Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 103 childhood sweethearts
Seeing that Hattori Heiji was so enthusiastic, Xiaolan also expressed his hope that several people would go together. The hospitality was hard to bear, so Ishino had no choice but to agree.

"Sorry, sorry, Heiji brother, I'm late!"

When Hattori Heiji was introducing the famous attractions in Osaka to everyone, a voice came from not far away, interrupting everyone's conversation.

I saw a young man with glasses trotted up to the crowd, scratched his head apologetically and said, "I'm Sakata from the Higashijiri Station of the Osaka Prefectural Police. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Mori and the others wondered why this police officer came to pick them up for dinner, but Hattori Heiji said that this was arranged by his father, Osaka Prefecture Police Headquarters Hattori Heizo, in order to express the importance he attaches to Mori detectives.

But he didn't see his father who was scheduled to come in person, Hattori Heiji still asked Sakata strangely: "Why didn't my father come here? Didn't he say he wanted to go there in person?"

Hearing Hattori Heiji's question, Sakata glanced around, then approached some and explained softly: "The director is in a meeting for that case, so..."

Conan, who was standing next to Hattori Heiji, keenly noticed the key word "case", and Ishino, whose hearing was far better than ordinary people, naturally heard the conversation between the two clearly.

Hearing this, Ishino has already recalled the serial murders that will happen next, and the murderer is the seemingly approachable Mr. Police in front of him.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to stand up and identify the murderer now. After all, there is no evidence, and this matter has nothing to do with him.

This prisoner dared to act in front of the East and West Gods of Death, no matter how he looked at it, he was committing a terrible death. He must have no good fruit to eat, and it was indeed not his turn to worry about it.

In this way, Ishino made a plan to part ways with Shinigami and his party after dinner, drove his daughters, and followed the other party's police car all the way to enjoy the privilege of unimpeded traffic in the downtown area.

Under Hattori Heiji's strong recommendation, everyone tasted Osaka's characteristic udon noodles and octopus balls, and finally drove to an Okonomiyaki restaurant.

Ishino wanted to park the car in the empty space in front of the police car, but suddenly thought of what would happen later, he drove the car two more spaces forward and parked in a space farther away.

Before entering the store, Xiao Ai complained to Conan who was walking in front that Conan and the others were like prisoners being escorted by a police car along the way, while they were like plainclothes policemen who had completed their tasks.

This remark caused Conan to roll his eyes, but Xiao Ai walked into the store with his head held high like a chick winning a duel.

After entering the store, the Mori family chose a place where they could eat at the bar while watching the chef's cooking, while the Ishino family chose an ordinary table seat to sit down.

As soon as Ishino ordered a good dish on the recommendation of Hattori Heiji, he saw a girl with a ponytail follow them in again not long after they entered the store.

Since the other party has been secretly observing them since Tsutenkaku, Ishino can't do it without noticing her. Naturally, he has already guessed that this is Hattori Heiji's childhood sweetheart Toyama Kazuha.

Taking advantage of the time when Hattori Heiji left his seat to call his mother, Toyama and Ye, who had followed him all the way, walked directly to each other's place and sat down, and under the somewhat troubled eyes of Conan and Xiaolan, they tentatively said: "You That Kudo, right? Heiji often tells me about you."

As soon as the words fell, Conan next to him was taken aback, while Xiaolan asked with a puzzled face: "Has Hattori-kun told you?"

Seeing that the other party still wanted to deny it, He Ye asserted confidently: "It's useless for you to pretend, I already know the whole truth..."

Seeing that something was going wrong, Conan desperately waved his hands to stop the other party from continuing. Xiao Ai, who was sitting not far away, also secretly laughed when he saw his embarrassment, waiting to see his foolishness.

Of course, Kazuha ignored Conan's actions, but directly confronted Xiaolan and asked, "Are you the woman surnamed 'Kudo' who abducted Heiji in Tokyo?"

"Huh?" The dazed Mao Li and the others looked at the girl in front of her who was talking strangely, and Xiaolan also explained with some embarrassment, "Miss, you must have misunderstood..."

He Ye, who still didn’t think anything was wrong, continued to make a declaration: “Huh, there’s only one thing I want to say. Heiji and I were best friends who were bound by iron chains a long time ago. If you want to attack him, you have to go first It’s up to me!”

It's just that Kazuha secretly felt refreshed and didn't wait for Xiaolan's response, but waited for Hattori Heiji's question behind him: "So it's Kazuha, why did you come here?"

A few minutes later, He Ye knew from Heiji's straight-man-style ridicule that everything was his own misunderstanding, his old face became hot immediately, and he sat aside in embarrassment and couldn't speak.

Under the introduction of Hattori Heiji, several people present quickly eased the awkward atmosphere and chatted happily.

When Xiaolan asked what the "iron lock" and Ye said before, Hattori Heiji told several people the story of the two being handcuffed together by their father because they were naughty when they were young.

Seeing that Heiji said this as a joke, Kazuha was very dissatisfied with his attitude, saying that it was obviously a very valuable memory, and proudly showed everyone the amulet with the handcuff fragments hidden in his clothes .

Seeing the two quarreling, Xiaolan asked curiously if they were dating, but they both denied it with one voice.

Of the two, He Ye had the greater reaction, bluntly saying that Heiji is just a childhood sweetheart, and he has been playing the role of the big sister who takes care of each other.

Heiji explained that Kazuha's father, Toyama Ginjiro, is the criminal chief of the Osaka Prefecture Police Headquarters, and he has been friends with his father for many years, so the two of them often played together since they were young.

Hearing the relationship between the two, Mori Kogoro couldn't help but complain: "The detective boy and the detective's daughter are really an unlucky combination..."

Ishino, who was at the table beside him, heard Kogoro Mori's complaint, and thought how much you hate Kudo Shinichi, and just now he wants to use the young couple opposite him to say a few words.

The group of people listened to the bickering of the childhood sweethearts, finished the teppanyaki, left the restaurant satisfied, and met with Sakata Yusuke, who had been waiting in the car, to discuss the next itinerary.

Because Kazuha insisted on following Heiji, and considering the fact that the police car would be overloaded if one more person was squeezed in, he finally decided to let Conan go to Ishino's car to accompany the two classmates.

However, before Conan got into the car, all the passers-by looked up at the police car. Then, while everyone was yelling to avoid him, a man fell from the roof and hit the hood of the police car hard.

(End of this chapter)