Chapter 12

"So I called my friend, who is also Kadokawa's boss, and asked him to let you continue serializing the first book, which was almost cut off. At the same time, I also asked Kadokawa to help promote it. It was my selfish desire."

"But...that's not..." Hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally panicked.

If she remembered correctly, the first volume of her "Love Metronome" was almost cut off, and it was Tomoya who saved her.

"What you want to say is that you were able to avoid being cut off because of the "TAKI-kun" who has 100,000 fans on the Internet who promoted you?" Yukiko on the other side looked as if it was true.

"Hmm..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was scared. She was so afraid that there was an abyss ahead.

"What can you do with only 100,000 fans? The sales of your first volume exceeded 100,000! Do you think all his 100,000 fans will buy it? You think he saved you, so you fell in love with him, right?"

"..."

"Let me tell you directly, your first volume was able to exceed 100,000 because of Kadokawa's strong promotion, and Xiaochen's promotion in Fusha's specialty store, and the recommendation of friends next to him. Maybe you don't know Xiaochen's identity, so let me tell you, Xiaochen has a lot of friends, so many that you can't understand it at all. Of course, this is not referring to quantity."

"He has a wide range of interpersonal connections, and it is also because of seeing I helped promote it briefly for Xiaochen's sake. You should have seen it too... At that time, many people helped promote it... Although they don't have many fans on Twitter, there are many people who buy it because of them in real life..."

"I read your first volume. To be honest... It's very immature, like a little girl who doesn't know what love is, and she writes about her desire and hope for love. The second volume is also good. It writes about the confusion of youth. The ending is like a little girl who has a crush on someone. I like it too. I thought you met someone you like, so the next volume It should be the perception and purification of feelings that I would like. "

"But I saw a love letter... a very immature love letter, but also well written... I am very optimistic about you, so after I learned your identity from Kadokawa, I jokingly said to Xiaochen that I hope to protect you in school and hope that you will not be deceived by a scumbag."

"The fourth volume did not give me a refreshing feeling, except for the "villain" who seemed to want to imprison the heroine. Well, that's all."

"Why... why tell me this?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice was trembling, and there was some nasal sound, probably because of crying ...

"Why? Maybe I just want you to understand that the hospital where your mother works is invested by Xiaochen, and your father is a lawyer of a subsidiary of Fushahui Company. They all have a good relationship with Xiaochen, so Xiaochen will take care of you because of their request. I just don't want the same thing that happened in the video to happen again."

"By the way, Xiaochen and I both attended your book signing event, but we both had things to do, so when you were happily chatting with the No. 1, we left as we ran out of time."

"Finally... don't take other people's care for granted."

The words ended here.

Looking at the hung up call in the phone, Kasumigaoka Utaha was trembling all over. She hugged her legs tightly and buried her face in them.

Nausea, nausea...all kinds of discomfort overflowed from the bottom of my heart.

When did you fall in love with that man?

Didn't he save you when you were confused and your novel road was about to break? Wasn't it because of his love for your work at the book signing event?

Just like the suspension bridge effect, once the feelings burst out, it is irreversible. So I handed the third volume to that person like a love letter, but that person escaped.

It was like a person in a cage, and the first person he saw when the cage was broken, but now everything told me that the cage was broken by another person, and this person just appeared in front of me first.

This strong contrast made Kasumigaoka Utaha feel sick. For her nausea...

I walked forward with my eyes blindfolded, and I didn't know whether it was the abyss or the road ahead, but what was clear was that the person who had been supporting me in secret was not the first person I saw after taking off the veil.

Chapter 33 Christmas and knights are more suitable~

"Now that everyone knows about it, what are you going to do?" Xiao Ai looked at the content in the picture and looked at Mo Chen who was eating on the side in a good mood.

"What should I do? That's it... Aunt Sawamura and Aunt Kasumigaoka both called." Mo Chen shrugged.

In fact, Mo Chen was also somewhat fortunate that he had done so many things when he was young.

There were actually several reasons why Mo Chen didn't talk about these things.

First of all, this world is the Conan world, which means that people will kill for any reason. If you have a harem and have too many interactions with other women, you may end up in trouble.

Because Mo Chen is a time traveler, he actually has a lot of interactions with women. After all... Mo Chen is the kind of person who won't sit and wait for death when encountering problems, but Mo Chen thinks that it should still be the distance of good friends.

The only one who is relatively close is Xiao Ai, who treats him as a family member.

Also, in the second year of junior high school, in order to avoid seeing two elderly dogs, Mo Chen took over Fushahui's company affairs and let the two people in their forties travel around the world.

"But it's good this way, Xiao Mo, you won't be so tired in the future." Dr. Agasa on the side smiled. Dr. Agasa also knew about Mo Chen's school affairs.

However, Mo Chen has always had his own opinions, so Dr. Agasa did not intervene too much. Dr. Agasa actually felt sorry for Mo Chen, after all, he had to deal with company affairs and student union affairs.

At this age, he should have a good relationship and spend a beautiful youth. But he was restricted because of trivial matters. In this case, the student union should also help him, so that Mo Chen will not be so tired.

"I guess it will be more tiring next. After the three-school joint festival is over, I guess I will resign as the president of the student union." Mo Chen's plan will continue. This time, the three-school joint festival can be said to be Mo Chen's hard work, and Mo Chen will naturally participate.

After it's over, Mo Chen will probably drop out of school.

'And... since I've made my debut, I'll have to wait for a gorgeous exit. Christmas and knights are a perfect match...' Mo Chen sensed the energy of 'Star Creation'. It was a little more than yesterday, which was great.

When he exits, I guess he can create the next knight.

"Strange that today hasn't ended yet?" At this time, Ai looked at the TV screen and said with a little surprise.

After the TV screen dimmed, a line of white words slowly emerged.

[Friendship and Gambling]

[The screen lit up again, this time it was an elementary school, Conan was in class. ]

"Pfft..." Many people laughed at Conan in class.

"The legendary Kamen Rider is still an elementary school student, and he has to go to school. It's really funny."

"Yeah, yeah. It's really interesting to see him look so hopeless."

"But what kind of medicine is that? I want one too. I want to go back to my childhood."

No matter what people outside the video discuss. The video continues.

【After class, Conan left school with a look of despair on his face. There were four classmates around him, one of whom was Ai, and the other three were discussing the latest legends of Kamen Rider. Conan asked Ai quietly, "Habara, did you hear about the organization when you were in it? Did you hear about the name 'Martini'?"】

【"Edogawa, I told you that I don't know much. Even when I escaped from the dark organization you mentioned, I didn't know there was such a thing as Gaia memory." Ai's face remained unchanged, and she glanced at Conan and said lightly. 】

【"Well, by the way, how is Xiaochen recently?" Conan still looked very disappointed and changed the subject casually. 】

【"After not going to school, he was researching things downstairs, and sometimes he went to the company for meetings. What did you want to see him for? Is there something wrong with the equipment?"】

【"That's not the case, but Xiaochen's body..." Conan was a little worried, but Xiaoai on the side said calmly: "Nothing, the situation is fine, I will handle it." On the street where the two passed by, the news was broadcasting a new rocket launched by the Shinomiya Foundation. 】

【"Okay then." The conversation ended here. The four people separated at the intersection. When Conan walked towards the office, there were already two people sitting inside. The two looked like a middle-aged couple from the countryside, wearing very simple clothes. Xiaolan was pouring tea for them. Philip was sitting far away flipping through a book.]

["I'm back. Sister Xiaolan, do you have any guests?" Conan greeted them while observing them. Xiaolan nodded and introduced them with a tray: "They are the couple of Paradise. They are here to ask Dad to issue a commission."]

["Uncle's commission..." Conan nodded to show that he understood and went directly to the third floor. Then he took out his cell phone, adjusted the bow-tie transformation device, and called the phone downstairs.]

["Hello, I am the famous detective Maori Kogoro. I heard that you two are looking for me to issue a commission, right? What is the commission?" At Conan's instruction, Xiaolan put the phone on the other side. 】

【"Detective Maori..." The couple looked at each other with some confusion. Conan on the other end of the phone pretended to cough and said, "I'm really sorry, I have a case to deal with now, and I can't get home in time, but I will ask Kudo to help investigate. Don't worry, we are very professional."】

【"Who is Kudo?" The couple obviously didn't know much, and looked at Xiaolan on the side with curiosity. Xiaolan smiled awkwardly and explained, "Shinichi is a detective like my father. He has been in the newspaper several times before, so if you ask me to do it, of course there is no problem."】

【"Is that so..." The couple still looked a little hesitant, but finally chose to say it out loud: "We hope Detective Maori can help investigate my daughter Tiantang Qinghua."】

【"Oh? Investigate your daughter? What's wrong with her?" Conan was on the third floor, holding a paper and a pen while taking notes and asking seriously. 】

【“It’s like this. Our family of three came from a remote countryside. Our daughter, Haruka Tenjo, is currently studying at a university in Tokyo. Although our family is relatively poor, Haruka still works very hard. But three days ago, Haruka suddenly remitted us about 5 million yen.”】

Chapter 34 Million-dollar casino?

【“Five million?” Conan on the other side of the phone was also very surprised, and then coughed slightly and said, “Is that so? Did Miss Tenjo tell you how it came from?”】

【“That’s why we asked Detective Maori.” The two elders said worriedly, “We also called Haruka to ask, but Haruka hung up the phone impatiently and just said that she won it.”】

【“Won it?” Conan was also a little surprised, but then asked, “Does your daughter play games like horse racing?”】

【“No, we taught Haruka not to touch these things since she was a child. But where did all this money come from? How did it come from? We asked Qinghua but she refused to tell us, so I want to ask Detective Maori to help us find out how Qinghua got so much money, and... her personality has changed a lot..."]

["... I understand, we will take over this commission. You can give the phone number to Xiaolan, and we will explain the details to you as soon as we have them. At the same time, can you please tell me where Miss Tenma is from and where she lives?"]

[After hanging up the phone, Conan stretched and walked down from the third floor. It just so happened that the couple Tenma left the office, and their faces were full of worry. After watching the two people leave, Conan pushed the door and entered the detective agency on the second floor.]

["Conan, there was a commission just now." Xiaolan didn't know that the call just now was made by Conan, so she waved to Conan. Although she knew that Conan was Shinichi, Conan asked Xiaolan to call him Conan. 】

【"Yeah, I heard it upstairs." Conan nodded and said, "But it shouldn't be related to the impurity. Of course, I will check it out."】

【While talking, Conan walked to the information left by the couple and was slightly surprised to see the name of the university on it: "Is she a student of Mingli University?" Xiaolan asked curiously: "Does Conan know her?"】

【"No, I don't, but I know some people in their school. Xiaolan, I'm going to investigate first, and I'll be back before dinner." After leaving this sentence, Conan took his skateboard and left. Seeing Xiaolan was a little dissatisfied: "Really... Can't we go after dinner?"】

【"As long as Conan starts investigating the case, he will of course focus on the case." Philip behind him casually replied, making Xiaolan a little helpless: "That's right... He has always been like this, Philip, how about eating Sukiyaki tonight?"】

【"Sukiyaki?" After hearing Xiaolan's words, Philip finally looked up and walked in front of Xiaolan with a surprised face: "What is Sukiyaki? Is it eaten? How many ways to make it..."】

【"Huh?" Looking at Philip who was asking her, Xiaolan was a little embarrassed. It seemed that she said something that made Philip interested. 】

【After Conan left the detective agency, he went to the back door of a family restaurant called "Wagonaria". There was a young man with short blue hair, squinting eyes and a chef's uniform sitting outside and making a phone call. When he saw Conan coming, he was also a little surprised and said, "Ah, I haven't seen you for several days, Conan-kun."]

["Yeah, it's been a long time, Mr. Soma." Conan looked like he was looking for this person and stopped the skateboard in front of him. : "I have something to ask you."]

["Oh my... You actually asked me for information. Well, since you are so hardworking, tell me..." The blue-haired young man called Soma smiled. ]

["Is there someone called Tiantang Qinghua in your school? I want to know about her situation."]

["Oh, you are just asking about a person? I thought you wanted to ask about the 'Million-dollar Casino', Conan-kun." Soma smiled and said when he heard this. 】

【"Million-dollar casino?" Conan looked at Soma in surprise and said, "Are there a lot of recent intelligence?"】

【"Of course... But if you want intelligence, it's not cheap." Soma smiled with narrowed eyes, and then smiled and said, "But if you want information about Haruka Tenjo, I really have it..."】

【While talking, Soma pressed a few buttons on his phone and moved it to Conan and said, "Haruka Tenjo, a student at Mingli University, is considered my schoolmate. She behaves like a rich second-generation daughter in school. She is also the president of the 'Outdoor Life Club'. She often goes on car trips with people in her club and spends money lavishly."】

【"Rich second-generation?" Conan pinched his chin and was a little confused. Did he find the wrong person? However, Soma on the side smiled and said, "Of course, although she calls herself a rich second-generation, her real identity is actually a child from the countryside. I heard that when she came to the city, she was looked down upon because she was from the countryside. She probably pretended to be a rich second-generation before... After all, she worked five jobs."

[“So many? You mean before?” Conan frowned slightly. He grasped the key points of Soma’s words quite accurately. ]

[“Well, about a week ago, Tenjo Haruka stopped working, but even if she didn’t work, she still had a lot of money... It makes people feel like she is a rich second-generation.”]

[“Why?” Conan looked at Soma in front of him with some confusion, and Soma said as he slid his finger slightly across the photo of the gentle and tactful black-haired beauty, Tenjo Haruka, on the phone, and a short video appeared. ]

[The video content was a hidden shot, very blurry, but it sounded like a place like a casino, where everyone was partying, but Conan frowned. Although it only appeared for a moment, Conan saw... There was a reflection on the marble pillar next to it, which looked like... a monster. 】

【"What is this?" Conan frowned and looked at Soma, who put away his phone with a slightly serious expression and said, "This is the 'Million Dollar Casino'. This casino is very mysterious and very little information is known. What we know is that Tiantang Qinghua did become rich after going here. There are also people who are similar to Tiantang Qinghua, but there are more people who have lost everything."】

【"Do you have the addresses of these people?"】

Chapter 35 Three exclusive information!

【"Do you have the addresses of these people?"】

【"Of course I do..." Soma sent a few messages to Conan's phone: "By the way, remember to tell me if you have any information when the time comes."】

【"I understand, by the way... This is what Xiaochen asked me to send last time when I have time." Conan looked at the addresses in the phone and nodded, then thought of something and took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Soma. When Soma opened it, his squinting eyes suddenly opened, his eyes full of joy: "Ah! My daughter is still so cute!"】

【"..." Conan looked at Soma holding the three photos in the envelope, feeling a little embarrassed but not saying anything. He was about to ride his skateboard away, but was stopped by Soma at this time. Soma held the three photos in his hand and showed a somewhat infatuated expression while speaking. 】

【"Conan-kun, for giving me the photo, I'll give you three exclusive pieces of information..."】

【"?" Conan looked at Soma, who carefully put the photo into his arms, then looked up at Conan and said, "First, did you know that a large number of people selling Gaia memories in Tokyo have been replaced by people from the Shinomiya Group."】

【"Shinomiya Group?" Conan looked up at Soma in surprise, but Soma smiled and said, "That's right, and the second piece of information is that someone has taken a fancy to a batch of ancient artifacts that Fusae Company dug out a few days ago, which are said to be 800 years old. The last piece of information is..."】

【Speaking of this, Soma raised his index finger to the sky and chuckled, "Do you know the recent activities of the Shinomiya Group?"】

【"As for the Shinomiya Group, I remember that they are very interested in the development of the universe recently? In just a few months, they have launched many rockets into space." Conan thought for a while and said. 】

【"That's right, but according to the information I know now, the old man of the Shinomiya family is about to die, so his sons began to fight for power, and also mentioned the existence of 'cosmic energy'."】

【"Cosmic energy? What is that?" Obviously Conan didn't know, but he asked with some concern: "Is Miss Kaguya okay?"】

【"I heard that she is not bad, and she is protected by her president. But after all, for the Shinomiya family, Miss Shinomiya can be big or small, so your friend is fine for the time being."】

"Hey! Daughter!!!" In 'Vagnaria', although the TV hanging on the side is playing. But everyone is still working. After all, although it affects daily life, it is still necessary to eat.

There are not only TVs in the restaurant hall. There is also one outside the kitchen, but everyone just listens to these contents when they are busy.

But this time, 'Vagnaria' appeared in the video, and everyone watched it very seriously.

But there was an incredible information in it.

Everyone in the store looked at the boy with short blue hair. He was Soma, and now he was a little surprised when he watched the video: "Oh my, I was on camera too."

"That's not the point. Is that really your daughter, Mr. Soma?" The others didn't care about this, but said with a look of astonishment, and the boy with short blue hair showed a gentle smile and said, "That's right."

On the other side.

'Kaguya...' Shirogane Miyuki looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, feeling happy and worried at the same time. It seemed that he really protected Kaguya in the future, but did this happen to the Shinomiya Foundation?

"Kaguya..." As a best friend, Fujiwara Chika was also worried and grabbed Shinomiya Kaguya's arm with one hand.

"..." And Shinomiya Kaguya's gentle smile was a little stiff.

To be honest, the Shinomiya family had never appeared before, and Kaguya didn't care at first, and just watched the excitement.