Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Mizutani-kun, I have indeed not seen him for two years."

A somewhat overweight man sat on the tatami and looked at the two teenagers opposite him. His name was Shun Sawamura, and he was Mizutani's friend. The rented house was very small and could not accommodate four people at the same time. Officer Ayanokouji had to wait. outside the door.

"We were classmates in college. Although we are not close friends, we have a good relationship." Shun Sawamura took out a pot of barley tea and a bag of senbei from the knee-high refrigerator to entertain Conan and Hattori Heiji.

"Two years ago, when a fire broke out in the hotel where Miss Honami and the others were staying, Mr. Mizutani was here with you, right?"

Hattori Heiji didn't want to beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of his visit: "We want to know the situation at that time."

"Ben is actually not a student in the same major as us, but we have one class every week in the same classroom."

Jun Sawamura rummaged under the bed behind him and finally pulled out a cardboard box. After opening it, he looked at the sorted documents inside and placed his right hand on it.

"There were group activities in that class. Mizutani saw a girl who was alone, so he proposed to form a team with her. Now that I think about it, he might have fallen in love with her at first sight."

This is a very old-fashioned love story. A man and a woman meet by chance, fall in love, and prepare to face the most important challenge in life.

"After graduation, we had no family background and worked on a small project together. It always failed and the three of us were hit hard, so I quit. But Mizutani and Moto went to Tokyo and still persisted."

He held his forehead and clenched the small teacup in his hand, looking like he was talking to another person.

"It wasn't until two years ago that they suddenly came back by the Shinkansen. One night Mizutani found me right here. He told me to use the results of the project to interview with large companies for recruitment."

[Mizutani: Hey, Jun!You see, the patent application has been approved. As long as you have this, you can directly enter Nisho Communications Electronics Co., Ltd. as a group, and it will still be an intermediate position! 】

[Sawamura Shun: Yes, congratulations to you. With such a good job, you can also get married. The Honami family has been blocking you.What a pity. If I had not quit, I would be as high-spirited as you now...]

[Mizutani: I have good news for you. I included your name during the interview. Let’s join a big company together! 】

"Honestly, I'm really embarrassed. Mingming and Mizutani only met in their second year of college. They were the ones who persisted, but I agreed to join the company together. What a spineless person."

Things did not go as they expected. Just when the two were imagining their future happy life, a call from the police shattered Mizutani's dream.Shun Sawamura could never forget the way his friend, who was still happy at first, suddenly lost his expression and ran barefoot through the streets of Kyoto.

"There is nothing worse for Mr. Mizutani." Conan took out Mizutani's information from behind.

"After losing his parents at a young age and being raised by his grandparents, he lost his grandfather and grandmother in his second year of college. Miss Nanako is no longer a simple girlfriend for him."

[Mr. Mizutani’s suspicion is getting bigger and bigger. Otherwise, let the uncle and the others control this person first. 】

Putting himself in his shoes, Conan felt that he would also be crazy.

"Then let's stop here. We've been intruding for a long time, so I'm really sorry."

With nothing to ask, Hattori Heiji simply said goodbye and took Conan to the door to change his shoes. The Osaka boy who had already opened the door suddenly noticed that Conan stopped and turned to look.

"Conan...Conan, what's wrong?"

"Mr. Sawamura, can I ask a question?"

The man held the door and noticed that the elementary school boy, who was no longer than his knees, had a white light flashing in his eyes.

"You ask, I've said so much, what else can't I say?"

Barefooted, Conan pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, hesitated for a moment and asked softly: "In what class did you meet Miss Nanako?"

There was silence both inside and outside the house. Hearing Conan's question, Hattori Heiji was also startled and opened his mouth wide.

"I see, you have already thought of this." Jun Sawamura smiled, stroked Conan's head, bent down and spoke in his ear, speaking in a voice that only two people could hear. "It's an astronomy class. That class is about the Big Dipper."

.........

"The Big Dipper?"

Sitting on the sofa in Amuro Detective Office, Yuji, dressed in a black suit, picked up a mahjong tile in front of him and turned to the character behind it.

"How did Mr. Amuro know?"

"A friend I know, there was a time when I was obsessed with the stars." Overalls and a white shirt were Toru Amuro's regular outfit. A pistol could be vaguely seen in the slit of the pants behind her.

"You know, many boys do things that they think are cool when they are in the second grade of middle school, but others look very...stupid..."

"Oh~ That's it." Nodding, Yuji looked at the expressionless Toru Amuro, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

[Is that friend of yours named Fang Gu Ling? 】

"But it is true that the mahjong tiles on the front and the positions of the seven tubes are very similar to the Big Dipper." The young man pointed at the map hanging in the office for comparison: "And the places of death of several deceased people also match the Big Dipper."

Standing up while holding on to the sofa, Yuji unbuttoned the buttons on his chest, walked to the sofa on the other side, squatted down and looked at Sui Wu Lianna, who was sleeping soundly.

"But I care more about my business than the murder case. Miss Mizuno didn't go to work today and her salary will be deducted..."

[There is no movement yet. Are you really asleep? 】

The young man put his face close to her and kept looking at her: "But looking at it this way, Miss Minashi is very beautiful. Why don't you do what is shown on TV and do something unspoken?"

"What on earth do you, a junior high school student, watch on TV every day?"

Hearing Yuji's words, Mizuna Reina suddenly opened her eyes, giving the boy a jump.

"You're kidding, Miss Mizuno celebrated her 28th birthday a few days ago. She's very old. She's an aunt!"

"Shut up, I'm still a young girl!"

"Ha! How can you have the nerve to say such a thing?!" Yuji turned around and coughed twice, and immediately a white shadow "rolled" to his legs, rubbing back and forth against the boy's calves.

"Hello, tell me, this woman is obviously the aunt!"

This was the first time for Reina Mizuna to see such obvious disgust on a dog's face. She reached out to catch Harrow, only to find that the pig-dog ran unexpectedly fast. In just a moment, he appeared in front of Toru Amuro. behind.

"I'll spare you for once." Staring at Harrow fiercely, Shuiwu Reina rubbed his temples to show that he slept very comfortably here.

"Hey, boss, can you not deduct my salary~"

"Okay." Yuji took out his phone and called up the surveillance video of the smoke billowing from Kogoro's Yakiniku shop.

"As long as you can make back the money I lost this morning."

"Then you'd better buckle, I don't want to wipe that Okiya Subaru's ass."

Reina Mizuna hates Subaru Okiya, just like the CIA hates the FBI.

(End of this chapter)