Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 175 Conan’s suspicion is up!

"What? You said Kudo's parents were arrested by the police?" Hattori Heiji widened his eyes and looked at Tachibana Shizuka in shock.

Hattori Heiji, who had just arrived at the Sherlock Holmes travel group, was immediately shocked by Tachibana Shizuka.

"Strictly speaking, the public security police are also police. If you round it up, it means you were caught by the police." Tachibana Shizuka thought for a moment and answered affirmatively.

"Why? I heard that Kudo's father has a good relationship with the Tokyo police."

As the first generation of brother-man, everyone who has used Kudo Yusaku has a good reputation for him, especially the current Inspector Megure Juzo of the First Investigation Division.

Now, when encountering a murder case, Inspector Megure occasionally recalls the glorious days when he and Kudo Yusaku killed people at the crime scene.

At that time, the investigation team's crime-solving rate was still very high. Although there was a lot of work, it was not particularly busy.

Since when did Beika Town become a murderer's paradise?
Tachibana Shizuka's hesitation caught Hattori Heiji's attention. He immediately took a deep breath and asked in shock:
"I say, could it be that you hired someone to lock up Kudo's parents?! Brother, we really don't have to be like this when chasing girls!"

Hattori Heiji said this not because he didn't understand Tachibana Shizuka, but because he knew Tachibana Shizuka too well.

He believed that there must be a reason why the police locked up the Kudo couple, but if Tachibana Shizuka was involved, then it would be hard to say what the reason was.

"How could I have asked someone to lock him up?!" Tachibana Shizuka tried to defend himself with an expression that said "You are slandering me".

"The couple pretended to be human traffickers and came to me. Can you really blame me?"

Hattori Heiji didn't expect things to unfold like this, and he immediately became excited: "What's going on? Tell me in detail!"

"What happened is this. One night I stayed at Xiaolan's house, and the next morning a woman came to the door."

Tachibana Shizuka did not hide anything and told about how Kudo Yukiko disguised herself and came to pick someone up. He then told Hattori Heiji how he felt something was wrong with this woman and asked the public security police for help.

Until the end, both of them were arrested, and even Dr. Agasa was caught in the act.

Hattori Heiji was amazed by this series of experiences.

Speaking of which, Hattori Heiji is not a fan of Sherlock Holmes, so this Sherlock Holmes-themed trip may not be considered as going to jail for Hattori Heiji, but it is not much better.

The so-called tour group had no attractions at all. After arriving in Tokyo from Osaka by Shinkansen, Hattori Heiji was picked up by Shizuka Tachibana and taken to the mountaintop hotel where the tour group was.

Yes, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji did not take the tour group's vehicle, but arrived at the hotel on their own.

The reason is very simple. Before leaving, Tachibana Shizuka contacted the organizer, and the organizer said that they would send a van to pick them up.

Of course, since there were quite a few people in the tour group, they had to sit a little more crowdedly.

Tachibana Shizuka has never been the kind of person who would put himself in a difficult position, especially since he is now an "adult".

Since he was an adult, wouldn't it be easy to get a driver's license? Tachibana Shizuka didn't even take the test. He just told Officer Shiratori, and the next day the driver's license was delivered to him.

Now that Tachibana Shizuka has a driver's license, he naturally needs a car.

It just so happened that the house where Tachibana Shizuka was currently living had a spacious parking space - the island country was different from our place.

Here, anyone with money can buy a car, and after buying it, you can park it anywhere. You can park it on the roadside as long as you're not afraid of being fined by the traffic police.

But that's not the case in Japan. If you want to buy a car there, you first need a parking space. If you don't have a parking space, you can only buy a small car like a K-car.

Since Tachibana Shizuka has a driver's license and a parking space, he naturally doesn't mind living a more comfortable life.

Then Tachibana Shizuka went to an imported car dealer and got a Land Rover.

As a young man, Tachibana Shizuka naturally liked sports cars, but they weren't very practical. Furthermore, there were countless bomb-crazed lunatics roaming the streets in the future. If one of those bastards planted a bomb on his car, Tachibana Shizuka would be heartbroken.

Although there may be compensation afterwards, the man’s feelings about his beloved car will not be soothed by the compensation.

Then there are the sedans.

If you don't consider trekking through mountains and rivers or going to slightly rugged places, a sedan is actually a pretty good choice for transportation.

But here's where the problem lies.

Tachibana Shizuka estimated that although he would not have to go up mountains or down rivers in the future, he would definitely run around.

With a troublemaker like Yuanzi, a small car probably can't meet their needs.

In addition, Sonoko and Xiaolan have been somewhat influenced by Conan's aura of the Grim Reaper, so maybe they will encounter each other occasionally.

With this in mind, Tachibana Shizuka decided to buy a Land Rover, which he could use as a means of transportation. It was also more spacious than a sedan for resting when needed.

So Hattori Heiji had the honor of becoming Tachibana Shizuka's first "co-pilot girl".

It's quite right that she is a black girl.

The black girl Hattori Heiji felt something was not right as he listened, so he interrupted Tachibana Shizuka.

"Ju, don't you find it strange?"

"what?"

"Kudo Shinichi is currently missing, right? Even if he can occasionally contact Xiaolan, he always appears in person, right?

Then shouldn't the first thing the Kudo couple did when they returned to the island nation was to look for their son?"

"If they knew where their son was, they would definitely look for him. If they didn't know, wouldn't they be even more worried?

Why is it that the first thing they do when they arrive in Tokyo is to disguise themselves as human traffickers and catch Conan?

"This isn't right!"

Hattori Heiji had been suspicious of Kudo Shinichi's "disappearance" originally. He always felt that Kudo Shinichi did not disappear, but was hiding near Xiaolan's house and watching them.

Although this sounds weird and perverted, and it is indeed very perverted, but considering the known clues, this is the most likely answer.

This time, the Kudo couple has made Conan the most suspicious person.

Tachibana Shizuka still had no intention of covering up for their family, and even shared the latest information with Hattori Heiji.

"I find it strange too, and even stranger things have happened recently."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Hattori Heiji felt that this trip was really worth it. He felt the happiness of Ooka Momiji.

If he hadn't come, would he have been able to get so much first-hand information?
Tachibana Shizuka is such a damn good friend!

"You didn't know that Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko were released a few days ago, right?"

"Were they released?"

"Yes, then you certainly don't know about this either."

(End of this chapter)