Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"Click!"

Kogoro Mouri subconsciously turned the doorknob and was surprised to find that the door seemed to be unlocked at all. He slowly pushed the door open.

"Look at me!"

The moment Kogoro Mouri pushed open the door, Kaoru Kusano, who had been ready to retaliate, raised his badminton racket without hesitation and smashed it down on Kogoro's head.

"boom!"

The net of the badminton racket shattered instantly, landing on Kogoro Mouri's head and knocking him to the ground.

!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Upon seeing this, Yoko Okino's expression changed drastically, and she couldn't help but shout, "Kaoru, what are you doing?"

"Yoko? You guys..."

When Kusano Kaoru saw that Okino Yoko and Kenzaki Osamu were both there, she was slightly taken aback, and then realized that she seemed to have called the wrong person.

"Mr. Mori, are you alright?"

Yoko Okino was the first to regain her senses and quickly helped the stunned Kogoro Mouri up from the ground.

Chapter 319 Earth Ladies Team (First Update, Please Vote)

"Mr. Mori?"

Upon hearing Yoko Okino's address to Kogoro Mouri, Kaoru Kusano asked incredulously, "Could it be that you are the famous detective, Mr. Kogoro Mouri?"

The reason why Kusano Kaoru wanted to meet Kogoro Mouri was because she had heard Yoko Okino mention Kogoro Mouri's amazing detective skills, which made her curious about this famous detective.

Yoko Okino said speechlessly, "Seriously! I specially invited Mr. Mori over to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to make such a great start!"

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm really so embarrassed."

Upon hearing this, Kusano Kaoru hurriedly apologized to Mouri Kogoro, saying apologetically, "Because there are just too many peeping tom 'em' lately, when I looked through the peephole just now and saw a man I didn't recognize, I thought..."

Kogoro Mouri has always been very tolerant of beautiful women. He waved his hand with a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Others would be more than happy to be beaten to the head by a popular female celebrity like you!"

In fact, Kogoro Mouri recognized her the moment he saw Kaoru Kusano.

Several years ago, before Yoko Okino went solo, she was part of the four-member idol group "Earth Ladies" with Kaoru Kusano, Yuki Takeno, and Terumi Hoshino.

As a die-hard fan of Yoko Okino, Kogoro Mouri was naturally familiar with the other members of the "Earth Ladies Team".

Ran Mouri, with a gossipy look on her face, said, "Then the heroine who's getting engaged to Kenzaki-san this time must be..."

"That's right! It's me."

Kusano Kaoru walked up to Kenzaki Osamu with a smile, took his arm and said, "We plan to hold our wedding ceremony next spring."

Upon hearing this, Kenzaki Osamu immediately smiled and said, "Of course! We haven't announced this to the media yet."

"what?"

Suzuki Seimei stared at Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu for a while, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Although Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu were very close and had happy smiles, he felt that it was a bit fake.

Kogoro Mouri and the others might not realize it yet, but Seimei Suzuki, who has mastered the ultimate level of "Acting Skills," can keenly perceive the traces of performance between Kaoru Kusano and Osamu Kensaki.

Therefore, Suzuki Seimei can be certain that Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu were not true lovers.

As for why Kusano Kaoru and the others did this, the explanation is actually quite simple. For example, it could be to generate buzz for their new drama, or they could have some other purpose.

Anyway, creating a romantic pairing is very common in the entertainment industry, so Suzuki Haruaki can understand it.

Ran Mouri said with a look of envy, "By the way! In 'Detective Samonji,' Ms. Kusano and Mr. Kenzaki are a couple. Did you two fall in love while filming? That's so romantic!"

"You're right, I was just planning to give everyone my blessings while also teasing you two sweet little couple when the show airs tonight!"

A somewhat mocking voice suddenly came from outside the door, followed by a long-haired beauty with a curvaceous figure, wearing a purple semi-transparent gauze dress, who pushed open the door and walked in.

"It's Takeno Yuki!"

Upon seeing the person, Ran Mouri instantly recognized her and couldn't help but clench her fists in excitement.

Although Yuki Takeno and Kaoru Kusano are not as famous as Yoko Okino, they are still popular idols.

Even though Ran Mouri isn't a die-hard fan, she felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction at being able to meet so many popular celebrities at once.

It felt amazing to get so close to my idol!

Kogoro Mouri looked Yoko Okino and the others up and down, then shook his head with some regret and said, "It's such a pity. Yoko Okino, Kaoru Kusano, and Yuki Takeno are here. If Terumi Hoshino were also here, it would be perfect."

"I think I heard someone calling my name?"

As soon as Kogoro Mouri finished speaking, a beautiful and cool woman with a ponytail and a women's suit jacket, who looked both beautiful and sassy, ​​pushed open the door and walked in.

"Sister Hui, you're here too!"

When Kusano Kaoru saw the person who came, she was slightly taken aback at first, and then couldn't help but laugh.

Hoshino Terumi rolled her eyes at Kusano Kaoru, and said in a somewhat helpless tone, "Yoko told me to come no matter what. If you're not welcome, I'll just leave."

"Welcome! Welcome!"

Kusano Kaoru didn't seem to care about Hoshino Terumi's cold attitude, and instead smiled happily, saying, "I'm so happy you could come."

"Alright, Huimei, stop making that face."

Seeing this, Yoko Okino quickly stepped in as a peacemaker, taking Terumi Hoshino's hand and saying, "Our Earth Ladies Team has finally managed to get together today!"

"Earth Ladies Team?"

Upon hearing this new term, Conan couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.

This really touched on a blind spot in his knowledge!

Not only Conan looked puzzled, but Ai Haibara and Tamaka Kurosaki also showed some curiosity.

Kogoro Mouri proudly explained, "You little brats don't know this, do you? Kaoru Kusano represents the lush grasslands, Yuki Takeno represents the snow covering the mountains, Terumi Hoshino represents the starry sky, and Yoko Okino represents the shimmering blue sea. The four of them together were the once wildly popular Earth Ladies Team!"

"I see. Indeed, all four of their names contain natural landscapes from Earth."

Upon hearing Kogoro Mouri's explanation, Conan and the others immediately showed expressions of sudden realization.

Yueye Xue said with a sigh, "But ever since Huimei and A Xun had a falling out, our Earth Ladies Team has disbanded. Now, the only one left who is still singing is Yoko."

"Speaking of which, I really didn't expect that among the four of us, the youngest, Ah Xun, would be the first to get married!"

Upon hearing Yoko Okino's words, Kaoru Kusano glanced at Terumi Hoshino and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect it myself. I thought Terumi-nee would be the first among us to get married!"

"That's true, Huimei, didn't you already have someone you liked?"

"Yeah! How's it going with that person? Have you confessed yet?"

Faced with the gossipy expressions of Yoko Okino and the others, Terumi Hoshino coolly replied, "Nothing happened between us at all, and I think rather than stepping into the grave of marriage so early, I prefer to experience the feeling of unrequited love from afar."

Chapter 320 No Fooling Around, No Die (Second Update, Please Vote)

"I remember now!"

Suzuki Haruaki stared at Okino Yoko and the others for a while, his mind racing, and finally he recalled the relevant plot of the case.

In fact, Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu are not a couple at all. The person Kusano Kaoru really likes is her manager.

However, Kusano Kaoru's manager is rather timid and insecure, and doesn't dare to confess his feelings to her at all.

Therefore, in order to provoke her manager, Kusano Kaoru asked Kenzaki Osamu to help stage an engagement scene, hoping to force her manager to confess her feelings to her.

Unfortunately, what Kusano Kaoru didn't know was that Takeno Yuki had always secretly loved Kenzaki Osamu. When she learned that Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu were getting married, she simply couldn't accept it.

Before the engagement party started tonight, Yuki had already sent several threatening letters to Kaoru Kusano anonymously, hoping to make her back down.

However, Kusano Kaoru did not take the threatening letters to heart at all, so Takeno Yuki developed the intention to kill him.

According to the plot, Yuki Takeno will take advantage of Kaoru Kusano's trip to the bathroom to drug her, and then use her fake nails to slit her throat.

Of course!

Yue Yexue's nature wasn't inherently heinous; she was simply blinded by jealousy.

Although Yuki Yuki used her fake fingernails to cut Kaoru Kusano's throat, she did not actually kill him.

Furthermore, after hurting Kusano Kaoru, Takeno Yuki felt guilty and remorseful, and prepared to commit suicide by taking blood sugar-lowering medication.

If Conan hadn't noticed something was wrong in time and taken emergency measures for Yuki Takeno, she probably would have really died.

The reason why Suzuki Haruaki remembers this part of the story in such detail is because there is a very interesting Easter egg hidden in this case.

That was the object of Hoshino Terumi's secret crush, who was actually Kudo Shinichi.

Furthermore, Hoshino Terumi and Kusano Kaoru never actually had a falling out; they have always been very good friends, even closer than Okino Yoko and Takeno Yuki.

Hoshino Terumi and Kusano Kaoru realized that the idol group Earth Ladies was seriously hindering their future development, so they deliberately staged a falling out to successfully disband Earth Ladies.

And the final result was exactly as Hoshino Terumi and the others had predicted.

After the disbandment of Earth Ladies, the four members actually had better development, transforming from simple idol singers into all-around entertainers.

That's why Hoshino Terumi already knew that Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu's engagement party tonight was actually fake.

Hoshino Terumi hadn't originally planned to come, but she couldn't resist Okino Yoko's coquettish charm and had no choice but to attend tonight's engagement party.

"what?"

Hoshino Terumi's gaze swept over Kogoro Mouri and the others before finally landing on Seimei Suzuki. A hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes as she asked, "Director Suzuki, what are you doing here?"

Since Hoshino Terumi and the other three were all actors from Nichiri TV, her manager also prepared a document about Suzuki Haruaki for her, and she naturally recognized Suzuki Haruaki immediately.

Suzuki Haruaki replied in a childish voice, "Hello, Terumi-neechan. I ran into Yoko-neechan outside just now. I heard there's an engagement party going on here tonight, so I came along to join in the fun."

"I see. Have fun tonight!"

Looking at Suzuki Haruaki's cute little face, Hoshino Terumi couldn't help but pat his little head.

Upon hearing Hoshino Terumi's words, Yueye Xue and the others recognized Suzuki Harumi and joked with a smile, "As expected of the leading lady of Nichiuri TV, she has unknowingly won over our little director Suzuki."

Yoko Okino waved her hand and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you guys make it out to be. Seimei only decided to come along because of Mr. Mori and the others."