Stay away from Conan.

Having said that, even though it seemed to be true, Xiaolan always felt that something was wrong with what she said, but she didn't know what to say for a moment.

As a result, after hearing what Xiaolan said, Okita Souji asked urgently:

"Protect? If it means to protect, then I will protect you, even all the time! This doesn't seem to be a good reason."

"This……"

After hearing what Okita Souji said, Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little confused. She felt that this was not actually the case, but this was the only answer she could come up with.

Especially, when Xiaolan knew that Conan was most likely Shinichi, and faced with the situation that she had to hide this fact, Xiaolan's answer could only be a bit restrained and she was unable to fully express her true feelings.

Therefore, Xiaolan didn't know what to say next and just stood there in a daze.

However, it didn't take long for the situation here to be broken, because there was a very obvious sound of sirens coming from outside the competition venue, which seemed to come from not far outside the venue, and there seemed to be many police cars driving in one direction.

In response to this, with the sound of sirens of this scale, Ran, Conan and others who were originally talking to Okita Souji were suddenly pulled back to their senses by this somewhat commonplace situation.

Obviously, something happened nearby.

It just so happened that they came out to find Hattori Heiji. Maybe, by following the source of the sirens, they could see Hattori Heiji.

What's more, for Conan, something might happen, and this situation still makes him very concerned.

"Let's... go and take a look..."

In this case, the current situation was a bit complicated, so He Ye had no choice but to mention this silently.

So, just like that, with a new goal, Xiaolan, Conan and others headed towards the source of the sirens -

Rushing to the pier not far from the competition venue...

……

Not far from the kendo competition venue, there is a warehouse dock. Many police officers have come here, and the police have set up cordons in front of the two warehouses along the coast. The alley where the incident actually happened was blocked with blue cloth to prevent the surrounding onlookers from seeing the specific situation inside.

"Where's the body?"

"In that corner over there."

Even so, the newly arrived police officers were communicating with the police who had been guarding the scene for a long time from time to time. It seemed that a lot of police officers had arrived, and it seemed that this was not a trivial matter.

Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai, who were also attracted by the sirens, had already arrived here. Seeing the busy police officers, Gao Yuan naturally went forward to see what was going on. However, since he was not familiar with the police officers in Hokkaido and had not come into contact with such police officers in the previous Hokkaido incident, it was inevitable that Gao Yuan was a little uncomfortable to intervene directly. Therefore, when Gao Yuan was thinking about whether he should directly reveal his identity as a detective to inquire about the case, he suddenly saw Hattori Heiji being surrounded by two policemen inside the cordon, as if they were questioning him.

In response to this, Gao Yuan, who had come out to find Hattori Heiji, saw that Hattori Heiji was actually here, so he naturally shouted to him:
"Hey! Hattori!"

Just like that, upon hearing Gao Yuan's voice, Hattori Heiji naturally turned his head, then smiled and said to Gao Yuan:
"Oh! Detective, you're a little late!"

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji asked the two police officers in front of him, "Is it all right?" After receiving the police's affirmation and expressing "thank you for your assistance," Hattori Heiji turned and walked towards Gao Yuan outside the cordon, and said to Gao Yuan:
"Sorry, I was running around Hakodate all night chasing Kidd. I was so tired that I took a nap on a bench nearby. I was woken up by the police and asked some questions..."

In this way, Hattori Heiji briefly recounted what happened yesterday and why he was questioned by the police just now.

Gao Yuan, who heard this, probably understood that Hattori Heiji was probably being questioned as a suspect. So, knowing that Hattori Heiji's pursuit of Kaito Kidd last night was probably in vain, Gao Yuan focused on the current situation and asked Hattori Heiji:
"Then... do you know what happened here?"

"Well... I wanted to ask, but the police here won't tell me the details of the case... And it seems that the inspector of the First Investigation Division of the Hokkaido headquarters doesn't welcome me as a detective."

Waving his hands helplessly, Hattori Heiji sighed:
"Anyway, what we know is that behind the sealed curtain, there is a man who died there."

Hattori Heiji said this while looking at the alley sandwiched between two warehouses that was blocked by blue cloth within the cordon.

"Hmm... the inspector doesn't really welcome the detective..."

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After listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Gao Yuan did not get much useful information. He could only recall the plot of the original work. Thinking about the police in Hokkaido, he was not very familiar with them. It seemed a bit difficult to find out what happened.

However, soon, when Gao Yuan was talking to Hattori Heiji, Conan and the others also rushed over quickly. After seeing Hattori Heiji whom they had been looking for for a long time, Kazuha, Conan and others asked Hattori Heiji about the situation. Then Hattori Heiji repeated what he had just said to Gao Yuan.

Then, naturally, Conan, who came here, focused his attention on this incident which had attracted so many police officers and seemed to be a big deal.

However, since it is difficult to intervene in the police investigation, everyone can only stare blankly outside the cordon.

So, after Conan learned that even Hattori Heiji's identity was not very useful here, Conan was helpless. He thought that he was really unfamiliar with this place. An incident happened, and it turned out that he and others had difficulty even understanding what happened. Therefore, he could only try to ask the onlookers around to see if he could find out anything.

But obviously, the people around didn't know exactly what happened inside.

Therefore, Gao Yuan was helpless in this situation, so he had to try to ask using his identity as a detective. After all, there should be some policemen who knew him in the previous Hokkaido incident, and maybe they could introduce him to the person in charge here.

Just like that, when Gao Yuan had this idea in his mind and was about to put it into action, he heard a tall and thin police officer with a flat head and sparse beard inside the cordon, talking with the police officer next to him about "the identity of the deceased", "lawyer", "Kuguchi Sumito" and so on.

Suddenly, after hearing the name "Kuguchi Sumito", Gao Yuan, Conan, and Hattori Heiji were all stunned, and then realized that the opportunity to intervene in the investigation had come... (End of this chapter)