Model worker and his little darling

I slept for two hours, and then it was dawn.

Ping Qing was just about to have a nice breakfast and go back to sleep when he discovered that the black-skinned detective had arrived on the balcony.

Pingqing immediately took the snacks to the detective agency, where he ran into Conan downstairs, who had just finished a phone call with Ran.

Conan finally met the man he had been longing for and excitedly followed Heikichi upstairs.

When they entered, Hattori Heiji was talking to Ran when he saw Hirai Kiyoshi.

Hattori Heiji grabbed Taira Kiyoshi's hand: "You must be Kudo Shinichi. You look a little different from the newspaper, but you are as handsome as me."

These words shocked the two people beside him. Conan hurriedly tried to explain, but Heikiyo smiled and nodded politely: "I am not Shinichi Kudo, I am Heikiyo Ito. May I ask who you are?"

Heiji Hattori looked incredulous and asked again, "Are you really not Shinichi Kudo?"

Heiji's expression changed instantly. He handed the cake to Ran, slapped away Heiji's hand that was grabbing his, and said indifferently, "Rude."

While his face may not be as striking as his original appearance, it's still incredibly handsome, okay? Much more handsome than your dark skin and Shinichi Kudo's generic face, okay?

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji's already dark face darkened even further, and he pointed at Heikichi: "You..."

Heikiyo interrupted Hattori Heiji directly: "Sir, it is very impolite to point at someone while speaking."

Hattori Heiji was taken aback, but still apologized to Heikiyo: "I'm sorry."

Just then, Conan sneezed, and Ran quickly wiped his mouth, saying, "Conan, what happened to you and Shinichi? You both caught a cold. Is it a flu outbreak now?"

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji immediately asked, "Kudo Shinichi has a cold? If you don't know where he is, how do you know that he has a cold?"

Ran got up and closed the door: "The phone... Shinichi's voice sounded really nasal on the phone just now."

Hattori Heiji stroked his chin: "Everyone says you're Kudo's woman, and it's true."

Conan and Ran blushed instantly and asked in unison, "Who told you this?"

"Of course, it was your friend Sonoko Suzuki who told you. She said that Kudo hasn't gone to school, so he must be hiding here with you."

Hirai pinched himself to suppress a laugh. As expected of the Queen of Deduction; Shinichi Kudo was indeed hiding right here. Speaking of which, Sonoko is truly the biggest Shinichi/Ran fangirl.

However, Heiji Hattori's friend is quite something; he even went to Sonoko's place to find Shinichi Kudo.

"That woman, Sonoko..."

"That shrew..."

"Tell me quickly, what did Kudo say to you on the phone?"

Heiji was almost speechless. Heiji Hattori's emotional intelligence was really low. He knew they were a couple, yet he still asked them about their private conversations.

"It's nothing much, he just recently read an interesting mystery novel, and his classmates at school... that's all."

Hattori Heiji smiled: "So, what about you?"

Ran choked for a moment, then lowered her head slightly: "Hey, now that you mention it, Shinichi only talks about his own things when he calls, and he never asks about me."

Hattori Heiji strode to the window, opened it, looked around, then leaned against the window with one hand, striking a cool pose: "Don't you find it strange? If he called, he should at least ask about the other person's recent situation and show some concern... There's only one reason he didn't ask about you, and that is that Kudo must be watching you somewhere."

Pingqing said calmly, "Another possibility is that Kudo cheated on me."

Conan's eyes widened. Didn't they say they were investigating a dangerous case when they talked on the phone last time? Why are they causing trouble now?

Heiji Hattori nodded in agreement: "Indeed, especially since Kudo is always making headlines in the newspapers. I wonder how many girls admire him. Maybe he's skipping school because of some girl."

Heikiyo glanced at Hattori Heiji; the young man was quite the talker.

These words stirred up painful memories for Ran, about that Akagi Ryota from last time...

Conan jumped up and down in a panic, stammering, "No way..."

Seeing that Ran seemed a little off, Pingqing interrupted Conan, saying, "We've been talking for so long, but we still haven't asked who this gentleman is."

Uncle Mori glared at the noisy, dark-skinned kid making a ruckus on his turf: "Yeah, who are you anyway?"

Heiji Hattori took off his hat, revealing a confident smile: "My name is Heiji Hattori, and like Shinichi Kudo, I'm a high school detective."

Conan pursed his lips. So it was that detective from Osaka.

ah-

Seeing Conan's flushed face, Heiji took out a bottle of strong liquor from his bag: "Little brother, you have a cold? I just happened to bring some good medicine with me. Everyone says Hattori is the best in Kansai and Kudo is the best in Kanto. I've always wanted to challenge him to a match, but I haven't heard from him lately."

He poured a glass and handed it to Conan, who took it and was about to drink it when Hirai took the glass away. He's only good because he's the protagonist; otherwise, he'd be dead countless times over for daring to put something of dubious origin into his mouth.

Especially since the Tsujimura family home was already bombed to the ground, there's nowhere for Conan to transform.

If he were to suddenly appear in public and perform a magical transformation, although he would love to see that, it would expose something else.

"This is Chinese baijiu, it has a very high alcohol content. He's just a little kid, and he has a cold. Are you trying to kill him by giving him this stuff?"

Conan stared blankly at Heiji, who was trying to harm him.

Uncle Mori and Ran also looked at Heiji with anger.

Heiji scratched his head, holding the baijiu: "I heard this is very effective for colds, so I gave it to my little brother. I'll be bothering you here until I see Kudo, so this is a special gift for us."

Ran glared at Heiji, puffing out her cheeks: "What the hell—"

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Pingqing stared at the doorway. In this state, could it be that Mrs. Tsujimura's spirit had come to knock on the door?

Ran opened the door, and two young men and Inspector Megure entered.

Uncle Mori immediately went to greet him: "Inspector Megure, what brings you here?"

Inspector Megure gestured to the two young men beside him, and one of the men spoke up: "Mr. Mori, my name is Takayoshi Tsujimura, and this is my girlfriend, Sachiko Katsuragi. A few days ago, my mother said she needed your help with something. Have you met her?"

After saying that, he handed over a photo.

Uncle Mori picked up the photo and thought for a moment: "I'm sorry, I've never seen this lady before. Inspector Megure, is something wrong?"

“Brother Mori, these two are family members of diplomat Tsujimura. The FBI went to his house last night, and then his house was bombed. They survived because they didn’t go home last night.”

As soon as Inspector Megure finished speaking, a shocked voice was heard from inside the room: "FBI!"

"Why would the FBI go to your house?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

Takayoshi Tsujimura shook his head: "I don't know. When my mother called me last night, she said that three FBI agents wanted to see my father. I don't know anything else."

Pingqing swallowed hard. Mrs. Tsujimura had actually mentioned this on the phone. Luckily, he had kept a disguise last night.

Suddenly, Inspector Megure received a phone call: "What did you say? Yamamoto Matsu and Sato Kenichiro have been found dead in their own home."

Everyone was shocked to hear this; it seemed that quite a few things had happened last night.