Chapter 315

Hattori Heiji subconsciously glanced at the person.

The tattoos were visible spreading up his neck, and there were probably many more underneath his clothes. His arms, with their sleeves rolled up, revealed strong muscles. There were bandages on his wrists and bandages on his face. His eyes were fierce and menacing...

He must be a yakuza.

The moment Hattori Heiji reached this conclusion, a very subtle possibility came to mind. His lips twitched as he asked, "I am indeed Hattori Heiji... uh, did the advisor send you?"

"Otherwise what? What do you think?" the yakuza member said irritably. "Do you think we'd just barge into a lawyer's house for no reason and wait to be sued?"

"Well……"

Hattori Heiji was speechless.

The man glanced at the handcuffs on him and Toyama Kazuha's hands, then shouted downstairs, "Ask them where the key to the handcuffs is!"

A clear response came from downstairs in the attic, followed immediately by a scream that sounded like someone had been beaten.

Hattori Heiji quickly said, "Don't kill anyone!"

"Do you even need to tell me?" The yakuza member glared at him, annoyed. "You think you know everything?"

Hattori Heiji: "...???"

Kazuha Toyama looked at the attitude of this yakuza member and hesitated to speak.

What's going on? He seems to be treating Heiji very badly... Is he really here to rescue them?

A little while later, another person came upstairs to deliver the key to the handcuffs. When he saw Hattori Heiji, he spoke in the same foul tone: "So you're the only one who's Hattori Heiji?"

Hearing this familiar question, Hattori Heiji felt a little embarrassed: "...Um, what did the advisor say?"

Why are these people so rude to him when they come to rescue him?!

Is it possible that Mr. Hanchuan has something on this yakuza organization, which is why he is threatening them to rescue him?

If that's the case, he completely understands these people's attitude, and even thinks it's already quite good... But won't Mr. Hanchuan's actions really cause trouble?!

He's not going to fall into a tiger's den after escaping from one, is he?!

The yakuza member who delivered the keys rolled his eyes, completely ignoring Hattori Heiji, and threw the keys down before heading off.

The same person from the beginning unlocked their handcuffs, but he seemed to be ignoring them.

Hattori Heiji felt even more justified in his suspicions because of her obvious reluctance to come to the rescue.

Kazuha Toyama didn't think too much about it; he was just happy to be rescued. He rubbed his wrist and muttered to himself, "They came so fast!"

Hattori Heiji was taken aback for a moment.

...Hmm, that's indeed a bit fast. How long has it been? If we take away the time it took for these people to get here, there's at most less than ten minutes left for Mr. Hanchuan to decipher the code and analyze where he is.

The code he gave wasn't the address here, but rather the symbol "Libra" representing the lawyer. He also tried to mention Kogoro Mouri naturally during the phone call.

After all, the code was too small to contain the destination, and all the clues that led here were with Kudo... oh, Conan Edogawa and Kogoro Mouri.

Hattori Heiji originally thought that after Samikawa Shinryu deciphered the code, he could find a way to contact Edogawa Conan and exchange information, so that one of them could figure out where he was being held.

He had tried his best to assume the two would act quickly, but he still thought it would take at least two or three hours for anything to happen. Who would have thought that they would be rescued only fifteen minutes after hanging up the phone!

How did you do that?!

Hattori Heiji walked down from the attic, his eyes somewhat dazed, his mind still racing, trying to figure out what was going on.

When Hattori Heiji came down, he found that the lawyer and the two thugs were tied up and gagged. Of the group of yakuza members who had arrived fifteen minutes earlier, some had left, leaving a few behind, who looked like they were waiting for something.

Hattori Heiji swallowed hard: "Um... are you waiting for the advisor?"

The man delivering the keys glanced at him: "No, we're waiting for the police."

Hattori Heiji: "...???"

Kazuha Toyama: "...???"

Not to mention the two of them, even the three prisoners whose mouths were gagged couldn't help but struggle and whimper when they heard this, as if they really wanted to speak, but no one paid any attention to them.

The lawyer was shocked, angry, and regretful.

She truly hadn't expected things to turn out this way... She shouldn't have opened the door in the first place when these people came knocking!

...That doesn't seem to work either. Even if she doesn't open it, these people will probably keep banging on the door...

The lawyer became withdrawn and isolated.

Who would have thought? When she first saw the group's demeanor, she assumed they were there to collect protection money. After all, she lived there, ran a business helping people evade taxes, and had hired two thugs. She suspected that the trouble might have been caused by those two thugs.

When she opened the door, the person immediately asked her if she was a lawyer. She wanted to deny it, but she was wearing a lawyer's badge around her neck. Then she was restrained and asked if she had locked up a high school student in the attic.

This group outnumbered her and her henchmen, so having guns was useless. If they accidentally killed someone while shooting, someone would eventually run out and call the police. So the henchmen initially resisted, but later backed down, thinking that once this group achieved its goal, they could then discuss how to shut them up—they were part of the yakuza organization, so they were practically one of their own, right?

And then they actually called the police! Not only that, they arrogantly planned to wait there for the police to arrive... Have these people gone mad?!

Let them go! It's not too late to let them go now!!!

Just then, Hattori Heiji heard his own phone ring. He quickly went to get it back and, as expected, saw the caller ID: "Advisor".

"Advisor!" Hattori Heiji quickly answered the phone. He originally wanted to call him Mr. Kankawa, but his intuition made him change his address and continue using the way he addressed him on the phone before, "Um, thank you for calling the person. Kazuha and I are fine now."

Han Chuan Shenliu remained calm, showing no sign that he had called for help just fifteen minutes after receiving the call: "The police will be there soon. Do as you please. Give the phone to the person who rescued you."

Heiji Hattori obediently handed his phone to the person who had just unlocked their handcuffs: "The advisor is looking for you."

The next second, Hattori Heiji witnessed a spectacular face-changing act.

Just moments ago, he had been indifferent and looked extremely annoyed, as if even glancing at him was an eyesore. Suddenly, he was all smiles and respectfully took the phone from him with both hands.

Heiji Hattori didn't think that the respect and smile were for him; they were for Shinryu Hashirawa, who was completely blind on the other end of the phone!

It's all invisible, is this really necessary?!

Hattori Heiji was greatly shocked.

Moreover, this is completely different from his reasoning. This attentive attitude clearly shows that he has no problem with Hanchuan Shenliu... So he only has a problem with him?

Why?! What did he do to offend these people?! If it was just because he had to make a trip and it increased his workload, they shouldn't be so resentful towards him, right?

The yakuza member held the phone to his ear with both hands, repeatedly saying "Hi, hi, that's how it is, hi, okay, I understand, hi, hi! Thank you, advisor!"

In the short ten-second call, this guy was really into it the whole time. Only after the other party hung up did he reluctantly hand the phone back to Hattori Heiji, saying, "You're lucky, kid."

Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in Hattori Heiji's mind.

Ah... Could it be that Mr. Hanchuan doesn't use his power to order them around, but rather they are happy to be ordered around because they need his help?

What does that have to do with him?! Why do I dislike him so much?! Didn't his appearance indirectly help them?!

Just as Hattori Heiji was about to ask a question, his phone rang again, and the yakuza members looked at him with sharp eyes, like wolves.

"...That's my friend, not the consultant." Hattori Heiji glanced at the caller ID and quickly explained before answering the call and walking into the yard, ignoring the others' increasingly indifferent stares. "Hello?"

Conan Edogawa's voice rang out, sounding quite surprised: "You actually got through!"

"Ah... I'm alright, I've been rescued." Hattori Heiji scratched his head, still a little dazed. "What exactly happened? Did you say anything to Mr. Kanakawa?"

Conan Edogawa was shocked: "...They're rescued already!? So fast!? Was Mr. Samikawa somewhere nearby?"

"No, it was members of a yakuza organization who barged in and rescued me and Kazuha." Hattori Heiji briefly recounted his experience. "...There were so many people, and they came incredibly fast. I didn't even realize they were there to help me."

Conan Edogawa: "…………???"

After being completely bewildered, Conan Edogawa explained the information he had gathered: "About ten minutes ago, Mr. Hankawa suddenly called Uncle Mori and asked if we knew where you were, and whether you had visited any lawyers today. I answered him..."

"I see!" Hattori Heiji said thoughtfully. "As expected, after finding the address, they went directly to a nearby yakuza organization. That was indeed faster."

Conan Edogawa paused for a moment, then said, "Is it possible that he could have called the police? The police arrive very quickly! There's a police station on that street!"

Why is it that, faced with such a situation, Han Chuan Shenliu's first reaction, as a former detective, was not to call the police for help, but to go to the yakuza organization?!

And the yakuza organization actually listened to him, arranging for a group of people to set off in such a short time...

It's terrifying to think about.

Heiji Hattori explained, "It's probably because the thugs were carrying guns, and my code didn't give any indication of how many people there were. The small police stations on the street can't send many officers at once, and even if they do, they wouldn't dare to fire. On the contrary, the yakuza members have a stronger deterrent effect in this regard, and they also have more people and more power."

Conan Edogawa obtained additional information and could understand Shinryu Samikawa's actions.

but……

This is just one yakuza organization. What if Hanchuan Shenliu could command other yakuza organizations in the same way? What if there were more of them...?

Is this the kind of result that can be achieved through entrapment?

Has Hanukawa Shinryu been doing a little too well in the underworld? How much does the Metropolitan Police Department actually know about Hanukawa Shinryu's situation?

"I'm more puzzled by something else than that," Hattori Heiji said softly. "I don't know why, but the people who came to rescue us seemed to dislike me. They kept saying things like, 'So you're Hattori Heiji, huh?'... I don't know how Mr. Hanakawa talked to them about me. Or is it that they think I'm causing Mr. Hanakawa trouble?"

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

He instantly recalled the long queues near Hanchuan Shenliu's house that led to someone calling the police, and his resentment towards Hanchuan Shenliu for frequently closing his doors to customers and refusing to operate.

Especially after learning that Hanchuan Shenliu was actually entrapment, and that the Metropolitan Police Department was also aware of it, he would occasionally go there for a stroll. It's said that Hanchuan Shenliu hasn't been open for business recently...

"Uh, I think I know why." Conan Edogawa's tone also became strange.

Hattori Heiji, ever inquisitive, asked, "Why?"

Conan Edogawa: "He's probably very upset that Mr. Kankawa made an exception for you. It's still daytime, and you've already woken up and started working. And after exchanging information, he probably found that no one saw the relevant people queuing up. He probably even suspects that your family cut in line and asked Mr. Kankawa to help find you... In short, in other people's eyes, you're just a person with connections."

Hattori Heiji: "…………???"

—No, I can accept everything else, but to be envied just because he's working during the day?! Just how lazy does Mr. Hanchuan usually act?!

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Extra chapter tonight

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Han Chuan suddenly became a big shot who could command many yakuza organizations... but actually not that many, it was just a coincidence.