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Xiaolan covered her face, unable to bear her father's humiliation any longer.
"Actually, if Mr. Mori is free today, why don't you come with us? Even if you can't participate in the competition, you can still observe and judge as a guest," Matsuda suggested.
"This one……"
Mori was momentarily tempted, but after struggling for a while, he still shook his head.
"No, not today."
"Why, Dad? Wouldn't it be better if everyone went to play together?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.
"You don't know, I received a commission to follow a man for the next couple of days and pinpoint his whereabouts,"
Mori said helplessly, "I've already received the deposit, so I can't just break my promise. How can the detective agency continue operating like that?"
……
With Ran and Conan by their side, Matsuda and his group of four flew to the seaside.
They quickly found the ferry arranged by Nichiri TV at the pier.
Besides the people from Nichiri TV, they also encountered an unexpected person.
"Yuanzi, what are you doing here?" Xiaolan looked at her friend in surprise.
"Well, you didn't expect to see me here, did you, Officer Matsuda!" Sonoko smiled mysteriously at Matsuda. "When we get to the island, you'll run into an acquaintance."
After greeting Matsuda, Sonoko laughed heartily as she answered her friend's question.
"I didn't originally intend to come, but I heard you say you were going to see the Detective Koshien tournament, so I thought I'd join in the fun and came."
"Is this alright?" Ran asked worriedly. "Isn't this a program on Nichiuri TV? What if they don't agree? Sonoko, why don't you go and talk to Officer Matsuda and ask him to take you along?"
Chapter 118 Matsuda being teased
"Hehe, don't worry about that,"
Sonoko patted her chest: "Even without Nichiri TV, I can go to that island whenever I want. They can't stop me at all."
“Because that’s the Suzuki family’s private island, right?” Matsuda suddenly said from the side.
"Huh? You... how did you know?" Sonoko was startled.
Stupid woman, you've already leaked almost all the information yourself, and you're still asking others how they know?
Conan was speechless.
"So, that private island really belongs to your family? And if that's the case, the Detective Koshien program was also sponsored by the Suzuki family?" Matsuda pressed.
Sonoko then realized that she had been tricked by Matsuda's words.
He didn't dare to speak now, shook his head, and quickly grabbed Xiaolan and ran away.
"Senior, is the Suzuki family the same Suzuki family as the one where the dismemberment case occurred at the villa before?"
Seeing Matsuda nod, Koshimizu frowned and said, "Why would a wealthy group like the Suzuki Group be interested in a small program on Nichiuri TV?"
"The sponsor might be a friend of mine," Matsuda smiled.
Although Sonoko wouldn't say it, he guessed that the acquaintance he was about to meet on the island was definitely Sonoko's older sister, Ayako Suzuki.
When Matsuda thought of her, an image of a girl who usually squinted her eyes, appearing gentle and calm, but who exuded an imposing aura when she opened her eyes wide in anger.
"Senior, could she be a beautiful and wealthy young lady?"
Koshimizu noticed a gentle smile on Matsuda's face when he mentioned the other person, and immediately became wary.
"Senior, please don't let money blind you!"
"What are you thinking? We're just ordinary friends!"
After shaking his head, Matsuda, worried that Koshimizu would press him further, hurriedly picked up his luggage and boarded the ferry arranged by Nichiri TV. Koshimizu followed closely behind him.
Finally, Conan watched Matsuda's retreating figure.
One can't help but marvel at how incredibly lucky this guy is with women.
……
In a rest area on the ferry, Sonoko brought Ran there and told her everything.
"What? The Detective Koshien tournament planned by Inspector Matsuda and Ms. Koshimizu was really sponsored by the Suzuki family?"
"It wasn't the Suzuki family! My older sister paid for it herself!"
Speaking of this, Sonoko's face immediately filled with indignation.
"She just lectured me that day, saying I shouldn't spend money recklessly just because of my own preferences, but in the blink of an eye, she spent 100 million on the man she had her eye on."
“Ayako-nee shouldn’t be that impulsive,” Ran defended her. “Besides, the Detective Koshien program is really interesting. Even if Ayako-nee sponsors it, she definitely won’t lose money.”
“My parents are actually quite optimistic about the Detective Koshien program,” Sonoko shrugged and said helplessly, “They both originally wanted to contribute money, but my older sister refused no matter what, so in the end she became the sole sponsor of the program.”
"By the way, you just said that Officer Matsuda would see someone familiar on the island. Does that mean Ayako-nee is here too?" Ran asked.
"Of course, my older sister has already spent 100 million yen to pursue Officer Matsuda, and even used our family's island for several days. We can't just do nothing and wait to lose money."
Sonoko put her hands on her hips and said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"When it comes to relationships, there's no such thing as losing or not losing," Xiaolan said, feeling both amused and exasperated.
"Why not? In my opinion, you're losing out by being with that reasoning fanatic."
Sonoko snorted.
"That guy's brain probably has nothing left but reasoning; how could he possibly be worthy of our adorable Ran!"
"Garden!" Xiaolan scolded playfully.
"What? I've only said a couple of words and you're already feeling sorry for me?" Sonoko teased.
……
The two girls were playing around in the lounge. After Matsuda boarded the ship, worried that Koshimizu would continue to ask questions, he simply covered his face with a book and lay down on the sofa pretending to be asleep.
Unable to get anything out of him, Yue Shui simply went to the side to try and get information out of Conan, wanting to find out if anything else happened that night at the Suzuki villa besides the murder.
Conan was quite clever this time, perhaps because Matsuda thought of him and brought him to the Detective Koshien tournament.
When questioned by Koshimizu, Conan claimed to know nothing about what happened that night.
"Hey kid, tell me the truth!"
Yue Shui could no longer hold back and blurted out,
"Was the senior ever bribed by that rich young lady with money, for example, by asking the senior to sleep with her in bed?"
"This..." Conan's lips twitched as his eyes widened.
How dare you ask a child like me such a question?
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Matsuda was so angry he almost choked. He sat up, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Yue Shui, I've already told you not to overthink things."
"Hmph, how could I not have wild thoughts?" Yue Shui muttered. "That's a hundred million! No wonder Nichiri TV agreed to follow the senior's arrangements for the first episode. They must have been bribed by that young lady with money."
"It's really not as complicated as you think,"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, Matsuda had no choice but to say, "That day, Ayako was almost injured by that prisoner with a dagger, and I saved her."
Matsuda thought that after saying this, Koshimizu would understand and stop asking questions.
Who would have thought that her focus wasn't on whether Matsuda had saved anyone?
"Ayako? You call me senpai so affectionately!"
Yue Shui pouted and said, "Even now, Mingming still only calls me by my surname Yue Shui!"
Is this the point?
Sometimes, Matsuda really couldn't understand these women's thought processes.
He sighed and said helplessly, "Then from now on, I'll just call you by your name, okay?"
"Ah."
Koshimizu nodded hurriedly, then looked at Matsuda with anticipation.
Addressing someone by their name is usually a simple matter, but being stared at by such a beautiful girl made Matsuda feel a little embarrassed.
"...Nanatsuki".
"What? I didn't hear you clearly?" Yue Shui blinked and said.
"Nanatsuki!" Matsuda called out again, sounding annoyed.
"Senior, I still didn't quite catch that!" Koshimizu tugged at Matsuda's sleeve, acting all cute.
"Shout it again!"
"Nanatsuki!"
"I want to hear more!"
"Nanatsuki!"
"senior!"
"Nanatsuki!"
……
Conan, who was standing to the side, was almost rolling on the floor laughing. It was the first time he had ever seen Matsuda being teased like this.
After a long day's journey, the ferry finally arrived at the Suzuki family's private island.
As soon as Matsuda and his group finished packing and disembarked, they saw a man and a woman arguing on the dock.
Chapter 119 My Dad is the Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Staff
"It wasn't me who asked you to come along!"