An infinite journey starting from paradise

Conan felt mixed emotions. His emotions did not allow him to believe that Xiaolan would fall in love with someone else, and his rationality kept reminding him that there was insufficient evidence and he could not make arbitrary judgments. But deep down, he felt a complex emotion of helplessness, frustration and pain.

"No, I have to go find out. If it's true, I have to go and ruin their date!"

Having made up his mind, Conan mustered up the courage to take a step forward with his short legs and walked towards the pair of "thieving cats".

……

"Ah, it's Mr. Lin, what a coincidence."

Mao Lilan originally wanted to find a suitable empty seat in the coffee shop, but she happened to see Lin Shangren who was resting with his eyes closed.

"It's Xiaolan." Lin Shangren opened his eyes. "Come here for afternoon tea?"

"I have an appointment to meet someone here." replied Mao Lilan.

"Hey...you're dressed so beautifully, could it be that you've made a date with your boyfriend?"

"No, I'm here to see my mother." Facing Hayashi Naoto, Mao Li Ran naturally would not hide this matter like she did to Conan. After all, Hayashi Naoto would not be so bored as to tell Kogoro Maori about it.

Mao Lilan was in great pain. Her parents had been separated for ten years and it looked like they were going to have no contact with each other for the rest of their lives. This made her, the daughter, caught in the middle and suffering from both sides. She had to be secretive when she wanted to see her mother, for fear that her father would get angry if he found out.

Thinking of this, Mao Lilan's expression also dimmed a little.

"Meet your mother?"

Cafe, Ran Mouri, Eri Kisaki... putting these keywords together, Hayashi Naoto instantly remembered the episode in which Eri Kisaki first appeared in the original "Detective Conan" - the cafe murder case.

"This... the timeline doesn't match... Tsk, that's true. I've been involved in so many cases, it would be strange if everything could still develop according to the original plot."

At this time, in the coffee shop, apart from Hayashi Naoto, Mori Ran and Umibozu, there were only two other customers, a man and a woman. It was impossible to choose any one of the three suspects, so it was highly likely that no murder had occurred.

"Ah, Sister Xiaolan, and Uncle Lin~"

Hearing the sound of the children's clip containing at least three plus signs, Lin Shangren immediately overturned his previous speculation. The elementary school student, the god of death, was also present. If there was no murder today, it would be difficult to have a good ending.

"Conan, why are you following me again?" Mao Li Ran was a little helpless.

"Because I'm bored at home alone, and I miss my brother too... So, where is Shinichi-nii? Could he not have arrived yet?"

Faced with Conan's innocent but sarcastic remarks, Xiaolan only heard the innocence, and Lin Shangren ignored Conan at all. Compared with the jealous death god elementary school student, it was more important to find the potential murderer and victim of the impending murder.

Lin Shangren looked at the woman in green dress sitting diagonally behind him. After opening the Eye of Innocence and identifying her identity, Lin Shangren was stunned.

【Name: Miyano Akemi】

[Race: Human female]

[Identity: Peripheral member of the "Brewery", teller at Rice Flower Bank]

【Status: Looking forward to it】

[Note: Sister-con, love-obsessed, planning a billion yen robbery.]

"No... This small cafe is really full of hidden talents. Why is she here? She looks like she's waiting for someone... Who could it be? Akai Shuichi?"

Just as Lin Shangren was thinking, another person walked into the Cat's Eye Cafe.

The person's makeup and dress were very similar to those of Mao Li Ran at the moment, or it could be said that Mao Li Ran was imitating her and dressed like that: a capable professional suit, a simple bun and elegant gold-rimmed glasses. She looked like a mature woman, and gave people a sense of shrewdness and competence.

Concubine Yingli.

"Mom, you're here."

Although she could clearly hear her daughter's voice, Kisaki Eri didn't respond at all. Her attention was completely focused on the man next to her daughter.

"Why is he here...?"

"Mother?"

Ran Mouri looked at Kisaki Eri who was standing there in a daze with confusion.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Chapter 159: Maori Mother and Daughter and the Miyano Sisters (Part 2)

Like most people who are in the early stages of cheating, Eri Kisaki absolutely does not want her cheating partner to have any contact with her family, especially her young and beautiful daughter.

If something really happened between Lin Shangren and Xiaolan, it would be a big accident for the Maori family. She had seen many similar cases in the law firm.

"Mom, are you okay?"

"Oh...oh," Hearing her daughter's voice, Kisaki Eri finally came back to her senses, "Well...I've been too busy these past few days, I might be a little tired. Xiaolan, who is this gentleman?"

"Ah, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Hayashi, the inspector who captured Kid. Mr. Hayashi is Shinichi's neighbor... and a good friend of Dad's.

Mr. Lin, this is my mother. My mother is a lawyer.

Mao Lilan stood between Kisaki Eri and Hayashi Naoto and introduced them. Kisaki Eri avoided looking at Hayashi Naoto. But Hayashi Naoto extended his hand.

"Hello, Lawyer Fei. It's our first meeting, please take care of me."

first meet?

Lin Shangren's smile seemed to say, "I never saved you, and you never committed yourself to me. Everything that happened that day was a mistake. Let's just turn the page and forget about it."

If the two of them could understand each other tacitly, then Kisaki Eri should have reached out her hand calmly, gently shook hands with Hayashi Shangren, and then said, "Nice to meet you."

But Kisaki Eri couldn't extend her hand openly.

She has a guilty conscience.

She felt guilty towards her daughter and husband, guilty towards Lin Shangren, and of course, guilty towards herself.

"There's no need for a handshake." Kisaki Eri said with a calm tone, "After all, we still have a case. It's better not to touch each other until the court is over."

(I haven't figured out the entanglement between us yet. It's better for us not to meet until I have sorted out the situation between myself and the Mori family.)

"It's time to get off work now, so I won't talk about business. It should be fine to talk about personal matters with Lawyer Fei today. However, I won't disturb Lawyer Fei and Xiaolan's reunion now. Come on, Conan, have whatever cake you want, uncle will treat you. Don't disturb your sister Xiaolan for now. Let's go."

As he said that, Lin Shangren picked up Conan and walked towards the bar.

"He's still holding a grudge," Hibiki thought. She also understood Lin Shangren's subtext: "I won't disturb your family's lives, but right now, today, we have to clarify what our relationship is."

"Mr. Lin...thank you." Xiaolan said in a low voice.

From Ran's perspective, Hayashi Naoto found an excuse to leave and took the naughty Conan with him, so that they could talk about some topics that were not convenient for Maori Kogoro to know. She naturally could not have guessed the deep and complicated relationship between her mother and Hayashi Naoto.

And what about Conan? Still chuckling with joy over Ran not cheating, he naturally didn't notice anything unusual about Hayashi Naoto and Kisaki Eri. But being held like a child still made him uncomfortable.

"Uncle Lin, put me down. I can walk on my own."

"Okay, let's go over there first and don't disturb them for now."

Hayashi Shangren led Conan to the empty seat in front of Miyano Akemi to the right. While secretly observing Miyano Akemi, he also eavesdropped on the conversation between Kisaki Eri and her daughter.

Miyano Akemi kept glancing at her watch, and it was almost certain she was waiting for someone. The conversation between Kisaki Eri and her daughter was just normal family matters. Kisaki Eri asked about Ran Mouri's recent situation, but did not mention Mouri Kogoro.

From their conversation, it's revealed that Kisaki Eri and Cat's Eye Cafe owner, Rei Rai, are old acquaintances, which is why they chose the recently opened Cat's Eye Cafe as the venue for this meeting, so they could both meet their daughter and catch up with an old friend they haven't seen in a while. Unfortunately, the Rei sisters had something to attend to and were not at the cafe.

"Sir, the coffee and cake you requested."

Since there was no waiter, Haifangzhu personally delivered the meal ordered by Lin Shangren.

"This child's cream cake will have to wait a little longer."

"OK, thanks."

Lin Shangren pushed the green pandan leaf cake in front of Conan: "Eat it first, it should taste good."

"Okay~ Thank you uncle~"

Conan was about to pick up the fork when he suddenly saw through the glass a pure black Porsche 356A parked at the door of the Cat's Eye Cafe.

Conan didn't take the car seriously at first, but when the window was rolled down, he saw the two men who had been haunting him.

"It's them!"

There was no mistake. The man in sunglasses and a black hat sitting in the driver's seat was the one who conducted the illegal transaction that night. The silver-haired man sitting in the passenger seat was the culprit who knocked him out, fed him poison, and turned him into an elementary school student.

"Kim, Walker...it's them!"

Conan had encountered these two guys during the "Shinkansen Bombing Case" and heard their names and the information that they were going to kill someone with the suitcase containing the bomb through the wiretap. Unfortunately, before Conan could eavesdrop on more information, Gin and Vodka got off the train, and Conan was unable to catch up with them in order to prevent the impending bombing.

"I actually met them here... What should I do? What should I do?"

Conan's brain was working rapidly.

"First, let me write down the license plate number... Shinjuku 34-4869... Criminals who dared to silence witnesses with a bomb would probably be driving a car with cloned plates, right? And where's the bug... Damn, I left in such a hurry and forgot to bring it with me... Why aren't they getting out of the car yet?"

"Conan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Lin Shangren's words interrupted Conan's thoughts. Only then did he realize that there was an extraordinary policeman sitting in front of him.

"Do you want to ask him for help? Even if it's just to point out that car outside is suspicious and ask Mr. Lin to confirm the identities of those two people. They shouldn't commit murder in the street, right?"

Conan noticed the two hardworking people at the winery, and Lin Shangren naturally also noticed them... and the third person in the car.

"It turns out that Miyano Akemi is waiting for her sister."

Lin Shangren closed his left eye and, using the shadows from the Porsche 356A, could clearly see the woman in the back seat. With her short brown hair, red sweater, and white coat, it was undoubtedly Miyano Shiho.

"Oh my goodness! I've been investigating in Tokyo for so long, even going to several biopharmaceutical companies called 'Yabai', but I still can't find anyone. Finally, I have to rely on chance encounters. I suspect the world is against me.

And... is the distillery so short of staff? They actually had to personally take care of something as trivial as escorting Miyano Shiho to meet her sister? Could it be that Gin thought all the distillery's handymen were traitors and killed them?

Since he met the normal-sized Miyano Shiho and the still-living Miyano Akemi, the kind-hearted Lin Shangren would naturally not sit idly by and watch them.

"Just kill Gin and Vodka, and then rescue these ill-fated sisters? Hmm... that's not going to maximize profits."

Lin Shangren had already prepared a plan for dealing with the Black Organization, but recently, his focus had been on reproducing various audiovisual works in this world, so he hadn't prioritized implementing it. Since we happened to run into them today, he might as well have some fun with the hardworking duo from the winery.

"How should I tell Mr. Lin... I should just tell him they're wanted criminals. I'll say I saw it on the news. Mr. Lin has a good impression of me, so he'll probably believe something like that from a precocious kid who's always hanging around crime scenes."

Having made up his mind, Conan pretended to be scared and said in a baby voice, "Uncle Lin, there are bad guys in the car outside! I saw their wanted poster on TV."

"Oh?"

[Ugh~ He's pretending to be cute, he's disgusting. ?_?]

Lin Shangren ignored the system mother's complaints and acted serious: "Is that the car outside? Conan, are you sure?"

"Of course! And, look at them, wearing all black and wrapped so tightly in the middle of summer, you can tell at a glance that they are not good people!" Conan said with certainty.

"Ah, this... I suspect you're making innuendos."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren continued, "Then I'll go and confirm it."

"Ah? Uncle Lin doesn't need to call for reinforcements?"

"We haven't confirmed their identities yet. The security situation in Beika Town is so bad, and the number of police officers is seriously insufficient. We can't waste police resources casually."

"Then Uncle Lin must be careful, there are two of them after all." Conan reminded Lin Shangren while preparing the watch anesthetic gun. If necessary, he can transform into Edogawa Teemo and use his height advantage and anesthetic needle to help Lin Shangren capture Gin and Vodka.

"Come on, ordinary citizens Mr. Kurosawa Jin and Mr. Uozuka Saburo. Come and cooperate with the police investigation."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren walked out of the Cat's Eye Cafe.

……

Inside the Porsche 356A, Gin, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at the area surrounding the Cat's Eye Cafe and said in a cold tone, "We're here. You only have half an hour."

Sitting in the back seat, Miyano Shiho had a gloomy face and asked coldly, "Why didn't you bring anyone to monitor us sisters this time? Or do you want to listen in on our conversation in person?"

"I'll be watching you from here. You can chat with your sister freely in there. Just consider this a reward from the organization for your recent hard work and research."

"Oh, should I say thank you then?"

"You have twenty-nine minutes."

"Brother." Vodka interrupted the conversation between Gin and Miyano Shiho, "That person is coming towards us."

"Who?"

Gin turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of Lin Shangren, who was dressed in black and holding a black umbrella. Then he felt a chilling pressure that penetrated his bones.

"go!"

Gin gave the order decisively.

"Ah? Yes!"

Although Vodka didn't understand what was going on, he still faithfully carried out Gin's order. However, even though he stepped on the accelerator, the car didn't move. At the same time, Vodka heard the whining of the engine and tires.

"ah?!!"

The man in black holding a black umbrella was already standing in front of the car. He pressed the hood of the car with one hand, thus pinning the modified Porsche, which weighed nearly one ton and had a maximum horsepower of nearly 130, in place.

"Reverse!"