"Ah, I'm full!"
After lunch, Dr. Agasa, Haibara and the other two returned to their room to rest, leaving Tangze and the other two in the living room to discuss the afternoon visit.
Lying on the sofa, Hattori Heiji patted his stomach and said lazily, "Just this meal makes me feel that my trip was worthwhile."
"Really? That's good." Tang Ze picked up the teacup and took a sip. "I'll trouble you later."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Hattori Heiji patted his chest and said, "No matter what secrets she's hiding, I promise to find out what she's up to!"
"Well, you'd better be careful." Although he knew there was no danger this time, Tang Ze still spoke up and reminded them.
"I know, secrecy comes first." Hattori Heiji said seriously, "Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter."
"Well, it's unclear whether there's anything wrong with Teacher Judy." Conan smiled and said, "Don't be so serious. Maybe she's just an ordinary foreign English teacher."
At this point, Hattori Heiji poked Conan with a sly look and said, "I saw on the Internet that a student from your school is a great beauty. Is that true?"
"Well, that's true." Conan nodded, and then saw Hattori Heiji take out a digital camera from his bag and said in surprise: "No way, Hattori! Are you planning to take some photos..."
"No, no!" Hattori Heiji waved his hands in annoyance. "I'm not stupid, how could that be possible? I'm not a reporter and I'm not going to take pictures of him on my first visit."
"Then why do you bring a digital camera!" Conan asked, pointing at the digital camera in the other person's hand.
"Well, there are some things~" Hattori Heiji said this and turned to look at Tang Ze. The two of them smiled in tacit understanding, and everything was said without words.
"What are you two talking about?" Conan saw the two of them smiling at each other, and his face showed suspicion, "There is a problem..."
"You're overthinking it!" Hattori Heiji waved his hand nonchalantly and stood up, handing the digital camera to Tang Ze. "I'm going to the bathroom. I'll leave this camera to you to get familiar with."
"No problem." Tang Ze took the camera and said, "Sorry for asking you to bring it all the way here."
"Do you want to take a picture of something?" Conan asked when he saw this.
"Well, I guess so. I've never used a digital camera before." Tang Ze said while fiddling with the camera.
"There's no need to ask Hattori to bring one all the way from Osaka." Conan complained, "If you want to try it out, why not just borrow one from someone?"
"Hehe~ This is my latest camera."
Hattori Heiji walked over while wiping his hands and said, "Detective Karasawa called me yesterday, and after we finished discussing business, we chatted for a while.
Tang Ze knew that I had bought the latest digital camera, so he wanted me to bring it over to see how it works.”
"Oh...I see."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. There's something I've been wanting to ask you for a long time." Hattori Heiji put his arm on his shoulders, pulled him closer, and said in a teasing tone, "I heard you want to know what X means?"
"What! How did you know that?" Conan was shocked when he heard what Hattori Heiji said. He immediately reacted and looked at Tang Ze and said angrily: "Detective Tang Ze, you said it, didn't you?"
"Well, Hattori Heiji asked about your recent situation." Karasawa explained while fiddling with the camera, "So I told him that you were worried about this "puzzle".
But don't be angry, Hattori knows what "×" means, you can ask him."
"You know that too?" After hearing what Tang Ze said, Conan looked at Hattori Heiji with an incredible expression, and began to doubt his life.
What's going on? Am I the only one who doesn't know? Is my reputation as the "Great Detective of Kanto" going to be so low?
"Hehe, Kudo, I'm even better this time." Hattori Heiji rubbed Conan's dog head and smiled proudly.
"Come on, you and I are probably the same." Conan said with a dark face at his good friend's ridicule, "You must not know who else to ask, so I guessed it was Kazuha?"
"No way!" Although Hattori Heiji refuted like this, his tone was a little guilty. After all, he had guessed the first half of the sentence correctly, and he really didn't know what "×" meant.
However, the answer to this puzzle was not asked to He Ye, but was told to him by Tang Ze last night.
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji glanced at Tang Ze and saw that the camera in his hand had been adjusted. He exchanged a tacit glance with Tang Ze for a moment.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Seeing that Conan was still unconvinced and wanted to refute, Hattori Heiji rubbed his head and said, "How about I tell you what "×" means?"
"Just say it if you want to say it!" Conan had given up on this group of bad friends long ago because he had been fooled by Tang Ze before, and said impatiently.
"What's your attitude?" Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Forget it, just answer one question for me and I'll tell you."
"Really?" Conan asked suspiciously, "Are you kidding me?"
"I promise not to!" Hattori Heiji patted his chest and promised: "And I promise I'm not talking nonsense, this is definitely the true meaning of "×", as long as you answer this question for me."
"Tell me what you want to ask first." Conan said unhappily.
"Then I'll ask." Hattori Heiji hugged Conan and said with a sly smile: "Has Maori-san ever sent you a text message with an "X" on it?"
"That's it?" Conan looked at Hattori Heiji's suspicious face, "I have a bad feeling about this."
"I think too much, I think too much."
Hattori Heiji waved his hand and said, "I just want to ask if you have received the text message with an "X". If not, then even if you know what the "X" means, it is useless."
Conan expressed doubts about what Hattori Heiji said, but this condition was not difficult, and the meaning of "×" made his curiosity and thirst for knowledge continue to grow. It was not a good feeling that everyone else knew it but he was the only one who didn't.
Finally, after a brief mental struggle, Conan nodded and said, "Got it."
"Got it?" Hattori Heiji perked up when he heard that. "Did you get the text message with an "X" from Xiaolan?"
"Ah, yes!" Conan said angrily, "I've already answered what I should have answered, and you should also tell me what "×" means! Do you still want to ask about the content of the text message?"
"Hehe, if you don't mind, I'd like to know." Hattori Heiji said with a playful smile, "But I don't think you will tell me, so I'll tell you.
But before that, there is a small "ritual" to be done, so that it will be meaningful~"
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