"Hey...Obasan! Have you finished your work? Hurry back to Osaka!"
To come out of the embarrassment of failing to pretend to be cool, Hattori Heiji grabbed Ikenami Shizuka's arm and rushed out the door.
At this moment, Kogoro Mouri, who was anesthetized, just woke up and heard Hattori's words. He jumped up in anger.
"Hey! How rude of you to Ms. Ikenami! How can you call a lady "Obasan, Obasan" like that!"
"I can yell at you however I want." Hattori Heiji pointed his thumb back at Ikenami Shizuka and said unhappily, "After all, she's my mom!"
"Huh!? Nani!!!"
When Conan, Ran and Mouri Kogoro heard what Hattori Heiji said, their mouths opened wide, looking extremely shocked.
"You, you lied... After all..."
Xiaolan looked incredulous and pointed at Hattori and exclaimed: "After all, look at Ms. Jinghua, she is so white! Why do you..."
"Baga!! I inherited my dad's dark skin!" Hattori Heiji was obviously hurt again and shouted in shame and anger.
And from Hattori Shizuka's embarrassed explanation, everyone also understood why the other party came to entrust the company with a commission and told so many lies in the process.
All this was to test Kogoro Mori.
"Huh? A test?" Maori Kogoro asked in confusion, "Why do you want to do this?"
"It's a mother's worry."
Hattori Shizuka smiled sheepishly and explained, "Every time Heiji and Mr. Mori solve a case together, they always seem to get hurt.
So, I wonder if Detective Mori, in order to get Heiji to learn more about criminal investigation, adopted a "Spartan" approach, making him do a lot of difficult and reluctant work."
At this point, Hattori Shizuka said with a worried expression, "Besides, when Mr. Maori came to Osaka before, he didn't come to visit my house...
The last time you came to Osaka, you didn’t come to my house either…so I was worried and wondered if you were a heartless, heartless man.”
Hearing his mother's words, Hattori Heiji sneered with his eyes drooping: "You say it nicely, but when I was injured and hospitalized before, didn't you also not come to the hospital to see me?"
"Ah... that was because time was tight, so I didn't have time..." Maori Kogoro repeatedly promised: "Next time, next time I will definitely visit you."
"Hearing you say that, I feel relieved. I was worried about Yue Xiangyue before, so I took the liberty to come and bother you. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
Hattori Shizuka bowed slightly to apologize and smiled, "But thanks to this, I finally understand why our Heiji admires you so much!
After all, Mr. Maori is a good person and has great reasoning skills, so this is only natural!"
"Thank you very much for your praise..." Kogoro Mouri replied in confusion when he heard the other party's praise.
After thanking him, Shizuka Hattori looked at Tang Ze and said with a smile, "I have often heard your name mentioned by my husband. Seeing you today, I can see that your reputation is well-deserved. I was thinking of finding another time to meet another person whom Heiji admires, but I didn't expect that today would be a coincidence.
Thank you for taking care of our Heiji."
"You're very kind."
Tang Ze quickly said, "I'm only a few years older than Heiji. You're the elder, so there's no need to be so polite. Heiji is like a younger brother to me. You don't have to tell me that I will take care of him."
"I feel relieved now that you have said this."
After a slight bow of thanks, Hattori Shizuka looked at Maori Kogoro and asked, "I'll leave Heiji and Kazuha to you, Detective Maori. Please take good care of them."
"Ah? Leave it to me?" Maori Kogoro asked in confusion, "Why?"
"Eh? Didn't you hear what Conan said?" Hattori Heiji looked at Conan in confusion, and then began to talk about why the two of them came to find them.
After some explanation, everyone realized that it was Hattori Heiji who invited Mori Kogoro to accompany him to Fukui to investigate the case.
No wonder everyone saw Heiji and his partner carrying suitcases.
As for why the two of them didn't know, it was naturally because Hattori Heiji called Conan, hoping that he would inform everyone.
But Conan thought it was a joke, so he didn't respond in time.
"So, you guys are going to investigate a case on a small, isolated island called Mikabe Island near Wakasa Bay?" Tang Ze showed an interested expression. "I remember that island was called..."
"I didn't expect you knew about this, Detective Karasawa." Hattori Heiji nodded, a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "Yes, everyone says that's...an island inhabited by mermaids."
"Huh? There are mermaids living up there?" Maori Kogoro, who was standing by, was speechless after hearing the conversation between the two. "Does anyone believe such a thing?"
"Well, maybe it's because there's a real example right before my eyes."
Hattori Heiji smiled and said, "On that small island, there is a grandmother who is said to have eaten mermaid flesh and gained immortality."
"Ah! I know what you're talking about!"
Xiaolan's eyes lit up when she heard this and she said, "I remember it was about three years ago. That immortal mother-in-law caused a sensation back then!"
"Yes, that's it!" Toyama Kazuha said with longing, "I also want to keep myself young and beautiful forever, so I followed Heiji here."
"Hey, is it to get someone..."
Before Xiaolan could say anything, the shy Kazuha covered her mouth, and the two girls started laughing and playing.
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