Chapter 171 Invitation from Osaka

Chapter 172: Invitation from Osaka

"So, are you going to accept Hattori's invitation and go to Osaka?" A few days later, thanks to the special medicine brought by Mary, my injuries had basically recovered. The day before I was discharged from the hospital, Conan brought his detective team friends to the hospital to see me. In addition to talking about the recent situation at school, Conan also told me about the cases that happened around him during my absence. Sometimes I feel that Conan is too scary. According to this situation, Conan will kill more people with the Death Halo than I have.

"Yeah, didn't I just say that?" Conan said to me calmly with his hands behind his head. "The day before yesterday, when I was solving the case of the missing novelist, I received a call from Hattori. After a chat, he said that I could go to Osaka if I had a chance. And coincidentally, yesterday, my uncle also received a call from Hattori's father, saying that he invited my uncle to play as a thank you for the last wealthy murder case, so he asked his son Hattori to send another formal invitation."

"Well, okay, then when are we going?" I thought about it and asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be this weekend." Conan explained, "Anyway, you can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. After two days of rest, we will be ready to leave."

"Yeah, that's right. Okay, then let's do it this weekend. I've almost finished organizing it here." I thought about the data I had recently organized, and took advantage of the time when I didn't have to go to school these few days to organize all the information that Shoulang had sent to me. I had planned to go to Osaka alone when I had the chance, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon, but this can only be done at night. This way I might be discovered, and I have to think of a way to find someone to cover for me. Hattori is definitely not going to work, and it's easier for me to do it myself than to ask him to cover for me. Well... If it doesn't work, I'll just have to find Jingliu.

"Eh? What's almost sorted out?" Conan wondered.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Keep it a secret for now. I'll tell you when the time comes."

"Hey, hey..." Conan's half-moon eyes.

"By the way, Xiaoxun. Do you still remember our new teacher?" Ignoring Conan, Ayumi started asking me excitedly.

"A new teacher? Do you mean Mr. Kobayashi?"

"Yes, that's her." Ayumi smiled. "You know, this teacher Kobayashi has become a good friend of ours."

"Hey? So fast." I pretended to be surprised. "Is it because of something that happened?"

"Yes, Xun, do you remember the strange incident in our elementary school that I told you about last time?" Mitsuhiko took over. "In fact, Mr. Kobayashi and we became good friends because of this incident."

"Huh? Could it be that this bizarre incident was caused by Teacher Kobayashi?" I continued to look incredulous.

"Hehe, there's more." Yuan Tai laughed. "In fact, there's also some revelations from the dean of studies. Let me tell you..." Soon, the three children started chattering in my ears, and as a qualified listener, I listened attentively to their narration of the whole incident. Conan, who was standing on the side, saw me surrounded by the children, and a knowing smile appeared on his face. Then he quietly walked out of the door of the ward. He left the room and closed the door. Conan leaned against the wall and looked up at the sunlight outside the window. The rays of light came in, just illuminating Conan's glasses, making it difficult to see his eyes. It was just that knowing smile, but at this moment, it inexplicably revealed a little sadness.

"You are cold-blooded and ruthless in front of your enemies, and you can kill them without any emotion. You are also a person who listens to your companions, even if they are elementary school students. Which one is your true self, Kaoru?" Conan bowed his head deeply. No one knows what he is thinking.

Ring, ring, ring… Ring, ring, ring…

Just when Conan was in a daze, a ringing sound entered his ears. He took out the ringing cell phone from his pocket and pressed the call button.

"Hattori?" Conan whispered.

"Ah, Kudo. It's me." An authentic Kansai accent came over, and the person who spoke was Hattori.

"Well, what's going on?" Conan walked away from the ward.

"No progress at all..." Hattori on the other side gave Conan an answer that was not very satisfactory. "I used my connections to get into the police station's archives. But I didn't get any clues about Mao Li... No, about Ming Ya Xun. Not to mention this person, even Ming Ya's surname has never existed in the archives." Hattori rubbed his forehead and said. What about you?"

"Is that so?" Conan frowned. "I haven't made any progress. The only files the police have here are those of Xun before he was six years old. After that, he disappeared. Although it's written on the surface that he died. And there is no clue at all about the origin of Mingya's surname."

"Ah, that's to be expected. But Kudo, are you sure it's okay to investigate that guy privately?" Hattori questioned. "If he finds out, I don't think he'll be very nice to you."

"Ah. I know. So I have been trying to avoid him as much as possible when investigating." Conan said lightly. But soon Conan brought the topic back again. "Hattori, do you think we are looking in the wrong direction?"

"Hmm? How do you say that?"

"Xun's current last name, Mingya, may not be his code name. What if he uses another code name in the assassin world? Other code names besides IceWine in the organization?"

"Who knows..." Hattori said absentmindedly. "But I still don't understand why you must find out all the information about Kaoru?"

"Because I want to thoroughly understand him now..." Conan sighed. "Forget it. I'll handle this matter myself. Thanks, Hattori. We'll go to Osaka this weekend, see you then." Without giving Hattori a chance to speak again, Conan pressed the button to end the call.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Hehe, am I right? The environment here in Osaka is great, right?" The weekend arrived as scheduled, and my dad, Xiaolan, and Conan and I came to Osaka together, and went all the way to Tsutenkaku, where we quickly met Hattori who had been waiting for a long time.

"Hmm~ The view here is really good." Standing on the observation deck of the Tower of Babel, Xiaolan said excitedly.

"Hmph. I don't think this place is any different from the Tokyo Tower."

“Haha...not only Tokyo Tower, but also Skytree will be completely surpassed in a few years.” I made a comment while standing aside.

"Huh? What tower?" Conan, who was looking at the scenery through a telescope next to me, heard what I said and asked me hurriedly.

"Skytree." I answered truthfully. "In a few years, a Skytree will be built in Tokyo, and its height will be much higher than Tokyo Tower and Tsutenkaku." "It will happen in a few years. How do you know?" Conan was puzzled.

"Why are you asking so many questions? You just need to know." I rolled my eyes at Conan. "Besides, the national intelligence network security protection is as thin as window paper to me. What can it hide?"

"..."

Ignoring Conan's silence, I scanned the surroundings. I had felt a gaze fixed on us from the beginning, but I didn't feel any killing intent, so I didn't care. Maybe it was just a boy who had his eyes on Xiaolan's figure and couldn't help but look at her a few more times. But this feeling of being watched always existed, making me a little uncomfortable. But there were so many people in Tsutenkaku now. It was very inconvenient for me to find it, so I looked around.

"I say... it's about time we go eat." The father who had been talking to Hattori said unhappily. Maybe it was because he had rushed all the way here in the morning and didn't even have breakfast.

"Well... wait a little longer." Hattori checked the time. "Someone will be here to pick us up soon."

"Really...Okay, I'll go smoke a cigarette first." Dad sighed and walked out of the observation deck.

"Hey, Kaoru." Conan saw his father walk out. He turned and whispered to me. "I'm going to talk to Hattori, you help me delay Xiaolan."

"Go ahead. Xiaolan is busy looking at the surrounding scenery now, and has no time to pay attention to you." I glanced at Conan, and then walked towards Xiaolan. Although I can hear what they are talking about by using the listening skill, I don't want to do that. First, I am not a person who is curious about everything. Second, what else can two detective boys talk about besides discussing the case. It doesn't interest me at all. Instead of this, I might as well use binoculars with Xiaolan to look at the scenery here.

"Sister Xiaolan." I walked to Xiaolan and said. But to be honest, it really makes me feel uncomfortable to call her Sister Xiaolan. I really want to be able to just call her by her name soon.

"Well, Xiaoxun, the scenery here is really nice." Xiaolan described it to me. "By the way, do you want to see it?"

"Well, OK." I smiled and stretched out my hands. Xiaolan picked me up and looked towards the observation deck. Well, although I am 1.1 meters tall now, to be honest, I can't reach the telescope on the observation deck without a chair. "Well.. a little to the left, well, a little to the left, up. OK, just stop here for a while." I directed Xiaolan to move my direction. At the same time, I also used the telescope to observe the surrounding situation.

"Ah? Xiaoxun. What are you looking at?" Xiaolan, who was holding me, looked in the direction of my binoculars. There was nothing worth seeing, so she asked me in confusion.

"The Wave Bar is located at the corner of the street. It's a two-way intersection. The east and south streets turn into one-way streets, which is not suitable for escaping. The west is too close to the police station. We may not make it in time. As for the north... Hmm, huh? Ahhh! I'm just taking a look, Xiaolan."

"What is it, Xiaoxun? What were all those things you just mumbled about? What about crossroads, one-way streets, and escape?" Xiaolan was puzzled.

"Ah, that. It's nothing, Sister Xiaolan. I was just imitating the speech of a spy on TV. Hey, hey hey." I scratched my head and quickly interrupted him.

"Eh? Is that so?" Xiaolan was relieved, but then she started to teach me a lesson. "Really, what are they playing on TV? Xiaoxun, don't just imitate them. Some people on TV are bad guys. If you just imitate them, you will become bad people!"

"Ahaha, ahahaha. I get it." I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. . .

"Sorry, sorry, Brother Heiji, I'm late." As he was speaking, a man in a suit with a flat head and glasses appeared in front of us from not far behind us.

"Ah, you're finally here." Hattori said, who was not far from us. Xiaolan, my father, who had just finished smoking, also came over after hearing the noise.

"Sorry, I'm Sakata from the Tojiri Police Station of the Osaka Prefectural Police. I'm Yusuke Sakata. I'm so sorry I'm late."

"Why is it a police officer who is here?" Xiaolan asked Hattori.

"Oh, because my dad said that since we invited Mr. Maori to come to our place, we must treat them to various places to play and specifically instructed him to do so."

“Oh…I see.”

"Well, by the way, why didn't my dad come?" Hattori asked.

"The director is in a meeting about that case right now." Sakata lowered his voice and said to Hattori, although his voice was very low, Conan and I still heard it.

"That case?" Conan frowned.

"You'd better stay out of other people's business." I narrowed my eyes and said to Conan. "It's rare for us to come out and play together."

"..."

"Is that so? Well... By the way, how are your preparations for the car I mentioned?" Hattori looked relieved and asked with a hint of pride.

"Of course, I drove out the best car in our Higashijiri Police Station as you said, Brother Heiji." Sakata also looked excited.

"Wait. The best car in the police station?" I shuddered.

"Hey... the car you're talking about is..." Dad also shuddered. But Hattori said excitedly.

"Okay, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)