Chapter 144 Hattori Heiji's Disaster
When Jiang Xia arrived, Conan and Mao Li Ran were already in the car.
Kogoro Mori didn't come - Yoko Kinoshita happened to have a concert today.
In addition to Jiang Xia and his friends, there were four other people in the car.
Of course, there were more participants than just these. There was also another car heading to Kansai to pick up people.
…
After everyone gathered, the vehicle drove them into the mountains and stopped next to a hotel.
The three-story hotel is surrounded by a forest on one side and a steep cliff on the other. This is the venue for the Sherlock Holmes Tour. The owner of the hotel is the organizer of the event.
Jiang Xia got out of the car carrying his luggage and walked into the hotel lobby.
He swept his eyes through the crowd and soon stopped at a corner - there stood a high school detective with a baseball cap and dark skin.
——Hattori Heiji is here too.
Jiang Xia: “…” Wonderful.
…
The owner of the hotel was a middle-aged man named Yuichi Kanaya. He was a bit fat and wore a Sherlock Holmes cosplay costume.
He welcomed the guests to the event and then began to announce the schedule of the competition.
Jiang Xia was listening when he suddenly felt Xiaobai gently pulling his hair.
He lowered his head and saw Xiaobai pointing towards the door as if complaining.
Jiang Xia turned his head and saw Hattori Heiji pushing down the brim of his hat behind the crowd. Then he tiptoed towards the door, looking like he was about to run away.
…
A while ago, Hattori Heiji went to Tokyo with great enthusiasm, intending to compete with the high school detectives in Tokyo.
However, the imagined "equally matched and exciting competition" did not exist at all, and he was crushed in his best area of solving cases.
Perhaps because the gap between the past and the present was too great, after Hattori Heiji returned to Osaka, he felt that life was becoming more and more boring, and he even lost interest in solving cases.
In order to get out of this trough, he thought about it and felt that he still needed to find a soul rival to compete with and improve together.
——Of course, Jiang Xia is excluded first when considering this opponent.
Afterwards, Hattori Heiji picked among the remaining high school detectives and found that Kudo Shinichi was the one who suited his taste the most.
Hattori Heiji: “…” We have to find out the guy who was forced to retire by Jiang Xia.
As for how to find it specifically... As everyone knows, Kudo Shinichi is a Sherlock Holmes fan.
So, after accidentally seeing the news about "The Journey of Sherlock Holmes", Hattori Heiji decisively signed up.
…
However, he never expected that after arriving here, before he saw Kudo Shinichi, he saw Jiang Xia in the crowd first.
At that moment, Hattori Heiji felt unwell.
Hattori Heiji: "..." Could it be that Jiang Xia is here to arrest Kudo as well? In order to lure people into the trap, he even brought Kudo's girlfriend along as well... Hiss, this scary guy.
Hattori Heiji also has a childhood sweetheart, Toyama Kazuha.
At this moment, he couldn't help but put himself in their shoes and thought about what would happen if Jiang Xia took Yuanshan and Ye out to play in order to hook him... He suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
...Too insidious.
Jiang Xia is indeed not as harmless as he appears. On the contrary, he is a hidden devil who will stop at nothing to find an opponent.
…
In short, after some complicated consideration, Hattori Heiji decided to leave.
However, just as he walked to the door as if nothing had happened, his arm suddenly felt heavy and someone grabbed him from behind.
Jiang Xia's cheerful voice came from behind: "What a coincidence, you also signed up for this event - it hasn't even started yet, why are you leaving suddenly?"
Hattori Heiji, who was only one step away from the door: "..."
He silently glanced at the free blue sky outside, quickly calmed down, turned around to save face, and said calmly: "...Who left? I just think the air is better outside."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
