"Well, I seemed to hear my father's voice."
In the princess' room in the palace, as Kogoro Mori was shouting outside, Ran Mori said uncertainly.
"Please wait, Your Highness Lan! He may also be a suspicious person."
The maid in the room walked carefully to the door and opened it a crack.
As he looked outside, he saw a ferocious-looking man with a small mustache running towards him while shouting. He slammed the door shut and shouted in panic, "It's a suspicious person! It's a man with a small mustache. He looks scary. He can't be Your Highness Lan's father!!"
Mao Lilan listened and whispered: "...It is my father."
"well!!!"
The maid widened her eyes in surprise when she heard it, but before she could say anything, the door behind her was slammed open.
"Ran!" Maori Kogoro rushed in and glanced at the room. He stepped forward and grabbed Xiaolan's hand, and said excitedly: "I finally found you! Listen to me! You don't have to be afraid, we will leave here immediately..."
Xiaolan looked at her father who had come running and said in confusion: "Dad! Why are you here? But you came just in time, go help Conan..."
"What are you arguing about?"
The two were talking at different speeds when Count Keith, who was also the mastermind behind kidnapping Xiaolan and bringing her to the Kingdom of Vespania and planning to use Xiaolan as a substitute for the princess, walked in.
"Lord Keith!" a maid exclaimed. Kogoro Mouri, who was talking to Xiaolan, turned his head suddenly when he heard the word Keith. His face instantly became ferocious and he clenched his fists!
"Huh? You bastard! I finally saw you! Don't run..."
"Wait a minute, Dad! Listen to me..." Xiaolan anxiously pulled her father's sleeve.
"That doesn't matter! Let me punch him first!" roared the furious Kogoro Mouri.
"No!!!" Xiaolan put more strength on the hand that was pulling.
"What does it matter! The resignation letter is from Takagi!!" Maori turned around and shouted.
"Um, Mr. Maori, am I coming in at a bad time?"
At the door, Colin looked at the Maori father and daughter who were arguing in the room, and raised his hand.
The quarreling quieted down.
Maori Kogoro turned his head and said subconsciously: "Are you still here?"
But he soon realized that this was not polite, so he coughed twice and said, "Come to think of it, it's thanks to you that I was able to find Xiaolan."
"But who are you?"
"Please allow me to introduce myself." Colin adjusted his collar slightly, and said with a rare sense of nervousness: "My name is Colin Blake, and I am currently the chief person in charge of the Dubai Foreign Investment Bureau's project inspection in the Kingdom of Vesbania."
"Because I planned to come to the palace to discuss something today, I obtained the consent of Duke Girard..."
"Uh, did I say something wrong?"
Looking at the atmosphere in the room that changed instantly, Colin asked in a puzzled manner.
"No, I'm just a little confused as to why you are here." Earl Keith said.
"Well!" Ke Lin scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Actually, my identity as the general manager is fake... Of course, of course, I'm not talking about the identity, but the work."
"Honestly, I don't understand anything about investment. I will ask my friend Vahar, oh, the third prince of Dubai, who is in charge of the Dubai Investment Bureau, to help me get this identity. Mainly because I accidentally heard that the world's number one thief Lupin III has set his sights on the country's national treasure, the 'Queen's Crown'. I want to get involved with a reasonable identity and meet this legendary thief in person."
"But I didn't expect that you would invite my idol, the famous detective Maori Kogoro, to be the opponent of Lupin the Third. This is so exciting!"
As he said that, Colin, who ran to Maori Kogoro with a fan-like face, turned his head, looked at Keith and frowned, "But why is Mr. Maori's daughter Miss Lan here? And it seems to me that Mr. Maori seems to want to beat you up?"
"Well, actually it's mainly..."
"Miss Lan!"
Xiaolan hesitated and wanted to explain, but Keith interrupted her.
Colin watched, frowning slightly inwardly.
It seems that Keith doesn't want him to know the reason, but this is understandable. Not to mention whether a person who suddenly appears can be trusted, this is also a royal scandal, so it is normal not to want him to know.
However, he also felt it was difficult to deal with this situation.
After thinking about it for a while, he soon came up with a way to break the deadlock.
"Sure enough! There is indeed something wrong here!"
He stood in front of Maori father and daughter with a look of indignation.
"I felt something was wrong when I met Mr. Maori just now, but at that time I just thought it was a misunderstanding caused by the similar appearance of Princess Mira and Miss Lan."
"However, not only is Miss Lan really here, but you are also preventing her from speaking. Could it be that Miss Lan was actually kidnapped by you in order to use her to force Mr. Maori to solve the problem of the Phantom Thief Lupin III for you?"
"You are so despicable!"
As he said that, Colin turned around and said to Maori Kogoro, who looked so awesome, and Maori Ran, who looked dazed and frozen, "Don't worry, Mr. Maori, Ms. Ran! As long as I, Colin, am here, I will never let this happen again!"
"If the Kingdom of Vesbania dares to continue to forcibly detain Miss Lan, as your loyal fan, Mr. Maori, I will mobilize major media around the world to thoroughly expose this matter!"
Colin pointed at himself with his thumb. Maori Kogoro saw it, clenched his fist, and agreed loudly with his eyes shining: "You are absolutely right, Colin, now go inform the media and expose this matter!"
"Yes! Mr. Maori!!"
Colin nodded vigorously as if he was given an injection of chicken blood, and took out his phone on the spot.
After seeing this, Mao Lilan shouted "wait a minute" and snatched Colin's phone, while yelling at her father with a wide mouth and a perverted smile on his face.
"Really, Dad, why are you like this!"
Then, Xiaolan looked at Keith and said, "Well, it's better to say it out loud. Besides, I don't think Mr. Colin is a bad person."
"Ah, then I'll leave it to you, Miss Lan."
Keith glanced at Colin, who was happy that Xiaolan believed in him, and nodded weakly.
What can he do when a guy who has status, shamelessness and even lacks intelligence insists on listening
(End of this chapter)