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"Oh, right, Xiaolan, look what goodies I prepared for you!"

On the way to the Medieval Art Museum, Sonoko mysteriously took out an exquisitely packaged box from her bag and said excitedly.

"What is it, Sonoko? You've told me many times. It's rare to find something that can make you so excited~"

Xiaolan also looked at the box in Yuanzi's hand curiously and asked. For her, she knew that her best friend liked handsome guys the most, or things related to handsome guys.

But this time, it actually seems like I can like him, so it shouldn’t be something related to handsome guys.

Knowing her best friend's curiosity, Yuanzi opened the box without hesitation, revealing a pink square about the size of a palm. There was a peony logo printed on the back of the square, and the flower factory's pinyin "HUACHANG" was printed in silver below.

(Flower factory, change the logo. I originally wanted to use a piece of fruit with a missing corner or something ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌, but on second thought, forget it. After all, the peony is our national flower in history, so it's better to borrow it than to use the cherry blossom, which is our national flower nowadays. It seems that our national flower has not been determined yet. I searched and found that only peonies and plum blossoms have been used in history. So if you plan to go high-end, use the peony, which is elegant and luxurious, and if you plan to go a little lower, use the plum blossom, which is fresh and refined. There is no such thing as low-end. The peony model cannot be purchased alone.)

"What is this?" Xiaolan was immediately attracted by the beautiful pink square in front of her. For girls, this color is undoubtedly very attractive.

"Dangdangdang, this is what I want to give you, a smartphone!" Sonoko finally said the name of the thing in front of her. Then she picked up the phone and handed it to Xiaolan.

"Smartphone? What is that, Sonoko?" Xiaolan took the phone and looked at it carefully.

"A smartphone is a smart mobile device. It's a small, evolved computer with the ability to make phone calls!"

Yuanzi didn't know how to explain it. When Hua Lantian introduced him to them, he said a lot of things, but she didn't understand them. However, she did summarize some of them, so she had to bite the bullet and explain to her best friend.

"A minicomputer?! That must be very expensive, Sonoko, you really don't have to do that. It's too expensive. And I've never heard of it before. It must not be something that's normally circulated on the market..."

Xiaolan obviously didn't care about the phone call, but heard the small computer. She was not someone like Mouri Kogoro who didn't know much about computers. Mouri Kogoro didn't know much about computers, and Inspector Megure was really a computer idiot.

You have to know that at that time, the price of a portable computer was quite expensive, let alone this kind of small computer, the price was simply unimaginable.

The father-in-law and son-in-law, who were originally in a bad mood, came over to look at what Xiaolan was holding when they heard about the smartphone.

Especially Conan, he felt like he had seen this little square somewhere.

Kogoro Mouri stared with his eyes wide open. He knew that this must be something of great value and must not be damaged.

"It's okay, Xiaolan. This will be on the market soon. This and mine are a pair of bestie phones. I asked my dad to customize them for us. Just take it!"

"Besides, after this goes on the market, I heard Brother Lantian and my dad discuss that it won't be particularly expensive. Anyone can afford it!"

Sonoko could see that her best friend was embarrassed to ask for something that she felt would be very expensive.

She also knew that her best friend was not the kind of person who would accept anything she gave you with a clear conscience, especially since she was the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group, and she had never seen Xiaolan trying to curry favor with her.

"Oh, so that's the case. Then I'll accept it. Thank you, Sonoko!" Seeing that Sonoko said so, Xiaolan couldn't refuse, so she accepted it.

Then she remembered something and said, "Yuanzi, you just said that Brother Lantian and Uncle Suzuki were discussing the price. Could it be that Brother Lantian was also involved in this smartphone thing?"

After saying that, she, Kogoro Mouri and Conan all looked at Hua Lantian who was driving.

"Of course, Xiaolan, this is the first product that Uncle Suzuki and I collaborated on!"

Hua Lantian saw that they were all looking at him, so he answered quickly.

"Dr. Agasa provided the technology, I provided the ideas and some of the funding, and Uncle Suzuki provided the manpower, the venue, and the remaining funding... It's a three-party collaboration!"

he continued.

"Dr. Agasa?!" Now it was Conan's turn to be shocked. He finally understood why he always felt that this thing was so familiar. It turned out that when the washing machine was still a drum, he went to Dr. Agasa's house and saw Dr. Agasa tinkering with a small cube in a mysterious way.

But given the relationship between him and me, Dr. Agasa actually kept it a secret, and then I consciously stopped being curious. I didn't expect that he would make this thing, because it was so similar! And before, the doctor also said that he was his client, so this made sense.

"Yes, Dr. Agasa is a very good scientist! I heard that Conan, many of your things now are high-tech things given to you by Dr. Agasa..."

Hua Lantian noticed that Conan's expression was very interesting at this time, and he did not forget to nod at him and ridicule this guy who didn't understand how great Dr. Agasa was.

He obviously used so many good things from Dr. Agasa, but I didn't believe he could make good things before. It's really amazing.

Conan was stunned into silence. He felt a little embarrassed at this moment. After all, he had used several of the six pieces of equipment that Professor Agasa had given him. Although he had previously despised Professor Agasa's inventions, he still used them honestly now, and he was very satisfied every time he used them...

"Xiaolan, let's not talk about these things anymore. It's so boring. Let me teach you how to use it. This is a very convenient thing!"

Yuanzi quickly brought the topic back to where it was straying, then pulled her best friend over and began to teach her how to use a smartphone.

"Look, this is the case of returning to the homepage. It also opens a search page. The best part is, it has fingerprint recognition! It's really good for taking photos, and it can also record videos and so on.

It can also be used for some simple Internet activities. The phone also has some simple entertainment activities, and you can play some built-in games. Of course, I don’t need to tell you about functions such as making calls..."

"Wow, this is amazing!" Xiaolan was deeply attracted by the functions that Sonoko mentioned.

She had just asked the washing machine that had made a mistake to buy her a new flip phone, and was still marveling at how great the new phone was. Now Yuanzi gave her an even more amazing one, and when she got the phone, she felt it was a little unreal.

(After all, it was the washing machine that broke the phone...)

Conan and Kogoro Mouri, who were eavesdropping on the side, were also deeply shocked. They just thought it sounded very powerful before, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful.

……

“Squeak…”

"Okay, we're here. Everyone, stop studying. Conan and Uncle Maori, I'll bring you two newly produced smartphones in a few days. Study them yourselves then. Don't stare at Xiaolan's phone with your mouth watering..."

Hua Lantian parked the car some distance away from the Medieval Art Museum and said speechlessly.

After all, at this time, Kogoro Mouri and Conan in the car had their eyes shining, and were completely attracted by the smartphone. It was also because of Xiaolan's power, otherwise both of them would have rushed forward to grab the phone and study it.

When Hua Lantian said he would give one to each of them, he ignored Xiaolan's phone, sat up straight, made a gesture of thanks, and quickly opened the car door and got out.

Hua Lantian stared blankly at the two of them getting off the car, while Xiaolan held her forehead speechlessly, then got off as well. Yuanzi said hello and followed closely behind.

Everyone arrived at the entrance of the Medieval Art Museum, which looked like a brick-built art museum. The words "Medieval Art Museum" were written in large letters on the left doorpost, and there was an identical doorpost on the right. The entire gatehouse was H-shaped.

The entire building is symmetrical. Fortunately, it is a symmetrical building, otherwise our Professor Teiji Moriya would have bad intentions.

Everyone walked into the art museum and began their tour.

There are artworks from the Middle Ages to later periods. Of course, since it is a medieval art gallery, the exhibits from the Middle Ages are the most numerous.

The main ones are various oil paintings, including those of women and children, various objects, and some abstract paintings...

"Wow! So many beautiful paintings! It's really nice to be here! Look at these, such beautiful colors!" Xiaolan opened her arms and looked at the paintings in front of her with emotion. She had completely forgotten the purpose of coming here in the first place.

But our Miss Sonoko hasn't forgotten yet. She is pretending to look at the painting while looking around to find any clues of moving armor.

As for the father-in-law and son-in-law, they put their hands in their pockets, turned their backs to her, and glanced at her with some impatience.

Our Hua Lantian was standing next to Xiaolan, looking at the paintings and marveling at them. Although he couldn't understand what was so good about these so-called works of art, it could only be said that wild boars can't stomach fine bran. It could also be that Chinese people can't understand foreigners' things, but that doesn't stop him from pretending to know.

Our powerful old man with a lot of beard and eyebrows suddenly appeared behind Xiaolan like a ghost, smiling and asking happily: "You like it, don't you, Miss? I like this painting too!"

"Ah! No, it should be the works here! I like them all! They are like my children, so cute!" He changed the subject and continued.

Xiaolan was momentarily confused by the strange words spoken by this strange old man who suddenly appeared. She looked at him politely and asked, "Excuse me, who are you...?"

"Oh, sorry, I'm rude! I'm the director here, my last name is Ochiai! Hello!" The strange old man realized that he was a little rude just now, and quickly apologized and introduced himself.

"It's the director, sorry~" Xiaolan said suddenly realizing.

"Okay, please enjoy it slowly!" Director Ochiai said kindly again.

Then he turned his head and saw a man picking up a displayed painting without any protective measures.

Suddenly, he was horrified, his eyes didn't even close, his pupils widened and he screamed in shock, "Ahhh...!"

"Kubota! What are you doing? You must wear gloves when handling your work! I've told you several times! Have you forgotten?" He immediately shouted at the man.

Startled by his sudden roar, Kubota quickly turned around and looked at him, then looked at his hands and said indifferently, "I'm sorry..."

"You don't have to do it anymore!" Director Ochiai walked quickly forward and spoke to him sternly.

He changed his attitude again and said to a slightly plump man who was tidying up on the other side, "Iijima, I'm leaving this to you!"

Unlike Kubota, he at least wore gloves while inspecting the exhibits. Although he knew their art museum probably wouldn't last much longer, he felt it was best to treat humanity's artistic treasures well now, as he probably wouldn't have the chance to do so again in the future...

Kubota sneered, then his eyes became much colder, "Hmph...!", and he walked away without looking back in his leather shoes.

At this time, there was another voice that no one except the staff of the Medieval Museum had ever heard.

"Just like usual, there are very few people here!" A slightly fat man with strange eyes brought a person wearing clothes of similar color as Director Ochiai. It was obvious that they were his secretary or other subordinates or people who followed him to handle things.

"Boss Manaka!" Director Ochiai greeted him.

Although I don't like Boss Manaka, I still have to respect him. After all, he said in the beginning that he would manage this medieval art museum for me. That means I respect people who have similar interests to me.

Boss Manaka looked around and began to remind him in a bad tone, saying, "In ten days, this place will be closed! I'll trouble you to take good care of it for a while..."

"Take good care of these rusty pieces of scrap metal!" He lowered his head and spoke in a more sinister tone.

Then he looked at the silent person behind him and said, "Mr. Designer, where are the design drawings?", and then he left.

"Oh, yes!" The designer behind him reacted, responded, and followed him.

After they left, Xiaolan also moved forward and asked curiously with a look of loss, "Is this art museum about to disappear?"

"Yes, the previous boss had to sell the art museum to Mr. Manaka because his company went bankrupt..." Director Ochiai said helplessly.

"The previous owner sold it to Mr. Manaka because he wanted to continue running the art museum! But shortly after he bought it, he decided to renovate it into a hotel!"

Iijima came up to provide additional explanation, and at the same time glanced viciously at the place where Boss Manaka was at the back.

"Clang! Clang..." The crisp sound of an iron object falling to the ground reached everyone's ears. Everyone looked towards the source of the sound in amazement.

It was Kubota. He had dropped his knight's helmet on the ground and was now hurriedly picking it up.

"That person is being violent towards the work again!" Conan cursed in his heart.

"You must be that Kubota! I've heard the rumors about you! You guys need to get the money together quickly! Hehehahahaha..."

Boss Manaka looked at Kubota, who was holding a knight's helmet, and said with disdain. Then he walked away laughing.

He's really a bit too arrogant. Two Death Gods are here, and he still dares to be so arrogant. No one can stop you today, except Hua Lantian???

Kubota watched him walk over, then slammed his knight's helmet onto the cart and cursed, "Damn it!"

"Ah, here it comes again!" Our Conan thought again.

"Well, everyone, take your time to enjoy it!" Director Ochiai had just finished saying this and was about to comfort the lost Iijima and leave when our Hua Lantian, who had been silent all this time, finally took action.

"Please wait a moment, Director Ochiai!" Hua Lantian stopped Director Ochiai from leaving...