Chapter 129 What Kind of People Are There in Tokyo?
Hattori Heiji is full of anticipation for the upcoming competition.
However, when he arrived at the door of Jiangxia's office, he saw a "Closed" sign and a person locking the door.
…
Amuro Toru sensed someone approaching. He turned around, looked at Hattori Heiji, and stopped what he was doing.
Hattori Heiji also looked at Amuro Toru, and soon he realized that this foreigner was definitely not Jiang Xia. But since they were in the same office, he should know Jiang Xia.
Hattori Heiji stepped forward and asked, "Is Jiang Xiatongzhi working here part-time? When is he usually here?"
Amuro Toru looked at him and pointed to the registration book that Jiang Xia had hung next to the gate: "There is no fixed working time. If you want to make an appointment, you can fill out the form first, and he will take it when he is free."
"I see..." Hattori Heiji stroked his chin with interest, "What about Kudo Shinichi?"
Amuro Toru: “……?” Who?
"I've actually been wondering, who solved those incidents, Jiang Xia or the 'missing' Kudo Shinichi." Hattori Heiji said directly:
"I checked your agency. Although you put in a lot of advertisements when you first set up the agency, there was no effect. Until a while ago, when Kudo Shinichi disappeared, this place became famous right after that... Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"
…
As Hattori Heiji spoke, he looked at Amuro Toru carefully, trying to find any flaws in this employee of the detective agency.
But the other party had a confused expression from beginning to end, as if asking, "What the hell are you talking about?"
Hattori Heiji sighed inwardly. What a good actor, there is no flaw at all: "Then I'll be frank - is Kudo Shinichi hiding here with you, and is he secretly guiding Jiang Xia to solve the case?"
Amuro Toru frowned. This reminded him of the "Kudo Shinichi ghost possession theory" that was popular a while ago.
This kind of arrogant speech that tramples science underfoot...
Toru Amuro's impression of Hattori Heiji immediately dropped by 50 percentage points.
"Are you trying to say that Jiang Xia solved the case by cheating?" Amuro Toru turned around and looked at Hattori Heiji with a kind expression:
“Since you came here specifically for this matter, you should have collected information in advance - as long as you have read the reports, you should know that Jiang Xia and Kudo Shinichi have completely different styles of solving cases.
"You have such thoughts because you have been misled by the media. It's a good thing for young people to have active minds, but they should always have their own opinions. It's not good to be too gullible. By the way, I feel that you look familiar - are you the high school detective in Osaka, Hattori Heiji?"
Hattori Heiji was startled, raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat: "Do you know me?"
"Yeah, it left a deep impression." Amuro Toru nodded, "We made clippings of other detectives' cases for reference. Yours was the only one that was always completely dark, so we had to go out of our way to find your color photos... The case daily reports were only in black and white, which was really inconvenient."
Hattori: "...?"
Just talk, why do you suddenly mention skin color! And...
He was incredulous and angrily said, "You are worthy of mocking me for being black? If you were in the newspaper, you would definitely be a mess!"
Amuro Toru suddenly raised his hand.
Hattori Heiji was startled and dodged.
But soon, he realized that Toru Amuro was not going to attack him - the hand stopped in front of him.
When the two hands are placed together, the color difference, which was not very obvious at first, suddenly becomes clear.
Amuro Toru glanced over and said, "Look, I'm actually a little whiter than you."
Hattori Heiji: "..."
The corners of his eyes twitched, and he suddenly realized that the topic had deviated: "Wait, I'm asking you about Jiang Xia and Kudo Shinichi. What does this have to do with my skin color!"
"It's nothing, it's just a sudden and unfounded association - just like you associate Jiang Xia with Kudo Shinichi."
After bullying his junior, Amuro Toru put down his hands in a happy mood: "For us, solving cases is not a game, but a job that needs to be taken seriously. I hope you won't disturb us with the idea of 'competing' for fun... Anyway, don't come again in the future."
Having said that, Toru Amuro clicked to lock the door and left.
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Hattori Heiji was turned away: "..."
...The detectives in Tokyo are so unfriendly.
He traveled a long way, but didn't meet Jiang Xia or Kudo Shinichi, didn't ask anything, and was suddenly ridiculed... Hattori Heiji's impression of Tokyo dropped to -1, -1, -1, and his unwillingness to give up was ignited.
He came here today to challenge the "Famous Detective of the East" for a showdown.
As for the "Eastern High School Detective", to be honest, Hattori Heiji has no idea whether it refers to Jiang Xia or Kudo Shinichi.
The crime-solving styles of Jiang Xia and Kudo Shinichi are indeed very different, just as some critics have said - unlike Kudo Shinichi who focuses on storytelling, Jiang Xia always solves cases quickly, perfunctorily and concisely, as if he is reading an outline.
However, Hattori Heiji felt that this difference might be the evidence that "Kudo Shinichi is hiding behind the scenes."
How could a normal person find the murderer so quickly and accurately every time?
But if someone gave Jiang Xia a spoiler in advance, and Jiang Xia then showed up with his reasoning, then his speed in solving the case would make sense.
"..." But this is just a guess after all. It is also possible that Jiang Xia is really a genius in solving cases.
In short, Hattori Heiji plans to rely on his own reasoning ability to figure out how Jiang Xia solved the case.
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At present, among the two key figures "Jiang Xia" and "Kudo", Kudo Shinichi is missing.
However, the law firm that Jiang Xia worked for was clearly registered in the newspaper - every time Jiang Xia solved a case, he would mention the address of the law firm.
Therefore, Hattori Heiji came to Jiangxia first, intending to find out the truth.
But now...
“…”
Hattori Heiji sighed as he looked at the closed door of the detective agency in front of him.
But he quickly cheered up.
Fortunately, in addition to Jiang Xia, he actually has another clue related to "Kudo Shinichi" - Kudo Shinichi seems to have a girlfriend.
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji picked up his luggage and set out on his journey again without giving up.
(End of this chapter)
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