Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

A few days later, the fire festival in Gunma Prefecture's Red Oni Village began! As everyone celebrated with drums and gongs, many young men and women threw torches onto the altar.

At first, everyone was throwing torches excitedly, until a young girl threw out a torch, and the increasingly strong flames collapsed the originally burning wooden frame, revealing the corpse hidden inside.

"what…"

A loud scream broke the silence of the night, causing everyone at the originally lively fire festival to stop what they were doing, wanting to know what was happening.

----

On the other side, in the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri was excitedly opening an envelope containing a stack of money.

That’s right, this was the reward that Kogoro Mouri received these days. Kogoro Mouri received a commission to track someone and earned so much money easily.

He was counting the money and drinking beer while muttering, "Brother Fujiwara, this kind of work is really easy. I can earn 50 just by following a man for three days."

"Hehehe~ Brother Mori, as long as you are happy!" Fujiwara Hiroshi did not spoil the fun and also agreed with Mori Kogoro. Of course, he was not idle during these three days when Mori Kogoro went out to complete the tracking mission.

He did not come to the detective agency directly, but went to Noriko Okatani's apartment and spent three days comfortably. Noriko Okatani also tried her best to repay Fujiwara Hiroshi, so Fujiwara Hiroshi enjoyed the ultimate experience.

"But I didn't expect that there would be such an easy job." Kogoro Mouri was cheering over there.

"Come on, don't you know what's wrong with you? You're following someone and knocking over golf clubs in the store, attracting everyone's attention.

If the man being followed hadn't been so clueless, he wouldn't have noticed anything unusual. Exposing yourself to the person being followed is a big no-no.

If someone is a little smarter and more clever, they will be startled if they see this familiar figure behind them again.

When such a conspicuous and familiar face appears around you, it is hard not to attract other people's attention and make them realize that they are being followed."

Conan rolled his eyes and complained about Mouri Kogoro in his heart. He felt that if Fujiwara Hiroshi knew that Mouri Kogoro could make such a mistake while following someone, he would want to die.

"This means that more and more people in society recognize that Dad is a famous detective." Xiaolan didn't think as much as Conan. She was also sincerely happy to see Kogoro Mouri earn the money easily.

So this time, I didn't care about Kogoro Mouri drinking and celebrating in broad daylight. You know, since Eri Kisaki moved back, Kogoro Mouri has had few opportunities to drink at night.

In the past, I could go to the izakaya from time to time to drink with the mamasan, but now there is definitely no such opportunity, so I can only drink secretly during the day when Kisaki Eri is not at home.

And it is obvious that there is more than just Eri Kisaki who is keeping an eye on Kogoro Mouri in this family. Xiaolan is responsible for supervising Kogoro Mouri's drinking during the day.

Now Kogoro Mouri has just earned 50 yen and is in an excited state. Under such circumstances, Xiaolan must not spoil Kogoro Mouri's interest.

That's why I spoke words of praise and affirmation to Kogoro Mouri today instead of stopping him at this time.

"Hahahaha... Actually, every time I encounter a problem, I can solve the case, which is incredible to me."

Kogoro Mouri laughed wildly again with his tongue sticking out, and then spoke his true feelings.

Normally, Kogoro Mori would take all the credit for himself, but only in this situation where he was half drunk would he reveal the truth.

"Because it was Brother Fujiwara who solved the case. When Brother Fujiwara was not around, I solved it all. What can you solve?"

When Conan heard what Mouri Kogoro said, he rolled his eyes at him again. Mouri Kogoro actually took all these for himself. When it comes to shamelessness, Mouri Kogoro is the one who deserves it.

"But having said that, ever since Conan came, Dad's work has been going smoothly. And with the addition of Brother Fujiwara, the entire detective agency has been like a duck in water."

Xiaolan also sighed and thought about it for a while. She felt that the changes only happened after Conan came.

"Oh..." Conan became a little nervous. When he heard what Xiaolan said, his heart almost jumped into his throat, because if he reasoned one step further, he would find out that he was the one who was reasoning on behalf of Kogoro Mouri.

"Could it be... Conan is here to bring us good luck!" Xiaolan said this, and Conan was almost scared silly. Xiaolan was already very close to the truth.

"Hehehe...how could that be!" Conan could only hide his embarrassment and nervousness with a silly smile, not to mention that this method was similar to the one used by Kogoro Mouri two days ago.

"Ran, what are you thinking about? It's strange that a child like him, abandoned by his parents, can bring good luck. This is all due to the excellence of my great detective, Maori Kogoro."

Kogoro Mouri didn't believe what Xiaolan said at all and wondered what all this had to do with Conan.

"You don't need to tease me..." Conan disagreed in his heart, but he could only protest in his heart and didn't dare to refute it out loud.

At 8: PM this evening, a charred male body was found on the high platform of the Red Oni Village Fire Festival in Gunma Prefecture, where tourists are currently gathering.

At this moment, an urgent news broadcast by the TV station attracted everyone's attention, and the laughter in the detective agency came to an abrupt end.

【According to the deceased's belongings, the deceased's name is Negishi Masaki, and he is 42 years old.】

The news was still being broadcast. As a detective, he would definitely pay special attention to news about a death, but when Kogoro Mouri heard the identity of the deceased, he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"What!?" Kogoro Mouri grabbed both sides of the TV and looked carefully at the appearance of the deceased projected on the TV.

[According to the police's deduction, the possibility of homicide is extremely high and the investigation is currently ongoing...]

"It is indeed this person, there is no doubt about it!" Kogoro Mouri's mood changed visibly, and he was very nervous.

"What's wrong, Dad?" Xiaolan asked quickly when she saw that Kogoro Mouri was not in a good state.

"Hmm! If I'm not mistaken, this deceased person should be the man that Maori brother was following, right? I know that anyone who has been followed by Maori brother is most likely dead."

Fujiwara Hiroshi spoke at this time.