Miyauchi Hikage used the fruit offensive.
The fruit offensive was remarkably effective.
Apart from Conan, the kids in the Junior Detective League were incredibly easy to handle.
A stranger they had just met gave them fruit, and without a second thought, they said thank you and happily started eating on the side.
While eating the fruit, they also very politely told Miyauchi Hikage all their information, including their names and hobbies.
Seeing this simple-mindedness, Conan, on the side, couldn't help but shake his head. "Alright, you guys. Weren't you going to Dr. Agasa's house to play? They've just moved in, don't cause them any trouble."
Kojima Genta waved his hand dismissively. "It's fine. It doesn't matter if we go a little later. If you're in a hurry, Conan, you can go ahead first."
Miyauchi Hikage put on a puzzled expression. "Are you going to visit Mr. Agasa next door? Is he your elder?"
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko nodded. "Yes, Dr. Agasa is Conan's elder. He's very easy to talk to. Because he's usually the only one at home, our Junior Detective League often comes to find him to play."
He pointed at Conan, letting Miyauchi Hikage know who Conan was.
Miyauchi Hikage, in turn, smiled at Conan and held up the agricultural products in his hand.
"I'm Miyauchi Hikage, I just moved here today from Saitama. This is my younger sister, Renge. I was thinking of visiting Mr. Agasa next door at some point. It's a coincidence to run into you all."
"If you don't mind, could you let me visit Mr. Agasa with you in a bit?"
Before Conan could speak, the other members of the Junior Detective League had already agreed on his behalf.
"Renge, do you want to go with us?" Miyauchi Hikage glanced at his little sister. Renge nodded vigorously.
The things Ayumi and the others were talking about were very interesting. Since they had told her so much, she also wanted to tell them about her life in the countryside.
"Then let's go over together," Miyauchi Hikage rubbed Renge's little head, hoping that she would quickly forget the things she had just heard.
However, upon closer inspection, the heads of the children in the Conan setting did seem to be quite a bit larger than normal children, though not as exaggerated as in the anime.
Conan's height was naturally not as ridiculous as in the anime either. Although he was a little shorter than even Renge, he was at least ninety centimeters tall.
Thinking this, Miyauchi Hikage walked to Dr. Agasa's door and rang the doorbell, then stood on the side, chatting with the members of the Junior Detective League.
While waiting, Conan secretly observed Miyauchi Hikage from the side.
It had been two months since he had been shrunk, but he still didn't know much about that mysterious Black Organization.
But he knew that his own house, that is, the Kudo residence on the other side of Dr. Agasa's, had been secretly broken into recently.
He just didn't know if the other party had found anything.
And today, the house at Number 23, which had been vacant for over half a year, had been bought. This made him a little uneasy.
In fact, it was because he had been staring at the people in the courtyard when passing by Number 23 that Ayumi and the others had spotted Renge, who was sunbathing in the courtyard.
After seeing Renge, Conan's mood relaxed a little. If it really was that Black Organization, they wouldn't send a small child to do this kind of thing, right?
However, he then became a little curious about the Miyauchi family's situation.
With his detective's eye, he could tell at a glance that Renge was from the countryside, and the appearance of her parents was completely that of farmers who worked in the fields.
Even if the income of Japanese farmers was no lower than that of white-collar workers, to be able to buy a house here was absolutely not something an ordinary farmer could do.
And what was even more surprising was that, according to Renge, this place had been bought with the money her older brother had earned himself.
Now he had met her older brother, a handsome young man of about 16.
This made him even more concerned. How could a 16-year-old earn such a large sum of money?
Could it be some kind of illegal transaction?
Or did the family suddenly inherit a large fortune?
No matter what, for safety's sake, it was still necessary to figure out the background of this new neighbor.
However, just as this thought arose in Conan's mind, he quickly got an answer.
Dr. Agasa, who came out of the house after hearing the doorbell and had exchanged greetings with Miyauchi Hikage, naturally also accepted the somewhat special housewarming gift.
And after seeing the Asahigaoka brand label on the gift, Dr. Agasa couldn't help but ask with some surprise, "Huh, isn't this that very famous Asahigaoka from the internet?"
Asahigaoka?
A large number of strange videos immediately flashed through Conan's mind.
Starting from about three years ago, some rustic videos began to circulate on the internet.
In one video, a certain rural tyrant walked with a swagger that recognized none of his six closest relatives, parading through the village. Even a dog he passed by had a tuft of its fur plucked out by him;
In another video, a survival expert demonstrated outdoor survival tips. The GIF of him eating a wriggling insect and saying "tastes like chicken, crunchy" was still circulating wildly on the internet;
There were also some videos where an ordinary but confident rural electrician showed off his unique creativity. From the initial "head-flicker" artifact, to the later "prison-style treadmill" and the "upside-down hair-washing machine," each invention challenged the limits of human imagination;
As for those videos of the "spirited youths" from the countryside, they were even more absurd. Although they were stupid and boring, they had inexplicably triggered waves of imitation.
And the source of all these videos, without a doubt, all came from the small village of Asahigaoka.
Could it be that this man is from that place that is now known as Japan's number one (internet celebrity) village?
Miyauchi Hikage nodded and explained his identity with a smile.
It was fine to say this kind of thing to Conan. After all, he wasn't planning on hitting on Ran or Sonoko.
Ran's heart was only with Shinichi right now. He had no interest in being a scumbag homewrecker.
Although Sonoko was a perfect rich girl, he really wasn't short on money now. Plus, with the diary as a cheat, he really had no interest in being this "Dragon King" matrilocal son-in-law.
On the contrary, being a little more frank in front of Conan and Dr. Agasa would make it easier to gain their trust.
Don't think he couldn't guess. With Conan's personality, he must have been suspicious just now about where he got the money to buy the house.
"So you're saying, all those... videos on the internet were all filmed by you, Miyauchi-kun?" After listening to his explanation, Dr. Agasa looked with some shock at the boy who was not yet an adult.
How does this boy's brain work? How could he think of so many strange inventions?
Although at first glance they seemed useless, and on closer inspection they were even more useless, but for a scientist like him who was obsessed with inventions, there were indeed some places in these videos that gave him new inspiration.
Dr. Agasa rubbed his hands and immediately invited Miyauchi Hikage inside, wanting to have an in-depth discussion with him about this kind of inspiration.
Even Conan instantly figured it out.
He wasn't too clear on how to make money from online videos, but since Asahigaoka had such a big name on the entire internet, the money they earned definitely wouldn't be small.
Number 23 was probably really bought with the money earned from those videos.
At the same time, his gaze also became complicated.
The suspicion of illegality on Miyauchi Hikage was cleared, but this truth seemed to be even more problematic.
This man who was constantly stirring up storms on the internet was now attending high school in Tokyo. His business scope was probably going to expand to Tokyo as well.
He's not going to take Dr. Agasa with him to film that kind of strange video in the future, is he?
With Dr. Agasa's taste, if Miyauchi Hikage invited him, he might actually agree.
As for Ayumi and the others, that went without saying. Even if Miyauchi Hikage didn't say anything himself, they would probably eagerly go up to him and beg him to film some videos for them.
The moment he thought of this possibility, Conan couldn't help but start to worry about the future of Japan.