My neighbor's name is Conan

"Huh? This is the udon shop that everyone recommends?" Maori Kogoro looked at the shop in front of him with some disappointment. "It's obviously just an ordinary house!"

Qing Musong smiled and said, "A great man hides himself in the city. Many stores like this."

He remembered that in his previous life he had found a Michelin one-star restaurant located in a basement.

Private restaurants in Neon like to do this.

"Dad, let's go in." said Mao Lilan.

As soon as I opened the door, someone immediately greeted me with “Welcome!”

Maori Kogoro saw the side dishes at the first glance and said excitedly: "Isn't this a side dish for drinking?"

"Dad, those are the ingredients for udon noodles!" said Mao Lilan.

Then several people took their seats and ordered different udon noodles.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." An elderly woman came over with a tray and served udon noodles.

"Here it comes, here it comes." Kogoro Mouri suddenly felt a little excited.

As the woman was putting it on top, she said, "You can go there and choose the tempura you like."

"Yes!" Conan replied.

Mao Lilan took a bite and praised: "It's delicious."

"It's chewy and smooth, and it's really authentic." Suzuki Sonoko also praised.

Sayuri agreed, "Yeah, it's delicious."

"Oh, this really surprises me. In that case, I'll try my best." said Kogoro Mouri.

Qing Musong was stunned. "What are you fighting for?"

"That's it..." Kogoro Mouri pointed to the side.

"Which one?" Mao Lilan asked curiously.

"The one on the wall." said Kogoro Mouri.

Everyone turned to look and saw a picture of the seaside - Challenge to eat all the Sanuki Udon.

Aoki Matsu doesn't believe it!

If it is a challenge to drink all major wines.

Aoki Matsu definitely believed it.

As expected, not only Qing Musong, but others also didn't believe it.

After eating udon, everyone prepared to go hiking.

When I left the shop, the kind lady boss of the shop held the crutches and said, "Ladies, I'll lend you these crutches. Just return them to me on your way back."

"Thank you very much." Conan, Sayuri and Mouri Ran took the crutches.

Maori Kogoro saw this and complained: "Why do you still need a cane? It's not like you're doing any extra work."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu laughed and teased, "Wait a minute, Uncle Maori, please don't use it."

Instead, he felt that the person most likely to use the cane was not the two children, Conan and Sayuri, but Kogoro Mouri.

As it turns out – it’s true!

The first person to use a cane to help him walk was Kogoro Mouri.

After climbing up a flight of stairs, Maori Kogoro leaned on his crutches and panted heavily, "Huff... cough cough... haha... huff... "

Then, seeing another staircase in front of him and another staircase in front of him, Maori Kogoro asked in despair, "How many steps are there?"

Mao Lilan held the guide booklet and said, "I went to the top of the Gohongu Shrine and it said..."

"Level 785." Shinname Kaori continued.

"That's right." Mao Lilan confirmed.

"Ah!" Maori Kogoro and Suzuki Sonoko were both shocked "785!!!"

Aoki Matsu added: "It's equivalent to a 60-story building."

"what!"

But then Suzuki Sonoko thought of a solution - she used her money to hire a sedan chair and had two strong men carry her on it.

"Hahaha, why didn't you say it at the beginning? Really." Suzuki Sonoko said leisurely while sitting in the sedan.

If Suzuki Sonoko had known there were 785 steps, she would have hired a sedan chair long ago.

Aoki Matsu looked at Shinname Kaori and Sayuri and asked, "Do you want to ride in a sedan?"

"It would be boring to ride in a sedan chair," said Shinna Xiang Baoli. Climbing the long steps is indeed tiring, but this is also the meaning of coming to this attraction.

Sayuri also shook her head.

Seeing this, Qing Musong didn't say anything.

After walking for a while, Mao Lilan suddenly found that Mao Li Kogoro was missing, and asked quickly: "Dad?"

"Over there." Conan pointed to a pub behind and said.

Mao Lilan took a closer look and saw that Mao Li Kogoro had already ordered the food and drinks and was drinking.

After taking a sip, Maori Kogoro praised: "It tastes great. Local sake is really different."

"Dad, you're not going to pray." Mao Lilan said angrily while standing at the door of the pub.

Maori Kogoro raised his wine glass and made a surrender gesture. "Sorry, please help me bow."

"Eh..." Maori Ran was stunned by Maori Kogoro's words.

Maori Kogoro said confidently: "Kinmaru-za is right there, isn't it? I'll wait for you here." Then he raised his voice and said, "Granny, another bottle."

Ha ha……

As expected of Kogoro Mouri, it is indeed so.

Aoki Matsu had already guessed the result.

We climbed all the way up and finally reached Kinmaru-za.

After worshipping the deity, everyone started to visit.

"It turns out that Jin Kunluo is the patron saint of the sea." Sayuri said.

"It's true." Suzuki Sonoko agreed.

Mao Lilan also said: "I heard that people who work at sea all respect it very much."

"It's almost time, let's go to Kinmaruza." said Shinna Kaori.

Suzuki Sonoko said excitedly, "I can finally go!" Then she said with some longing, "I wonder if Ito Tamanosuke is doing well."

"And there's Miss Kataoka Renka," added Mao Lilan.

Hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko's mood suddenly became a little worse. "Yes, let's get to the point." Then she started gossiping, "I wonder if the two of them are still so good. Ito Tamanosuke is my target."

Mao Lilan was a little speechless, "Sonoko, you~"

"Sonoko, what do you think about me telling this to Kyogoku-san?" Aoki Matsu teased.

"Ah, brother Aoki, no, I'm just kidding." Suzuki Sonoko instantly got scared.

When everyone arrived at Kinmaru-za, they saw Ito Tamonsuke and Kataoka Renka. The two of them standing together looked quite a good match.

"Welcome to our place. It's really a bother for you to come from afar." Ito Tamonsuke said with a smile.

"No where." Everyone said with a smile.

"Conan." Just then, a little girl ran over and ran happily to Conan.

Conan also smiled and said, "Emi, hello."

She looked around as if she was looking for someone.

Conan asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

"Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and the others didn't come today. Only you and Sayuri came?" asked Ito Megumi.

Conan smiled and replied, "Well, they all have things to do and can't come."

"That's great, Emi is so happy." Ito Emi said happily while holding Conan's hand.

"You, a four-eyed frog, are quite popular." Suzuki Sonoko walked over, tapped Conan's head, and said with a sly smile.

[This guy...] Conan rolled his eyes.

"Everyone, please follow me." Ito Tamonsuke looked at them with a smile and made a gesture of invitation.

Everyone followed them to the door of an old building. Ito Tamanosuke opened the door and turned back to say to Aoki Matsu and the others, "Please come in. This is the entrance to the tea room, so be careful with your head."

Qing Musong took a look and found that the door was very low and an adult had to lower his head to walk in.

"Excuse me, haha, what is the entrance to the tea room?" Maori Kogoro smiled and bent over, and was the first to walk in, but he was hit in the face in an instant, and then he squatted down "Ah, it hurts so much."

"Dad." Mao Lilan saw this and hurried over to ask, "Are you okay?"

[Ah, this... I can only say this is very Maori Kogoro.] Aoki Matsu silently complained in his heart when he saw this.

Conan also complained in his heart, "I knew it would be like this."

Then everyone followed in and after passing through several doorways, they came to a spacious stage hall where some people were practicing for today's performance.

Ito Tamanosuke introduced the place to everyone as he walked. He said, "We are still preparing for the performance, so it's a bit messy."

"That's great!" Mao Lilan looked around with an amazed look on her face.

Aoki Matsu, Shinna Kaori, Suzuki Sonoko and others were also watching the surrounding environment.

"It just so happens that the stage is confirming the timing for the lift to go up and down." Ito Tamonsuke said with a smile.

"Lifting platform?" Suzuki Sonoko asked in surprise.

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw a platform on the stage. A man dressed as a warrior was squatting on the platform and slowly rising from the ground to the stage.

"It took several people pushing it up from the bottom together." Kataoka Renka explained with a smile.

There are very few electric lifts nowadays. Usually there are a few people gathered below, pushing the platform up.

Ito Tamanosuke introduced: "At that time, there will be actors, and from there, the climax of the drama will emerge."

"The stage is moving." Suddenly, Suzuki Sonoko said in surprise.

Following her gaze, she could see that the stage where the man dressed as a samurai was standing was slowly rotating.

"That's a revolving stage." Kataoka Renka said with a smile, "It's also turned by someone pushing it from below."

"It's all operated in the traditional way. In addition, the part under the stage is called Naraku." Ito Tamanosuke said, "That's because the drainage under the stage was not very good in the past, and the backstage staff had a hard time, so Naraku, which means hell, was taken."

To put it simply: there is nothing under the stage, a large space with mechanisms installed underneath that need people to push. This is a very traditional way of operation.

"That passage over there is called the Flower Road." Ito Hui pulled Conan's arm, pointed to a passage next to it, and said happily: "The actors all go from the small room inside through the audience area to the stage to prepare for the performance.

"There is a cutting hole in the middle. It is the same as the lifting platform on the stage just now. It is a device that can rise from the bottom." When Ito Tamonsuke was speaking, Aoki Matsu and others also saw the so-called cutting hole he was talking about.

It's a bit like the door of the basement entrance, square. I think there's a mechanism installed inside so it can be opened to both sides, and then when someone pushes it, a stage rises from below.

In fact, it is similar to a lift.

"Then, right above the flower path, there is a device that looks like a crane. It is a hanging rod. The actors are suspended by it and perform in mid-air." Ito Tamanosuke continued.

Qing Musong looked up and saw that there were several things like hooks on the beams above.

Ito Tamonsuke smiled and said: "The ceiling is made of bamboo woven into a grid, so that it can create effects such as falling cherry blossoms and snow."

"It's amazing!" Suzuki Sonoko said excitedly as she watched all this: "It feels like time has gone back 100 years."

"That's right." Shinname Kaori nodded in agreement.

The entire stage hall is indeed very retro, with many old lanterns hanging overhead, which looks very distinctive.

"It's 100 years old. Actually, the Kinmaru-za was built with the approval of the shogunate during the Tenpo period, near the end of the shogunate," Ito Tamanosuke said with a smile. "It's also the oldest stage theater in existence in Neon."

Kataoka Renka also said with a smile: "It is a great honor for an actor to be able to perform here."

"I heard that the performance today is a period drama based on The Phantom of the Opera, right?" Mao Lilan asked expectantly.

"Yes, with this gorgeous stage theater as the background, a weird man who hides his ugly mask with a mask, a pitiful singer, and her lover, a thriller full of love and hatred between the three people." Ito Tamanosuke said: "Today is not an opera, but a weirdo in the Kinkunro Theater."

"I'm looking forward to seeing it soon." Suzuki Sonoko said with shining eyes.

Suzuki Sonoko, who had sharp eyes, suddenly saw a handsome guy and asked, "Who is that?"

"He is Mr. Rausu Tatsuhiko who came specially to support our performance and is also a sponsor." Ito Megumi replied.

Sponsor!

"Rausu? I seem to have heard it somewhere." Suzuki Sonoko tilted her head, as if recalling something.

"Is it the Kansai Rausu Group?" Maori Kogoro suddenly said, "I remember reading in the newspaper that their chairman passed away, and his young son was just confirmed as the heir."

What no one expected was that this young heir to the consortium actually came over. "Ah!"

Suzuki Sonoko once again acted so self-indulgently that I covered my mouth [Could it be... No way, I hate it...]

Suzuki Sonoko was immersed in her own world. When the other person came over, she subconsciously bowed and greeted him: "Hello, I am Suzuki Sonoko..."

The other party ignored Suzuki Sonoko and seemingly everyone else, and walked straight up to Kataoka Renka, smiling and saying, "Come on, Renka. Don't forget that I, Rausu Tatsuhiko, am cheering for you."

"Uh..." Suzuki Sonoko realized belatedly that the other party was greeting Kataoka Renka, and her face suddenly turned ugly.

"Thank you." After hearing what Rausu Tatsuhiko said, Kataoka Renka turned her head slightly and said, "However, I will only play a small role in this performance."

"That's the problem. No matter how I think about it, I feel that you should be the main singer." After saying this, Rausu Tatsuhiko smiled and said, "I think we should just change it."

"Mr. Rausu." Ito Tamanosuke walked up to him, stared into his eyes, and said, "Who plays which role can only be decided by me, the seat leader, not you, the sponsor."

The two looked at each other, with a hint of gunpowder in their eyes...