The next day, Qin Zhibo and the Maori family gathered together and took the Shinkansen to Osaka.
While riding in the car, Conan noticed that Qin Zhibo was not moving easily and asked what happened.
Qin Zhibo casually made up an excuse, saying that he accidentally fell down the stairs.
"Since you're injured, why don't you rest at home?" Conan rolled his eyes.
Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and touched Conan's head, "Because uncle is reluctant to miss every good opportunity to get along with you."
Mao Lilan smiled knowingly and said: "It seems that Mr. Qin likes Conan very much~"
Qin Zhibo: "Of course."
Conan: "."
This is true.
Qin Zhibo really enjoyed every side mission where he met Conan.
Although it is not convenient to move now, reasoning mainly uses the brain, and it does not matter if the body does not move.
Just like the old easy-chair detective who was all-powerful in the detective world - the old lady Qianjian.
However, since the Twilight Annex incident, the old lady Qianjian has disappeared from the detective world.
There are rumors in the outside world that Mrs. Qianjian was euthanized or secretly killed in revenge by her enemies.
But Qin Zhibo knew that the old lady Qianjian just disappeared with the Dusk Villa.
There is also a cowboy detective - Motegi Haruka.
However, compared to old lady Senjian, there are no rumors about Motegi Haruka's death.
Because Motegi had just been killed by the Chicago gang before he was invited to the dinner at the Dusk Annex, the outside world thought he was dead.
7:00 pm, Osaka 3K Hotel, banquet hall on the first floor.
Today, Mouri Kogoro was dressed up for the occasion, wearing a white suit and black tie. He was very familiar with all kinds of female stars and was smiling so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.
"There are so many famous people!"
"Ari Kuraki Mai, Komatsu Miho, and Two mix"
"Next is Ms. Okino Yoko, whom I support most!"
"Hey! Miss Yoko~"
Hearing the howl of a wolf in the distance, Okino Yoko, who was talking to someone, had to turn around and say hello.
Today's occasion is more formal. Qin Zhibo also changed out of his brown windbreaker and wore a solemn black suit.
This outfit is quite suitable, whether it is a banquet now or a memorial service later.
Qin Zhibo glanced around and found that there were indeed many celebrities at the venue, and none of the officially present guests had less than 3,000 social credits.
If it weren't for my physical inconvenience today, I would have sent my business card here anyway.
Before the banquet officially begins, there is still some free time.
Conan found Hattori Heiji who was eating snacks crazily, and silently looked at Hattori's somewhat cruel eating look.
After Hattori finished his snack and licked his fingers again, Conan next to him asked, "How was your investigation in Osaka?"
Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, "How did the investigation go?"
Conan looked startled and said in a fierce tone, "Hey! Have you forgotten so soon?"
"Hehe." Hattori Heiji showed a wicked smile on his face, "Of course I haven't forgotten that matter."
"After I returned to Osaka, I asked Officer Otaki to go to the police station to check. It turned out that the files on the Memory Egg case were intact and were all well stored."
"It seems that whoever is secretly investigating Uncle Maori and Uncle Qin has ignored the files here."
After saying that, Hattori Heiji picked up another high-end snack and started to eat it happily.
Conan held his chin up, thinking about the reason why the other party left out the Osaka file.
Possibly, the other party simply missed the Osaka case information.
Possibility two is that the other party has no use for Osaka’s case data.
Possibility three: the other party knows the whole story of the Osaka case.
As soon as this idea came to mind, Conan thought of the real culprit behind the Egg of Memory case, the professional killer Shi Kaobing.
Although the Egg of Memory was successfully protected in that case, Shi Kaobing was let go, which was a major regret.
Moreover, the mystery about Shi Kaobing was not completely solved at that time.
For example, the legendary Shi Kaobing used a pistol to kill people, and the person who killed the art businessman Qian Jiangyi also used a pistol.
But in the end, Pu Siqinglan, who Conan suspected was Shi Kaobing, did not use a pistol, but a short-handled sickle.
In addition, after the police force arrived, Kasaka Natsumi disappeared.
So Conan has to suspect that the real Shi Kaobing is Natsumi Kasaka.
In other words, Natsumi Kasaka and Qinglan Urusi are both Shikaobing.
Shi Kaobing is two people.
First of all, both women have very rare gray pupils, and both of them disappeared completely after this incident.
Same with Chris Wynyard after the Hotel Cupido incident.
There is another mystery that has never been solved. In the castle in Yokosuka, the castle steward said that a man in black had attacked Natsumi Kasaka.
At that time, Conan suspected that it was someone from the organization, but Haihara Ai thought it was unlikely because her radar had never sounded.
After a long time, Conan reimagined it in the direction that Kasaka Natsumi was a bad guy, and the man in black who attacked Kasaka Natsumi was a good guy.
At that time, the only good guy with the ability to appear and disappear was...
Thinking in his mind, Conan's eyes unconsciously glanced at Qin Zhibo, who was sitting quietly not far away.
In short, the truth behind this case is by no means as simple as what appears in the police file.
In the banquet hall, Mouri Kogoro shamelessly chatted up female stars everywhere.
Conan and Hattori Heiji were in the snack area together, while Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha were whispering among best friends.
This time, only Qin Zhibo was the most honest.
In order to recharge his batteries, Qin Zhibo did not wander around, but found a chair next to him to practice meditation.
Suddenly, the lights in the banquet hall dimmed.
Immediately afterwards, most of the lights were focused on the stage, and a host appeared.
"Good evening, dear guests."
"I believe everyone has been waiting for a long time. Now I will officially introduce to you the owner of 3K World Hotel Osaka!"
The host spoke with a pure Osaka accent and pointed his palms to the side of the stage.
"First up is the invincible former boxing world champion, Mr. Rika Barre!"
Maka Baka?
This name made Qin Zhibo's memory drift to that distant summer.
However, Rica Barre's image has nothing to do with babies. He is a burly man with a small goatee.
"Next up is Major League Baseball's Cy Young Award pitcher, Mr. Mike Nod!"
Accompanied by crackling applause, a man with a thin face and a delicate mustache walked onto the center of the stage.
Compared to the boxing baby just now, this athlete received more applause.
After all, baseball is a more popular sport than boxing in Japan.
Host: "Finally, the famous goalkeeper known as the Iron Fortress of Europe, Mr. Ray Katis!"
A man with yellow hair walked up to the stage amidst thunderous applause, not forgetting to smile and wave.
He has the highest social credibility among the three, and the applause he receives is the warmest among the three.
Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, and it seemed that the main purpose of Conan's trip was to meet this man.
In fact, this surprised Qin Zhibo.
With Conan's character using football as a fighting skill, football players such as forwards should be more in line with his preferences.
Do you want to switch to handball in the future?
In front of the stage, Conan rubbed his itchy nose and looked at Ray Katis on the stage with interest.
"How's it going? You didn't come here in vain today, did you?" Hattori Heiji on the side squatted down and asked for credit.
"yes."
Conan's eyes were staring straight at Ray Katis, almost astonishingly.
This made Hattori Heiji somewhat unexpected that a football goalkeeper would have such a strong attraction to Kudo Shinichi.
Hattori Heiji himself has little expectations for football.
If I had to say what I was looking forward to, it would be football.
Next, the host asked the three people why they chose to open a hotel in Japan.
Ray Katis, the most popular person, took the microphone and said in a familiar Japanese: "Mike's wife and I are both Japanese, and Rika loves Japan's ninja and samurai culture."
After answering the first question, the host asked again.
"Let me ask you again, does the 3K in the name of this restaurant refer to the King?"
Ray Katis smiled slightly and shook his head, "No, No, that's not the case."
"The first K is knockout, the K of KO."
"The second K is strikeout, a strikeout K."
"The third K is goalkeeper, which refers to the goalkeeper's K."
The host pretended not to know the answer, and just as he spoke in agreement, a discordant voice came from the bottom of the stage.
"You seem to have forgotten to mention one, right? Lei"
"There is only one word to describe sports stars like you three who have polluted Japan with scandals."
"That's Dirty K."
A pot-bellied hygienic man suddenly walked towards the stage, causing the lively and interactive atmosphere on the stage to come to an abrupt end.
The three sports stars on the stage immediately looked at the man with the same hatred and hatred.
"Keep your mouth clean and get out!"
Ray Katis, who can understand Japanese, responded to the other party's provocation unceremoniously in English.
But the man looked indifferent and responded in English: "Hey, I'm a customer who got the invitation letter from your store honestly."
Or, the man took out the invitation letter from his arms and showed it, "Although I don't know who invited me, I am very grateful to him."
"Because sushi is my favorite, hahaha"
After saying that, the man left with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back.
The warm-hearted Hattori Heiji felt very unhappy when he saw someone coming out to cause trouble, but he had no choice but to not recognize them.
"Who is that guy?"
The short Conan put his hands in his pockets and stared at the man's leaving back with an unhappy expression. He introduced: "This man is very famous in the United States. He is a newspaper reporter who specializes in exposing gossip about famous athletes."
"Although most of the content has no real evidence, but relying on the writing style of catching wind and shadow, I almost never lose even if I go to court."
Just when Hattori Heiji wanted to lament that "ugly people often do mischief", suddenly a voice came from behind the two of them.
"Oh, it turns out to be the editor of UC."
The two of them looked back and saw that it was Qin Zhibo who had come over at some point.
"You weren't just now"
Conan was a little surprised. He still remembered that Qin Zhibo was still sitting on the chair before turning off the lights.
Qin Zhibo touched the back of Conan's unguarded head and said casually: "I came over to check on the situation."
In fact, Qin Zhibo did come to see the deceased's condition during his lifetime.
The moment the interactive session was interrupted, Qin Zhibo felt the deceased appear.
In addition, a person who made the three athletes dislike him unexpectedly received an invitation letter from the hotel with the word "death" clearly engraved on his head.
Don’t be too guessing about the deceased in this issue.
Qin Zhibo looked back at the pot-bellied reporter. He did not stay in the banquet hall. Perhaps he felt that there were too many eyes looking at him around, so he left directly.
On the stage, the interactive session will continue.
The host forced a smile and ignored the previous episode, asking if anyone wanted to come up and ask questions.
However, after the reporter's trouble just now, the celebrities at the scene were all afraid that there would be some scandal involving these three people, so they cherished their own wings and did not want to go on stage to interact.
For a moment, the three sports stars stood like minions.
"If any guest has any questions, feel free to ask them."
The host appealed again, but it was still a silence.
Just when the host and sports stars couldn't get off the stage, a slender arm was raised among the crowd.
Everyone turned their heads and saw that there was a horn slanting next to their arm.
It is the ghost girl——Mao Lilan.
Seeing someone raising their hands, the host felt as if he had been granted amnesty and quickly invited the person to the stage.
Mao Lilan was a little nervous, but she still mustered up the courage to walk up to the stage holding the board in her arms.
"Then Miss, you can ask questions now."
The host handed the microphone to Mao Lilan's mouth, which made Mao Lilan a little shy in the spotlight.
"Actually, I should say that I have something to ask for."
"Mr. Lei, please sign for me!"
Mao Lilan suddenly stretched out the board in his hand, catching Ray Katis by surprise.
The host hurriedly said that it was not the autograph session yet, but after experiencing the cold start just now, Lei, who did not want to be cold again, quickly signed Mao Lilan's autograph and also gave him a signed jersey.
When writing to whom, Mao Lilan said to Shinichi.
"Shinichi? Is he your boyfriend?"
"not like this"
Conan in the audience saw the exchange between the two on the stage and blushed on his face.
I didn't expect that she would still remember that I was Lei's number one fan.
In fact, it’s hard to remember. When Conan was still Kudo Shinichi, the topic of conversation every day was either Sherlock Holmes or football stars.
Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan and quickly gave Conan instructions, "Don't forget to call me back after you go back."
"I know~" Conan scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
At this moment, Conan suddenly remembered that Qin Zhibo was still standing next to him. Why did Heiji Hattori say something to him openly and openly that only Kudo could understand?
Although Qin Zhibo has known about it for a long time, he still has to pretend it in his normal clothes!
Conan suddenly turned around, only to find that Qin Zhibo behind him had disappeared from nowhere.
