A Wizard in the World of Famous Detectives
Chapter 35

Treasure Map Obtained

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Matsushita Heisaburo's driving skills were excellent; he drove both fast and steadily, and soon they arrived under Tokyo Tower.

Rolling down the window, Shu Yunwen scanned the outside and quickly spotted Conan and the other three in the sparse crowd—four kids huddled together were actually quite easy to find.

Having Matsushita Heisaburo drive up to the four kids, Shu Yunwen waved and feigned surprise, "Hey! Genta! What are you four doing here?"

Genta, Conan, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko turned their heads simultaneously, "It's Brother Yunwen?"

Genta looked surprised, "Brother Yunwen, what are you doing here? Are you here to play too?"

"Hah~ I have something to do, just passing by," Shu Yunwen casually lied. "What about you guys? Aren't you supposed to be at the Beika Art Museum? Why did you come to Tokyo Tower? Don't you need to go home for lunch?"

Ayumi said sweetly, "Mom isn't home today, so she gave me lunch money and told me to eat out."

"Me too," Mitsuhiko chimed in.

Genta then said, "Mom also gave me lunch money. And, Brother Yunwen, we're here to look for treasure today! We, the Junior Detective League, found a treasure map in front of the museum, and Mitsuhiko said that what's drawn on this paper must be a great treasure!"

As he spoke, Genta waved the treasure map he was holding.

"Heh heh..." Conan chuckled dryly beside them with dead fish eyes.

Junior Detective League?

Hearing the name, Shu Yunwen snapped back to reality—that's right! In that case, it seems about time for the Junior Detective League to be formed.

Shu Yunwen kept his expression neutral and reached out to snatch the treasure map from Genta, who was near the window, "What kind of treasure map is this? Let me see!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Brother Yunwen, how can you snatch our treasure map? That's so mean!" Kojima Genta protested, and Ayumi and Mitsuhiko also clenched their fists, looking angry.

Inside the car, Shu Yunwen pretended his hand slipped, and the paper fell onto his lap. At the same time, Shu Yunwen bent down, took out his instant camera, and with a "click," took a picture of what was on the paper. Then, he picked up the paper again, handed it out the window with a look of annoyance, acting impatient, "Alright! Alright! You're so noisy! This is your treasure map, take it quickly! And besides, this looks like something a kid scribbled randomly, doesn't it? How could it possibly be a treasure map?"

Genta quickly took the paper back, "Hmph! This is clearly a treasure map! As an adult, bullying children like this is so rude!"

"After I liked you so much, you actually look down on us!" Ayumi was still displeased.

Shu Yunwen rolled his eyes and was about to say a few more words before leaving when he suddenly felt like someone was staring at them. He looked up abruptly and met the eyes of a few people in black suits. Among these three, one had an East Asian face, while the other two looked like foreigners with fierce expressions.

Hmm... could these guys be members of the Italian bandit group?

In his memory, these three seemed to have been following Conan and the others.

Shu Yunwen withdrew his gaze, narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought that it was definitely not a good thing to let Conan and the others continue to be followed by these three. Even if Conan eventually managed to deal with these three in the anime, it still wasn't entirely safe!

Mulling it over in his mind, Shu Yunwen then put on an apologetic expression, "Hah! It's my fault, okay? You brats, stop complaining. To show my apology, I'll treat you to something for lunch, alright?"

"Really?"

"I want to eat lots and lots of delicious food!"

"I want to eat sushi!"

The kids immediately stopped being angry. Conan, with his dead fish eyes, chuckled dryly beside them, thinking how easily these kids were appeased, just with a meal.

Sigh, it was really difficult for him, a high school student, to be mixed in with a bunch of kids.

Shu Yunwen pouted, "Alright! Everyone get in the car! We'll talk about what to eat later."

After the kids got into the car, they were arguing noisily. Conan, however, was quite quiet, glancing around the car curiously before picking up the paper with the treasure map and continuing to study it.

The car started moving. While the group of kids were making a racket, Shu Yunwen patted his wallet with a pained expression and whispered to Matsushita Heisaburo, "Nearby, find a cheap and delicious place."

Matsushita Heisaburo nodded, thought for a moment, and recalled a decent family restaurant. He turned the key, and the car started.

About five minutes later, Matsushita Heisaburo parked the car in a parking lot converted from an open space. The kids got out one by one, and Matsushita Heisaburo led them to the entrance of the restaurant. The kids all had dead fish eyes and started complaining.

Genta: "Brother Yunwen, we probably can't eat anything delicious in a place like this, right?"

Ayumi: "Even if you're treating, finding a place like this is too perfunctory!"

Mitsuhiko: "Forget it, forget it. It's good enough that there's food. You're just a high school student after all, you don't have much money."

Conan, as usual, chuckled dryly with his dead fish eyes.

Shu Yunwen reached out and flicked Genta's head, "Less nonsense! Do you want to eat or not? If you want to eat, hurry up and go inside!" Then, Shu Yunwen casually pinched Conan's cheek, "And you, kid, that look of yours is really annoying!"

"Alright! We know!" The kids drooped their heads dejectedly.

The restaurant was called Meiwako Family Restaurant. Although the sign and the entrance looked a bit worn from the outside, there were quite a few people inside, and it was bustling with activity. After they entered, Shu Yunwen scanned the room and saw three girls sitting together, chatting and laughing. His expression immediately changed, "Oh! There are too many people in this restaurant, there's not even a place to sit. How about we find another place..."

Before Shu Yunwen could finish speaking, he heard Ayumi point at the girls at a long table and exclaim loudly, "Look! It's Kazumi-neechan! Kazumi-neechan and her friends are eating here too!"

Mitsuhiko followed up, "It's true! Should we go say hello to Kazumi-neechan?"

"Of course! That's basic manners!" Genta voted in favor.

Conan glanced at Shu Yunwen with some curiosity—why did he feel like Shu Yunwen was avoiding Tsukamoto Kazumi? As far as he knew, Tsukamoto Kazumi and Shu Yunwen had a pretty good relationship!

While the kids were talking, Tsukamoto Kazumi's eyes had already turned towards them, a look of surprise in her eyes.

Shu Yunwen felt a pang of misery.

Damn it! These troublesome kids. He wanted to leave precisely because he saw Tsukamoto Kazumi, okay?

After all, when they met in front of the Beika Art Museum earlier, he had said he had other things to attend to, and now, not long after, he was bringing four kids here to eat...

Being exposed in person!

However, since Tsukamoto Kazumi had already seen him, turning around and leaving now would be incredibly rude.

With no other choice, Shu Yunwen flicked Genta's head again. Under Genta's bewildered and displeased gaze, Shu Yunwen, along with Matsushita Heisaburo and the four kids, walked up to Tsukamoto Kazumi and smiled, greeting her, "Kazumi-san, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you here..."

As for Tsukamoto Kazumi's two friends beside her?

Well... Shu Yunwen completely ignored them. He didn't remember who they were anyway.

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