Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Chance Encounter
In the face of Mouri Kogoro's astonishment, Senichi rolled his eyes impatiently.
"What do you mean, 'why is it me'? It's as if I can't appear in a place like this."
"I was thinking the same about you. How is it that I can run into you even at a banquet?"
And now that I've run into Mouri Kogoro... Is Conan also here?
While exchanging words with Mouri Kogoro, Senichi scanned the surroundings and quickly spotted Kudo Shinichi and Ran not far away, picking up their meals.
"Ah, Officer Senichi, I didn't expect to see you here." Ran couldn't help but be surprised when she saw Mouri Kogoro and Senichi approaching. "Are you here for the banquet too?"
"Yes, I came to ask for an autograph." Senichi shook the autograph board in his hand and smiled. "The elders are fond of sumo, so they'll be delighted to have an autograph from Iwato Kaze."
"I see." Ran nodded understandingly, then looked at Mouri Kogoro and said, "Dad, didn't you also go to get an autograph from Iwato Kaze? Why didn't I see it?"
"Hmph..." Mouri Kogoro snorted coldly without explaining, and went straight to the table to eat and drink.
Meanwhile, Senichi smiled helplessly and explained the misunderstanding to the puzzled Ran and Conan.
"Dad is really... so rude!"
After hearing the explanation, Ran turned her head silently and glanced at Mouri Kogoro, only to see her father shamelessly devouring the dishes on the table without any dignity.
"Wait, Dad!!" Ran couldn't help but feel embarrassed and annoyed. "Don't eat like that, and don't make such loud noises. You're embarrassing yourself!"
"That client used the invitation to this banquet to replace my investigation fee!!"
Mouri Kogoro, holding a plate of food, scraped it off and said boldly, "I couldn't bring back the autograph, now it would be all for nothing!!"
Senichi and Conan stood beside each other, watching Mouri Kogoro sigh helplessly.
" Really, I can't do anything about you!" Ran stomped her foot and walked back directly.
"Hello, Ran-san, what a coincidence, we met again." Suddenly, a female voice sounded behind Senichi, greeting Ran.
"Ah,Ayako-nee, you're here too?"
Seeing the person walking behind Senichi, Ran looked surprised, then looked around with excitement and asked, "Did Sonoko and the others come too?"
"Sonoko didn't come..." Ayako shook her head slightly, then whispered somewhat shyly, "I'm here as a substitute for my family to attend the banquet, and..."
"Ayako came with me."
Senichi chuckled and took over Aya's words, which were getting quieter and quieter. "When we had dinner together, she asked me if I was interested in sumo. Since I wanted to get an autograph for the elders, I asked Aya to bring me here."
As he spoke, Senichi turned his head to look at Ayako. "Sorry, I ran into Detective Mouri just now, so I didn't have time to find you after getting the autograph."
"It's alright." Ayako smiled gently. "I met you guys later, didn't I?"
"Ah~ You guys..."
Upon hearing Senichi's explanation and seeing the interaction between the two, Ran seemed to understand something and looked at them with surprise.
And Conan, on the other hand, looked at Senichi with a slightly jealous expression, only to receive a mocking glare in return.
Although Ayako was a bit embarrassed, she still nodded and acknowledged their relationship.
"Well, congratulations to both of you."
Seeing this, a smile unconsciously appeared on Ran's face as she looked at the two of them and couldn't help but think to herself, "I didn't expect that Sonoko's plan would actually succeed..."
In fact, when Ran received Sonoko's request to invite Senichi, she thought that Sonoko's "old habit" had acted up again.
She saw a handsome guy and happened to have a way to contact him, so she wanted to invite him over.
However, when she asked about it, Sonoko flatly denied it at the time, saying that she didn't want to find another "detective guy" like Kudo Shinichi and openly stated that she was looking for a husband for her older sister.
As for the reason, it was because Sonoko happened to see information about Senichi in the news and learned that he was not only an outstanding professional, but also highly praised in terms of abilities and good looks.
In addition, Sonoko had mentioned him to Ran before, which made Sonoko have the idea of asking her to invite Senichi to the gathering.
At the time, Sonoko said it was just with the idea of "trying wouldn't hurt," but then something happened, and it was all forgotten.
But she didn't expect that today, unexpectedly encountering the two of them, she discovered that they were actually dating.
"Could it be that something happened during the previous Izu vacation that made progress between them?"
Thinking back to the Izu vacation when Sonoko once again asked Ran for help in inviting Senichi, and when her sister Ayako also went to Izu with them, Ran had a slight realization.
But thinking about how she had also planned to reconcile her parents and failed, her face couldn't help but turn cold.
Everything was going well at the time, but her father's last inappropriate action ruined everything.
Looking at her father now, eating and drinking without any decorum, Ran couldn't help but feel angry, and this made her even more determined to give her father a lesson when they returned.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Kogoro Mouri?"
Just as Kogoro Mouri was eating and drinking, a short-haired beautiful woman suddenly walked up to him.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yukiko Tanaka, I'm the secretary of Ishimoto Company executive chairman."
The woman in a beige suit smiled and said, "Can I take a little bit of your time? I have something I'd like to discuss with you."
"Oh~ Of course! Of course!" In the next moment, Kogoro Mouri immediately rushed over to Tanaka Yukiko, bending over and holding his hands in front of his chest, with a courteous smile on his face. "I'll give you all my time from now on. I have no problem even marrying you on the side~"
"Hehe~" Tanaka Yukiko covered her mouth and laughed, then extended her hand. "Then please come with me over here."
"Hey hey!!" Kogoro Mouri immediately stood up straight, walking like an obedient child, following Tanaka Yukiko's footsteps. "There's no problem going anywhere~"
"You dirty old man!! Look at the atmosphere!! Your precious daughter is already planning on how to kill you!!"
"Ugh..." Ran angrily watched this scene, and the chopsticks in her hand seemed to be breaking.
Feeling the terrifying aura rising behind Ran, Senichi and Conan screamed in their hearts.
In the end, like seeing a dead man, they watched as the perverted old man Kogoro Mouri was taken away by the young lady, silently mourning for him for three seconds in their hearts.
Uncle Mouri, RIP~
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