Model worker and his little darling

Looking at the sworn enemies, Kazuha and Hattori, Taira Kiyoshi really wanted to tell Kazuha, "Don't be too strict about the gender and age when catching a fox spirit. That kid with glasses is your biggest rival in love."

Now that things were finally clear, Xiaolan became curious about the story about the chains that He Ye had just told her.

“When we were little, He Ye and I were playing at home. We saw an old pair of handcuffs that my dad had used in his bedroom. We tried to play with them like policemen, but we couldn’t open them. Looking back on that time, it’s kind of funny now.”

Hearing Hattori say it was ridiculous, Kazuha immediately disagreed, "What's so funny about it? Back then, we always went to the bathroom and shower together. I even made this amulet from the spare key of the handcuffs just to remember it."

Hirai glanced at Conan, then at Hattori. He had always thought Hattori was the worst at relationships, but it turned out he was already playing handcuff games as a child.

Xiaolan looked at the two of them and asked, "Could it be that you two are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Both of them hurriedly explained that they were just family friends.

Hearing their conversation, Uncle Mori curled his lip. "A teenage detective and a policewoman's daughter growing up together—that's really unlucky."

Xiaolan glared at Uncle Mori, "Dad, don't talk nonsense."

The group chatted happily, and in the evening, Hattori Heizo arrived with Toyama Ginjiro.

Hattori immediately asked if the murderer who killed Officer Sakata had been found.

Hattori Heizo glanced at Hattori, who shrank back; he just wanted to know the progress of the case.

After greeting the Mori family, the two began talking about Sakata.

They found evidence at the Sakata residence indicating that Sakata was the perpetrator of a recent series of murders, which was linked to a driving school incident twenty years ago.

If Sakata hadn't died, those people would have been his targets for revenge.

As for the murderer of Sakata, they suspected that he was related to the people involved in the driving school incident, but after their investigation, it was proven that he had no connection with them.

Only Kiichiro Numabuchi remains missing, most likely having fled after committing murder. Given that Numabuchi already has several murder cases against him, a warrant for his arrest has been issued.

They actually felt that the person who killed Sakata might not be Numabuchi Kiichiro, but no clues related to the murderer were found at the scene, so they had no choice but to find Numabuchi Kiichiro first.

After dinner, Hattori took Hirai and Conan to his room.

As soon as Conan entered the room, he began discussing the case with Hattori, sharing their many guesses.

Listening to their conversation, Pingqing looked at his hands, which were truly covered in sin. He had ruined this perfectly good trip to Osaka.

However, it was just bad luck for Sakata. Not only did he get involved with Numabuchi Kiichiro, but he also took things from the organization.

Conan noticed that Hirai hadn't said anything and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Hirai-nii, what do you think about this?"

Ping Qing's lips twitched, and he sat and watched.

"You two even went into the scene. I don't know anything about it, so how could I possibly see anything?"

"Hattori and I both believe that the culprit in this case must be someone else."

Ping Qing became interested. Could it be that these two people discovered some incredible evidence in just two minutes?

"why?"

"intuition!"

"Don't you detectives solve cases based on evidence? Why are you starting to talk about intuition?"

Hattori skipped over the topic and looked at Hirakiyo with curiosity, "Are you really an FBI agent?"

Ping Qing looked at Conan, "Heh, Conan, what you're saying makes me think we need to reconsider our cooperation. If you keep talking like this, my identity will be exposed sooner or later. From now on, I won't tell you about the organization anymore."

Ha, you little brat, I'll scare you to death.

Conan immediately panicked upon hearing this, "Taikiyo-nii, Hattori won't tell anyone."

When he learned of Taira no Kiyoshi's identity, he had many guesses and discussed them with Hattori.

Hattori noticed Taira's expression change, scratched his head, and realized he seemed to have messed things up. So he immediately assured him, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else about this."

Ping glanced at the two of them, then lowered his eyes. "How can I trust you? After all, I'm the one going undercover, and I'm the one who will die in the end."

Conan looked at Pingqing with a serious expression, "Pingqing-nii, don't worry, I won't tell anyone your identity in the future."

Ping Qing remained silent for a moment before speaking calmly, "Okay, remember what you said."

Pshaw, that's what they say, but what about Ai Haibara? Let's see how she scares Conan to death.

Hattori asked about the organization, and Conan told him what he knew.

"So the most suspicious person right now is that American woman."

Hearing Hattori's words, Conan looked at Hiraiyoshi and asked, "Hiraiyoshi-nii, didn't you say you were investigating her the other day? Did you find anything?"

"I discovered she was secretly meeting with a man, and that man looked..."

Heiji described the face of Touko that day at the arcade, which deepened Conan's suspicions about Jodie.

Upon hearing this, Conan immediately thought of the two men in black who had left and began brainstorming.

However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find anything more. Conan sighed, "This is so complicated."

Hattori, however, was optimistic and began to comfort Conan, saying, "With Taira no Kiyoshi around, you'll learn more and more information in the future, and you'll definitely turn back into your original form."

Pingqing chimed in with two words of agreement from the side, saying that they definitely had the information, but he couldn't guarantee whether it was true or false.

The three were silent for a moment, then Taira decided to ease the tension. He looked at Hattori and asked, "Hattori, do you like that girl named Kazuha?"

Hattori jumped to his feet. "Who likes that stupid woman? Don't talk nonsense. We just grew up together."

Taira Kiyoshi stared at Hattori's face carefully, but it was too dark to tell if he was blushing.

Seeing Hattori's reaction, Conan chuckled and teased Hattori, since Hattori had once mocked him.

Seeing Conan's mischievous smile, Hattori retorted without hesitation, "Kudo, how are things going with that lady from the detective agency? When are you going to tell her how you feel?"

Thinking of Ran, Conan blushed instantly and finally lowered his head. There was so much to say between him and Ran that he didn't know where to begin.

Seeing that both of them were thinking about their loved ones, Pingqing got up and prepared to return to the room that had been arranged for her.

"Brother Pingqing, where are you going?"

"Go to sleep. Are we really going to spend the whole night discussing this?"

Conan nodded in agreement, and then left with Hirai.

The next day, Hattori and Kazuha took the group on a tour and they ate a lot of Osaka's famous food.

It was already dark when he got back to Tokyo. As soon as he arrived home, Hira received a message from Sira, asking him to go to the Black Bar, saying that she had something to say.

Seeing that it had started to drizzle outside, Pingqing really didn't want to move, so he thought he would discuss it with Xila and say that if there was no rush, they could talk about it later when they had time.

To his surprise, Sila said that the group members were all at the Black Bar and were waiting for him.

Having no other choice, Pingqing went out. As the rain intensified, he felt inexplicably irritable, sensing that something bad was about to happen.