Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

"Why do you always manage to sneak some food when there are a lot of people..."

"Ms. Miyano, what are you doing?"

Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki walked over from a short distance away and asked curiously when they saw Qi Ming's actions.

Ai Haibara and Qi Ming both turned their heads, and Qi Ming laughed without hesitation:

"Hehe, it's nothing, just showing Ai the pocket money my darling gave me."

"..."

Ai Haibara couldn't help but glare at Qi Ming.

Although something felt off, Qi Ming's current explanation actually made a lot of sense.

"Miss Miyano is really popular. Ran and I were just thinking of having a girls' party with you and Ai."

Ai Haibara wanted to make it clear that this was not a women's club.

Sonoko Suzuki looked at Qi Ming with a sigh, wishing she had his charm.

However, Sonoko Suzuki paused for a moment.

Kyogoku Makoto doesn't like me? He's a karate master, a high-quality man.

Hmm, I underestimated myself. She's quite charming too, there's no need to envy others.

"Not at all, every girl has her own charm."

Qi Ming made a casual, polite remark, glancing at Suzuki Sonoko's hair.

I remember telling Sonoko Suzuki to change her hairstyle before, but it was all ignored.

The three then chatted casually about their daily lives.

Perhaps because she had promised to help Qi Ming take care of Ai Haibara, Ran Mouri seemed particularly considerate and frequently brought up Ai Haibara.

This made the quiet little girl a bit uncomfortable.

"By the way, Ms. Miyano and Ai-chan, do you know that man named Char?"

Ran Mouri asked Qi Ming and Ai Haibara.

"know."

"He's a jerk."

Qi Ming and Ai Haibara both answered, but the latter's answer was simpler and more direct.

"Scumbag? What did he do?"

Suzuki Sonoko sensed a hint of gossip and quickly asked out of curiosity.

The question was asked so quickly that Ran Mouri couldn't even stop Sonoko from asking it.

Garden!

How does Ai know that Char is a scumbag? Look at the situation!

It must be related to Ms. Miyano next to her. Don't remind people of sad things!

However, Ran Mouri guessed wrong this time. The scumbag was indeed Ms. Miyano, but not Musashi in front of her.

Ai Haibara glanced at Sonoko Suzuki, then looked at Ran Mouri, and said:

"You must have heard about my sister from Qi Ming, right? My sister became like that entirely because of this man."

"And now he's changed his name and is back to harm people. What a scumbag."

Well, Qi Ming has already verbally abused his sister so many times.

As the younger sister, if I slander her, my older sister should forgive me, right?

Besides, what she said wasn't wrong.

If it weren't for Shuichi Akai, my sister wouldn't have taken on the mission to rob money.

Then Qi Ming will neither accept the commission to help his sister get away, nor will he play around in the casino using Miyano Akemi's appearance.

Therefore, Shuichi Akai is simply the root of all evil!

"What? I never thought that handsome guy, no, that hypocrite, would actually be this kind of person?"

Sonoko Suzuki gasped, covering her mouth.

Ran Mouri, on the other hand, felt it even more deeply.

It turns out that the crazy woman wasn't born antisocial; she became like that because she was hurt by love.

Ran Mouri's mind was already racing, wondering what Shuichi Akai had done to turn such a normal girl into this crazy person.

hum-

The buzzing of the microphone echoed throughout the banquet hall, bringing everyone back to their senses, and their eyes turned to the stage in unison.

On the stage at the front of the banquet hall, Tokiwa Mio was already standing there with a microphone, seemingly out of nowhere.

Qi Ming shifted his gaze, only to find that Akai Shuichi, the beautiful director's personal bodyguard, was not present.

Why don't you kill him later and then rush over to Akai Shuichi and yell, "What exactly did you protect?"

No, she's going to deliver your car later. She's a good girl!

Qi Ming is fighting between the angel and the demon.

"Cough cough."

Seeing that everyone's attention was on her, Tokiwa Mio couldn't help but smile and say to everyone:

"Thank you all very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokiwa Foundation's Twin Towers skyscraper today."

"At the same time, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tokiwa Foundation, we specially held a game."

Tokiwa Mio raised her hand and pointed to an imported convertible and a mountain bike on the display stand on the left side of the banquet hall.

"The game is very simple; it's a 30-second guessing game that everyone has played before."

"After I announce the start of the game, the guest who can guess the exact 30 seconds without any error can drive our convertible home."

"If two people guess correctly at the same time or are close to guessing correctly, we will decide the winner by playing rock-paper-scissors, and the loser will have to take our mountain bike."

Tokiwa Mio then said:

"Our staff will need to temporarily collect everyone's watches in a moment."

"After the game ends, we will also give each of you a gem of equal value to your watch."

After he finished speaking, everyone in the room was silent for a moment before they all spontaneously applauded and praised him.

People from this big conglomerate really speak with authority; they give away gems without hesitation.

Those in the room who weren't wearing watches sighed in frustration.

"The Tokiwa Group is really generous. If I didn't know she was Tokiwa Mio, this would sound like something Jirokichi would say."

Sonoko Suzuki remarked while sipping her juice, only to be met with a glare from Ai Haibara.

The little girl squinted at Tokiwa Mio, then put her hands behind her back and said casually:

“People from big conglomerates wouldn’t be that stupid. Didn’t you hear him say gems of equal value?”

"They can judge the value of a person by the value of the watch. Giving away a low-value watch can help them gain some recognition by talking to others, while giving away a high-value watch is a way to do favors and facilitate negotiations."

"In the end, what seems like a free gift is actually driven by self-interest."

"...Is that so?"

Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri blinked as they listened to Ai Haibara's words.

Ran Mouri marveled at how much Ai Haibara knew, while Sonoko Suzuki seemed somewhat bewildered.

So there are so many tricks to my uncle's casual spending?