Inside a barbecue restaurant not too far from the Mouri Detective Agency.
The fatty pork belly, roasted over charcoal, gradually turned golden brown, and some oil dripped onto the charcoal, emitting a captivating wisp of smoke.
Leon wasn't familiar with the various traditional customs of Neon, mainly because he didn't know them. Ran didn't mind much, as she knew Leon was Chinese.
As for Conan…
Hmm… he was now even doubting if Leon was human.
Picking up a piece of sushi and putting it into his mouth, Leon carefully tasted it.
"The taste is indeed good. It would be even better if the rice was Wuchang rice…"
Neon rice tastes good, but it's only slightly better than ordinary domestic rice, probably like new rice in China, and far from tribute rice and Wuchang.
No way, this was just a barbecue restaurant, not some Michelin establishment. For it to have this taste was enough to show that the ingredients used were excellent.
As for fish… sorry, Leon hadn't eaten much raw fish. Besides finding it quite fresh, he had no other feelings.
Ran smiled and said, "The sushi in this barbecue restaurant is very good, I like it a lot too."
Leon picked up the beer glass on the table, clinked it with Conan and Ran, then took a big gulp and asked curiously, "I heard that in Neon, you can't casually invite a girl to eat barbecue. Is that true?"
He had forgotten where he heard it, but it was said that in Neon, if you casually invited a girl to eat barbecue, it would be considered impolite. It seemed to be only for close male and female relationships.
Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled and explained, "No…"
"Oh, I thought there really was such a thing."
"It's not just barbecue restaurants; in fact, in Neon, if you invite a woman to eat too directly, it will be considered impolite. Generally, splitting the bill is normal social etiquette."
"However, it's normal that Mr. Leon, being Chinese, doesn't know this. The Chinese people I've known before all like to treat others to meals. They don't have the same ideas as Neon men; it's purely about eating and chatting."
"Even if they like a girl, they will first inquire and test the waters…"
Leon nodded slightly, flipped the pork on the grill, and looked at Conan, who was holding a drink cup and seemed lost in thought.
"Conan!"
"Ah? What's wrong?"
Conan was startled and looked up at Leon, who had a half-smile on his face, his own face a little red.
Ran looked at Conan beside her, reached out and touched his forehead, saying, "Conan, what's wrong? Why is your face so red?"
Leon chuckled twice and said, "Miss Ran, if you touch him twice more, his face will turn even redder, do you believe me?"
Ran: "…"
He picked up a piece of pork, blew on it, and put it into his mouth.
The feeling of the fatty and lean pork bursting in his mouth was incredibly satisfying, especially with the slightly charred texture.
"Ah, children grow up, and they have more thoughts, especially when facing a beautiful girl like Miss Ran, tsk tsk."
Conan's face turned crimson upon hearing this, then he frantically pulled Ran's hand away from his forehead and said, "Brother Leon, don't talk nonsense!!"
Ran was first stunned to see Conan's exasperated look, then she remembered what Leon had just said and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.
"Mr. Leon, Conan is only eight years old, how could he…"
"Haha, Conan, hurry up and confess. I can barely suppress my urge to spoil it."
Conan took two deep breaths upon hearing Leon's words, his flushed face returning to normal. Then he looked at Ran beside him and said, "Ran, actually I just…"
"Ah~"
A piercing scream echoed from inside the barbecue restaurant.
"Someone died!!"
Leon: "…"
Is this a coincidence? Leon didn't believe it, even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't believe it.
Hearing that someone had died, Conan instantly jumped off his stool and ran towards the direction of the sound.
"Conan!"
Ran, worried about Conan, also immediately got up and anxiously chased after him. Only Leon remained steadily seated in his chair, even having the leisure to flip the barbecue.
'World Will… or did Conan not participate in the case today?'
He picked up another piece of barbecue and put it into his mouth.
Then, a cold smile appeared on Leon's face. He picked up the beer on the table and drank it all in one gulp, then slammed the glass onto the table with a thud.
"Today, I'm spoiling Conan's identity. Not even the World Will can stop me. I don't believe it; can it kill all the Neon people?"
Leon stood up and walked to where the incident happened. By now, a circle of people had gathered, as watching a spectacle is not only human nature in his country, but also abroad.
Conan was now standing at the doorway of a private room, directing and ordering the surrounding people not to approach temporarily to avoid damaging the scene. Ran and the surrounding guests, perhaps influenced, didn't find it abnormal for an eight-year-old child to do this.
"Ran, you call the police first, let the police come over first…"
"Okay… okay!"
Usually lively and cute, Ran at this moment was like a little girl without her own opinion, basically doing whatever Conan said.
"Conan, how's the situation?"
"The deceased is a young woman around twenty years old. According to the investigation, she died of poisoning… It hasn't been determined yet how the murderer administered the poison."
"Are you saying this is a murder case?"
"Yes, judging by the scene, it is indeed a murder case…"
Just then, Leon suddenly discovered something extremely interesting: a red health bar suddenly appeared above the head of a waiter standing in the crowd.
The key point was that the border of this health bar was red.
Only Entities and monsters would have such health bars.
Conan, Ran, and ordinary people from other worlds all had white health bars above their heads.
This was very interesting.
'Did he become hostile towards me?'
It wasn't there before, but now it appeared after talking to Conan. Did he consider me Conan's accomplice?
Thinking it over, this was the only possibility.
A smile appeared on Leon's face.
'Detective games are really too interesting.'
"Conan, I can't help much with solving the case. You go ahead and handle it; I'll go back and eat first."
Conan nodded, having already found some clues, but now he needed to wait for the police to arrive.
Ten minutes later.
Several police cars arrived with sirens blaring, and Leon ate his meat while watching the live scene.
Perhaps due to his crude technique, the waiter quickly confessed to the crime. The reason for the murder was simple: the deceased was his girlfriend, who was promiscuous and cheated on him.
She even called him at a critical moment.
Could he tolerate that? Of course, he couldn't!
So, he infiltrated this barbecue restaurant, where his girlfriend often came, as a temporary worker. He didn't know if he was lucky, but after only three days, he saw his girlfriend come with a man.
After the matter was handled, the barbecue restaurant closed, as the death was too significant.
Finally, Leon didn't take Conan and Ran back to the agency but stopped his small motorcycle at a very secluded spot by the river.
Ran got off the scooter, looking at Leon with a slight wariness and asked, "Mr. Leon, what did you bring me here for?"
"Nothing, just a test. Ran, Conan's true identity…"
At this moment, Conan tugged at Leon's clothes, pointing at the river with a constipated expression.
A floating corpse was silently drifting down the river.
Damn.
"Ran, Conan is Shinichi!"
Leon said, throwing caution to the wind.
"Ah? Mr. Leon, what did you say? This… how is this possible!"
Ran also saw the body floating on the water at this moment and couldn't help but exclaim, "Someone drowned…"
"Even if the world explodes today, Ran, you have to listen to me first. Conan is Shinichi, and Shinichi is Conan."
"Conan, you hurry up and tell Ran. Two lives have already been lost; if you don't say it now, more will die."
Conan: "…"
What does that have to do with me? These are all coincidences!
The murderer at the barbecue restaurant had been planning for days; even if we hadn't gone to eat, that woman would have died.
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