Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"Genta, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"We're participating in a junior tennis tournament, and our opponents are elementary school students, so how could we possibly play against these professional players?"

Seeing Genta's worried expression, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi couldn't help but complain.

I don't know how Genta's brain works, how can his thought process be so unique?

"Oh, I see!"

Genta breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and said, "Really, you made me wait for so long for nothing."

Ran Mouri clapped her hands and said, "Alright, let's go to the hotel to rest first, and then we can properly explore Kumamoto Castle!"

"Yay!"

! ”

Since Suzuki Haruaki and his team's match isn't until tomorrow, they came to Kumamoto a day early to take the opportunity to explore the area.

Sonoko had already booked a luxury hotel in advance. Under her guidance, the group first went to the luxury hotel and enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast before visiting nearby famous attractions.

When talking about famous attractions in Kumamoto Prefecture, Suizenji Park is definitely one of them.

Suizenji Park, officially named Suizenji Jojuen, is a strolling garden in the Momoyama style.

The garden design of Suizenji Park is inspired by Hiroshige Utagawa's ukiyo-e print "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido".

The name "Chengqu Garden" is taken from the line "I stroll through the garden every day and find pleasure in it" in Tao Yuanming's "Returning Home".

Its construction began in 1636 with the first building of the "Suizenji Tea House" by Hosokawa Tadatoshi, the first lord of the Kumamoto Domain. Later, during the Hosokawa Tsunatoshi era, a spring and an artificial hill were added. Then, in 1776, the horse farm on the east side was completed, and it finally took on its present form.

It is said that Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi established a tea house here because the spring water was sweet and perfect for brewing tea. Legend has it that this water can cure all diseases and that drinking it will lead to a long life.

Although everyone knows the legend is just a legend, almost everyone who visits Suizenji Park drinks from the spring water there in hopes of getting good luck.

"what?"

As soon as the group arrived at Suizenji Park, Suzuki Haruaki was suddenly drawn to a faint light in the grass not far away, and instinctively ran over on his short legs.

"Seimei, what's wrong?"

Seeing this, Ayumi and the others couldn't help but curiously move closer.

When Ayumi and the others approached Suzuki Seimei, they saw him bend down and pick up a silver-gray flip phone from the bushes.

"Why would there be a cell phone here?"

"Someone must have accidentally dropped it here!"

"Then we need to find the owner quickly. They must be very anxious about losing their phone."

Chapter 464 Makes the Kid Cry

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Seeing this, Sonoko walked to Suzuki Seimei's side, opened her palm to him and said, "Seimei, let me see your phone."

"Oh, here you go."

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Haruaki casually handed his phone to Sonoko.

If Suzuki Haruaki had found money, he would definitely have kept it and spent it. However, since he found a secondhand phone, there was no need to keep it.

It's not that Suzuki Seimei didn't know the principle of returning found money.

The key is that, with the help of the "Golden Rule" skill, Suzuki Seimei would find money more than five times a day on average.

Since Suzuki Seimei put on the [Lucky Rookie Badge] and [Lucky Necklace], his luck has increased significantly, and the number of times he finds money on average per day has increased to more than ten.

If Suzuki Seimei had taken every piece of money he found to the police station, he would probably have gone to the police station more often than Inspector Megure and his team.

Therefore, whenever Suzuki Seimei found money, he always chose to keep it and spend it instead of wasting time going to the police station.

"Drip drip..."

Just as Suzuki Haruaki handed the phone to Sonoko, it rang.

"It's a text message, Xiaolan. Do you think we should open it and take a look?"

Faced with Sonoko's gossipy and curious gaze, Ran Mouri hesitated, "This... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"Maybe it's a text message from the phone's owner? I think we should check it out."

Sonoko couldn't resist her curiosity and, using any excuse, opened the text message.

Although Ran Mouri knew it was wrong to peek at other people's text messages, she couldn't resist her curiosity and leaned over when she saw that Sonoko had already opened the message.

?(????w????)?

"Yuanzi, I want to see you."

Looking at the text message, Sonoko subconsciously read it aloud, her pretty face flushing as she said, "It looks like a confession text message!"

Why are you blushing?

Noticing Sonoko's shy expression, Ran Mouri was somewhat speechless.

Sonoko shrugged and said, "I can't help it, this is the first time I've ever looked at a stranger's text messages, I just feel a little embarrassed~"

(?--)

When they heard Sonoko do that, Suzuki Seimei and the others didn't know how to respond.

So you know it's wrong to peek at other people's text messages, then why are you still doing it so enthusiastically!

Ran Mouri suggested, "Sonoko, I think we should take this phone to the nearest police station as soon as possible."

"There's no need for that. Doesn't the location for tomorrow's date already show up in this text message?"

Sonoko waved her hand and pointed to the bottom half of the text message, saying, "This location is near the tennis court where Seimei and the others will be playing tomorrow. We can just send the phone over there tomorrow."

"This one……"

"Alright! Stop worrying about it, we still have many places to visit today!"

After finishing speaking, Sonoko took Ran Mouri's hand and led them into Suizenji Park for a visit.

……

next morning

After enjoying a hearty breakfast, the six children changed into white tennis outfits and followed Kogoro Mouri and the others to the tennis court.

Besides Suzuki Haruaki and his team, there were more than ten other elementary school teams from all over the country who gathered at the competition venue early on.

"The first Fire Country Cup Charity Tennis Tournament, the junior group competition is about to officially begin."

Before the competition begins, I, Cheng Zengjian, would like to say a few words from the heart to all the participants and their parents in my capacity as the chairman of this conference..."

Seeing the middle-aged man in a brown suit on the podium talking incessantly, Genta couldn't help but complain, "Who is this uncle? What is he even talking about?"

Conan adjusted his glasses and said, "His name is Kenzo Narumi, and he's a member of parliament elected from Kumamoto."

Recently, he has been heavily criticized by the media due to rumors of alleged embezzlement and bribery.

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko immediately added, "I think I've heard about this as well. I also heard that a secretary named Zuo Bo committed suicide recently, taking all the blame upon himself."

Ai Haibara shook her head and said, "So this guy sponsored this tennis tournament to salvage his reputation. His intentions are all too obvious."

┐(?~?)┌

Suzuki Haruaki shrugged helplessly and said, "There's nothing I can do about it, that's just how politicians are~ Politicians are the dirtiest profession in the world!"

Just as everyone was getting drowsy from talking, Cheng Zengjian finally stopped speaking, and the tennis match officially began.

"Seimei, do your best! Ai, do your best!"

"Conan, do your best! And everyone else, do your best too!"

As the first round of the competition began, Sonoko and Ran Mouri instantly transformed into cheerleaders, waving flowers from the stands and cheering on the six boys.

Hearing Sonoko and the others cheering, Suzuki Seimei smiled and gently tossed the tennis ball in his hand before swinging his racket forcefully!

"boom!

! ”

With a dull thud, the tennis ball was instantly deformed by the blow and shot towards the opposite side like a missile.

"Zizzizi..."

Before the elementary school student opposite could react, the tennis ball, which had smashed a small dent into the ground, bounced off the wall of the stands behind him, spun and rubbed against the wall, creating a semi-circular dent, and fell to the ground with a foul, burnt smell.

(ΩДΩ)

The entire stadium fell silent as people stared at the charred tennis ball.

You're telling me this is a tennis game? Are you sure you're not trying to kill someone?!

"Oh no! I think I used too much force."

Just as Suzuki Seimei was inwardly screaming in alarm, the elementary school student opposite him burst into tears, wiping away his sobs and crying out, "I want to go home! I want my mommy..."

Under Suzuki Harumi's somewhat embarrassed and apologetic gaze, the elementary school student who had been beaten to tears was quickly taken away by his parents.

"Sonoko, Seimei's tennis is amazing!"

Ran Mouri, sitting in the stands, was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "The last time I saw such an explosive serve was at the National Tournament, when I saw top professional players like Kunimitsu Tezuka serve in a match!"

Sonoko smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "I didn't know Seimei was so good at tennis, but he is indeed much stronger than his peers. It's quite normal for him to be able to hit such an explosive serve."

Although Suzuki Seimei did not use his internal energy when he served, his superhuman physical abilities alone made him a formidable opponent for ordinary elementary school students.

Chapter 465 The Kidnapper Who Questions Life

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To avoid making other elementary school students cry, in the following matches, Suzuki Haruaki had to restrain more than 90% of his power and instead started using technical serves.

For example, with serves like sidespin and topspin, even without using more power than your peers, you can still completely dominate the elementary school students on the other side.