I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

It's a pity, but Conan is not yet to the point of exploding.

After all, if he was so impatient that he couldn't wait this little bit, he would have tortured himself to death over the past year.

So Conan quickly adjusted his mood.

"Well, this is a good thing..."

What, you are also a StarCraft player?

For no apparent reason, this complaint appeared in Serabelle's mind as if it had broken the fourth wall.

It’s all good stuff, right?

Then Conan was heard saying.

"This will give me enough time to investigate the explosion."

"……seriously?"

Serabelle sighed.

He often felt that Conan was a bit like a dung beetle or a fly, who would just follow the scent and always go wherever there was a case.

Serabelle fixed her eyes on the mobile phone screen that was playing reports about the explosion.

"From the news reports, it seems that the police haven't found any useful clues yet. Do you already have an idea?"

"Ah, almost."

When talking about the clues he had in hand, Conan's face once again showed the confident look he had when solving a case.

"In fact, it's not just me. Inspector Megure also has some clues, but they can't mention them casually in the report."

"Remember the drone you asked me to deliver to Yuantai and the others? This morning we were planning to find an open area to play with the drone, but we encountered an explosion when we were passing through a tunnel. Above that tunnel is the recently completed Dongdu Subway Line 15. Can you guess what day today is for Dongdu Subway Line 15?"

"You said it was completed recently..." Serabelle thought for a moment, "Is it the first day of trial operation?"

"That's right!"

"According to this logic, the criminal has a grudge against the Dongdu Subway?"

Serabelle thought that the conclusion she drew based on the above prerequisites was completely reasonable, but Conan gave her a negative answer as soon as she opened her mouth.

"No, it's not that simple. First of all, you have to know that the opening of new subway lines basically requires the approval of the mayor."

Conan raised the corner of his mouth proudly and shook his head.

"In fact, before today's trial operation, someone anonymously sent a threatening letter to the current Tokyo Mayor Yuichiro Asakura, saying that he would be punished on the first day of the trial operation of Line 15."

"That means the criminal most likely has no grudge against the subway, but rather against that mayor."

Serabelle continued.

"That's right." Conan nodded and continued, "Mayor Asakura has accomplished many great things during his tenure. He has strong personal abilities and a great sense of the overall situation. Almost every major decision he made has been warmly supported by the people. He can be said to have an extremely good reputation."

"But besides—"

Serabelle had already guessed what he was going to say next.

As expected, Conan changed the subject the next second.

"But there was one thing. Before Yuichiro Asakura became the mayor of Tokyo, he was the Minister of Transportation in the Bureau of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. At that time, he once relocated an entire village in Niigata Prefecture to build a reservoir."

"Hiss~ I remember that thing..." Dr. Agasa pounded his palm and looked up at the ceiling with a thoughtful look on his face, "It should be Kitanosawa Village in Niigata Prefecture."

"Yes, that's right there."

Conan continues to popularize science.

"At that time, Minister Asakura personally visited the village and said that he would prepare a high deposit and an alternative area suitable for living. He also stayed in the village for a week and talked to every villager to gain their trust, so that everyone agreed to move the village."

"Although almost everyone agreed with Minister Asakura's plan, there were still a very small number of villagers who firmly opposed it until the end."

"I see!"

Dr. Agasa suddenly realized.

"The criminal is most likely one of those people who objected!"

Emmmm~

To be honest, Serabelle didn't really want to take part in this discussion. In his opinion, all those so-called 100% positive reviews during their tenures were just packaged stuff.

As soon as I asked him, I could tell he was very familiar with it. He was so familiar with all the important decisions made during his tenure that he almost knew them all.

But the truth is you don't even know if he likes beef.

"That's right in theory."

Conan's confident tone seemed as if he had already planned an investigation plan.

"It just so happens that this Sunday... that is, the day after tomorrow, a ceremony will be held in Kitanozawa Village to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the village's establishment. Mayor Asakura will also attend and stay for a day. I think the criminal may attack Mayor Asakura again at that time."

"That's true, but it's a bit difficult to go to Niigata Prefecture in this season, isn't it?" Dr. Agasa was a little troubled. "Niigata Prefecture has been snowing heavily these past few days, and it's in the mountains. I'm afraid the mountains will be closed by the day after tomorrow."

"Don't worry too much about that."

Conan picked up his phone and searched while speaking.

"If I remember correctly, Kitanosawa Village became a popular tourist attraction after the relocation. Because it is in the mountains and it often snows in winter, the locals have built several ski resorts there. And it is close to the memorial ceremony. It is impossible for others to let the heavy snow block such a good opportunity to make money!"

Wait, a ski resort?

Serabelle raised her brow.

To be honest, although London is the capital of the United Kingdom, there are no ski resorts in London. The nearest one is an indoor ski resort called "The Snow Centre".

Besides, after more than ten years in London, he and Mary Akai were basically obsessed with work, and Masumi Sera was in boarding school. They had no time to go skiing or anything like that.

Maybe... perhaps... maybe I can take this opportunity to give it a try?

"Then I'll go too." Serabel interjected.

"Eh?"

Conan was obviously stunned for a moment and blinked.

"So you are interested. I thought you had no interest in this case."

“I’m not interested.”

Serabelle shrugged.

"You go to investigate the case, and I'm going to travel. I'm going to travel with my sister, is that not okay?"

"That... doesn't matter."

Conan scratched his head and wanted to say something else.

However, before he could finish his words, the door of Agasa's house was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a graceful figure quickly threw off the slippers she had worn at home and jumped onto the steps of the entrance hall and appeared in the sight of the three people in the living room, letting out a strange and meaningless laugh.

"Haha~ Bell, you're so brave. You came to Beika Town without reporting to your sister first... Eh? Shin-chan is here too?"

When her eyes fell on her silly son sitting at the bar, Yukiko's strange laughter suddenly stopped, and she coughed lightly and returned to normal.

"Since you're here, that's easy to talk about. You only come here once in a while, would you like to have dinner at home tonight?"

"Well, I can't. Xiaolan and I made an appointment to be back before dinner..."

Conan wanted to refuse politely, but was interrupted by Yukiko before he could finish his words.

"I didn't ask you."

"...?"

Chapter 467 Yukiko is sometimes a reliable mother

Because Conan had made an appointment with Xiaolan to go back on time for dinner, after agreeing with Serabelle on the time to go to Kitanosawa Village, he left the doctor's house and went back to the Mouri Detective Agency.

And Serabelle also followed Yukiko to Kudo's house next door.

Sitting in the living room with the heating on, looking out the window, the sunset is approaching the horizon.

It turned out to be dusk again.

Yukiko took an apron from the hook on the wall near the kitchen in the living room and put it on. She turned her back to Serabel, clasped her hands behind her back, tied the belt around her waist into a beautiful bow, and said briskly without looking back.

"Then Bell, please sit down for a while. I'll cook it right away."

Huh?

Serabelle was a little surprised when she heard this.

Of all the women he had met so far, Reiko Akiba was the best cook he knew.

As for Eri Kisaki, it stands to reason that after living alone for so many years, she should have a certain level of cooking skills (but she doesn't).

Yukiko actually lives alone at the moment, but every time Serabelle comes over, she almost always orders takeout or some frozen food for a meal, focusing on surviving in the wild at home.

Speaking of cooking...I don't seem to have any impression of it?

"What are you doing? What does that expression mean?"

After not hearing a response from behind for a long time, Yukiko turned her head in confusion, and as soon as she turned around, she saw the young man on the sofa with a stunned look on his face, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Uh, nothing, just a little bit unexpected."

Serabelle came to her senses, stood up from the sofa and rolled up her sleeves.

"Do you need help?"

"Bell, can you cook?"

Yukiko blinked and asked back.

"No." Serabelle added, "But I can still wash and cut vegetables."

"That's no problem. Come over here and help your sister. Huhuhuhu~"

Yukiko hooked her finger to signal her to follow, and she turned around and walked into the kitchen with her long hair shaking.

In fact, she didn't know at first that Serabelle was coming today, so she really didn't prepare anything.

Fortunately, there are still some vegetables and eggs in the fresh-keeping layer, not to mention the frozen layer, which is filled with various high-calorie frozen foods.

"Let's see... for dinner today, let's fry some tempura and popcorn chicken, and grill some chicken wings. As for vegetables, let's make some tomato fries, and... some tomato egg soup."

In less than ten seconds, Yukiko had decided on the dinner menu, then she took out two tomatoes from the refrigerator and threw them to Serabel behind her.

"Go ahead and kill these two tomatoes and slice them."

"Oh……"

Serabelle immediately followed suit and took the tomatoes to the sink to start washing them.

I won’t go into details about the cooking process. With the cooperation of the two of them, a steaming tomato and egg soup was ready after fifteen minutes.

The air fryer filled with various frozen fried foods under the stove was still humming diligently. Looking at the time display on it, it would take about twenty minutes.

In the quiet kitchen, an older girl leaned leisurely against the stove, her fingertips tapping lightly on the countertop and her body swaying.

Seeing her like this, Serabelle knew that she must have something to say, so she simply walked over to her side.

Yukiko smiled, raised her hand and hooked the boy's chin with her index finger.

"Come here more."

"uh-huh?"

Serabel took another step forward and slightly spread his legs apart, with their toes crossed and their chests pressed together. He stretched out his arms and put them around Kiki's waist.

But surprisingly, Yukiko, who could easily get into the mood in the past, remained restrained this time. Her fingertips slid from the boy's chin to his lips and touched them.

"Well, although I want to, but wait a moment, let's talk business first."

"……what?"

A golden exclamation mark appeared on Serabelle's forehead.

He thought to himself, sister, so sometimes you can talk about serious matters?

But even though she was complaining, Yukiko's words the next second made Serabell instantly give up her joking intention.

"Have you and Shin-chan done anything new recently? I mean about that organization."

"Almost. There has been some progress."