Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 63 The Nervous Village Chief's Secretary

Hattori Heiji's words caused the others to look at each other in surprise.

Mainly the piano.
"I remember Xiaolan seemed to have learned piano?" Sonoko looked at Xiaolan expectantly.

Xiaolan responded very well to her best friend's expectations and immediately prepared to sit on the piano bench to play the piano collected by the village office.

"Wait, don't move!" Tachibana Shizuka grabbed Xiaolan's wrist to stop her: "The village office is not big. If the piano sounds, everyone in the village office will hear it, right?"

"That's about right." Although the tide rises and falls outside the piano room, there is still an essential difference between the sound of the piano and the sound of the tide.

"So, didn't you think about the fact that this piano room was locked before? It's obvious that someone doesn't want anyone to get close to this piano?
If it were to go off directly, wouldn't it alert the enemy?

We are not in Tokyo or Osaka now, we are on someone else's territory."

Tachibana Shizuka has always admired the recklessness of Hattori Heiji and Conan. They're both lucky that one has a great background, and the other has great luck. Otherwise, with that kind of recklessness, it's hard to say whether they could survive more than three episodes in a TV series.

The last such reckless village chief had already tried the brake-free downhill race on Akina Mountain.

"That's true. What should we do then?" Hattori Heiji had no choice but to admit that what Tachibana Shizuka said was right. In this unfamiliar place, if a few high school students like them really got into some difficult trouble, it would be difficult to solve it.

After all, it would take time for support to come from Osaka or Tokyo. When they came, they also noticed that the only security force on the island was an old policeman who looked like he had difficulty walking.

"Let me take a look." Tachibana Shizuka pretended to tap on the piano, then squatted on the ground and looked up from below.

Soon a secret compartment on the piano was marked by the moment of insight. Tachibana Shizuka lightly pressed a switch, and immediately the secret compartment on the back of the keys was opened.

"What is this?!" Hattori Heiji took out something from the secret compartment through his handkerchief, and then looked surprised.
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"Secretary Hirata."

"Secretary Hirata, you're here."

"Good morning, Secretary Hirata."

"Secretary Hirata, thank you for your hard work!"

Kazuaki Hirata, secretary to the village chief of Yueying Island, was complimented by the staff of the village office as he walked along.

He is the secretary of the village chief of Yueying Island, Kuroiwa Tatsuji. In this semi-closed village of Yueying Island, in addition to helping the village chief handle official business, he also serves as the chief steward of the Kuroiwa family.

This also meant that within the Kuroiwa family, Hirata Kazuaki had no real standing. His status was truly undeniable, as he could be summoned and dismissed at will.

However, after leaving the Kuroiwa family and coming to the village office, Hirata Kazuaki will transform himself into one of the most powerful people in the village office.

Under one person, above many people became his portrayal in the village office.

Speaking of which, Hirata Kazuaki really liked the village office. Or perhaps he simply liked the feeling of being treated respectfully by everyone in the village office.

After being a servant for so many times, who doesn’t want to be a superior?

To use an analogy, it's like the chaebols are hated by ordinary people in South Korea, but it doesn't matter. If ordinary people are given a chance to become chaebols, they will even beat their own brains out.

Hirata Kazuaki walked majestically inside the village office, like a beast showing off its territory.

After enjoying this for more than ten minutes, he asked the staff member who had been following him carefully, "Are there any accidents in the village office today?" "No accidents, Secretary Hirata. But today, unexpectedly, there are a few tourists who want to visit the village office." The staff were not surprised by Hirata and Akira's appearance. To be more precise, out of sight, out of mind.

We are all out here to make a living. As long as we can get our salary on time, what's wrong with spending some time to compliment Hirata Kazuaki?

There won’t be any missing pieces of meat anyway.

Hearing the staff's words, Hirata Kazuaki, who had been squinting his eyes to enjoy the "power" atmosphere, suddenly opened his eyes.

"What did you say? Are there tourists coming to the village office today? How many people are there and what are they doing?

What are they visiting at the village office? What is there to see here?"

The terrifying looks of Hirata and Akira scared the staff around them, but they still told them the identities of Tachibana Shizuka and the others.

"Well, there are five people in total, they are high school students. They won invitation tickets to Tsukikage Island in Tokyo and came to us.

As for why we came to visit the village office?"

The staff member laughed bitterly and said, "Maybe it's because there really aren't many attractions to visit on our island?"

After hearing the staff's very organized answer, Hirata Kazuaki slowly withdrew his horrified gaze.

There shouldn't be any problem with five high school students. What's more, they came with invitation tickets.

Hirata Kazuaki also admitted that what the staff said made sense. There was really nothing to do on Yueying Island. For him, this place was extremely monotonous and boring.

How does it compare with the glamorous city of Tokyo?
"By the way, will there be someone to accompany them on the tour?" Hirata Kazuaki asked the staff beside him as if he had thought of something.

"We did offer to show them around, but they declined. They said they'd just walk around on their own."

"Damn it! How can we let tourists walk alone in an unfamiliar place? What if something unexpected happens?
Okay, go back, I'll go find them myself! What a bunch of idiots! "

Hirata Kazuaki flew into a rage upon hearing this, and he launched a barrage of personal attacks at the staff members nearby. Finally, he waved his hand impatiently, dismissed his group, and hurriedly searched for Tachibana Shizuka and the others at the village office.

The dismissed staff member didn't say anything about this, but just silently spat at Hirata Kazuaki's back with contempt. It was obvious that he was no longer surprised by such a situation.

He also felt that Hirata and Akira were making a big deal out of nothing - what kind of accident could happen in a place as small as the village office?
After driving the people away, Hirata and Akira were confused. Everyone on this island had his or her own little thoughts.

Some people may appear respectful to you, but behind your back, you never know how much they curse you. Hirata Kazuaki knew this a long time ago, but he didn't care.

Because except for a few "upper class" people in the village, no one dared to curse in front of him.

Hirata Kazuaki also had his own little thoughts and even little tricks. Similarly, he did not dare to expose these to the public.

Because once exposed, his fate will be far more than just losing this "low-paying" job.

He now needed to find those annoying high school students as soon as possible and make sure they stayed away from the piano room in the village office.

(End of this chapter)