I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

However, just as Serabelle came to the vending machine to buy a can of sweet MAX coffee, a man who looked like the lobby manager walked over from the hotel front desk not far away.

"Hello, is this Mr. Sera Bell from room XXX?"

Ok?

Serabelle's hand, which was about to insert a coin, stopped in mid-air, and she turned her head and glanced at the sound.

"What is wrong with me?"

"It's like this. Just now, Miss Sifusi, who lives in Room xxx on the same floor as you, said that she was waiting for you in the bar inside the hotel. We wanted to call and ask directly..."

Before the lobby manager could finish his words, Serabel interrupted him.

"Hold on, who is this Sifusi?"

"Eh? Don't you know him?"

When asked this question, the lobby manager was also stunned.

"But the other party did ask for you by name, and also asked us to tell you that her name is Sifusi Sijanzhi."

"Uh--"

Serabel's eyes gradually became wiser.

Thieves Strange, the pronunciation of this name is transliterated into English as Thieves Strange, which means thief.

The custom of English names is to put the surname last and the given name first. If this is changed to the custom of Japanese names, it would be strange "Thief".

Abbreviated as Phantom Thief.

You are really amazing.

Chapter 226: The Phantom Thief’s Wife Eavesdrops

A first-class hotel usually has a complete set of service systems, such as express purchasing, door-to-door delivery, simple medical diagnosis, etc., which can meet most of the needs of hotel residents without stepping out of the hotel.

The bar is also included in the equation.

Different from the disco bars in popular understanding, most hotel bars are quiet bars, without cool lighting effects or dance floors.

There are only soft and comfortable sofa booths, and elegant piano music or melodious saxophone tunes echoing in the air.

Serabelle was the destination to be reached in ten minutes.

Although Japanese law prohibits drinking alcohol if you are under the age of 20, it is still possible to simply go to a bar as long as you can find a place to sit.

Of course, the same thing applies. If you are under the age limit, you can only drink milk even if you go in.

The bar in the Conrad Hotel is decorated in a very traditional and old-fashioned style. There is a wind chime hanging on the mahogany door handle. Just push it gently and the clear and pleasant sound of the wind chime will be heard.

However, since it was business hours, the door remained open, and Serabelle walked straight in without pushing the door.

When you enter the bar, the faint aroma of alcohol in the air immediately hits you.

Looking around, there was no one in the bar.

The bartender at the bar noticed that a customer had arrived and put down the cup he was wiping.

"Hello, are you alone or have an appointment with friends?"

"Find someone."

Serabelle was brief and to the point.

"The name she gave you should be - Sifusi Sijanzhi."

"Yes... Mr. Serabelle, right? Miss Sjanzhi has already told us in advance. If we go to the side of the hall from here and go a little further in, we should be able to see it."

The bartender raised his hand and gestured in a professional manner.

Serabelle didn't say much, just nodded to show that she understood and walked away.

The bar lobby is somewhat similar to the shape of a banana. The door and bar are where the banana is connected to the head of the pole. Serabel walked back until she reached about one-third of the way to the end when she finally saw Miss Severs.

That’s right, it’s seeing, not recognizing.

The reason I didn't recognize him was because he looked quite different from what I remembered, but I knew he was the one because there was no one else around.

In other words, they were the only two customers in the entire bar.

She was a beautiful woman with a youthful appearance and mature temperament. If you only looked at her appearance, she might be in her early thirties. She had short straight burgundy hair, and her shiny red lips were lightly pursed on the rim of the goblet in her hand. She was sipping a cocktail in small sips, and her amber eyes were staring out the large floor-to-ceiling window on the right side of her. The bright lights and night life of Osaka Castle were reflected in her pupils.

Serabelle did not rashly sit down opposite her, but just stood there and observed quietly.

It was not until a few seconds had passed that the woman biting the rim of the wine glass seemed to realize that a pair of eyes had been staring at her undisguisedly since the beginning.

She came to her senses and turned around, her eyes met Serabel in the air. She was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.

"What? You're here now. If you're here, why are you still standing there like an idiot? Are you embarrassed to see a pretty sister?"

"It's not that I'm sorry, it's just that your appearance doesn't match my impression of you, and I'm not sure if I recognized the wrong person."

Now that her identity had been confirmed, Serabelle sat down opposite without any hesitation, raised her head and looked at the face of the thief's wife openly.

"Mainly, you look a little bit..."

"Ok?"

Before he could even utter the last word "old", and before he could even form the shape of his mouth, Heiyu Qianying, who was sitting on the other side of the booth, started to raise her eyebrows.

Serabelle hesitated to speak, thought for a moment, and changed her words decisively.

“A bit mature.”

"Hmm~"

Heiyu Qianying's eyebrows, which had almost raised, finally calmed down again.

Then she raised the corners of her lips, and a smile of successful mischief bloomed on her face, which was slightly red due to the effect of alcohol.

"But this is normal, after all, I am a mother!"

"……what?"

This time it was Serabelle's turn to be stunned.

Mom? What the hell? What the hell is this guy talking about?

"Don't you understand?" Kuroba Chikage tilted her head. "To put it simply, the Kaito Kidd who met you in his true form before is my daughter, and the one here is me, your mother. Look, I'm not wearing a disguise mask at all, it's my real face..."

As she spoke, she raised her head and scratched her neck a few times as a demonstration.

grass?

Serabel's mood could no longer be described as surprised, it was simply astonished.

What is this, mother and daughter soldiers in battle?

It took less than three seconds to sort out her thoughts. Serabell silently raised her hand to support her forehead and massaged her temple with her middle finger and thumb.

"Okay, so what should I call this Mrs. Phantom Thief?"

"Kuroba Chikage."

Hei Yu Qianying gave his name without any hesitation.

"You can just call her Chikage, or even better if you can change the suffix to Sister."

Are all older women keen on having men much younger than them call them "sister"?

Serabelle thought.

"…Are you thinking of something disrespectful?"

"Nothing."

After a brief exchange of names, Serabelle got straight to the point.

"So, Ms. Qianying asked me to come here for the following reason..."

Hearing this, Hei Yu Qianying did not answer immediately. She held up her chin and hummed in silence for a while, then suddenly let out a "tsk".

"Actually, there's nothing else to do. After all, we didn't recognize each other on the airship, so I just wanted to see what kind of person was able to see through our Chiko's true identity in the first encounter, and get to know him a little better."

God tm take a deeper look...

This statement was quite ambiguous, but before Serabelle could speak, Hei Yu Chiying was the first to clap his hands.

"Wait, did I just reveal our Chiko's real name?"

"..."

Natural fool?

Somehow, this adjective suddenly popped into Serabelle's mind.

However, this perception was soon shattered by Heiyu Chikage's subsequent remarks.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Sister, I believe that you are someone who can keep a secret."

The thief's wife's eyes turned and her tone became a little threatening.

"But if the secret gets out, I will also spread the news about you, Sera-kun, and that Mrs. Suzuki to the whole world."

!! ?

This was truly a heavy punch that caught Serabelle off guard.

"How... do you know this?"

"Hehehe, no matter what, I was once a powerful lady thief. How could there be something in this world that I don't know~"

As Hei Yu Qianying spoke, she raised her hand and pretended to lift her hair to cover up the suspicious blush on her cheeks. At the same time, she took off the micro-monitoring headphones in her ears and hid them.

Chapter 227 Kyoto, Ooka Family

This was how Serabelle's first night in Osaka passed.

It was ten o'clock the next morning. On the platform of Osaka High-Speed ​​Railway Station, the blazing sunlight shone through the glass skylight on the dome above the station, forming spots of light above the heads of the crowded people.

According to the estimated time, the train will arrive at the station in about ten minutes.

Serabelle was very cunning and did not squeeze in the front row with other passengers. Instead, she found a small corner that was not exposed to direct sunlight but had air conditioning.

Also accompanying them were Masumi Sera, Ran Sonoko and others.

"I thought we would fly back directly by airship, but we took the high-speed train instead... Also, aren't there too many people taking the high-speed train?"

Masumi Sera turned his head left and right to look around at the bustling crowd of passengers and couldn't help but complain.

Sonoko smiled and shrugged, not really taking it seriously. "Well, that's how it is in Japan. And if we fly back, it will be too slow, and it will take another six hours. In comparison, taking the Shinkansen is much faster, and it will take us back to Tokyo in basically two hours. You can't get that fast unless you take a plane, or even drive yourself with the accelerator pedal fully stepped on."

"That's right..."

Sera Masumi nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Xiaolan, who had been staring at her mobile phone, suddenly exclaimed.

"There's already news about it, it's even trending on the search list."

"What's trending? Let me see what's trending?"

"It's just what happened yesterday..."

Seeing that a simple sentence aroused the interest of the two friends, Xiaolan simply turned sideways and stretched out her arm to adjust the phone to an angle suitable for Sera Masumi and Sonoko to see.

"Look, it's all been reported, from the red Siamese cat attacking the airship to being subdued and arrested, there are even photos of the celebration party in Osaka last night!"

Scrolling down from the news headlines, the background of the first two photos is still on the airship.

The first photo shows an ampoule with a red Siamese cat logo, which is filled with fluorescent green liquid that looks like a biological weapon but is actually raw lacquer.

The second photo shows the terrorist being subdued and tied up.

The background of the third photo was changed to the Conrad Hotel last night, which happened to be the scene where Suzuki Jirokichi and Hattori Heizo shook hands.

Masumi Sera stared at the handshake photo for a second, then suddenly turned his head like a big cat towards a young man who was leaning against the wall in a daze behind him.

"Dude, you're on the news!"

"……what?"