Zongman, working as a teaching assistant in Trasen

"Two adult tickets, four student tickets, for the best private room, put on the Mejiro family account."

"Okay, here is your receipt, please keep it."

The ticket seller suppressed her excitement and finished her job. Then, she couldn't help but pass a board through the window and asked in a trembling voice, "Also...and, could you please sign an autograph for me, Miss Guangming? I'm a loyal fan!"

"Of course ~ Thank you for your support."

He nodded gently and signed his name, then handed the pen to Koguruma, who was supporting him. With a bright look in his eyes, he winked at the ticket seller and said, "Also, I don't think you would mind adding another Uma Musume's signature? I saw the Reed Fur souvenir tied to your backpack."

"!!!Yes! Thank you so much!!"

After successfully carrying out a wave of fan service, the two grey-haired horse girls returned to their small group with a lot of "trophies". After distributing the tickets to their companions, they walked towards the stadium together.

"Kuwa~ This is my first time watching a horse race with my training instructor and the horse girl! It's such a memorable experience!!"

In front of a few people who can rarely be called "idols", Maori Kogoro changed his lazy appearance that was never interesting no matter where he traveled, and took the camera from Maori Ran's hand and started taking pictures of himself and others. He was so excited that he even started shooting a VLOG for himself!

"Even though this trip is just to watch Nojikiku S, having two professional horse racing girls by my side, along with a real horse racing girl trainer, will surely provide us with even more professional advice and highlights than a commentator! Ka---I can't help but get all excited! This will definitely be the most significant event in my life as Kogoro Mori! Please wait and see, everyone watching in front of the camera!!"

"..."

"...?"

Rubbing his eyes, he stared in amazement at Maori Kogoro, who had mastered the blogger skill tree without a teacher, dancing and taking selfies with him. Edogawa Conan said to Maori Ran beside him with a confused look on his face: "Sister Xiaolan, am I seeing things? That... is really Uncle Maori?"

"...As much as I hate to admit it, that's definitely Dad..."

Mao Linlan covered her face with her hands and muttered, looking like she didn't want to recognize the other person at all: "Really, an old uncle is still doing this kind of thing... It's really embarrassing!"

"Do you need me to help persuade your father, Miss Lan?" Uozuka Saburo interjected, "I think if I go and talk to him, Mr. Maori will be more restrained."

"...No, let's not do that."

Putting her hands down and taking a deep breath, Mao Lilan still shook her head. Looking at Mao Li Kogoro who was taking a selfie with Mejiro Mitsuaki and Oguruma, she said to him with a helpless smile, "It's rare to see Dad this happy in recent years. He's even willing to do something like shooting a video. He's not as clumsy as usual, and his movements are very proper... So, let him relax a little more, there will be no problem."

"...Mr. Maori is so lucky to have a daughter like you."

"Hehe~ I think so too~"

After shaking his head and praising a girl sincerely for the first time in a long time, Uozuka Saburo was about to call back the three people who were taking pictures when he suddenly widened his eyes and stood there in a daze as if he had seen some incredible scene.

"Okay! One more, please, and I'll... um?"

"what!"

"oops!"

While backing away to find a good angle for taking photos, Kogoro Mouri suddenly felt as if he had bumped into someone and quickly stopped. However, he still heard two childish screams behind him. He subconsciously turned around and tried to catch them - and then, he failed very successfully.

But after he saw it clearly...he felt like he had done a good thing?

There were two children, a boy and a girl, who looked like they were in junior high school. They were lying on the ground in a stacked position, the girl on top and the boy on the bottom. They looked intimate and ambiguous.

“…hoho~”

Chapter 176 I Have a Plan

"Uh hey, Nagatsumi-kun, are you okay...eh?"

"Ouch, oh, it hurts, Xiaochan, you... ugh."

After being bumped into by Kogoro Mouri, the two stood up and opened their eyes at the same time and looked at each other. They looked like a couple and their faces were flushed, but they couldn't take their eyes off each other.

Then, the girl on top took the initiative and grabbed the shirt of the boy below with a loving look in her eyes. The boy below also swallowed his saliva quietly and placed his hands stiffly on the girl's lower back.

"Eicheng-kun..."

"Xiaocan..."

“…Cough! Cough!”

"!!!" "!!!"

Seeing that these two little kids who are in love are about to have sex in front of him, Maori Kogoro, who has very traditional views on love and marriage, can't stand it anymore. He quickly interrupted their "work process" with two deliberately heavy coughs, forcing them to quickly separate to both sides as if they were electrocuted, not daring to even look at each other.

"Hey kid."

“Ah!? Yes!!”

"...Sorry, I accidentally knocked your girlfriend down and made you a meat cushion..."

Maori Kogoro squatted down, patted him on the shoulder with a serious look of concern, and said, "Are you okay? Does your back still hurt?"

"Eh? Ahhh, no, it's okay, it doesn't hurt at all, uncle!"

Feeling that he was fine, the young man named Manshio Nagasumi nodded to Mouri Kogoro and then quickly focused his attention on his girlfriend, hurriedly leaning over to show his concern, which made Mouri Kogoro feel both complicated and envious.

Thinking back, he and Yingli had such a youthful and romantic past... uh, romantic?

"Dad! What are you doing!?"

"Forehead."

Some bad memories were interrupted by his daughter's cry. Kogoro Mouri turned around and saw that all his friends had come to his side, asking about their two "victims" and glaring at him.

————Of course, the “little friends” here are limited to his eldest daughter and the little one who eats free meals, and do not include the two angelic young ladies and the instructor who is like a brother: they are helping the junior high school girl who can’t control her emotions, and he walked to his side, without saying anything, just silently patted his shoulders twice.

This made Maori Kogoro feel much better. He shamelessly ignored the contemptuous looks from his two little ones, pretended nothing had happened, hid behind Uozuka Saburo and said, "Ah~ Kids nowadays are really bold. They don't care about anything when they get the chance. I'm a little embarrassed watching them... Don't you agree, Uozuka brother?"

"Well...it is true."

His attention was completely focused on the two junior high school students, or rather the girl among them. It took a long time for Uozuka Saburo to turn around and nod in response to Maori Kogoro's words: "And did you notice, Mr. Maori? It was the girl who took the initiative just now... Although the boy can't be said to have no thoughts at all, he was passive throughout the whole process, it seems..."

"Ohhh! Chasing after her? That's really interesting~"

Watching other people's romantic comedies is a gossipy instinct for all middle-aged people. Even an uncle like Maori Kogoro, who rarely pays attention to such things, was interested in such things under the influence of today's happy occasion. He pinched his mustache and shook his head and said pretentiously: "Hmm~ Look at that guy, he is thin and skinny, with ordinary looks and a so-so voice, but he is surprisingly gentlemanly and manly. How did he find such a beautiful, gentle and virtuous woman...eh?"

Wait? What was that?

Feeling as if he was dizzy for a moment, Maori Kogoro rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked again, and the whole person was stunned in an instant:

If it weren't for the fact that his eyeballs had aged even further...the thing on the little girl's waist looked like a wakizashi, right?

And it's not a movie prop, it's the real thing! A true folded, forged, and sharpened samurai sword!!

“…hiss~!”

"Wait, Mr. Maori, don't act so hastily."

Pulling Kogoro's sleeve forcibly, Uozuka Saburo narrowed his triangular eyes, raised his finger and moved it silently in a certain direction, indicating him to look over there.

Maori Kogoro did as he was told, and then he regretted it...

A square-faced uncle wearing sportswear, a black guy with afro and sunglasses, and a handsome guy with blonde hair and triangular eyes.

Three men who were obviously not good people were hiding behind a pillar of the racecourse in broad daylight. They stuck their heads out from top to bottom in a row and stared at him from afar with ferocious eyes as if they wanted to skin them alive!

......! ? ?

What’s going on?! What’s going on?!

A gangster? A killer? Or... a terrorist?

"Mr. Maori, it seems that you have accidentally offended someone who is not easy to deal with~"

"Eh!? Wait, wait!? I..."

Feeling his life was threatened, Maori Kogoro's sometimes high IQ instantly came online, and he figured out the key to the problem almost without Conan's prompting:

That little girl is the daughter of the extreme way!

He just! Accidentally knocked a Yakuza girl down with his hip!!

And she was knocked into the arms of a boy! ? ?

......Blaze!

"No, no! I want to go..."

"Eh hey hey? Wait a minute Mr. Maori, what do you want to do?"

Seeing that Maori Kogoro had understood his hint and his vest was instantly soaked, Uozuka Saburo quickly grabbed his arm and comforted him, saying, "Calm down, calm down, Mr. Maori—you're a famous detective. Do you really think that facing a group of angry and unreasonable gangsters, you can just use words to eliminate the offense you just caused?"

“!? Yeah, that’s right… Then what should I do, Uozuka-kun!?”

Completely panicking, Maori Kogoro grabbed his shoulders and pleaded, "Think of a way, come up with an idea! I don't want my whole family to be sunk into Tokyo Bay just because I knocked over a little girl!?"

No, based on our current geographical location, you should be sunk into the Chita Peninsula instead of Tokyo Bay... Of course, Saburo Uozuka would not say such a black humor joke.

Just like every time he attracted ignorant people to join the organization, he showed a steady and reliable smile, looked him in the eyes with a firm gaze, and said decisively: "Don't worry, leave it to me - I have a plan."

Chapter 177: Long time no see, Mr. Uozuka

"Wow! What a wide view!"

Seto Chan and Manshio Nagatsumi looked at the vast treasure chest in front of them. They simultaneously put down their luggage and rushed to the glass curtain wall, looking down with stars in their eyes. They were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves. "Look, look, Nagatsumi-kun! You can see the whole stadium at a glance from here! It's super clear!"

"Yeah! There are so many people in the audience! It's like a surging tide, so spectacular!!"

"Mmmmmmm!"

"Fufu~ Seeing you two so happy, I'm happy too."

After regaining some energy from the foodie Oguruma, Mejiro Guangming put on her elegant ladylike disguise and said to the two young men with a friendly face, "You can enjoy the food and drinks here as much as you want. If you need, you can also order other items on the tablet. Don't worry about the cost, it's all included in the ticket price. It's free."

"Wow!? This!"

"Nagashige-kun! Look, there's also French-style pan-fried foie gras in this dish!? That's amazing!"

"Well......"

Seeing Seto Chan's constantly scrolling tablet screen, the junior high school boy named Manshio Nagasumi swallowed his saliva and suddenly calmed down. With a little trepidation, he took two steps forward and bowed slightly to Mejiro Komyoji. "Thank you for bringing us here, but... I'm sorry! We can't just accept your kindness like that!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Because, because...it's too expensive..."

Faced with an experience of wealth and luxury that might never reach a person's entire life, the fourteen-year-old boy displayed remarkable self-control. He looked at Mejiro Guangming seriously and said, "I know this may not mean much to you, but this is a bit too much for the two of us... If possible, I would like to buy the ticket for this box myself from now on, instead of borrowing someone else's..."

"Alms? What do you mean?"

He dropped the large bag he had been carrying since morning into the corner of the box, took out a cigarette and tucked it behind his ear. The 25-year-old Uozuka Saburo lazily walked up to Manshio Nagatsumi and stared at him coldly, saying, "Do you think our beloved Miss Mejiro is the kind of person who would look down on others and insult a person of dignity with a charity mentality?"

"Mmmm... I didn't say that, but..."

"Or maybe she brought kids like you on a tour just to show off her wealth, and then kicked you out midway? Do you think she's that kind of person?"

"That's not the case! Yongcheng-kun didn't say anything like that!"

Seto Canya reacted and put down the tablet, rushed to Manchao Nagasumi's side, put one hand on his waist and spoke for him.

"Really? I see that's what you meant by your attitude just now."

Uozuka Saburo smiled coldly, crossed his arms, and said like a villain: "You rejected her kindness, rejected her apology for the foolish things her friend did, which means you look down on her and the Mejiro family she belongs to - think about it, kid, what kind of anger will you endure next..."

"Brother! The bananas here are delicious!"

"...What kind of wrath and punishment will you accept!"

"Oh! And this snack! It's made from dehydrated carrots!? Awesome!!"

"..."

"..."

"...Xiaoli, can you go ask Guangming for a tablet and discuss some delicious food with her? I'm busy with some important business."

"Eh? But... chew, chew, chew."

Quickly chewing and swallowing the snack in his mouth, Xiao Limao tilted his head in confusion. "Brother... aren't you playing with them? Pretending to be the villain and the protagonist and heroine who are cornered by the villain, aren't you?"

"...Eat your snacks!"

"Mmmmm! Learn from the cauldron!"

The bespectacled elementary school student, who had seen through everything and watched Uozuka Saburo's entire act from the sidelines, couldn't help but burst out laughing. Then, noticing Uozuka Saburo staring at him with a deathly glare, he quickly waved his hands with a pale expression and said, "I'm not laughing! I really wasn't laughing!! I was just yawning! Seriously!"

"...Mr. Maori, could you please take care of your child? I'm afraid I won't be able to help but beat him."

"Hey! Great minds think alike!"