socalfunplaces Chapter 96 You can't afford to offend any of them here.
Chapter 96 You can't afford to offend any of them here.
Chapter 96 You can't afford to offend any of them here.
In the elegant courtyard, Akutagawa Hiko brought out a deck chair and leisurely basked in the sun, while Ran Mouri and Conan were around a small pond, watching the koi fish blowing bubbles.
Meanwhile, in the reception room, Kogoro Mouri was reporting to his client, namely, the evidence of his wife Maru Denjiro's infidelity.
Since this was nothing to brag about, Maru Denjiro dismissed all the servants in the house, making the large mansion seem even more desolate.
"Wow, Yan, come quick! The koi fish has jumped out again!"
Hearing the commotion from the other side, Akutagawa Hiko straightened up. A koi girl was admiring the koi by the pond, which was indeed a rare and beautiful sight. If only there wasn't a young version of the Grim Reaper with resentment practically overflowing next to her.
However, it's understandable, since Kogoro Mouri promised to treat them to a big meal, but instead he came here to report the results of his investigation into his affair.
After waiting for so long, we haven't even had a glass of water, let alone a big meal.
Akutagawa Hiko left the comfortable, slightly drowsy recliner and, like the two others, squatted by the pond, watching the koi swimming leisurely inside.
I wondered what koi would taste like, and whether it would be any different from regular carp.
He's a little hungry now. While regular meals bring good health, they also have a small problem: he gets hungry easily if he doesn't eat at mealtimes.
He carried military rations with him at all times, but good food is always one of the greatest pleasures in life. If there was no other way, who would want to eat dry and tasteless military rations?
Adding honey didn't work either.
Akutagawa Hiko stood up and dusted off imaginary dust. "Uncle Mori's place will probably take a while. I'll go buy some bento boxes. What would you like?"
Conan looked relieved, and Ran also seemed quite hungry.
Akutagawa Hiko politely declined the money Ran Mouri offered him and went to a shop outside to buy four bento boxes. When he returned, he found that his recliner had been taken by Kogoro Mouri.
"Uncle Mori, have you finished explaining?"
Upon hearing the question, Kogoro Mouri put his hands behind his head, crossed his legs, and said helplessly, "Not yet, guests just arrived."
They said they'd take the person to a guest room and then come back, but we haven't heard from them yet.
Kogoro Mouri also abandoned his plan to take the group out for a big meal after receiving the commission fee. After thanking them, he took the bento box and sat down with the group who were already sitting in the corridor, and began to eat heartily.
With the client absent, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but complain: "A man in his fifties, married to a young and beautiful wife, and busy with company affairs every day, how could he not have problems? In his ten years in the industry, Kogoro Mouri has experienced countless similar cases, and has even developed a theory about the reasons for the breakdown of marital relationships."
A twenty-year age difference isn't actually that big; there are also differences of forty or fifty years.
However, that is another special case, where the two sides are basically quite clearly distinguished: one is after youth and beauty, and the other is after family wealth.
One wanted to enjoy a few more years of happiness and die a romantic death under the peony blossoms, while the other wanted to endure a few more years to inherit part of the wealthy man's estate.
Such transactions, which are almost entirely transparent, are less likely to encounter problems.
Kogoro Mouri glanced at his daughter, unusually showing a fatherly demeanor: "Let me tell you, Ran, if two people who like each other spend little time together and don't have much in common, they definitely won't last long."
For example, a high school detective who has been missing for many days, always hiding and not meeting anyone, and who doesn't have much in common with you.
He not only lacks respect for your father, but he's also not mature enough. You shouldn't marry a man like that.
Conan: "."
Conan, who was eating his lunchbox, was caught in the crossfire for no reason, and his lips twitched slightly.
Uncle, your own family and career are a mess, so don't interfere in other people's relationships!
The young couple seemed to have a perfect understanding; Ran Mori also understood who this was specifically referring to, and retorted, "Dad, you should try to win Mom back first. You're not divorced yet!"
Ran Mouri has always hoped that her parents could get back together. However, although the two still like each other, and even though Kogoro Mouri claims to like gray the most, it is actually Eri Kisaki who likes it.
Eri Kisaki still has feelings for Kogoro Mouri, otherwise she wouldn't be jealous.
But the hope of living together again is extremely slim.
The fact that these two haven't divorced is unlikely to be because of Ran Mouri. Neither of them are the type to have that kind of personality. If they truly had no feelings for each other, they would have divorced immediately.
For Eri Kisaki, the queen of the legal world, this process is all too familiar.
Kogoro Mouri was speechless. He muttered a few words and then stopped talking. Although the kid was annoying, when he thought of the girls who had been deceived by the blond-haired man, he suddenly felt that the brat wasn't so bad after all.
After comforting myself, I felt much better.
After eating, the hunger was gone, and his patience improved considerably. After all, he had to say something. No wonder he was rich. Although the courtyard wasn't grand enough in Akutagawa Hiko's opinion, it was still exquisite and beautiful.
What's even better is that since most of the materials are wood, it can be completely replicated using the Wood Release: Three Rooms and One Living Room Technique. As for other landscaping, it's not difficult to do either.
Although he hasn't switched to Wood Release yet, that doesn't stop Akutagawa Hiko from imagining it.
However, there are always those who disrupt things when others want to enjoy a moment of peace. The phone rang shrilly, but no one answered it.
They weren't even really guests; they were quite impolite when answering or hanging up the phone.
"What's going on? It's so noisy! What is that guy doing?!"
Akutagawa glanced in the direction the sound was coming from, and asked with some confusion, "Did you hear anything strange?"
Without keeping everyone in suspense, Akutagawa Hiko stated directly, "It sounded like wood being chopped with a knife, right under the cover of a telephone ringing."
Out of professional ethics, the detectives present, who appeared to be of three different generations, immediately rushed towards the direction from which the sound came.
Ran Mouri was not to be outdone; her reflexes had long been honed.
The door was pushed open, and there was a man with a very distinctive mustache, wielding a samurai sword and slashing around.
Given the durability of a martial arts knife, the fact that he could cut a house like that without the knife chipping or curling makes him a true master.
As for the client, he was now covered in knife wounds and nailed to the door frame.
Upon seeing Akutagawa Hiko and his companions, the murderer's face darkened with malice, and he charged towards them with a knife drawn.