Conan: The Mechanic

Soon after, outside the tea room.

"Is there such a thing?" Qian Yu frowned. "You mean, in theory, Nagoro Shikao and Satsuki Madam had a secret meeting before the game, and then Nagoro disappeared?"

"That's right," Hattori Heiji nodded. "At least that's what Hongye told me."

"If that's the case, we must meet President Achiha again, because then he will be the last person to see Nagoro." Kudo Shinichi thought thoughtfully.

Just when they were about to visit President Achiha again the next day, Momiji, still in a kimono, came out of the tea room.

"But it's late at night, is it too late to leave?" She reminded the three with a smile. "There are enough rooms for guests in my mansion. Otherwise, you can also consider taking a night's rest here, and go to see the chairman tomorrow morning? I happen to have the idea of ​​going there recently, so I went to When the time comes, I can ask Iori to drive us there."

After exchanging opinions, the high school detectives finally reached a consensus.

"Then, please ask Miss Ooka." Finally, Hattori Heiji nodded and accepted Momiji's invitation.

……

Late at night.

Hattori Heiji lay on the bed, still falling asleep.

Beside his bed, a window did not close the curtains, and a person was looking at him from the window.

"..." Ooka Hongye sat on the lowest sturdy branch of the tree, staring at Heiji's sleeping face.

This... is probably the last chance, right? Although it may be that there is no chance even now. After all, it might be too late when I see him again? If it was ten years earlier, maybe I really still have a chance...

At this moment, a little noise came from below her - it suddenly sounded in the vicinity. Obviously, the other party could have come directly to her in a more concealed way, but she deliberately made a noise to let her know.

If the sound of action can even deceive his own ears, only Iori can... eh! ?

Momiji looked at Chiba with an innocent expression in surprise, while Iori, who was expressionless, was following behind him.

As for why Chiba is here, and Iori is following him? Of course, it was because Chiba found that Momiji seemed to be sitting on a tree in her room, and when she came to check it, Iori, who was waiting by the side, was staring at it.

"Good evening, Miss Ooka," Chiyu said hello, and Chiyu glanced in the direction Hongye was looking at just now. "Excuse me, but..."

"You think it's too rude for me to do this, don't you?" After regaining a rather calm expression, Ooka Momiji took a deep breath. "Anyway, Hei - Hattori... Anyway, Heiji will go back to Osaka anyway, and there won't be many opportunities to see him in the future. So I'm thinking, why don't you just watch it while you're at the moment. By the way, I hope Mr. Tachibana, please don't tell him these things, let me watch him quietly for another night by myself... just..."

Tears condensed from her eyes and fell on the ground in front of Qianyu.

The breath of a defeated dog was Chiyu's first reaction.

But why is this so? Hattori Heiji shouldn't have done anything too outrageous, right?

"Huh?" Chiba looked at Momiji in surprise, then turned to look at Iori—if you want to know why Momiji is crying, of course, it's easier to get the correct answer by asking the housekeeper directly.

But also, of course, Iori didn't tell him anything.

However, Momiji solved the answer by herself.

"You're probably curious, aren't you?" She flipped down lightly from the branch—this value was originally only a little over one meter high, so it wasn't difficult for her. "Anyway... If you can keep it a secret, I can tell you about it. After all, I'm really in a bad mood right now, and I desperately want to find someone to talk to.

"There's a bar here in my house. Would you like to come and have a drink?"

……

In front of another building near the building with the thermal generator that Chiba had seen earlier.

"Is there actually such a thing here?" Chi Yu was taken aback when she saw what was displayed after the door in front of her was pulled aside.

What appeared in front of them was an elevator with the car door open.

"Well," Ooka Momiji had already adjusted her mood and nodded with a slightly smug look. "Although the idea of ​​​​the home is relatively conservative, the planning of this courtyard still gave me a lot of space. I was very childish at the time, so I turned around and made interesting things under the courtyard.

"Also, Iori, you don't have to follow me."

"Yes." In the darkness behind them, Iori's voice sounded.

Qianyu took a last look at the housekeeper who was hiding in the darkness behind her, and then followed Hongye into the elevator.

This is a hydraulic elevator, but the speed is faster than the normal hydraulic elevator, probably because of the special design.

"You seem to be just surprised that the elevator is here, not that I have such a setting underground." Seeing Qianyu's calm expression, Hongye expressed her judgment curiously~www.readwn.com ~Did you already know there was something underground? "

"I saw the machine for pumping water, and it seemed to be larger than the average landscape machine." Qianyu hid the more complex and superhuman parts of her analysis, and chose to rely on intuition to do it. judgment path. "In addition, the Ooka family was originally such a wealthy family, so I was wondering if your mansion would also have something like that... [special luxury of a rich family]."

"Although it's true that only wealthy families can build this thing, it's not that only rich families can afford it." Hongye shook his head. "As far as I can recall, this underground complex is not expensive, and it is also quite practical. Rather than calling it a luxury, I would rather consider it a daily leisure place, just like a family chess and card room. "

"No, you are simply showing off your wealth naked," Qianyu squinted. "For ordinary people, this thing is already very luxurious - although it may be as common as breathing to you, it is completely the category of daily necessities, but I think it is better for us to adopt the more common value determination principles in this world. ."

"Okay, no matter how you describe it, it won't change the objective attributes of this building." Hongye accepted Chiba's request unconcernedly. "By the way, what kind of wine do you like to drink?"

"Ice wine... But is it really suitable? I'm only 17 years old. If you don't plan to serve alcohol, you can have some orange juice or something."

"It's okay, it's okay to secretly drink with me in a place like this!"

With a roar, the elevator stopped suddenly, and the doors of the car slowly opened to the left and right.

What appeared in front of Chiba and Momiji was a small and exquisite bar.