Conan: Starting out by living with a divorced older sister

"This is a famous detective from Kansai, Hattori Heiji. Together with Kudo Shinichi from Tokyo, they are known as Kudo from Kanto and Hattori from Kansai. However, they are good friends in private and were even roommates in college."

"This is Toyama Kazuha, from Osaka. She's Hattori's childhood sweetheart and also my and Xiaolan's and my college roommate."

After some introductions, everyone took their seats and discussed the theme of this event, the Egg of Memories.

"Mrs. Suzuki..."

"Just call me Ms. Suzuki!"

"Ms. Suzuki, where is this egg of memories now? Could you please let us see it?" Qian Jiangyi, an antique dealer, asked first.

"Okay, Mr. Nishino, thank you for your help!"

Soon, the secretary Masato Nishino brought the box containing the Egg of Memories.

When the box was opened, a golden egg with green patterns appeared.

The appearance of the Egg of Memory was very exquisite, and the people present were stunned. After opening the Egg of Memory, there was a sculpture made of pure gold inside. It depicted the Romanov dynasty, Nicholas II, and a family of seven. The emperor was sitting on the sofa, and the queen was sitting next to him holding the crown prince in his arms. There were four beautiful and lovely girls around them. They were reading a book that the emperor had not yet opened.

At the suggestion of Suzuki Tomoko, Nishino Masato took out a key from the box, inserted it into the base of the egg and twisted it a few times. Soon, the pure gold statue inside slowly rose up with the soothing and melodious music. The book in the emperor's hand was also opened. The emperor and the empress brought their five children to read the book together. It was a very warm scene.

Soon, the music stopped, the book closed again, and the statue returned to its original position. Only then did everyone wake up from their amazement.

"Great! This design is simply ingenious! I am willing to pay 8 million to acquire it!" Qian Jiangyi was the first to express his offer.

After hearing the price, Pu Siqinglan's eyes moved slightly, revealing a hint of loneliness.

Hanchuan Long, who was standing by, caught this and said, "Why? Ms. Qinglan, are you also interested in this egg? Oh, you are a researcher of the Romanov dynasty, how could you not be interested in this!"

"Yes, that's right. I am very interested, but 8 million is too much. I can't afford it."

"That's right, I can only come up with 2 million."

Hearing that several people were discussing the price directly, and the price was still so high, Siruov Chinikov couldn't help but say:

"Ms. Suzuki, this egg belongs to Goose Country. It should be handed over to the Goose Country Museum for safekeeping. This will be of great benefit to enhancing the cooperation and exchanges between our two countries. Please be sure to consider it carefully."

"Okay, don't get me wrong. I'm just showing it to you. I have no intention of selling it. Our Suzuki Group is not so poor that we need to sell anything. Besides, this egg no longer belongs to our Suzuki family, so we have no right to decide its ownership. We are just exhibiting it at the opening ceremony of the museum."

"Oh~ That's such a pity~", seeing that the treasure had no intention of selling it, several people left one after another.

Secretary Nishino Masato stood respectfully at the door to see the guests off.

When Kanchuan Long went out and was close to Nishino Masato, he subconsciously showed a little fear and then ran away quickly.

When Pu Si Qinglan left, she seemed to be thinking about something and seemed to be hesitant to speak, but in the end she said nothing and just left.

I thought: I don’t know if this museum belongs to the bad guy, and I don’t know who the egg belongs to. I can’t get in touch with him by phone. What if it was stolen by Kaito Kid? It seems that this is the only way!

After all the outsiders have left, the remaining people in the reception room can be considered our own people.

Xiaolan looked at Conan who was deep in thought and asked, "Conan, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, Sister Xiaolan, I was wondering, why is reading a book a memory? Why is this egg called the Egg of Memory?"

At this time, Chairman Suzuki came over with Officer Nakamori and two other officers.

Officer Nakamori said, "Ms. Suzuki, may I ask if we can keep the Egg of Memory?"

"Yeah, no problem."

"Huh? Officer Nakamori, where are you going to take the Egg of Memories?" asked Kogoro Mouri curiously.

"We have made a thorough plan to protect this egg. As for the detailed plan, even Mr. Suzuki and Ms. Suzuki don't know it. Only I and the two assistants behind me know it. The fewer people who know it, the safer it is."

"Ah? Then how do you know they're not pretending to be Kidd?"

"Look!", Officer Nakamori said as he pulled the two people's faces hard, opened their mouths, and even saw their little tongues.

Maori Kogoro was in a playful mood and also pulled Officer Nakamori's face and said, "Then I'll confirm you too!"

In order to retaliate, Officer Nakamori also pulled Kogoro Mouri's face, and only stopped after both of them felt the pain.

Officer Nakamori left with the egg, and Chairman Suzuki invited Kogoro Mori to have a drink, but Tomoko said she wanted to take a rest.

Kazuha volunteered to take everyone on a tour of Osaka. It was said that there was a shrine near Namba Hotei Shrine, and it was said that the fortune there was very accurate!

What you don’t know is that there is a pigeon perched at the vent outside the conference room with a bug-like device tied to its foot.

Not far away, Kidd showed his signature smile!

Chapter 382 Asking for fortune at the shrine

Osaka, Namba Hotei Shrine

Xiaolan and her group of five came here to draw lots under the leadership of He Ye.

After drawing the fortune, Hattori took Conan to a corner and chatted animatedly. No one knew what they were talking about.

"It's really strange. Heiji actually doesn't like playing with kids younger than him. I don't know why, but he seems to like playing with Conan very much.", Kazuha said puzzledly.

"That little brat, although he looks small, he is very smart. Maybe there is an adult's soul living in his tiny body!" Sonoko continued.

"Conan is indeed different from his peers. I always feel that he is more mature than his peers and more like a college student. Especially sometimes, I feel that he is really alike with Shinichi." Xiaolan also expressed her opinion.

"Didn't he say he was Shinichi's distant cousin? It's normal that he looks like him, so let's not talk about him. Xiaolan, the fortune sticks here are very effective. What did you draw?"

Xiaolan opened the signature paper and saw that it said: Good luck, the person you are waiting for will appear in another form.

After reading it, Yuanzi said, "I'm a little curious, in what form will Ah Zhen appear?"

"How do you know you're referring to Ah Zhen?"

"Oh? The person you're waiting for isn't A-Zheng? It can't be Shinichi, right? Well, when A-Zheng comes back, I'll have to tell him about it and see how he deals with you, lelele~"

"Yuanzi, you are so annoying, let me see what is written on your signature!"

After stopping the fight, Yuanzi opened her signature paper and read: Xiaoji, on the road to finding true love, you always have to go through some tests of life and death.

Hearing about the test of life and death, Yuanzi was a little scared and asked Heye: "Heye, the fortune here is not that accurate!"

"No way, the lottery here is really accurate!"

"Okay then~ By the way, Heye, what's yours?"

He Ye also opened the signature paper in his hand, which read: Zhongji, the destined person, has quietly appeared in the darkness.

Looking at the blushing Kazuha, Sonoko teased, "Oh, that's good. Tell me, which dark night was it? What did that black chicken do to you?"

"There is no black chicken. He is not..." He Ye realized something and immediately covered his mouth.

"Even if you want to defend your lover, it seems that you can't do it. Look, he is in stark contrast to Conan, not to mention A-Zhen!"

After hearing what Sonoko said, the three girls turned their eyes to Heiji and Conan not far away, and nodded in tacit understanding.

The three glances were quickly caught by Heiji, who said to Conan: "I always feel that the three girls don't have anything good to talk about when they get together. Kudo, why don't we go alone? It's still early before the time Kid announced. I'll take you to taste the food in Osaka."

"Okay, let's talk to the three of them."

"Hey, guys, let's split up and play. You three girls, play together, and Gong and Conan and I, two boys, play together."

After saying that, without waiting for the girls to answer, he pulled Conan towards his motorcycle.

Soon they arrived at a Yakitori restaurant, and Hattori asked, "By the way, Kudo, you also drew a fortune stick just now, what did yours say?"

"Oh yeah, I haven't had time to look yet."

Conan took out a piece of paper from his pocket. There were four items written on it, two of which were ordinary, but the other two required careful consideration. One of them was: Xiaoji, the secret will be exposed, don't go!

Another one is: Good luck, with the help of noble people, everything will turn out well and be solved easily, just treat it as a treasure hunt.

"Kudo, you're not saying that your identity will be exposed by Xiaolan!"

"If Xiaolan really reveals it, then it's all your fault for calling me Kudo Kudo all day long. Well, let it be revealed. Anyway, my original intention was not to lie to her, but to prevent her from being involved in this dangerous situation."

"By the way, Hattori, where's your signature? What does it say?"

When Hattori Heiji opened it, it said: Koji, friends will always be friends, and friendship will last forever.

Good luck, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand! x2

"What does it say here? What is this x2? It's too sloppy. Tsk! Never mind, let's try the yakitori in this restaurant, it's delicious!" Hattori Heiji complained.

After dinner, we strolled around for a while and returned to the museum office area at 7:10 p.m. Xiaolan Yuanzi and her group had already returned long ago.

Coincidentally, when Conan came back, there was a car parked at the door. A beautiful girl got out of the car, and there was a white-haired old man half a body behind her, who looked like the woman's housekeeper or something like that.

He was chatting with his secretary Masato Nishino.

"Hey, Kudo, look, that woman is so beautiful. Both her looks and figure are top-notch! Especially her grey eyes. Although they are grey in color, they can't hide the light in them at all."

"Oh, yes, but I'm not interested in beautiful women. I'm still thinking about the time of the crime in Kid's notice. The clock without a second hand has reached the 12th number. Does this really refer to Si or L? By the way, Hattori, what time is it now?"

Heiji looked at his hand and said, "It's 7:10 pm now. You know what, the time right now really sounds like the Japanese word へ. But if it's 7:20 in ten minutes, then it will be even more like it, right?"

After hearing what Hattori Heiji said, a light flashed in Conan's head and he said, "Yes, I know!"

"Kudou, what do you know?"

"Hattori, get in the car. We're going to Tsutenkaku. We'll talk on the way."

As he said that, Hattori got on the motorcycle and threw the helmet to Conan, who caught it easily, put it on quickly, jumped onto the back seat, and with a whoosh, the motorcycle flew out. The whole set of movements of the two people can be described as smooth and flowing, without any hesitation.

The commotion here also attracted the attention of several people who were talking nearby.

"Hello Mr. Nishino, my name is Natsumi Kosaka. I would like to talk to your President Suzuki about the Egg of Memories."

"I'm so sorry. Miss Kosaka, our president is out and hasn't come back yet. Mrs. Suzuki, no, Ms. Suzuki, is also resting due to health reasons. If you have anything important to tell me, you can tell me first, or you can come in and wait, but I'm not sure how long you have to wait."

"Well, let's go in and wait for a while. Thank you, Mr. Nishino."

"Okay, you two, please follow me."

On the way, Kosaka Natsumi couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Nishino, I remember this place was originally called the Suzuki Museum of Modern Art, why was it changed to the Murong Qinglan Museum? Who was the original owner of this place?"

"Oh, we don't know the specific reason, but this place did belong to our Suzuki Group, but now it has been transferred to Butian Culture Company, and the owner's name is Murong Zhen!"

"It's him..."

Chapter 383 Life or death is uncertain

On the road, Hattori Heiji rode a motorcycle and took Conan along at a high speed.

"Regarding the time, the first sentence on the notice is: From dusk to dawn, it's the night of January 1th to dawn of January 19th. That's right, but the last word is weird. It's not until the second sentence that the clock without a second hand reaches the 1th word. If you count the first sentence, the 20th word is exactly this word. The clock without a second hand, that is to say, you don't look at the second hand, but only the hour and minute hands. The word refers to 12:12. In the above time period, there is only 7:20 on January 1th, which is tonight."

"Yes, there's yours, Kudo!"

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji suddenly had an idea and immediately changed direction.