Conan's organization will end sooner or later without me

"Uh..."

The resentment in Hattori Heiji's voice was so deep that Conan really hesitated.

If Hattori Heiji had not died, such publicity would indeed be a fatal blow to him.

Conan is also a high school detective, and he can understand the pain of this sudden "free time", especially since he is known as a "high school detective". Many clients who were not familiar with him will come to him and send him invitation emails.

The news of Hattori Heiji's death meant that many customers who had been waiting to see him would no longer contact him. It was also impossible for Hattori Heiji himself to issue a press release and shout that he was still alive.

Just like Conan himself now, even though a lot of people are saying that Kudo Shinichi is dead, he can't jump up to clear his name and say that he is alive and well.

Conan began to empathize.

"Feel sorry."

Regardless of whether the Hattori Heiji opposite him is real or fake, Conan feels that he owes him this. It was he who involved Hattori in such a difficult case, and he will always owe the Hattori family his life.

"So... could it be that you were the one spreading the news that I was dead?!" Hattori Heiji was on the other end of the phone. He couldn't see Conan's expression, but when he heard the other party suddenly apologize, he raised his voice in disbelief.

"I didn't tell anyone, don't get me wrong!" Two black lines slid down Conan's head.

Forget it, he couldn't confirm whether the person opposite was real or not, and Hattori himself might not be able to hear his apology now, so it would be better to test the information.

"By the way, you said the bullet avoided your vitals. What did you and Teacher Judy do in private that day?"

This is something Conan has never been able to figure out. What kind of secret would make that organization give up on sniping the FBI and instead kill the only son of the head of the Osaka Prefecture headquarters in Japan?

"That's what I wanted to tell you! Did you think Judy told me some earth-shattering secret in the waterway? That's not the case at all!"

Hattori Heiji's voice was filled with indignation. "Even though Judy claims to be from the FBI, she's unwilling to share any specific intelligence with me. Instead, she's been deliberately being secretive and setting a huge trap for me!"

"pit?"

"Yeah, I finally figured it out. She's not a good person at all. Even you thought I had obtained important secrets, right? In fact, it was just her trick to divert the blame!"

"Especially after she showed me her ID and gained my trust, she led me to the wellhead where the sniper was lurking outside. This guy must have been planning to use me as a bulletproof shield from the very beginning. Kudo, you must keep an eye on her!"

"Are you sure this was the situation?" Even though he had guessed it long ago, Conan was still secretly shocked when he heard his friend complain like this with his own ears, and couldn't help but confirm it again.

"I'm sure of that. And since the Osaka Prefecture chief's son 'died,' the members of that organization didn't dare stay any longer, so naturally, there was no time for the FBI to pursue them, right? So, Judy must have gotten out a little later than me that day and escaped successfully, right?"

Hattori Heiji gritted his teeth.

If he had not been lucky and his cousin's hospital had a doctor who was good at treating gunshot wounds stationed in Osaka, he would have suffered serious sequelae even if he had not died.

These FBI people are simply using his life as a scapegoat.

"She did manage to escape," Conan replied in a deep voice.

The logic of what Hattori Heiji said was completely valid, but Conan couldn't find any substantial evidence to prove that the other party did it on purpose.

Without evidence, we should not jump to conclusions.

And Judy is not the only suspicious person. Intuitively, Conan actually thinks that the FBI agent named Shuichi Akai is more suspicious.

It's not just the aura on the other person that's similar to Gin's, which has killed many people.

Conan's impression of Shuichi Akai actually still remains in the "Murderer Case" in London two years ago, when he, as Kudo Shinichi, and Mao Lilan accidentally entered the FBI blockade and rescued a serial killer.

Later, he paid special attention to the relevant news and asked his father for the case file. The murderer surrendered himself that night and ended his life in prison.

However, the file said that he committed suicide by swallowing a gun, but there was no trace of burns from the muzzle on the upper jaw. The FBI agent should not have failed to notice this.

So thinking in the direction of conspiracy theory - the agent named Shuichi Akai is the bad guy.

If Judy was also connected to Shuichi Akai's microphone that day, then in Hattori Heiji's eyes, Judy's full guidance might have been instigated by Shuichi Akai in the headset behind him.

Because of this speculation, Conan deliberately avoided others and sneaked into the FBI room to reveal the news of Hattori Heiji's resurrection.

In fact, it was just to test the other party, because if there was anything wrong with Shuichi Akai, he would definitely reveal it when he asked again later.

Conan on Hattori Heiji's side was also confident. After all, it was news that was reported in the news, and it was deliberately shown to others.

Either the Hattori Heiji on the opposite side has been completely disguised by a member of the Black Organization, or Hattori's parents are already prepared to confront that organization head-on, and Hattori is just the bait.

Thinking of this, Conan felt overwhelmed. Both the identities of the FBI's Shuichi Akai and the current "Hattori Heiji" were extremely suspicious, and he didn't dare to trust either side.

And as the victim mentioned by Hattori Heiji...

"Hey, Kudo, are you listening to me?" Hattori Heiji's voice finally drew Conan's attention back.

"Ok?"

"You... forget it." Hattori Heiji was so angry at Conan that his liver hurt. He really felt that he couldn't keep this plastic brother anymore. He took a few deep breaths and said, "Anyway, how is Xiao Jiu doing now? I heard that because he firmly believed that I was alive, he was persecuted by the FBI and was locked up in a psychiatric department."

"Is that what he told you?" Conan's expression was blank for a moment. He guessed that Hattori, who had not contacted him for a long time, would find a seemingly reasonable reason to suddenly contact him, but he didn't expect that it was Yin Jiu who gave it.

"That's right. I've been in the hospital for such a long time and you haven't called me to express your condolences. Do you really want me to take the initiative to call you to inform you? That would make me seem a bit cheap." Hattori Heiji took it for granted. "Yin Jiu, on the other hand, would send me text messages every once in a while. He is really better at dealing with people than you!"

"Hey, so it's because you always reply to Yin Jiu's emails that Yin Jiu thinks 'Hattori Heiji' is still alive!"

Case solved!

It’s no wonder that Xiaojiu is so convinced that Hattori is still alive.

After chatting for such a long time, Conan didn't notice that there was anything wrong with Hattori Heiji's tone compared to usual.

In addition, Yin Jiu was still sending text messages, and they were definitely talking about recuperation after the injury. It is reasonable that Xiao Jiu could not tell the authenticity of Hattori Heiji.

"What do you mean you thought I was still alive! I am really alive!" Hattori Heiji was really angry now, and he pounded the desk with his fists.

"Okay, okay, you're alive, you're alive!" Conan repeated helplessly, "But you said that Yin Jiu was locked up in the psychiatric department by the FBI because he firmly believed that you were still alive. Is that what he told you? Come on, how can I believe that?"

Yin Jiu was indeed convinced that Hattori Heiji was not dead, but wasn't he put in the psychiatric department because the hospital discovered traces of his own repeated wrist-cutting attempts at suicide?

The seemingly well-behaved junior student actually lied in private, trying to lure a high school detective far away in Osaka to save him from danger.

Conan vaguely caught a glimpse of the shadow of the "bad" Yin Jiu making trouble in the United States, and he was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry. No matter what, the guy opposite him was pretending to be quite convincing. If Hattori Heiji were alive, he really wouldn't be able to beat Xiao Jiu.

"Okay, okay, I know you're worried about Yin Jiu, but the reason he was put in the psychiatric department was not because of you, nor was it the result of the FBI's deliberate persecution." Conan rolled his eyes and almost wrote "Don't be so self-indulgent" on his face, but the person opposite him couldn't see his expression at all, so Conan's tone turned perfunctory again.

"Anyway, Yin Jiu will be safer in the hospital than outside. That's all for now. I have to go for a checkup this afternoon."

Conan ended the call with a few words, leaving Hattori Heiji holding his phone in frustration.

Kudo Shinichi didn't seem to believe that he was the real person, but he did manage to get some information out of him.

Hattori Heiji sat in the room thinking.

As a "pro-American" family, the Kudo family would of course not communicate openly to Conan about his suspicion that there were American spies among the Japanese high-ranking officials.

Such chats seemed meaningless, but at least they allowed Hattori Heiji to confirm some of the information.

First of all, Conan and Haibara falling into the sea really happened, and Yin Jiu, Conan and Haibara Ai were indeed trapped in the Beika Hospital.

Then this is enough. Combined with the "hint" sent to him by Yin Jiu, he does not think that the FBI dares to blatantly persecute the Earl's son. But if the persecution is not against the "Earl's son", then what else is it hinting at?