Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"It took too long to go to the bathroom, didn't it? What is Officer Sakata doing?"

Hattori stood in the living room for a while, feeling inexplicably uneasy. After hesitating for a few steps, he hurriedly shouted to the other detectives, "I'll go find him."

Swish!

Outside the back door, the rain was pouring down. Huibara was lying by the car window, staring motionlessly at Officers Mori and Sakata who were confronting each other in the night. After hearing the reasoning, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

Throughout the day, Officer Sakata gave her the impression of being harmless, silly, like a good old man, without any police officer airs, and the overall personality of Detective Takagi in the Osaka style. In addition, he talked and laughed with Hattori Heiji all the way, and it was obvious that the two had a very good relationship, not just the relationship of "the son of the boss and his henchman".

"Don't you understand yet?"

Maori looked directly at Sakata, "Although he's still green, that boy Heiji does have the look of a detective. He would have figured out your little trick sooner or later, but why didn't he suspect you at all?"

Sakata lowered his head in silence and clenched his teeth.

Maori looked past him and turned to the Goji residence: "You deliberately acted as our guide, killed people one after another to involve Hattori in the incident, and then deliberately left clues to lead Hattori here, Officer Sakata, this is all for the coach who died accidentally 20 years ago, right?"

Sakata's fingers turned white from pinching. Finally, he deflated like a ball and lowered his head and said sadly, "It wasn't an accident at all. They killed my father... I became a criminal police officer to find out the truth. I only learned everything from Numabuchi a few days ago, but the statute of limitations for murder is only 15 years..."

Sakata took out his gun and pointed it at his temple: "Detective Maori, please tell Hattori I'm sorry for me. I hope he can forgive me..."

"You can just tell him that yourself."

At the moment when Sakata pulled down the hammer of the police gun, Maori pressed one of the buttons on the handle of the black umbrella.

The trajectory of raindrops in the air was slow, and the whole world seemed to be frozen. Only the figures of Maori and Sakata were standing there. As the water drops exploded, the cap of the black umbrella shot out like a bullet.

"boom!"

The sound of gunfire pierced the night sky. Hattori, who was rushing towards the back door, realized something was wrong and his face suddenly changed. He rushed out of the back door, only to see a pistol thrown high up and falling into the rain.

How, how could it be...

Sakata's body was shaking constantly, his whole face squeezed together to face death, but the expected death did not come. The hand holding the gun was empty. He suddenly began to breathe heavily uncontrollably, his legs became weak and he knelt on the ground, buried his head and sobbed.

"Sakata!"

Hattori stared at Mori for a long time, then gritted his teeth and rushed to Sakata. Seeing that Sakata had made up his mind to die, he grabbed Sakata's collar tightly.

"Stand up, Sakata! Do you think you can just die and get away with it?! Do you think that if you die, everything will be over?"

Sakata looked at Hattori with tears in his eyes: "Brother Heiji, I..."

"You are one of the few police officers in Japan who can legally carry a gun. Why don't you think of being proud of it?"

Hattori screamed while grabbing Sakata's collar, "If you die like this, the sakura badge on your police handbook will cry! Stand up! Stand up right now!"

Maori looked back at Hattori and Sakata, opened his black umbrella and turned to walk towards the car.

Sakata has already pleaded guilty, so the rest of the story has nothing to do with him. How to deal with it is entirely up to the Hattori father and son...

"Uncle!"

Hattori calmed down a little, and after looking at the choked Sakata, he paused, then suddenly bowed deeply to Mori, "Thank you!"

"Just treat us well when this is over."

Mao Li waved his hand without looking back, got into the car and sat in the driver's seat.

"must!"

……

After Maori got in the car, Haibara withdrew her gaze from the car window, sat back in her seat and looked at Maori's face quietly.

"what happened?"

Mao Li touched his face subconsciously, "Is there any problem?"

"No." Huibara turned her head away.

"I haven't eaten for most of the day, I'm almost starving," Maori touched his stomach and started the engine, "Let's have a big meal when we get to the Hattori family..."

"Ok?"

The engine just wouldn't start after trying for a long time, which surprised Mao Li.

"No way? So the car rental companies in Osaka also cheat out-of-town tourists?"

……

It was several days later that Mori and his group returned to Tokyo. Although they arrested the serial killer Kiichiro Numabuchi, who was originally imprisoned by Sakata as a scapegoat, the police still gave Sakata a chance to surrender.

Under the care of his subordinates, Hattori, the councillor will be held accountable, and his political career will be completely over...

However, for Maori, the Osaka serial murder case did not come to an end.

"That Kiichiro Numabuchi was your experimental subject when you were in the organization?!"

At the anti-organization base located at 2-22, Beika-cho, Tokyo, which is also the home of Dr. Agasa - Mori, Conan, Haibara and Dr. Agasa, the four of them are having a simple "meeting".

"Yes, but he was the most unsuccessful one among the experimental subjects, so he was abandoned by the organization."

Huihara thought for a moment and answered, "But actually the organization had high expectations for him at the time, because through testing, the organization found that his physical fitness and nerve reaction speed were several times that of ordinary people. With training and brainwashing, he could become a terrifying super killer. But during this training process, his brain seemed to have been damaged to a certain extent due to the injection of brainwashing drugs..."

"No wonder he looks a little bit crazy..."

Maori frowned.

Once it comes to the organization, Conan's focus is always so direct:

"Haibara, is it possible to find the organization's traces through this Kiichiro Numabuchi? Or to make an antidote for APTX4869?"

"If they could find the organization's tracks through him, the organization would not let him be caught by the police,"

Huiyuan spread his hands, "As for the antidote... I did get some inspiration from the previous Baigan wine, but now I don't have a suitable venue or the corresponding materials and equipment to verify these ideas."

"As for materials and equipment, I can get them through my scientist friends, and the price will definitely be suitable,"

Dr. Agasa stroked his beard and said, "But as for the venue..."

"I'll find a venue,"

Mao Li waved his hand and said, "If I can get one or two more cases, I will have enough funds to buy the villa I like."

"A annex? Uncle, do you want to buy a annex?"

Conan, who hadn't lived in the Maori Detective Agency for some time, was a little surprised.

"yes,"

Mao Li nodded proudly, "I originally planned to buy it and put it in Xiaolan's name as an investment for her. Now it's just right, I'll use it as a laboratory for Xiaoai first. Anyway, the location of the annex is remote, and the area is large enough."

"That's pretty good, uncle!"

"Well, the name is a little unlucky, something like Twilight Annex..."

Chapter 73: Inviting Maori to the wedding, how crazy can this be?

Time soon came to Saturday again. During this week, Maori's life was still very leisurely - except for occasionally meeting Eri and exercising every day, most of the time he stayed in the office reading or watching TV, and only went out to work when there were clients coming to the door.

However, he was still called out that day because Osaka Black Chicken came to Tokyo again, and came with Kazuha. Although he encountered a case in Osaka last time, he was still warmly entertained by them, so Maori had to entertain him this time.

As old Tokyoites, the first stop that Xiaolan took Hattori and Kazuha to visit was the famous Shibuya Street. However, because it was the weekend, there were too many people here, and it was almost crowded.

Hattori and Kazuha walked in front in surprise, followed by Xiaolan and Conan, and only Maori fell behind with a speechless look on his face.

"Really,"

Mao Li was originally planning to have a drink and take a nap, but now he was feeling sleepy and yawning. "How could someone not tell us in advance and then suddenly call us and say 'We are going to visit Tokyo, come and pick us up' when we are at Tokyo Station..."

"Well, you guys are free anyway,"

Hattori laughed and said, "We just happened to be in Tokyo for something, and we wanted to take this opportunity to visit."

"What do you mean by idle?" Maori looked at the heartless Hattori and said unhappily, "Isn't it okay for me to sleep? As a detective, I must always maintain enough energy to better handle the commission..."

"Hahaha……"

Hattori laughed dryly and changed the subject, "By the way, where is the little girl who lives in your house? Is she not here today?"

"Are you talking about Ai? She went to play at Professor Agasa's house."

Xiaolan replied: Ai did go to Dr. Agasa's house in the name of play, but her real purpose was to discuss with Dr. Agasa the development of the antidote and the purchase of instruments and materials needed for the experiment, which Xiaolan did not know.

"So, what exactly are you doing in Tokyo?"

Maori looked towards Conan.

Although Hattori doesn't know about Conan and Haibara yet, he has been in contact with Conan for a while after all, and he should have doubted this strange elementary school student who gets excited when it comes to detective knowledge and cases...

(I will find a suitable opportunity to tell Hattori the real situation...)

"Yes,"

Xiaolan was also curious and asked, "Are you guys here for a date? That's why you came to Tokyo~"

"how come?"

Hattori was stunned, and quickly waved his hands to explain, "My mother's classmate's son is getting married, and she was supposed to attend the wedding by herself, but the iron plate for grilling takoyaki fell on her foot, causing her toe to be broken, so they asked me to take her place, and Kazuha is just extra..."

"Not at all!"

Kazuha snorted helplessly, "It was his mother who asked me to come. I didn't want to come at all, but she asked me to take care of Heiji, saying that Heiji was always reckless and had no experience in this kind of thing..."

"That's a nice thing to say. I wonder who is the one who's clamoring to buy clothes in Shibuya before he even gets there."

"..."

Maori, who was standing behind, felt even more speechless - the couple were not arguing at all, they were simply showing off their affection and feeding others with dog food like crazy.

Fortunately, this pair of childhood sweethearts who had been bickering but never broke the last layer of paper soon had their own things to do - Kazuha and Xiaolan went shopping for clothes, while Hattori followed Maori and Conan around.

Although in Maori's opinion, if you don't buy anything, Shibuya is just crowded and noisy and there is nothing fun to do, Hattori, who came for the first time, was very interested.

The famous Meiji Jingu Shrine happens to be located in the Shibuya district, so the group certainly wouldn't miss it. After shopping, they immediately asked Maori to drive them over for a tour and to pay their respects to the gods.

Compared to the streets of Shibuya, the crowds at this famous shrine have not decreased, and people coming and going are all making wishes.

"Usually people who are getting married come here to make wishes, and now is the peak wedding season, so there are so many talented people."

Maori sighed, and couldn't help but think of his own wedding.

Hattori happily threw a few coins into the wishing box, clasped his hands together and turned to Kazuha and said, "Kazuha, you should try it too. Make a wish to make your legs thinner. Who knows..."

He Ye glared at Hattori angrily: "You don't need to say anything!"

Hattori grinned, then turned to Maori and said, "Uncle, did you make a wish when you got married?"

"Well, I don't believe in this, but who would refuse a good start?"

Maori shrugged, "So yeah, I made a wish."

"Ok?"

As Maori finished speaking, a beautiful, gentle woman appeared in everyone's sight. She was wearing an ice-blue suspender dress and black bangs. She also made a wish beside him, but her eyes were filled with tears and a hint of sadness.

"Oh, isn't this Heiji?"

Behind the woman, a middle-aged man walked over and noticed the conspicuous Hattori at a glance.

"Uncle Shigematsu?"

Hattori turned around in surprise.

"I didn't expect to see you here,"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I thought you were already home."

"Heiji, who is this uncle?" Kazuha asked puzzledly.

"He is the housekeeper working in the home of my mother's classmate."

"Hello, my name is Shigematsu,"

Butler Shigematsu looked like a good old man towards Mori and his group, but it was obvious that he did not know Mori and his group and only treated them as friends of Hattori.

"By the way, Uncle Shigematsu," Hattori asked curiously, "Why are you here? The wedding is tomorrow, right?"

"Well," Butler Shigematsu turned to the pretty girl who was making a wish next to him, "I came here with her. She said she wanted to visit Tokyo before marrying in."

Hattori looked at the girl in surprise: "Could she be..."

"Yes, she is Miss Xiaofeng who will marry Master Kikuto tomorrow."