Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 454 What is a famous detective? (Tactical retreat) (Seeking monthly votes!)

Moriya House, Tuesday, April 4th.

"Conan, wait a minute, stop running around! You need an invitation to get in!"

Looking at Conan who had just got off the car and ran excitedly towards Moritani's house without waiting for others, Mouri Ran pursed her pink lips with a complicated look in her eyes.

Could it be that her childhood sweetheart had shrunk for too long, turning not only his body but also his mind into that of a child?

Shaking her head and suppressing all the messy thoughts in her mind, Mao Lilan took out the invitation letter from her pocket and handed it to the security guard at the door.

After carefully checking the invitation letter and confirming her identity, the security guard returned the invitation letter to Mao Lilan and said, "Come in!"

"Thank you."

After politely thanking them, Mao Lilan followed Mao Li Kogoro and others and stepped into the building in front of them...

……

"Wow!"

"so big!"

"Yes, it's really spectacular!"

Looking at the exquisite, luxurious and neatly-organized villa in front of them, everyone was filled with emotion.

The wide square, the neatly arranged trees, and the fountain in the middle of the square that constantly splashes out water droplets that sparkle brilliantly in the sun, this exquisite arrangement shows the owner's elegant artistic taste.

“It is truly a traditional British building from the 17th century Stuart Dynasty!”

Kogoro Mori put his hands on his hips, a look of admiration on his face.

The magnificent, luxurious and exquisite style, the ultimate pursuit of details and decoration, the overall harmony and balance of the building, and the symmetrical effect, all of these made him, a private detective, extremely jealous.

If possible, he really hopes that he can own such a villa!

Hearing what Kogoro Mouri said, Conan couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

How could he recognize the traditional British 17th century Stuart Dynasty architectural style at a glance? I didn't expect that this uncle was quite knowledgeable!

Not to mention him, even Mao Lilan beside him was a little surprised, "Hey, Dad, you know so much about architecture?"

She never imagined that a useless detective who did nothing but gamble, drink and look at beautiful women could know so much knowledge.

It seems that my father is not that useless.

"That's right!" Maori Kogoro raised his head proudly, his face full of smugness, "When I was in college, people used to call your dad the mobile library!"

Bai Ye smiled and said nothing.

Action Library?
Well, to some extent, Kogoro Mori can indeed be called a mobile library.

After all, he carries information with him. If Kogoro Mouri is not the action doll library, then who is?
However, Bai Ye did not intend to expose Kogoro Mori's trick.

Since a private detective likes to show off, let him show off. As long as it doesn't affect him, he won't bother to say anything.

Moreover, if the truth was exposed rashly, it would only embarrass Kogoro Mouri and make him lose face. If the other party disliked him because of this and created trouble for his relationship with Ran Mouri, then it would be a waste of time and effort.

Don’t you see, it was because a certain high school detective offended the private detective Mouri Kogoro that the other party became particularly disliked by him, which gave him the opportunity to pry Mouri Ran into his arms, and it was a good deal for him, right?
With the lessons learned from the past, how could he not learn from them and become the next Kudo Shinichi!
Without noticing his complaints, Maori Kogoro shook his finger and signaled to the excited Maori Ran, "Now look carefully to the left and right!"

"Wow..." Hearing his words, Mao Lilan looked around and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Look, if you stand in the middle, the scenery on the left and right is exactly the same!"

“Both the garden and the building!”

"This architectural style is what is called bilateral symmetrical design." Maori Kogoro turned on his academic master mode and showed off his knowledge. "Professor Moritani spent his time in the UK until he was in high school. It is precisely because of this that he is particularly fascinated by British-style architecture."

"His dedication to classical symmetry in architecture"

When he said this, Maori Kogoro paused for a moment, as if he was stuck on words, and quickly took out a small notebook from his pocket without making any noise, "This is something that ordinary people cannot understand!"

"..."

Seeing his little movements, Conan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Perhaps from Mouri Ran's perspective, he could not see Kogoro Mouri taking out a booklet from his pocket and secretly reading its contents, but as he was standing next to her, he could see it clearly because of his height advantage.

"So there was a cheat sheet!"

He thought he had misjudged Kogoro Mouri. In fact, the other party was not a useless detective who was uneducated and had all the five evils, but a great detective who pretended to be a pig and ate the tiger.

As it turned out, well, he was just overthinking it.

"His original name was Moriya Sadaharu," Maori Kogoro told what he had learned, "and then, in pursuit of symmetry, it was changed to Moriya Teiji, which is symmetrical on both sides."

“It’s just sick.”

Conan held the back of his head with his hands and pouted.

In pursuit of symmetry, he actually changed his name to the so-called Moritani Teiji. I really don’t know what to say about this.

Noticing the expression on Conan's face, Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly.

How dare someone call someone else sick?
Just based on the other party's desperate look when encountering a case, a certain high school detective has no right to blame others in this regard!

Looking around, Mao Lilan turned around gracefully, her pretty face full of excitement and excitement, "This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful vestibule!"

At this moment, a long-faced, big-eared, straight-shaped eyebrows, black eyes, a high hairline, brown hair, and a long mustache came over. He was wearing a black-striped shirt, a green suit coat, and a red and blue tie. He was dressed very nicely. "It's an honor for me to receive your praise!"

As he spoke, he introduced himself as the owner of this villa - Teiji Moriya.

"Hello everyone, I'm Moriya Teiji!"

Mao Lilan quickly responded politely, "My name is Mao Lilan!"

After that, she quickly introduced Bai Ye and others to Moriya Teiji, "These three are my father, my good friend Bai Ye, and Edogawa Conan!"

"Today, because Shinichi... no, Kudo Shinichi really couldn't accept the invitation to the party, so we came on his behalf!"

Hearing this, Moriya Teiji was slightly stunned, and a flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes inadvertently, and it was gone in a flash. "Is that so."

Touching his chin, Moriya Teiji frowned, "Mr. Kudo can't come."

This really disappointed him.

"If you, Mr. Moritani, have a commission for Kudo Shinichi, would you mind switching to another detective commission?" Noticing his expression, Mao Lilan's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, "For example, Byakuya-kun!"

"He is a famous detective who is no less talented than Kudo Shinichi!"

As for why she didn't recommend her father, but instead recommended her boyfriend Bai Ye?

It’s not that Mao Lilan forgot her father because she had a boyfriend, but because she knew very well how poor her father’s reasoning skills were.

——If she didn’t know the true identity of a certain little kid, she might really think that the cases her father solved were because he had finally awakened his talent as a famous detective.

However, after knowing that little Conan was her childhood sweetheart, as smart as she is, how could she not know that the reason why her father was able to solve cases and become a famous detective was definitely due to the help of her childhood sweetheart.

Well, maybe her boyfriend also had something to do with this.

Conan frowned slightly, "By the way, Uncle Maori is also a famous detective."

Although it was his idea to let Bai Ye come along.

But he couldn't accept the fact that the girl he liked was praising someone so much!

Maori Kogoro couldn't stand this, "Little boy, what do you mean by yeah?"

Giving a stern look to a certain brat, Maori Kogoro coughed lightly, straightened his expression, and then took the initiative to step forward, "I am Maori Kogoro!"

"You are the famous detective!"

Moriya Teiji extended his hand and responded politely, "Please give me your guidance!"

As he spoke, he did not forget to entertain Bai Ye who was standing beside him, "And this one, this must be Detective Bai Ye, right? Please give me your guidance as well!"

Bai Ye looked at him deeply, his eyes were extremely deep, "Please give me more advice."

Teiji Moriya's real name is Sadaharu Moriya. His father was a world-class architect, but he and his mother unfortunately died in a villa fire 15 years ago. The mansion he lived in was inherited as an inheritance from his parents.

Moriya Teiji spent his entire life in England until high school, so he was fascinated by British architecture and was particularly particular about the symmetry of British classical architecture. The buildings he designed must be symmetrical. He even changed his name to "Moriya Teiji" which means symmetrical.

At the age of 34, he completed the design of the Sumida Canal Bridge, which is the route of the Touto Loop Line, and won the Newcomer Award from the Japan Architectural Association. He designed many outstanding architectural works, including the Kurokawa family, the Mizushima family, the Yasuda family, the Akutsu family, the Beika Municipal Government Building, the Beika Cinema City, and the Sumida Canal Bridge. He also designed the Nishitama Town Plan (but it was not published in the end).

Later, Moriya Teiji believed that young architects lacked aesthetic awareness and asked them to take more responsibility for their works. This was an artist's thought that sounded a warning.

Teiji Moriya was the chief designer of the new town of Nishitama City. However, the former mayor of Nishitama City, Okamoto, stepped down after his crime was uncovered by Kudo Shinichi. The subsequent mayor rejected the design and re-discussed the case, which caused the design he had been preparing for a long time to be shelved. This cast a shadow on his smooth life as an architect and he has since harbored resentment towards Kudo Shinichi.

——Mayor Okamoto proposed the "Nishitama Town Building Plan" and invited Teiji Moriya to design it. But Mayor Okamoto unfortunately hit and killed a woman. As a famous detective, Shinichi Kudo solved the accident, causing the mayor to step down and the Nishitama Town Building Plan to be suspended.

In fact, this is also the reason why, although they are both famous detectives, Moritani Teiji only sent an invitation letter to Kudo Shinichi this time, but did not invite him, the new famous detective.

Because he hated Kudo Shinichi very much for causing Mayor Okamoto to step down, thus causing the town-building plan to be suspended.

It was for this reason that he decided to take revenge on the famous detective and damage his reputation. At the same time, he also wanted to destroy with his own hands the non-completely symmetrical building that he had designed in his early 30s.

But there's no need to tell this kind of thing to a high school detective.

It's not that he intends to use Moritani Teiji's hand to take the other person's life, but because he intends to use Moritani Teiji's layout to enhance the relationship between himself and his girlfriends.

And why else would anything help bolster his reputation than timing the explosion of a skyscraper?

Of course, he would use her, but he would never let his girlfriend fall into a life-and-death crisis like in the original novel...

……

"Everyone, please follow me!"

Led by Teiji Moriya, everyone came to the venue for the afternoon tea party.

"Afternoon tea will be held here in the backyard."

Looking at the layout of the backyard, Mao Lilan couldn't help but praise it again, "The backyard is just as beautiful."

She also hopes that the place where she and her boyfriend live can be as beautiful!

Not only her, but Conan, who was looking at the guests attending the tea party, was also filled with emotion, "It is worthy of an afternoon tea party hosted by a famous architect. They are either musicians, models, big entrepreneurs and critics, or artists."

"All the people who appear here are familiar faces that you often see on TV."

Should I say he is a famous architect? He knows all the big shots!
Anyway, he has never seen any insignificant people here.

"Come on, you're welcome! Please enjoy the wonderful afternoon here."

Moriya Teiji spread his hands and invited everyone to enjoy the desserts on the table.

"Wow~ So beautiful~"

Looking at the exquisite snacks on the table, Mao Lilan's beautiful eyes sparkled.

Girls have no resistance to snacks.

Naturally, she is no exception.

"Excuse me, are these snacks all handmade?"

Moriya Teiji nodded gently, "Of course. A formal afternoon tea party, of course, must entertain the guests with handmade snacks."

Because he lives a single life, he has a lot of free time to practice and show off his cooking skills, so he is good at making delicious afternoon tea snacks.

As he spoke, Moriya Teiji did not forget to invite Mao Lilan to taste it, "You're welcome, please feel free to taste it!"

It would be such a waste if no one tastes all the food we have worked so hard to prepare!

(End of this chapter)