Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 371

"What are you doing?"

Walking to the door of Zhizhi's house, Xiao Ai, who was carrying a schoolbag, looked at the two standing at the door with a cold face and said.

As for this, seeing Xiao Ai coming home, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help standing in front of Xiao Ai, blocking the dark-skinned boy in front of him, and said to Xiao Ai:

"Be careful, I saw this guy sneaking around in front of your house, he looks very suspicious at first glance! He must not be a good person!"

To this, the dark-skinned boy retorted with displeasure:

"Hey! I'm not a suspicious guy! I came here to find friends, but you've been messing around with me all this time!"

"Huh? Looking for friends?"

Hearing what the other party said, Suzuki Sonoko asked back not to be outdone:
"Then why did I see that you first stood at the door of Kudo's house and walked around a few times sneakily, and then ran to the door of Mr. Zhizhi's house? Let me tell you, you must be a thief who wants to break into the empty door! Sneaky Find an opportunity to go in and steal things here!"

"so what?"

Regarding what Sonoko Suzuki pointed out, the boy said nonchalantly:
"I'm just here to find their two families!"

Hearing Yuanzi quarreling with this boy here, Xiao Ai, who was carrying a schoolbag, looked indifferent and didn't want to pay attention to them, so she took out the key and opened the door of Zhizhi's house, and walked in alone——

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that Xiao Ai was about to close the iron gate, Yuanzi and the boys said in unison, one of the boys squeezed over, stretched out his hand to hold the iron gate, and said in great surprise:
"Strange? Isn't this the detective brother's home? When did the detective brother have a child?"

"Brother Detective?"

Hearing the address the boy said, Suzuki Sonoko asked a little strangely.

"It's Mr. Wise you mentioned just now."

The boy reached out to help the baseball cap he was wearing, and explained aloud.

"You know Mr. Wise?"

Hearing this, Sonoko asked with a puzzled face.

"of course!"

The boy smiled lightly and said:
"Brother Detective and I have worked together to solve several cases before, but we are very good friends!"

"Really? Then why haven't I heard of you?"

Yuanzi still said with a disbelieving expression on his face, then looked down at Xiao Ai who was still standing in the courtyard of the villa, and asked:

"Xiao Ai, do you know that Mr. Zhizhi knows such a person?"

For this, Xiao Ai just shook her head coldly.

"Hmph! How about it, let's dress it up!"

Seeing Xiao Ai's reaction, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but sneer and said:
"If you say that you came to find Kudo or Mr. Akechi to entrust the case, maybe I can still believe you. You said that you have solved the case with Mr. Akechi... Who do you think you are!"

Hearing this, the boy couldn't help being annoyed by Sonoko's words, so he reached out and took off the baseball cap he was wearing, patted his chest and couldn't help saying:
"I am the high school detective Hattori Heiji from Kansai! When the detective brother was in Osaka and Kyoto, he worked with me to solve the case! If you don't believe me, let the detective brother come out and ask!"

"A high school detective in Kansai!"

Hearing Hattori Heiji's self-introduction, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help being a little surprised:

"Are you the famous detective of Naniwa who is as famous as Kudo?"

"Yes, it's me."

Hattori Heiji said, seeing that Suzuki Sonoko seemed to believe it, he couldn't help but look down at Xiao Ai, wondering:

"Speaking of which, Brother Detective and I haven't seen each other for a few months. There is no reason not to know that Brother Detective has such a big daughter? And more than half a year ago, when I first met Brother Detective, he was still living in the house. What about working in an Internet cafe without a fixed place?"

"More than half a year ago?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ai frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, she couldn't help asking:

"What was his condition when you saw him?"

"kindness……"

Hearing Xiao Ai's question, Hattori Heiji couldn't help thinking:
"The first time I met the detective brother in Osaka, there happened to be a murder case in the Internet cafe where he worked. We met in that incident. At that time, he was still doing odd jobs in the Internet cafe to make a living. To make money. Later, he helped a rich man solve an incident and made a lot of money before he came to live in Tokyo..."

Saying that, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder:

"Speaking of which, who is this little girl? Why do you ask me these things?"

Sonoko Suzuki explained:

"She is the younger sister of Mr. Wise's friend. For some reason, she is staying at Mr. Wise's house temporarily. It seems... that's what happened in the past two months."

"So that's the case, no wonder I don't know."

Hattori Heiji said.

"But then again."

Seemingly believing in Hattori Heiji's identity and seeing Hattori Heiji's good looks, Suzuki Sonoko has changed his attitude and asked:
"As a high school student detective in Kansai, you went to Kudou's house just now, you probably want to challenge him!"

As he said that, Sonoko felt that he had discovered something very interesting.

On the other hand, Xiao Ai didn't care about these things at all, instead she kept thinking about what Hattori Heiji said about Gao Yuan just now - so, almost half a year ago, Gao Yuan was so poor that he had to do odd jobs in Internet cafes to make money...

As a detective, with his ability, he even helped the still living Mitarai-kun to investigate, so he shouldn't be so miserable, right?
More than half a year ago... this time is a bit delicate...

Thinking about it this way, although these things may not explain anything, but out of her own intuition, Xiao Ai faintly feels that something is wrong.

On the side, Hattori Heiji couldn't help answering frankly after hearing Sonoko's inquiry:

"Basically. Kudo suddenly disappeared recently. There is no report about him in the newspapers. There are even rumors that he has disappeared. So, I came to Tokyo this time to confirm whether the rumors are true, and at the same time..."

Saying so, Hattori Heiji put on his baseball cap with the brim facing back, and continued:
"This time, I also want to have a serious duel with him, to see if Kudo Shinichi is worthy enough to be on the same level as me!"

Speaking of this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but think back to the incident he encountered at the home of the composer Mr. Fujimaru when he came to Tokyo. This time, he must have a good meeting with Kudo Shinichi, don't be like the last time In that way, use a messy name like "Toi-ryu" to fool you!

"So when I came to Tokyo, I first visited Kudo's house. Seeing that his house really seemed to have been unoccupied for a long time, I had no choice but to find his neighbor, the detective brother, to ask about the situation!"

Hattori Heiji explained.

Hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help saying:

"Then you have found the wrong person!"

"Oh? According to you, do you know the whereabouts of Kudo?"

Hattori Heiji asked unexpectedly.

"No."

Sonoko said in a joking tone:
"If you want to find the whereabouts of Kudo, you should go to Kudo's woman!"

(End of this chapter)