Chapter 3401-3413 [The Fate of the Traitor]
After a brief recollection, the Young Detectives suddenly stopped and froze in place.
They slowly turned around and saw a famous detective who appeared out of nowhere standing behind them, waving and greeting them in a familiar manner.
"Jiang, Jiang Xia brother!"
What a ghost I saw in broad daylight. He was obviously not with that little bastard Conan. Who lured Brother Jiang Xia here?
…
"A-choo!"
At Agasa's villa, Conan sneezed loudly.
He rubbed his nose and looked at the drawn curtains suspiciously: "Could it be that the people from that organization are talking about me?"
When Ai Haibara, who was watching TV, heard about the Black Organization, she silently shrank deeper into the sofa.
Conan caught a glimpse of something moving there, turned his head to take a look, and said in surprise: "You're actually watching a football game? Whose game is it today? Let me think... Oh, right, it's the Tokyo Soul and Nova Tokyo, right? Who won?"
Ai Haibara wasn't very interested in football, but she didn't want to talk about the organization even more. So, to prevent some mini-detective whose mind was full of the Men in Black from changing the subject, she had no choice but to talk about "Tokyo Spirit Team."
"That's pretty much what I thought." Conan nodded. "Once Higo leaves, the Nova Tokyo team is like missing a core. They can delay the game, but it's hard to win."
Dr. Agasa passed by and overheard the two children chatting, and joined in: "Speaking of Higo, I remember his performance was particularly good when he played against BIG Osaka last time. Every time the ball reached his feet, the audience's boos were like blowing the roof off the house."
"Boo?" Huiyuan Ai was stunned at first, thinking that the doctor was wrong, but then she understood and laughed at herself:
"Yes, those who have been traitors have no place in this world. No matter how well they perform, it's normal to be booed."
Conan saw that the conversation was not going well, so he had to interrupt: "Well... you can't be called a traitor, right? You have clearly abandoned the dark and joined the light, which is just and glorious.
"And the reason Higo was booed wasn't because he defected, but simply because Nova and BIG have been rivals for years. It's understandable that fans might be a bit overwhelmed when a key player from their old rival team suddenly switches sides. After a few more games, people will start cheering for him."
"Also, Higo's own form wasn't great. I remember that game, he hadn't scored a single goal until the end of the fifth game. So even if the fans of the new team wanted to cheer for him, they wouldn't have much of a chance."
Dr. Agasa also recalled something: "I remember that Higo made headlines not long ago, saying that he was going to join the Spanish league. Some people even analyzed that he joined the BIG team just to increase his value and get a bigger signing bonus when he went to Spain."
Conan was speechless and said, "That's just a rumor."
"Spain?" Huiyuan Ai sighed softly, "If that's the case, then it's a good thing for him. He can leave the vortex he's in now and escape to a place where there's no conflict and settle down."
Conan: “…”
It was really hard to talk to these pessimists. He sighed and remembered something: "I remember the BIG team's game is also today, and the broadcast will start at five o'clock... Calculating the time, it should be on already."
He changed the channel and found that a football match was also being broadcast. The TV station knew very well what the audience wanted to watch and gave a close-up of Higo Ryusuke entering the venue.
"A star player can't always misalign himself. He'll definitely be cheered on. Words like traitor shouldn't be taken seriously." Conan decided to let the facts speak for themselves. "Just watch if you don't believe me."
…
On the way, I met a few children from Jiangxia. After a brief panic, I quickly reviewed my behavior from beginning to end that day.
Except for the time when they stood up from their seats when they were excited, they didn't seem to have any bad behavior. Moreover, given their height, standing up was almost the same as sitting down, and they didn't block the audience behind them.
After thinking about it, the three of them calmed down a little. However, facing Jiang Xia's gaze, they still didn't know what to say.
Just at this moment, a program started playing in the window next to her. Yoshida Ayumi suddenly had an idea and quickly said, "Brother Jiang Xia, look, the competition has started again!"
——In their opinion, they met Jiang Xia just after leaving the stadium, which means that Brother Jiang Xia was probably also here to watch the game, and was sitting in the same seat with them.
In that case, I can distract Brother Jiang Xia's attention with something that interests him, and he won't be noticed anymore!
Sure enough, following their words, Jiang Xia's gaze shifted slightly and fell on the TV beside him.
The game of the BIG team has begun, and the protagonist on the screen is once again Takashi Higo - he seems to have fallen on the court, and is now helped up by his teammates, but he is still greeted by huge boos from all around.
Yoshida Ayumi couldn't help but frowned: "This brother has already fallen down, why are you still booing him?"
A sneer suddenly came from behind: "Because he deserves it!"
Mao Lilan turned her head and saw a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and a bloated figure.
Noticing her gaze, he raised his chin high as if giving a speech and spoke in a resounding voice, "This is the fate of those who dare to betray Team Nova! Traitors who have already fallen into hell, no matter how hard they try, don't even think about climbing out again, hahahahahaha."
As he spoke, he walked away laughing wildly.
The three children stared blankly at the direction he walked away. Kojima Genta couldn't help but mutter, "Is he mentally ill?"
"Ah, I've seen this guy on the news!" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya suddenly remembered, "He got drunk once and set off firecrackers on the field during a game. Then he got into a fight with other spectators in the stands. He was finally caught by security and carried off the field. I think his name was... Akano Kakutake!"
Mao Lilan nodded. "I've heard that too. He seems to be a big fan of the Nova team. Because of his many bad deeds, he was blacklisted and not allowed to enter many stadiums."
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya whispered, "The last time I watched the game, I heard Conan say that he seemed to have built a website called 'Tokyo Football Mania'. Once he was sanctioned by the stadium, he would publish it on it.
"Some stadiums asked him to shut down the website, but he didn't listen. The homepage of the website is scary. It's a black skull."
Hearing him say that, Mao Lilan suddenly became curious. But before she could ask, she suddenly remembered that she had something important to do today - to investigate where Teacher Judy often went in the middle of the night.
"It's getting late." She whispered to Jiang Xia, "Let's hurry to the station."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
