Chapter 148 Premonition of the Silver Star
Chapter 148 Premonition of the Silver Star
—————May 2, 8:35 a.m.——————
—————Xiangyuan Office, main entrance on the first floor——————
"…This is my office, why can't you open the door for me?"
"Hello, if you need a key, please show me your relevant ID."
"If you don't open the door for me, how can I give you the relevant documents?"
"If you don't show me your ID, I can't open the door for you."
"...Forget it, stop talking and go play. We don't need you anymore."
The locksmith next to him wanted to say something more, but Xiang Yuanguang immediately reached out to stop him.
He didn't want to talk to this guy anymore, so he stayed at Dr. Agasa's house yesterday.
When I returned to the office today, I realized that I left in such a hurry yesterday that I left my keys in the pocket of my blue coat and didn't take them out.
Although there is no way to show ID and ask the locksmith to make a key to open the door.
However, Xiang Yuanguang didn't actually have to unlock the door to enter the office...!
At this moment, the locksmith felt his heartbeat slow down by half a beat.
An extremely dangerous feeling lingered around the hedgehog-head in front of him.
What is this guy doing? Is he angry because he can't open the lock?
"Wait, wait, it's not impossible to make an exception... I think, I think I can help with the lock...?"
The locksmith was sweating profusely, but Xiang Yuanguang was ready to punch.
At this tense moment, a familiar voice was heard.
"I say, Mr. Xiang Yuan, what are you doing in front of your office?"
Xiang Yuanguang stopped moving.
He turned around and looked at the person who came with some confusion.
"Did he forget to bring his keys and now he's getting angry and trying to break into the house?"
"I thought that with your style of doing things, you shouldn't forget these."
Arita Ryosuke's car was parked not far away, and he walked over with a smile on his face.
According to his impression, Xiang Yuanguang is indeed not the kind of person who is careless or bluffing.
However, when they met again after so many years, the feeling that the hedgehog-headed lawyer gave him suddenly changed.
Perhaps, this is also due to the various changes caused by different personal experiences.
“…Well, that’s true.”
Although I didn't want to answer directly, I still asked Yuan Guang.
He turned to look at the locksmith next to him, but heard a click.
The door of the office was opened.
Then, the locksmith ran away without looking back, completely ignoring any ID or not.
Xiang Yuanguang was a little confused.
How come they said before that I needed ID before they could help open the door, but now they just open it directly?
And there was no key, so they just picked the lock directly. Today's locksmiths are really good at it.
"The Silver Star train will start running tomorrow. Are you ready?"
Arita Ryosuke said this while leaning against the wall next to him.
In his hand was the admission ticket to the Silver Star that he had shown to Xiang Yuanguang before.
Xiang Yuanguang shook his head. Really, after all, it was just the first run of a train.
The Silver Star is a dream train that runs directly from Tokyo to Shikoku. It was funded and built by the famous entrepreneur Habri Lichnand. It has the appearance of a classic green train, but its core is the latest model of train power.
The track used was also the Silver Star train route, which was funded and built by Hubli Lichnand and is not connected to any other trains.
It sounds like a place where murders might happen... but he shouldn't be that unlucky.
"Okay, okay, I get it. Instead of notifying me, you might as well notify Yue Shui first."
"I haven't seen her since yesterday——"
"Ms. Nanatsuki Koshimizu received a phone call and left in a hurry yesterday afternoon." Before Xiang Yuanguang could finish his words, Arita Ryosuke interrupted him.
This made the hedgehog-headed lawyer's eyes narrow.
"Did they say where they were going? Was it... the Shikoku region?"
A famous incident in the Detective Conan anime occurred in the Shikoku region.
The story is led by the famous detective Junya Tokatsu, who traveled from Hokkaido to Shikoku and eventually forced an innocent person to death...
The Lavender Villa Murder Case.
After Genmyou met Koshimizu Nanatsuki on Tsukikage Island, who was invited by Asai Narimi.
He took the time to investigate the relevant news reports and concluded that there were none.
Although the reason was unknown, the lavender villa murder case that was supposed to happen two years ago did not happen. Xiang Yuanguang suspected that it was the butterfly effect caused by his own time travel.
Therefore, when he learned that Nanatsuki Koshimizu had left without saying goodbye, Genmitsu's first reaction was that Nanatsuki Koshimizu had gone to Shikoku to investigate the lavender villa murder case.
"I don't know. She didn't tell me, but it should be something important."
"As for whether Miss Koshimizu is in Shikoku now... well, won't we know once we get to Shikoku?"
"Don't forget, the Silver Star train's final destination is the Shikoku region."
"By the way, she said she doesn't need the ticket to Yueshui anymore. Mr. Xiang Yuan, do you have anyone to recommend?"
Recommended person...
Xiang Yuanguang recalled that he had an extra ticket yesterday, so he simply gave it to Conan to arrange it himself.
Then Conan wanted to invite Mao Li Ran with great enthusiasm, but Uncle Mao Li got there first.
Well, why not just give this extra ticket to Mao Lilan? It would be a shame if it is not used.
"By the way, now that we're here, how about a drink?"
The hedgehog-headed lawyer invited him warmly, but Arita Ryosuke looked embarrassed when he heard the invitation.
"Wine is fine, but forget about coffee. Your coffee is too bad."
“…That’s too much!!!”
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The starting station for the Silver Star train and nearby hotels.
"I didn't expect you to be the one to handle this matter."
"Oh, really... don't get in the way."
A model worker of the Black Organization and a killer among killers.
Gin was maintaining the parts of his gun and looking at the station outside through the window.
Vodka stood next to Gin, acting as a warning and sandbag.
"How could that be? Shouldn't you just stay out of the way?"
The voice came from behind Gin.
He was a man in a black coat, a black hat on his head, and an ordinary cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth.
He stepped past the nervous vodka, walked to the window, and also looked outside at the station.
"It's really ridiculous that you have to finish the things you are responsible for..."
The Black Organization member narrowed his eyes slightly.
"...Gin."
"Humph."
Gin sneered and didn't respond.
The Silver Star, the Dream Train, they were just things that were about to explode.
The day the train departs is the day Harbury Lichnand dies.
(End of this chapter)