Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"Brother Yuji, Conan, we are a little thirsty, can we go to the convenience store to buy something?"

Yuji looked at the children behind him. After running for so long, he was indeed thirsty.

"Then go ahead, take whatever you like, I'll treat you."

Unlike the lively Ayumi and the others, Conan just let his brother buy whatever he wants for him. His eyes were also focused on a tall man who was buying cigarettes with 1,000 yen at the cash register.

There are vending machines outside Japanese convenience stores that sell beverages and cigarettes. When there are a lot of people like now, most people are reluctant to line up inside the store.

Seeing the children holding snacks and drinks, Yuji generously took out a Fukuzawa Yukichi from his wallet and handed it to the cashier.

"Can you please give me the change for that person just now?"

The boy took the Natsume Soseki that the man used to pay and observed it carefully.

"How is it!" Conan also came over. He watched his brother waving the banknote constantly, waiting for Yuji's judgment.

"It's very tough, but not very stiff. The watermark is perfect, almost indistinguishable from ordinary banknotes. As for the layers and bumps of the pattern, it must have been processed by some special means, and you can't find it without touching it carefully."

Yuji walked to the copy machine of the convenience store again, looking at the banknotes on the copy, he laughed: "Unfortunately, although Braille marks, magnetic inks and invisible numbers are also made, they forgot to use anti-copying ink for printing, and the special invisible letters were not made. The means are still too poor."

Turning around, noticing the surprised expressions of the children and the cashier, the boy shook his hand: "This is the basic skill of a detective. The more you know, the more accurate your judgment will be."

Yuji carried the bag and led the boys outside to chase, and finally saw the man at a corner.

After activating the transmitter and sticking it on the counterfeit bill, Yuji kicked Conan on the butt: "It's decided to be you! Go, Conan."

After Conan left, Shunya looked at Yuji worriedly again: "Brother Yuji, is there any relationship between my brother and counterfeit bills?"

"Your brother disappeared last week. He is good at drawing Natsume Soseki on banknotes. This week, a counterfeit bill of 1,000 yen appeared." Yuji opened the bag and took out the drink he bought just now, leaving Conan's share, opened a can of coffee and drank it slowly, holding the phone in his hand to watch the signal.

Conan, who came back here, gave Yuji a thumbs up. After confirming that the man took the counterfeit bill, Yuji and the children followed the signal of the transmitter.

At the station's canteen, they learned that the man spent the banknote, and the young detectives kept asking the staff around for information.

"Aren't you with them?" Yuji walked to the side of Haibara Ai: "Little Ai, I'll call you that. You seem to have something on your mind?"

"Nothing." Haibara Ai ignored Yuji's concern and walked towards Ayumi.

... Humph, I'll let Sister Akiko teach you a lesson later.

"Got it!" Conan showed a coin to Yuji: "This is what the guy just dropped. He bought a ticket to Otokan Station with 500 yen."

"Are you sure?" Everyone took out their commuter cards and passed through the station entrance.

"Probably right."

Taking the drink handed over by Yuji and opening the pull ring, Conan stared straight at the route map. He took a sip casually, then squinted his eyes and raised the can in front of him.

"Hey! What the hell is strawberry oden!"

"Don't like it? I still have natto soda and wasabi milk tea here. Which one do you want?" Yuji showed the bag to Conan and let him choose for himself.

"Forget it, we're almost at Odokan."

Walking on the road with the children, Yuji looked around, but they didn't see the tall man, which meant that the man should live nearby.

"Toshiya, do you have any other information?" The boy squatted in front of Nakata Toshiya, waiting for the boy's answer: "After your brother disappeared, did your family receive any strange calls or any strange people visit?"

"Strange calls, my brother called back once." Toshiya looked at Yuji in annoyance: "Because my grandmother answered the phone, my brother spoke very quickly, I only remember that he said he was with someone who looked like Natsume Soseki."

...What's going on, where are there so many Natsume Soseki?

"Then it should be okay, right?" The children of the Junior Detective Team all surrounded Junye: "Didn't you say that your brother admired Natsume Soseki the most? Maybe all this is just a misunderstanding."

Yuji noticed that Junye's expression suddenly looked a little scared, so he patted his shoulder: "Don't be afraid, just say whatever you think of."

"Grandma said that my brother was halfway through talking to her when the phone was hung up, and his voice was still shaking."

Yuji handed the bag in his hand to Conan, and asked the children to disperse and go to various stores to ask if there was anyone who looked like Natsume Soseki nearby.

After the kind assistance of the store owners, the children of the Junior Detective Team successfully arrived at the corner bookstore.

Standing at the door, Yuji raised his head to look at the bookstore sign, and then looked around. How to say it, the name of this store really lives up to its environment, a bookstore opened in the corner.

Pulling the elementary school students who wanted to rush into the bookstore, Yuji first walked around and looked at the police station opposite.

This bookstore is too small. Even if he really was printing counterfeit money, it is impossible to put the printing press here.

Natsume Soseki, why did Ohnakata emphasize Natsume Soseki, etc…

What if it is not about Natsume Soseki, but about "Natsume Soseki"?

Soseki pillow stream, this is a Chinese idiom. Unfortunately, not many Chinese people know it, but most Japanese people know it, and even learned it in Chinese class.

The idiom comes from the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Yiqing's "Shishuo Xinyu Pai Diao", the story tells that an excellent general wants to retire and live a good life. When explaining to his colleagues, he wanted to say: "I want to live a natural life with stones as pillows and rivers as rinses." But he mistakenly said: "I want to use stones as rinses and rivers as pillows."

The Chinese interpret Soseki pillow stream as seclusion in the mountains. Although this idiom also means seclusion in Japan, some people will understand it as "ordinary people rinse streams and pillow stones, while Soseki pillow stream is deliberately strange and goes against the trend."

Yuji walked into the bookstore. He looked at the store manager who looked like Natsume Soseki, and casually picked up a book and put it in front of the cashier.

"2600 yen."

After paying, the boy enthusiastically talked to the store manager: "Actually, I want to publish a book at my own expense. Is there any printing factory nearby?"

The store manager thought about it and shook his head again: "No one would run a printing factory in a place like this, but if you want to print, the newspaper opposite recently bought a new printing machine. You can go and ask if they are willing to take your business when they are free."

"Newspaper?"

Lying down at the counter, Conan and the children of the Junior Detective Team all looked at the lighted third floor next to the police station.

"Well, young man, just go and ask the president of that newspaper. She often wears a black wide-brimmed hat."

Have you ever drunk any weird drinks?