Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Ahem, waiter, I have reserved a seat in advance."

Holding a bottle of red wine in his hand, Shiratori Rensaburo walked into the Italian restaurant in the Rice Flower Central Building and waved to the waiter who greeted him at the entrance of the restaurant.

"It's number three."

The waiter scanned the man's whole body. The slight relaxation that had appeared due to his clothes suddenly became tense the moment he saw the red wine. He waved his hand and brought the white bird to the table, bowed his head and said, "Can I ask in advance?" Serving food?”

"The female guest hasn't come yet, so there's no need."

Watching the waiter leave quickly, Bai Niao shook his head, feeling a little helpless towards this man.

He saw everything just now. This man showed a moment of disgust after discovering that the suit he was wearing was relatively cheap, which made Shiratiao a little dissatisfied. However, because of his subsequent attitude after noticing that the red wine was expensive, he still didn't. Complain directly.

Most restaurants like this hire highly educated French college students as waiters.Interestingly, waiters do not rely on salary as their main income. Their salary is only the minimum hourly wage in Tokyo. Their main income is tips from customers.

In other words, after serving one guest, the waiter cannot serve another table of guests in order to provide high-end service.

In other words, even the best waiter only receives 0.7 guests an hour on average, and the guest's clothing and food expenses can directly show how much tips he can get.

Excluding those who are stingy and arrogant, a rich kid like Shiratiao will tip a meal sometimes even half of the price of the meal, but there is nothing he can do about the fact that the waiter will look down upon him when he sees his suit is cheap.

"Sure enough, you can't dress like this anymore."

In order not to stand out too much in the department, he did not wear a suit from home. Instead, he sold a [-]-yen suit from a suit store in Ginza on his first day of employment. As a result, after so many years, he has become somewhat accustomed to it. .

"Anyway, I have already taken over the third series, or else I should just change my dressing style back."

Just kidding, he was just a little uncomfortable with the waiter's dislike. Thinking of his girlfriend's face, the bad mood just now dissipated.

"What's wrong? Frowning."

Looking at the night scene outside the window, a cold voice came to his ears. Bainiao turned his head and suddenly laughed: "No...good evening, Teacher Xiaolin."

The woman in front of her is Kobayashi Sumiko, who is very similar to Officer Sato. She is Edogawa Conan's elementary school teacher and Shiratori's first love. She was reminded by Kudo Yuji and the children before. After constant contact, the two finally fell in love. They recognized each other and successfully became a couple.

"What's wrong with suddenly calling me to such an expensive restaurant for dinner?"

Feeling a little uncomfortable with the surrounding eyes, Teacher Kobayashi covered his mouth with his hand, leaned forward slightly, and asked Shiratori Rensaburo doubtfully: "And you don't have to stay at the Metropolitan Police Department tonight? Tokyo's control is so strict recently."

"Well... although the control is strict, my working hours today are actually enough according to the regulations. We still have capable people in the three departments for other cases, so it's okay."

"But if something big happens and you're not here, you will definitely be criticized and given a demerit."

It wasn't a matter of principle, and Teacher Xiaolin didn't react too much. In fact, everyone knew about this kind of thing, so it didn't matter.

Shiratori refused the waiter, but took the bottle opener directly from the other person's hand, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and poured a glass of red wine for Teacher Xiaolin.

"I think as long as no government building is bombed by terrorists, it will be fine."

He picked up his cup and joked: "I have just taken charge of the third department, so I am not so unlucky." (End of Chapter)