Stay away from Conan

Chapter 371 Kudo’s Woman

"What are you doing?"

Walking to the door of Mingzhi's house, Xiao Ai, who was carrying a schoolbag, looked at the two people standing at the door with a cold face and said.

In this regard, seeing Xiao Ai coming home, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but stand in front of Xiao Ai, blocking the dark-skinned boy in front of her, and said to Xiao Ai:

"Be careful, I saw this guy sneaking around in front of your house. He looks suspicious at first glance! He must not be a good person!"

In response, the dark-skinned boy retorted with an unhappy expression:

"Hey! I'm not a suspicious guy! I came here to find friends, but you've been messing around with me here!"

"Hoo? Looking for friends?"

Hearing what the other party said, Suzuki Sonoko asked not to be outdone:

"Then how come I saw you first standing at the door of Kudo's house, sneaking around a few times, and then running to the door of Mr. Akechi's house? Let me tell you, you must be a thief who wants to break in! You're so sneaky Look for opportunities to steal things here!”

"so what?"

Regarding what Suzuki Sonoko pointed out, the boy said nonchalantly:

"I'm just here to see their two families!"

Listening to the bickering between Yuanzi and the boy, Xiao Ai, who was carrying a schoolbag, looked indifferent and didn't want to pay attention to them, so he took out the key and opened the door of Mingzhi's house, and walked in alone——

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing Xiao Ai about to close the iron door, Yuanzi and the boy said in unison. The boy among them squeezed over, stretched out his hand to pull the iron door, and then said in surprise:

"Strange? Isn't this the detective's home? When did the detective have a child?"

"Detective guy?"

Hearing the name the boy said, Suzuki Sonoko asked strangely.

"That's Mr. Akechi you just mentioned."

The boy stretched out his hand to hold the baseball cap he was wearing and explained aloud.

"Do you know Mr. Akechi?"

Hearing this, Yuanzi asked with doubts on his face.

"of course!"

The boy smiled lightly and said:

"The detective brother and I have worked together to solve several cases before, but we are very good friends!"

"Really? Then why haven't I heard of you?"

Yuanzi said with an expression of disbelief on his face, then looked down at Xiao Ai who was still standing in the courtyard of the villa, and asked:

"Xiao Ai, do you know that Mr. Mingzhi knows such a person?"

In response, Xiao Ai just shook her head with a cold expression.

"Hmph! How about it, let's get dressed!"

Seeing Xiao Ai's reaction, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but sneered:

"If you said you came to Kudo or Mr. Akechi to entrust a case, I might still believe you. You said you solved the case with Mr. Akechi... Who do you think you are!"

Hearing this, the boy couldn't help being angry at Sonoko's words, so he reached out and took off the baseball cap he was wearing, patted his chest and couldn't help but say:

"I am detective Hattori Heiji, a high school student from Kansai! When the detective brother was in Osaka and Kyoto, he worked with me to solve cases! If you don't believe it, just ask the detective brother to come out and ask!"

"High school detective from Kansai!"

Hearing Hattori Heiji's self-introduction, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but look a little surprised:

"Are you the famous detective who is as famous as Kudo?"

"Yes, it's me."

Hattori Heiji said. Seeing that Suzuki Sonoko seemed to believe it, he couldn't help but lower his head and looked at Xiao Ai, wondering:

"Speaking of which, the detective brother and I haven't seen each other for a few months. Is there any reason why I didn't know that the detective brother has such an older daughter? And more than half a year ago, when I first met the detective brother, he obviously still lived in What about working in an Internet cafe with no fixed place?”

"More than half a year ago?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ai frowned slightly, seeming to have thought of something, and couldn't help but ask:

"What was his condition when you saw him?"

"kindness……"

Hearing Xiao Ai's question, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but think:

"The first time I met the detective brother in Osaka, there happened to be a murder case in the Internet cafe where he worked. It was during that incident that we met. At that time, he was still doing odd jobs in the Internet cafe to make a living. Make money. Later, he helped a rich man solve an incident and made a lot of money before settling in Tokyo..."

As he said that, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder:

"Speaking of which, who is this little girl? Why are you asking me these things?"

In this regard, Suzuki Sonoko explained:

"She is the sister of Mr. Mingzhi's friend. For some reason, she temporarily stayed at Mr. Mingzhi's house. It seems...it happened in the past two months."

"I see. No wonder I didn't know."

Hattori Heiji said.

"But then again."

Seemingly believing in Hattori Heiji's identity and seeing that Hattori Heiji looks pretty good, Suzuki Sonoko has changed her attitude and couldn't help but ask:

"As a high school detective from Kansai, you went to Kudo's house just now. Did you want to challenge him?"

As he said that, Yuanzi felt that he had discovered something very interesting.

Xiao Ai, on the other hand, didn't care about these things at all. Instead, he kept thinking about what Hattori Heiji just said about Gao Yuan - speaking of it, almost half a year ago, Gao Yuan was so poor that he had to work part-time in an Internet cafe to make money...

As a detective, with his abilities, he helped investigate the still-living Mitarai-kun, so he shouldn't be so depressed, right?

More than half a year ago...this time is a bit strange...

Thinking about it this way, although these things may not explain anything, out of her own intuition, Xiao Ai vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Hattori Heiji on the side couldn't help but answered frankly after hearing Sonoko's inquiry:

"Absolutely. Kudo disappeared suddenly recently. There are no reports about him in the newspapers. There are even rumors that he has disappeared. So, I came to Tokyo this time just to confirm whether the rumors are true. At the same time..."

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji put on his baseball cap with the brim facing backward and continued:

"I want to have a serious duel with him this time to see if Kudo Shinichi is qualified enough to compare with me!"

Speaking of this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but recall the incident he met at the composer Fujimaru's house before he came to Tokyo - this time he must have a good meeting with Kudo Shinichi, and don't be like last time That way, using a messy name like "Touiliu" will fool you!

"So after I came to Tokyo, I first came to Kudo's house to have a look. I saw that his house looked like it had been unoccupied for a long time, so I had to go to his neighbor, the detective brother, to ask about the situation!"

Hattori Heiji explained.

Hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help laughing and said:

"Then you have found the wrong person!"

"Oh? Listen to what you're saying, do you know the whereabouts of Kudo?"

Hattori Heiji asked unexpectedly.

"no."

Sonoko said in a joking tone:

"If you want to find out Kudo's whereabouts, you should go find Kudo's woman!"