Chapter 3161 3173 [Dragon Palace Island]
"Death from illness, kidnapping, being beaten to death by bandits?" Hattori Heiji had only been listening to this casually, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but take it seriously and asked in disbelief, "Did all these things you said really happen to the same family?"
The show director nodded and sighed sympathetically.
Hattori Heiji's eyes twitched slightly: "Is this family some kind of super large family with four generations living together and each generation having eight or nine children?"
"How is that possible?" The program director shook his head again. "The mayor of Jincheng has only one daughter and a few servants."
Conan counted on his fingers: "So now... doesn't that mean there is no one left in his house?"
"Yeah." The program director scratched his head. "The mayor is now alone... That's fine, but the more troublesome thing is that because of the accidents that happened in his family one after another, plus the strange corpse that was just found, this once very popular island has become like a deserted island."
"As the mayor, Mr. Jincheng was extremely anxious, so he sponsored our program out of his own pocket, hoping to restore the island's image and revive the tourism industry here."
The man is gone, and his career has plummeted to the bottom. Hattori Heiji can't help but sympathize: "It sounds so pitiful..."
Jiang Xia suddenly saw something and pointed to the coast: "There's a boatload of people coming down over there."
"Hmm?" The program director looked up and said happily, "It's my staff - the program will officially start shooting tomorrow, and we have to rehearse today."
Hattori Heiji was startled and frowned: "We still need to rehearse? Isn't this a real difficult case? - Did you write some crime-solving script and want us to act it out?"
"Of course not!" The program director waved his hands quickly, "This program focuses on the detective showdown between you and Jiang Xia - in order to ensure authenticity..." and to use Jiang Xia's popularity to maintain the popularity, "tomorrow's program will be broadcast live."
As he spoke, he pointed to an isolated island in the distance: "The live broadcast location is that uninhabited island. The shriveled body I mentioned earlier, and the strange words written next to the body, were found on that Ghost Turtle Island."
"President Jincheng has sponsored us with a lot of funds. In order to present the most perfect shooting effect and find the right angle, we have to go there in advance to check out the location so as not to be too busy tomorrow. This is what I just said about rehearsal."
Hattori Heiji was a little embarrassed: "So that's how it is."
The program director didn't care about this misunderstanding. Suddenly he remembered something and looked at Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji: "This is a rare opportunity. Do you want to come with us and take a look at the island in advance?"
"this……"
Hattori Heiji fell into an unprecedented state of hesitation.
——In theory, visiting the island in advance at this time is like cheating by secretly looking at the questions before the exam.
But……
"But this time, I'm not representing just myself - the one standing behind me is the famous detective of the entire Kansai area!" Hattori Heiji secretly clenched his fists and muttered in his heart:
"Usually Jiang Xia solves cases faster, and I don't bother to argue with him... But this time, if I get crushed by him in front of so many people, it would be too embarrassing."
So now, we must find a way to prevent this tragedy from happening.
"Although my speed of solving cases is usually a little slower than Jiang Xia's...but generally speaking, I can solve any case that Jiang Xia can solve. It just takes me a little longer to think about it."
"If that's the case, then rehearsing a day in advance will be more beneficial to me no matter how you think about it."
——In short, going to the island with the rehearsal staff is not for one’s own face, but for the entire Kansai!
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji threw away his conscience and nodded vigorously like a hero going to war.
After expressing his attitude, while the program director turned around to talk to Jiang Xia, Hattori Heiji secretly picked up Conan and put him in front of him.
Then he squatted down and whispered, "You'll be with me this time! As long as the two of us work together, we can definitely solve the unsolved case in an instant and defeat Jiang Xia! - In this way, the audience in front of the TV tomorrow will know that the reasoning ability of our Osaka detectives is much higher than that of their Tokyo detectives!"
Conan: "..." But I'm from Tokyo, why should I help you Osaka...By the way, are you really sure that the two of us can defeat Jiang Xia together?
Although his reason told him that the runner-up and the third place runner-up together could not beat the champion, Hattori Heiji's proposal still made him excited.
——If the two of them worked together, they could really solve the case in an instant, and then when Jiang Xia frowned and thought, they could proudly reveal the whole truth in front of him...
Thinking of this, Conan silently put the issue of cheating out of his mind and nodded reservedly.
Then the two detectives, one big and one small, looked at each other, clapped their hands, and reached some kind of insidious agreement.
"Get ready to go!" A voice came from the side, and the program director urged them to set off.
Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly withdrew their clapping hands, looked away at the same time, then cleared their throats as if nothing had happened and prepared to get on the boat.
However, when I looked up, the boat didn't come over, but instead there was a car parked on the side of the road not far away.
"Huh? Aren't we going to the island for rehearsal?" Hattori Heiji's heart suddenly went bellow: Could it be that Jiang Xia didn't agree, so the program director cancelled this segment?
The program director smiled and said, "Let's go visit the mayor first, and then go to the island. If Mr. Jiang Xia hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten such an important thing."
Hattori Heiji breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is... Then let's get in the car quickly and make it quick. I can't wait to see what the deserted island looks like."
The group got in the car and drove to the largest restaurant on the island. Jiang Xia had just suggested that they go meet the mayor, the generous sponsor, so the program director quickly called the mayor of Jincheng and arranged the time and place.
It was also thanks to him that he made a phone call instead of going there directly - the mayor, who had been idle at home, actually had to meet guests today.
Upon learning that Jiang Xia and his friends had also arrived, the mayor asked the program director to take them directly to the hotel. After he met the guest in front of him, he could move on to the next table, saving him an extra trip.
…
The other side.
The white-haired mayor of Jincheng put down his phone and looked at the short-haired female lawyer sitting across the table.
——This island, which has been run for many years, is closely related to his own interests. Now the number of tourists to the island has suddenly dropped sharply. The mayor is anxious and has to spend a lot of money to invite the program team to save the precarious reputation of the island in this way.
(End of this chapter)
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