Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 520 Someone is dead!
Xiaolan chose the beach near the airport as the travel destination this time. Not only can she enjoy the sea view, but she can also occasionally look up at the passenger planes that have just taken off.

"Huh? The sea view here is also very nice~"

After drinking water all the way, Lie finally arrived at the beach and felt his mouth was better. After getting off the car, he looked around with great interest.

"This place was recommended to me by Yuanzi. She had been here with her family before." Xiaolan smiled and explained why she chose this place. She looked at the beach, which was crowded with tourists but still relatively empty, and clapped her hands and suggested, "I brought picnic equipment and a grill... I think we can have lunch here on the beach!"

"Yeah? Barbecue?" Lie's eyes lit up, and he nodded desperately while pulling Conan's dog head, and then asked a question, "But where can I buy the ingredients? There doesn't seem to be a special barbecue stall here..."

Xiaolan smiled and said, "Yuanzi told me that the hotel next door provides food, and they also rent out grills and other things..."

People eat for food.

Eating is definitely the most important thing in life... What's more, almost everything Lie ate in the morning was poison;
When he heard that there was delicious barbecue waiting for him, he immediately pulled Conan, identified the direction of the hotel, and rushed over first, "That's it, right? I'll be there right away~"

"Eh? Mr. Lin! Wait a minute, I haven't yet--" Xiaolan raised her hand to stop Lie.

But how fast is Lie?
In the blink of an eye, the man had already rushed out a hundred meters.

"…make a reservation with the hotel."

Mao Lilan put down her hand dejectedly.

It's still some time before noon, and she originally thought of calling to order the ingredients first, and then picking them up after playing for a while...Because the beach barbecue buffet here is actually quite popular, you have to make a reservation in advance.

Who knew Mr. Lin would be so anxious?
Hiroki, who was left behind by Rei, calmly comforted her:
"It's okay, Sister Xiaolan. Uncle Lin will definitely come back when he finds out he can't get the ingredients. Don't worry about him."

It’s also good to let Uncle Lie exercise.

"...That's true." Xiaolan nodded helplessly, holding the beach ball and looking around, "Eh? Conan...where is he?"

"Ah, it seems he was taken away by Uncle Lin."

Hiroki and Xiaolan looked in the direction where Rei left and were silent for a moment.

Suddenly two people are missing...it seems like the fun is completely gone.

Kogoro Mouri, who had parked the car, finally arrived at this time.

"Hmm? Where is Mr. Lin?"

"I'm going to the hotel to get ingredients for the barbecue...but I didn't make a reservation, so I probably won't be able to buy them."

"Oh...what? Barbecue? Wait, I'll go get some wine from the hotel!"

Xiaolan: "..."

Member-3, what should she play? How about playing beach volleyball with Hiroki?

Hiroki: “…”

Every time I go out with Conan, something happens... I hope Uncle Lie can take Conan away and not come back.

……

Airport hotel.

Rei, who brought Conan here, went to the front desk to confirm again and again. He was extremely disappointed when he learned that he could not get the ingredients without a reservation.

"Alas, it was a wasted trip."

Lie sighed and took another sip of water.

If he had known this earlier, he would have eaten some instant noodles before coming out.

Conan was held in Lie's arms, but he was not surprised at all. He just looked speechless, "Mr. Lin, many people know that we need to make reservations for ingredients here..."

"But I don't know." Lie was very confident and grabbed Conan's big head twice, "Okay, let's go back first~"

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

When Conan found that Lie was about to go back, he suddenly stretched out his little hand and placed it in front of Lie.

Lie blinked, "What?" "It's about yesterday's case...discussion meeting." Conan hesitated for a moment and said directly, "Yesterday, the manager Matsumoto who participated in the discussion was actually impersonated by someone."

Lie continued blinking, "Oh~ is that true?"

There was no doubt on his face at all, which made Conan see at once that Lie definitely knew something.

Conan's expression suddenly turned ugly, "Mr. Lin, do you know?"

"Ah~ I know he's not the real person." Lie didn't mean to hide it, with a smile on his face, "Besides him, there was another person at the scene at that time."

Conan: “?!”

Another person? Could it be Vermouth?

"Mr. Lin, do you know what those people are doing?" Conan suddenly grabbed Lie's collar, his eyes full of sharpness, "Can you tell me? Those guys, exactly..."

He no longer expected Lie to help him.

But, it should be okay to get some information...right?
Lie continued blinking and said with a smile: "Ah~ Actually, I don't know much about it. It's just that they sneaked into the Metropolitan Police Department to find the criminal in the case."

"...Does the prisoner have information about that organization?"

"Well, I don't know about that."

"But, Manager Matsumoto's office in the back was turned upside down, this..."

"Oh~ I can't explain it clearly." Lie held Conan's head, "I'm not from that organization~ How do I know what they want to do, right?"

Conan covered his head before Lie pressed on him, fearing that he would be bald. He looked at Lie seriously and earnestly: "Then Mr. Lin, what does your 'Mask Gang' do?"

Lie's eyes flashed, "Well..."

He was thinking about how to trick Conan when he heard a scream from the hotel receptionist:
"What? Someone's dead?!"

"I understand... Keep the other guests at bay! I'll contact the police right away..."

The voice of the front desk waiter immediately attracted the attention of Lie and Conan.

Conan was the most direct. He immediately put aside everything related to the organization, jumped off Lie and ran to the front desk: "Uncle! What happened?"

The waiter who was about to call the police stopped and found that the person he was questioning was a child. He didn't want to tell the other party, but an inexplicable force made him blurt out: "Yes, the guest in room 1207 seems to have died in the room..."

1207...

Conan accurately captured the key words, and then ran into the elevator that was about to go up.

Just as Conan reached the elevator door, he was almost trapped by the door. Fortunately, someone reached out to help block it.

Conan immediately expressed his gratitude: "Thank you...eh?"

After thanking him, Conan looked up and found that the person who helped block it was actually Lie...

"Ah~ You're welcome~" Lie smiled and lifted Conan up, "The twelfth floor, right?"

Then he held Conan's little hand and pressed the button for the 12th floor.

Conan: "..."

Mr. Lin, is it unnecessary for you to be so cautious?
Leaving fingerprints here is not a big deal...

Suddenly, Conan's mind moved, and he looked at Lie suspiciously, "Mr. Lin, about this matter, you..."

Lie, who had already seen what Conan was suspicious of, said: "..."

Oh, does he look like such a bad guy?

"It's wrong to make random assumptions about others!" Lie tapped Conan's forehead, "Go up and take a look at the situation first."

(End of this chapter)