Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

hotel room.

Ooka Hongye stood up and bowed slightly. "I haven't had such a good time in a long time. Thank you very much."

Hattori Shizuka looked at the three ka cards in front of her, and her gaze fell to the opposite side. All the ka cards belonging to Ooka Momiji had been taken away.

In other words, as the former queen, she lost.

And Toyama Kazuha, who witnessed the suppression of Hattori Shizuka throughout the whole process, also sat dejectedly on the side - even my aunt lost, how could I really win?

"Let's go back, Iori."

Iori Muga opened the door, and Ooka Hongye walked to the door, then suddenly stopped and looked back: "But I admire you very much. You dare to participate in the competition with your level."

Yuanshan and Ye looked up.

Ooka Hongye looked down at him with a haughty expression and said, "Remember my name, Hongye. I'm not a half-baked person like you."

"Half-baked?" Yuanshanheye's face instantly fell, but she didn't have the courage to refute.

Hattori Shizuka frowned slightly: "Enough, stop being so aggressive."

Ooka Momiji stopped taunting, but she didn't let Toyama Kazuha off. "Even if my opponent is an amateur, I won't show any mercy. I once suffered a humiliating defeat because I let my guard down against an amateur. I won't let that happen again."

However, when Ooka Hongye said this, although her tone was very unwilling, a blush flashed across her face.

She coughed lightly and continued, "So, whenever we fight, I will definitely give it my all!"

Yuanshan Heye shouted unyieldingly, "I couldn't ask for more!"

Seeing that Toyama Kazuha hadn't lost her fighting spirit, Hattori Shizuka smiled with relief and said, "Okay, let's stop talking about karuta for now."

"Aren't you going back yet? The president will be worried about you. That happened just yesterday."

Ooka Momiji smiled politely: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine. After all, the famous detective from Kansai, Hattori Heiji, is protecting me."

Yuanshan Heye was shocked: "What do you mean?"

Last night, Heiji said he had something to do in Kyoto. Could he be going to protect this woman?

Damn it, Heiji, I was training hard here, and you actually ran straight to the enemy's house?

"Ah," Ooka Hongye covered her mouth in surprise, "Don't you know, Heiji is my bodyguard? Last night..."

Ooka Hongye suddenly stopped talking and smiled meaningfully.

"Huh? What happened last night?" Yuanshan Heye was anxious. Why did this woman stop talking halfway?

"Nothing," Ooka Momiji waved his hand with a smirk, "Okay, Iori, let's go."

After saying that, he turned around and left the room without paying attention to Yuanshan Heye's calls.

Iori Muga bowed slightly and closed the door.

Hattori Shizuka covered her mouth and chuckled: "Heiji is a kid with unexpectedly rich experience in this area." Of course, she was referring to the experience in solving cases.

As the wife of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief, although Hattori Shizuka is a housewife, she is not an ordinary woman. Naturally, she could sense something unusual from yesterday's explosion.

But these words sounded different to Yuanshan and Ye.

Toyama Kazuha clenched his fists in anger, "Heiji, I don't know what your relationship with that woman is, but I'm definitely going to beat her to a pulp in the karuta competition!"

"Just wait and see, Heiji!"

···

Outside the hotel.

Hattori Heiji suddenly shuddered, let out a strange cry, and looked around suspiciously: "What's going on? Why do I feel a chill on my back?"

Conan tilted his head back: "Are you catching a cold?"

Although Hattori Heiji stayed overnight last night, he also guarded the gate of the Ooka family for half the night. Could he have caught a cold?

Hattori Heiji rubbed his arms: "It's not a cold, but a very ominous premonition."

A huge question mark appeared above Yuya and Conan's heads.

At this time, several cars drove past them.

Yuya took a quick look and saw three cars sandwiched between the two police cars, with Achiha Kensuke, Sekine and Ooka Momiji sitting in them.

Hattori Heiji immediately stepped on the accelerator and the motorcycle followed closely behind several cars.

Yuya poked his head out from behind, adjusted his helmet, and said, "From the looks of it, there shouldn't be any accidents during the move."

Hattori Heiji nodded slightly: "That's right, the problem is after entering the hall..."

They investigated the venue of the Gaoyuekai competition last night. The final venue was Gaoyue Hall, located on a high hall next to the waterfall.

There will be no one else in the venue except the two finalists and Kensuke Achiba who will serve as the reader.

The competition process is transmitted to a dedicated broadcasting venue via satellite signals through cameras and microphones in the hall.

The arena uses an advanced system to control both temperature and humidity, and the soundproof walls that make up the walls can block out external sounds to prevent the players from being disturbed.

But in other words, no one will know what is happening inside the arena except through the cameras.

The red light ahead turns green.

Just as the vehicle was about to start, suddenly, Hattori Heiji felt a flash of fire before his eyes, followed by a deafening explosion. The sudden explosion caused a gust of wind and waves that instantly blew the three of them to the ground.

Yuya endured the pain and turned to look at the car engulfed in flames. His pupils shrank suddenly: "Is that, Sekine's car?"

···

Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

Sekine was sitting in the car where the bomb was planted at the time. He was seriously injured and fell into a deep coma. The hospital said that the chance of saving him was only 50% at most.

The cars of Ooka Momiji and Achiha, which were the closest, were also involved and even deformed. Fortunately, the people in the cars only suffered minor injuries.

Iori Muga took Ooka Momiji to the hospital for examination, and Achiha followed them to the police headquarters.

Hattori Heizo sat at the head of the group. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Achiha, "President Achiha, could you please tell me in detail what you know?"

Achiha's expression changed slightly.

Toyama Ginjiro, standing nearby, said gravely, "With the Nichiuri TV explosion and the recent attack on Mr. Sekine, we have every reason to suspect both incidents were directed against the Gaoyue Kai."

Achiha didn't say anything, but just remained silent with a grim expression.

Yuya tapped his fingers on the table and said slowly, "Mr. Achiha, what's left to hide at this point? If you keep going like this, the next person to be attacked might be Miss Momiji, and... you."

Achiha's expression grew increasingly grim.

Yuya took out the photo of Nagoro Shikao and placed it on the table. He looked at Hattori Heizo and said, "Director, based on our investigation, these two explosions are very likely related to Nagoro Shikao."

"Nagoro Shikao?" Hattori Heizo looked at Yuya in confusion. The name seemed familiar. "Who is that?"

"Nagoro Shikao..." Achiha finally spoke, and he slowly told everything about Nagoro Shikao.

The same thing as I told Yuya and the others before.