Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

"Ugh."

......

"Is there some kind of celebration today?" Upon arriving at Shibuya Station, separated by gender, Hattori Heiji walked through the streets of Shibuya with his hands in his pockets, looking like he had never seen anything like it before.

"No, it's like this every Saturday." Conan rested his head on his arm, bored and about to yawn.

Honestly, what a waste of a perfectly good weekend to do something so pointless in this kind of shopping district.

It's so crowded... what's so interesting about that?

"The number of people is unbelievable, it's exactly the same as during the Heavenly Festival," Hattori Heiji muttered to himself.

"Then you haven't seen China's National Day holiday and Spring Festival travel rush."

Toru Tono thought the Osaka people were making a fuss over nothing.

Although there's a saying in Japan that "everywhere outside of Tokyo is the countryside," as the son of the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department, who are you trying to impress by acting like a country bumpkin?

"Huh? Tono-nii has been to China?" Conan looked at him in surprise.

"Oh, I did business there before," Toru Tono replied ambiguously. "There are really a lot of people there during holidays."

“After all, there are 14 billion people.” Heiji Hattori nodded in agreement. “I remember watching a video about the ‘Spring Festival travel rush’…the lines were so long you could hardly see the end of them.”

"So, what are we going to do?" More than his neighbor across the Sea of ​​Japan, Kogoro Mouri was more concerned about what to do next. "How about we go play pachinko?"

"Hey, old man, don't lead us astray!" Hattori Heiji squinted at him. "We're still high school students!"

"Then the two of us will go." Mori came over and put his arm around Tohru Tohru's shoulder. "You two little brats, go do what you're supposed to do!"

"Mori-senpai... I'm not interested in pachinko either." Tohru Tohru has terrible luck, so he avoids any games that require luck.

"It's so boring."

"How about we go to the bookstore? I remember there's a Sherlock Holmes-themed bookstore nearby! They even offer free coffee."

Anyone who says something like that sounds like Conan.

"What Sherlock Holmes? No way." Heiji Hattori, a fan of Ellery Queen, wasn't interested in the suggestion.

"Anyway, they're just going to the clothing store, they won't be there for too long. Let's just find a coffee shop and grab something to drink, like afternoon tea."

Hattori Heiji made a suggestion.

"That's too boring. Keep it as a last resort," Conan retorted without hesitation.

"Hey, if you're so capable, come up with something better?" Hattori Heiji felt that this kid was looking for an opportunity to retaliate.

“I think the Holmes Bookstore is great,” Conan retorted.

"..." Tohru Tono was speechless.

"I remember there's a Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum nearby, right? Let's go check it out."

Toru Tono has tentatively proposed a relatively reliable solution.

They say that when three men get together, one of them is bound to be a genius... Tohno Toru originally wanted to suggest that they go find a maid café together.

Unfortunately, the age gap between the members was too large, and it would be a bit out of character if I were to make such a suggestion myself... so I had to put it on hold.

“That’s fine.” Hattori Heiji, the guest, made the final decision. He had never been to Shibuya before, so everything was new and exciting for him.

Chapter 103 Meiji Shrine

After wandering around the art museum for a while and admiring some famous paintings that they couldn't understand at all, the group of men received a phone call from the woman and then left.

I was prepared to wait for more than two hours, but it was surprisingly quick.

"Did you spoil the fun?" Toru Tono walked up to Shiho Miyano, whose expression had been icy, and asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, Shiho Miyano didn't immediately launch into a sarcastic rebuttal. Instead, she stared at Ran Mouri, slightly lost in thought.

Tohru Tohno followed her gaze and realized that Ran Mouri seemed to have changed her clothes.

The lining used to be blue, but now it's green, which doesn't quite match the coat.

It's rare to see someone change their outfit mid-shopping trip.

If it were Conan, he might have a lot of internal monologues trying to figure out Ran's purpose, but Toru Tono isn't a serious detective, so he's not that bored.

So he went straight to Shiho Miyano and asked, "What happened?"

“That Kazuha Toyama thought Ran Mouri and the black-skinned detective were wearing matching outfits, and she got jealous.” Shiho Miyano looked at the two who had suddenly become good friends. “So she took off her top and put this on while she was in her car parked on the side of the road.”

"I see." Tohru Tohno nodded, not particularly surprised. "That's just her gentle personality."

"No wonder he could make a rich kid like Shinichi Kudo so unforgettable."

"After all, they were childhood sweethearts."

"Hey? Ran, did you take off the clothes your mom gave you?" Uncle Mori asked Ran with a keen eye.

"Because I sweated a lot just now," Xiaolan replied with a smile, completely oblivious to anything amiss.

Seeing her like this, Toyama Kazuha felt extremely guilty.

"Xiao Lan... I'm sorry." She covered her mouth behind her back and whispered to Xiao Lan.

"Nothing."

The large group headed towards their next destination—Meiji Shrine.

Meiji Shrine, dedicated to Emperor Meiji, covers 70 hectares and, together with the adjacent Yoyogi Park, forms the largest green space in Tokyo outside of the Imperial Palace. It is one of the most famous shrines in the island nation.

Every weekend, a steady stream of people come to worship.

In the future, perhaps all sorts of young people will come to cosplay in their own homemade costumes... Of course, that's a story for another time.

Meiji Shrine is generally considered a fairly solemn place.

"This is Meiji Shrine." Hattori Heiji tossed several five-yen coins he had prepared into the money box and clasped his hands together in prayer a few times.

At the same time, he doesn't forget to go back and bicker with Kazuha as usual.

"Kazuha, why don't you come and pray to the gods to make your legs thinner too?"

"Mind your own business!" Kazuha's cheeks flushed.

"You two are really so affectionate." Tohru Tono, standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and opened his mouth to complain.

"What are you talking about? I just grew up with her and was just reminding her of something."

"Isn't that still the same kind of childhood friend as Shinichi Kudo and Ran?"

"Hey!" Heiji Hattori and Conan blushed for no apparent reason.

The two were about to argue about their childhood friendship when a voice called out from behind them.

"Huh? You wouldn't happen to be Heiji, would you?"

"Oh, Uncle Shigematsu." Hattori Heiji turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit with his hair neatly combed back.

"I never expected to run into you here. I thought you were already home."

The "home" here does not refer to Osaka, but to the home of the mother's classmate who is attending the wedding.

"Who is this uncle?" Kazuha Toyama, the outgoing daughter of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief, asked Heiji Hattori with a puzzled look.

"He is Shigematsu, the butler who works at my mother's classmate's house."

A classmate who can maintain contact with Hattori Heiji's mother must come from a family that is not ordinary; it is quite common for them to have a butler.

"Hello, my surname is Shigematsu." Shigematsu Akio said with a smile, completely ignoring Kazuha's somewhat offensive words.

"Speaking of which, why are you here?" Hattori Heiji asked curiously.

Akio Shigematsu turned his gaze to the side, and Heiji Hattori then noticed a girl standing there wearing an elegant light blue dress and a white coat.

“I came here with her. She wants to get to know the streets of Tokyo before she marries into the family.”

"So she is...?"

"Yes, she is Miss Xiaofeng, who is going to marry Mr. Kikuto tomorrow."

"Nice to meet you, I am Katagiri Kaede." Katagiri Kaede stepped forward and bowed slightly to Hattori Heiji.

“Arranged marriages in large families,” Shiho Miyano whispered from the side.

"Where did you get that idea? Being familiar with the streets of Tokyo is obviously a cross-class romance between a country girl and a domineering CEO," Tohru Tono replied in a low voice.

"Oh my, so that's how all those soap operas you like are portrayed?"

"First of all, those soap operas weren't watched by me, they were watched by Tachibana Maya; secondly, I now have ample reason to suspect that your sudden remark was just a ploy to hook me and mock me."

"Not too stupid."

"......Thank you for the compliment?"

"Why didn't you let your young master come with her?" Hattori Heiji asked.

"I did look for it..."

"Actually, it's all my fault," Katagiri interrupted the butler. "It was my own sudden urge to come and see Tokyo Tower."

The butler nodded. "Our young master has had a fear of heights since he was a child."

"Oh." Hattori Heiji nodded knowingly.

"By the way, Miss Xiaofeng, what wish did you make to the gods?" the butler asked her with a smile.

"I pray to the gods to protect the baby and keep him safe," she said somewhat shyly.

"A little baby?" Hattori Heiji glanced at her elegant appearance. "I really can't tell."

You're already thinking about this before you're even married?

"Women who are about to get married have very complicated thoughts." When Toyama Kazuha heard his words, she lectured him with an expression that said, "You don't understand girls' thoughts."

“Yes, there will be premarital syndrome,” Xiaolan chimed in.

Then the two looked at each other and smiled.

"When did these two become so close?" Hattori Heiji and Conan were speechless.

"Why didn't you become best friends with them?" Tohno glanced sideways at Shiho Miyano.