Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 144 Hattori Heiji's Disaster

   When Jiang Xia arrived, Conan and Mao Lilan were already in the car.

  Mori Kogoro didn't come, Jiang Xia was not surprised by the result - today, Yoko Kinoshita has a concert.

The    Sherlock Holmes tour has been held for many times, and it is relatively well-known among relevant people. Although it is not large in scale, it can barely be regarded as a regular event.

   In addition, Kogoro Mouri heard that Jiang Xia would also go, and both sides took care of him, so he decisively chose Yoko Kinoshita just like Conan chose Sherlock Holmes.

   Apart from Jiang Xia and the others, there were four other people in the car.

   Of course, there are more people involved in the Sherlock Holmes tour - in addition to this car, there is another car going to Kansai to pick up people.

The    vehicle drove into the deep mountain and stopped beside a cliff.

   There is a three-storey building here, which is a hotel. This is the venue for the Sherlock Holmes tour. The host of the hotel is also the host of the event.

   Jiang Xia got out of the car with his luggage on his back, glanced at the garage, and found that another car had arrived, which means that the others should be concentrated in the hotel lobby at this time.

   He entered the hall with anticipation, and unsurprisingly saw a stranger full of murderous intent.

   Jiang Xia's eyes stopped on this man for a while, and soon turned to the corner again.

  In the corner, a dark-skinned high school student detective wearing a baseball cap—Heiji Hattori even came.

   Jiang Xia was instantly relieved.

  Conan and Hattori Heiji are all gathered here, and this Sherlock Holmes trip is not destined to be peaceful.

   And there are so many participants, which has far exceeded the scale of ordinary homicide cases that choose one out of three... Hattori Heiji's bonus physique to serial murder cases is really well-deserved.

  …

  The owner of the hotel is a middle-aged man named Jin Gu, who is a bit fat and wears a Sherlock Holmes cos suit.

  Kingu welcomed the guests who came to the event, and then started to announce the schedule of the competition.

  Jiang Xia was listening, but suddenly felt that Xiaobai was gently tugging at his hair. He lowered his head, and saw Xiaobai pointing at the door as if he was complaining.

   Jiang Xia followed and saw behind the crowd, Hattori Heiji pressed down on the brim of his hat, and then the man walked towards the door lightly, as if he wanted to run away.

   A while ago, Hattori Heiji went to Tokyo full of passion, intending to compete with the high school detectives in Tokyo.

   However, in the imagination, the competition was evenly matched, and the hearty competition did not exist at all. He was crushed in the best case solving.

  It may be because the gap between the front and the back is too big. After Hattori Heiji returned to Osaka, the more he thought about it, the more boring life became, and he couldn't even solve the case.

   In order to get out of this slump, he thought about it and felt that he still needed to find a soul opponent, compete with each other, and make progress together.

   Of course, this opponent's candidate must first rule out Jiang Xia.

After   , Hattori Heiji picked one of the remaining high school detectives, and found that Kudo Shinichi was the most suitable for him.

  Although there is a gossip that Kudo Shinichi has been killed, Hattori Heiji personally went to Maori's house before, and learned from Maurilan that Kudo Shinichi would sometimes call her.

Mao Lilan said that Kudo Shinichi never asked her about her current situation on the phone. He sounded like a scumbag with Mo's feelings at first glance, but Hattori Heiji speculated based on this that Kudo Shinichi not only didn't die, on the contrary, he was very emotional. It may be hidden near Mao Lilan, and I can see the situation of Mao Lilan with my own eyes, so I don't ask much.

  In this case, it must not be difficult to find someone.

   In addition, Hattori Heiji has a little idea.

   - Jiang Xia once invited him to transfer from Osaka to Tokyo, which means that Jiang Xia is also looking for a suitable opponent.

   But Jiang Xia didn't go to find Kudo Shinichi nearby, but instead came to find him, an Osaka detective, which shows that Kudo Shinichi's "disappearance" was very successful, and Jiang Xia must not know where Kudo Shinichi is.

  ...Since this is the case, he took the lead in finding out Kudo Shinichi who was hiding and rounding it up, wouldn't that mean he had won over Jiang Xia?

   When Hattori Heiji thought of this at the time, he felt hopeful and full of energy in his life.

   As for how to find it... As we all know, Kudo Shinichi is a Sherlock Holmes fan. In addition, in Hattori Heiji's view, "using the brain" is also addictive - since Kudo Shinichi was forced by Jiang Xia to solve the case well, he will definitely release his overactive thinking in other ways, such as participating in A trip to Sherlock Holmes to compete with other normal people.

   That's why Hattori Heiji signed up for this Sherlock Holmes tour.

  However, he never thought that after he came here, he saw Jiang Xia in the crowd before he saw the shadow of Kudo Shinichi.

   At that moment, Hattori Heiji felt bad.

   In order to investigate Jiang Xia's case-solving level, he collected a lot of information related to Jiang Xia, but he had never heard of the news that "Jiang Xia likes Sherlock Holmes".

After    Hattori Heiji was shocked, there was a vague guess:

   Jiang Xia came here, perhaps to catch Kudo Shinichi - look, Jiang Xia not only came by himself, he also kidnapped Kudo's girlfriend.

   If it is to concentrate on the test, there is no need to bring a classmate who is not familiar with Sherlock Holmes.

   In other words, Jiang Xia's move may be to force Kudo out from the dark.

   Hattori Heiji himself also has an Ome who grew up together - Toyama Kazuha.

   At this time, he couldn't help but put it in, thinking about if Jiang Xia would take Yuanshan and Ye out to play in order to catch him... Suddenly there was a shock behind his back.

  ...too insidious.

   is that no one can hold back from appearing.

  Jiang Xia is not as harmless as his appearance, on the contrary, this is simply a hidden-level demon who will do anything to find an opponent.

  But now, Kudo didn't appear...

   Hattori Heiji thought for a while and felt bad.

   Regardless of the reason for Kudo's refusal to show up, this will lead to one result - there is no third high school detective present besides the two of them.

   In other words, Jiang Xia will definitely turn his attention to Hattori Heiji.

  ...that's not going to work.

   After realizing this, Hattori Heiji decisively decided to leave.

   He had no interest in Sherlock Holmes. Now, he can't find Kudo, and he may be targeted by Jiang Xia. Of course, he has no reason to stay.

   However, Hattori Heiji just walked to the door casually.

   His arm suddenly sank and was grabbed from behind.

  Jiang Xia's pleasant voice came from behind: "What a coincidence, you also signed up for this event - it hasn't started yet, why are you leaving suddenly?"

   Hattori Heiji, who was just one step away from the door: "..."

   He glanced silently at the blue free sky outside, quickly sorted out his emotions, and turned around calmly: "...I don't want to leave, I just think the air at the door is better."

   (end of this chapter)