novelaction Chapter 354 Abbot of Enkai: There is an ancient Chinese saying...
Chapter 354 Abbot of Enkai: There is an ancient Chinese saying...
"Ok?"
Abbot Enkai looked up, glanced at Ryuen, and surveyed the few monks in the temple.
He turned back to look at the teacup in front of him.
"Is it really this famous detective who's coming to visit?"
"...I'm sorry, Abbot,"
Upon hearing this, Ryuen dared not hide anything and confessed everything.
"I invited Mr. Mori over."
"I also want to find someone from our temple..."
"alright,"
Enkai interrupted him, speaking calmly.
“Ryuen, there is an old Chinese saying: ‘What is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you cannot force.’”
"I once told you that if we are destined to meet again, we may one day reunite with it. There is no need to force it."
“Abbot…”
Ryuen seemed somewhat ashamed of his own utilitarianism and lowered his head.
Upon seeing this, Enkai smiled calmly.
"never mind."
"Since you've already invited them, there's no reason for us to turn them away."
"Thank you, Abbot!"
Ryuu bowed deeply to Enkai with some excitement.
He then quickly closed the door to the room and went out, presumably to greet the guests.
After Ryuen left, Abbot Enkai nodded to Cohen, smiled, and said...
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Mr. Cohen."
"......"
Cohen didn't speak; he didn't know what to say.
Because the two people weren't talking to him, his processor had already switched back a bit.
However, he still couldn't understand why Enkai was being so polite to him.
Something feels off...
Next, Enkai and Cohen chatted for a long time.
Cohen maintained his 'efficient' way of answering questions, and Enkai felt he had gained a lot...
Not long after...
dong dong dong -- dong dong dong --
The door was knocked on again.
"Please come in."
"Abbot,"
Ryuen pushed open the door.
“Mr. Sakura and Mr. Saijo wanted to see you, and Mr. Mori and the others also came.”
"All right,"
Abbot Enkai nodded, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
I checked the time and realized it was already 10 a.m.
"Mr. Cohen,"
Abbot Enkai looked at Cohen with a kind smile on his face.
"I'm sorry, I must take my leave."
it is finally over......
Cohen breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at Abbot Enkai, and for some reason, his heart tightened again.
Master Enkai treated him with great kindness and hospitality for two hours, constantly trying to enlighten him. He was truly a highly accomplished and enlightened monk...
How should I express my gratitude to him?
If it's just said verbally, wouldn't it seem insincere?
But besides two pistols and some bullets, I didn't have anything else on me...
Cohen followed Abbot Enkai out, his mind preoccupied with how to express his gratitude, completely oblivious to the growing crowd around him...
Ryuen, who was standing next to him, also glanced at Cohen from time to time.
This young...old...no, I don't know what age this person is, why would the abbot value them so much?
Could it be that he is very rich?
That's not right either, the abbot has always regarded money as something external...
"Abbot, I'll go pick up Mr. Mori and the others first."
Ryuu said respectfully to Enkai.
Enkai waved his hand, signaling him to leave.
Shortly after Ryuen left, three people of different builds walked over.
"Abbot Enkai, it's been a long time!"
The shortest, fattest, and ugliest man grinned at Enkai and said something.
Enkai clasped his hands together and bowed to him.
"Mr. Sakura, it's been a long time."
"Let me introduce you all,"
Enkai pointed to Cohen beside him and said to the three people over there,
"This is Mr. Cohen, a distinguished guest of our temple."
"......"
Cohen was taken aback by this sudden introduction.
He had been thinking about how to express his gratitude to Enkai, but suddenly it turned into a self-introduction...
It's all over, it's all over...
The thought that it usually took him this long to introduce himself, and that everyone here was a stranger who wouldn't be as forgiving as the rest of the organization...
Cohen was sweating profusely, his lips moving rapidly as he strained to utter a single sentence.
"Hello everyone, I'm Cohen..."
"Mr. Cohen, let me introduce these three to you as well,"
Abbot Enkai interrupted Cohen, who had finally managed to utter his words, and said with a smile,
"This is Mr. Sakura Seizo, an art and antique dealer."
"This is Mr. Saijo Taiga, the owner of the antiquarian bookstore."
"The last one is Mr. Mizuo Harutaro, the young master of the Mizuo School of Noh theater."
"They've all come here to spar with me in swordsmanship."
"That's right,"
Saijo Taiga smiled, and said with a hint of deeper meaning,
"We're both kendo enthusiasts."
"Abbot—"
Ryuen's voice came from not far away.
He led in two men, a woman, and a child—the Grim Reaper family...
"Abbot, this is Mr. Mori, and this is his disciple, Mr. Amuro Tooru..."
"Mr. Mori, let me introduce you. This is Abbot Enkai of this temple..."
Ryuen started rambling on about the introducer again.
Kogoro Mouri listened quite attentively, but Conan and Tooru Amuro might not have been so focused...
At this moment, all their eyes were fixed on Cohen...
Holy crap—the organization!
The two were struck as if by a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
Cohen is here?!
As everyone knows, Cohen is an organization member who doesn't like to work alone; his presence here suggests that other members of the organization are nearby...
Let him look for Gin first...