Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 5. First meeting with Conan
"Brother Longma, the bill is ready." Jintian came out of the box and saw Lin Longma holding a cigarette. He quickly took two steps forward, took out a lighter, and lit the cigarette for his brother.

The curling green smoke covered Lin Longma's face, and the flickering orange-red light on the cigarette became a touch of embellishment in the night.

Hayashi Ryoma stood quietly in the courtyard of the hotel, thinking, and all he could recall in his mind was the performance of Kogoro Mori at the dinner just now.

"Brother, this Maori Kogoro is really stubborn." Kaneda lit a cigarette for himself to accompany his brother, and then brought up the topic that Lin Ryoma was thinking about at the right time.

Just now while eating, Hayashi Ryoma and Mori Kogoro were chatting, and Kaneda was accompanying them at the table.

His main job was to serve food to Kogoro Mori, pour wine for him, and then remember what Kogoro Mori said and analyze it slowly.

As a secretary or an assistant, Kaneda is undoubtedly an excellent talent. Kaneda's presence also saves Lin Longma a lot of worries.

But they really didn't gain much from this meal.

At the beginning of the drinking party, everyone just chatted and occasionally toasted each other. When the atmosphere was getting lively and the mood was getting better, Lin Longma began to lead the topic to the press conference of Mantiantang Game Company.

Hayashi Ryoma originally thought that the alcoholic detective Mouri Kogoro would reveal some information after getting drunk.

The result really disappointed them. Kogoro Mori kept saying, "I don't know," and kept saying, "I seemed to have fallen asleep at that time."

Otherwise, he would solve the case with just a blink of an eye. In short, his every move and every word was quite consistent with his reputation.

The sleeping Kogoro.

It's impossible that he solved the case in his sleep? Is there really anyone who would believe such a thing?
Kaneda didn't believe it anyway, but he understood Maori Kogoro. The competition in the detective industry is so fierce now, how can you stand out without some gimmicks?
However, Lin Longma has a different opinion.

"I think this Maori detective is quite sincere. Maybe what he said is not false."

Having been in the organization for so many years, Lin Longma has experienced many counterintuitive situations.

Sherlock Holmes once said that if you eliminate the impossible, then the one that remains, no matter how implausible, must be the truth.

But this truth has little to do with Lin Longma.

"Whether it's true or not, the Mori detective line is useless for the time being. But Kinda, please remember this."

As soon as Lin Longma finished speaking, Jintian immediately took out a palm-sized notebook, holding the notebook in his left hand and a pen in his right hand, waiting for Lin Longma's orders.

“Let the people below allocate some resources to pay attention to Maori detectives, and at the same time maintain a good relationship with Maori detectives.

Other famous detectives on the market became famous too early, and we didn’t have time to build a good relationship with them. Now that Detective Maori has emerged, whether he is really capable or a fake, as long as his brand as a famous detective is not ruined, it will be good for us.”

"We need to hurry up to complete the organization's mission and not let Gin have any trouble. Let Doi take the lead in investigating.

There were so many people at the press conference, and there must be many who watched it from beginning to end. Find these people and find a way to dig out the truth. "

"Finally, please contact Bourbon for me. I want to meet him."

"Okay, big brother. I've got it all in mind. Also, when would you like to meet Bourbon?"

"The sooner the better. By the way, give me the phone number of the Maori Detective Agency. I'll contact Detective Maori's family."

Jin Tian operated on his phone for a while and said, "Brother, I've sent you the number."

After sending the phone number to Lin Longma France, Jintian tactfully left the courtyard and found a corner to contact Bourbon.

Unlike management-oriented cadres like Lin Longma, Bourbon is obviously a technical talent.

That is to say, Bourbon does not have fixed subordinates. If the task requires manpower, the organization will assign manpower to Bourbon. On weekdays, Bourbon can also mobilize some manpower through the organization.

But Bourbon did not have such direct subordinates as Kaneda and Doi.
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"Is this the Mori Detective Agency? I'm Hayashi Ryoma, the one who came to visit today. The thing is, Detective Mori accepted my invitation to have dinner with me, but he's a little drunk now.

I will send Detective Maori home later, please meet him at the office."

What surprised Hayashi Ryoma was that the person who answered the phone was not the wife of Maori Kogoro as he imagined, but a very young voice. The girl introduced herself as Maori Kogoro's daughter.

They agreed to meet downstairs in the office.

After Lin Longma hung up the phone, Jin Tian also returned to his side: "Brother, Bourbon is free tonight, we can meet."

"Is he still working somewhere now?"

"It should be. There was some noise in the background when we were talking just now. It sounded like we were in the kitchen of a restaurant."

"Okay, he's a talented person." That's why Lin Longma is so knowledgeable. Have you ever seen senior officials of criminal groups who do odd jobs and part-time jobs everywhere?
Well, now you see it.

After booking the next seat, Hayashi Ryoma and Kaneda watched the two waiters from the restaurant carefully escort Kogoro Mouri to the car.

Although Maori Kogoro couldn't hold his liquor, he was a good drinker. After he blacked out, he didn't act crazy or talk nonsense, but just slept peacefully with a red face.

After the Mercedes-Benz S680 left the restaurant and returned downstairs to the Maori Detective Agency, Lin Longma noticed that there were two figures, one tall and one short, waiting for them at the entrance of the agency.

"Hello, are you Miss Maori?" Lin Longma got off the car first and asked the tall girl.

"Yes, President Lin. My name is Mao Lilan, and my father has caused you trouble." The girl apologized to Lin Ryoma apologetically, and the concern in her eyes was beyond words.

"No, no, no, I should be the one to apologize. We were having too much fun drinking just now and accidentally drank too much. Miss Maori, I'll trouble you to take care of Mr. Maori tonight."

While Hayashi Ryoma and Maori Ran were chatting, the driver and Kaneda got out of the car and went to the back seat to carry Maori Kogoro out.

"Let's go, Miss Maori, we will help you settle Mr. Maori." When Lin Longma said this, he suddenly felt a scrutinizing gaze. When he lowered his head, he found that it was a little child who was looking at him "curiously".

"Is this little brother your younger brother, Miss Maori?" Lin Longma nodded to the short elementary school student, then asked Maori Ran.

"Excuse me, this child is Edogawa Conan, and he is staying at our house.

Conan, go say hello to President Lin."

"Hello, President uncle!" In just the time it took to say this, the scrutiny in Conan's eyes disappeared, replaced by the innocence of a child.

"Hello, Conan." After Hayashi Ryoma greeted Conan seriously, he followed behind Mouri Ran and directed the driver and Kaneda to carry Mouri Kogoro to the living area on the third floor of the office.

"Then I'll leave Mr. Maori to you." Lin Longma stopped on the second floor and gestured to Maori Ran to just send him there.

Mao Lilan did not continue to see him off, and stood on the second floor to say goodbye to Lin Longma: "Thank you very much, President Lin. You are welcome to visit us when you have time."

"Haha, of course! Detective Maori and I hit it off right away, and I'm sure I'll have to trouble him in the future."

Hayashi Ryoma waved to Mao Li Ran for the last time and then sat in the back seat.

"Big Brother, shall we set off now?"

Lin Longma returned to the car without saying anything. He just closed his eyes and thought. He opened his eyes when he heard Jintian speak:
"Let's go."

After saying this, Lin Longma took one last deep look at the detective agency outside the car window.

The look in that elementary school student's eyes just now was not right.

(End of this chapter)