Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

In the center of the note was a phone number, followed by a signature: "Hawaii".

After seeing the contents of the note, Xiaolan asked in confusion, "A phone number? And what's this Hawaii...?"

Upon seeing the words "Hawaii," Longye seemed to recall something and smiled slightly: "Ran, you two go ahead and explore. I'll go make a call and see who's playing this prank on me."

Hearing this, Xiaolan narrowed her eyes: "You're not saying this because you don't want to go shopping with us..."

Longye immediately shook his head: "How could that be! It's my honor to accompany Miss Xiaolan shopping!"

"Oh?" Xiaolan looked incredulous.

The next second, Xiaolan stuck out her tongue and smiled gently, "Alright, I give you permission to leave the team~ Remember to be careful~"

"Hehe~ I knew Xiaolan was the best!"

"Hmph~" Xiaolan proudly raised her head, and then she pulled He Ye's arm and continued shopping.

Longye turned and walked to a corner of the mall, where he dialed the number on the note.

"—Hey? What brings you to me all this trouble, you fake policeman?"

"..."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before the voice said, "Looks like you have a good memory. In that case, I'll get straight to the point: have you... heard of the police?"

Upon hearing this question, Longye paused for a moment.

Although he knew the person opposite him was Rei Furuya, he really didn't guess what Rei Furuya meant by asking that question.

"I know. You're not going to tell me you're a police officer, are you? What, is pretending to be a cop fun?"

Hearing Ryūno's teasing words, Ryūya paused for a moment before continuing, "Listen to me first. I hope you can join our 'Assistant' program. An assistant is..."

Just as Furuya Rei was about to explain to Tatsuno, he realized that Tatsuno had already hung up the phone, and his face immediately darkened.

At that moment, the man beside him laughed, "Hahaha! Mr. Furuya, it seems this boy really thinks you're a conman~"

Rei Furuya turned to look at Yuya Kazami and gritted his teeth, saying, "Kazama... I'm your superior!"

"..."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Furuya, why do you want him to be the assistant? Isn't that against the rules?"

Upon hearing this, Furuya Rei looked up at the sky and slowly said, "The assistant is just a pretext. I actually hope that he will become interested in the Public Security Bureau through this and officially join us in the future."

Highly skilled, intelligent, and even capable of defusing bombs. If someone like that could join us…

At this point, he continued, "And, for some reason, I always feel like I've seen him somewhere before. I even feel... a bit of affection for him?"

Hearing Furuya Rei say that, Kazami Yuuya asked curiously, "This is the first time I've seen you speak so highly of someone, especially someone who's just a high school student. After hearing what you said, I'm starting to want to meet him myself!"

the other side

After hanging up the phone, Longye shook his head speechlessly.

He thought Furuya Rei had come to his door to say something interesting, but he never expected that he was just trying to trick him into becoming an assistant to the Public Security Bureau.

I really don't know what this guy is thinking...

……

Evening

Ryūno and Rin returned home.

Looking at the two people with empty hands, he really didn't know what to say.

Keep in mind, they arrived at the Mihua Market at around 9 a.m.

It's already 6 PM now.

Nine hours! They shopped for nine hours straight!

I've been browsing for so long and haven't bought anything...

Just as Ryūno was crying and complaining, Tōyama Kazuha's phone rang.

"What? An arsonist? Okay, we got it."

Chapter 140 Sir, your complexion appears ruddy, I'm afraid…

After hanging up the phone, Toyama and Kazuha frowned and looked at Ryuno and the other person: "Heiji said on the phone that the matter they went to investigate today is likely related to the recent series of arson cases."

They're currently working on an investigation with Uncle Mori. They won't be having dinner with us.

After saying that, Toyama Kazuha was clearly unhappy.

No wonder, Heiji stood her up again because of the case!

We had originally planned to go out for dinner together tonight, but now it seems that only the three of them are left.

Xiaolan lowered her head and thought for a while, then looked up with a glimmer of light in her eyes: "Longye, there should still be enough vegetables and meat in the refrigerator. How about we have hot pot tonight? Kazuha is here today too!"

Kazuha walked up to Ran and said with some confusion, "Hot pot? I don't think I've ever had it before..."

……

the next night

To make up for yesterday's disappointment, Longye and his friends went to a famous restaurant for dinner.

Along the way, Kogoro Mouri and Heiji Hattori kept yawning, and even Conan closed his eyes from time to time.

Longye and his companions took in the sight of the three men's exhausted appearance.

Just as Hattori Heiji yawned again, Kazuha couldn't help but speak up: "Heiji, even though you stayed up late yesterday to solve the case, you should have had time to rest during the day today, right? Why do you guys seem like you haven't slept at all?"

Hattori Heiji raised his eyelids slightly, his eyes half-closed, his tone filled with helplessness: "After the case was over, we went to the police station to give statements, and it only ended this morning. I was hoping to go home and get a good night's sleep, but..."

"But what?" Toyama Kazuha frowned and pressed for an answer.

Ryūno and Ran, standing to the side, also looked at Hattori Heiji with curiosity, waiting for his answer.

Under everyone's gaze, Hattori Heiji yawned again: "Haa~ But on the way back, we encountered a new case. A man was stabbed in the back by a criminal while jogging. When we found him, he was already..."

Hearing this, Longye already understood what was going to happen next.

Next up is the tense and exciting reasoning section.

Thinking of this, Longye glanced at the three of them looking sleepy and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The combined power of these three is simply immense!

After catching his breath, Uncle Mori sighed, "What bad luck! I was planning to go to the horse race this morning... Why are there always cases happening these days?"

Upon hearing Uncle Mori's words, Tatsuno quietly covered his mouth with one hand, forcibly suppressing his laughter.

Shortly after

A Japanese-style restaurant appeared before everyone.

A wooden sign stands outside the restaurant – “Flowing Water Pavilion”.

With the help of the staff, Longye and his companions entered the restaurant and sat down in the waiting area.

Because the restaurant was so popular, Longye and his friends arrived 30 minutes early to avoid having their reservations canceled.

ten minutes later

Uncle Mori and his two companions had already fallen asleep, slumped against the wall.

Longye and his two companions then curiously toured the store.

The store's layout is in the shape of the Chinese character "回" (hui).

The restaurant's private rooms are located inside the "mouths," and between the two mouths is an artificial "river."

The waiters here don't serve the food.

The dishes are served in "small boats" that float on the river.

After the chef prepares the dish, he simply places it on the small boat and presses a button next to him, and the boat will automatically swim to the private room where the order was placed.

After guests have collected all the dishes from the boat, they can click a button in their room, and the small boat will automatically return to the "dock" to wait.

Seeing this way of serving the food, Xiaolan and Heye's expressions clearly became more cheerful.

Even Longye found the design very interesting, and he even wanted to install such a device at home.

Thinking of this, Longye smiled.

Perhaps it's true what they say: this design might be a bit childish for young children, but it's perfect for "adults" like them.

Just then, two men walked into the store.

The receptionist immediately stepped forward: "You are Mr. Kaneda, who has reserved room number eight, right?"

Hearing this, the man in the green jacket, who looked somewhat simple-minded, looked to his side and hesitated before asking, "Eh? Kaneda, you...?"

The man called Kaneda immediately turned his head to the side: "I didn't, I didn't order it."

Just then, a shout rang out from afar: "Kaneda, Arai! Why are you so slow? I'm getting impatient."

A short, somewhat older-looking man walked towards the two of them.

Upon seeing the older man, the man called Arai immediately bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Professor, it's all because Kaneda was too slow."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Kaneda beside him and reminded him, "Hey, hurry up and apologize."

Upon hearing this, Jintian simply snorted coldly: "Hmph! It wasn't me who asked him to do it."

Kaneda's answer clearly angered Arai, who shouted, "Hey! Today was to celebrate your becoming an associate professor, and the professor suggested treating us!"

Seeing that Arai dared to speak to him like that, Kaneda shouted back, "Don't think that just because we're classmates you can talk to me like that! Starting today, I'm an associate professor!"

You need to understand, from now on, you're my assistant~ If you upset me…”

Upon hearing this, Arai gritted his teeth and remained silent.

At this moment, Kaneda pushed him aside and walked towards the waitress standing to the side.

"Miss, what's the most expensive item in your store?"

"Huh? It's pufferfish caviar..."

"Oh? Then give us three of those!"

After saying that, Kaneda turned to the professor and gave him a wicked grin: "Is this alright, Professor Iwama?"