Conan: Becoming the Boss Starting with Winning Over Ran

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Kogoro Mouri now drinks and gambles on horse races every day, flirts with women everywhere, and spends all of Eri Kisaki's money.

Just as the conflict between the two was about to escalate, Sonoko Suzuki suddenly shouted excitedly, "Uncle Mori, Aunt Eri, she won! Ran won!"

Thinking of Ran, Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri suppressed their anger and celebrated together.

Hoshino was a little disappointed that she couldn't continue listening to the gossip.

As he clapped, he began to mentally extract his talent.

While Xiaolan wins the championship, maybe we can catch Lady Luck's attention and draw two decent talents.

[Gained the blue talent 'Muscle Enhancement']

[Gained the purple talent 'Photographic Memory']

One blue and one purple!

Xiao Lan was indeed his lucky charm; both of his talents were not only of good quality, but also very effective.

Muscle Enhancement (Blue) is exactly the same as Wada Yona's. Hoshimiya Yu was envious just a few minutes ago, but now he has it too.

Photographic Memory (Purple): Significantly enhances memory; from now on, you will remember everything you see forever.

With her photographic memory, Hoshiguma Yu is now a natural-born academic genius.

Unfortunately, he has already missed the age when he needed this talent the most.

However, this talent only allows him to have a photographic memory now; it does not make the memories in his mind clearer.

To find clues to the treasure from memories, one must work hard to extract memory-related talents.

009 Xiaolan's Invitation

The joy of winning the championship overshadowed Shinichi Kudo's anger at leaving without permission. After the awards ceremony, Ran invited everyone to a celebratory dinner.

"I'm sorry, Lan, I have another case to handle this afternoon."

Eri raised her wrist to check the time. "Next time, I'll celebrate with you when I have time."

"It's okay, Mom. I'm already very happy that you came to watch my match."

Ran shook her head, indicating to Eri that she didn't need to worry about it.

After nodding to Hoshimiya Hayao and Suzuki Sonoko, Eri Kisaki left first.

With Eri Kisaki not around, Ran had no desire to have a meal together.

The celebratory dinner was just an excuse; she wanted to see if she could ease the tension between her parents, and ideally, get them to remarry.

Imagination is beautiful, but reality is harsh.

As Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri's separation continued for longer, their relationship became increasingly irreconcilable.

Let alone remarrying, after all these years, the only difference between the two of them and being divorced is that piece of paper.

Seeing that there was no big meal to eat, Kogoro Mouri simply left.

What's the point of hanging out with a bunch of kids? It's better to find a place to have some drinks and play pachinko.

Finally, Hoshimiya Yu and the two girls found a Western restaurant and had a simple meal.

An hour later, the three left the restaurant.

Looking at the clear blue sky, Sonoko Suzuki stretched and said, "What should we do next? With such nice weather, we can't just go straight home, that would be such a waste."

"Sonoko, Hoshimiya-san, what are your plans?" Ran asked.

"Hmm, I'm planning to get a new phone." Xing Gongyu thought for a moment and smiled, "My old one was too outdated, and I often missed calls. I also made some extra money today."

Sonoko Suzuki made a face at Hoshimiya Hajime and said cheerfully, "Then why don't you hurry up and thank Sonoko-sama Suzuki?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it would be even better if Sonoko Suzuki could give us a little more."

After laughing and joking around for a while, Xiaolan said, "Then let's go to the mall to buy a cell phone. I also need to buy a new one."

"Lan, didn't you just get a new phone recently?"

Sonoko Suzuki asked curiously, "I remember it was pink, with a rabbit keychain, it was quite cute."

“A few days ago, Shinichi borrowed it while solving a case. Afterwards, he put it in my hat without telling me. When I bent down to pick it up, it fell into the sewer.”

Xiao Lan looked calm, as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"We agreed that he would compensate me, but he ran away again today."

"Thinking about it, I'll just buy it myself and not let him pay for it. After all, I also have some responsibility."

"Ran, it's clearly that Kudo guy..."

Just as Sonoko Suzuki was about to stand up for Ran, Ran calmly said something else.

"Don't worry, Sonoko, I won't let Shinichi touch my phone again from now on."

"..."

There was a brief silence before Sonoko Suzuki belatedly realized that Ran was serious this time.

"Are you still going to the tropical amusement park with Kudo tomorrow?"

Sonoko Suzuki asked tentatively, knowing that Ran had been looking forward to this for a long time.

"Speaking of this..."

After a pause, Xiaolan looked at Xinggong Yu.

"Hoshimiya-nii-san, are you free tomorrow? Sonoko isn't free tomorrow. Although I made plans with Shinichi, if a case comes up, she'll probably leave me alone again, so..."

"So, you want to invite me again, is that right?"

Xing Gongyu was surprised by this unexpected joy and immediately agreed.

I was worried about how to arrange a chance encounter tomorrow so that the overly suspicious high school detective wouldn't suspect anything.

It seems we won't need it now, and we don't have to wait at the entrance of the tropical park anytime early in the morning.

After hitting it off immediately, the three of them went to the mall together to choose a mobile phone.

Xiaolan had only recently bought her previous phone and found it quite convenient, so she simply bought the same model.

Hoshimiya Yu didn't know much about cell phones, after all, the science of Conan in this world was completely different from that in his previous life.

In the end, he simply chose the same sky-blue phone as Xiaolan.

If you put the two phones together, people who don't know the situation might think they're couple phones.

In fact, some young couples do use it as a couple's phone.

"Tsk tsk, not only are you calling Nissan, but now you're even choosing matching phones. It's supposed to be a group of three, but you're excluding me, aren't you?"

Sonoko Suzuki first feigned disappointment, then put on a relieved expression.

"Alright, that reasoning fanatic is indeed no match for Hoshimiya-sensei. Since you've finally figured it out, Ran, I'll generously give up my spot."

"Yuanzi, stop fooling around."

Xiao Lan glanced at Xing Gongyu secretly, but quickly looked away just as their eyes were about to meet.

A faint blush appeared on her fair, oval face. She did have feelings for Xing Gongyu, but it hadn't reached that point yet.

Originally, it was nothing, but after Sonoko's antics, she really started to feel shy.

Girls' feelings are always poetry.

If she really liked him, she probably wouldn't be able to openly invite Hoshiguma Yu to the tropical amusement park.

It's like she has a crush on Shinichi Kudo, but she's never said it.

After starting elementary school, the two never even held hands.

Now that Shinichi Kudo is famous as a high school detective, he receives many love letters every day, and Ran even urges him to find a girlfriend.

Of course, she doesn't seem to like Shinichi Kudo as much anymore.

Thinking about it carefully, Shinichi Kudo's mind was filled with reasoning all day long, completely disregarding himself, and he even had lewd fantasies when he saw pretty girls.

It seems that apart from growing up together, there's nothing particularly she likes about him.

Especially after meeting Hoshimiya Hare, she felt more and more that she didn't really like Kudo Shinichi that much anymore.

Hoshigumi Yu didn't know what Xiaolan was thinking. If she had, she would have said, "This is what happens when childhood sweethearts are born out of nowhere."

After watching the scene unfold for a while, seeing Ran blushing from Sonoko's teasing, Hoshimiya Yu slowly said, "Sonoko, outside of school, you can also call me Hoshimiya-nii-san."

"what?"

When Hoshimiya Yu suddenly called her name, Suzuki Sonoko was taken aback for a moment, and then two blushes appeared on her cute little face.

Sonoko Suzuki's usual carefree reaction surprised not only Hayao Hoshimiya but also Ran.

Looking at Suzuki Sonoko's incredibly shy reaction, Hoshimiya Yu suddenly remembered the system notification she received during class the day before yesterday.

If I remember correctly, the system said that he and Sonoko Suzuki had completed a "like interaction".

Hoshimiya Yu initially thought it was just Suzuki Sonoko's infatuation that was acting up, and that it would pass in a while.

It seems that Miss Suzuki is serious now.

love at first sight……

This isn't the first time Hoshiguma Yu has encountered someone with such a handsome talent of blue quality.

"Ahem, of course, if Suzuki-kun doesn't want to, then forget it."

Hoshigumi Yu chose to play dumb.

He and Xiaolan are currently getting along very well. Whether it's to make it easier to obtain system rewards or because he wants it all, he has to pretend to be a simple, oblivious, and innocent young man.

He doesn't like to feign slowness, but it's the best solution for now.

It's not enough to just have everything; what Hoshigumi Yu wants is not only to have everything, but also to have all of it fulfilled in the future.

Having lived two lives and experienced all walks of life, Xing Gongyu's moral bottom line is very flexible.

Personal strength or ability is fundamental; everything should start with strengthening oneself.

Only with sufficient strength can he achieve his ambitions, wanting everything and being happy with everything.

010 Eve

"Of course I'd love to, Hoshimiya-nii-san~"

After a brief moment of shyness, Sonoko Suzuki quickly recovered.

Her personality was bold and open to begin with. After glancing at Xiaolan and Xinggong Yu and confirming that the two of them really didn't have any feelings for each other, she no longer felt guilty about stealing her friend's boyfriend.

"I was just too surprised. Okay, okay, don't worry about such a small thing. Let's exchange contact information."

Sonoko Suzuki used her acting skills honed as a future heiress of a conglomerate to quickly cover up her lapse in composure. With Hoshimiya Hajime's deliberate cooperation, the naive Ran was quickly fooled.

"Teacher Hoshimiya, you've even changed your phone number. Don't you need to contact your old contacts anymore?"

After exchanging contact information, Xiaolan and Sonoko asked curiously.

"No need." Hoshino Yu smiled faintly. "Speaking of which, I haven't told you yet that I'm an orphan."

Amidst Ran and Sonoko's shocked gazes, Hoshimiya Yu briefly explained his background.

Claiming to be an orphan right after meeting someone inevitably raises suspicions of deliberately playing the victim.

After a few days of getting to know each other, my impression of you has improved considerably, and this is the perfect time to express my feelings.

It can win the sympathy of beautiful girls and increase their favorability, without appearing pretentious.

"If I didn't need contact information for part-time work, I wouldn't even buy a mobile phone."

After a pause, Xing Gongyu added, "Now that I have a formal job, I really need a cell phone, so I simply changed the number as well."

"It's like saying goodbye to the past and welcoming a new life."

"I see. No wonder I felt that Professor Hoshimiya was living a very frugal life."