Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 450 The machine broke down! Sonoko gets a new hairstyle!
"Fine."

Xia Yu nodded and consciously went to the machine that allowed him to see what he would look like ten years from now, with Conan standing next to him, looking rather unwilling.

He also wanted to know if he would look any different in ten years, and since he was currently half-human and half-ghost, he wondered if this thing could really show him.

In the movie, the machine started up after Conan and Ai sat in this spot, but it didn't produce any results. The machine malfunctioned and didn't capture their images, which relieved Conan and Ai.

After all, they are all dangerous individuals, and it would be extremely dangerous if their future appearances were revealed.

Fortunately, no.

But now, it's uncertain whether the equipment will break down again.

However, Kitahara Natsuhiro didn't care; it was all about Conan.

Because Conan is very flustered inside, which is completely different from his usual self.

He felt that his identity was likely to be exposed, which would cause trouble.

At that time, he might get beaten into a pulp by Xiaolan.

It wasn't even up to those two guys to kill him back then.

"Mom, Dad, I'm about to embark on a long voyage. Please bless me!"

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Just as Conan was silently praying, the helmet fell off and was placed on his head.

The moment the helmet was put on, a streak of light flashed across the visor, just like taking a picture.

After his eyes were stimulated, Conan instinctively closed them, and at that moment, his future appearance may have been imprinted.

"Ugh, I'm doomed."

Buzz buzz.
At that moment, an explosion suddenly appeared on the machine's screen.

Looking at the scene, Hara Yoshiaki, who was standing to the side, said with a puzzled expression, "It actually malfunctioned. What bad luck."

This instrument was developed before, and internal staff even tested it for a while, and it was quite good.

And the failure rate is quite low, and they've even made modifications.

But now, the machine has malfunctioned again, this time when the last two people were on the machine.

That's why he said it was a coincidence.

"It malfunctioned?" Conan exclaimed as if he had heard heavenly music: "That's great! It actually malfunctioned! That means my future appearance won't be shown. That's fantastic!"

He almost jumped for joy, but there were many people around, so he needed to be a little shy and not stand out too much.

"Sigh, it's broken." Genta said from the side, "It's such a pity that we can't see what Conan will look like in the future."

"That's right." Ayumi hugged her beautiful future photo, a hint of regret mixed with a tiny bit of secret joy on her face. She thought to herself, "But Conan's future appearance will definitely be very handsome, matching my appearance just now!"

"As expected of Ayumi." Mitsuhiko couldn't help but mutter to himself when he saw Ayumi's smile.

"Is it broken?" Akiko Yonehara said with some disappointment, "It's a real shame that I can't see what your future looks like."

“What’s there to regret?” Kitahara Natsuyu stepped down and said with a smile, “I’m only in my twenties. In ten years, I’ll only be in my thirties. Men at this age are in their prime and their appearance will naturally not change. Unless I keep eating and drinking to my heart’s content for the next ten years and become a big fat man, then there will be no obvious changes.”

But that's obviously impossible, because he's now half-human and half-ghost, and no matter how much he eats and drinks, he can't gain weight.

This is a skill that many women dream of.

“That makes sense!” Akiko Yonehara nodded, agreeing with Natsuhiro Kitahara’s assessment.

Men can maintain a certain appearance for a long time, but women can't; once they reach thirty, they start to decline.

Fortunately, she looks exactly the same ten years later as she does now, without any difference. It seems she belongs to the category of "beautiful witches"!
In fact, Akiko Yonehara's ability to maintain such a youthful appearance is entirely thanks to Natsuhiro Kitahara.

Unfortunately, Akiko Yonehara was unaware that Natsuhiro Kitahara was half-human and half-demon.

And very few people know about this; only the Miyano sisters and Vermouth know.

As for the others, we don't know yet.

“Right!” Kitahara Natsuyu smiled, then went to the other people and looked at what they would look like ten years from now.

"Everyone is still as beautiful and handsome as ever, but Sonoko, you..."

He looked at the photo of the garden and couldn't help but laugh.

Because Sonoko's appearance ten years later looks like a wealthy woman, but she looks quite different from the Sonoko she is now. I wonder if it's because of her hairstyle.

Xiaolan's appearance hasn't changed much in the past ten years.

For more details, please refer to The Stranger Ten Years Later.

"Damn it, how did I become like this ten years later?" Sonoko held the photo in her hand, shaking her head and deep in thought: "What exactly happened to me in these ten years?"

"But you look very elegant like this," Xiaolan laughed.

"Charm?" Sonoko looked at the photos of Masumi, Akako, and Ran, and shook her head. "I'd rather not have that kind of charm. A woman's face is the most important thing."

"It's probably because of my hairstyle!" Xiaolan said.

"Hairstyle?" Sonoko paused for a moment, then touched her own hair and inadvertently noticed someone else's hairstyle: "Ai-neechan's hairstyle looks really good, and the color is the same as mine. Maybe I should get her hairstyle too?!"

Ai's hair is also permed, so some parts are curly, which makes it easy to manage.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu paused for a moment, then a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

In the movie, Sonoko got her hair permed, and after the perm, she looked nine-tenths like Shiho Miyano. The remaining two-tenths were due to her personality and some physical characteristics.

Because of this, she was almost shot in the head by Gin while riding the elevator. It was Conan who came up with a quick idea and said that her panties were showing, which saved Sonoko from being shot.

Later, when Sonoko learned that there was a sniper, she panicked and immediately revealed her true colors.

Gin also realized that this was not Sherry, but another woman.

This shows just how similar Sonoko and Ai are after Sonoko takes off her headband and gets her hair permed.

People who don't know them might think Sonoko and Ai are twin sisters!
Akemi Miyano: Am I an outsider now?

"Want to get your hair permed?" Ai walked over, looked at Sonoko's face, and said with a smile, "Your face shape is very pretty, but with this hairstyle, this face shape, and this headband, it doesn't look very good."

Why do you like wearing headbands?

"This?" Sonoko touched the headband on her head, looked at Ran beside her, and smiled broadly. "This headband was given to me by Ran. And I've been wearing headbands since I was very young."

The episode featuring the Sakura Class meeting shows Ran, Shinichi Kudo, and Sonoko as children; they were childhood friends in kindergarten.

"I think you could try changing your hairstyle," Ai said. "Take off your headband and fix your hair, and you'll look completely different and even prettier."

"Men are visual creatures. They will take the initiative when they see a beautiful woman, but sometimes they will feel inferior and think they are not good enough for her."

"Didn't you want to find a boyfriend? This is a great opportunity."

Hearing this, Sonoko thought it made a lot of sense: "That's right, I'm seventeen years old now, and I've kept this hairstyle for at least thirteen years. It's time to make a change."

"When I get back tonight, I'll have someone do my hair right away, and the model will be you, Ai-jie."

"May I take a picture of you?"

Ai Haibara said, "Sure, do as you please."

She's no longer afraid of her photos being leaked, so she can take pictures of them freely, even on television.

With Kitahara Natsuyu by his side, he was just that unrestrained!
“I think so too,” Sera Masumi said. “It’s time you changed your hairstyle.”

“That’s right, women need to be a little adaptable,” said Koizumi Akako.

"Let's give those boys at Teitan High School a little shock then!" Ran said with a smile.

"Mmm-hmm," Sonoko nodded quickly and said, "Okay, it's decided then. I'll have my sister make the arrangements for me now!"

"I can get my hair done when I get home!"

She's already quite impatient to see her new hairstyle and has even started fantasizing about it.

"Heh, that's really efficient," Conan thought to himself. "But that's normal. Anyway, we can just call those design masters to the Suzuki house, and then we can enjoy all those services."

Is this what life is like for the rich?

"very nice!"

He usually goes to barbershops and beauty salons.

However, he hasn't been to a beauty salon since he started junior high school.

After all, what would a grown man like him do in a place like a beauty salon?
“If Sonoko had really changed her hairstyle, the sniping incident wouldn’t have happened,” Kitahara Natsuhiro said. “After all, I’ve already taken proper measures.”

"Now, in the organization's eyes, Ai is a dead person, and she died after they saw her body. So Gin doesn't think Sherry is still alive, and he certainly won't come to snipe Sonoko."

"After all, in the movie, Gin came to snipe Sonoko because Ai was calling the apartment where her deceased sister lived, and Gin and Vodka overheard it, which led to this incident."

"But now, even if this incident doesn't happen, at most we'll just kill Hara Yoshiaki and blow up the Tokiwa Zaibatsu's main control room."

"No major problem, everything is under control."

After this little incident, everyone went to play other games, and Hara Yoshiaki and his secretary Sawaguchi Chinami did their best to explain and guide everyone through the games.

So everyone had a lot of fun, except for Conan.

But at that moment, Chinami Sawaguchi received a call from her boss, Mio Tokiwa.

"Everyone, our president just called to say that other guests have arrived, including Mr. Kisaragi Mine."

The group of visitors wasn't just a few of them; there were others as well, such as Mio Tokiwa's feng shui painting teacher and Iwamatsu Oki, a Nishitama City councilor who provided invaluable assistance.

"That's great! Kisaragi Mine-sensei is here! I'm going to ask him for his autograph!" Sonoko exclaimed excitedly.

Knowing that Ruyue Fengshui was coming, she came at this time, her purpose being to get an autograph.

His father really likes Ruyue Fengshui, so he asked for a copy of the front of the paper to give to his dad. He should be very happy.

“Everyone can come with me. Kisaragi Mine-sui-sensei is with the club president,” said Sawaguchi Chinami.

"it is good!"

The group responded and then followed Chinami Sawaguchi to the floor where Mineki Kisaragi and Mio Tokiwa were.

When the group arrived, they saw many employees setting up the venue.

This is the place where the banquet is to be held, and they are currently setting it up.

Among them, standing next to Tokiwa Mio was an elderly woman with a cane and a middle-aged man with a slightly flushed face.

"President, Ms. Sonoko and the others have arrived," said Chinami Sawaguchi.

Upon hearing this, Tokiwa Mio said, "Teacher, let me introduce you."

"This is Ms. Sonoko Suzuki, from the Suzuki Zaibatsu. Her father is very fond of you, teacher, and these are all Ms. Sonoko's friends."

Upon hearing this, Ruyue Feng Shui's expression remained unchanged, and she said softly, "Hello."

"Hello, Mr. Ruyue Fengshui." The group responded.

"It's actually Kisaragi Mine! The Tokiwa Group is quite impressive, and she's even Tokiwa Mio's teacher," Conan thought to himself.

Although he didn't know anything about feng shui paintings, he had heard of this person's name. He was a national treasure-level painter in Japan, and a single painting could sell for a very high price.

He remembered that a painting by Ruyue Fengshui had been sold recently.

"This is Mr. Iwamatsu Ōki, a city councilor from Nishitama City."

"Hello everyone, hiccup."

Before Oki Iwamatsu could finish speaking, he let out a burp, and it was a burp of alcohol. Everyone standing not far from Oki Iwamatsu could smell the strong stench of alcohol, which was comparable to that of Kogoro Mouri.

Even so, Sonoko maintained her smile.

Outside, she is not only Sonoko Suzuki, but also the second young lady of the Suzuki Zaibatsu, representing the Suzuki Zaibatsu. She cannot let the Suzuki Zaibatsu lose face in public!
"Hello, Mr. Oki Iwatsu."

Sonoko nodded, then turned her gaze toward Kisaragi Mine and stated her request.

Upon hearing this, Kisaragi Minezu did not hesitate at all. He then asked Tokiwa Mio to prepare the things, wrote his name on a piece of paper, and asked Sonoko to take it back to his father.

"Mio, I'm a little tired, I'm going home!"

"Teacher, let me see you off!"

(End of this chapter)