Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 364, Chapter 358. Master Mao, when will you be number one in rice cakes?

Ryoma Lin had no idea what Mamiya Mitsuru was thinking, but he was very satisfied with Mamiya Mitsuru's attentive and cooperative attitude.

By a twist of fate, Mitsuru Mamiya sent Ran Mouri an extremely earnest letter of request, in which he frankly stated that he was unable to hire Kogoro Mouri due to his limited funds.

Therefore, we can only hope that Ms. Mori will accept this commission.

When the letter of request arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, Ran Mouri was completely bewildered.

Huh? When did I say I wanted to be a detective?

"Uncle Lin, this letter of entrustment" Because Mamiya Mitsuru mentioned Lin Longma in the letter of entrustment, Ran Mouri specially brought the letter of entrustment with her during this meeting.

"Ah, it's Mr. Mamiya." Ryoma Hayashi explained the situation of the Mamiya family to Ran Mouri.

"To be honest, I only mentioned you, Miss Mori, by chance, but I never expected that Mamiya would actually set his sights on you."

How should I put this commission?

After thinking for a moment, Lin Longma said, "The security of this commission can be guaranteed first and foremost."

I happened to be at the Mamiya residence a couple of days ago. At Mamiya's request, I delivered the information about the potential health risks to their home.

"As a practice case for a detective's debut, Mamiya's case is of moderate difficulty, safe, and most importantly, it is not a murder case."

So the choice is yours.

Ryoma didn't explain to Ran Mouri why he mentioned her at the Mamiya residence. But isn't it normal in Japan for a detective's daughter to become a detective in the future?
Just like Heiji Hattori had a father who was a department head, Shinichi Kudo had a father who wrote mystery novels.

"By the way, the fingerprint comparison you asked me to do has yielded results." Lin Longma took a report from the drawer under his desk and handed it to Mao Liran.

"Based on the fingerprint comparison results, the two samples you gave me are identified as the same."

In other words, they are the same person.

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri's eyes lit up, and she then sincerely thanked Ryoma Hayashi:

"Thank you very much, Uncle Lin."

"It's nothing, just something I did on the spur of the moment." Lin Longma waved his hand, indicating that Mouri Ran shouldn't mind.

Just before Ran Mouri was about to take her leave, she suddenly remembered something and asked Ryoma Hayashi:

"By the way, Uncle Lin, if someone is frequently anesthetized, what negative consequences might occur?"

"Often being anesthetized?" Lin Longma subconsciously thought of Kogoro Mouri. Isn't the person who is often anesthetized by Ran Mouri right now her "unlucky" father?

"This needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. First, we need to look at the quality of the anesthetic."

If it's a substandard anesthetic, the consequences could be dire.

If the anesthetic is of decent quality, frequent anesthesia will at least result in a significantly increased tolerance to the anesthetic.

"Drug resistance?"

Seeing that Ran Mouri didn't quite understand, Ryoma Hayashi explained it in a simpler way: "If the anesthetic resistance is too high, it means that the anesthesia will not be effective if the person needs certain surgeries or treatments."

In that case, you'd just have to tough it out the whole surgery.

This is also what Ryoma Hayashi considers Kogoro Mouri's misfortune.

If you are only anesthetized occasionally, your body's strong metabolic capacity will not immediately develop drug resistance.

But what if you're anesthetized every few days, or even every two days or every day? That's hard to say.

Given the frequency with which Kogoro Mouri and Conan encounter murder cases, Ryoma Hayashi now has reason to doubt whether the anesthesia administered by the anesthesiologist during his surgery will actually work.

Upon hearing Lin Longma's words, Ran Mouri's expression changed, and she subconsciously clenched her hands to suppress her panic.

Ran Mouri felt the letter of authorization in her hand again, and a thought flickered in her mind. Wasn't this a good opportunity?

If she could replace Kogoro Mouri's "role" and become Conan's "jinchūriki", her father wouldn't need to be treated with tranquilizer darts every day anymore, right?
Of course, this does not mean that Ran Mouri is prepared to take the injection for Kogoro Mouri. It is Conan's need to deduce the truth, not the desire of the Mouri father and daughter.

So, how to guide the deduction when the tranquilizer dart misses is Conan's own business, isn't it?

No matter how kind Ran Mouri is, when she hears about the many negative consequences of being under anesthesia for a long time, she can't help but feel resentment towards Conan.

It's not that your own dad doesn't care about you!
At this moment, Ran Mouri had a little plan in mind, but this plan needed to be rehearsed in advance.

Coincidentally, Ran Mouri had a letter of authorization that Ryoma Hayashi deemed very safe.
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"Ran-neechan, what is this?" Ran Mouri asked as she prepared dinner after returning home.

Not long after, Conan returned to the agency.

Upon entering the office, Conan saw an envelope on the desk. If all went as expected, it was a letter of request for assistance.

“This is a letter of authorization from the client,” Ran Mouri replied from the kitchen.

"Is it for Uncle Mori?" Conan asked a pointless question. There's only one detective in the agency, so who else could it be for if not Kogoro Mori?
After Conan finished speaking, he prepared to open the envelope and see what was inside.

"No, that was a letter of authorization sent to me."

"what?"

Conan was very surprised and quickly turned the envelope over to see that the recipient was indeed Ran Mouri.

At this moment, Conan was completely dumbfounded.

Conan certainly knows what kind of person his childhood friend is. Although he grew up with this detective, Ran Mouri really has no interest in deduction.

Every time he talked about Sherlock Holmes with Ran Mouri, the girl showed little interest.

Sometimes you can even see Ran Mouri clenching her fists.

Why would anyone send a letter of authorization to Ran Mouri? This doesn't make sense! Could it be some kind of conspiracy?!

In an instant, Conan's expression turned extremely serious, and he carefully examined the letter of request.

"What are you doing, Conan?" Ran Mouri came out of the kitchen carrying curry rice and couldn't help but smile when she saw Conan's careful movements.

"Actually, I only received this letter of entrustment because I asked Uncle Lin for help," Ran Mouri said with a smile, defining the nature of the letter.

Upon hearing Ran Mouri's words, Conan was even more puzzled: "But why, Ran-neechan?"

"Of course it's because of the agency~ Although Dad isn't that old, he smokes and drinks heavily for a long time, and I'm always worried about his health."

So I also want to help my dad with the work at the firm.

"I happened to run into Uncle Lin a while ago, so I asked him if he could help me find a job to practice on—"

This is the job Uncle Lin found for me!

(End of this chapter)