Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 253: Hotaru Amuro: Food, sex and human nature; Kudo: I am deeply saddened!

Kudo Shinichi took out his wallet from under the pillow, pulled out two Fukuzawa Yukichi notes, and gave him cash directly.

Since the commission had been established, Toru Amuro had no reason to ask any further questions. He said a few more words casually, said goodbye, and went to the next room. He knocked on the door, but did not push it open. The door was closed tightly.

"Who is it?"

Kogoro Mouri's voice is very loud and sounds quite normal at first glance, but Toru Amuro is not an ordinary person. After a little listening, he can detect a hidden panic in it.

"It's me, Amuro. Your daughter is worried that you're bored, so she asked me to come and chat with you."

To be honest, Amuro Toru had a feeling that Mori Kogoro would not let him in.

As expected, Maori Kogoro spoke up the next second: "No need. Um, Amuro, just tell Xiaolan that I'm watching TV alone and I'm in a good mood. No one needs to worry about me, and the commission fee doesn't need to be refunded."

Amuro Toru readily agreed: "Okay, have a nice weekend."

After saying that, he turned and left, deliberately making heavy footsteps, walked to the stairs, then quietly came back, entered Kudo Shinichi's ward, and asked in a low voice:
"Kudou-kun, do you know what's going on next door?"

Kudo Shinichi had just heard the noise from next door and knew that something must be wrong. He stroked his chin and began to think about it. For a moment, he put aside all distracting thoughts.

After a moment, he said uncertainly, "I seemed to have heard a woman's laughter before, but I was distracted and looking out the window, so I'm not sure."

Amuro narrowed his eyes slightly: "Could it be that Mr. Maori is still having fun with a broken right leg? This is really bad."

He thanked her and walked out quietly. He put his ear to the door of Maori Kogoro's ward and listened carefully. After a while, he heard the clear laughter of a young woman and a coquettish voice:
"Hate it, you're such a joke. You said that even if I were Towako, I would do the same thing. I don't believe it."

Huh--! ! !
This corny tone gave Amuro at least a bunch of goose bumps. He forced himself to listen and finally understood the general situation.

It seems that after more than a week, what happened to Kogoro Mouri in Ginza gradually fermented into something as outrageous as this: he was so angry for a woman that he beat two people to death, and yet he had connections everywhere, yet he would not be sentenced or even prosecuted.

So Kogoro Mori became a legend among the hostesses, and to this day, someone has found out where he is and comes to offer himself to him.

After figuring all this out, Toru Amuro just wanted to say that he didn't understand it, but he was deeply shocked.

"Tsk, Uncle Maori is completely hopeless."

"!!!"

Hearing the voice beside him, Amuro Toru was subconsciously startled, but he immediately remembered that Kudo Shinichi had just come over and he had seen him, so why was he still so surprised?

It’s all Kogoro Mouri’s fault. This outrageous operation made him so shocked that he was almost insane.

The two of them quietly returned to room 413 and closed the door gently.

Amuro Toru then spoke: "Kudo-kun, you are more familiar with the Mori family than I am. Do you think we should tell Miss Ran about this?"

Kudo Shinichi hesitated for two seconds and shook his head: "It's hard for me to say about this kind of thing. The person who asked you to come was Shuiyue, right? Call him first and ask him what he said."

Toru Amuro thought it made sense. After all, this person was the client. He immediately made a call. The call was quickly connected and he told the whole matter without hiding anything.

Yingsheng was silent for a few breaths, then asked, "Did they drink?"

Kudo Shinichi and Amuro Toru both thought his question was very strange, but Amuro Toru thought for a moment and answered, "During the time I eavesdropped, no, and Mr. Mori didn't sound drunk when he spoke."

"That's it..."

Yingsheng pondered: "What kind of person is Mr. Maoli? Is there any need to save him?"

Toru Amuro couldn't answer this question, so he looked at Kudo Shinichi. Kudo Shinichi thought for a moment, then spoke with a rather regretful tone:
"When I was a kid, Uncle Maori wasn't that bad. It was only after Aunt Eri left that he gradually became decadent and turned into a sloppy uncle."

"Oh? You mean, this is Lawyer Fei's fault?"

"Of course not, but if Lawyer Fei is here..."

"Stop!"

Yingsheng interrupted, "Think about what you said before. You and Xiaolan are both excellent people, but they are just not suitable. This is actually a little bit more excessive. Why should Lawyer Fei go back to the Maori family to suffer this? Is it just because she is unlucky that she has known Mr. Maori since she was a child?
We clearly can't find anything we like about each other, but we are tied together by this inexplicable thing. Ha, is this some kind of childhood sweetheart curse?"

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

He actually wanted to refute Yingsheng's fallacy of generalizing from a single case, but when he thought of himself and Xiaolan, he felt that there was some truth in it.

On the other side, Toru Amuro suddenly had a strange idea. If he were to talk about his childhood sweetheart, would it be Elena?

Ahem, that's too weird.

He didn't have a childhood sweetheart, only a childhood friend. What a pity... What a pity...

Amuro Toru's eyes dimmed slightly.

Kudo Shinichi finally spoke: "What are you going to do?"

Yingsheng chuckled: "Have those two rolled onto the bed now?"

"!!!"

Kudo Shinichi was shocked. Hey, is this guy Mizuki so open-minded?
Amuro Toru thought for a moment and said, "Probably not."

Yingsheng said, "Then I plan to have someone send them two bottles of wine, hoping that they will have some ambition and have sex after drinking. Mr. Amuro, you secretly film this footage and use it to warn Mr. Maori to restrain himself and not throw the mud on his body onto his wife and daughter."

"hiss--!"

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath and said hurriedly: "Suiyue, this is illegal!"

Yingsheng said indifferently: "Private detectives are just walking in the gray area. Following and secretly photographing are commonplace, right? Besides, I didn't ask you to go."

Kudo Shinichi retorted: "This is different, this involves privacy, and it is a very deep privacy!"

Yingsheng chuckled: "When we were chatting at noon today, Xiaolan told me that Mr. Maori had previously accepted a commission to investigate a woman's infidelity. In order to make the evidence more detailed, he also secretly filmed this kind of thing."

"What? This... this..."

Kudo Shinichi hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "This violates the detective principles. It's Uncle Maori's own fault!"

"No, no, no, the client also has a big responsibility."

Yingsheng sighed: "Mr. Mao Li actually called back to report after secretly taking the photo of the two people entering the hotel hand in hand, but the client did not believe it and said that they went to the hotel together, but not necessarily in the same room.

So Mr. Maori secretly took photos of the hotel's room booking records, and found only the client's wife's name. However, the client still didn't believe it, saying that even if they stayed in the same room, they would not necessarily go to bed, what if they were handling official business?

In order to prevent the client from making any weird remarks later, Mr. Maori gritted his teeth and secretly filmed the two people making love, which was considered to have completed the commission. "Kudo Shinichi: "…"

Toru Amuro: "…………"

Could this commission be any more outrageous?!
Kudo Shinichi gritted his teeth: "So what exactly do you want to say?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "I want to say that a true detective must have this kind of indomitable professionalism, do his best to complete all commissions, and no obstacles are a problem. Mr. Amuro, I am very optimistic about you."

Amuro Toru sighed, "I'm sorry, Mr. Suigetsu, I really can't accept such an extraordinary commission."

"Eh--?"

Yingsheng said disappointedly: "That's a pity. I was planning to introduce a woman to you tonight."

Amuro Toru smiled calmly: "Thank you for Mr. Shuiyue's kindness, I won't bother you with this."

Oh, you want to seduce him with your beauty?

Sorry, he, the code-named member of the winery Bourbon, the undercover police agent Furuya Rei, takes this country as his lover and has no worldly desires!

"But she is really beautiful. Let me tell you in secret," Yingsheng lowered his voice, "She has big wavy blonde hair, is American, has a perfect body, and is a queen..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Amuro Toru couldn't help but interrupt: "Mr. Shuiyue, don't you feel vulgar when you say these things? It seems that there is a female classmate next to you."

Kudo Shinichi nodded in agreement, and couldn't help but add: "Suiyue, you are now officially dating Xiaolan, you said you should be more restrained."

"Yes, so I have to introduce such an excellent lady to Mr. Amuro with great pain. If this happens twice, I feel like I'm going to have a mental problem. I hope I won't develop any weird fetishes."

"........."

Kudo Shinichi looked helpless: "I feel like you have a mental problem now, you are still a minor, is it really okay to talk about this kind of thing so openly?

And I doubt your judgment. Who is the girl you introduced to Zhongdao? Zhongdao called me today and asked me to help find someone. She was completely devastated and looked like she was about to die. "

Yingsheng asked in confusion, "Doesn't this prove that the person I introduced is a good match? She fits Nakamichi's ideal type perfectly. He has fallen deeply in love with her in less than two days of dating."

"...That kind of relationship is definitely not healthy, and now she's gone."

"Alas, it's Nakamichi's fault. What can I do?" Yingsheng sighed and changed the subject, "If it's Mr. Amuro, then there will be absolutely no problem. And tonight's type is different. To tell you the truth, she is..."

Hotaru's already low voice lowered even further, as if he was about to tell some earth-shattering secret. Amuro Toru quickly turned up the speakerphone volume to the maximum before he could hear clearly.

"She's a Hollywood movie star, Chrissie Wynyard, you should know her."

"!!!!!!"

Kudo Shinichi was still thinking, but Amuro Toru was so shocked that his pupils shrank. Hey, hey, there is such a thing? !
The disappeared Vermouth suddenly appeared before him in this way? !

The voice of Yingsheng continued to come:
"You guys should pay attention to American entertainment news and see if Chris hasn't appeared in a while. She said she came to Tokyo this time to take a vacation and relax. Mr. Amuro, you have to seize the opportunity."

With a "bang", Kudo Shinichi cast a real look at Amuro Toru.

Mr. Amuro, she's just a female star, you must not give in!

Amuro Toru had already skillfully concealed his shock and smiled slightly: "Mr. Shuiyue, I don't really believe your empty words. You even wanted to forge Kaoru Kusano's signature to deceive a lady before."

"Oops, the boomerang hit me on the head."

Yingsheng said in a distressed tone: "She is hiding her identity and doesn't allow people to take pictures. I really don't know how to prove it to you. Let me think... I have it. Does it count if she has a bodyguard with a gun by her side?

He looked quite cold, but I guess he was just a bootlicker. He just sat in the corner drinking silently while watching me and Chris chatting happily.

Tsk, I really don't know what he was thinking, Mr. Amuro, when you took the beauty home to the hotel at night, maybe he would drive you there."

Amuro Toru's eyes suddenly became stern. Could it be Vermouth's number one loyal dog, Calvados? !
If these two people are together, the possibility that Chris is Vermouth increases dramatically.

"How about it, Mr. Amuro, are you interested?" Hotaru chuckled, "Even if you are a staunch bachelor, this kind of thing should be OK with you."

Of course, Amuro Toru had already planned to go over, but he was still a little surprised and asked, "Mr. Shuiyue, don't you want to seize this opportunity yourself?"

"I have too many romantic partners. There is no need for me to mess around with other women. And if you look at the girl I am with tonight, you will know..." Yingsheng paused and cleared his throat. "What I mean is that I will go with Xiaolan."

"asshole!!!"

Kudo Shinichi gritted his teeth and refused to believe his lies, "What on earth did you do to Xiaolan..."

"Excuse me, does this have anything to do with you, Kudo-san?"

Yingsheng interrupted casually, "And I really plan to take Xiaolan with me. Is there any problem?"

Kudo Shinichi clenched his fists, his eyes full of anger. He wished that Hotaru was right in front of him at this moment. He would definitely punch that guy hard in the face!
Scum!

They said Xiaolan was special, but after getting her, she still had this attitude?!

"Ahem, in that case, I will have to supervise you at night, Mr. Shuiyue."

Amuro Toru tried to smooth things over with a smile.

But unfortunately, his words seemed to have the opposite effect. Kudo Shinichi suddenly turned his head and looked at him, his eyes immediately filled with disgust.

Haha, it turns out he is just a lecherous guy.

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Thank you for your supervision, Mr. Amuro. Hey, if you are worried about Kudo, why don't you come over?"

Kudo Shinichi shouted angrily: "Don't even think about dragging me down with you!"

"Okay, I apologize to you, Junai Kudo-san." Hotaru smiled, "Mr. Amuro, I'll have someone send some wine to Mr. Mori now, please."

Kudo Shinichi turned his head, his eyes full of encouragement, you must reject him, Mr. Amuro!
Amuro Toru tilted his head slightly: "I understand."

He didn't want to, but there was nothing he could do.

Kudo Shinichi could no longer bear it: "I am so heartbroken! Uncle Mori!!!"

(End of this chapter)