Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 406 The Coveted Egg of Memories

"It's Conan, not Konan! Heiji you idiot."

Toyama Kazuha got off the back of the motorcycle and looked at her childhood sweetheart speechlessly.

Hattori Heiji laughed twice, "I know, I know, I just slip up occasionally..."

He still felt that Kudo's call was smoother...

But seeing that my friend has a look that seems to make him want to kill him, why don’t I try to change my words?

"Ah~ Even Heiji-kun is here? It looks like it's going to be quite lively this time."

Lie's face was full of warm smiles.

There are so many people... I feel like it would be boring if they were all fooled by Kaito. Should I secretly help Kaito increase the difficulty of the mission?
He thought secretly in his heart.

A group of people know each other, so it won't be awkward to chat.

In such a harmonious atmosphere, they followed Yuanzi's lead and came to the reception room where their father was.

When he came up, Suzuki Group's chairman Shiro Suzuki was just communicating with four guests. When he saw Kogoro Mori, he came up to him happily and introduced the four people he had just talked to.

"This is Mr. Sioruf Chinikov, the first secretary of the Russian Embassy." Suzuki Shiro first introduced the tall and strong man, followed by an elderly man with a slightly hunched back. "This is the art dealer I invited to appraise the Egg of Memory, Mr. Qian Jiangyi."

Then, Suzuki Shiro introduced the only woman among the four to Maori Kogoro, "This is Ms. Pu Siqinglan, she is a researcher on the Romanov dynasty."

"This is Mr. Ryu Kanakawa, a freelance photographer who applied to take photos of the treasures."

After Suzuki Shiro finished his introduction, Conan was still wondering why these people gathered here, and then the purpose of these four people was exposed:

Their goal is the same, which is to obtain the Egg of Memory.

But compared to Kaito Kid's stealing mode, these people plan to buy the Egg of Memories from the Suzuki Group through normal means.

However, when Shiro Suzuki saw Kogoro Mori coming, he immediately lost the intention to negotiate with these four people and tactfully asked them to leave.

The four people also saw that Shiro Suzuki had other things to do, so they didn't hesitate, picked up their luggage and left the reception room.

Just as they were leaving, Suzuki Shiro's secretary, Nishino Masato, came over holding a box. Seeing that the guests were leaving, he bowed and stood at the door holding the box to greet them.

Among the four people, only Hanchuan Long was frightened when he saw him. He quickly avoided him as if he had seen a ghost.

During this process, Lie's eyes were always on the Romanov dynasty researcher, Miss Pu Siqinglan.

Lie's gaze was so blatant that Conan quickly noticed it.

"Uncle Lin, you already have a doctor, Chengshi." Conan narrowed his eyes and spoke with a slightly teasing tone.

He discovered that Mr. Lin particularly liked to stare at beautiful women. For example, he first stared at Dr. Cheng Shi, then at Teacher Judy, and now he was staring at Pu Siqinglan...

Hearing the teasing in Conan's words, Lie raised his eyebrows, "Well~ then hugging left and right is not bad?"

Conan: “?!”

Shocked, Mr. Lin is actually this kind of person? !
Hattori Heiji who was eavesdropping: "?!"

I never expected Mr. Lin to be so ambitious?
"Well, I was just kidding." Seeing Conan dumbfounded, Lie was satisfied and stopped teasing him, "Didn't you hear Miss Pu Siqinglan just said 'nihao'?"

Conan said in a silly and cute way: "Ah? I heard it, it should be a greeting from another country. I don't think Miss Pu Siqinglan looks Japanese."

Lie was shocked: "Eh? Conan, didn't you hear it?"

He thought Conan knew everything... but it turns out he doesn’t understand Chinese!

Conan: "...?"

What should he hear?

Overheard Hattori: “…?”

What? Kudo didn't hear anything?
"'Nihao' is a Chinese greeting used when strangers meet, or simply to express politeness." Hiroki Sawada, who was standing between Conan and Retsu, explained calmly.

In his hand, he was holding a booklet for learning Chinese. "Chinese?"

Conan was stunned.

The associations in my mind opened up again - Chinese, the Chinese language, that Cang Fengqian, the Chinese, Pu Siqinglan...

Very good, this person named Pu Siqinglan suddenly became suspicious!
But Hattori Heiji next to him didn't have such a strong imagination, "So, Miss Pu Siqinglan is Chinese?"

"Maybe. But maybe he's just a Chinese enthusiast."

Lie's eyes flashed, and he squinted and smiled.

He stared at the other person, not just because of the strange-sounding Chinese words...

Skipping the topic about Pu Siqinglan, everyone's eyes were focused on the table.

Just now, the box brought by Suzuki Shiro's secretary, Masato Nishino, contained exactly what Kaito Kid was targeting this time:
The Emperor's Easter Egg, also known as the Egg of Remembrance.

The egg is emerald green in color, with many exquisite silver patterns coiled on the surface, and a small sculpture of the Nicholas family made of gold inside.

Lie just took a look and lost interest.

"But what does that Kaito Kidd's notice mean? The glowing castle in the sky... Why is Osaka glowing?"

After admiring Kaito Kid's targets, Hattori Heiji began to think about some of the implications in the preview letter.

Although he had communicated with Conan before, some doubts in the trailer were still not clarified.

"Isn't that because Mr. Taiko, who built Osaka Castle, believed that the development of Osaka was like light?"

Kazuha, who was standing next to Hattori Heiji, expressed her opinion.

At this time, two people strode in from outside the reception room, their faces full of ferocity: "That's right! So Kidd will appear in the castle tower of Osaka Castle, there is no doubt about that..."

"Officer Nakamori, and Officer Chaki..."

Maori and his group who came from Tokyo were no strangers to the two of them - because these two people were the main leaders of the special task force launched against Kaito Kid.

The reason why they are able to continue to be responsible for hunting down Kaito Kidd is thanks to their rich experience of repeated failures in every attempt to capture Kaito Kidd.

"The problem now is the predicted time. 'The clock without a second hand reaches the 12th number'. We still have no idea at the moment..." Officer Cha Mu lowered his head, his face full of unwillingness.

And Toyama Kazuha blinked, "A clock without a second hand? Could it be a kana watch?"

"Fake, fake name list?" Officer Nakamori and Officer Chaki were both stunned.

"For kana, the twelfth character is 'shi'... that means four o'clock!"

Sonoko and Xiaolan counted on their fingers and said in surprise.

However, Officer Nakamori raised an objection at this time: "No! The puzzle of Kaito Kid can't be that simple..."

"I understand, officer! It's not a kana list, but an English alphabet list!" Maori Kogoro suddenly slapped the table, revealing an expression that showed everything was within my expectations, "The twelfth letter of the English alphabet..."

Lie, who had been listening, could no longer bear to watch them continue to go further and further down the wrong path, and silently raised his hand:

"Can I interrupt for a moment?"

Secretary——Nishino Masato (fluent in English, French and German)

The First Secretary of the Russian Embassy——Sioruf Chinnikov

Art dealer——Qian Jiangyi
Romanov Dynasty Researcher——Pusi Qinglan

Freelance video writer who applied to collect materials and shoot treasures——Kan Chuan Long
Appraisal value: 8 million

Emperor's Easter Egg, No. 51

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