Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 192

Chapter 191: Following the Husband’s Lead, Are We?

“Solving cases is tiring enough as it is. Let’s watch something else today.”

Fujino looked at Haibara Ai, who was holding a movie guide magazine. “By the way, Ai, what do you want to watch?”

“Einstein’s Days of Glory and Anguish.”

Haibara Ai surveyed the movie listings and calmly said, “I’d rather watch that one.”

“That movie? That’s fine.” Fujino examined the magazine in Haibara Ai’s hand.

“You like that movie too?”

Haibara Ai looked up, surprised, at Fujino.

“Not really, I just happened to see it last time but didn’t get to watch it…”

“Alright, alright!”

Conan saw things getting out of hand and quickly interrupted, “Let’s go watch Gomera!”

Compared to watching Einstein’s Days of Glory and Anguish, Conan felt that Gomera, suggested by the three kids, suddenly seemed much more appealing.

At least watching it wouldn’t make his butt numb.

After deciding which movie to watch, everyone entered the cinema.

After presenting the free tickets, they entered the screening room.

To Fujino’s left was Haibara Ai, to his right was Conan, Ayumi sat next to Conan, and Genta and Mitsuhiko were in more peripheral seats.

The Gomera they were watching this time was an old, black-and-white film, and the overall sound quality wasn’t too good.

It gave Fujino the feeling of watching an old movie on CCTV- 6.

It started with an old man who looked like Einstein, then the Spider Monster made its grand appearance.

And then, it was Gomera battling the Spider Monster.

“Go, Gomera!”

“Give that Spider Monster a piece of your mind!”

“He has a fatal weakness on his head!”

The children yelled, even standing up and raising their fists, giving the impression of watching TV at home.

“Can you all quiet down?”

Fujino casually glanced at the three kids and said flatly, “Making so much noise is very rude.”

“Sorry…”

The three kids quieted down and sat back in their seats.

In the back row, a person with a middle-parted mushroom cut was about to go forward to intervene, but seeing Fujino educating the children, they quietly sat back down.

Conan looked at the three kids, now quiet and sitting up straight, and couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly.

Well done, that’s physical suppression.

For others, the three kids might not be so obedient.

But Fujino…

They still held him in awe.

The scene of Fujino breaking through the window and single-handedly fighting three thugs was still vivid in their memories.

He then turned his gaze to Fujino, seeing him intently focused on the content on the big screen.

He leaned over and whispered to Fujino, “You can actually watch a movie like this so seriously…”

“It’s alright. Though it’s a bit childish, it’s still pretty good.”

Alright, Fujino admitted, he was engrossed.

While it was indeed a bit childish, it was also a well-made film produced with care.

At least it was much better than those terrible sci-fi blockbusters that just threw in some romance and played out some stale gags.

“There’s nothing particularly awkward, and the filming techniques are also very good.”

Haibara Ai also chimed in with a melancholic tone, “And it contains a deep meaning, the foolish humans’ descent into the dead end of science…”

“Ultimately, humans are just a bunch of foolish, scrawny monkeys who have mastered scientific technology and gotten carried away.”

Fujino echoed Haibara Ai’s melancholic sentiment, then turned to Conan, a slight smirk on his lips. “But speaking of which, little brother Conan, it’s quite rare for someone your age not to like Gomera.”

“Indeed, very rare.”

Haibara Ai nodded in agreement. “Could it be an adult who took a rejuvenation drug and turned back?”

“Ugh…”

Conan was speechless for a moment, then silently turned his head to watch the movie.

Damn it.

Following the husband’s lead, are we?

Truly, like attracts like.

…………

The movie ended.

Conan walked out of the movie theater, looking utterly lifeless.

Although the movie was indeed good, he had already seen it enough times before, and watching it again was truly a bit painful.

“Alright, we’ve watched the movie, let’s go home early…”

But before Conan could finish, Genta interrupted, “Conan, what are you saying? There are still two more movies we haven’t watched yet…”

“Two?”

Conan turned to look at the movie listings hanging at the entrance of the screening room and instantly froze.

There were indeed two more, and he had seen them before…

“The three combined are six hours long.”

At this moment, Haibara Ai also noticed Conan’s abnormality, a mischievous smile playing on her lips as she glanced at him. “Such a luxurious combination is rare to encounter normally.”

“Looks like this time, we can watch enough Gomera movies.”

Fujino chimed in from the side.

Fujino had never watched Gomera when he was little, so this was his first time. Haibara Ai, due to her lack of freedom growing up, was also watching Gomera for the first time.

So, they didn’t feel anything special.

But Conan, who had been a free-spirited rich kid since childhood, leaned against the wall with both hands, his whole body stiff and his face utterly lifeless.

Four hours…

Torture!

Just as Conan was feeling utterly lifeless, Genta grumbled, “I’m a little hungry…”

“Let’s treat Brother Fujino to popcorn!”

Ayumi suggested, “When we came in, I saw popcorn and soda being sold at the counter.”

“You’re treating?”

Fujino was surprised. “Or should I treat you…”

Mitsuhiko interrupted Fujino, “We drank so many drinks yesterday, so today let us treat!”

At this time in Japan, a can of soda cost about 100 yen, while a cup of those drinks averaged about 500 yen.

Although they didn’t have much concept of money.

But the kids still had a basic sense of reciprocity.

They knew that the drinks they had at Fujino’s place yesterday were very expensive.

“Mhm, mhm!”

Ayumi nodded, took Fujino’s hand, and walked towards the popcorn counter.

Even though Fujino felt he had gained, the kids still felt Fujino had lost.

The kids’ enthusiasm made Fujino feel a little touched, so he didn’t insist on paying himself.

Suddenly, he felt that these kids, sometimes, weren’t too annoying after all.

“Three sodas, three coffees, plus six popcorns.”

At the service counter, the pure-looking attendant tallied the items.

“But we only ordered four popcorns.”

Mitsuhiko, holding a soda, looked at the young lady in the pink vest uniform behind the counter with surprise.

Fujino glanced at the attendant’s nametag: [Yuri Yuriko]

“It’s alright.”

Yuri Yuriko smiled lightly. “You all come to watch movies here often, and you’re our last customers, so consider these on me.”

“Last customers?”

The kids looked exceptionally puzzled.

(End of this chapter)