Chapter 229 Twenty-three Gachapon

Hattori Heiji's expression was very deep, so deep that it attracted the attention of his childhood sweetheart.

"Heiji, what are you thinking about?" Kazuha poked him in confusion, "Your expression is so ugly."

Detective Osaka cleared his throat and said to Qingmei in a low voice, "Don't you think the atmosphere is a little strange?"

A question mark popped up above He Ye's head.

The boy sighed, took off his baseball cap and put it on Qingmei's head with his backhand: "Forget it, it's safer for you to stay like this, idiot Heye."

Hattori Heiji had already felt something was strange when they were in the car, but at that time it was just a slight conflict between Mr. Amuro and Officer Matsuda, and the other two were trying to separate them the whole time.

In the corner that the adults subconsciously ignored, the suspicious little boy and the mature little girl were having a secret conversation and seemed to be very wary of Mr. Amuro and the others.

Hattori Heiji was amazed by this: he was not usually a gossiper, but the relationship between these unusual people was so complicated that even a detective like him felt it was worth digging deeper...

He was still thinking this way before Dr. Shinde appeared. However, after Dr. Shinde appeared and the subtle thing just now happened, Hattori Heiji quietly put away his excessive curiosity.

His intuition told him that this matter was no longer something he and Lingdan, two high school students who had just met today, should be involved in.

Well, he is still more interested in reasoning.

It's definitely not because of the tense atmosphere over there, which looks like a fight is about to break out in the next second! Hattori Heiji thought, and he was sure that those guys would never fight, right? After all——

"Swimming pool..." On the other side, Chijiang Nayue seemed to be completely unaware of the tension in the air and held her chin up seriously, "It looks pretty good."

Having said that, he simply ignored everyone and looked down at the two children who were clinging to his clothes. He squatted down, put his hands on their shoulders, and patted them twice in a calm and soothing manner: "Conan, do you want to go there with your friends? Breathe some fresh air, and by the way... I remember you came to Kyoto to sketch, too."

Conan looked at his brother with half-moon eyes, sure that he definitely wanted to call him 'Ko-chan' just now... Really, he is a guy who always uses honorifics to address other people and always calls him Shinichi-kun and Conan-kun properly, why did he become so casual after recovering some of his memory!

Is it because his memory only recovered to the age of a minor that his mentality has also become much younger? The current Na Yue Ge is not as bitter and resentful as before when he completely lost his memory. Although he often smiled before and his attitude towards other people was normal, Conan, who has been with Na Yue Ge, knows that this person is just pretending to be nice and is actually not easy to get close to.

However, Conan feels that no matter how young the detective is, he is essentially a childish brother who would be taken to the police station in disgrace because he drove his motorcycle in airplane mode on the street.

He felt the girl's trembling gradually subside with his soothing words, and after thinking about it, he added a sentence in his heart.

Although he may seem a little childish sometimes, he is very reliable and mature at critical moments. Yes, that's right.

They both knew that because Haibara Ai had escaped death from the organization, she was most sensitive to the aura of the organization's members and would have a stress response, so Conan could also hear that this sentence was said by Akae Nazuki for Haibara Ai's sake.

Thinking of this, the young detective pinched the anesthesia watch on his wrist and frowned involuntarily.

It seems that not only Mr. Amuro and Mr. Midorikawa have problems, but Dr. Shinde also has big problems.

Similarly, Haibara Ai didn't know which organization Dr. Shinde was a member of, but she felt the murderous aura and knew that Akae Nayue didn't mention her specifically just to protect her, so she tightened the cloth in her hand and nodded slightly.

After dealing with the two children, Chijiang Nayue stood up again and looked at the adults in the adult group who had calmed down and at least seemed to be showing no signs of provocation, and thought for a moment.

"I have something to say, so..." The black-haired detective calmed down, "Can we chat later? Let's go outside."

He said this to all the adults in the group, and he turned to Dr. Shinde and added, "After we finish talking, I wonder if you could check my body for me, so that the kid can feel more at ease. If possible."

'That kid' Conan himself quietly rolled his eyes.

Even so, the Whiskey Team, who seemed to be alert and ready to draw their guns, the Twins of the Virgin Team, who were dissatisfied with Dr. Arata's inexplicable social distance, and even Dr. Arata, who suddenly intervened and seemed strangely close to the detective, all chose to nod in the end.

[Book] I have seen this kind of scene many times in the main world, and I am not surprised at all. However, another person who also stayed out of it and accepted it well was Hattori Heiji.

The young detective from Osaka silently looked away and repeated his previous thoughts in his mind.

——After all, Lingdan seemed to be very comfortable in this environment. He treated everyone equally and did not need anyone to worry about him.

Compared to the gossip, he was more interested in the detective gathering that brought all of them together, so he curiously asked the housekeeper, "By the way, what is the gathering about, Grandpa? The invitation letter only said that everyone is invited to get together. Is there a case that requires so many detectives?"

Wow, it must be a big case, otherwise it would be impossible to hire a bunch of famous detectives at once.

"I'm so sorry, Hattori-kun, I don't know about this either." The butler sighed and said apologetically, "I only know that the old man is a mystery fan. Maybe the old man just wants to find an excuse to gather all the powerful detectives together?"

This time, he also attracted the attention of Amuro Toru. The handsome, baby-faced detective smiled awkwardly, pursed his cheeks, and said helplessly, "You must be joking. If that's all, I'm different from the young talents who were originally invited. I usually handle small, insignificant commissions and have never been particularly famous."

After all, detective was just a fake identity he created for intelligence agent Bourbon, and he also had to be careful not to let people who knew 'Furiya Rei' recognize him because of his overly conspicuous appearance. Even though he encountered serious murder cases several times and helped solve them, he never accepted interviews.

The same is true for the recently famous 'Detective Furuya'. Unless someone like Hattori has a high-ranking family in the police force and he has been paying close attention to news related to Kudo Shinichi and has only recently heard something about the detective, it is impossible for anyone else to know the exact address of 'Detective Furuya'.

But the owner of this manor did it, and even sent the invitation letter to Kudo's house, and wrote such a vague note.

Unlike Hagiwara and the others, Akae Nazuki himself thought that this was probably a coincidence, because he specifically mentioned to the Metropolitan Police Department that he did not want the video data to leak out, so even if others asked about Detective Furuya's appearance, at most they would only get general features such as black hair and red eyes.

I guess the owner of the manor just wanted to be mysterious so he called him 'Red (akai) Detective'.

Just ignoring him, Toru Amuro is indeed more suspicious.

The other detectives invited were all very famous. Although Toru Amuro himself had strong professional skills, he basically did not do any publicity and did not accept interviews. It was normal that he was not famous. But he was invited to this one.

"No, the old man has always been very good at judging people. Since he sent you an invitation, it means that in his eyes, Mr. Amuro is also an excellent detective." The butler smiled, "As for more information about the party, you can ask the old man when he comes out to eat in the evening, please rest assured."

I feel even more worried when hearing this sentence.

Conan Edogawa, who didn't know why he had become accustomed to the strange cases happening around him, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Chi Jiang Na Yue was not surprised. He just gave the butler a meaningful look before leaving the living room.

"Detective-chan?" Hagiwara, who was walking a little ahead of him, called out.

“I am here.”

Chijiang Nayue retracted her gaze and caught up with their team.

Why does Heiji think that their "Shura Field" is more beautiful? Obviously, the story of the butler is more in line with the aesthetics of the detectives he knows.

[Xiao Hong, have you thought about what you are going to say?] The voice in my head asked worriedly.

Make up an excuse? Write a script within the script? Or fool everyone? Akane Nayue also considered the possibility that Vermouth would appear here, but that situation did not include anyone other than Vermouth.

The Savior covered his face with toothache.

He didn't want to do something so tasteless! Now that the script had been written, it was not a good idea to make extensive changes to it.

So why would he try to get away with it? He didn't need to hide his identity, so of course he would just reveal his cards right now!

Chi Jiang Na Yue, who took the initiative to say that he had something to say to them, finally stopped when he reached the edge of the artificial lake. The others who had been trying to chat aimlessly to keep the atmosphere from getting cold all the way also breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the detective who took the initiative to say something to speak.

"I want to know what your relationship is with the person on the tombstone." This is what he said right away. "Friends? Or something more intimate... classmates in the police academy?"

Matsuda and the other man said nothing, but Toru Amuro and Kagemitsu Morofushi's eyes became sharp.

Does the detective really know what he is talking about?

"Why do you think so, Detective?" Hagiwara Kenji tried to smooth things over. "Come to think of it, Detective suddenly fainted before. Was he feeling unwell?"

"I don't know." The man who was being stared at answered very straightforwardly. He was leaning against the railing casually while speaking, with his eyes downcast and his voice without any emotion. "Maybe it's because the person on the tombstone is me... After all, I didn't remember anything in the first place."

"【Originally】? 【Don't remember anything】?!"

"Ah, yes?"

Chi Jiang's eyebrows were crooked, and her tone didn't sound very concerned: "I actually lost my memory. When I first opened my eyes, my mind went blank. This time, it was probably because the feeling of suddenly seeing my own tombstone was very strange, and some of my memory came back at once. That's how it is."

His eyes passed over Amuro Toru as if nothing had happened.

"I can't remember who the name I used before was, but it suddenly popped into my mind when Conan asked me what my name was." The detective sighed, "I think it must be someone very important to me, otherwise he wouldn't remember this even if he couldn't remember his own name."

A certain blond, dark-skinned public security elite froze.

He recalled his previous assumptions that the other party was deliberately making fun of him, and his conscience pricked.