Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 178 Why don’t you investigate?
Since they met an acquaintance, it would be difficult for Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji to just leave.

What's more, the two of them also wanted to explore what kind of mentality Conan had in mind when he came out to participate in the theme tour.

Is Sherlock Holmes so attractive?

Is it true that once you become a fanatic, you lose all rationality? It seems so. Since you are fanatical, then naturally you will lose rationality.

Tachibana Shizuka gave Hattori Heiji a look, indicating "Let me do it", and then the two of them walked to Conan's side.

"Hey, Conan. I didn't expect you to join this leek tour?" Tachibana Shizuka greeted Conan and Kudo Yukiko cheerfully and enthusiastically, as if the person who had just cheated their family not long ago had nothing to do with Tachibana Shizuka.

"Oh, by the way, what should I call this Ms. Sorry? I think you seem familiar with her."

Otherwise, why would Hattori Heiji be so confident in letting Shizuka Tachibana speak on their behalf? Given Shizuka Tachibana's ability to lie with open eyes, Hattori Heiji would probably never learn it if he didn't participate in the work.

His straightforward personality is not suitable for this.

The hotel lobby was almost empty. A group of tourists who had just arrived at the hotel had no time to visit or pay any attention to Sherlock Holmes.

Now they just want to go to the room and have a good rest. They have suffered a lot from the journey here.

After all, wanting comfort means spending more money, so hotel owners naturally won't be willing to spend so much money on renting a car.

In fact, the van that picked them up was an old one of this hotel's, and it might be older than Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji.

There were few people in the lobby, so the four of them walked to a corner. Kudo Yukiko simply took off her disguise.

"Hello, Tachibana-san. Nice to meet you. I'm Kudo Yukiko." Kudo Yukiko hit the point home in one sentence, and she believed that Tachibana Shizuka would definitely understand her voice-over.

In fact, Tachibana Shizuka did understand what Kudo Yukiko wanted to express.

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Kudo. This is my friend Hattori Heiji."

After being introduced by Tachibana Shizuka, Kudo Yukiko and Hattori Heiji also greeted each other in a proper manner.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Conan immediately took over the topic. His mother was good in every way except that she liked to play with her son.

As a son, he had obviously been played by Kudo Yukiko all along. Now that he saw Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji, he wanted to join them directly.

The prerequisite is that these two people must be fans of Sherlock Holmes.

"Prince Shizue, and Prince Hattori! So, how did you end up joining this tour group?

Are you also a fan of Sherlock Holmes?"

Once he has some free time, Conan can't suppress his curiosity.

In his impression, neither Tachibana Shizuka nor Hattori Heiji seemed to be fans of Sherlock Holmes.

A true fan of Sherlock Holmes should be like him, with some shadow of Sherlock Holmes in every move.

Especially someone like Tachibana Shizuka, who doesn't use reasoning and has no desire to solve cases, is not Sherlock Holmes at all!

Conan's curiosity makes Kudo Yukiko want to cover her face. As an actress, it makes sense that she has a stronger ability to empathize, right?

Conan still had no idea his identity had been exposed to Tachibana and Shizuka. This malicious cuteness was truly embarrassing for him. "Me? Of course I'm not a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Actually, I was just dragged here by force by Hattori."

At this moment, Hattori Heiji also became energetic. The feeling of one party keeping the other party in the dark and teasing them madly unexpectedly made Hattori Heiji feel secretly happy.

Hearing Tachibana Shizuka bring up the topic, Hattori Heiji said bluntly, "I'm not a fan of Sherlock Holmes either. I came here because I guessed that someone would probably come as well.

It’s a pity that the guy really doesn’t seem to be coming?”

Conan laughed inwardly when he heard this. He knew that Hattori Heiji was talking about him, but Conan would not show it.

Even though he won’t show it, it doesn’t mean Conan won’t be secretly happy inside – Hey, you didn’t expect I was here!

Tachibana Shizuka was watching the fun, Hattori Heiji and Conan were secretly happy. Only Kudo Yukiko was silently digging her toes on the ground, feeling embarrassed for her son.

Stop talking, Conan! Your underwear has been completely stripped off! Why are you still grinning like that?
After a small moment of secret satisfaction, Conan suddenly became confident: "Since Prince Shizuka and Prince Hattori are not interested in Holmes.

Then you won't try to snatch the original copy of "A Study in Scarlet" that the hotel owner promised to give away, will you?"

Conan's little trick was seen through by Tachibana Shizuka: "Don't worry, kid, no one will snatch the book "A Study in Scarlet" from you.

But don't you do a simple investigation of the target before you come?"

"What?" Hattori Heiji, Kudo Yukiko, and Conan were all stunned. What else could there be to investigate?
If they are not the fans who are happy to do it, wouldn’t the others who come here be exploited?

Of course, no matter how willing the fans are to contribute, they still cannot escape being ripped off, they just use a slightly different way of saying it internally.

"The most basic research. Do you know how many sessions this Sherlock Holmes-themed tour group has been running?"

"How many issues?"

"As far as I know, there are at least four or five issues. But the innkeeper only has one copy of the original edition of A Study in Scarlet.

What do you think this means?"

"This means that the old man never intended to give the book away." Hattori Heiji chuckled and immediately reacted.

Of course he could laugh, because he didn't come here for the book.

Tachibana Shizuka noticed that Conan had a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes and knew what he was thinking:
"Don't think you're Sherlock Holmes' number one fan, kid. There are always people who are better than you. You're definitely someone who likes Sherlock Holmes even more fanatically than you.

Those people might have joined the tour group when it first started, but the fact that the book is still in the owner's hands after so long clearly speaks volumes."

"It's good to get the book, but at least you have to be prepared for not getting it." After saying this, Tachibana Shizuka stood up. His indomitable spirit was good, but it was obviously not suitable for someone like him who wanted to retire.

After saying goodbye to Kudo Yukiko, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji left the lobby and prepared to return to their rooms.

The moment they walked up the stairs, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji stopped at the same time.

"Hattori, you should have felt it just now, right?"

"Of course, this feeling is absolutely correct. Someone was eavesdropping on our conversation just now!"

(End of this chapter)