maori Ran and Conan to ask this question since he woke up. Maori Kogoro smiled proudly and said, "Of course, President Lin came to see me, Maori Kogoro, so he must have an important commission to entrust to me!
This is a big deal, the deposit alone is 100 million yen!"

"100 million yen?! Is there actually so much?" Mao Lilan was a little shocked.

Maori Kogoro became famous too quickly, and after becoming a famous detective, he probably didn't have time to adapt to the fees charged by famous detectives. Although the fees for commissions have increased a lot compared to the past, they are not as exaggerated as those charged by famous detectives.

Therefore, the deposit of 100 million yen is a huge deal in the eyes of both Kogoro Mori and Ran Mori.

Mao Lilan now has some understanding of why her father drank so much last night.

But now Mao Lilan was a little worried: "Dad, with such a high commission fee, will it be troublesome to entrust the company?"

What Mao Lilan feared was not that the commission would cause trouble, but whether the commission would be dangerous. After Conan moved into the office, Mao Lilan also participated in many events with Mao Li Kogoro.

The biggest impression that this period of time left on Mao Lilan was that too many people died.

Although basically one person dies in each incident, the number of incidents is still too large.

Little by little, it adds up to a lot. One can imagine how much business the firm has recently brought to temples around Tokyo.

(The cemetery business in island countries is generally run by temples)

Facing Mao Lilan's worries, Mao Li Kogoro smiled complacently: "Trouble? There is no trouble. President Lin's commission this time is easy to solve, just like last time.

He just wanted to ask me to find the kid from the Kudo family who suddenly disappeared.

After completion, there will be a balance of 200 million yen, and the total commission is 300 million yen!"

"Looking for Shinichi?" Mao Lilan was really surprised.

"Looking for me?!" Unlike Mao Lilan's surprise, Conan was filled with horror when he was suddenly mentioned.

Someone was actually looking for him!
(End of this chapter)