"Hahahaha~"

Hattori Heiji's laughter almost echoed throughout the pancake shop.

"You woman, you're making me laugh so hard! I was talking about a man named Kudo!"

Hattori Heiji chuckled and said, "But... Edogawa wasn't wrong after all, that young lady over there is indeed Kudo's woman..."

Before he finished speaking, Kogoro Mouri's death stare shifted from Kazuma Kudo to Heiji Hattori.

Kazuha Toyama looked at Ran curiously: "Are you Kudo's girlfriend?"

Xiaolan waved her hand, somewhat embarrassed, and explained, "It's not like that, it hasn't happened yet..." Her face suddenly turned red, "Ahem, anyway, it's not like what they're saying~"

Conan was enjoying their banter when Ran accidentally blurted out "not yet," and his face immediately turned slightly red.

When will he finally turn back?

After he changes back, he will definitely confess his feelings to Xiaolan using his own identity and his own voice as soon as possible.

When I get back, I should try asking Haibara...

Seeing Ran's reaction, Kazuha knew that this girl and Kudo were practically boyfriend and girlfriend.

So, her gaze fell on Kudo Kazuma behind Ran: "So, this is the real Kudo?"

"Idiot, this is another job..."

Before Hattori Heiji could finish speaking, Conan gave him a light kick on the leg. He quickly changed his tune, saying, "This guy's name is Edogawa Kazuma. Haven't you seen him in the newspaper? He's the president of the software company that made Bond."

"As for Kudo, he had some things to do, so he didn't come."

Kazuha carefully observed Kudo Kazuma, who was coughing, and suddenly realized, "Oh, it's him! I remember now, Heiji, you said he was your friend..."

Ran was worried that Heiji Hattori might accidentally let something slip again, so she took the initiative and changed the subject.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. What did you mean by the steel chains you mentioned earlier?"

"Oh, that. When we were little, Kazuha and I were playing at my house, and we found an old handcuff in my dad's drawer. We were pretending to be police officers when we realized we couldn't open the handcuffs that were binding us..."

Heiji Hattori explained to the group, "Looking back now, our past seems a little ridiculous..."

"What's so funny about that?" Kazuha said, blushing. "Back then, we always showered or went to the toilet together..."

"Idiot! Stop talking nonsense!"

Hattori Heiji's face was also... well, a dark red tinged with embarrassment, clearly showing he was a little shy.

"Take a bath..." Conan murmured softly, and when he looked up at Ran, his face was already flushed.

Noticing Conan's expression, Ran gave a slightly embarrassed and annoyed snort, and her face also turned red.

As for Kudo Kazuma...

Take photos, take photos, take them all and send them to Mom.

The two of them were completely unaware of the subtle movements being made by the other side.

Kazuha pulled a talisman from her collar and said, "To commemorate this special occasion, I even got a fragment of that handcuff and made it into a talisman!"

Hattori Heiji was exasperated: "Are you out of your mind? Why keep something like this?"

Xiaolan exclaimed as if she had discovered something amazing: "Could it be that you two are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Hattori Heiji and Kazuha blushed instantly, their eyes turning red.

Kazuha quickly waved her hand and explained, "No, no, Heiji and I just grew up together. If I had to say, I should be considered the older sister who has always taken care of Heiji."

Heiji Hattori explained, "Her father is the head of the criminal investigation department at the police station, and he's good friends with my father, which is why we've known each other since we were little."

"The teenage detective and the police officer's daughter grew up together..." Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan and snorted, "This pair doesn't sound very auspicious..."

"How could that be?" Xiaolan smiled. "I think it's great."

Kazuma Kudo chimed in from the side, "Besides, they're a policeman's son and a policeman's daughter, they're quite a good match."

Heiji Hattori and Kazuha blushed simultaneously.

Hattori Heiji quickly changed the subject: "So, Kazuha, what exactly are you here for?"

He Ye snorted lightly: "Of course, it's in the guise of your sister, to see if you'll be fooled by some woman of unknown origin. So, ever since Tongtian Pavilion, I've been helping you monitor her."

Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief: "So, the gaze I noticed earlier was from her..."

After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the group ate the grilled pancakes and then left the shop.

Seeing Yusuke Sakata waiting outside, Kogoro Mouri said somewhat apologetically, "Sorry to keep you waiting. Actually, Officer Sakata, you can come eat with us."

Yusuke Sakata waved his hand: "No need, I'm just in charge of entertaining."

Kazuma Kudo shrugged at Heiji Hattori: "Now there's one more person... cough cough... can I skip this ride?"

Hattori Heiji turned to look at Toyama Kazuha, who was standing beside him.

Kazuha said with a smile, "I want to go too..."

As they were talking, they heard someone exclaim in surprise, and then with a "bang," a body slammed onto the hood of the police car!

Everyone around was startled, while Conan looked up at the rooftop: "...Look there! There's someone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he and Hattori Heiji rushed upstairs at the same time.

Yusuke Sakata went to call and inform the other colleagues.

Kogoro Mouri looked up at the dark figure on the rooftop: "Did that guy push this person down?"

Kudo Kazuma stepped forward to absorb the scattered spiritual energy, and also took the opportunity to observe the condition of the corpse.

“Obviously not.” He pointed to the fat corpse on the hood. “If he had been pushed off alive and died from the fall, he would have bled, but look, there’s no blood under him… It’s clear that the blood had already congealed before he fell.”

Xiaolan asked curiously, "What's with the rope on the corpse? It only tied around the waist, not the arms..."

Kudo Kazuma tilted his head: "Then that proves the rope was tied to a corpse that had been killed, not someone who died before being murdered."

He could only deduce from the deceased's soul's reaction that the murderer was likely Inspector Sakata. As for the specific details, he hadn't thought of them yet, so he could only rely on Conan and Heiji Hattori.

After all... if he remembered correctly, he should be able to receive other spirits, so there was no need for him to expose Sakata Yusuke at this time.

A moment later, Heiji Hattori and Conan came downstairs with a middle-aged man.

It turned out that the man was the owner of the coffee shop on the second floor. Someone had called him and asked him to go to the top floor to see the strange man, so he went up out of curiosity.

Heiji Hattori was analyzing how the murderer hung the victim's body on the roof and how he made the body fall precisely onto the hood of the car when Kazuma Kudo suddenly turned his head to the side and asked, "Who?"

The group turned to look, and a panicked middle-aged woman turned and ran without saying a word...

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