Conan: I'm really not a model worker at a winery

Chapter 498
"The sun shines in the sky~the flowers smile at me~"

Summer is in the air, and it is as hot as fire.

Lie was invited to the Metropolitan Police Department, humming the nursery rhyme 'everyone knows' in the corridor leading to the conference room.

——In the end, the otaku Hiroki still refused the invitation to come to the Metropolitan Police Department with Lie.

It is not yet seven o'clock, but on this somewhat special day today, many policemen in suits can already be seen hurrying past.

Many police officers were a little puzzled when they passed by Lie's side - because Lie didn't look like a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, nor did he look like a county policeman who was coming here from various places for a meeting today.

Moreover, Lie is afraid of the heat today, and he is wearing a gray-blue vest with a wide high collar, which does not look like a serious person...

In addition, the way he probed his head in order to find the meeting room made him look a little suspicious.

"The first meeting room...the first meeting room...where is it? I didn't expect this floor to be so big~"

Lie scratched his head in distress.

Just when he was at his wit's end, a 'kind-hearted' police officer finally came over, "Hi sir, I don't know you are here..."

Lie looked at the other party with eager eyes in an instant, grabbed the other party's hand, and smiled brilliantly: "Oh! Hello, hello~ I'm here to participate in some kind of case, so what... oh, it's just a meeting, The location is in the first conference room, can you show me the way? This is the first conference room, how can I go ~ thank you!"

……

First meeting room.

The seats in the hall were arranged neatly, and there were already many policemen sitting in their respective seats, or dozing off on the table, or chatting with each other among acquaintances.

Many of these police officers are unfamiliar faces.

But this does not prevent Lie from seeing a certain cub that he is optimistic about sitting by the window at a glance——

"Xiao Zhenping~ did you get up so early today? Why do you look like you haven't woken up yet? Is it because of poor sleep quality? This is not okay~ Do you want to run around the Tokyo Tower after the meeting? How many laps?"

Matsuda Jinpei, who was named by Lie and became unlovable: "..."

Police officer Mumu must have had his head twitched to call this guy in, right?

Thinking of the fact that the police had to find a detective and a criminal to help out because of the dead end in solving the case, Matsuda Jinhei suddenly felt that the future of the Japanese police was bleak...

The member who was also invited to the Metropolitan Police Department as a consultant to solve the case was the famous Mori Kogoro——

This confused detective was not taken seriously by the Metropolitan Police Department in the early days, but later because when Lie and Hiroki were not present many times, because of Conan's anesthesia injection, Mori Kogoro made extraordinary achievements in a coma state many times, and was arrested by the police. The TV hall is regarded as "Sleeping Kogoro".

"I don't need to bother you about that, Lie...Mr. Lin." Matsuda Jinpei almost uttered Lie's code name, but fortunately, the turn was fast, and police officers Sato and Shiratori next to him didn't find any problems.

On the contrary, Sato and Takagi looked at Lie apologetically—they were supposed to go out to greet Lie, but who would have thought that Lie would come over without saying a word?

Matsuda Jinpei then pointed to the slanted seat directly in front of the conference room: "This time, the seat for the special advisor is over there, with your and Mr. Mori's names on it. You can sit while you look at it."

Sensing Matsuda Jinpei's deliberate alienation, Lie didn't have any special reaction, and responded with a smile: "Okay~ I'll sit down later... But isn't this the meeting that hasn't started yet? How about chatting?"

After all, Lie didn't wait for Matsuda Jinping to react, he moved the chair over there on his own, and sat down on the opposite side of Matsuda Jinping.

Shiratori Ren Saburo who was standing by and reading the manuscript: "..."

Strange, is Mr. Lin's relationship with Matsuda so good?I didn't pay much attention to it before...

Miwako Sato, who sat at the next table with Takagi: "!"

Strange, why does she have the illusion that Matsuda is very similar to Mr. Lin?
As for Lie's rascal, Matsuda Jinpei had nothing to do, rolled his eyes under the dark glasses, and said weakly:
"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

"Just the case~ and today's meeting~" Lie had a warm smile on his face, "A lot of strange policemen are here today, do you have so many people in the first search?"

Lie pointed to the policemen who looked at him curiously behind him.

——In the venue where everyone was wearing a suit, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Lie stood out in such a casual attire.

Matsuda Jinping glanced back, "No, they came from the police headquarters of each county, because this serial murder case involves a wide area..."

"Serial murder?"

Lie was aroused, "What's the specific situation?"

When Mu Moshisan called him to invite him over, he didn't elaborate on what the case was.

"This will be discussed at the meeting later, and the detailed information about the case has not yet been brought in. Only Shiratori has a summary." Matsuda Jinhei tried to divert Zorei's attention.

However, Lie Xingxing eyes only moved away for a second to put on Shiratori Ren Sanlang, and immediately turned back to stare at him unblinkingly: "Oh~ let's talk about it later... this case involves Where are they?"

"...Tottori, Nagano, Shizuoka, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Tokyo."

Seeing that the method of diverting attention was ineffective, Matsuda Jinping had no choice but to join the chat in person, "And the closest one was near the toll booth in Odawara City..."

"Is that so~ That means there are already seven cases?" Lie counted with his fingers.

"No, it's six."

"...Huh? But you mentioned seven places~"

"That's because a victim died at the junction of Nagano and Gunma, with the upper body in Nagano and the lower body in Gunma."

Lie: "...⊙▽⊙~"

Hey, this guy died quite skillfully, or did the murderer want to increase the workload of the police?
After thinking about the murderer's thoughts for a while, Lie then asked about the details of the case, and took out a small notebook out of thin air and began to record:
"Oh! The deceased was taken to various places to commit crimes after being stunned by the prisoner, and then escaped... Then what kind of mahjong tiles were found beside the deceased~?"

Matsuda Jin held his chin and said: "The six mahjong tiles are different, wait for Police Officer Megure to come back, he is going to copy relevant documents..."

"Oh~ Then, what are the things missing from the deceased?"

"...It's in the information, just wait."

Lie blinked his innocent eyes: "Hey ~ you can tell me in advance ~ you won't lose a piece of meat if you say one more word, right?"

Matsuda Jinhei had a black line on his face: "I'm not in charge of this case, how can I remember the details?"

Don't you know that he just finished working on the insurance of those bombs yesterday?Although it was almost a week ago, it is almost the same as what was completed yesterday...

……and many more.

Is there something wrong with this time?

Matsuda Zhenping was in a daze for a moment, somehow feeling something was wrong.

"That's it...forget it~" Lie shrugged.

He noticed that Matsuda Jinpei's expression was a little weird, but he didn't take it to heart.

Just when Lie stood up and was about to move the chair back to his seat to drink some water, there was a sudden pause, and his eyes were fixed on the back of the conference room. At the same time, he glanced outside the door and smiled at Miwako Sato road:
"Officer Sato ~ Mr. Mori and the others seem to be here, do you want to go out and have a look?"

"……Eh?"

Miwako Sato was stunned for a moment, and then she came to her senses. She didn't think about why Lie knew that someone was coming. She grabbed Takagi and said thank you, then rushed out the door—it was their mistake that they didn't greet someone... The same mistake cannot be made a second time.

If Lie knew that Sato Miwako's inner consciousness was so high, he would be very gratified.

It's a pity that his full attention is now on a certain eye police sitting at the end of the conference room.

Lie stared at the other party for a while, then suddenly leaned down, and whispered to the absent-minded Matsuda Zhenping: "Xiaopingzi, have you practiced 'gongfa' recently?"

Matsuda Jinping came back to his senses: "No...why?"

He's been busy packing his insurance recently, so he doesn't have the time to practice in the United States.

"It's nothing~ I just want to remind you to practice hard! Once you have 'qi', you will find a lot of interesting things."

Lie smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then walked straight to the last row under the gaze of a bunch of policemen, and slapped the glasses policeman on the shoulder:

"Hello~ Do a research~ Excuse me... Is 'Vermouth' good?"

(End of this chapter)