All three of them turned their gazes to Conan.

Conan sneezed loudly.

"Little brother, do you have a cold?"

Hattori Heiji took a step back, took a backpack from his back, and took out something.

"I happen to have brought a good medicine with me."

He took out a cup, poured a glass, and handed it to Conan: "It's very effective for treating colds, drink it."

After Conan took it, he turned to look at Kazuma Kudo: "You seem to have a bit of a cold too, want a drink?"

"No need, I'm not seriously ill."

Kudo Kazuma took a step back and watched Conan gulp down several large mouthfuls of food.

Just kidding, he has to keep an eye on his older brother today, how could he possibly drink?

"Alright then." Hattori Heiji placed the "good medicine" on the table and asked, "Since Kudo isn't here, how did you know he had a cold too, Ms. Mori?"

Kazuma Kudo raised an eyebrow: "What, haven't you ever seen a telephone before?"

Hattori Heiji:"……"

He believed it.

This guy's annoying way of speaking doesn't seem like Shinichi Kudo at all.

He simply ignored Kazuma Kudo's question and turned to ask Ran, "Ms. Mouri, what did you talk about on the phone?"

"Are you out of your mind?" Kazuma Kudo retorted. "You've already said that Ran is Shinichi Kudo's woman. How could you possibly know what the young couple is saying on the phone?"

Xiaolan's face turned completely red: "What are you saying?!"

Kudo Kazuma pretended not to hear Ran's frantic voice and looked Hattori Heiji up and down: "Hey Hattori-kun, your emotional intelligence is a bit low."

Heiji Hattori's face darkened...

Whether Kudo Kazuma was being criticized or not, he couldn't tell. Anyway, he noticed that the black chicken's expression wasn't good. Remembering that this wasn't his home turf, he simply shut up and looked at his older brother...

Hey!

Conan's face flushed, and he swayed back and forth, calling out in a particularly seductive tone, "Ran-neechan~"

He was clearly quite drunk.

Seeing Kudo Kazuma looking over, Conan chuckled and pointed at him: "Two Kazumas~ One is~ you~ and the other one is definitely..."

He pointed at himself with his hand behind his back.

Kudo Kazuma was both annoyed and amused. He picked Conan up and covered his mouth before he could say, "It must have been me."

Seeing that Heiji Hattori looked unwell, Ran said somewhat helplessly, "Shinichi didn't say anything, he just told me that he recently read a very interesting mystery novel."

"They also asked me how my classmates at school were doing lately, whether anything interesting had happened, and so on..."

Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up, and he asked with a confident smile, "And what about you? Has he asked about you?"

Xiaolan paused slightly upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment appearing on her face: "It seems... every time he calls, Shinichi talks about his own things, occasionally asking about his classmates..."

I've never asked her about anything...

Seeing this, Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but pinch Conan's flushed cheeks.

Good grief, he just convinced Heiji that he had low emotional intelligence, and now there's someone with even lower emotional intelligence here?

After he reminded her twice, Conan called Ran even more often—what difference does it make whether he makes the call or not?

Hattori realized the problem, took a few steps to the window, opened it, and began to look outside.

Kogoro Mouri, who was dozing off in his chair, was startled awake by the sound of the window opening. He was taken aback when he saw a strange dark-skinned man next to him.

"Who are you, kid?"

"Heiji Hattori, a high school detective like Shinichi Kudo. Hello, sir."

Hattori Heiji greeted Mouri Kogoro, then struck a cool pose by the window and asked, "Don't you find it strange, Ms. Mouri?"

"Since he calls you from time to time, he should at least ask how you're doing and show some concern, right? Like asking how you're doing lately... How could he be completely indifferent?"

There's only one reason he didn't ask you...

Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but ask, "Is it because his emotional intelligence is too low?"

Hattori Heiji: "?"

Conan, who let out a burp, thought: "?"

Xiaolan: "..."

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but glare angrily at Kudo Kazuma: "What?! I mean, he's definitely watching Ms. Mori secretly somewhere!"

Conan, whose drunkenness had subsided, asked, "So you mean Shinichi Kudo is a voyeur?"

Conan, still not fully awake: "How is that possible? Shinichi wouldn't do that!"

After saying that, he bent down, activated his footwork, and kicked Kudo Kazuma.

You little brat, looking for trouble, huh?

Kudo Kazuma quickly dodged: "Does this mean Hattori was saying, 'Why did you kick me?'"

"Besides, I'm your own brother! How could you lay a hand on your own brother for someone else?"

Conan was so angry that he sobered up completely.

That brat!

Taking advantage of others' ignorance of the truth, she actually used the identity her mother made up to take advantage of him!

Conan was about to kick her again when a loud knocking sounded at the door.

Everyone turned to look at the door. A wealthy woman asked impatiently, "How much longer do you want me to ring the doorbell? Is this how your detective agency serves its clients?"

"Could you please listen to me properly?"

It turns out that this lady's name is Tsujimura Kimie. She came to ask Kogoro Mouri to help her investigate her son's girlfriend, and she even provided the girl's photo and information.

Kogoro Mouri flipped through the documents, while Ran and Kazuma Kudo huddled behind him, looking at them together.

Only Conan strained to stand on tiptoe, trying to see the contents of the document clearly.

Kudo Kazuma couldn't stand it anymore and picked him up.

"Katsura Kyoko, 24 years old, graduated first in her class from Mitsuha Junior High School and Mitsuha High School, and is now a graduating student from Touto Medical College... Pretty good qualifications, is there anything you're not satisfied with?"

Kimie Tsujimura's expression was complicated: "No, it's just..."

"It's just that she's too perfect, so you can't stand her..."

Heiji Hattori sat in Kogoro Mouri's seat, struck a cool pose, and spoke with his back to the crowd.

"Suspicious and jealous, always looking for trouble with someone who seems perfect—that's human nature, isn't it, madam?"

Kimie Tsujimura frowned: "Who is this person?"

Kudo Kazuma smiled and said, "He's just someone who's here to interpret human nature. You don't need to pay attention to him, madam. This is the Mouri Detective Agency. Just talk to Uncle Mouri if you need anything."

Hattori Heiji retorted irritably, "What do you mean? I'm not jealous of that guy! I'm here to challenge him to a match!"

After being interrupted repeatedly, Kimie Tsujimura lost her patience and stood up, saying, "You can tell my husband the specific details when you get to my house."

"He's a diplomat; it's not convenient for him to come to places like this..."

“There will be a scandal, right?” Hattori Heiji stood up. “Let’s go. It’s better if this Uncle Mori and I pretend to be father and son and visit each other than if a detective comes alone.”

Kimie Tsujimura said nonchalantly, "It's fine with me. I'll leave the matter to you. Let's go."

Seeing this, Hattori Heiji continued to make arrangements: "Miss Ran, would you like to come along? Maybe Shinichi Kudo will also show up."

Seeing this, Kazuma Kudo scooped up Conan and said, "Alright then, let's go too."

Heiji Hattori stared at his face and asked, "What are you going to do? Transform into Shinichi Kudo?"

He had some doubts. Could this guy really be Shinichi Kudo, and he was just being sarcastic to him to dispel his doubts?

Kazuma Kudo rolled his eyes: "There are too many people, I'll drive you."

If Death doesn't intervene, how can we guarantee that Tsujimura Isao won't be killed?

If Conan doesn't go, who will become Shinichi Kudo?

How can the mission be completed if he doesn't go?

Hattori Heiji knows nothing!

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