I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 615 Detective Koshien (1st Update)
After handing the medicine to Yusaku Kudo, Shiraishi E said, "Just send the experimental results to your email later."

The other party didn't ask any further questions, but simply nodded, indicating that they would arrange the experiment as soon as possible and send the data to the designated email address once it was available.

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After school in the afternoon, Shiraishi E, Ran, Sonoko and Conan went to the shop that Ran had recently invested in and bought.

This is a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant located in a prime commercial area of ​​Tokyo, surrounded by upscale shopping malls and office buildings, with extremely high foot traffic.

The shop's decor is simple and modern, with wooden tables and chairs paired with warm lighting, creating a cozy yet stylish atmosphere.

"Wow! Ran-neechan, your investment acumen is amazing!" Conan exclaimed dramatically as soon as he entered. "The rent for this place must be expensive!"

Xiaolan smiled shyly: "It was recommended by my mother's friend. The price was much lower than the market price, and I thought it was a rare opportunity, so I bought it!"

Bai Shihui looked around and nodded in satisfaction: "Good location, nice decoration, a sure thing."

He looked at Xiaolan and teased, "You've now surpassed 99% of your peers and directly joined the ranks of landladies."

Xiaolan blushed and quickly waved her hand, "Don't say that! I was just lucky!"

Sonoko sat to the side, flipping through the menu and giggling, "Ran, now that you've become a landlady, I won't hold back! I'm going to eat my fill today!"

"Eat up, eat up! You can eat as much as you want!" Xiaolan said with a smile.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

The waiter quickly brought out the signature Wagyu beef platter. The meat was tender and juicy, with evenly distributed fat, and it sizzled and smelled delicious as it was grilled over charcoal.

"Let's eat!" Sonoko eagerly picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into her mouth, her eyes squinting happily. "It's so delicious!"

Ran also picked up a piece and gave it to Conan: "Conan, eat more, so you can grow taller!"

Conan was already quite used to being a child, and he said obediently and sensibly, "Thank you, Ran-neechan!"

Shiraishi slowly grilled the meat, turning it occasionally to ensure it was cooked to perfection.

Just then, my phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID, raised an eyebrow, and pressed the answer button: "Hello?"

A warm male voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello! Is this Shiraishi-kun? We are from the 'Detective Koshien' program team of Nichiri TV!"

Shiraishi E raised an eyebrow and said, "It's me. What's the matter?"

The man on the other end of the phone said, "We are preparing a nationwide detective reasoning competition and would like to invite you to participate!"

Shiraishi deliberately dragged out her words: "Oh? Have you contacted 'Shinichi Kudo'?"

The man on the other end of the phone chuckled and said, "We think your reasoning skills are stronger than Shinichi Kudo's, so we contacted you first."

Shiraishi Emi was amused, not expecting the other party to be so eloquent.

He chuckled lightly, "Alright, I've got nothing better to do anyway, I'll go join in the fun."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at everyone and said, "It's an invitation from Nichiri TV. They want to hold a 'Detective Koshien' tournament and invited me to participate."

"Detective Koshien?" Sonoko's eyes lit up. "That sounds interesting!"

Xiaolan asked curiously, "Is it one of those reasoning competitions?"

Shiraishi E nodded: "Yeah, I heard it will gather detectives from all over the country, it should be quite lively."

Sonoko waved her hand: "Ran and I are going to Osaka to visit Kazuha this weekend. Ran couldn't go last time, so we have to make up for it this time!"

Xiaolan laughed and chimed in, "Yeah, we won't go join the fun."

Shiraishi E shrugged: "Fine, I'll go by myself."

Just as Conan was about to say something, his phone rang.

He took out his phone and saw that it was Shinichi Kudo's phone.

"Ah! I, I'm going to answer a phone call!" Conan quickly jumped off the chair and ran to the corridor outside the store.

Sonoko pouted and complained, "This kid is so secretive. He even hides from us when he answers a phone call."

Xiaolan covered her mouth and chuckled: "Maybe he's on the phone with a girl he likes!"

Shiraishi smiled meaningfully, without exposing her.

A few minutes later, Conan returned, his face beaming with undisguised excitement.

He sat back down, stuffing grilled meat into his mouth, and said to Shiraishi E in a low voice, "I got a call too! It's an invitation from Detective Koshien!"

Shiraishi E feigned surprise: "Oh? Does that mean we'll both be going together?" Conan nodded vigorously, his eyes sparkling: "I heard a lot of amazing detectives will be coming this time, it's going to be really interesting!"

Shiraishi E smiled and ruffled his hair: "Okay, then let's go together this weekend."

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It was a sunny Friday afternoon.

Shiraishi E and Kudo Shinichi stood by the roadside, waiting for Sato Miwako's car. A short while later, a white Mazda RX-7 pulled up in front of them. The window rolled down, and Sato Miwako, wearing sunglasses, waved to them.

"Get in the car!" she said cheerfully.

Shiraishi E opened the passenger door and got in, while Kudo Shinichi sat in the back.

"It's been a long time, Kudo-kun." Sato Miwako glanced at him through the rearview mirror and greeted him with a smile.

“Yes, Officer Sato,” Shinichi Kudo replied politely, then asked with some confusion, “But why are you coming along? Isn’t the Metropolitan Police Department busy lately?”

Miwako Sato laughed and turned the steering wheel onto the main road: "I'm currently on leave, and I'm bored at home anyway, so I might as well come with you guys and join in the fun."

She paused, then added, "Besides, police officers and detectives are a very good match!"

"Suspended from duty?" Shinichi Kudo frowned. "What happened?"

Shiraishi E sat in the passenger seat, a slight smile playing on her lips, but she didn't say a word.

Miwako Sato sighed and briefly recounted the bombing case involving Joji Nakata.

"What?!" Shinichi Kudo's pupils shrank, shocked. "Such a big case, and there's not a single thing about it in the news?!"

“Because the case was resolved too quickly.” Miwako Sato shrugged. “The bomb was defused before it even exploded, and the perpetrator was arrested, so naturally it didn’t attract much public attention.”

Shinichi Kudo took a deep breath and looked at E Shiraishi with a complicated expression: "So... you solved this case?"

Shiraishi E leaned back lazily in her chair, saying casually, "Yeah, lucky me."

Shinichi Kudo suddenly felt a little uneasy.

In his memory, although Shiraishi E was very skilled, she was not particularly outstanding in reasoning.

But now, the other party has quietly solved a major case that he didn't even notice?
"That code...can I see it?" Shinichi Kudo couldn't help but ask.

"Just a moment." While waiting for the traffic light at the next intersection, Sato Miwako took out her phone, found the picture of the coded message, and sent it over.

Shinichi Kudo looked at the photo on his phone: [I'm the ace of the Major League Baseball, and this overtime game is about to begin...]

He frowned, his mind racing, trying to decipher its meaning.

The car drove smoothly on the highway, and the scenery outside the window rushed past.

Shinichi Kudo stared at the note, his fingers unconsciously tapping his knee, countless possibilities flashing through his mind.

—A Major League Baseball star? A baseball player?

—Overtime...?

—A stadium in Tokyo? Or…?

However, no matter how he tried to connect the clues to the specific location, he couldn't.

Forty minutes passed, and he still had no clue.

"So? Have you got any ideas yet?" Sato Miwako glanced at him through the rearview mirror.

Shinichi Kudo shook his head somewhat awkwardly: "Not yet..."

Shiraishi E chuckled lightly, her tone calm: "I knew where it was the moment I saw it!"

Kudo Shinichi: "..."

This made him feel a compulsive sense of frustration!

wrong!

I've never been this slow at cracking codes before!

It must be because of that medicine!
It not only made my body smaller, but it also affected my intelligence!

Yes, that's definitely it!

(End of this chapter)