Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 307 The Koizumi Family

"I understand, then I'll do my best." After hearing Yoko's encouraging words, Xiaolan looked at Kyogoku Makoto with determined eyes and said, "Kyogoku-senpai, in order to avoid being entrusted by Sonoko, I won't do it. Please be merciful, please be aware of this!"

"Come on Xiaolan, let him see who said women are inferior to men!" Yuanzi couldn't help cheering Xiaolan aside, but then felt that something was wrong, and smiled at her prospective boyfriend, "Well, you should do the same. , If you want to be my boyfriend, you can’t lose to Xiaolan!”

Hearing the encouragement from Sonoko, Kyogoku Makoto's glasses reflected a ray of light, looked at Xiaolan and said sternly: "Moori-san, in order to prove my feelings for Sonoko, I must win this battle, even if you are a girl. I will never give in!"

"Hmph, don't talk too much. It's still unclear who will win and who will lose!" Hearing this, Xiaolan was also stimulated by the other party's determined tone and her dignity as a warrior was stimulated, and her unyielding character was immediately revealed. , even Conan on the side could deeply feel her burning fighting spirit at this moment.

"You're right. Nothing is absolute until the winner is determined. It's useless to talk about it. After all, you still have to fight in actual combat to see the real results." After speaking, Yangzi ended the topic and said, "Okay, let's talk about the competition. Let’s talk tomorrow, you’d better take us to the new room first.”

"Well, then you guys come with me." Glancing at the tattered fence and the tatami stained with a lot of mud, Kyogoku nodded lightly, picked up the luggage bag he had packed before and took a few girls to the packed house. New room.

Although he didn't feel that Xiaolan had a chance to defeat him, Kyogoku really had to admit that what the other party said was indeed reasonable. Underestimating the enemy was a taboo for martial arts practitioners, so he planned to have a good night's rest to recharge his batteries and prepare for the next battle. Show enough respect for your opponent Xiaolan.

Half an hour later, Officer Henggou came to the hotel with a team of police officers. After learning that the prisoner was caught by Xiaolan and his group while committing the crime, he decisively stated that it was nothing if the prisoner was slightly injured, as long as he did not die. Let him take care of the rest.

Before leaving, Officer Henggou specifically asked if Kogoro Mouri had come with him. After receiving a negative reply, he became obviously depressed, but he quickly cheered up again and said that he welcomes Detective Mouri's guidance at any time, and please Xiaolan said hello to the other party for him.

Since Yoko and Ishino were the parties involved in knocking out and capturing the prisoner respectively, they followed Officer Henggou to the nearest police station to record the transcript. As for the part about Sonoko being the target of the attack, Yoko, who was at the scene at the time, also wrote Did it for you.

On the way back from the police station, Ishino finally had the opportunity to ask Yangzi about Koizumi Hongzi.

"The Koizumi family is a powerful family with a rich heritage of hundreds of years. Many talents cultivated by the family can be found in Japan's political, economic and technological fields. Therefore, although their reputation is not obvious, they actually have a considerable degree of influence. "After listening to Ishino's description, Yangzi thought for a while and then recounted the information he knew.

"As far as I know, the Koizumi family first suddenly became prosperous during the Meiji Restoration, and the opportunity seemed to be that the head of the Koizumi family, who was working for the imperial court at the time, was granted a marriage by the emperor and married a female court physician from the West."

"I don't know for some reason. Although the Koizumi family has considerable strength, they have always maintained a low profile. But after hearing what you said, I guess that the court physician is probably a witch who was persecuted by the Western Vatican. That’s why they chose to lie dormant in the open.” After listening to Yoko’s story, Ishino discovered that although the Koizumi family in this world made their fortune at the same time and place as the family he knew in his original world, their behavior and field of There seems to be a huge deviation. It seems that they should be two completely different families.

Thinking of this, Ishino looked at Yoko with some doubts and asked: "Grandma, you said they have always hidden themselves so well. Why did the head of the house, Mrs. Koizumi, let Anko take the initiative to contact and please our Kasaka this time?" Where is home?"

"I'm not completely sure about this, but it's probably related to the relationship between the two families." Yangzi raised his hand and rubbed his chin when he heard this, "When my father was alive, he had a good relationship with the head of the Koizumi family at that time. , even the Koizumi family seems to have helped in building the castle.”

"It was only after my father passed away that the Kasaka family gradually severed ties with the Koizumi family on the surface, but they still maintained a certain cooperative relationship. After all, our two families are important and wealthy families in Yokosuka. Only distance can guarantee each other's interests, you should understand this."

"I understand, so this time they took the initiative to send Hongzi, the new generation representative of the family, to contact us because they saw enough benefits to make them willing to break the status quo?" Under the guidance of Yangzi, they have already become familiar with the family. Ishino, who knew how to survive as a wealthy family, smiled and nodded in agreement, and made his own judgment.

"I think that's what happened. The Kosaka Consortium has begun to take off under the leadership of your family. How could the Koizumi family not smell it with their keen sense of smell? I want to catch your first boat."

Having said this, Yangzi looked at Ishino with a smile and said: "Of course, if we can get the support of the Koizumi family, it will be of great benefit to the development of the Kasaka Foundation and our future plans. You can feel free to start with them. Good cooperation."

"Well, since grandma, you said so, then I have nothing to worry about." Ishino nodded in agreement, and then changed the topic to gossip about the relationship between Kaito and Anko, "Speaking of that kid Kaito It’s really a blessing, that girl Hongzi is obviously attracted to him.”

"But Kaito is devoted to Aoko, and I'm afraid he will let down Anko's infatuation." At this point, Ishino couldn't help but sigh, "Grandma, you know that I am the person who despises the human feelings of those around me. It’s hurt, so it’s hard to avoid feeling entangled in my heart.”

"Come on, I can see that your boy is more active in bringing people together than the God of Fate in the shrine." Hearing this, Yangzi glanced at Ishino who was acting cunning in front of him and said, "But I know you are too. For their own good, if that’s the case, what are your plans?”

"Actually, when Hongzi and I were discussing the cooperation plan some time ago, she accidentally mentioned that there was a transfer student named Baima Tan in the class, who seemed to be interested in her, and he was indeed excellent in all aspects. This made her She couldn’t help but feel a little distressed.”

"You're a good boy. You've become so familiar with this little girl so quickly. You even told this kind of thing to your close brother." Yangzi couldn't help but joked after hearing this, "The one from the Baima family I have also heard about the child, and it is indeed quite good. If there is really something interesting between them, I will help promote it."

(End of this chapter)