Chapter 441: The Golden Boat Invitation

May 27, Tuesday, night, Maori's house.

While Maori went to wash up, Lan asked Conan: "Do you know what's going on with Dad, Conan? Dad, why does he seem to be in a bad mood?"

"I don't know, Sister Lan." Conan shook his head and said.

"It's really strange, is it sick?" Lan asked suspiciously, "I only ate a little for dinner, and I left nine cans of beer at Mei Dai Restaurant, and I didn't finish the appetizers."

"You shouldn't be sick. Uncle seems to have finished his breakfast." Conan said, "By the way, Sister Lan, Uncle looks very similar to the man who lost all his horses on TV yesterday."

"You mean Dad made a big bet on impulse, and then lost all at once." Lan said, rubbing his chin.

"Yes, Sister Lan." Conan nodded.

"But Dad's pocket money for this month has long been spent, as you can see, Auntie Meizi kept the accounts, Dad is now in debt." Lan asked, "Dad, where did he get the gambling money? ?”

"Sister Lan, do you think uncle will be the same as the man on TV who hid a sum of money from his wife?" Conan asked with a smile, "Uncle also hid a sum of money secretly?"

"Secretly? Are you talking about private money?" Lan laughed, "Impossible, Dad is a moonlight family and never saves money. Uh, wait," then said, "If Dad loses all his private money It’s not surprising that it would be like this. Besides, Dad looks like the guy on TV now, depressed and doesn’t think about eating or drinking.”

"Really?" Conan asked.

"It seems to be." Lan said, and then shouted, "Ah, not good!" Then asked nervously, "Conan, do you think Dad will die of depression like the one on TV?"

Conan raised his eyes, "Yes, probably not." Then he said, "Sister Lan, don't worry, it's impossible for uncle to save a lot of money."

"Huh," Lan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right." Hearing the movement in the bathroom, he said again, "Dad is coming out, let's not talk about it."...

However, the next day, Lan found that Maori didn't eat much breakfast, and became worried for a while. When I came back in the afternoon, I found that Mao Li was drinking beer, and I was relieved for a while. However, he found that Mao Li still didn't eat much at night, and got drunk after only drinking five cans of beer at Mei Dai Restaurant, so he became worried for a while. ...

Thursday, May 29, afternoon, Maori Detective Agency.

Lan found that Maori still didn't eat much breakfast, so she prepared lunch for Maori worriedly. However, when she came back, she found that Maori didn't eat much of the lunch she prepared for Maori, so she lay on the desk, watching TV and drinking. Beer's Maori asked softly, "Dad, isn't lunch not to your liking? Just eat this?"

"It tastes good, but I just can't eat it." Maori replied without raising his head, and then said, "You go about your business and don't worry about me."

"Really." Lan Yi stomped her feet and went upstairs. ...

Evening, Mori's house.

Mori got drunk again at Mei Dai Restaurant, Yamazaki brought him back and left. Lan and Conan came back together.

Lan was worried, so she couldn't help calling Fei Yingli and told her about it.

"Ha," Fei Yingli smiled, "Don't worry, your father is fine, he will be fine in two days.

"

"But..." Lan was worried.

"Don't worry, I'm really fine." Fei Yingli laughed loudly, "He's just," and then said, "Okay, I have something else to do, so that's it." After speaking, she hung up the phone.

"It's just what, really, I can't explain clearly." Lan also hung up the phone.

"Don't worry, Sister Lan, it seems that Auntie knows what's wrong with Uncle. Since she said it's okay, she must be fine." Conan comforted, "And, didn't Auntie Meizi also say that Uncle will be fine?"

Lan sighed: "But Dad's appearance really worries me."...

Friday, May 30, afternoon, Maori Detective Agency.

Maori still didn't eat in the morning. When Lan came back, she found the lunch she had prepared for Maori, and Maori didn't eat much. She worriedly shouted to Maori who was lying on his desk watching TV: "Dad, what are you thinking? ?”

Mao Li said weakly: "I didn't think about it, it's nothing."

"Then why don't you eat?" Lan exclaimed, "It's been three days."

"No appetite," Molly said.

"Dad!" Ran shouted.

"Don't bark, it's a headache." Mao Li waved his hand like chasing flies, frowned, and then said, "The beer at home is gone, go buy some beer for me."

"Really, I just know how to drink." Lan complained, looking at the half dozen empty bottles on the table.

Although Lan complained, she still went to the convenience store. After all, beer is food. Conan followed suit. When Lan and Conan came back with a dozen beers, they found that Yamazaki had arrived and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. Remembering that the newspaper had not been picked up yet, he asked Conan to give the beer to Mao Li, and went downstairs to get the newspaper.

After a while, Lan happily said: "Father, I have an entrustment."

"Consignment? It must be looking for someone again." Mao Li said while drinking beer, "Yamazaki, help me take a look."

"Yes, Uncle." Yamazaki opened the letter, and Lan and Conan joined in.

The commission letter was written by Takeo Mikami, the mayor of Shikishima Town. He asked Mori to give a speech in Shikishima Town tomorrow, May 31st.

"Shikishima?" Conan thought while resting his chin.

"Acting, speaking?" Maori said angrily, "What kind of commission is this? I ran to a remote island to give a speech." Then he asked, "Hey, did you say how much the commission fee is?"

"No." Yamazaki said.

"What, you don't even have a commission fee, and you still want me to give a speech. Do you want me to pay for travel expenses and board and lodging? Is this going to give a speech, or run to give him money." Mao Li was annoyed. Said, "No, no, Yamazaki, you just throw it away."

"Father, let's just take it easy." Lan said.

"Let's relax? Don't you want to spend money?" Mao Li said firmly, "No."

"Then, Dad, I'll pay for it," Lan said.

"You?" Maori said angrily, "Isn't your money our family's?"

"..." Lan was speechless with black lines all over her head. What Dareqing's mother wanted to say was that she just lost money. Then I thought to myself, how much money did my father lose this time?

Conan asked: "Uncle, what influence do you have on this Shikishima?"

"Shikishima? No," Mori said. "Never been there."

Conan asked: "Then how did uncle know that it is a remote island?"

"Huh?" Maori thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard this name a long time ago," and said after thinking for a while, "I seem to have seen news about it." Then he said, "It's been too long, I can't remember what it is. Cleared."

Conan asked, "Brother Yamazaki?"

Yamazaki said, "Just say what you want."

Conan asked: "Uncle, do you know the Dragon God?"

"Dragon God?" Maori said, "Don't ask me about the things in the game."

"No, Uncle," Conan said helplessly, "I'm talking about the Dragon God in 1989."

"The Dragon God in 1989?" Mao Li recalled.

"Conan, how do you know what happened in 1989?" Lan asked suspiciously, "Were you born at that time?"

"Ah? Uh," Conan said hastily, "It's Dr. A Li. When I was playing the game Grand Voyage at his house, I named my ship this name. It was Dr. A Li who said it after watching it."

"Great sailing game?" Lan asked.

"It's a game adapted from the Age of Discovery," Conan said, "trading, treasure hunting, and fighting pirates. After I defeated the pirates, I changed the name of the pirate's gold ship to the Dragon God, and Dr. Ali said the name of the Dragon God." thing."

"That's right," Lan said.

"By the way, the Dragon God should be the ship that disappeared near Shiki Island." Maori clapped his hands and laughed, "The ship of the 'Gold Pirate' carrying 100 kilograms of gold."

"One, one hundred kilograms of gold!" Landa was taken aback.

"Yes, the market price is about one billion yen." Mao Li stood up excitedly, then went to the cabinet and took out a booklet, which contained news cut and pasted from newspapers.

"The first one is that when a gold transport ship of the Dayou Metal Company arrived at the port, it was found that 100 kilograms of gold was missing. The second report was that the Dayou Metal Company found out that someone had touched the ship and stolen gold. The third The first one is that after the police investigation, they locked a yacht named Ryujin that had been close to the gold transport ship. The fourth one is that the police encountered a sudden typhoon when they were chasing the Ryujin to the waters near Shikishima. The Dragon God disappeared after the typhoon. The fifth report is that the police searched for two weeks and found no trace of the Dragon God, not even any floating objects, so they believed that the Dragon God had sunk to the bottom of the sea during the typhoon and gave up the search. Maori said, "At that time, not only the police, but also non-governmental organizations and individuals headed by Otomo Metal Company searched the waters near Shikishima, but they found nothing. It is said that Otomo Metal Company searched for it for a whole year."

Lan asked, "So, Dad, what does the Dragon God have to do with this commission?"

"What did you ask me to give a speech? I guess it's because of the favorable location. I got some clues about the Dragon God. I'm asking you to help find gold." Mao Li rubbed his chin and said with bright eyes, "This This entrustment is just a cover, so that I will not have a criminal record when I declare my taxes, and the police will not know that I have accepted the entrustment of the Longshen. You must know that the gold is still in the prosecution period. Behind the Dayou Metal Company is Otomo Foundation, that’s not easy to mess with. Also, this is a test for my famous detective Mori Kogoro. If I can’t even understand this, I really think it’s just a speech, so what qualifications do I have to participate in the search for the Dragon God? No. There is no commission fee, and it is planned to be discussed after the gold is found."

Conan raised his triangular eyes, that's what I said, okay? Then he muttered again, "It would save me trouble if I were to be this powerful."

Mao Li stepped on the chair, clenching his fists and posing with a smile, "Very well, I'll go to Shikishima tomorrow." As soon as the words fell, a series of cooing sounds came from his body, to be precise, from his stomach , people also suddenly lost strength.

"Uh, Lan, is there anything to eat now?" Maori said shyly, "I feel like I can eat a cow now."

"Pfft!" Lan laughed happily. It's good that her father recovered again, and then said with a smile, "I haven't made dinner yet, how about I help you heat up lunch?"

"Lunch is lunch, just hurry up." Mao Li covered his stomach, lay down on the desk, and said with a sad face, "I'm starving to death."

"I'll be right away." Lan said and went to heat up the meal.

"It's good now." Conan muttered, "You don't have to eat leftovers like yesterday."

Maori said, "By the way, Yamazaki, you can come too."

"I'll go find you when the time comes, Uncle," Yamazaki said, then asked with a smile, "Or, will you come with me?"

"With you, take a helicopter? No, no." Maori shook his head and said, "I'd rather be a fishing boat. By the way, I remember that there seems to be a ferry from a travel agency going there."

"I, I," Conan said, raising his hand, "Uncle, I'm going too, take me too."

Mao Li said angrily: "What are you doing with me? If you're in the way, stay at home with Lan honestly."

"No, I want to go with you." Lan came out with a hot meal and put it on the desk.

Maori ate something and said, "What are you going to do, you don't know what will happen."

Lan raised her fist and said, "That's why I'm going." Then she laughed, "I still have to pay for the travel expenses."

"Uh, this," Maori asked, pointing to Conan, "you went, what about this kid?"

Lan said, "Let Conan live at Dr. Ali's house."

"No, I don't want to," Conan said, "I want to go together, take me with you, Sister Lan, Sister Lan."

Seeing that Conan was going to roll all over the floor if he disagreed, Lan smiled and said, "Father, just take Conan."

"Nonsense, he's a kid," Mao Li said, "Do you know how dangerous it is inside? Now the village head must have blocked the news. If the news is leaked, many people will go there. Before the police arrive, It's going to be dangerous."

"Isn't the news leaked yet? We'll come back when the time comes." Lan said.

"Well," Maori said after thinking for a while, "Yamazaki, I'll ask you to bring them back when the time comes."

"No problem, Uncle Maori." Yamazaki smiled, and then said, "Lan, I think you'd better inform Sonoko, if you don't tell her about this kind of travel and treasure hunting, she will complain. Anyway, there are not many more of her, she Take her with you when you go."

"That's right." Lan said and went to make a phone call. ...