Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Huihara recalled, "Based on the content of these articles, he will definitely be a person who can promote the scientific progress of the whole world in the future...but I don't think I have heard much about him recently."

"After all, programmers might be shut up and writing code."

"It's possible."

……

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed, and the Teitan Elementary School where Ai is studying has welcomed the school day again.

Classes were also in session at the Beika High School where Xiaolan was studying, so Maori had to stay alone in the detective agency.

It’s noon this day.

"Dong dong!"

A young man in a suit wearing sunglasses and with thick medium-length hair suddenly appeared at the door of the second floor of the office. He looked at Mao Li, who had just received a client, and knocked on the door gently, saying, "Excuse me, are you Detective Mao Li?"

"Ah?" Mao Li saw the young man and quickly wiped the coffee table. "It's me, please come in!"

The young man bowed slightly and walked into the office politely: "Hello, I am Mr. Iseya Gozo's secretary Zhong Zhong..."

"Mr. Clock, please take a seat."

Maori tidied the sofa and refilled the tea, then took the business card handed to him by the young man.

He had also heard a little about Isegawa Kozo. After all, as a famous detective, he usually came into contact with many famous and wealthy families. It was said that this man was a stock investor who had accumulated a huge fortune by buying and selling stocks, and it seemed that he had many connections in the underworld.

"Mr. Iseya, is there anything I can help you with?" Mori asked, putting down his business card.

Generally speaking, there are not many wealthy tycoons involved in organized crime like Isegawa Gozo who need to find a private detective like him. They either have fixed partners, or entrust detectives working in the gray area, or solve the problem through their own subordinates.

And when they ask him for help, it is usually very serious or involves problems within the family...

"In fact, the master died of illness in the winter. I personally want to trouble you," the young man seemed to have no intention of taking off his sunglasses. He took out a document from his handbag and said, "I want to ask you to find the master's long-missing great-granddaughter, Miss Matsunaka Yuriko..."

Mao Li took the information and looked at it. "Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this, may I know what your purpose is in looking for the great-granddaughter of Iseyagawa Gozo?"

"Well," the young man looked at Mao Li through his sunglasses, "you will know when you find the young lady. This is also the master's last wish."

"is it?"

Mao Li silently checked the information.

Yuriko Matsunaka is probably only seven years old now. Her mother angered Gozo Isegawa by running away from home and getting married secretly despite everyone's opposition. Shortly after she was born, her father died in a car accident. After that, she lived with her mother and lost contact with the Isegawa family.

"This is the deposit," the young man took out an envelope of banknotes and handed it to Mao Li, "The rest will be available when you find Miss Yuriko."

Maori glanced at the envelope and spoke.

It's really generous. The deposit alone should be at least 200 million, and the information is quite detailed, so it shouldn't be completely clueless.

"I understand, Mr. Clock. I will contact you after I find Miss Yuriko." Maori stood up and shook hands with the young man.

……

Didan Primary School.

As the clock struck 2 o'clock, the school bell rang. Many children, carrying their schoolbags, poured out of the school gate one after another. Some children whose family members could not come for the time being went to the activity room in twos and threes.

Xiao Ai was leaning against the horizontal bar and saw a little girl at the school gate jumping into her mother's arms and happily holding her mother's hand to go home. She couldn't help but sigh softly, paused, and turned to walk towards the teaching building.

"Ai-chan," Maori appeared at the school gate and immediately noticed Ai-chan's figure, "Why are you here? Where are Conan and the others?"

"Still at the shoe cabinet," Xiao Ai turned around blankly and looked at Mao Li with drooping eyelids, "Why are you here?"

"Uh, I..."

Mao Li opened his mouth, his eyes glancing at the adults gathered at the school gate, "Well, I came to pick you up, and by the way, I have something to talk to you about."

"Oh, what's the matter? Even a famous detective like you needs help?"

"Well, I am also the advisor of the Junior Detective Team after all..."

Maori shrugged and followed Ai to find the base of the Boy Detective Team.

It is called a base, but in fact it is just a row of shoe cabinets. Yuantai’s shoe cabinet is the place where letters of commission are received. It can be imagined that there would be no decent commissions under normal circumstances.

"What?" Yuan Tai was a little unhappy. "Why can't you get any better commissions? You're always looking for small things, like playing house..."

"What other commission do you want to entrust?" Mao Li suddenly appeared behind Yuantai.

"Uncle Mao, Uncle Maori?" Yuan Tai shrank his neck in shock, "Why did you come to our school?"

"Find a girl named Yuriko Matsunaka. She should be a first-year student at this school," Maori said with a smile. "Okay, just consider it as a commission from me. Shouldn't it be a problem?"

"Of course it's no problem, but," Genta asked suspiciously, "Uncle Maori, why are you looking for an elementary school student? Is she a cute girl?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Maori's eyelids twitched, and he was a little speechless about these overly precocious elementary school students. "I am willing to give you a portion of eel rice as a reward..."

"Is your name Matsunaka Yuriko?"

Upon hearing about the eel rice, Yuan Tai quickly got into the mood and thought seriously, "But there are many girls in the first grade, so I have to look for them class by class..."

"There's no need to go through so much trouble, Yuantai," Mitsuhiko said speechlessly, "why don't you just check the roster?"

……

"That's the girl!"

In an elementary school classroom, Yuan Tai was hiding happily outside the door. Inside was a little girl with twin ponytails who was on duty. She was wearing a light blue skirt and looked exceptionally quiet.

"So cute! Uncle Maori, you are not the so-called loli..."

"Boom!"

Maori hit Yuanta on the forehead with a dark face, ignored Mitsuhiko who was blushing and smiling foolishly, and looked at the little girl with a slightly frown.

A pair of big, expressive eyes, with a hint of sadness, but unlike Ai's coldness, they look very similar to Xiaolan, and immediately attracted the two guys, Mitsuhiko and Genta. They didn't care about Ayumi's angry and speechless expression, and stared at the girl secretly.

"Uncle Maori," Mitsuhiko's heart softened, "Do we have something to do with her?"

Maori squinted at the bratty guys and said, "What do you mean by we? There's only me."

“But we found it together…”

"Come to think of it, isn't Uncle Maori also the advisor of the Junior Detective Team?"

"is it?"

Facing Mitsuhiko and the others who were staring at him eagerly, Maori's eyelids drooped again.

"Anyway, don't do anything rash for a while, just wait for me obediently."

At the edge of the school playground where there were already few people, Yuriko Matsunaka sat quietly on a stone bench, pinching her fingers and secretly glancing at Mori and Genta and the others who were grinning foolishly behind them.

"Um, what do you want from me?"

"It's like this," Maori felt that it was a bit strange to talk to a little girl like this, but he still said, "A man named Zhong Zhong asked me to find Miss Matsunaka Yuriko, saying that it was your great-grandfather's request, so I want to ask about your family situation. I wonder if you have any impression of Isegawa Gozo?"

Yuriko Matsunaka lowered her head and said, "My father was in a car accident not long after I was born, and my mother passed away last year. My parents seemed to have run away from home and got married in a place far away. They never mentioned anything about my relatives to me, so I don't know the situation..."

"Iseyagawa Tsuyoshi is your mother's grandfather, and your great-grandfather," the young man in sunglasses walked out from behind the tree, "However, last winter, Mr. Iseyagawa suddenly became seriously ill and died not long after. He only left behind a will about property inheritance..."

"Mr. Clock?" Maori's eyes narrowed slightly.

He was very sure that no one had followed him when he came to school. Looking at the young man's appearance, although a little mysterious, he did not look like an expert in stalking.

So, did this person know that Matsunaka Yuriko was here? Was he waiting there in advance?

"Thank you so much, Detective Maori," the young man in sunglasses said without changing his expression. He just took out a thick envelope and placed it in front of Maori. "This is the remaining balance."

Mao Li did not pick up the envelope immediately. He frowned and asked, "So you are looking for Yuriko because you want her to go back and inherit the property?"

"That's true, but according to Mr. Iseya Gozo's last words," the young man pushed up his sunglasses, "Ms. Yuriko still needs to complete a challenge. As long as you solve the puzzle within 24 hours, you can get all of Mr. Iseya's inheritance. Similarly, if you fail to solve it within the specified time, you will lose your right to inherit and challenge..."

As he spoke, the young man looked at the little girl who was sitting silently opposite him and said, "Ms. Matsunaka Yuriko."

"Yes." The little girl came to her senses and met the young man's gaze.

"I am reporting to you as the secretary and executor of Mr. Isegawa Gozo's will," the young man said calmly, "Now it is Miss Yuriko's turn to challenge you, the 17th in line of succession."

The little girl grabbed her skirt tightly: "Me, me?"

"That's right. It's up to you to decide whether to challenge or give up," the young man said with a smile, "But if you accept the challenge, you can go and see the house where your mother lived with Mr. Iseya Gozo when she was a child, which is also the location of the challenge - Angel's House."

"Mr. Clock, I'd like to ask," Mao Li said, crossing his fingers, "The 17th successor... have all the previous 16 people challenged it?"

"Of course, they have all challenged the order of succession over the past few months."

"May I ask what the challenge is? Yuriko is just a child after all. If there's any danger..."

"I'm sorry," the young man looked at Maori again, "This will have to wait until Miss Yuriko officially accepts the challenge and the scheduled time comes before it can be announced. If Miss Yuriko is worried about the danger, of course you can bring helpers with you."

"Help?" Yuan Tai asked loudly, "Can we help too?"

"Of course you can. Mr. Iseya Gozo has no restrictions on helpers. As long as you complete the challenge within the specified time, it will be fine."

"That's great!" Mitsuhiko said excitedly, "Mr. Clock, let's help Yuriko complete the challenge! With our Junior Detective Team and Uncle Mori, we can definitely solve the mystery!"

"Hello..."

Maori's brows twitched.

He hasn't spoken yet, so please don't make decisions for others casually, okay?

"Yuriko," Maori turned to the little girl who seemed a little nervous, "What do you think? If necessary, I can take on this commission. Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Maori Kogoro, and I'm a detective of some fame."

"I," the little girl looked up at Maori, "I want to go see the house."

Chapter 116: Treasure Hunt! Treasure Hunt! Treasure Hunt!

The so-called Angel's House is located in the deep mountains far away from Tokyo. The young man with sunglasses drove the group into the forest.

"We'll get there after crossing this forest. Let's have dinner first. I'll announce the content of the challenge at 9 o'clock..." the young man explained while driving.

Maori sat in the back seat holding Ai, who looked like she had lost all hope in life, and next to her was the chubby Genta. Even though Ayumi and Yuriko Matsunaka sat in the passenger seat, the car was still very crowded.

"I say, why did you have to come with me?" Mao Li said sullenly, "You're making up an excuse to go camping for two days and two nights. Fortunately, your parents believed me..."

"What?" Genta was also squeezed and couldn't move. "It's too biased to only bring Conan and Huibara here. We are also members of the Junior Detective Team!"

"That's right!" Ayumi in front looked closely at Maori and said, "Does Uncle Maori dislike Ayumi?"

"Hello..."

Maori twitched his lips speechlessly.

When it comes to solving puzzles, of course we have to bring Conan along. This kid's lightning-fast thinking is quite useful sometimes. It's not good not to bring Ai along, and it's okay for Ayumi to come along.

The key is that Yuantai and Mitsuhiko, two guys who have other ideas...

After looking at Genta who was drooling for some unknown reason, Maori turned his gaze to the forest ahead.

According to Zhong Zhong, Isegawa Tsuyoshi, who was known as the "Bull", had a very bad relationship with his family. No one from his family visited him until the last moment before his death. His end was simply tragic, which is why there are now challenges left for his heirs.

As an outsider, it is difficult for him to comment, but money is something that you cannot bring with you when you are born and cannot take with you when you die. In the end, it is not as important as the people around you.

"The Angel's House is in front."

The car passed through the tunnel, and soon a group of buildings appeared in front of everyone. They were scattered among the foothills and had a Greek architectural feel.

In addition, there are four towering pillars in different directions, each with an angel statue on it.

"The first one is the Angel of the South, followed by the Angel of the West, the Angel of the East, and the Angel of the North," the young man Zhong Shi stopped the car at the slope and explained to everyone, "They all accurately point to the east, south, west, and north, so they got such names. In addition, it is said that the appearance of each angel is very similar to the master's wife who passed away early. The master has invested a lot of energy in this, just to reproduce his wife's face..."

Zhong Shi drove the car to the Angel's House again and said, "At that time, the young children must have felt that their father was very cold, so they left here one after another after they grew up, and finally the master was left alone. Although the children would occasionally come back to see him, they would usually go back after a big quarrel. No one could truly understand the master's feelings. It was really sad..."

"Well."

Maori looked silently at the angel statues.

Although he and his wife Eri are nominally separated, his family of three has returned to its previous state since he "woke up", and is even happier with the addition of the fourth person, Ai... But he could fully understand the feelings of this wealthy man, dying alone is not much better than those families whose children are fighting for the inheritance in front of them.

"This way," Zhong Shi parked the car and took everyone on a tour. "The building that seems to be guarded by the Southern Angel is called the South Pavilion. It is also where the master died. The West Pavilion where the Western Angel is located is mainly used for work. The North Pavilion is where the servants and children live..."

Ai followed Maori and said, "Although no one lives here, it's very clean."

Zhong Shi smiled and said, "We will never neglect cleaning and tidying up."

"But what about over there?" Ai looked towards the east, "Why does the East Building look like a haunted house..."

"Well," Zhong Shi looked at Mao Li, "the master had said before he died that after he was gone, no one was allowed to approach that place."

"why?"