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After a not-so-difficult investigation, Conan quickly learned the approximate identity of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
This person works for a pharmaceutical company called "El Pharmaceuticals" as the director of foreign affairs, and is usually responsible for the company's overseas business negotiations.
According to the reports that can be found in Japan, this Minister of Foreign Affairs has no black material or negative news about him, and is a very standard and normal employee.
As for the company called El Pharmaceuticals, it is a company that has grown rapidly in recent years and does not seem to have any problems itself.
Of course, the specific situation requires further investigation.
Thinking of this, Conan tricked Kogoro Mouri, who also wanted to investigate Onimare, and went to the company under the guise of a tour.
Of course, this time there were only him, Maori Kogoro and Maori Ran, and Karasuma Ying did not come with them.
The reason is simple, Karasuma Ying took a leave of absence.
It seemed that there was something urgent and she had to go abroad temporarily. She just called Mouri Kogoro to ask for leave last night.
When Conan woke up this morning and learned about this, Karasuma Ying had already boarded a plane and left alone.
He left in such a hurry, did something happen at home?
Forget it, he would call her after she got off the plane...
"Hi~"
Maori and his three companions walked to a hillside, and a woman not far away waved at them.
The woman was wearing a white researcher's coat, had long golden hair, and had very three-dimensional facial features. She was a beautiful foreigner.
She saw three people at the foot of the hill from afar, waved, and ran down immediately.
"Hello! Are you the famous detective Mr. Maori Kogoro who is coming to visit today?!"
The foreign woman stopped steadily in front of Kogoro Mori, spoke fluent Japanese, looked at him excitedly and asked.
"Uh...that's right!"
Faced with such a foreign beauty, Kogoro Mori was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses, raised his hand to straighten his collar, and a calm smile of a middle-aged man appeared on his face.
"My name is Maori Kogoro. How should I address you, beautiful lady?"
"Carly! Just call me Carly!"
Carly looked at Maori Kogoro with admiration, quickly reached into her pocket and took out a pen and paper and handed it to him, saying excitedly:
"Mr. Maori, can you please sign an autograph for me? Please! I have always been your loyal fan!"
"Of course! If it's you, Ms. Carly, I'll sign no matter how many names there are!"
"Thank you! Hmm... I didn't expect that you, Mr. Maori, are not only good at reasoning, but also have such beautiful handwriting..."
"Haha! Miss Carly, you're too kind. It's just average."
"You are so modest..."
"Hahaha……"
On the side, Conan and Mao Lilan watched this scene quietly, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start.
"dad……"
Taking a deep breath, suppressing her anger that was about to get out of control, Mao Lilan tried to put on a kind smile on her face and asked in a gentle but cold voice:
"You haven't forgotten what we are here for, have you?"
Feeling a chill on his back and an inexplicable murderous intent, Kogoro Mori's hands trembled violently and cold sweat immediately covered his forehead.
"Uh, that, Xiaolan..."
"Wow! Is this Mr. Maori's daughter?"
At this moment, Carly seemed to have finally noticed Mao Lilan standing beside her. She turned around and shook her hand at lightning speed, saying with a smile:
"Little sister, you are so beautiful! Can you tell me your name?"
"Huh? Ah, well, my name is Mao Li Ran, Miss Carly, just call me Xiaolan..." Mao Li Ran replied embarrassedly after being interrupted by Carly.
"so cute!!"
In an instant, Carly took the paper and pen from Kogoro Mouri and stuffed it directly into Ran Mouri's hand, looking at her expectantly.
"Sister Xiaolan, can you sign an autograph for me too?"
"Hey? Do I need to sign too?"
"Yeah, yeah! Go ahead and sign it!"
"Oh, well, okay then..."
Unable to resist Carly's enthusiastic invitation, the confused Mouri Ran finally wrote her name in the notebook. This scene even confused Mouri Kogoro who was standing next to her.
Aren't you my fan? Why are you targeting my daughter?
Only then did Carly seem to be finally satisfied. She carefully put away the paper and pen, then looked at the three people with a smile on her face and asked:
"By the way, Mr. Maori, you are here to visit our El Pharmaceutical today, right?"
[You finally remembered, huh? Big sis?]
Conan, who was standing behind Ran Mouri, rolled his eyes and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"Yes, Miss Carly is an employee of El Pharmaceutical?" asked Kogoro Mouri.
"Well, I'm a newly hired researcher at El Pharmaceuticals. Today I'm responsible for showing you around the company... Ah, but our company happens to be on holiday today, so there aren't many people in the company.
Of course, if you have any questions, Mr. Maori, you can ask me! I know a lot! "
Carly led the way and introduced the three people.
Upon hearing this, Conan immediately asked in a cute voice, "Ms. Carly, what does El Pharmaceutical mainly do?"
"Oh my! What a cute little guy! Why didn't I see you just now?"
Carly raised her hand and touched Conan's head, then said with a smile: "Our company mainly researches and produces drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases. In addition, we often receive orders from other pharmaceutical companies.
For example, we have recently been helping other companies research a special gemstone.”
"gem?"
"Yes, it's a blue gem, as big as an adult's fist. It's super beautiful!"
Carly said this a little excitedly, and stretched out her hand to gesture in front of the three people.
"Hey, Sister Carly, aren't you producing medicine? Why are you researching gems?" Conan asked after noticing something unusual.
"Haha, I don't know either."
Carly touched her head and smiled, looking silly.
"Anyway, other companies commissioned us, and then the boss took it over, that's it..."
"Hey? Which company commissioned you to do this?" Conan asked.
"Ah, I don't know about that either, because the boss didn't tell us, haha..."
Carly replied with a smile, with clear stupidity in her eyes.
Hearing this, Conan stared at her blankly, with the corners of his mouth twitching twice.
She didn't look like she had any intention of lying.
This person...she really didn't know.
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Chapter 183: Kaito Kidd again?
"I don't know about this either. The boss hasn't told us. Haha..."
Carly laughed, her eyes filled with clear stupidity.
Hearing this, Conan stared at her blankly, with the corners of his mouth twitching twice.
Invincible, are you serious?
Your boss's behavior is obviously problematic, don't you care at all on a daily basis?
Conan couldn't help but start to doubt, is it really possible for him to get any information out of this person?
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore..."
Just when Conan was about to give up, Carly suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously:
"Let me tell you secretly, actually something very interesting happened in our company recently!"
"Oh? What's the matter?" asked Kogoro Mouri curiously.
Although he had given up hope, Conan still pricked up his ears a little when he heard this.
"You know Kaito Kidd, right? I heard that he sent a warning letter to our boss..."
【Kaito Kidd! 】
Conan had never expected to hear this name here, and his face was filled with shock.
"Kid?!" Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri subconsciously covered her mouth.
"Uh-huh."
Carly nodded repeatedly and continued in a low voice: "It seems that Kaito Kidd's target is the blue gem that our company is currently researching.
However, I have never seen that notice letter. I heard that the boss secretly kept it away.
Although the boss has been asking us to keep this matter confidential and not allow us to discuss it, it has actually spread within the company a long time ago, and every employee in the company knows about it..."
[How could you tell us something that needs to be kept secret so easily? ]
Conan complained silently in his heart.
Miss Carly, your boss will definitely be happy to have such an excellent employee like you.
But then again, has this company even involved Kidd?
Whether it is true or not, this is enough to prove that this El Pharmaceutical is indeed not as ordinary as it seems...
The few of them chatted along the way as they walked towards the El Pharmaceutical Company building on the hillside.