Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 4 4. Maori's Complaint

Realizing that he had behaved a little out of control, Kogoro Mouri coughed dryly and straightened the tie around his neck.

He collected the check without any hesitation, and then Maori Kogoro looked at Hayashi Ryoma "attentively":
"President Lin, feel free to ask any questions you have. If I can tell you, I will tell you without reservation!"

Maori Kogoro's behavior made Hayashi Ryoma laugh: "Don't be so serious, Detective Maori. I won't make things difficult for you.

Because my partner wants to cooperate with Mantiantang Game Company, I just want to know if there are any employees of Mantiantang Game Company involved in the cases mentioned at the press conference? "

Hearing Hayashi Ryoma's question, Maori Kogoro suddenly relaxed, pursed his lips and nodded heavily to Hayashi Ryoma.

"Have."

As if he thought the 50 was too easy, Maori Kogoro added: "Two employees of Mantiantang Game Company were involved in this case, and one of them may not be able to get out."

After hearing this, Lin Longma understood. Did the people who were causing trouble at the press conference all come from Mantiantang Game Company?
How could this Mantiantang game company be so worthy of such a position to accommodate two talented people, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Child?

"Mori-san, please tell me the truth." Lin Longma lowered his voice and said, "Is this Mantiantang Game Company really worth cooperating with?"

Maori Kogoro is a detective, can he understand the game industry? Of course not. But he knew that what Lin Longma wanted to ask was not the hard strength of Mantiantang Game Company.

He thought for a moment and said to Lin Longma, "President Lin, I don't know much about the rest. But if you are bothered by the press conference, I don't think it's necessary.

The source of the conflict between the two employees was not in the company, but during their college years. This also involved a female classmate from the same school.

Maori Kogoro stopped talking here. This is enough, if he said anything more, it would involve the part that the Metropolitan Police Department requested to be kept confidential.

But this was enough for Lin Longma to analyze a lot of information, such as the possibility that Long Tequila died in vain.

But the problem of Tequila has been solved, but the problem of the stronghold has not been solved.

When Gin learned that Tequila was killed in the explosion, he immediately dealt with the base where Tequila had stayed.

The stronghold that Tequila and his trading partner had visited was directly cleared out and blown up.

Not long after the base was blown up, the Metropolitan Police Department rushed to the scene. Logically, the police's reaction shouldn't be so strong.

Tequila's trading partner didn't know Tequila's identity, and he didn't even know the existence of the organization. He just knew that Tequila was willing to spend a lot of money to buy a copy of their internal information.

The base was disguised as a bar on the top floor of a building. Isn't it normal to conduct such black trade negotiations in a bar?
Even if the police were conducting a routine investigation, there would be no need to mobilize so many troops, unless
Unless the cops knew that place was more than just a bar?
So the question is, how did these cops know this?

Hayashi Ryoma realized that the investigation of this situation would probably fall on the shoulders of Mouri Kogoro.

"Thank you very much, Detective Mori. You've been a great help." Hayashi Ryoma stood up and prepared to say goodbye. Before leaving, he held Mori Kogoro's hand tightly to express his gratitude.

"No, no, this is what I should do. President Lin is really too polite!" Maori Kogoro laughed heartily. He could earn 50 yen with just a few words. Isn't this money just free money for him?
He even made a wish to the gods in his heart, hoping to have more customers like Lin Longma.

Even though Kogoro Mouri is now a newly promoted famous detective, his income has not increased much.

There was no other way. In those cases with high commissions, either the client became a corpse or the client became the murderer. In either case, it was not easy for Maori Kogoro to continue to ask for the remaining commission, plus the various expenses in handling the commission.
It's not easy to make a small profit just to break even.

Lin Longma, who was about to leave, looked at the time and found that it was almost time for dinner. So he invited Maori Kogoro:
"I think it's almost time for dinner. Detective Maori and I get along well. If you don't mind, let's go out for a bite to eat and a few drinks?"

When Hayashi Ryoma talked about eating, Kogoro Mouri didn't have much reaction, but when he mentioned drinking a few sips, he clearly saw Kogoro Mouri's eyes light up.

Alcoholic? This thought flashed through Lin Longma's mind.

Kogoro Maori readily accepted Hayashi Ryoma's invitation, and followed Hayashi Ryoma into the Mercedes-Benz waiting downstairs.

"Wow, it's worthy of being a luxury car, it's so luxurious!" Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting in the back seat, leaned back comfortably, constantly exclaiming in admiration.

"President Lin's business seems to be very successful!"

"I'm just gritting my teeth to keep up appearances." Lin Longma couldn't say that the head office had a good cow and horse, so he changed the subject:

"Detective Maori is a new famous detective. If he likes this kind of car, why not take more commissions?"

"There shouldn't be too few companies that have been licensed to companies like Mantiantang."

"Ah, how should I put this?" Kogoro Mouri, who was not at all nervous, fell unusually silent when he heard this.

Seeing that Kogoro Mori was unwilling to say more, Hayashi Ryoma cooperated and changed the subject.
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In a robatayaki restaurant in Beika-cho, Kogoro Mori raised his wine glass with drunken eyes. His suit jacket was hanging on the hanger, and the tie around his neck had been untied long ago.

The shirt on his body was crooked, and it was obvious that he was drunk.

"Brother Lin, I am so sad!" Maori Kogoro drank the wine in the glass and started to complain:
"Look, now everyone calls me Sleeping Kogoro, and they're damn right!

When I was solving a case at the scene, I really felt that the case was solved when I woke up. If you ask me how I solved the case, I have no memory of that at all.

And then there is the commission fee. It’s even more difficult to talk about this!”

Kaneda refilled Maori Kogoro's cup, which Maori Kogoro drank in one gulp. He smacked his lips and continued:
"When the clients came, they said everything was fine and paid a lot of commission. But in the end, they either became victims or murderers.

I have to pay a deposit every time, so where can I get the rest of the money?"

"Brother Lin, my life is really difficult." Kogoro Maori sighed to the sky, and finally fell down on the dining table with a thud.

"President, Mr. Mori, this is..." It was probably the first time that Kaneda saw someone make such a sudden move without any warning, and he was a little confused for a moment.

"Kinda, go pay the bill, then go outside and have a cigarette. Let Mr. Maori take a break, we'll contact his family later."

Hayashi Ryoma waved to the waiters nearby, asking them to look after the drunk Mouri Kogoro.

Then he walked to the courtyard outside the box, took out a cigarette case from his arms and picked up a cigarette.

(End of this chapter)