Chapter 454 On the Importance of Technology

Chapter 455: On the Importance of Science and Technology

At 4 a.m. the next day, my dad took us to Umekoji Hospital. Hattori had been brought here by Kazuha and the ambulance. After a simple treatment, Hattori was lying on the bed and fell asleep. Judging from the bandage on the wound, it should be a head injury, which caused a slight concussion and coma. After hearing the news that Hattori was safe, my dad also went to the scene with the police to investigate.

Xiaolan, Conan and I stayed in the hospital. Xiaolan stayed to accompany He Ye, and Conan stayed to accompany his good brother. It seemed that I was the only redundant person in the whole ward.

However, after confirming that Hattori was okay, Conan walked to my side and began to ask about Nishijo Taiga.

"If you want to search Xijiao Dahe now, you should be able to identify the murderer directly." I pointed to the signal device that had been parked at Xihe's residence. "Although he has been at home for some time, it is possible that he has not yet cleaned up his clothes and tools. If we catch him now, we may be able to directly close this case."

"The short knife that stabbed Hattori has been taken away by the police for testing. According to the clues provided by Kazuha, the suspect only took away a wooden sword. A fire would be enough to burn such a thing." Conan shook his head. "Besides, there is no conclusive evidence. Even if we summon him, it will only alert the enemy. This will be even more disadvantageous to us."

"It's up to you." I shrugged and didn't insist on my opinion. "Anyway, we have locked on to the target, and this is all I can do to help. As for clues, you guys can handle them. Ai will probably arrive in Osaka at noon today, and I will take her and the kids around so that they won't disturb you while you're working on the case."

"Ah, it's okay." Conan cast his eyes towards the bed. "Anyway, we have to wait for Hattori to wake up."

"Then I'll go to sleep for a while, and you can call me when he wakes up."

"It's not like you to fall asleep so often." Conan frowned and looked at me. "Don't you often stay up for 40 or 50 hours?"

"If I were the one handling the case, I would have gone to arrest Nishijo Daiga by now, and I wouldn't have wasted time here at all." I scratched my ear to show my disdain. "In fact, even if there was no transmitter installed, I would have directly detained all the suspects and interrogated them one by one. Although this method is not very ethical, it is at least useful."

"Our styles are different." Conan shook his head. "Anyway, go and rest first. I'll synchronize information with you when Hattori wakes up."

"Well, be careful then. It would be best to leave a few officers in the ward."

"Ah, Officer Otaki has a good personal relationship with Hattori. It looks like he will stay here forever." Conan pointed to Officer Otaki sitting on a chair outside the ward, with his arms folded across his chest, looking solemn. He is Hattori's good friend, and his boss is Hattori's father. If anything goes wrong with this young man, then Officer Otaki's future will probably end here.

"Then I'll find a place to sleep first." I waved goodbye to Conan. "Remember to tell Xiaolan for me."

"Yeah." Conan frowned as he watched me leave. He didn't let out a long sigh until I disappeared around the corner. "Xun, I hope you don't do anything out of line." He narrowed his eyes again. "By the way, he has so many high-tech gadgets, why didn't he use them earlier?"

I found an empty ward and lay down on a bed to take a nap. After tossing and turning, I didn't sleep well. But there were still a few hours before dawn, so it should be okay to take a quick nap.

Don’t think about all that nonsense in your head anymore, just wait until Hattori wakes up.

I let out a long breath, closed my eyes, and fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again, it was already around ten in the morning. I received two messages on my phone, one from Shiho.

[We are almost there, on our way to Sanneng Temple. ]

There was another one from Conan.

[I'm going to investigate the case with Hattori first. Let's meet at the hotel in Sannoji later. ]

"Good guy, both sides are in good sync." With a slight twitch in the corner of my mouth, I jumped out of bed and went to Hattori's ward first, only to see Xiaolan sitting alone in front of the empty bed. At this time, her eyes were a little confused, as if she was thinking about something.

"Sister Xiaolan." I walked forward and asked.

"Ah? Xiaoxun?" Xiaolan woke up from her trance.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know." Xiaolan shook her head. "I went out to call my dad, and Hattori left with Conan."

"And Sister Ye?"

"She said she seemed to have something important to do, so she left first. I'm waiting for her to come back."

"Then why are we still here? Let's go back to the hotel first." I gestured. "I just received a call from Dr. Agasa, he said they will arrive in Kyoto soon, I plan to pick them up later."

"Is that so?" Xiaolan seemed to have figured it out and smiled, "Is Ai-chan coming to play too?" "Hehehe." I scratched my head, looking like I was exposed. "Anyway, let's go back first. Conan just sent me a message saying that he and Hattori... will also go back to Sannoji Temple in a while. As for Sister Ye, Hattori should have contacted her as well."

"Yeah, that's right." After thinking about it, Xiaolan felt that it made sense. "Then let's go back and take a look first."

Xiaolan and I definitely couldn't drive there alone, so we called a taxi and returned to Sannoji Temple.

After coming back, Xiaolan went back to her room to rest first. After all, she hadn't slept all night and was very tired at this time. On the other hand, I said hello to Xiaolan and went to find Shiho and the children first. Judging from the time, they should be here soon.

Sure enough, around twelve o'clock, Dr. Agasa brought Shiho and the children to the inn in Sannoji Temple.

"Xiao Xun~" Ayumi waved to me first. I also waved to the children. "You are here."

"Xiaoxun, Xiaoxun, think of a solution quickly." Ayumi said anxiously as she came in front of me. "Yuanta is missing."

"Gone?" I raised my eyebrows and looked at Shiho and Dr. Agasa who were walking slowly towards me.

"I'm lost. The streets here are very similar. If I turn a wrong corner, I won't be able to find anyone." Shiho spread her hands.

"However, we have already called with the detective armband, and Genta is safe now, but we don't know where he has gone." Dr. Agasa said. "So we plan to come to the hotel here first to meet up with you and Xin... ahem. and Conan, and then look for Genta through his tracking glasses."

"For this kind of tracking system, it would be better to have a few more glasses as backup next time." I shook my head helplessly, turned on my phone, and was about to hack into the signal of the detective armband through my own system, but I heard the voices of Conan and Hattori behind me.

"Doctor, Xun, we're back." Looking at the two figures, one big and one small, in the distance, I closed my phone immediately. With Conan here, I don't need to show up for this kind of thing.

After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Hattori snatched Conan's tracking glasses and walked out following the display on the tracker. The children followed him. Shiho and I gradually fell behind the crowd.

"There's still about an hour until half past twelve. Can you cover for me?" I said to Shiho with a smile.

"At this time, if you're not eating, then the best excuse is to go to the bathroom. You and Kudo always like to use such lame excuses."

"As long as it works." I reached out and pinched Shiho's soft spot. "Did you bring the new experimental medicine?"

"Yes, and I also brought the original potion from before, just in case." Shiho patted her bag. "However, although it is for precautionary purposes, I still suggest not to take it. After all, every time you take this kind of thing, your drug resistance will increase."

"Yes, I understand." I nodded in confirmation. "In fact, I can use another method. After all, after taking this potion, I will have symptoms of a severe cold. If I really need to fight, I can't let myself go with a seriously ill body..."

"Kaoru, Haibara-san, we found Genta." As we were talking, Mitsuhiko's voice came from the front. Looking forward, we had already arrived near Rokkakudo, and Genta was sitting in front of a store in Rokkakudo.

"Let's go and take a look." I didn't continue the conversation, but walked towards Genta with Shiho.

But before we got there, Conan and Hattori ran out one after the other. "What are you two doing..." I tilted my head, not understanding what these two gentlemen were going to do.

"There are some things we need to confirm. Xun, you arrange accommodation for the doctor and the others first. We will be back soon." Before I could react, the two detectives ran away.

"Haha, just in time, I'm also about to leave." I rolled my eyes at the two of them from a distance. I turned on my phone to check the time and found that there was not much time left until 12:30.

"Shiho, are you planning on going with the kids to check in or coming with me?"

"I'd better go check in first." Shiho thought for a moment and said, "Even in the worst case scenario, you can't just go there right away, right? So we still have time, right?"

"Well. Unless Ling has already left. But if you calculate the time, it has been a long time since the last time. And the FBI seems to be releasing the news deliberately, so in terms of time..."

"You go ahead, I'll keep the medicine for now." Shiho said calmly. "If it's really urgent, I'll go talk to Xiaolan and your father and ask Dr. Agasa."

"Hey, you're so nice." I smiled at Shiho. "Then I'll find a quiet place to make a phone call first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"Ah."

　The new one is not here so you can't see it, it's somewhere else.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)