Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 468 The arrogant attitude has now become obsolete!
"Hey, Kudo!"

At that moment, a boy with dark skin, wearing an adult suit but not with adult hair, and who looked eight-tenths like the legendary high school detective Shinichi Kudo, walked over with a big smile and waved his hands.

Beside him was a lady in an evening gown, her shoulders exposed.

"Hattori!!!"

Conan glanced at Heiji Hattori beside him and blurted out instinctively.

But as soon as he said those few words, he regretted it. He could already feel the surprised looks and puzzled gazes of the people around him, which made him feel like he was being pricked by needles.

At that moment, he really wanted to shoot a soccer ball with his sling, then use his leg strength to give this guy a kick, and then use the elastic sling to hang him on a street lamp all night, so that he could calm down his guilty conscience.

The reason he felt guilty was because of Hattori Heiji's earlier comment about Kudo!
Please, my identity is a secret. You're telling me this with so many people around, including Xiaolan. Aren't you just pushing me to the brink?

"Heiji Hattori, if Ran beats me to death, I'll drag you down to hell with me!" Conan glared at Heiji Hattori with dead fish eyes.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji realized that he shouldn't have said "Kudo," as it had put Kudo in an awkward position.

While Conan was feeling incredibly guilty, those who knew Conan's true identity covered their mouths and laughed, but dared not laugh out loud.

After all, there are some things that only they can know, and others cannot know them.

"Is this guy an idiot? Just shouting it out like that, does he think he can rest easy just because he has a high-ranking police officer as his father? He's too naive!" Vermouth muttered to herself.

She knew perfectly well about Hattori Heiji's identity.

As the son of a high-ranking police officer, how could she, as a member of a criminal organization, not know anything about him?

She not only knew Heiji Hattori, but also the children of other high-ranking Japanese officials, and she recognized what they looked like.

Furthermore, she came here with a mission, which is related to the Ooka Zaibatsu.

The organization instructed her to find an opportunity to make contact with Ooka Momiji and become acquainted with her.

She knew what the organization wanted to do, and that it was all for the power of the Ooka Zaibatsu.

While the Suzuki Zaibatsu may have the upper hand in terms of money, the Ooka Zaibatsu naturally has the upper hand in terms of connections and politics.

Who could blame them when the Ooka Zaibatsu produced a prime minister? Besides this prime minister, there are many other high-ranking officials, and many of them are even related to the Ooka Zaibatsu through a single-parent family connection.

That's how political dynasties are!
“That’s exactly what I mean!” Yukiko shook her head. “Heiji Hattori is really too unruly. If other people find out, Conan will be in danger.”

"Why don't you, as a mother, go and protect your son from danger?" Kuroba Chikage pointed at Xiaolan and the others beside her and laughed.

"No need, I believe Conan can overcome this crisis, and," Yukiko shook her head, her face full of smiles, "I want to see Conan like this, it's really very interesting!"

If children aren't meant to be played with, then everything else is meaningless!
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The people around Yukiko were speechless after hearing her words, but the married women all felt that what she said made sense.

Especially Kuroba Chikage!
Because Chikage Kuroba's personality is very similar to Yukiko's in some ways.

"Heiji, why do you call Conan Kudo?" Kazuha asked, her face full of confusion.

"Hmm," Hattori Heiji realized he had let something slip and quickly tried to cover it up: "Actually, it's because I think this kid looks a bit like Shinichi Kudo, and I've seen what Shinichi Kudo looked like when he was a child, so that's why I said that."

"They just look alike!"

"Hey, has Shinichi ever shown you a picture of himself when he was little?" Ran: "But I also think Conan looks a lot like Shinichi when he was little, though they're distant relatives!"

Don't ask, they're just distant relatives who look a lot alike.

Furthermore, Ran and Aoko bear some resemblance, as do Sonoko and Ai. Some beautiful women do share certain similarities, and so do handsome men.

This is the world of Detective Conan, a world where it's easy to get face blindness.

"Yes, yes, yes, they're distant relatives!" Hattori Heiji quickly replied.

After realizing he had gotten away with it, he breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, he hadn't been exposed; otherwise, Kudo would have been dead for sure.

"hehe."

Conan couldn't help but sneer as he watched Hattori Heiji spout nonsense.

He hadn't shown Hattori Heiji any photos of himself as a child, so Hattori Heiji was definitely just making it up.

Fortunately, no one pressed them on this issue further; otherwise, the truth might have been exposed very quickly.

That was a close call!

Boom!
Just then, Conan arrived next to Heiji Hattori and delivered a powerful elbow strike to his knee!
"Ouch!" Hattori Heiji winced in pain, rubbed his head, squatted down and looked at Conan, gave him a good yank on the head, messed up his hair, then blew on his palm, and a lot of hair fell out.

"you boy"

"Hattori, you almost killed me. To be honest, I don't even want to see you anymore," Conan said, fixing his hair.

Every time this guy sees me, or the first thing he says on the phone is "Kudo".

Making a phone call is fine, since no one is eavesdropping, but how can I call myself Kudo at a time like this!

They'd rather be dead!
What a terrible teammate!

In situations like this, Heiji Hattori is indeed a terrible teammate, but at other times, he's a reliable one.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Hattori Heiji said twice, but his apology lacked sincerity. "I promise I won't call you Kudo again next time, please forgive me!"

Hearing this, Conan rolled his eyes: "You said the same thing last time."

"Fine, I'll forgive you this time. But where's your fiancée?"

As he said this, a gossipy look appeared on his face, completely different from Conan's usual demeanor.

"Fiancée?" Hattori Heiji didn't quite understand at first: "What are you talking about? I don't quite understand!"

"Stop it!" Conan glanced at Ran and the others who were talking to Kazuha, then whispered, "It's that Ooka Momiji, the woman you said you'd marry when you were little!"

"We know about this!"

Sonoko told them about this, and it wasn't a secret in Japan's high society.

After all, the jewel of the Ooka Zaibatsu is a shining star wherever she appears, let alone gossip like this.

As for where this gossip originated, that's hard to say.

It could be the Ooka family, or the Hattori family, or even the Osaka Prefectural Police, but the most likely candidate is the Suzuki family!

In this matter, the Suzuki family was eager to see things go terribly wrong. Furthermore, as their rivals, the Suzuki family was well aware of the Ooka family's intentions: to find a man to marry into their family as well.

This is because the Ooka family has no male descendants in this generation, only Ooka Momiji, a granddaughter.

Therefore, the marriage into the family is inevitable.

However, Heiji Hattori's identity was not simple either, so it was impossible for him to marry into the Ooka family.

So many people are waiting to see how things will turn out.

"Oh, you mean Ooka Momiji?" Hattori Heiji didn't care about this. Although she was the young lady of the Ooka Zaibatsu, the person he liked wasn't Ooka Momiji, but someone else.

He only said those words to make Ooka Momiji happy, and it's been so many years since then that he's long forgotten about it.

“Yeah,” Conan said. “I heard you said you wanted to marry someone when you were little. What did that mean?”

"Actually, it's like this." Hattori Heiji scratched the back of his head and began to explain.

However, while they were talking, several people appeared around them to eavesdrop on their gossip.

Kitahara Natsuhiro, Amuro Tooru, Professor Agasa, Yonehara Akiko, Yukiko, and others also arrived at this place, all eavesdropping on their conversation.

"I see, I didn't know your karuta skills were so amazing!" someone suddenly exclaimed.

"My mom taught me all of this. She used to be a karuta (a type of card game) player."

Hattori Heiji paused before he could finish speaking, then turned to look at his surroundings and was startled by the large group of people.

When did you arrive?

“We arrived just as you were talking about this girl, Ooka Momiji.” Kitahara Natsuhiro half-squatted down, one hand on Hattori Heiji’s shoulder. “Don’t stop, keep talking, don’t leave me halfway through!”

"Hmm," Hattori Heiji had initially wanted to continue, but seeing so many people around him, he suddenly felt ashamed and didn't want to keep talking.

"I've said everything, I'm going to get something to eat!"

Hattori Heiji stood up nonchalantly, preparing to run away.

However, Kitahara Natsuyu pressed him down again and whispered in his ear, "I heard you like Toyama Kazuha. Do you need me to help you confess?"

"But you don't want Toyama Kazuha to know about this right now, do you??"

He spoke in a very soft voice, but to Hattori Heiji, that soft voice was like the whisper of a demon!
Hattori Heiji's expression changed drastically upon hearing this!

"You bastard... how did you know?!" he growled.

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned somewhat strange, including Conan's.

“Yes, we saw it with our eyes.” Kitahara Natsuyu said, “We’re not blind, how could we not see it? Even Conan, that brat, and Ayumi and the others know about it.”

"Anyone with eyes can see that. You don't think we know nothing, do you?!"

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta had already started hunting at the banquet venue to find something delicious, so they weren't there.

"Hmm, is it that obvious?" Hattori Heiji felt a little uneasy under everyone's gaze and said in a low voice.

Although he didn't explicitly admit it, he has effectively done so.

But then again, why didn't Hattori Heiji confess his feelings? And it seems he really doesn't want Toyama Kazuha to know about it.

This is really strange!
Kitahara Natsuyu understood Hattori Heiji's state very well; he was simply a tsundere who felt that if he confessed first, he might lose and would lose face.

That's roughly the situation!

However, regarding their current situation, Kitahara Natsuyu only had two words to say!

ill!

Shinichi Kudo and Ran were like that, Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama were like that, and Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki were like that in the past.

All I can say is that Conan truly lives up to his name; there are so many people in this world who are acting strangely.

But now, the arrogant and tsundere archetype has fallen out of favor.

And here comes Ooka Momiji, who likes to be straightforward; maybe she can snatch Hattori Heiji away.

That's why the author was unwilling. If the author had wanted to, they would have been poached long ago. Who would be foolish enough to wait here for so many years?

"It's obvious!" Conan exclaimed, patting Heiji Hattori on the shoulder. "Actually, we already knew. We were just waiting to see when you would confess, but you didn't do anything. Now you've brought up Momiji Ooka."

"Be careful, or you might end up with nothing!"

"Hey, Conan's improved!" Kitahara Natsuyu was somewhat surprised to hear Conan's words.

The Conan of the past would never have said these words, but now that he can say them, it's clear he's grown up.

It seems that shrinking his body is also a kind of challenge for him!

"Hmph, you little brat, stop talking about me like that."

"Cough cough."

Heiji Hattori was interrupted by Conan before he could finish speaking.

He's genuinely afraid of Hattori Heiji now; a few casual words could expose his identity.

That was absolutely terrifying!
"You," Hattori Heiji's eyes darted around, and he spotted a little girl not far away. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head: "Aren't you close to that little girl?"

"And the two boys next to her are also interested in her. The relationship between the four of you is quite complicated. Don't just talk about me, talk about yourselves too!"

Change the subject!

Now, Heiji Hattori directly shifted the topic to Conan, Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko.

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Stop changing the subject, we're just friends!

"Oh right, right, just friends. I didn't say anything else!"

"Hmph, you told me, I'm going to get something to eat!" Conan glanced at the gossipy adults, then slipped away and ran off.

Heiji, you're here!

Just then, a young woman with shoulder-length brown hair and a stunning figure walked gracefully towards us!

This person is none other than Ooka Momiji!

(End of this chapter)