Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 179 Indifferent
It was normal that Yukiko Kudo didn't have the ability of a detective at all, and she was absent-minded and didn't notice that someone was eavesdropping.

But Conan is the type who only cares about food and not about punishment. He is only concerned with discussing Sherlock Holmes and completely ignores the surrounding environment.

Hey, why do you say that you only remember to eat and not to be beaten?

Is there any essential difference between discussing Sherlock Holmes and watching a crime scene up close? Actually, there is not.

This means that if Gin wanted to, he could have sneaked up behind Conan and hit him on the back of the head with a stick.

Conan didn't deserve to be hit with this stick, he really deserved it.

Shizuka Tachibana and Heiji Hattori were not in a hurry to investigate who had eavesdropped on their conversation. This was Shizuka Tachibana's suggestion.

What Tachibana Shizuka could be sure of was that there was no one else he knew in the entire hotel, at least for now.

This also means that the person who just eavesdropped on their conversation might be a tourist who came to join the tour.

So the question is, will it be affected and threatened by passengers hearing their conversation?

Not really.

As long as Conan doesn't die suddenly, the other people in the hotel will not have any impact on Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji, so whether they will be in danger or not.

It's unlikely that someone would kill them just because they heard they weren't fans of Sherlock Holmes, right?

The Beika Town murderer's motives for murder have always been sketchy, but no matter how sketchy they were, they wouldn't be this bad.

In fact, for fans, if you are a passerby, they are actually more willing to pull you into the trap and share their idols.

It can be said that they are sometimes kind to passers-by.

What can't they accept? They can't accept that you say you're a fan but actually act like one.

That's right, Tachibana Shizuka was talking about the innkeeper. "Old man, if you want to make money, then just use the Sherlock Holmes Tours as a gimmick," he said.
Is it because human greed leads to greed that he insisted on adding a first edition of "A Study in Scarlet"? Didn't he think about how many people would buy into his theme trip if he gave this book away?

He changed the nature of the originally good theme tour, turning it from a fan-oriented trip into a scratch-off lottery event.

Once the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet" was given away, the trip became a scratch-off ticket with no prize.

At least you can make a few bucks playing scratch-off tickets on the market, but what about the hotel owner?
Because of the original edition of "A Study in Scarlet", the foundation of this theme travel was the scratch-off lottery format.

Everyone assumes that the travel expenses are high because there is a chance of getting the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet", but once the book is gone, it means that the scratch-off lottery ticket jackpot is gone for those who participate in the trip.

All the money is gone.

So what am I really getting for my money? Is it just to experience scraping it? Wouldn't it be better for me to buy a bucket of latex paint and scrape it myself?

So the hotel owner is now in a vicious circle - he doesn't dare to give the book away, or he is reluctant to do so, or he realizes the importance of the book.

If the book is not sent out, more and more people will question it. Ordinary people's doubts are one thing, but the doubts of the madman's fans, especially the fanatical fans of Mihua, are really not something that can be dismissed with a simple excuse.

In addition, the hotel owner has done some other crazy things, such as writing a seriously ooc fan fiction and even publishing it.
Even if Tachibana Shizuka didn't know the plot, based on these factors he could see the death star shining above the innkeeper's head.

What's more, he knows the plot.

It doesn’t really matter to Shizuka Tachibana who dies, but Shizuka Tachibana really wants to see Conan with his mother and whether he will be as impulsive as he usually is at the crime scene.

And does Kudo Yukiko dare to let Conan act freely in front of them? It's always more interesting to look at people than corpses, right?
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Because Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji came together and knew each other, they were placed in a twin room.

When the two people in the room were resting and waiting for dinner, their door was knocked loudly.

Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji opened their eyes at the same time, looked at each other across the aisle, and then turned over and got out of bed.

Tachibana Shizuka opened the door and found the hotel's front desk. Not only was there a receptionist, but there were also several shadowy figures standing behind him.

They are tourists who come to participate in theme tours.

"What's going on?" asked Tachibana Shizuka.

"The boss's office door was forced open and turned upside down.

We rushed over when we heard the noise, but we couldn't catch the thief who was robbing things."

Tachibana Shizuka nodded. "So you guys were knocking on every door, trying to see who wasn't in the room so you could identify a suspect?"

"Yes, that's right." The receptionist nodded with relief because he noticed that Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji were both in their rooms.

"I'm so sorry to bother you. Please continue to rest, my guests. I'll be leaving now."

As Tachibana Shizuka looked at the receptionist leaving quickly, he knew that the knocking on the door was definitely not something the receptionist wanted to do.

Maybe he was forced by the passengers behind him. The word "forced" is not very appropriate, it should be "coerced".

The front desk staff must have been forced by these passengers to find out who the person who just pried the door open was.

How should I put it? This kind of investigation method is quite naive and stupid, and full of the atmosphere of playing house.

It was like a shoddy fan event, a bunch of people pretending to investigate an emergency.

"Please, how could they possibly find out the truth with that method? With all that noise and such a long time, that thief should have disposed of the evidence."

Hattori Heiji was also speechless. These Sherlock Holmes fans were all talented. He had never seen anyone more unprofessional than them.

"Under normal circumstances, who do you think that thief is? What did he want to steal by breaking into the boss's office?"

"I guess the thief was someone who eavesdropped on our conversation. As for what he stole from the office, it was either that book or the hotel owner's exam papers?"

Tachibana Shizuka agreed and added, "I guess the first person who suggested catching a thief this way might actually be the thief.

Maybe he's happily watching the monkey show with the crowd right now."

Shizuka Tachibana and Heiji Hattori closed the door while talking to each other. After closing the door, Shizuka Tachibana deliberately looked up at the camera in the corner.

"Don't look at it, it's just a decoration, a showpiece. It can't even be used with electricity."

Hattori Heiji noticed Tachibana Shizuka's actions and waved his hand to remind him.

"It seems that this thief is not easy to find?" Tachibana Shizuka decisively gave up thinking further. His brain cells were very precious, and he didn't want to continue thinking about something that had nothing to do with him.

Anyway, nothing was lost, right?

(End of this chapter)