I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Twenty minutes later, the Beetle and the Audi stopped in front of the main entrance of the skyscraper, which had not yet opened.

The next second after they parked the car and got out, another yellow taxi drove over and stopped nearby.

Out of his detective instinct to be concerned about everything, big or small, Conan subconsciously glanced at the figure getting out of the passenger seat of the taxi and exclaimed in surprise.

"Uncle Kogoro?!"

"Eh? Why are you here?"

Chapter 156 Conan: Mom? She's here? Why are you calling him?

Maybe this is what they call a coincidence.

No one, including Serabelle, could have imagined that they would run into an old acquaintance by chance on their way home from camping, simply on a whim, just to take a look under the newly built twin skyscrapers that they passed by in the distance.

It wasn't just Kogoro Mouri, but also Ran and Sonoko who got out of the taxi with him.

"Uncle Maori? And Xiaolan and Sonoko? Why are you here?"

The two sides looked at each other, and Serabelle was the first to ask questions.

Ever since he learned about Kogoro Mouri's true reasoning level and that so many cases in the past were solved with the help of Conan, Serabel's way of addressing the former was directly downgraded from "Detective Mouri" to "Uncle Mouri".

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, the other party is indeed just an ordinary middle-aged man.

But Kogoro Mori was obviously used to being called that, and didn't notice anything unusual, and just continued to look surprised.

"I was just wondering why you are all here, and even Yukiko-san is here."

"Ah~ We are actually..."

After all, they were old classmates who attended the same high school. Yukiko smiled, clapped her hands and quickly explained the whole story.

At the end, he didn't forget to add one more sentence.

"What about you, Ran-chan and Sonoko-chan?"

"us……"

When asked the same question, Xiaolan was not in as good a mood as Xizi.

The unicorn girl took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and the corners of her mouth twitched unnaturally. Veins even bulged on the back of her hands due to excessive force.

"It's a long story. I just discovered this morning that my dad was trimming his beard for no apparent reason. He also carefully selected the clothes he was going to wear when he went out. After I questioned him repeatedly, he confessed that he was going to meet a girl from high school today."

"What is torture..."

Kogoro Mori felt a little embarrassed.

"School girl?"

Serabel looked up at the twin skyscrapers towering above him, feeling a little puzzled.

"Even if we come to this high-end restaurant to have dinner with someone, isn't it too early? Judging from the current situation, it should be too early for the official opening, right?"

"That's right..."

Having said that, Xiaolan clenched her fists even harder, veins popped out on her forehead, and her face became as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Because this junior is the current chairman of the Tokiwa Group, Ms. Tokiwa Mio."

Sonoko immediately added, "And it is said that Miss Tokiwa Mio is still single, which is quite dangerous for Xiaolan whose parents are separated."

"Oh?"

Serabelle didn't say anything, but she was thinking to herself, what a mess they had during their previous trip to Izu, and yet they haven't given up yet?

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly awkward, at this moment, someone walked out of the building that still had a sign saying "Not Open for Business" and came in front of the crowd.

She was a young woman who looked like a secretary, wearing a standard OL uniform, with long burgundy hair neatly tied up behind her head and a very professional smile on her face.

"Hello, is this Mr. Maori?"

"Ah yes, I am..."

When he heard someone calling his name, Kogoro Mori, who had been blushing slightly because his daughter had exposed him, immediately straightened his posture, coughed lightly in a serious manner, and straightened his tie.

The secretary smiled again and said, "Hello, I am Sawaguchi, the secretary of President Tokiwa. I am here to greet you all. Please follow me upstairs."

"Oh, sorry. I was supposed to be alone, but now I have to bring my whole family along."

Perhaps he felt a little embarrassed to bring so many people with him, Kogoro Mori said as he scratched his head and followed.

Then he turned his head and changed his expression, glared fiercely at the young detective team following closely behind him, and lowered his voice.

"Don't touch anything when you go in, understand?"

"Hi——"*3

His response was naturally the children's uniform and cheerful perfunctory response.

Entering the lobby on the first floor, you can see that the various decorations inside are actually almost completed, with only a few scaffolding and traces of paint left to be cleaned up.

But this decoration style... feels a bit plain?

The VIP elevator that goes directly to the upper floors is only available from the second floor. While taking the escalator to the second floor, Serabelle looked around and asked.

"Aren't you planning to turn this place into a commercial plaza in the future?"

"um, yes."

Secretary Sawaguchi introduced them with a smile.

"In fact, these two buildings were originally intended to be built as office buildings. The first to 30th floors will be rented out as office areas, and the 31st floor and above will be used by the Tokiwa Group."

"The next place I'm going to take you to is the thirty-first floor. President Tokiwa has some things to do right now, so I'm going to take you to see some of our new products at Tokiwa Group first."

"New product...will there be eel rice?" Yuantai muttered softly.

“There’s definitely no chance of having eel rice.” Mitsuhiko also retorted in a low voice, “But if we talk about the Tokiwa Group, they make everything from software to electronic products, so it might be…”

“A game console that hasn’t even been released yet!”

"probably."

Everyone quickly arrived at the second floor and took the VIP elevator all the way up to the thirty-first floor.

It is worth mentioning that the VIP elevator seems to be designed to facilitate guests to enjoy the scenery. The elevator passage is specially set on the outside of the building, and the three outward sides are transparent. The process of the elevator separating from the ground layer by layer almost gave Uncle Maori, who has a fear of heights, a heart attack.

When we arrived at the 31st floor, the elevator door opened and a dazzling array of electronic devices instantly filled our vision.

To be honest, this place is more like a game exhibition than a company's product trial room.

"Wow, so many game consoles!"

The two little boys, Mitsuhiko and Genta, took just one look and almost had stars in their eyes.

They immediately chose a gaming device that looked a bit like two massage chairs put together. Although it didn't have a joystick or anything like that, it had a hood that could fall down over the head, and it felt like they could just sit in it and start playing Sword Art Online in two players.

"This seems very interesting, Yuantai!"

"But... Mitsuhiko, how do I use this?"

"I do not know……"

Just when the two little ones were at a loss as to what to do with the double chair, a tall man who had appeared out of nowhere came over and introduced himself in a gentle voice.

"Well, this isn't a game console. This device can predict what a person will look like in ten years. All you have to do is sit in it and take a photo. Do you want to try it?"

"I want I want!"

Before Genta Mitsuhiko could even speak, Yukiko immediately became interested when she heard that she could predict appearance.

She rushed over with her arms raised excitedly like an underage girl, then sat down on one of the chairs, then turned and waved in Conan's direction with a smile.

Hey……

When Conan saw his mother waving at him, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Let’s not talk about whether this machine is accurate or not...if it is accurate, the predicted appearance will definitely become his original appearance as Kudo Shinichi, and now Xiaolan and Sonoko are here too.

Oh my god, please don't cheat me at this time!

The excuse was almost on the tip of his tongue, but Yukiko's next sentence left Conan dumbfounded.

"Bell-kun, would you like to try it too?"

……Eh?

The expression of a certain elementary school student who was a death god froze instantly. He turned around to look at Serabelle who was standing beside him with a determined look on her face, and subconsciously pointed his index finger at himself.

Wait, why call him?

Shouldn't you call me?

Chapter 157: Like a Couple?

Even though Yukiko called her out in public, Serabel remained as steady as an old dog.

He walked over and looked this thing up and down, which looked like a two-person online massage chair, and couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

"Can this instrument predict what a person will look like ten years from now?"

It's not that Serabelle is paranoid, but the change in a person's appearance is never a smooth curve. It's not that you can just enlarge the facial features and then whiten or roughen the whole thing.

Just like some people may be very thin when they are young, but when they reach their teenage years, their bodies suddenly swell up like a blown-up balloon.

How to predict this kind of thing?

So to put it bluntly, this type of product is just for fun.

But a product that is just for fun is made of such solid materials. Just by sitting in it and taking a photo, you can see that the materials used in this sofa are almost as good as those of some high-end massage chairs. Even if it can be mass-produced and sold, the price will be at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yen, right?

Is it really reasonable to sell a thing that is only meant for fun at such a high price?

Probably only those shopping malls and amusement parks would buy them, just like claw machines and the like.

"Well, there are really no confirmed success stories so far. After all, this is the latest product developed by our Tokiwa Group recently, so no one can take photos and wait until ten years later to compare."

The tall, gentle man with glasses on his face explained with a smile.

"But if you try it out now, maybe you can be one of the first to be successfully predicted in ten years!"

Although he tried to be as conservative as possible, his tone between the lines revealed great confidence.

"Oh, yeah, I was so happy to see someone interested in the equipment I designed that I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Yuan Jiaming, and I'm the chief engineering designer of Tokiwa Group. Eighty percent of the products you see in the exhibition hall are basically designed by me."

Eighty percent...What's the Reiwa and Yokoi Gunpei thing?

Just as Serabel was thinking this, Yukiko, who had been sitting in her seat waiting for a long time, urged her, reaching out to hold the hem of her clothes and pulling her to the seat on the other side.

"Okay, okay, the hero selection time is over. Stop worrying about it and sit down and take a picture!"

"Hey, my clothes are going to be torn..."

Serabel finally sat down.

Seeing that both of them had taken their seats, Yuan Jiaming leaned over and began to operate the control touch screen in the middle while continuing to speak.

"In fact, when I first designed this instrument, I only intended to design a single-seat model, but Ms. Sawaguchi... ah, the one who just brought you up, she should be going up to see President Tokiwa now. She was the one who suggested that it be designed as a double seat, so that couples or families can take photos together."

"A couple?"

Yukiko nodded her lips and thought about it.

"Yeah, it's really romantic. Being able to see each other's photos ten years from now gives me the feeling of growing old together."

"Huh? So you two are a couple?"

Yuan Jiaming paused slightly, raised his head and smiled teasingly.

Uh……

Hearing this topic, Conan, who was not far away, subconsciously twitched his eyebrows.

But Yukiko didn't care about that. Before the hood on her head fell, she decisively turned sideways, forcibly pulled out Serabel's arm from the seat next to her, held it in an intimate gesture, and asked back with a smile.

"Is it similar? Is it similar?"

"To be honest..." Yuan Jiaming scratched his head honestly, "They feel more like brother and sister."

"good taste!"