The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"It's probably because your father is a high-ranking police officer." Okita Souji rarely spoke a fair word for Hattori Heiji. "It seems there's no difference between calling you and calling the police."

"How can there be no difference?" Hattori Heiji was very unconvinced. "I'm very tight-lipped and won't tell them."

"Then, have you ever been able to investigate a case completely out of your father's sight?" Okita Souji made a slightly disdainful expression. "If you don't tell him, how could your father and the others not notice when you're away from home?"

Because of the Karasawa case, the two of them had a lot of contact, and Okita Souji had basically understood Hattori Heiji's family situation.

They are the type of father and son who are somewhat awkward with each other.

Hattori Heizo looked down on his son's detective career, which he talked about all the time. He felt that although detectives could assist in solving cases and were even called famous criminal detectives, overall it was a profession similar to that of paparazzi. Even though his son's work as a detective was not a waste of time, he always wanted to give him some warning so that he would not be flattered by the hype at such a young age.

As for Hattori Heiji, he was at the time when he was extremely rebellious. He did not receive any praise from his parents during the period when he felt the most accomplished. He was always suppressed and scolded by his father. In addition, his family background inevitably provided a lot of convenience for his investigative work. He became more and more resistant to this identity and wanted to prove that he could accomplish things without his father's protection.

In fact, when it comes to practical matters, Hattori Heizo has always been very concerned about his son's movements. When he is too busy with work to take care of him, he will ask his subordinates to pay attention to the cases his son is involved in recently; Hattori Heiji's persistence in cases and the truth is formed by the influence of his father, and he actually admires his father's achievements in his heart.

So, people are not wrong to be reluctant to look for him because of his identity. Looking for Hattori Heiji is no different from directly introducing him to Hattori Heizo.

"I..." Hattori Heiji wanted to refute, but when he thought of past cases, he was speechless for a moment.

"Okay, let's go to the next place." Tang Ze came over, separated the two of them, and dragged them out the door with one hand each. "There are still many places to go, don't waste time..."

Let’s finish this case as soon as possible and let Tang Ze see what his case is like.

As for whether the police will pay attention to Hattori Heiji...

"You're the one from Kyoto Prefecture, the one who likes to raise mice..."

After visiting two locations, Hattori Heiji turned his head and found a sneaky figure behind him. He pointed at the other person's face, but couldn't remember the name for a moment.

"...Ayanokouji Fumimaro." Ayanokouji's hair fluttered slightly, as if he was suppressing his emotions. "Fumimaro isn't a mouse, he's a chipmunk...!"

Damn it, why did such a guy have to get involved in Tang Zezhao's case? The people who got hurt always have to deal with him...

"Sorry, sorry, I always can't remember the name. I have to look for too many police officers in Kyoto." Hattori Heiji waved his hand, "Is it about the Karasawa case? Then you have to wait for two days."

Although the client himself has indeed arrived, he still hired a professional criminal lawyer to help organize the materials. He also needs to reorganize the documents and communicate basic words with Tang Ze, the client, so that he will not be fooled by a few words from the procuratorate or the police.

Procedural justice is a matter of utmost importance, but during the specific investigation process, the subjective emotions of law enforcement officers will affect the details of the case. After all, if someone uses some ulterior motive to induce a confession, or deliberately obscures the facts in an attempt to make Tang Ze give up the retrial, that would not be a good thing.

It’s not that he thinks too badly of people, but the situation Tang Ze encountered was the worst one, and it’s never too much to be on guard.

"No, we've already checked the regulations for Mr. Karasawa's case. You just need to follow the steps to apply." Ayanokouji quickly glanced at Karasawa standing behind him, then quickly looked away. "From what I understand, you're investigating the case of Hotaru Genji?"

Hattori Heiji immediately frowned.

He was just about to retort that his handling of the case would not be influenced by the police, but now a policeman appeared and watched him solve the case. Although it was unlikely that he was instructed by his father, he still felt very unhappy.

"Yeah. What's wrong? Can't a detective have multiple commissions at the same time? It won't affect my handling of Tang Ze's case, right?"

"No, I just want you to focus on what you should do. The Genji Hotaru case has already been taken over by the Kyoto Prefectural Police. Please don't cause unnecessary trouble for our investigation." Ayanokouji's expression was also very persistent. "Professional matters should be handled by professionals."

"Really?" Hattori Heiji turned his head widely and looked in the direction of Tang Ze very deliberately.

Hattori Heiji didn't say anything sarcastic, but everything was implied.

Behind them stood a local victim in Kyoto who had been wrongly accused by the police. Isn't it ironic that they said such things in front of him?

Ayanokouji Fumimaro's eyebrows twitched noticeably.

Damn it, who on earth handled Tang Zezhao's case, and how did they handle it like this...

God knows he holds a much greater grudge against the bastards involved in this case than this ignorant kid in front of him.

No, it should be said that most of the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department think so.

The Chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters is indeed only the head of the police in Osaka, but since Osaka itself is the economic center of Kansai, their need to participate in cross-regional joint operations is much greater than other places, and their influence is naturally greater than that in Kyoto.

There is no need for them to stare at you and scold you. They can just find some excuses to hinder cross-regional law enforcement cooperation, or find some excuses to second a few people from them to help, which can add a lot of trouble to their work.

He came to warn today, of course not to make trouble, but because he was really scared.

Although I don't know what Hattori Heizo is thinking, whether he thinks that Tang Ze Zhao's case is an isolated case or there are deeper waters in their police force, they have been really troubled by them in the past few months, and they are living a year in a day.

Don't let me find out who this bastard is, otherwise, it will be too late for the police from other places to come and settle accounts with you...

Ayanokouji Fumimaro, mentally clenching his fists, took a deep breath and said, "In short, please do not interfere with the police's normal investigation process. If you have any further clues, please feel free to contact us."

"That's pretty much it..."

Finally, he forced some words of compromise out of the other party's mouth. Hattori Heiji proudly puffed out his chest, turned around and greeted the remaining three people.

"Come on, everyone, let's continue."

"What are you going to continue?" Conan interrupted rudely, "Didn't you just say it was almost noon, should we find a place to eat?"

"Ahem, yes, keep looking for a place to eat!"

Ayanokouji Fumimaro, who was left behind: "..."

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At the same time, on the other side of Kyoto, the girls who were also having dinner were talking about a completely different topic.

"You persuaded Hattori-kun to use the excuse of investigating the Karasawa case to come to Kyoto to look for his first love?" Mao Lilan was so surprised that the spoon in her hand almost fell into the bowl. "No, that's unlikely. I have the impression that Hattori is a very upright guy..."

At least if he really wanted to find his first love, he wouldn't have used Tang Ze as a scapegoat...

……Bar?

With a gloomy face, Yuanshan Heye did not say anything. He just took out a magazine from his bag, turned to the place where he had folded the corner, and spread it out on the table.

One of the reasons why Toyama Kazuha agreed to let Mori Ran come to Kyoto as a travel guide was because she knew that Hattori Heiji should be coming to Kyoto.

With the series of murders committed by the Genji Hotaru gang and the case of Karasawa reaching a critical stage, it is very normal for him to come to Kyoto to investigate and even stay here for a while.

"He told this to the reporters during a previous media interview." Toyama Kazuha pointed to the page where Hattori Heiji was smiling and holding something up. "Do you see this? This is something his first love gave him."

"What is this, a crystal bead?" Suzuki Sonoko leaned in to observe it for a while, and felt something was wrong. "It doesn't look like it... It looks more like it was picked off from some kind of jewelry or something."

Indeed, the thing that Hattori Heiji was holding in the photo seemed to be a crystal. The upper half was a smooth sphere, but the lower half was a cross-section with a bottom and sides like a cupcake. Rather than a bead, it looked more like an inlay polished to fit the shape of a certain seat.

"Who knows?" Yuanshan Heye's brows were filled with gloom. "That happened eight years ago. My family and his family went on a trip together and stayed in Kyoto for several days. That's when he met that girl. She was a beautiful girl who looked older than him..."

Really, she heard about the interview that Heiji Shin had given to the Ministry of Public Security and excitedly bought a magazine to see if there were any large photos of him or something, but ended up seeing this "exclusive interview" that was almost a missing person notice.

Although she had known about this matter for a long time and had heard him talk about it a long time ago, she felt particularly unhappy when she saw him provide such detailed information after so many years, as if he was eager to find the person and had not given up this vague feeling of excitement.

"He always brings this thing with him when he comes to Kyoto! I think he has some hidden agenda!" Toyama Kazuha poked the glaring photo with her fingernails, feeling quite upset. "He's obviously only seen it a few times, so I don't know why he can't forget it..."

"It's like a token of love, it's quite serious. But didn't you come here on the trip together? Didn't you see her at that time?" Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously.

"No, I don't have the impression of ever seeing any older girls. We said we were traveling together, but we didn't stay together all the time. There were times when our two families acted separately...so I didn't know." With his arms crossed, Yuanshan Heye muttered indignantly.

"You haven't seen it..." Mao Lilan nodded slowly, repeatedly reading the wording of the interview in the magazine.

Toyama Kazuha had never seen her before. Hattori Heiji said he met her while traveling in Kyoto, but he didn't mention the specifics of how they met. Besides looking older than him, what other characteristics did she have...

I always feel like something is wrong.

"...I was exploring a temple, and when I tried to climb through a window, I bumped into the window bars, breaking them. I fell to the floor and temporarily passed out. When I woke up, I heard a song..."

Hattori Heiji's face was full of nostalgia, and he explained his memories to them as he walked.

Thinking of that dreamlike glimpse, he still felt a sense of unreality in his heart.

"I ran out in a hurry, wanting to talk to her, but when I got to the tree, she was gone. I ran out to look for her but couldn't find her. I only found this..."

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji took out a drawstring bag from his pocket and showed them his "token of love".

As Okita Souji listened to him, his expression became more and more strange. When Hattori Heiji talked about the part where he didn't find the person anymore, he finally couldn't help but raised his hand to interrupt his next lyric.

"Sorry, I don't mean to question you, but... are you sure you didn't just knock yourself out and hallucinate?"

What about fainting and then seeing a heart-warmingly pretty young lady in the beautiful scenery... It sounds like a fantasy caused by excessive hormone secretion!

"I've doubted this myself. If I hadn't found this, I would have thought there might really be something wrong with my memory." Hattori Heiji shook his head firmly, "But I did pick up something she left behind, didn't I?"

Anything else could be an illusion, but what you hold in your hand can’t be one, right?

"How do you know she dropped it?" Conan asked logically, "Maybe you just found some tourist's lost item under the tree and then just thought it was real."

"Uh..." Hattori Heiji was speechless as he really couldn't produce any actual evidence.

He turned his head and found that the other two were holding their fists to their mouths, as if trying to hold back laughter, and his eyebrows jumped again.

"Nothing, I thought of something funny... Well, then what, did you pick up the thing and leave the temple?" Tang Ze coughed, suppressing the laughter that almost burst out of his throat, and asked.

Fortunately you didn't catch up.

If you had run out at that time, caught up with her, and blushed and stretched out your hand to ask, "What's your name, pretty lady?", you would have been laughed at by Yuanshan Heye until this year.

"Yeah, that's right. Actually, there's nothing much to see in the temple. Not many people, and nothing much either." Hattori Heiji shrugged. "I went out and walked around the road twice before my parents called me back."

"Oh. So you broke someone's window, then thought you saw a beautiful girl, your heart was moved, and you ran off without even saying hello." Tang Ze concluded, "Not only did you not pay compensation, you didn't even apologize."

Although Shanneng Temple has undergone several renovations in modern times and cannot be said to be a completely ancient building, it was broken by a child's forehead, which shows that it is really made of old wood.

Then you get hit by someone right away, and because there's no surveillance, you can't be caught, so you can only accept your bad luck.

What a typical naughty kid, what a sin.

Hattori Heiji: "...Is this the point?"