Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"The boy's classmates?"

Maki Nohara looked at the students in the second-grade line and, sure enough, found a group of children whispering timidly. However, the homeroom teacher at the front did not try to comfort them like she did in other classes.

Soon, the unusual behavior in the class was noticed, and the police immediately reprimanded the students for not maintaining their formation and warned them not to cause trouble for themselves and their families.

At the very front of this grade, as expected, was Hattori Heiji, dressed in different clothes, interrogating Ono Takuya's classmates under the guise of a regular police officer.

"Ono-kun and the others are all normal, there's nothing wrong with them, please don't ask anymore."

The girl sitting under the awning nodded vigorously at Hattori Heiji, who had a small mustache stuck under his nose.

"I am so sorry."

This is the twenty-third student Hattori Heiji has interrogated, but so far there have been no results. These students are very different from the students of Kaito Academy he remembers.

Heiji Hattori sighed, realizing at a glance what they were afraid of, and turned to ask the policeman behind him.

"How's the investigation into that boy named Uesugi, who killed his mother and then committed suicide, going?"

"Chief, it's still unclear. The police at the scene only said that the mother and child seemed to have been moving from the first floor to the second floor before they died, and it seemed like they had been arguing for a long time."

But that was impossible. After comparing the physical condition of the mother and son, the Osaka police found that the son was obviously thinner and weaker. The mother could easily overpower her son and take the knife from his hand.

"Where is the husband after the incident?"

"He's been away on business trips, and it seems he can't accept it; he hasn't returned to claim the body."

"That's it..."

Hattori Heiji stood up, instructed the police officer to take his place in questioning him, and walked towards the school gate with his hands on his hips.

"It seems the questioning yielded no clues, but we did find something else elsewhere."

Yuji Kudo casually tossed a can of coffee over.

"What, are you unhappy to see that I've made progress?" Hattori Heiji interrupted Otaki, who was trying to take the coffee from his hand, and took a sip before teasing Kudo Yuuji.

"Am I crazy? Instead of dealing with such a terrible incident, I'm taking you down first. I'm supposed to care about the people, you know." Kudo Yuuji ignored the changes in Maki and Ookahara Mi's expressions, stood up and tapped Hattori's chest: "Just hand over Kansai and retire peacefully, okay?"

“I’m still full of energy.” Hattori Heiji mentioned the matter of Kamisuke and his mother: “I don’t understand it. I’ll go check out these houses later.”

"Where's that homeroom teacher, Ms. Uchitake?"

"At home."

After glancing at Ookahara Mi and Iori Ritsu, Hattori Heiji arranged for a car to take them back to the Iori family home in Osaka. He then instructed Otaki to question them as well, and told them to leave Kudo Yuji and the others alone.

"What's that individual sunshade over there?"

After a long silence, Conan, who had been observing, pointed to the southernmost part of the playground, where a covered walkway stretched from the teaching building all the way to the playground's sunshade, completely obscuring the one inside.

"As a pioneer in Osaka's education system, Kaifang Academy strongly responded to Hattori's call and has enrolled many students with AIDS in recent years. Furthermore, to ensure they can learn like ordinary students, the true identities of these students have not been disclosed."

Conan's lips twitched twice.

"...What a terrible idea! No wonder Kaifang Academy has lost all its youthful energy."

After all, everyone is afraid that their everyday campus romance might suddenly turn into a medical emergency film set. Maybe if the director is generous, they can even win an award.

Of course, this was just Conan's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or sarcastic remarks). He knew perfectly well that Hattori, his old friend, probably didn't intend to watch the school romance version of Infernal Affairs. He just wanted the unfortunate students to be able to temporarily escape their pain and enjoy a few years of school life.

I think so.

"Incidentally, Hattori deliberately prevented the school from educating students about the conditions under which AIDS can be transmitted."

"What happened over the years to turn this guy into such a psychopath?" (End of Chapter)