Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 58 The Mysterious Uncle
"So, is there any latest progress on the investigation into Uncle Maori?"

"You know what, even though we haven't been apart for long, we've made some progress." Tachibana Shizuka nodded in agreement, indicating that he accepted Hattori Heiji's implicit surrender.

"Tell me quickly!" Hattori Heiji suddenly became energetic. Isn't this more interesting than the chattering little girl?
"Did you know about the explosion that happened at the Manten Paradise game company's press conference in Tokyo a few days ago?"

"Well, it was quite a big deal, even reported in Osaka. Was it Uncle Maori who broke the news?"

"No, it was the police who broke it. Strictly speaking, I just provided a tiny clue."

Tachibana Shizuka smiled at Hattori Heiji, then acted calmly and acted big.

"?" Hattori Heiji was obviously not used to Tachibana Shizuka's behavior of pretending while talking about serious matters.

How did this person manage to be so smooth and shameless?

"However, Xiaolan's father did make some deductions at the scene and successfully deduced the street location of the gangster who had made a deal with the murderer.

But.”

"but what?"

"But I noticed that after the deduction that day, Mr. Maori seemed to have fallen asleep?"

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji was genuinely surprised. The original investigation didn't suggest that Maori Kogoro was a confused old man.

The title of the so-called Sleeping Kogoro seems more like a gimmick to Hattori Heiji.

As an insider, Hattori Heiji knows very well how many volumes there are in the detective industry.

This is just like writing online articles. It seems that there is no threshold, but only after entering this industry do you realize how high the invisible threshold is.

If you don't have any talent, you won't be able to survive in this industry.

Kogoro Mouri wanted to stand out, and using the sleeping detective as a gimmick was a smart move. Firstly, the media would like it, secondly, it would attract attention, and thirdly, the public would be curious about how the sleeping man's reasoning was done.

But Hattori Heiji didn’t think that the so-called sleeping Kogoro was really sleeping on the spot?
"I'm saying, could it be that you saw it wrong?" Hattori Heiji felt a little uncertain and wanted to ask again.

"You can't be wrong. Don't you believe in my observation skills?" Tachibana Shizuka shook his head. He also had a moment of insight when Kogoro Mouri was reasoning.

During the moment of insight, all of Kogoro Mouri's physical characteristics indicate that he is sleeping.

At least Dr. Agasa's anesthetic injection had not yet caused Kogoro Mori to produce antibodies at this time.

"That would be very troublesome." Hattori Heiji took off his hat and scratched his head in distress.

Why do I always feel that the more Kogoro Mori investigates, the more complicated it becomes?

There are many possibilities for falling asleep after reasoning. For example, when Kogoro Mouri was reasoning, he was actually awake, and only went to bed after the reasoning was completed to maintain his character.

Also, during the reasoning process, Kogoro Mouri was asleep, so who was the person using Kogoro Mouri's voice to reason?

At this moment, Hattori Heiji suddenly remembered his magical sixth sense.

"Hey, Tachibana. When Mr. Mori was reasoning, did you see Kudo Shinichi at the scene?"

"Kudo Shinichi? I really hadn't noticed that. But if Kudo Shinichi showed up at the scene, there's no reason not to go see Xiaolan, right?"

It is difficult for Heiji Hattori to empathize with the fact that he is trying to steal Kudo Shinichi's childhood sweetheart. This is because it did not happen to him, and he knew Tachibana Shizuka earlier and had a better relationship with her.

People always have to be divided into close and distant ones~
"That's true." Hattori Heiji put his hat back on and looked a little distressed: "You may not believe it, but the last time I saw that uncle, I always felt that he had something to do with the missing Kudo.

Later I went home and asked someone to do some research."

Hattori Heiji gave Tachibana Shizuka a look that said "you know what I mean."

Tachibana Shizuka understood this all too well. He was the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief, a legitimate second-generation police officer and official. He was also the future hope of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

Compared with Kudo Shinichi, the fake savior of the Japanese police, Hattori Heiji is the real hope of the Osaka Prefectural Police. After all, the position of chief is inherited in an orderly manner among them.

Since it is a hope for the future, why is it so difficult to find someone to check something now?
"We were chatting about the time Ran mentioned Kudo disappearing, and soon after that, Uncle Mori began to gain fame.

If it weren't for Uncle Maori's reasoning last time, I would have once suspected that this uncle was a puppet pushed out by Kudo Shinichi."

This is where the problem arises.

If one hadn't seen Maori Kogoro's impressive display of power, it would have been easy to judge his nature. However, Maori Kogoro had shown off his brilliant deductive abilities the other time, leaving Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji feeling as if they were in a fog.

The contradictory behavior made it impossible for Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji to make an accurate judgment about Mouri Kogoro. Mouri Kogoro himself was a huge mystery.

The two stood together and hesitated for a while, but finally chose to give up.

There is no need to rush an investigation, and Kogoro Mouri is not going to announce his retirement now and stop accepting commissions.

In this way, they will always be able to obtain updated information and more accurate clues in the future. Since there is no way to continue the investigation for the time being, let's pause for a while.

Wait until more information is available before making a judgment.

Both Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji had the same idea.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. What on earth are you thinking about? Isn't it better to be a detective?"

The optimistic Hattori Heiji never dwells on one thing all the time. Now he turns around and starts to persuade people to go into the sex industry again.

"To be honest, I really don't think there's anything good about being a high school detective." Tachibana Shizuka looked innocent. Who would be willing to do such a useless thing?
He is not as great as Kudo, nor is he as interested in detective work as Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji has probably used all his emotional intelligence on his gay friends throughout his life. As Hattori Heiji's new gay friend, Tachibana Shizuka naturally enjoys this treatment.

"You're not getting paid to be a high school detective, are you?"

"Isn't that so?"

"I'm saying, maybe you misunderstood something? I don't charge money because being a detective is simply my hobby, and I'm not short of money.

It's probably the same thing with Kudo not charging money. But that doesn't mean you can't charge money, right? "

"Although you can't set up a detective agency right now, once you become famous, people will naturally come to you with commissions and invite you to conduct investigations."

"So, how much is the general commission fee?" Tachibana Shizuka calmly asked Hattori Heiji.

(End of this chapter)