Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 411, page 405: Detective Ran Mouri, here to make her grand entrance!

At the Emperor's Cup football final, in the VIP box, Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri were caught up in the atmosphere and quickly became immersed in the stadium's frenzied excitement.

These tickets were naturally obtained by Ryoma Hayashi and given to Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri.

Since they're all friends, it's perfectly reasonable for Lin Longma to get two tickets and give them to Yuanzi and Xiaolan.

Compared to football, Kogoro Mouri prefers the frenetic atmosphere of the racetrack. As for Shiro Suzuki and Tomoko Suzuki, they don't need Ryoma Hayashi to get tickets to watch a football match.

As long as you open your mouth, someone will deliver tickets to your door.

The person who's most upset right now is probably Conan. He really wants to watch the game, but he can't.

Normally, Sonoko Suzuki might have given her ticket to this kid.

But Ran Mouri has been so busy lately, how could Sonoko possibly give up the rare opportunity to get "close" with Ran?

With Conan following Ran around all day, Sonoko Suzuki naturally had no reason to continue "giving up the pear".

Of course, to prevent our all-powerful Professor Agasa from getting tickets for Conan, Ryoma Hayashi also thoughtfully arranged some other activities for Conan.

That was the Kamen Rider stage play's New Year's Day tour.

The tour venue, Toriyama-cho, is in Tokyo, but it's quite far from the stadium where the Emperor's Cup football final was held.

This tour was arranged by Lin Longma using a pseudonym, so the ticket issue was naturally easy to resolve.

The four best-view tickets in the front row of the performance venue were won by Conan's friends through a lottery.

Four tickets, that's exactly four people in the Junior Detective League—Do you, Conan, want to act alone?

Even a screw has its use, and a mischievous child is especially useful at this time.

Despite his small stature, Conan couldn't resist Genta Kojima's powerful influence. After Ayumi Yoshida's tearful onslaught, Conan was forcibly taken away to see the Kamen Rider tour.

Lin Longma made these dumplings specifically for this dish of vinegar.

Now that the dumplings are ready, how can we let this dish of vinegar grow wings and fly away? That's definitely impossible!
In short, this is a "test" of Ran Mouri's reasoning ability. As a bonus, regardless of whether Ran Mouri successfully deduces the identity of the "criminal" or not, Ryoma Hayashi will give her a reputation point.

Lin Longma raised his wrist to check the time; it was almost time to begin.

Faced with Hiruta's extortion, Nichiri TV naturally couldn't let its viewers notice anything amiss.

Meanwhile, before receiving the money, Hiruta also required the "hostages" present to stay obediently in their seats.

Reporting the incident to the police is inevitable; companies like Nichiri TV will definitely report such incidents to the police.

If you call the police and something goes wrong at the scene, then the responsibility lies with the police, which means they are not handling the case properly.

If no police are called and something happens, then the TV station will bear all the responsibility.

While high-ranking executives at a television station may not be particularly adept at running a station, they are exceptionally skilled at shifting blame once they've climbed to the top.

In less than fifteen minutes, Lin Longma heard the news he wanted from Jin Tian.

"A large number of police cars arrived at the stadium parking lot? Were they detectives from the First Investigation Division?"

Ryoma Hayashi did not deliberately control his volume, which allowed Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri to hear this unusual news.

The arrival of police cars in the parking lot is not unusual news at this juncture. With 56,000 people in the stadium, it's inevitable that more police will be deployed to prevent stampedes as the stadium disperses.

But in these situations, it's usually patrol officers who come; now the Metropolitan Police Department has sent a group of detectives. This means something must have happened at the scene!

Lin Longma immediately looked at Suzuki Sonoko, Suzuki Sonoko immediately looked at Mouri Ran, and Mouri Ran subconsciously started looking for Conan.

But Conan isn't here. Did Conan use the vinegar to dip dumplings?
Ran Mouri seemed a little flustered when she realized Conan wasn't around, like a fledgling bird leaving the nest for the first time, or like a child stepping out of the protection of their family for the first time.

"Ran, are you going to say hello to Inspector Megure and the others?" Sonoko Suzuki asked Ran Mouri cautiously.

If this were during a normal time when Shinichi Kudo was around, upon hearing this news, the kid would probably be so excited he'd rush over.

But Sonoko wasn't quite sure what her best friend was like when she was solving cases, especially since Ran was a rookie detective.

"Of course I'm going!" After only a moment of panic, Ran Mouri quickly calmed down.

Under Conan's influence, Ran Mouri has also developed the habit of never missing a case if one occurs around her.

She especially wanted to become more famous, ideally to the point of replacing her elderly father.

The case that occurred at the Emperor's Cup football final must not be overlooked.

Ran Mouri still vividly remembers how her father became an overnight sensation—it was because of a murder case that occurred on television, which led Kogoro Mouri to host a live detective show that reached a national audience.

Since then, Kogoro Mouri has become a new generation of famous detective, becoming a nationwide sensation.

Ran Mouri glanced at her phone and found there was no signal, which made her look somewhat helpless.

It is well known that when a large number of people gather in one place, the signal can be extremely poor.

This is the current situation for Ran Mouri, and the same goes for Conan.

She realized that this time there was probably no outside help to assist her, but she still firmly made a request to Lin Longma:

"Uncle Lin, could you take me to see Inspector Megure?"

“Of course.” Lin Longma readily agreed, then asked Kaneda where Inspector Megure was.

Two minutes later, Kaneda returned to the private room: "Inspector Megure is currently in the broadcast van of Nichiri TV with the other detectives."

"Let's go to the broadcast van and check on the situation."

As a VIP for this match, Lin Longma's VIP ticket allowed him and the two girls unrestricted access to the stadium.

When the four arrived near the TV station's broadcast van, they saw their old acquaintance, Officer Takagi.

Officer Takagi was on guard near the broadcast van when he was quite surprised to see Ryoma Hayashi arrive.

"Officer Takagi~"

"President Lin?! What are you doing here?"

"A friend gave me some tickets, so I came to check it out. By the way, what's this place?"

As Ryoma Hayashi approached, Officer Takagi also noticed Ran Mouri following behind him.

Takagi was initially delighted, but then subconsciously started looking around. When he realized that the man with the mustache wasn't with Ran, his joy vanished.

But then, as if remembering something, he looked at Ran Mouri with eager eyes and said, "We received a report from Director Kaneko of Nichiuri TV, so we came to investigate."

"Mouri-kun, you..."

"Could you let me see Inspector Megure? Maybe I can be of some help!"

Instead of letting Officer Takagi state his request, Ran Mouri took the initiative to suggest it.

"Of course, please follow me!"

(End of this chapter)