Chapter 486
"Haibara, what do you mean by 'the little sister from outside the domain'?"
"I asked Conan Edogawa."
Several days have passed since the hotel where Sera Masumi stayed after his last death. Conan Edogawa finally managed to get the identity of the person in the photo with Sera Masumi. However, Sera Masumi, being a detective, did not give a direct answer but instead replied with the response, "My sister from outside the domain."
So Conan Edogawa actively accepted the challenge, but he didn't just work on it alone; he shared the latest information with his friend Ai Haibara, which was quite rare.
Ai Haibara replied coldly, "It must be what my sister meant."
Conan Edogawa continued to frown: "Kasera said she doesn't have a younger sister."
Ai Haibara had no interest in solving this mystery, and her tone became even colder: "Why don't you ask the amazing Usopp-kun?"
Conan Edogawa sighed, "Can't get in touch with him. Usopp-san has gone missing again."
"Then let's go with Sukawa Shinryu. Isn't he very good at deciphering codes?" Haibara Ai replied casually, not very sincerely.
"First of all, I'm not sure if this topic is suitable to discuss with Mr. Hanchuan. Secondly, if it were Mr. Hanchuan, I feel like he would immediately give the correct answer, which would be quite boring... I feel the same way when I ask Brother Boye."
Ai Haibara's face darkened: "You mean you think you won't get any answers from me anyway, and you're just using me for amusement?"
She felt that Conan Edogawa just wanted to randomly grab someone as a confidant and didn't really expect any response, so she was indeed too lazy to think about it. However, being treated as if her intelligence was being looked down upon still made her very unhappy.
Conan Edogawa then realized he had offended someone: "Uh, no, I meant, discussing this topic with you would be more interesting to talk about..."
Haibara chuckled twice, strode forward, and shook off Conan Edogawa.
"Conan! You're so slow!" Ayumi Yoshida waved to him. "Hurry up! It's almost our turn!"
Conan Edogawa quickened his pace: "Here we are!"
Today, Professor Agasa took the Junior Detective League out to participate in a kite-flying competition.
Because the winning kite can be used as decoration at the city hall, which is a good publicity channel, the kite competition has many participants.
The Detective Boys and Professor Agasa also came with the same purpose.
The kites they made were printed with the logo of the Junior Detective League. As for the two tails for balance, one had the Junior Detective League's slogan printed on it, and the other had the contact information for Professor Agasa's invention studio. It was quite an effort to promote themselves.
According to the order of registration, the time for their competition soon arrived. The group went to the competition venue, preparing to fly their kites in the sky within the specified time and try their best to make them fly as high as possible.
However, when they arrived at the competition venue, Conan Edogawa suddenly spotted a familiar figure.
...It seems to be Mr. Hanchuan, but I'm not sure, I'll check again.
Unlike his usual highly recognizable appearance, the figure that caught Conan Edogawa's attention was wearing a white trench coat and a fisherman's hat with the brim pulled low.
Because the other person was wearing sunglasses on the upper half of their face and a mask on the lower half, their face was completely obscured.
Conan Edogawa deduced that the person was Shinryu Sakkawa from the familiar, suspicious, and dangerous aura, as well as from Officer Matsuda standing beside him, saying something with a speechless expression.
However, because his competition was about to begin, and Conan Edogawa was the one in charge of holding the kite spool, he had to keep an eye on the distance and wind direction of the people flying the kite. So Conan Edogawa only glanced at it briefly and didn't have time to look closely before turning his attention back to the competition.
Although Mr. Hanchuan's attire was unusually strange, even more suspicious than usual, with Officer Matsuda present, there shouldn't be any problems.
Even Conan Edogawa, who vaguely suspected that Shinryu Suzumiya had made contact with the organization, didn't think that the other party had any other purpose in coming to the kite competition.
It couldn't possibly be that they were promoting the Black Organization on a kite!
In fact, Shinryu Hanchuan was just invited by his friends to join in the fun.
The participants in the kite-flying competition were actually Ida Wataru and his girlfriend. The two had added some romantic touches to their kite-making process, treating it as a date, and participating in the competition was simply to showcase their achievement.
Matsuda Jinpei was on vacation just like Date Wataru, so he decided to support him as a friend. He also invited Samikawa Shinryu because Hagiwara Kenji said that Samikawa Shinryu had been staying home too much lately, so he dragged him out to get some sun.
Considering the large number of people at the kite-flying competition, and that Date Wataru had brought his girlfriend, Matsuda Jinpei specifically instructed Samakawa Shinryu not to dress too somberly today, but to wear something lighter in color. As a result, Samakawa Shinryu came out dressed like this.
It's nice that the trench coat has been changed to the light beige one that Kenji Hagiwara specially bought for me last time, but this mask! These sunglasses! This hat!
Look at them, fully armed! Is there anyone more suspicious than Hanchuan Shenliu at the entire competition?!
Matsuda Jinpei felt a pang of regret.
If he had known Han Chuan Shenliu would be dressed like this, he shouldn't have agreed to let Han Chuan Shenliu come by himself! If he had driven to pick him up, he could have just made Han Chuan Shenliu change his clothes!
He was wondering why Han Chuan Shenliu had suddenly stopped hitching rides with him! Turns out he was waiting for this! There's no time to relax!
He even worried about whether Hanchuan Shenliu could get a taxi! That unnecessary worry is better spent on a dog!
As a friend, he didn't care what Hanchuan Shenliu wore, but as a policeman, he had to consider the feelings of the public when inviting Hanchuan Shenliu to such a crowded place.
"What were you thinking, dressing like this?" Matsuda Jinpei asked, exasperated.
Han Chuan Shenliu said calmly, "You told me to keep a low profile, considering that many people get stressed when they see my face, so I'm covering it up."
Matsuda Jinpei chuckled coldly: "What other reason do you have?"
Hanchuan Shenliu said confidently, "Dida won't be affected, but his other competitors will definitely not be used to it. With me standing here, Dida's chances of winning will increase. Maybe his love certificate with his fiancée can even get into the city hall."
Matsuda Jinpei was shocked by Samikawa Shinryu's ability to make excuses: "...Should I thank you on behalf of the class president?"
Han Chuan Shenliu: "You're welcome."
Matsuda Jinpei: "I'm not really thanking you! ...Never mind, at least take off your hat. Why wear a hat in this weather? Be careful it doesn't get blown away by the wind."
"No."
"Then take off your sunglasses."
"You didn't pick any."
"...At least take off your mask."
Han Chuan Shenliu continued to refuse: "I'm already dressed like this, so adding or removing one more item won't make much difference."
Matsuda Jinpei was utterly speechless: "You think you know everything?!"
What a terrible personality! The fact that he's lived this long shows that there are still more good people in the world.
But Hanakawa Shinryu had already stopped discussing the topic: "Look, it's Conan-kun."
Matsuda Jinpei turned his head and saw that one of the groups competing was indeed a group of familiar elementary school students.
This made him subconsciously start observing his surroundings.
"What are you looking for?" Han Chuan Shenliu asked in a subtle tone.
“Hagi said that if you run into this kid, you’re more likely to run into cases. Seven out of ten times I’ve met him, it’s related to bombing incidents…” Matsuda Jinpei said with a conflicted expression, “Although I don’t really believe in this, sometimes you really can’t help but believe it.”
Hanchuan Shenliu: "...A wise choice."
Matsuda Jinpei's lips twitched slightly: "Since you put it that way, have you figured something out?"
"Hmm, look at the other group in the competition."
In the kite flying competition area, only two groups compete at a time. Excluding the group that Conan Edogawa was in, Jinpei Matsuda focused his attention on the other group.
This group consists of two adult men. One is slightly overweight and is directing the flight with the spool of string, while the thinner man, who is in charge of holding the kite itself, seems to be very busy. He is holding the kite in his hand, has a cell phone tucked under his shoulder, and is keeping his eyes on the ground to avoid stepping on the kite's tail. He is also muttering something as if he is responding to a phone call.
Just as Matsuda Jinpei was about to begin a closer look, the fat man in command suddenly shouted, "Wait! Don't back up any further!"
But the other person was probably still on the phone and didn't realize what was happening, so they took a step back—and he lost his footing and fell into the water.
At this moment, Matsuda Jinpei realized that the safety rope that was originally set up on the riverbank had broken at this point, which was why the person was not stopped and fell directly into the river.
People around had already jumped down to rescue the person, and as a police officer, Matsuda Jinpei couldn't just stand by and watch. He rushed over and, together with the kind passersby, pulled the person out of the water.
However, due to choking on water, the other person fell into a coma. Matsuda Jinpei helped by performing artificial respiration, and only after confirming that there was nothing else he could do did he leave him there to wait for the ambulance.
Just as Matsuda Jinpei stood up, everything suddenly went dark.
My head, which was already damp from the river and now on the riverbank, was feeling quite chilly from the strong wind. But then something warm enveloped it.
Matsuda Jinpei reached out and touched it, only to find it was a hat.
Han Chuan Shenliu said quietly, "I knew it, you really need to wear a hat in this weather."
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Damn it, you tricked me!
He was silent for a few seconds, then said bluntly, "Thanks, but you can have my trench coat too."
Hanchuan Shenliu was quite cooperative, taking off his trench coat and draping it over Matsuda Jinpei, revealing a light-colored silver-gray shirt underneath. This meant that the boy was obedient but not completely compliant, a rebellious big son. Matsuda Jinpei was even angrier when he saw this.
While they were busy here, Ida Ko was already acting like a detective. Even though he was on vacation, he rushed over to inquire about the situation before his colleagues arrived.
His fiancée wasn't angry that their date was interrupted. She stood in the crowd with sparkling eyes, watching her fiancé get into work mode, looking quite proud.
Han Chuan Shenliu said, "I just called the second-year graduate student. He'll be here soon, so he can participate in our activities even without asking for leave."
Matsuda Jinpei sighed, "...I don't think he'll be happy... Oh well, at least no one died this time."
"Then let's cheer him up."
"ah?"
The young man with deep red hair tilted his head and gestured: "Let's take care of him before he arrives... that guy is the murderer."
Matsuda Jinpei wasn't surprised that he solved the case so quickly, but after a long silence, he slowly asked.
"You bastard, are you doing this on purpose?!"
Conan Edogawa heard this sentence as soon as he walked over, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
—Huh? What? Intentional? This case is actually related to Mr. Hanchuan?!
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