Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Chapter 3823 What a coincidence

Over there, Takagi Shigeru and Sato Miwako also took the initiative to walk towards the four people. The two sides soon met and greeted each other.

"Mr. Chi, Miss Yueshui, are you here for vacation?"

"That's right. Yueshui and I are free these two days, so we'll bring Xiaoai here for a trip."

"I see. Then Mr. Maori..."

"The teacher didn't come with us."

"Officer Sato, are you two here on a date?"

"I guess so. Takagi said he wanted to come with me to visit Yufuin Town, so we took advantage of our vacation time to come here together... Who is this?"

"This is a friend I just met, Ms. Manami."

"Hello, both of you..."

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries and then went to the coffee shop next door to sit and chat for a while.

Ike Feichi and Koshimizu Nanatsuki both knew that it was rare for Takagi Shigeki and Sato Miwako to take a vacation together, and they didn't want to disturb the two of them from their own time, so they took the initiative to suggest that they go out and play separately. The two sides exchanged a few polite words and parted in front of the coffee shop.

In the evening, Chi Feichi and three other friends had dinner in Yufuin town, sent a message to Takagi Shigeru and Sato Miwako to say hello, and took a bus back to the hotel in Beppu city.

After spending half a day together, Manami and Nanatsuki Koshimizu became closer. They exchanged their personal contact information, and after returning to the hotel to drop off their belongings, they took Haibara Ai to the hotel bathhouse to take a hot spring bath.

The group played outside for a whole day, and Chi Feichi decided to take a bath. He put on a yukata and went to the open-air bath in the hotel. As soon as he walked into the men's bath, he heard the voice of Mao Lilan coming from the women's bath across the wall.

"Conan, the view from my side is much better! There's no one here, come and soak with me!"

Before Chi Feichi could speak, the voices of Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Ai Haibara were heard from the women's bathing area.

"No, Xiaolan, even though there was no one in the women's bath just now, there may be guests coming in at any time, so you can't just bring a little boy in..."

"I agree. At Edogawa's age, he is no longer suitable for entering a women's bathhouse. He could easily cause trouble to the female customers."

In the men's bathing area, Conan was sitting by the hot spring pool. He heard the voices of Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Ai Haibara, and turned to look at the wall in surprise.

Hello, this voice is...

Maori Kogoro also recognized the owners of the two voices, "It seems to be Nanatsuki and that brat..."

“Crash.”

The sound of someone walking into the hot spring pool made Kogoro Mouri and Conan turn their heads at the same time.

Chi Feichi entered the pool and saw the two people looking at him. He greeted them calmly, "Teacher, Conan."

Kogoro Mouri, Conan: "..."

Next door, Mao Lilan was surprised and asked what Mao Li Kogoro and Conan were thinking, "Nanatsuki sister, Xiao Ai... and Fei Chi brother? Why are you here?"

Amid the sound of splashing water, Nanatsuki Koshimizu replied with a smile, "We are coming to Beppu for vacation. My previous client originally wanted to travel to Beppu with her boyfriend, but her boyfriend cheated on her and they broke up. She gave me her train tickets and hotel reservations, and after discussing with Mr. Ike, we decided to bring Ai here for the trip. We arrived here yesterday morning..."

"So that's how it is," Mao Lilan also laughed, "Conan, my father and I just arrived in Beppu this morning. I didn't expect that we would stay in the same hotel. What a coincidence!"

"What a coincidence! Are you here for a trip too?" Nanatsuki Koshimizu asked proactively.

"Yes... but that's not the case," Mao Lilan confessed, "My father actually came here for work..."

In the men's bathhouse, Maori Kogoro muttered in dissatisfaction, "Really, you told me I have a job so soon..."

Next door, Mao Lilan's voice suddenly became surprised, "Ms. Manami? Excuse me, are you Miss Nakadai Manami?"

"What?" When Kogoro Mouri heard the name mentioned by Ran Mouri, he immediately stood up from the hot spring.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu's confused voice came from next door, "Ran, do you know Miss Manami?"

Chi Feichi saw Maori Kogoro hurriedly walking to the pool and said, "Teacher, you are not going to break into the women's bathing area, are you?"

Maori Kogoro stopped and calmed down a little. He frowned and looked at the next door. "But, I was commissioned to come to Beppu this time to find Miss Nakadai Manami..."

After that, Maori Kogoro shouted to the next door, "Ms. Manami, your father said that you left home alone after leaving a letter. He is very worried about you and asked me to come find you. So, after you finish the hot spring, can you give me some time?"

Nakadai Manami didn't remain silent for too long, and quickly responded, "Okay..."

…

Half an hour later, the group gathered in the room of Chi Feichi and the other two, and asked the hotel waiter to bring them hot tea.

No mistake, just one song, one post, one content, one look!

Under the curious questioning of Nanatsuki Koshimizu, Kogoro Mori told the story.

Yesterday afternoon, the president of Nakashiro Electric Company, Nakashiro Hidetora, came to the Mori Detective Agency with his secretary and said that his daughter Manami left home alone, leaving a note saying "I'm going on a trip alone, don't worry," and has not been contacted since.

Hidetora Nakadai found a photo in his daughter's room. In the photo, Manami Nakadai was holding a tour ticket to Beppu Hell Hot Springs.

According to Nakadai Hidetora, Nakadai Manami was engaged to the president of an electronics company, a very outstanding young man. Shortly after the two announced their engagement, a man named 'Hiroyuki' sent the photo to Nakadai's home.

Nakadai Hidetora asked his secretary Hosobe Yozo to investigate and learned that the man named "Hiroyuki" had dated his daughter before. The other party was a craftsman who made Japanese paper in Beppu City. Nakadai Manami met him when she went to Beppu for her graduation trip and dated him without telling her family. They broke up half a year ago, but continued to communicate through letters for a while.

Hidetora Nakadai said that his daughter has always been well-behaved and sensible, very considerate of him, and never left home alone suddenly. He suspected that his daughter might have been threatened by the man named Hiroyuki. He even made a hypothesis - when the man was dating his daughter, he deliberately kept some intimate and private photos of the two of them, and wanted to use the photos to threaten his daughter. His daughter was worried that the photos would be discovered by her father and fiancé, so she went to Beppu alone to negotiate with the man.

Secretary Yozo Hosobe was worried that if they called the police, the matter might be known to the media and reported as gossip, which would be detrimental to the external evaluation of Nakadai Electric Company and would also cause psychological harm to Manami Nakadai. Therefore, he suggested that Hidetora Nakadai first entrust a detective to investigate in Beppu.

As a father, Kogoro Mouri can understand Nakadai Hidetora's feelings very well. After hearing what happened, he immediately accepted the commission. Early this morning, he took Mouri Ran and Conan out and took the train to Beppu, wanting to disguise it as a family trip to Beppu to find the whereabouts of Nakadai Manami.

This afternoon, Mao Li and his two companions were out in various scenic spots looking for Nakadai Manami, and they did not return to the hotel until the evening to eat and soak in the hot springs. That’s how they met Chi Feichi’s four-member sightseeing team in the hotel’s hot spring pool…

Nanatsuki Koshimizu took the photo that Nakadai Hidetora had given to Maori Kogoro from Maori Kogoro, looked down, and said, "I see, in this photo, behind Miss Manami is the shuttle bus of this hotel, so Mr. Maori would stay at this hotel, right?"

Kogoro Maori was stunned for a moment.

this……

In fact, the reason he chose to stay in this hotel was because Conan said he knew a very good hotel.

Could it be that Conan, the little devil, had noticed the clues in the photo before...

Conan noticed that Mouri Kogoro was glancing at him sideways, and he quickly gave him an innocent smile.

Maori Kogoro retracted his gaze, unwilling to admit that he had not noticed this key line, "Ahem! That's about it... Anyway, Miss Manami, your father is really worried about you, and hopes you can go home early."

"I'm sorry to trouble you," Nakadai Manami lowered her head and said softly, "I didn't expect my father to be so worried. I will go back to Tokyo with you tomorrow."

"That's great!" Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the photo that Koshimizu Nanatsuki put back on the table, "By the way, Miss Manami, about the man named 'Hiroyuki'..."

Nakadai Manami looked at the photo with some hesitation. "His name is Hayami Hiroyuki. He is indeed my ex-boyfriend. We dated until half a year ago. After I got engaged, he sent me this photo. When I saw the photo, I was so scared that I called him. He asked me to come to Beppu immediately. But after I got here, he didn't ask to meet. He just asked me to stay in a hotel first. I don't know what he wants to do."

"In other words, he used this photo as your weakness to threaten you," Maori Kogoro frowned, and soon speculated with a hint of pride, "His purpose is also very obvious. He has intimate photos taken when you two were dating, and he wants to force you to spend a lot of money to buy them..."

Nakadai Manami looked at Maori Kogoro in confusion, "What intimate photos?"