Stay away from Conan.

Seeing the children so excited, Sonoko felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say. But since Xiaolan was also agreeing with this matter seriously, and she was a little forced by the current situation, Sonoko seemed to have no choice but to agree with it.

  At the same time, as the children said this, He Ye, who was actually very concerned about this matter, couldn't help but think about it for a while and said affirmatively:

"Okay then! Let's go out and try to find it after we finish eating!"

  The tone was a little gentle, and looking at the group of children, He Ye seemed to have some intention of playing with them:

"I also want to see what kind of woman Heiji has been thinking about for so many years!"

  Having said that, facing the children, seeing that they also came to this restaurant, I couldn't help but ask:

"By the way? Have you eaten yet? I know some of the signature dishes of this restaurant. Let me treat you!"

So, hearing what Kazuha said, the children seemed even happier, and they found a table next to Xiaolan and the others and sat down, preparing to go together to look for the so-called "Hattori Heiji's first love" after eating...

……

"Ah!"

In a sukiyaki restaurant, Hattori Heiji, who was sitting at an outdoor seat in the courtyard and eating sukiyaki pot with Conan, suddenly couldn't help sneezing.

  So, looking at the steaming hot pot in front of him, Conan couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What's wrong with you? Is the wind outside very cold?"

"Do not……"

Shaking his head, Hattori Heiji touched his nose and said with a depressed look:

"Maybe someone is thinking about me all the time..."

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji suddenly smiled happily and said:

"Maybe it's my first love!"

  Immediately, after hearing this, Conan continued to roll his eyes at Hattori Heiji, and sneered a few times:

"You have such a vivid imagination."

Conan said this and gave advice:

"Rather than thinking about these things, let's think about the case of 'Genji Hotaru'. Although the incident in Kyoto happened in the early morning, there might be witnesses, but we asked around the crime scene and didn't find anyone who went out at that time. Basically, everyone was sleeping, so there was nothing to find..."

So, Conan tried to turn the topic back to the case of "Genji Hotaru":

"If there are really no witnesses, then our next investigation will have to change direction. Since the two deceased were members of the 'Genji Hotaru', could this incident be a revenge act against the 'Genji Hotaru'... or is it simply an internal conflict among them?"

  Conan gave two directions for thinking. After listening to these words, Hattori Heiji nodded silently, turned the topic back to the incident, and began to say:

"From the situations at the two incidents, the murderer should be a kendo master. Although the boss of the takoyaki shop in Osaka was stabbed to death by the murderer with a dagger, the bartender in Kyoto was killed by a Japanese sword... Logically speaking, someone carrying a Japanese sword should be very conspicuous, but there are no witnesses..."

"Hmm... a kendo master..."

Listening to the new clues given by Hattori Heiji, Conan continued to think:

"Based on the information the police have, are there any such members within 'Genji Hotaru'?" "Of course not."

Hattori Heiji was also very helpless about this and said:

"After all, the police don't have many clues about the identity of this gang of thieves, except for confirming their internal titles..."

As Conan said this, he fell into deep thought, and then thought about the scope of activities of the "Genji Hotaru" gang:

"However, since the main activities of 'Genji Hotaru' are in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, does that mean that the main activities of these members are in these three areas? Similar cases have already occurred in Osaka and Kyoto. What do you think..."

"You mean... there might be similar cases happening in Tokyo?"

  Hearing this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but think of this and said:

"But... I haven't heard any similar news yet...

"But there's nothing we can do about it. You know, after all, this case involves Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, and the police in each of these three places are in charge of their own areas. Even if a case involving these three places really happened, it would not be easy to find the connection between the cases in a short period of time because there are no clear clues and sufficient communication..."

In response to this, Conan nodded silently after listening to Hattori Heiji's words -

After all, the Metropolitan Police Department essentially only has jurisdiction over the entire Tokyo metropolitan area, while the chiefs of each prefectural police headquarters enjoy independent command authority. They are relatively independent agencies, so normally unless there is clear evidence that a case involves multiple locations, it is likely that police in various places will just be investigating the case on their own.

In this incident, the two victims were killed separately. Apart from the discovery of the "Gikyouki" being taken away by the murderer during subsequent investigations, it is generally difficult to think of the connection between the two incidents unless the two incidents are analyzed together.

  In this regard, Hattori Heiji also said:

"If it weren't for the fact that Officer Otaki was a friend of a Kyoto Prefectural Police officer and they happened to talk about this matter, they would have discovered that the two cases had something in common, and that's how it would have happened..."

At this point, Hattori Heiji looked at Conan and asked:

"Hey? Don't you have a good relationship with the Metropolitan Police Department? Maybe you can find out something if you go and ask!"

"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."

At this moment, Conan already had an idea after feeling that there might be a lack of clues in the case because the police in the three places did not communicate with each other and each was acting independently.

So, after hearing what Conan said, Hattori Heiji was immediately full of energy. He finished the Sukiyaki in no time and then urged Conan to act faster.

At this point, Conan had no choice but to eat a few bites to fill his stomach, then followed Hattori Heiji out of the store and found a telephone booth in a remote place. Hattori Heiji stood guard by the side and asked Conan to use the bow voice changer to change his voice into Kudo Shinichi's. Then Conan called Inspector Megure to ask whether there had been any incidents of suspected murder of members of the "Genji Hotaru" on the day of the Osaka and Kyoto incidents, or in the days before and after.

As a result, when Inspector Megure, who was troubled by the murder case in Tokyo, heard that it was Kudo Shinichi who came to inquire about the matter, he immediately felt like he had found a life-saving straw and gave Kudo Shinichi a general account of the situation.

After receiving a positive response, Hattori Heiji was unambiguous and immediately notified Officer Otaki and asked him to contact the Metropolitan Police Department immediately.

This time, I'm afraid the police from the three places will have to take joint action! (End of this chapter)