Chapter 233 Twenty-seven Gachapon

Not long ago, when they had just arrived at the swimming pool, the beautiful girl in the swimming pool took off her sunglasses and paddled towards the shore after hearing the voices of the children on the shore.

Conan and Ai were cautious at the time and did not get too close. Instead, they stayed in their original positions and chatted about their things. However, the chatting over there was not deliberately lowered, so they could still hear it clearly.

The girl in the swimsuit was indeed Yuri Tsuji, a cheerful and lively person who was very interested in the children's arrival. So, after introducing herself to the children and Kazuha, she sat by the swimming pool and started talking about other topics with great interest.

When the children of the detective team curiously asked Yuri Tsuji why she was swimming and sunbathing in such cold weather, Conan and Heiji Hattori answered faster than her: "Because she is a swimmer!"

Everyone looked at the two of them in surprise, and Hattori Heiji immediately lowered his head and stared at Conan, who stiffened after realizing that he had spoken too quickly.

"Heiji, how did you know?" Kazuha curiously tugged at Yukinen's clothes, drawing Hattori Heiji's attention a little.

But the latter was still thinking about Conan, and his explanation was quite nonchalant: "You can see that this young lady's figure is not something that an ordinary swimming enthusiast can train, right? Moreover, she has broad shoulders and a thin waist, and her arms are slightly longer than those of ordinary high school girls. Her body lines are well-proportioned and smooth, and her muscles look thin. I'm not talking about her height compared to others, but at least she is taller than you, Kazuha..."

"...Let's not talk about how long you've been observing my body." A crossroad appeared on Kazuha's forehead. "Heiji, explain it clearly. What do you mean by at least taller than me? I'm not short, am I?"

Hattori Heiji suddenly pulled himself out of his thoughts and smiled awkwardly at Qingmei: "Oh, I mean this girl is taller, anyway, and look at the sun marks on her swimsuit. If she is just a swimming enthusiast, such marks will not last long, but the sun marks on her body are obviously left by practicing swimming all year round."

"You got all the answers right. That's amazing, Hattori-kun. Yes, I'm the ace of the school's women's swimming club." It's hard to tell from Yuri Tsuji's face whether she felt offended or not. She twisted her hair with her index finger and smiled calmly, "I had a competition recently, so I stayed in the pool a little longer. It was just the break time after training~"

"You know me?" Hattori Heiji pointed at himself in surprise. "My father is very interested in detectives, so I know a little bit about it." The eldest lady shrugged, "Besides, Hattori-kun is our famous detective in Kansai, so it's normal for me to pay more attention to him."

The praised young detective laughed dryly under Qingmei's gaze, replied "Really?" and changed the subject: "I'm curious, how did this Conan know that Miss Tsuji was a swimmer?"

Conan thought he had escaped but was dragged into the topic again. He secretly glared at Heiji, then raised his little face and started to play dumb: "Hey, this, I guessed! Because my brother is a very powerful detective, I also learn these from my brother and strive to be a qualified detective!"

As Conan said this, his heart was dead silent, and his hands behind his back were clenched into fists.

...Habara! Don't think he can't hear you laughing!!

"But why did Sister Tsuji get such a big crow tattoo?" Conan took a deep breath and changed the subject. "And since she's a member of the swimming club, if she's often in the water, the tattoo will fade easily, right?"

"This..."

Yuri Tsuji's smile faded a little, but she still answered the child's question seriously: "I saw this pattern by chance in my mother's photo album. I have never encountered the problem of fading. The person who tattooed me has very good skills. Even if it fades, I can go and get it retouched later."

As she spoke, her eyes became lonely and she raised her hand to touch the crow head tattooed on her shoulder.

"That photo album is my mother's legacy. I thought, at least I should leave something to remember her."

Conan, who was just randomly asking about something he cared about, froze again, and couldn't help but think that if this was the case, the person to be investigated would not be Tsuji Yuri, but Tsuji Yuri's deceased mother.

"Hmm? It's okay, don't worry too much." The eldest daughter was the first to notice that the atmosphere was not right. She waved her hands and said, "My mother passed away ten years ago. I was just in elementary school at that time. I don't have a particularly deep impression of her, so I wanted to get this tattoo."

"By the way, if you are detectives, are you the detectives invited by Dad?" she asked curiously.

"Does Sister Tsuji know about this, too?" The children looked at each other, and Mitsuhiko was the first to nod his head in affirmation, "Mr. Tsuji invited Conan's brother and Heiji's brother! Since Sister Tsuji knows about the detective party, does Sister Tsuji know why this party was held?"

"So..."

The girl with short chestnut hair looked indifferent when talking about her father: "I don't know, because I haven't seen my father for two days."

"How could that be? We obviously live together..." Ayumi covered her mouth in surprise.

"Yeah, that's normal. Since my mom passed away ten years ago, I haven't seen my dad very often. Even though we seem to live together, it's good enough to see him a few times a week." Yuri Tsuji stretched and explained casually, "After I entered junior high school, I lived in the school dormitory. I rarely come back here... Recently, I came back to stay for two days because the school was closed for renovation."

"Even so, I only met dad when I just came back." She said without much concern.

Feeling that the atmosphere was getting a bit heavy, Yuri Tsuji thought for a moment and took the initiative to change the subject: "By the way, why are you all here?"

"It was the housekeeper who told us there was a swimming pool here and that we could come over if we wanted to swim!" This time it was Yuantai who answered.

Hattori Heiji, who was standing nearby, and the two pseudo-children who were a little further away were lost in thought.

No, there is a problem... Before, they thought that no one was here, and the housekeeper did not mention that their eldest daughter was a swimmer. He also specifically mentioned the swimming pool, which attracted the attention of the children. Why? According to Yuri Tsuji, she has been training in the swimming pool during this period, and the housekeeper cannot be unaware of it.

Because they were thinking about this problem, they didn't pay much attention to the conversation over there. After Conan and Ai roughly solved the tattoo problem, they didn't pay much attention to that place and began to concentrate on discussing other things, including a phone call Conan made to the detective later.

Therefore, they were unaware of the conversation that was taking place by the pool.

"Hey, are you guys here to explore? You're asking me if there's any treasure here, that's just... " Yuri Tsuji whispered in surprise, "As for treasure, there isn't any, right?"

She thought for a while and said, "If I have to say there's something special about this place, it's probably that someone died here, and that person was my mother."

The young lady stretched out her hand and pointed to a small wooden house not far behind the swimming pool, which was surrounded by small trees and had only the pointed roof visible.

"It's in that wooden house."

The children looked at each other and became excited. Yuri Tsuji could tell what they were thinking at a glance, but she didn't know what they were thinking about. In the end, she nodded readily and took the initiative to ask, "Do you want to go there and take a look, little detectives?"

"want!"

At this time, Hattori Heiji had just left the team to go to the bathroom, so the only one who was familiar to the children and a little older was left. She saw that she could not stop the children, and although she was scared, she still prepared to go with them to take a look at the wooden house.

"Sure, but don't we have to bring those two kids along?" Tsuji Yuri said indifferently and glanced at the two children who were arguing over there.

"No need. As for Conan, he and Ai are both very mature and have their own topics to talk about." It was Mitsuhiko who shook his head first. "It's not a good idea to interrupt them at this time... and if Conan is here too, we won't be able to fully demonstrate our strength!"

After all, Conan's IQ is simply a dimensionality reduction blow to children.

Both girls couldn't help laughing, and He Ye felt relieved. She thought for a moment and then said, "It doesn't matter. Heiji went to the bathroom anyway. I can just send him a message and ask him to bring the two kids over later."

That's why when the two tomboys looked up, they found that they were the only ones left by the swimming pool.

Strictly speaking, there is one more person.

"According to what the children said, according to Kazuha, they went to the wooden house over there." Hattori Heiji walked out of the corridor behind the two of them with his hands in his pockets, as if he only heard the last question asked by Ai.

Conan lowered his head and squinted behind the camera. He didn't believe that Hattori Heiji only heard the last part. However, apart from the organization's affairs and the fact that both of them were too mature, the previous conversation did not reveal too much information. It must not be so easy for Hattori to find any handle on him.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and was about to say something to test the waters when——

From the direction of the cabin came the screams of terrified children.

The three of them didn't have time to chat any more, and they all ran in that direction in a hurry.

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When Toru Amuro and his companions rushed to the swimming pool, they did not see any children there. The two police officers who often dealt with the Junior Detective Team immediately had an expression of "I knew it" on their faces.

"They must have gone somewhere else to explore," Hagiwara Ken sighed, "Those kids are really full of energy. I'm so jealous."

Jinpei Matsuda next to him moved aside in disgust.

"Xiao Zhenping, you really make me sad when you make that expression." Hagiwara Kenichi wiped his eyes, covered his chest and said innocently, "We are all the same age, you are also jealous of them, right? No need to explain, I understand..."

"What do you know?" Matsuda Jinpei's mouth twitched and he rolled his eyes at him, wishing he hadn't had this childhood influence.

"This is a difficult situation. Among us, only the detective has the children's contact information." Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned.

That's true, but the problem is that just when the detective said he would come early to meet Conan, he ran faster than them and is no longer with them.

Then we can only contact the detective first...I don’t know if he has met Conan now.

The first person to dial the number quickly was Toru Amuro, but his expression gradually became serious and he shook his head at his companions who looked over at him.

The detective didn't answer.

Toru Amuro looked at the screen of his mobile phone and remembered something, his movements inexplicably froze for a second.

No, the detective might not have come to see Conan at all...

Could it be that the guy sent them away and went to meet Bermode alone?!