Detective Conan's Cafe Owner

Chapter 18 Target?

night.

For Mori Kogoro, cake obviously couldn't satisfy his appetite.

But there wasn't much else to offer besides cakes and cookies.

So I can only sit there and eat cake with a depressed face.

"It's all because of that bastard!"

He thought so.

The so-called bastard, of course, refers to Conan.

If it wasn't for Conan not coming home at night, Xiaolan wouldn't be so worried.

If Xiaolan wasn't so worried, she wouldn't skip cooking dinner.

If Xiao Lan had made dinner, he wouldn't be eating cake here.

So it's all Conan's fault.

At this moment, Moori Kogoro, who was full of resentment, was probably about to turn black.

It is foreseeable that when Conan comes back, he will definitely be taught a lesson.

Qingming just expressed gloat over this, and then continued to sit at the counter and read.

How Conan will be taught has nothing to do with him.

For Qingming, more importantly...

Hey, what's more important?
Scratching my head and thinking about it, I suddenly realized that this was a problem.

It seemed that nothing was more important to him.

"Should we set a small goal first?"

For example, earn [-] million first?

But [-] million doesn't seem to be difficult.

For the current Qingming, it is relatively simple to want [-] million, and there is no challenge.

After all, he is no longer an ordinary person. As far as the ability of a Taoist priest is concerned, no matter if he is going the right way or the wrong way, he can easily get [-] million yuan.

How about making the coffee shop bigger?

Think about it, when every country, every city, and every street in the world has a Naiheqiao coffee shop, it will be a sense of accomplishment.

But after thinking about it carefully, I gave up this idea again.

"Forget it, keep reading."

Shaking his head, he continued to flip through the books in his hand.

If you really want to say, at this time, you should learn from Uncle Snake to pursue longevity.

After all, they are not ordinary people.

And there are such qualifications, Taoist priests themselves are existences that pursue longevity.

Even immortality.

Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to succeed.

After all, does longevity really exist?

Qingming fell into thinking about this issue again.

……

Xiaolan called many times, but couldn't find her.

Neither Conan nor the other three children came home, and no one knew where they were.

This made Xiaolan a little uneasy.

After struggling for a long time, I went downstairs to find Qingming.

The matter of Quantum is a good example, although she doesn't know how Qingming helped Quantum find the kidnapped child.

But according to what Quantum told her, anyway, she found it unconsciously, without any delay.

Maybe Qingming is really good at finding people.

Of course, relying on Qingming alone is not enough. After all, Qingming is an overseas student.

Although it has been half a year since I came to Nihong, I basically haven't gone out much, so it can be said that I am still unfamiliar with the place.

Therefore, in addition to asking Qingming to help, he had to go to the police.

When he walked into the coffee shop, Mori Kogoro was still concentrating on the cake.

Qingming, as always, sat at the counter and read a book.

Speaking of which, what book was he reading?

Xiaolan suddenly thought of this question.

Every time she came in, Qingming was reading a book, but she didn't know what book it was, and she never asked.

Perhaps a classic handed down from ancient times?
After all, it seems that the books are also some years old.

But this is not the point.

"Qingming."

She called out.

The focus now is to get Conan and the others back.

This needs to race against time, after all, I don't know if something happened, so other things have to be put on the back burner.

Xiaolan walked to the counter.

At this time, Qingming also put down the book and looked at her.

With a faint smile on his face.

"Lan, are you coming to eat cake too?"

Kogoro Mori said before that she didn't cook dinner, it was so late.

If you continue, you can have supper.

"No."

Xiao Lan shook her head.

The matter was urgent, and she didn't talk nonsense.

"Conan hasn't come back yet. I called and asked. The children haven't returned yet, and no one knows where they are. Qingming, can you help me find them?"

She clasped her hands together, clearly anxious.

Xiaolan is a person who doesn't know how to hide her emotions better, and her anxious attitude is well expressed on her face.

Qingming stared at her for a while, then smiled.

"Of course, I'll help."

This is also a bit beyond Qingming's expectations, and he did not expect things to develop to this point.

Could it be that the mischievous talisman plus the Grim Reaper effect made the effect bigger and turned into a curse?
If that's the case, you really have to take some responsibility.

"Calm down, where did they go?"

"Department store, it is said that there is a performance of Kamen Rider there."

"Oh."

Qingming nodded understandingly.

It's just that department stores don't go home at night...

This kind of expansion always feels a bit familiar.

Delusion?
He was a little confused.

This cannot be blamed on him. Although he is a time traveler, he doesn't remember much except for the impressive ones.

After all, who would remember the little things that don't matter?

Anyway, Qingming will not.

So, although it sounded familiar, he didn't think much about it.

It's pointless to think about these things.

"Then I'll go to the department store and look for it."

"I'll go to the Mumu Police Department."

The two work together, Qingming is in charge of going to the department store, and Xiaolan is going to the police.

After all, Xiaolan is quite familiar with the police, and she often calls the police recently.

In the end, Xiaolan left with Mori Kogoro.

After they left, Qingming took out a compass-like thing from the drawer.

The outer circle looks like gossip, and the inner circle looks like copper, which looks very smooth. There is a spoon-like thing on it.

Hold it in your left hand, with your right fingers a little on the spoon.

A ray of light flashed by, and the spoon immediately floated up, and after a few turns, the handle of the spoon pointed in one direction and remained still.

This thing is called the spiritual power compass, which can detect fluctuations in spiritual power.

The so-called spiritual power is a kind of magical energy that a Taoist priest must possess.

With spiritual power, only Taoist priests who can use their abilities have the ability to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts.

When using abilities, there will always be strange fluctuations in spiritual power, and the function of the spiritual power compass is to detect such fluctuations.

In the sachet that Qingming gave Conan and the others, there was a piece of talisman paper. From noon to now, twelve hours have not passed, and the time is still valid, so it can be detected.

The spiritual power compass can carry out two search methods: fuzzy sensing and precise sensing. The former has a relatively large range, but can only provide a general direction. The latter has a relatively small range, but can accurately locate the place where the spiritual power fluctuates.

Now I am using the former, and I know a general direction.

From the drawer, he took out a stack of talisman papers and carried them with him.

At the same time, he took out one and swiped it with his hand. The talisman paper suddenly seemed to be burnt or burned, and it was wiped out, and a ray of light flashed on his legs.

Magical talisman can increase people's walking and running speed, and it is not a dream to be faster than a car.

When you're ready, don't lock the door.

Except for the coffee shop, they ran directly in the direction pointed by the spiritual compass.

(End of this chapter)