I'm in Detective Conan, and I start with the Grand Theft Auto system.

At the Tokyo Bay pier, the morning sea breeze carried a salty, fishy smell, causing people's clothes to flutter.

A passenger ship bound for Moonshadow Island was docked at the pier. The ship's horn had already sounded its first blast, and several early-rising passengers were queuing to have their tickets checked and board the ship.

Kogoro Mouri stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, his hands gripping the railing, watching the outline of Tokyo recede into the morning mist, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Sigh—Tokyo has been really unsettled these past few days."

"People are dying every day, there are gunshots everywhere, it's not safe at all!"

He paused for a moment, a hint of relief in his voice, "Someone has asked me to investigate something on Moonshadow Island, so I can leave Tokyo temporarily and avoid the limelight."

Conan stood beside him, hands in his pockets, his glasses reflecting the morning light on the sea. The little guy shook his head with an air of maturity: "That's right."

"It's all that bastard's fault for riding around on his motorcycle handing out handguns; he's made the whole of Tokyo feel uneasy these past few days."

"There are several times more police officers patrolling the streets than usual."

Xiao Lan stood by the ship's railing, her long hair fluttering in the sea breeze.

She pressed her hand to her hat and nodded: "Yes, the school has issued a notice saying that classes will be temporarily suspended for this period of time, and students should stay at home as much as possible and not go out."

"They said it was in case a school shooting happened..."

Her tone carried a hint of lingering fear, "Seriously, what kind of person would do something like this?"

Conan turned his gaze from the sea to Lin Shen, who was leaning against the ship's railing admiring the scenery. He then looked at Akemi standing beside him and couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, President Lin, Akemi-neechan, what brings you two along?"

Lin Shen turned around and smiled.

His tone was relaxed, as if he were out for a spring outing: "Tokyo is so chaotic, of course I wanted to escape to avoid the storm."

"It would be so unfair if someone shot you in the street out of nowhere."

Mingmei, standing beside him, smiled and chimed in, "Yeah, why don't we just close the coffee shop for the next few days and come all over Moonshadow Island for a company team-building event!"

"Conan, you guys do your investigation, we'll do ours, we won't bother you."

Conan pushed up his glasses, thinking to himself that the reason sounded absolutely irrefutable.

Tokyo has indeed been quite turbulent these past few days, so it's understandable that I'm coming out to avoid the storm.

But he felt something was off. A detective's intuition gently tapped his mind, making him instinctively feel that the appearance of these two people was definitely not just a simple matter of "coming out to lay low".

But he couldn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was, so he had to suppress the thought for the time being.

The passenger ship sailed at sea for nearly two hours before finally arriving at Moonshadow Island.

Moonshadow Island is not large, and there are no famous tourist attractions or high-end facilities such as resorts on the island.

But living off the sea, the island's fishermen go out to sea every day to catch seafood that is both fresh and cheap, so occasionally some tourists will come specifically to eat seafood.

There are several small restaurants on the pier, with water tanks outside that hold all sorts of lively seafood.

Akemi had clearly done her homework beforehand.

She led the group through a path next to the pier, and after about ten minutes, they arrived at the only star-rated hotel on Moonshadow Island.

Although it's called a star-rated hotel, it's actually just a little bigger and cleaner than a regular guesthouse, but on this small island, it's considered the most upscale accommodation.

A row of palm trees stands in front of the hotel. Although they are bent over by the sea breeze, they still create a nice vacation atmosphere for photos.

Mingmei went to the front desk, checked in, and received three room keys from the receptionist.

She turned around, handed one room key to Lin Shen, one to Kogoro Mouri, and kept one for herself. "Mr. Lin, you stay in 302, Ran and I will stay in 303. Mr. Mouri, you and Conan will stay in 305."

"The rooms are all on the same floor, so we can look out for each other if anything happens."

Kogoro Mouri took the room key, his face beaming with smiles, nodding repeatedly, his tone filled with genuine gratitude: "Oh, President Hayashi, thank you so much!"

"You said you not only paid for our boat tickets, but you even booked our hotel rooms! How can we accept this!"

Lin Shen waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need to be polite, it didn't cost much."

"I hope you can finish your investigation soon so we can go have some fun together!"

"Yes, yes!" Kogoro Mouri patted his chest and assured him.

The elevator reached the third floor. The carpet in the corridor was dark blue, and some seascape paintings hung on the walls on both sides.

Everyone stood in the corridor, ready to go back to their rooms to put away their luggage.

Xiao Lan waved to them: "Dad, you have to work hard!"

Hearing this, Conan turned to look at her: "Ran-neechan, aren't you coming with us?"

Xiaolan shook her head and smiled easily: "I'm not really interested in case investigations or anything like that."

"Later, I'm going to eat seafood with Mingmei and President Lin, and then we'll go for a stroll on the beach."

She looked at Conan and asked, "Conan, do you want to come along too?"

Conan looked up and met Ran's smiling eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

Two thoughts flashed through his mind almost simultaneously.

My first thought was: Xiaolan said she wanted to go to the beach!

Beach!

She'll definitely wear a swimsuit!

Then he can see what Xiaolan looks like in a swimsuit!

Just imagining that scene made his heart race several times faster.

But a second thought immediately popped into my head.

The content of the commission was highly suspicious, and the commission fee was paid in advance, and the amount was not small.

Having handled so many cases, he knew all too well what this meant.

Either the client is unable to appear in person, or the case is not as simple as it appears on the surface.

He remained silent for about two seconds.

In the end, lustful instincts were defeated by detective instincts.

He shook his head and said in an almost tragic tone, "I won't go... I'll go investigate with Uncle Mori."

Ran said "Oh," without offering any further advice, and simply smiled and waved to him and Kogoro Mouri: "Good luck, you two! Come back and we'll have dinner together tonight!"

After saying that, she turned around and followed Mingmei back to their room.

Conan stood in the corridor, watching Ran go into her room, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

To be honest, he's starting to regret it a little bit now.

But he still took his short legs and followed Kogoro Mouri back to his room to put away his luggage.

After all, he's a detective.

With the case looming large, he couldn't just ignore it!