My neighbor's name is Conan

Qing Musong also echoed: "Uncle Maori, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, so don't force yourself."

The so-called "Rakugo", similar to the stand-up comedy of the flower-growing family, is a traditional form of Japanese folk art that originated in the Warring States Period and took shape in the Edo Period. It mainly entertains the audience through humorous stories and the "baggage" at the end.

Rakugo performances are usually performed by professional rakugo artists who wear kimonos and sit on cushions, telling stories through words and actions to convey certain life lessons. Rakugo can be divided into four categories: comedy, human relations, drama, and strange stories. Among them, comedy mainly makes the audience laugh by performing small jokes.

Rakugo plays an important role in Japanese culture. It not only plays a role in folk entertainment, but also often appears in television, movies and variety shows. Despite the impact of modern communication methods, Rakugo still maintains its unique charm and popularity, and is an indispensable part of Japanese culture.

Although Kogoro Mori is very funny, he is not a good Rakugo performer.

How can an amateur compare to a professional who has practiced for ten years? Especially someone like Maori Kogoro who doesn't put in any effort and doesn't even try to do it at the last minute.

Maori Kogoro said awkwardly: "Don't say that."

"No, I know your purpose very well." Inspector Megure said seriously, "It's for this all-you-can-drink offer, right?" As he spoke, he pointed to a poster next to him.

The poster said that the 8rd Amateur Performance Competition would be held at the Beika-cho Merchant Street at 12 p.m. on August 3 (Saturday), and the winners could enjoy all-you-can-drink free of charge at the Beika Izakaya.

"But why do you have to risk embarrassment by doing this?" Inspector Megure advised.

Of course, Maori Kogoro would never admit it, "No, I'm not like that!"

Just at this time, they walked to the Uejima Anti-theft Goods Store and heard the voice of Maori Kogoro. The owner, Uejima Nagaro, opened the door and greeted with a smile, "Mr. Maori, Inspector Megure, Inspector Aoki, as well as Conan and Sayuri, you are going to the venue so early!

They are so excited! Everyone is talking about the famous detective Mr. Mori who is going to perform Rakugo. "

The two sides are old neighbors, and Inspector Megure and Matsuya Aoki greeted Nagao Uejima.

Maori Kogoro smiled and said, "Inspector Megure, you heard everything, right? Do you still want me not to participate after all this?"

Inspector Megure was speechless after hearing this. He had good intentions to stop Maori Kogoro from going forward and making a fool of himself. Since Maori Kogoro was willing to make a fool of himself, he naturally would not stop him. He raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and said, "I know, I know. I will teach you."

However, they were long-time friends, so Inspector Megure still tried his best to save the situation, suggesting, "But let's change it into a little joke, so you can remember it right away."

Aoki Matsu smiled and thought to himself when he heard this.

[Actually, there is a way for Uncle Mori to perform Rakugo. Just let Conan stab Uncle Mori with a needle, and then Conan can stand behind Uncle Mori and perform.]

Unfortunately, Qingmu Song couldn't tell this good idea.

"It seems that the open space over there is fenced off?" Inspector Megure began to tell a skit.

Maori Kogoro didn't know what he was thinking of. He was stunned for a moment, then he clenched his left fist and knocked it on his right hand, as if he had suddenly realized something. "Oh, it's the homonym of fence!"

Aoki Matsu and Conan were speechless after hearing this. What was this talking about? It was totally irrelevant.

Sayuri was confused and whispered, "What does this mean? I don't understand."

Aoki Matsu really wanted to share his "good idea" so that no one would feel bad anymore.

Not far away, I saw a boy who looked like a junior high school student bowing to a man who looked like a chef, and then the boy ran away.

Seeing this, Uejima Nagaro hurried over to greet him, "Master Manraku-tei Ichimatsu, I would like to thank you for your guidance today."

"Oh, Changlang, thank you for your hard work." Manletei Ichimatsu said with a smile when he saw Changlang Uejima.

Uejima Nagaro smiled and said to Aoki Matsugo and the others, "He and I grew up together."

No wonder he had to take the lead and greet the other party before Aoki Matsu and the other four.

Then Uejima Nagaro asked with concern: "Excuse me, what happened to that boy?"

"No!" Manleting Ichimatsu looked at the boy's back and said with a smile: "That kid hopes that I can accept him as my apprentice, but I told him to come back after he graduates from school."

At this time, the door of the shop next to him opened, and a pretty woman came out. She smiled and said to Manletei Ichimatsu, "Master, please have some tea." After she finished speaking, she noticed Uejima Nagaro next to her, "Ah, Mr. Uejima."

Seeing this, Manletei Ichimatsu patted Uejima Nagaro's arm and said, "Nagaro, come and have some tea together!" Then he said to Aoki Matsu and the other four, "Please come in as well."

"What is this Rakugo master doing in a place like this?" Inspector Megure asked curiously.

Uejima Nagaro smiled and explained, "It's just helping out at the set meal restaurant!"

"Help?" Qing Musong was surprised. "It seems that this place is not opened by him."

It is impossible for a Rakugo master to fall to the point of working as a part-time worker.

Speaking of Japan's advantages, it does relatively well in these matters. Anyone who can be respected as a "master" will never be short of money and will never starve to death.

"Who is that woman?" Kogoro Mouri asked curiously.

Uejima Nagaro smiled and gossiped, "Spring has come to the master! He has finally said goodbye to his single life."

"Ah!" Several people were shocked.

If I remember correctly, Manleting Ichimatsu is 55 years old this year, and that beautiful woman looks to be in her early 30s or twenties at most.

【Old cow eats young grass! 】

Aoki Matsu, Maori Kogoro, Inspector Megure, Conan, and Sayuri all had the same thoughts at this moment.

"That's Meguro Miya, the owner of Meguro Shokudo." After joking, Uejima Nagaro introduced.

Then a few people entered the store. It was a store with a very Japanese style. The Michelin restaurants run by Japanese private chefs in later generations had a similar layout.

Several people sat down at the bar.

Manrakutei Ichimatsu and Meguro Miya were busy in the open kitchen inside the bar, washing, processing and cooking the ingredients.

"Excuse me, what kind of fish is this?" Kogoro Mouri asked curiously, looking at the fish in front of Miya Meguro.

Meguro Miya smiled and said, "This is saury."

"There are so many of them!" Inspector Megure exclaimed as he looked at the saury on the chopping board.

This kind of shop usually only serves two groups of customers at noon and in the evening, and the number of seats at the bar is limited, so the number of customers served every day is naturally limited. Therefore, the ingredients purchased are usually of large variety and small quantity.

Inspector Megure suddenly thought of something, and he stood up and said to Manraku-tei Ichimatsu with a smile: "I know, Master, what you are going to perform today is 'Meguro's Sanma', am I right?"

Manletei Ichimatsu smiled and responded, "Hey."

Upon seeing this, Inspector Megure sat back down with satisfaction, and continued with a look of aftertaste on his face: "The master's Meguro's saury is truly unique! Anyone who hears the story will want to taste the delicious saury and rush here. These saury are prepared for this purpose." In the end, Inspector Megure looked like he had completely seen through the truth.

Conan asked curiously, "Excuse me, what is 'Meguro Sanma'?"

Sayuri also asked curiously: "I haven't heard of it either."

Inspector Megure explained kindly: "The so-called 'Meguro's saury' is a Rakugo story. Once upon a time, there was a king who was ignorant of the suffering of the people. One day he came to Meguro to hunt eagles. A nearby farmer specially brought out saury to treat him, which was the first time he had eaten it.

Because it was so delicious that he could not forget it, he went to other places and asked for saury. His attendants took the king's health into consideration and used steaming to remove the fat. They also cut the fish meat in advance to prevent him from being pricked by fish bones.

Because there was such a huge difference, the monarch asked where the saury was caught, and the attendant replied that it was a lively saury caught in Fangzhou. So the monarch said, "Meguro saury is still better!"

The last sentence was said in unison by Manraku-tei Ichimatsu and Inspector Megure.

But he might have been paying attention to what Inspector Megure was saying, and the next second, Manraku-tei Ichimatsu cut his hand "Ah!"

Seeing this, Uejima Nagaro subconsciously stood up and said, "Master!"

"It hurts so much." Manleting Shisong cried out in pain, "It seems like my finger was cut by the broken cup."

Meguro Miya, who was standing by, also reacted. She hurried over and said with a concerned look on her face, "It's bleeding." There was a bit of a coquettish tone in her voice. The next second, Meguro Miya directly put Manletei Ichimatsu's injured finger in her mouth.

Manletei Ichimatsu was stunned by Meguro Miya's actions. "Hey, what are you doing?" Then he said, "Nothing, nothing happened."

Because of Meguro Miya's actions, the six people present subconsciously opened their eyes wide and stared closely.

Ah, this...

Could it be that the two of them are truly in love?

Age really isn’t a problem!

Manleting Ichimatsu also noticed the gazes of the six people and said a little embarrassedly: "Everyone is watching."

Hearing this, Meguro Miya released her fingers and said angrily, "What are you talking about! You still have to perform on stage later, so you must take care of yourself."

After saying that, Meguro Miya found a piece of clean cloth, tore it into strips, and bandaged Manrakutei Ichimatsu.

Seeing this, Manleting Ichimatsu smiled at Aoki Matsu and the other six people a little embarrassedly, "Hehe..."

[Ah this...] For some reason, what came to Qing Mu Song's mind was not envy, but - show your affection and die quickly!

After a simple meal, the few of them quickly left the place where they were showing off their love.

"Ms. Meiya, thank you so much for your hospitality." Uejima Nagaro said, "Master, today's celebration banquet will be held at the Fairy Tale Cafe at seven o'clock."

"Okay, I got it." Manletei Ichimatsu said with a smile, "Fairy tale at seven o'clock."

When Uejima Nagaro saw that the other party knew about it, he prepared to leave, "Then I'll go to the venue first." After saying that, he bowed slightly to the other party, and then the six of them left.

However, it is obvious that the previous events had a huge impact on Kogoro Mori and Inspector Megure, especially Kogoro Mori, who asked Nagaro Uejima for details.

"That lady is the wife of Master Ichimatsu's disciple?" After learning this, Kogoro Mori was even more shocked.

Is this the master poaching his disciple?

Is Manletei Ichimatsu really that outrageous?

Uejima Nagaro nodded, "Yes, his name is Kisaburo."

Inspector Megure had heard of this person as "a very popular storyteller of the younger generation, and she was originally that person's wife." It was really unexpected.

Uejima Nagaro nodded, "Later, she divorced that man, and it seems that Master Ichimatsu has been taking care of her since then." Uejima Nagaro shrugged and said, "This is my guess. Master Ichimatsu should have provided financial assistance to that lady."

Aoki Matsu frowned when he heard this.

Some of the things that this Uejima Nagaro said... are so unbearable that you can't help but think in a distorted way.

Maori Kogoro had obviously seen a lot of storms and waves. Hearing this, he pretended not to hear the hidden meaning of Uejima Nagaro and said with a smile: "He is such a good man."

"For my part, I'm quite worried about Master Ichimatsu. I hope he hasn't been deceived." Nagaro Uejima said worriedly.

Maori Kogoro curiously asked, "What do you mean?"

"Does it make sense for a woman to get close to a master who expelled her husband from his school?" Uejima Nagaro said righteously, "Because there are rumors everywhere that Master Ichimatsu has saved a small amount of money. I'm afraid she didn't deliberately get close to him for the money."

"What you mean is that you can't judge a book by its cover, right?" Kogoro Mori concluded succinctly.

Inspector Megure also interrupted and said, "Is there still such a thing as human touch? Is it just the world of Rakugo stories?"

Qing Musong thought for a moment and said, "But why aren't they relatives? The master accepted an apprentice, and this apprentice is promising, so it's possible that he is acting as a matchmaker for his relatives! I think if there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense. Rumors can kill people. Maybe the two are just relatives."

At this point, Qing Musong said, "Fortunately, Miss Yuko is Dr. Agasa's niece, and they have the same surname. Otherwise, according to your speculation, she might not be able to explain it clearly. After all, Miss Yuko lived in Dr. Agasa's house before."

When seeing a young woman being intimate with an older man, people would think that their relationship is abnormal, or that the woman is materialistic.

Anyone who has this kind of thought for the first time has the dirtiest thoughts.

Could it be that the two could not be father and daughter, or uncle and nephew?