Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1317 Press Conference

Kogoro Mouri sighed helplessly. He knew that these two wouldn't let it go unless he told them what had happened, so he had no choice but to recount what had happened.

John Freyd got drunk at a bar and accidentally told the man next to him about playing golf with President Mitsuzuka and attending a banquet with Shiro Suzuki.

Two kidnapping cases then occurred.

That's why I asked Kogoro Mouri to investigate whether it was his fault.

If this is true and gets out, his company's reputation will be severely damaged.

Was the investigation initiated by him, or was he actually trying to secretly get the famous detective to help find the culprit and minimize the impact of the incident?

"I'm going to the restroom... I'm so sorry to waste such good miso soup." Kogoro Mouri sighed, stood up, and walked towards the restroom.

Ran Mouri understood her father's hardships and said softly, "I'll get another bowl."

After the toilet door closed, she turned to Conan and said seriously, "Conan, this way the children can't ride the train!"

Conan nodded, but then he had a headache thinking about how excited the three little ones were. What reason could he give them not to get on the train?

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye—it was one of the gifts Sonoko Suzuki had given him that day, a Kamen Rider scarf.

Oh, right, Kamen Rider!

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Time flies, and soon it was the train's inaugural day.

Yuya, Shiho Miyano, Conan, and Ran Mouri arrive at the WSG building for the pre-departure briefing.

Almost everyone who had a ticket came to participate.

Three people stood on the platform: Maiko Shirahata, the publicity director; Osamu Inoue, the maglev train engineer; and Eri Ishioka, the train conductor.

Shiraru Maiko, with freckles on her cheeks, greeted everyone with a bright smile: "Hello everyone, I'm the publicity manager for the Japan WSG Association. I'll be providing commentary for the opening ceremony. First, let me introduce these two people next to me..."

After introducing the people on stage, Shiraha Maiko began to explain today's departure process.

At 10:00 AM sharp, those present will meet with WSG Association members and sponsor representatives at Nagoya International Airport, undergo medical examinations at the airport hospital, and then depart for Shin-Nagoya Station to take a train to the newly established Shibahama Station, finally arriving at their destination, Shibahama Stadium.

Next came an introduction to some of the train passengers.

In the audience, Ran Mouri whispered to Conan, "Do the sponsors also have to undergo medical examinations?"

Conan replied, "Probably too, and we'll be with them the whole time, from the airport to the stadium."

Ran Mouri boldly speculated, "So, Mr. John isn't just in danger on the train..."

At that moment, a head popped up between the two: "We can't let our guard down at the airport and stadium either."

Ran Mouri was startled, but when she realized the head belonged to Yuya, she breathed a sigh of relief and complained, "Yuya, don't scare me, okay?"

As she spoke, Shiho Miyano, who was standing next to Yuya, cast a resentful glance at him, as if to say—keep an eye on your boyfriend!

Shiho Miyano simply shrugged helplessly, indicating that she dared not interfere.

Yu also said with a smile, "Ran's reasoning ability is getting better and better. She can even think of two more places where a kidnapping might happen."

Ran Mouri puffed out her chest proudly: "Of course! Don't underestimate me; I'm not just all brawn and no brains..."

Yuya's expression immediately turned strange, and Conan and Shiho Miyano hesitated to speak—it seemed that no one had said that.

Suddenly, Ran realized something and looked at Yuya in surprise: "Yuya, how did you know...?"

Yuya smiled faintly: "Isn't that simple? The kidnapping of President Mitsuzuka and Uncle Shiro is too suspicious. With a little investigation, we can find that it is very similar to the kidnapping case that happened in Boston 15 years ago. It may be a copycat crime. With further speculation, we can find out who the perpetrator's next target may be."

"Eh, is that so?" Ran Mouri slumped her shoulders in disappointment. She thought she had done a great job, but she didn't expect to be so far behind.

Seeing Ran's disappointment, Conan reached out and stroked a strand of hair on her cheek, saying softly, "It's okay, Ran-neechan, you're already amazing."

"Conan..." Ran Mouri looked at Conan with emotion.

The two looked at each other lovingly.

Suddenly, they sensed something was wrong and turned around at the same time—Yuya was looking at them with a teasing expression.

"Hey, Sister Lan, I didn't expect you two to like this kind of thing."

"Yuya!" Ran Mouri's face flushed bright red instantly, and Conan quickly buried his head in his chest. It was so embarrassing that Yuya had to see such a scene.

Ran Mouri said with a straight face, "Yuya, you should call me older sister too!"

Yuu whistled and turned her face away: "Huh? It's too noisy here, I can't hear you~"

"You!" Ran Mouri had no choice but to turn around and sit up straight, ignoring the two somewhat intense gazes behind her.

However, even though she tried her best to ignore it, she still obediently heard several "Mio-neechan~" in her ears.

At this moment, Maiko Shiraha introduced Alan Mackenzie on stage. Mackenzie had participated in the WSG as a shooting athlete during his student days. Seven years ago, when Tokyo qualified to host the WSG, Alan served as the president of the WSG Association.

Shirakyu Maiko remarked with emotion, "Isn't the connection between President Aran and the Tokyo World Championships like destiny?"

Suddenly, Eri Ishioka excitedly exclaimed, "And one more thing! Along the way as the train approaches Shibahama Station, ten thousand national flags will fly out like this..."

"Wait!" Shirakawa Maiko and Inoue Osamu exclaimed in alarm, "This can't be told yet! If we tell, it won't be a surprise!"

Ishioka Eri pretended to be startled, then gave everyone a cute wink: "In that case, please pretend you didn't hear anything!"

Shiraha Maiko tried to salvage the situation: "Please don't post this online!"

The audience laughed. Just like her lively personality, this Ishioka Eri was quite the eye-catcher.

After the briefing, Yuya and Conan got into Jodie's car and he briefly told her about the meeting.

Judy sighed regretfully: "The seats and the roster are matched, so it seems that it won't be an easy thing to sneak in."

Yuu crossed his arms and said casually, "You FBI really care about cases happening in Japan."

Judy calmly said, "Since someone is imitating cases that the FBI has investigated, we will naturally step in as well."

Yu curled her lip in disdain. What she said sounded high-sounding, but it was really just an excuse for her to meddle in other countries' affairs.

However, WSG is not just a matter for Japan; it also involves people from other countries, and even if the Japanese police knew about it, they would be powerless to stop it.

He didn't say much; aside from dealing with the organization, he didn't care what the FBI was doing in Japan.

"You all need to be careful to hide yourselves, or it will be very troublesome if the organization finds out."

"understood."