Although Katsuragi Toma was speechless and spoke with low EQ, the middle-aged man's cultivation still made Mouri Kogoro hold back. He rolled his dead eyes and said speechlessly:
"So? Then why did you come to me?"
"Humph." Katsuragi Toma just smiled faintly, "I just hope you can act as a human shield to protect me before I take time to investigate this matter."
"Do you mean bodyguard? Isn't that a bit unreasonable? I'm just a detective."
However, Katsuragi Toma didn't seem to hear what Mouri Kogoro said, and continued to talk to himself:
"Our company has been urging me to find a bodyguard all day long, so I asked around and found that your place is the most relaxing place nearby..."
"The most, most leisurely?!" Mouri Kogoro's face turned dark.
"And Hoshino also told me that you are a reliable person, so I reluctantly followed him..."
"You asked me who could help you find those who were following you, so I recommended Detective Mori." Hoshino Terumi corrected Katsuragi Touma's statement.
Forced by Katsuragi Touma's low emotional intelligence to speak, she felt that she needed to clarify herself.
"You guy..."
Motivated by Katsuragi Toma again and again, Mouri Kogoro stood up suddenly. He wanted to talk trash, but before he could speak, Katsuragi Toma stopped him again. He continued:
"I know this is not an easy job, so I prepared some generous rewards..."
With that said, Katsuragi Toma went to the door, brought a handbag in, unzipped it and threw it on the table.
"Boom!"
With a heavy muffled sound, Mouri Kogoro looked at the bright banknotes in his pocket, and his eyes almost widened.
"This, this, this..."
"It's just a down payment."
Katsuragi Toma sat back on the sofa, and his tone suddenly became considerate.
"I know the duration of this job may be long, but if you can stick to it until the end, I will pay you in full, how about it, uncle?"
The room suddenly became quiet, and the original anger on Mouri Kogoro's face had long disappeared. He looked at the pile of banknotes, raised his hand to straighten the collar of his suit, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Hmph, hahahaha! Let me, the judo master, Kogoro Mouri take care of this whole thing!
As long as I'm here, no evil person can hurt you! Mr. Katsuragi! "
[As expected of Mr. Mori. 】
On the side, Karasumaying, who kept smiling throughout the whole process, complained a little in her heart. Of course, it was just a complaint. After all, it was all to support her family, so it was no big deal.
"Okay, that's settled."
Satisfied with Mouri Kogoro's reaction, Katsuragi Touma said encouragingly:
"Uncle, you have to be well prepared and come to the studio tomorrow morning."
"No problem! Leave it all to me!"
"Speaking of which, I think the assistant lady is still a student. Do you want to go with us tomorrow?"
"Yes, I will also be on vacation tomorrow." Karasuma Ying replied.
At this moment, she suddenly thought of Conan at the doctor's house and Mao Lilan who went shopping with Yuanzi, so she asked again:
"Mr. Katsuragi, if it's okay, can I bring a few friends with me tomorrow?"
Her intuition told her that Conan and Xiaolan would definitely want to go with them on the studio trip tomorrow. Instead of bothering them then, it would be better to ask now.
"Of course there is no problem. I will also entertain the assistant lady's friends. After all, meeting each other is fate, and I must have more contact with human beings, otherwise Onymar will not be able to get close to people's hearts..."
For a moment, he entered the character state again. Katsuragi Toma stood up, patted Mouri Kogoro on the shoulder, and encouraged him again:
"Uncle, you have to work hard. It would be better if you can get rid of your tendency to be pushy... It's getting late, so we'll see you tomorrow."
After saying that, Katsuragi Toma didn't look at Mouri Kogoro's face that turned black again, turned around and walked out of the office.
On the side, Hoshino Terumi stood up, bowed to the two of them helplessly, and said apologetically:
"Sorry for causing you trouble."
"It's okay, it's okay! Miss Hoshino, you don't have to worry about it!" Mouri Kogoro waved his hand with a smile.
"Are Sister Terumi and Mr. Katsuragi friends?" Karasumaying asked curiously.
"No, we just happened to be in the same crew." Denying it directly, Terumi Hoshino explained: "I am the female lead in the drama Omnimar."
"I see……"
"By the way." Looking at Karasuma Ying, Hoshino Terumi said: "Xiaoying, have you heard about Onymar's recent arrest of prisoners?"
"Is it the case that a mysterious man wearing an Omnimar holster caught a wanted criminal at the door of the police station?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
"Yes." Hoshino Terumi nodded and said, "I always feel that this matter may be related to those who followed Katsuragi. Xiaoying, you... should pay more attention."
"..."
At noon at Mihua International Hospital, Bai Hejing, who looked like a nurse, was having lunch in the cafeteria.
She sat alone in the corner, holding chopsticks and wearing headphones in her ears.
"Where did he go?" Bai Hejing asked in a suitable voice.
"Huh? Who?" On the other side of the earphone was Belmod's voice.
"Regel." Bai Hejing spoke again calmly.
Except for a few rare cases, Bai Hejing basically calls Bai Heqing by his code name.
Of course, this does not mean that her relationship with her father is estranged. On the contrary, she has been with her father for a long time ten years ago, so strictly speaking, her relationship with her father is actually very good.
They usually call each other by code names just to hide the relationship between the two.
After all, both Bai Heqing and her have special looks and identities, and this is even more true for Bai Heqing, who was already a famous person before joining the organization.
Over the years, some people who are very difficult for Bai Heqing to deal with have been secretly tracing his whereabouts.
These people always firmly believe that Bai Heqing is still alive, and they are tracking Bai Heqing's whereabouts all over the world, like a pack of wild dogs.
Of course, Bai Heqing's own reasons for this are also part of it... Bai Hejing expressed understanding, but not sympathy.
But she couldn't help but sigh every time. In fact, few people in the organization knew that as early as ten years ago, before Bai Heqing began to lead the organization's affairs in Europe and the United States, he had planned to retire from the organization.
If that incident hadn't happened, their family would have been living a peaceful life now, right?
It’s been a long time since we went to the park together, I’m really helpless...
"What's wrong? Ah Jing, you should know where he is better than me, right?" Belmod's voice in the earphones brought back Bai Hejing's thoughts.
"I can't contact him since last night." Bai Hejing said calmly.
She has been unable to contact Regel since last night, which is obviously abnormal. The only thing she knows is that Bai Heqing went to see Belmode last night.
(End of chapter)
