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Conan squeezed over curiously, using his flesh and blood to block between Lafitte and Xiaolan: "Watanabe-er, brother, are you here to take the cable car too?"
Shocked by Lafitte's aggrieved and pitiful look, Conan had no choice but to change his grandfather to brother.
"No, I was sent by Mihua Hospital to this hospital for exchange, but when I got on the train, they suddenly told me that I didn't have to go to the hospital for exchange for the time being. Now, I don't have to go anywhere. I'll just have fun for two days."
You want to play too? No way, Gin won't be able to find any strong men, so won't he be beaten up by the gang when he returns?
I don’t care. If you don’t take me with you when you go out to play, I will have to drag you along when I get beaten.
Next time, you go back first this time.
I do not……
Chu Ming and Lafitte had a brief and friendly exchange through eye contact. Neither of them could convince the other, and finally they decided to give up. Although I don't know how Lafitte solved the task, Chu Ming's recent tasks are all with Bourbon~
A few people walked towards the exit. A dignified and gentle-looking woman was already standing at the door, looking into the station.
Seeing Maori Kogoro, the woman's eyes lit up and she quickly came forward: "Is this Mr. Maori? I am Yoshino Reika, the secretary of the vice president of Domoto Tourism Company. Thank you for your guidance."
Maori Kogoro looked at the woman's appearance and suddenly stood up: "Oh, is this lady here to pick me up? You are so beautiful~"
Chu Ming glanced at her. The good-looking supporting characters in Conan are most likely the murderer. Of course, they could also be the deceased.
Crowded in Yoshino's car, everyone saw various boycott signs on the roadside and couldn't help but exclaim: "Why are there so many boycott signs? It seems that the villagers don't agree with you having a tourist project here!"
As he spoke, Maori Kogoro seemed to understand something: "Then your president didn't invite me here simply to attend the opening ceremony. If he wanted to use my fame for publicity, then..."
"The president will discuss this with you in detail later. Okay, we're here, please come in."
Alas, if he really wants to gain the approval of the masses, he has to look for a death god when there are so many famous detectives or celebrities in Japan. This president is really pitiful.
Sitting in the reception room, Chu Ming watched the family members inside quarreling fiercely, with no one else being able to get a word in. He couldn't help but envy Lafitte who had gone upstairs to sleep.
If he had known this earlier, he would not have joined in the fun with Kogoro Mouri.
Just at this time, Secretary Yoshino suggested that they could take a cable car and experience the beautiful scenery. Chu Ming was the first to agree. If he continued to sit here and watch them fighting with swords and sabers, he would probably be bored to death.
However, Kogoro Mori was not very fond of this suggestion, after all, he was afraid of heights.
Chu Ming took Conan and looked down along the cable car. There were towering rocks and green trees surrounding the mountains. A wide avenue meandered up the mountain road and led to the top of the mountain.
Kogoro Mori had been chatting with the person in charge of the Domoto Tourism Company. After a while, the cable car reached the cave and the scene in front of him suddenly became dark.
"This cable car goes through the inside of the statue of the goddess?" Chu Ming was a little shocked.
This statue of the celestial being must be hundreds of years old. Even if the cable car passes over it, it would be much better than passing through its belly, right?
What kind of thinking is this? No wonder the villagers want to boycott.
A group of believers who worship the goddess of heaven worship the huge stone statue every day with a pilgrimage mood. As a result, one day, a tourist company opened a hole in the god they believed in in order to make money, and even built a cable car for a group of tourists to pass through the middle every day...
Whether from the perspective of metaphysics or from the perspective of cultural relics protection, this is not worth promoting, right? I can only say that it is worthy of being called Neon, and it is living a good life...
Chapter 249 Because Something Will Happen Sooner or Later
As the cable car was running, Yoshino Reika looked at Maori Kogoro and the others, pointed at the bottom of the cable car and said proudly: "Look, there are the Five Hundred Arhats below, and we are now passing through the body of the goddess above."
Chu Ming propped up his chin and turned to look down: "Why do we have to dig a cable car passage through the middle of the statue? Wouldn't it be more expensive? Can't we go around it? And why do we put five hundred arhats inside the statue of the goddess?"
Yoshino Reika smiled gently: "Passing through the body of the goddess symbolizes that we have close contact with the gods, which has a better meaning."
“……”Chu Ming felt that he could not understand the meaning of this.
"And didn't the villagers say that the goddess would bring down a curse? So the president had people carve an Arhat statue here to ward off evil."
??? I don’t really understand this train of thought…
The cable car slowly drove out of the tunnel. As the light gradually brightened, Secretary Yoshino pointed at the statue of the angel that slowly appeared before their eyes and introduced it to everyone.
"About 800 years ago, this goddess statue was carved on a rock mountain. It is not easy to preserve it until now. The goddess' outstretched hand holds the legendary wish-fulfilling jewel, which is said to be able to eliminate disasters and misfortunes, and even make wishes come true if you pray sincerely. In order to make it more convenient for people to pray to the jewel, our company specially built a platform there, so that people can clearly see and even touch the jewel when standing on the platform."
"..." Even Chu Ming, who had no concept of gods and Buddhas and no sense of awe, felt that this was too outrageous.
The goddess was pulled down from the altar after a series of operations. Tourists could even touch the goddess' hand on the platform, and pass through her body by taking the cable car. No wonder the old nun was so angry. No one would remain indifferent when seeing their beliefs being desecrated like this.
Lying on the railing at the end, looking at the undulating peaks below, overlapping and surrounding, the winding mountain road, the greenery, weaving a gorgeous brocade, Xiaolan couldn't help but sigh: "The scenery here is so beautiful~ I have never seen such a beautiful scenery."
Chu Ming nodded and took out a Polaroid camera from somewhere: "It would be a pity not to take a souvenir of such a beautiful scenery. Let me take a picture for you?"
Maori Kogoro and Xiaolan readily agreed. Only Conan, thinking of how he was photographed as a short and fat man by Chu Ming, tentatively suggested, "Brother Chu Ming, how about... we change someone else to take the photo?"
Chu Ming's face changed, and he pretended to be ferocious: "Conan, do you look down on my photography skills? I tell you, my photography skills are top-notch. Whether it's composition, lighting or layers, I have no problem!"
Conan curled his lips. He didn't know whether there was a problem or not. He only knew that Chu Ming especially liked to take pictures of him while standing, making him look like a winter melon.
Secretary Yoshino, who was standing nearby, saw the two of them laughing and joking, and came over and said, "Why don't I take some photos for you guys?"
Without waiting for Chu Ming to respond, Conan quickly jumped up, took the Polaroid camera, and handed it to Yoshino's secretary: "Then I'll trouble Yoshino sister~ Thank you sister~ Chu Ming brother, come and take the photo!"
Several people took photos with laughter. In order not to make Xiaolan jealous, Chu Ming did not take photos with Xiaolan alone. He just pushed Conan aside and the three of them took a group photo.
He put away the photo of the three of them, then cut out Conan from the photo and showed it to Lafitte to stimulate him.
Let him just sleep and miss out on good things~
By the time everyone returned to the hotel, it was already evening.
Lafitte was sitting in the lobby of the hotel suite, looking out like a wife-waiting father. When he saw Xiaolan coming back from the stairs, he sat up straight and turned his face slightly towards the door, trying to let Xiaolan see his most perfect profile at the first sight when she came in.
Unfortunately, Chu Ming was the first to come in. When he saw Lafitte spreading his feathers like a peacock, he immediately stood in front of Xiaolan, intentionally or unintentionally, and used various methods to block Xiaolan's view of Lafitte. Even Xiaolan's peripheral vision was taken into consideration by Chu Ming. He directed Conan to block it tightly, causing Xiaolan to not notice that Lafitte had practiced the perfect side profile in front of the mirror for an entire afternoon.
Lafitte was furious. He walked to Chu Ming in two or three steps, grabbed Chu Ming, who was looking up at the sky and down at the ground but not at him, and asked in a low voice with a fake smile: "What are you doing! Do you know that you will be struck by lightning if you prevent others from dating?"
Chu Ming also maintained a smile, and from a distance they looked very harmonious. No one knew that Chu Ming's smiling mouth uttered words that made Lafitte want to beat him to death: "Old cucumber painted green, you are so old and still chasing underage girls, you have no face."
Lafitte pretended to smile, but in fact he was gritting his teeth: "We'll talk about the age issue later. You set the conditions. What do you want to stop interfering with me?"
Chu Ming suddenly took two steps forward, turned his back to Lafitte and spoke to him: "An old cow eating young grass, bah."
"Baka!! I said we'll talk next time, not that you should turn around and talk to me!!!"
If there weren't so many people here, Lafitte would have wanted to use all his scalpels to pierce Chu Ming.
Chu Ming completely ignored Lafitte's jumping up and down. He snorted as he turned back, made a face at him, and turned around to squeeze over to Conan.
Maori Kogoro was sitting at the table drinking beer from a red wine glass, complaining about the scene of the Domoto family invading each other in the reception room today. "Tsk tsk, look at that scene today. It's going to be a good show when they inherit the estate. It's definitely bloody. Look at the cases we encountered before. Aren't those big families like this?"
Xiaolan's face darkened: "Dad, don't talk nonsense. Don't offend others for no reason. How can it be an inheritance?"
Chu Ming silently gave a thumbs up to Maori Kogoro in his heart. He is indeed a famous detective. From what he said, he sounded like an old prophet, or is he actually a crow's mouth?
Conan looked up with an innocent look on his face: "Aren't most opening ceremonies held in the morning? Why is this opening ceremony starting at noon?"
Maori Kogoro was drunk and waved his hand when he heard this: "What do you know? This must be their decision after many considerations. Why are you asking so many questions?"
Conan was not convinced and looked at Chu Ming with doubt.
Chu Ming had a serious face and said to Conan in a serious tone: "Why should it be carried out at noon? Of course, it's because something bad will happen sooner or later."
??? Conan was speechless and turned his head away silently. None of them are serious!!!
Seeing that Conan obviously didn't believe what he said, Chu Ming also curled his lips and said, "What are you doing? Don't think he is joking, okay? What he said is true!"
Chapter 250 Bet
The opening ceremony started on time at twelve noon.
Fireworks were being set off on the stand, but I didn't know what the point of setting off fireworks in the middle of the day was.
Chu Ming followed Maori Kogoro to the audience seats. Lafitte was stimulated by the photos Chu Ming showed him last night, so he insisted on following him out.
"Hey, where is that little kid Conan?" Kogoro Mouri looked around but did not see Conan.
Xiaolan couldn't hide her worry: "He went to the bathroom."
Thinking of this, Xiaolan turned to Lafitte and discussed: "Mr. Watanabe, I want to take Conan to see it when I return to Tokyo. I wonder if it is convenient for you?"
Upon hearing this, Watanabe immediately patted his chest and said that any time was convenient for him.
Looking at Lafitte, who had a cold appearance but acted so heroically, Xiaolan smiled at him awkwardly but politely to express her gratitude.
Lafitte took out his cell phone, his wolfish ambitions were clear: "Miss Lan, let's exchange numbers, so you can contact me directly later. Don't call me Mr. Watanabe, just call me Brother Hetian like Chu Ming does."
Looking at Lafitte, who had already started to use a more intimate name, Chu Ming rolled his eyes and didn't want to argue with Lafitte about the address. Forget it, just dig. Sooner or later, the little hoe will break.
"Sister Xiaolan, Brother Watanabe, what are you doing?" Conan squeezed in between them and asked sourly.
He saw Dr. Watanabe approaching Xiaolan from a distance with ill intentions! He even took out his cell phone. Was he exchanging contact information?
Watanabe Wada successfully got Xiaolan's phone number. He was in a very good mood. He stroked Conan's head and said, "I'm discussing something with your sister Xiaolan. Next week, your sister Xiaolan will take you to our hospital to play. Then I will buy you a Kamen Rider toy, okay?"
Listening to Lafitte's words like he was coaxing a child, Conan summarized the key points of what he said. Next week, Xiaolan will take him to the hospital to see Dr. Watanabe?
Could it be... that he was going to be treated for a false illness...
He is really not sick!!! And the reason why he had to avoid peeing before was because they were worried about a child looking for clues everywhere. Now that Brother Chu Ming is at the forefront, he hasn’t used this excuse for a long time!
Never mind. When Xiaolan is done checking up, she will know that he is healthy. She won’t believe me now…
President Domoto stood on the stage and said in a high-sounding manner: "... In order to protect the cultural assets left by our ancestors, Domoto Tourism, which is responsible for the vigorous development of the tourism industry in the 21st century, this time..."
Before he could finish his words, the nun Shen Shan Jing, whom Chu Ming and his friends had met on the train, rushed in and said, "You are talking nonsense! You will be punished by heaven for doing this! Including you guests, you will all be cursed! You have already blasphemed the sacred goddess..."
Chu Ming stared in amazement at Shen Shanjing cursing in the hallway. How could they let in someone who had always held opposing opinions during such an important event as the opening ceremony? The security work was too inadequate.
A reporter in the audience slapped his partner on the head, who was standing there in a daze, in the same way that Maori Kogoro hit Conan: "Take a picture! What are you standing there for?"
The partner touched his head, then quickly stood up and took a bunch of photos right next to Jing Shenshan's face. They were really close to her face, only a few centimeters away from her face.
Chu Ming wanted to complain even more. What could this capture? Was it a picture of the age spots on Shen Shanjing's face?
Kamiyama Shizuka was dragged out by the security guards. President Domoto looked unhappy and stared at the reporter who was taking pictures fiercely: "You are spreading rumors to confuse the public! Many reporters have been spreading rumors about the curse of the goddess before. Today, I, Domoto Eizo, will personally refute this nonsense. This time, I have invited the world-famous detective Mr. Maori Kogoro to attend our ceremony."
Following the introduction of President Domoto, Kogoro Mori successfully triggered the buff of "No one in the world doesn't know you", and a group of people looked at him with admiring eyes, which greatly inflated Kogoro Mori's vanity.
Looking at President Domoto with his flag on the stage, Chu Ming leaned over to Lafitte and made a bet with him: "I don't think he will survive today. After all, the more he brags, the more miserable his death will be."
Lafitte looked at Chu Ming, who was even more mysterious than him, and an idea came to his mind: "Let's bet?"
Chu Ming looked at him with a half-smile: "Are you sure?"
Lafitte's eyes sparkled: "Of course, if he doesn't die today, then you should not interfere with my pursuit of my Venus in the future."
Chu Ming tutted, "What Venus Naais? If he dies today, you can change your love target. I have a pretty good relationship with this detective's family now, and I will use them as a stepping stone in the future. If your pursuit fails and the relationship breaks down, all my previous emotional investment will be wasted. It's tiring to pretend to be a good person, okay?"