Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1176 New Employee at the Sushi Restaurant

Maori Kogoro's forehead squinted, and he chose to ignore Yuya and start a conversation with the waiter next to him: "By the way, I haven't seen you before, are you new here?"

"That's right!" The waiter with the eyepatch smiled brightly, his right eye narrowed and his nose flushed. "My name is Wakita Kanenori, and I'm a chef. I can never settle down in one place, so I've traveled a lot and finally ended up here."

"Ah, to put it simply, it's the so-called wandering chef~"

Kogoro Mouri exclaimed, "Oh!"

Ran Mouri and Conan also looked at Kanenori Wakita curiously, but the latter's gaze was more scrutinizing.

I could only hear Wakita Kanenori continue, "I originally wanted to help in the kitchen, but the boss said it was too dangerous to handle a kitchen knife with one eye, so he asked me to be in charge of serving customers for the time being until my left eye heals."

At this time, Conan asked in an innocent tone: "Uncle, what's wrong with your left eye?"

Yuya paused in turning the page, but immediately hid it.

Wakita Kanenori looked at Conan and said in distress, "I have a big lump on my left eye..." As he spoke, he pretended to lift the eye patch with a smirk on his face, "Do you want to see it?"

Conan and the other two quickly waved their hands: "No, no, no."

Wakita Kanenori chuckled twice, looked at Maori Kogoro and said, "Speaking of which, can you tell me about the cases you solved in the past?"

"Huh?" Kogoro Mouri was a little surprised.

Wakita Kanenori said, "I've loved reading mystery stories since I was a kid. When I heard you lived next door to this shop, I really wanted to see you~"

Wakita Kensuke's face was full of admiration and expectation, which made Mori Kogoro feel a little elated for a moment.

Ran Mouri and Conan beside them suddenly looked speechless.

Kogoro Mouri began to proudly recount a case that had happened in the past. On the way, Kensuke Wakita went to Yuya to take some orders. After coming back, he continued to listen to Kogoro Mouri's bragging, and from time to time he exclaimed, "So that's how it is", "So amazing", "Is this how you solved the case?"

Kogoro Mouri's smug expression became more and more intense, and it felt like he was about to float up.

After a while, a yellow-haired young man in a red jacket walked into the sushi restaurant and ordered a meal. What was a little strange was that he actually paired his sushi with Coke.

This made Kogoro Maori look back and think that the tastes of young people nowadays are really weird.

However, Wakita Kanenori secretly told him that this combination tasted surprisingly good.

Maori Kogoro was stunned. Is this true? It made him want to try it.

After ordering the food, Huangmao asked where the restroom was and went in.

After a while, another office worker came into the store and ordered a regular sushi and oolong tea, plus a limited seasonal grilled fish.

When Kogoro Mouri heard that there was grilled fish, he couldn't help but ask.

Wakita Kanenori secretly told him that the recent economic downturn made it difficult for the restaurant to operate relying solely on sushi, so they added some other dishes to attract customers.

Conan also discovered that there was honey-glazed dessert (a traditional Japanese dessert) on the menu. Ran Maoli immediately expressed her desire to eat it too. Their fingers accidentally touched each other, and they froze for a moment before quickly separating.

"Hmm?" Maori Kogoro looked at the two people awkwardly, "What's wrong with you? If you want to eat, you can order."

"Really? Then I want one!" Mao Lilan said happily immediately.

Conan laughed dryly: "Well, I want one too."

The suspicious expression on Kogoro Mouri's face became even more intense. He always felt that there was something wrong with these two people, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Seeing this scene, Yuya and Miyano Shiho couldn't help but secretly look at each other - they thought they hid it very well, but it turned out that they were just holding it in the whole time.

At this time, a female office worker in an OL uniform walked into the store, patted the rain off her clothes, and complained that it was raining heavily outside.

Wakita Kanenori naturally stepped forward to take the order.

The woman nodded and operated her phone, saying casually, "Just be like usual."

Wakita Kanenori sighed and asked, "Excuse me, what would you like to order?"

The woman was a little impatient: "It's just my usual..."

She looked up and was a little surprised: "Hey, where is the old clerk?"

Wakita Kensuke quickly explained that the man had been in a car accident and was hospitalized.

The woman said "oh" and ordered a whiskey soda, seafood rice bowl, sea urchin and salted salmon roe.

Time passed slowly. Kogoro Mouri and the others arrived first, so they ate much faster than Yuya and the others.

When paying the bill, Wakita Kanenori secretly told Mouri Kogoro that he could give him a discount, but he hoped to hear more about the cases he had solved.

"If you have the chance to take me to the crime scene to take a look, I can give you a bigger discount!"

Kogoro Mouri smiled awkwardly, taking it as a joke. After all, the crime scene was not a place where anyone could be brought in casually.

So he casually said, "Well, that's true, but there won't be any incidents in sushi restaurants."

Beside them, Yuya was secretly discussing something with Miyano Shiho.

"This Wakita Kanenori is a bit strange."

Miyano Shiho secretly glanced at Wakita Kanenori and asked in confusion: "What's strange? Are you talking about his eyes..."

"No," Yuya said, supporting his chin and squinting his eyes, "I'm a famous high school detective after all. Why is it that this person didn't recognize me when he saw me? He didn't ask me about the case, but instead kept staring at Uncle Kogoro."

Miyano Shiho couldn't help laughing: "Why, are you jealous?"

Yuya curled his lips: "How is that possible? I just think it's strange that he says he's a mystery fan but doesn't know me?"

Miyano Shiho thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he's from out of town and hasn't heard of you? After all, you're mainly famous in Tokyo, and you're famous all over the country."

Yuya thought about it and it seemed to be true. After all, he was still a student and did not have as much time as Kogoro Mouri to take on commissions everywhere.

It’s okay in big cities, but if you go to some small places, maybe some people don’t know him.

But...Wakita Kanenori said he was a wandering chef, so he must have been to many places, right? Do you really not know him?

Curacao whispered, "This man seems to be just an ordinary person."

At this moment, Wakita Kanenori seemed to have noticed something and suddenly looked towards Yuya: "Come to think of it, this guy looks very familiar to me, have we met somewhere before?"

You was stunned for a moment, his expression a little embarrassed. There was nothing more embarrassing than being caught tickling crickets from behind.

He pointed at himself and asked in a puzzled manner, "Me?"

Wakita Kensuke frowned and thought, and suddenly, he thought of something and was about to speak.

"Bang!" The door of the sushi restaurant was roughly opened.

Everyone looked over in surprise and saw a fat woman, breathing heavily with her hands on the door frame, and looking at the customers in the store with resentment.