Chapter 71 The end of the incident
Seeing Conan's actions, Hattori Heiji was so angry that he couldn't help but roar in his heart.

You were obviously laughing at me, and you never stopped!

However, although he was very angry, Hattori Heiji couldn't lose his temper and could only endure it.

After all, he is not Kogoro Mori, and it is impossible for him to just punch a kid he just met.

However, after Hattori Heiji and Conan gradually become familiar with each other, they will know each other well. By then, if Conan dares to make Hattori Heiji angry again, he will no longer tolerate it, but will most likely take action directly.

Anyway, Hattori Heiji has Conan's secret in his hands, so Conan dare not fight back. What's more, even if Conan fights back, he still can't beat Hattori Heiji. So why should he waste his efforts?

But these are things for the future, let’s not talk about them now.

Closer to home.

"Okay, you don't have to lie to me." Hattori Heiji sighed helplessly: "I saw you smile just now."

"I'm sorry, big brother, but I really didn't mean to laugh at you." Seeing that the other party had seen through his true thoughts, Conan not only did not feel embarrassed, but began to act and said very sincerely: "I just happened to think of something happy."

"What happy news?" Hattori Heiji asked.

"I………"

Conan was stunned. He didn't expect that Hattori Heiji was so curious.

The other party is a famous detective after all. Can't he see that I'm just making up an excuse to deal with him?

You even asked further questions?

Was this a deliberate attempt to expose Conan's perfunctory attitude and embarrass him?
However, did he think that such a small problem could stump him?

Conan reacted and turned his eyes. Just as his clever brain had figured out a countermeasure, Ze Yu next to him interrupted and said, "Okay, Conan, and the big brother in the hat, you two don't realize what time it is now. You still have the mood to chat here?"

"Conan, call the police." Ze Yu looked at the old woman sitting on the ground not far away and Akio who was locked in the cell, shook his head and said, "Leave this to Officer Megure."

"Yeah." Conan nodded, put aside the countermeasures he had just thought of, took out his mobile phone and started making a call.

Now that he had a step to go down, he didn't have to waste his brain cells thinking of something to say to appease Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji did not continue to pester him and just stood quietly aside.

He had successfully completed the commissioned task and was originally preparing to leave, but he was afraid that the old woman would harm Conan and the others after he left, so he simply stayed and waited for the police to arrive.

…………

More than ten minutes later.

Inspector Megure rushed to the scene with many police officers. After some questioning, they took away the old woman and Akio, and also took Conan and others and Hattori Heiji away.

After all, as important witnesses, Conan and Hattori Heiji have to provide statements, so Inspector Megure naturally cannot let them go back.

After arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Megure conducted a more detailed investigation.

At first, Inspector Megure thought that the person who solved the case was Hattori Heiji.

After all, Conan and his friends are just a group of kids, while Hattori Heiji is a high school student and a famous detective, and is more credible than the group of kids next to them.

It is obvious who solved this case.

Even if passers-by were asked to judge who solved the case, most people would choose Hattori Heiji. It would be almost impossible for anyone to choose a group of powerless children.

Even Inspector Megure thought so. In other words, if Hattori Heiji wanted to, he could easily take the credit for this achievement, increase his own popularity, and even appear on TV and in newspapers.

Although Hattori Heiji is a famous detective, he is only famous in Kansai. In Kanto, his fame is definitely not as great as Kudo Shinichi.

And now is the best opportunity for Hattori Heiji to increase his popularity in Kanto.

After all, he is a man who wants to defeat Kudo Shinichi and become the strongest detective in the island country. How could he not care about his own reputation?
However, faced with the credit and fame that was within his reach, he actually chose to give it up and let the credit go to others.

In front of Inspector Megure, Hattori Heiji just smiled, touched Conan's head, and spoke lightly.

"My job is a detective. I went to that house to investigate in order to complete the commission. It's just that Conan and the others were in danger and I ran into them, so I saved them."

The person who solved the case this time was not me…"

"It's these little guys."

Hattori Heiji looked at Conan and the others, gave a thumbs up and smiled brightly.

Conan was stunned.

He stared blankly at Hattori Heiji, feeling somewhat emotional, and couldn't help but mutter: "This guy..."

It's different from what he imagined.

Originally, Conan thought that Hattori Heiji would definitely take all the credit, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't do so. Instead, he gave all the credit to himself and others.

Are there still such honest people these days?

It's so rare.

Conan suddenly felt that he admired the other person a little.

He could only say that Hattori Heiji was indeed worthy of being called a famous detective who was qualified to be on par with himself, and in terms of character, Hattori Heiji was definitely not inferior to himself.

They are both good and honest people.

…………

A few hours later.

After providing the statements, Conan and others left the Metropolitan Police Department and went back to their homes.

Conan and Ze Yu sat in the same car.

As if he remembered something, Conan was silent for a while, leaned back in the back seat, and said in a seemingly casual tone: "The detective from Kansai before was a troublesome guy, but... he was quite interesting."

Just as Hattori Heiji recognized Conan's abilities, Conan also admired Hattori Heiji's character.

After all, they are both famous detectives, have many common advantages, have good personalities, and their abilities as detectives are almost the same. Their attributes are very compatible, so... maybe it's heroes who appreciate each other, right?
However, although Conan admires Hattori Heiji very much, he never thinks that he will lose to him. He just regards Hattori Heiji as an opponent of the same level, so he needs to take him seriously.

I have to say, Conan is truly a tsundere. Even when he is praising others, he expresses it in this way.

Ze Yu ignored his pretentiousness and asked directly: "Do you admire him?"

"Probably." Conan nodded slightly.

"You look so sentimental, as if you're sorry that he left." Ze Yu curled his lips and said, "It's not the first time you've met him, is it that serious?"

(End of this chapter)