Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"Are there any people who buy these T-shirts with suspicious behavior?" Mitsuhiko asked.

The clerk shook his head: "It was so long ago, I don't remember who came to buy it."

After hearing what the clerk said, several people had to leave in disappointment.

The sun began to set and the sunset glow spread to the west at 2.8.

At the crossroads, the Young Detectives said goodbye and went home.

"Yuanta, go back and think about this carefully." Mitsuhiko warned Yuanta: "If there are new clues, we will definitely find the killer."

Yuan Tai nodded dejectedly: "I understand."

"See you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow."

Looking at Yuantai's lonely back as he left, Watanabe Toru said, "Let's go."

Huihara nodded and followed Watanabe Toru into an alley.

After a while, the two came out again.

"That guy is still following Genta." Looking at the blond man in a denim jacket following the crowd closely behind Genta, Huiyuan asked, "What should we do now? Call the police?"

"Not necessary for now." Watanabe Toru followed, "lest we alert the enemy."

326. Yuan Tai, Mount Tai is pressing down on you

Yuantai walked home with a nervous mood.

For the first time, he felt that death was so close to him. If he was really killed by the killer, his parents would definitely be very sad. They would never see Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, Tohru, and Haibara again, and they would not even be able to eat his favorite eel rice again.

Thinking of this, Yuan Tai felt sad.

Snapped--

At this moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder. Yuan Tai was so scared that he almost jumped up. Looking back, he saw a blond man in a denim jacket bending over and greeting him: "Little brother, we meet again."

"Huh? It's the big brother from last time." Yuantai recognized the man.

The blond man smiled and said, "I'm so sorry last time. I really had forgotten about you, but yesterday I suddenly remembered that you and I had indeed seen that robber."

"Really?" Yuantai's eyes lit up: "Big brother, do you remember?"

If this blond brother had testified, the police might have been able to catch the robber and he wouldn't have died.

Thinking of this, Yuantai grabbed the blond man's hand and said anxiously: "Big brother, let's go find the police."

"Okay." The blond man nodded. "But before that, how about we discuss this first? This way we can better explain the situation to the police."

"Uh-huh."

Seeing the blond man pulling Genta towards a secluded path, Huiyuan said, "Genta is in danger."

Watanabe Toru hummed and quickened his pace.

"Big brother, do you still remember what that robber looked like?"

Yuantai didn't know that danger had quietly approached him. He tilted his head, thinking about what to say when he saw the police.

"Well, let me think, that guy seems to have a buzz cut." The blond man said as he looked around, then took out a folding knife from his pocket.

"Eh? Is it a buzz cut?" Yuantai touched his head, feeling like something was wrong.

"Yes, and he was wearing a denim jacket like me."

The blond man raised his folding knife high, a sinister grin on his face.

Just as he was about to stab Yuantai, a whooshing sound was heard in the air, and then a baseball hit his wrist.

"hiss……"

The blond man cried out in pain, and before he could react to where the baseball came from, a figure rushed over, jumped into the air half a meter away from him, raised his foot, and kicked him in the abdomen.

"Well……"

The blond man was hit hard in the abdomen, bent over, and the folding knife fell from his hand.

Watanabe Toru picked up the folding knife and looked at the stunned Genta: "Are you okay, Genta?"

"Xiao...Xiao Che?" Yuan Tai swallowed hard, not knowing what was going on. Looking at the blond man with a painful expression, he asked, "Xiao Che, he..."

"He is the robber who wants to kill you." Watanabe Toru said bluntly.

"No, Xiao Che." Yuan Tai said quickly: "He is the big brother who saw the robber with me."

"Are you an idiot?" Watanabe Toru rolled his eyes at him and waved the folding knife in his hand at Yuan Tai: "Do you know that he was about to kill you just now?"

"Ah..." Yuantai's face turned pale instantly, and he looked at the blond man in disbelief: "He...he is really a robber?"

"hateful…"

The blond man, who had finally recovered, looked at Genta and Watanabe Toru with a ferocious expression and growled, "Since you all know, then go to hell."

Watanabe Toru said calmly, "I think you should deal with the police first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of sirens came from far away.

The blond man's expression suddenly changed. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​dealing with the two children and turned around and ran away.

Watanabe Toru swept the blond man to the ground with a leg sweep, then shouted to Genta: "Genta, come on, Mount Tai hits the top."

Yuantai jumped high, and his fat body pressed heavily on the blond man. The blond man rolled his eyes and almost couldn't breathe.

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, Haibara, Inspector Megure and others rushed over and arrested the blond man.

An hour later, Watanabe Toru and two other men came out of the police station.

"That's great! The robber who wanted to kill me has finally been caught." Yuantai raised his hands, looked up at the sky, and felt the beauty of the free world.

Huiyuan said from the side: "By the way, you still can't remember where you saw him before?"

Yuantai scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Watanabe Toru sighed softly: "It should be at the barber shop. Didn't Genta get his hair cut some time ago?"

"Barber shop..." Yuantai thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said loudly: "Yes, I am the robber I saw in the barber shop."

Huiyuan thought thoughtfully: "So that's how it is. What Genta saw should be the robber in the mirror, and that robber is not left-handed."

"That's right." Watanabe Toru nodded. "Because of the mirror image, Genta mistook the SOS on the robber's T-shirt for 202. As for why Genta didn't recognize the robber, it was because he had dyed his hair blonde and was wrapped in plastic sheeting, hiding his T-shirt."

Yuan Tai also realized it belatedly: "No wonder I couldn't recognize the robber. It turns out he just changed his appearance. It's really abominable."

Watanabe Toru glanced at him. His silly look made it impossible for him to say anything to hurt him. He warned him, "Genta, if you encounter something like this next time, tell everyone in time. If you weren't lucky this time, you would have lost your life."

"I understand." Yuan Tai nodded seriously.

After his brush with death, he felt that he had grown a lot. At least he would not be deceived by the same thing again.

……

At night, it's dinner time.

Ran looked at Maori Kogoro with a surprised look on her face. "Huh? Domoto Kanko Company invited Dad to attend the opening ceremony of the aerial cable car operation?"

"Yeah." Maori Kogoro stuffed a mouthful of rice: "It's this Saturday."

"Then can we go together?" Xiaolan asked excitedly.

"That's fine." Maori Kogoro said, "But you must not cause me any trouble."

"That's great, Toru." Xiaolan looked at Watanabe Toru: "We can take the aerial cable car then."

Watanabe Toru nodded, then suddenly thought of something and said to Maori Kogoro, "But isn't uncle afraid of heights? Will it be okay to ride the cable car?"

Kogoro Mori's expression froze.

I actually forgot about this.

327 Family Conflict

Saturday.

On the train to Tianbu Mountain.

"The Venerable Goddess of Tianbu Mountain has been protecting us for hundreds of years and has always been believed by the villagers at the foot of the mountain..."

The speaker was an elderly woman sitting with Watanabe Toru and the other two. Her face was covered in wrinkles and age spots, and she only had two teeth left. She wore a grayish-white monastic robe and had a gloomy expression. She was complaining in a deep voice, "But now they've actually dug a tunnel under the rock where the Heavenly Maiden Venerable resides to allow the aerial cable car to pass through. This is a crime that is unforgivable by heaven. They will surely be struck by lightning in the future!"

Kogoro Mouri and Ran were trembling.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." The old woman put away the anger on her face and asked with a smile: "Where are you guys planning to go this time?"

Xiaolan didn't dare to say that they were here to attend the opening ceremony of the aerial cable car. She laughed dryly and said, "Well... actually, we don't have a specific target yet."

Kogoro Mouri simply looked out the window.

.......

The train enters the station.

Before they left the station, a woman in a purple dress with long black hair approached them. She asked gently, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Maori Kogoro?"

"It's me." Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up when he saw the woman. "What a beauty! Are you the one who came to pick us up?"

"Yes, my name is Yoshino Ayaka, and I'm the secretary to the vice president of Domoto Tourism Company." Yoshino Ayaka smiled and bowed. "I've been waiting for your visit for a long time. I'm grateful for your guidance."

"No." Maori Kogoro scratched his head and laughed: "I'll have to trouble your company to entertain these two children."

"Hello, my name is Mao Lilan." Xiaolan greeted and looked at Watanabe Toru: "This is Watanabe Toru who is staying at my house."

Watanabe Toru called out sweetly, "Hello, sister."

The word "sister" immediately made Yoshino Ayaka smile brightly. She bent down and rubbed Watanabe Toru's head: "Hello, little brother."

A group of people left the station.

Various shops have opened outside the station, and many tourists have gathered, some walking together, some looking at the scenery, and some sitting together eating.

"It's so lively here." Xiaolan exclaimed.

Maori Kogoro nodded in agreement: "It's a good tourist destination."

Yoshino Ayaka drove the group to the hotel on the mountain.

"It is truly an honor for us to have the renowned Detective Maori personally visit our company for the opening ceremony tomorrow."

"Don't be so polite to me." Maori Kogoro said with a smile: "Bunny girl~"

Xiaolan was speechless. Because there were outsiders around, she couldn't get angry. She turned to look out the car window, only to find that the outside was full of signs protesting development.

"These are all signs opposing the cable car."

Maori Kogoro also turned to look, his expression becoming serious. "It seems that your company has invited me here this time, not just to attend the opening ceremony, right?"

"Yes." Yoshino Ayaka hesitated, "The president will explain this himself later..."

When they arrived at the hotel on the top of the mountain, Yoshino Ayaka brought Maori Kogoro to the special reception room and met the president of Domoto Tourism Company.

After a few polite self-introductions, Domoto Eizo said with a smile, "Your name, the famous Mōri detective, is well-known in this rural area. I'm sure our opening ceremony on the first day will be even more well-received."

Maori Kogoro said modestly: "Not at all. If there is any place where I can be of service, I will do my best."

Vice President Domoto Yasunori, who was sitting next to Domoto Eizo, adjusted his glasses and said, "To be honest, there is another reason why we invited Mr. Maori to come here this time."

Maori Kogoro vaguely guessed what he was thinking and said meaningfully, "The villagers' opposition to the operation of the aerial cable car is too strong. I'm afraid the opening ceremony will face many obstacles. Am I right?"

"That's absolutely right." Junpei Domoto, Eizo Domoto's second son, spoke with a nonchalant tone, "The only people who support this development plan are the local shops and the small number of villagers who will benefit from it. My father has always been known for his autocratic style, which naturally made him many enemies. That's why I quickly established my own business, dealing in imported groceries."

Domoto Yasunori snorted and bluntly exposed his brother's shortcomings: "But isn't it because your business is not going well that you came back to Dad today to ask for cash flow?"

Junpei Domoto's face darkened immediately: "What did you say?"

Just as the atmosphere was becoming tense, the door of the reception room was pushed open and a man and a woman walked in.

"I'm back. Long time no see, Dad."

The woman was wearing a pink dress, a pearl necklace around her neck, and a pair of Martin boots on her feet. She greeted Eizo Domoto with a smile on her face.

Domoto Eizo also smiled: "You just got back from Tokyo by train, Rina?"

"That's right." Domoto Rina said, "This is Dad's most important matter. No matter how busy I am, I have to rush back."