"Hey... Obasan! You're done, aren't you? Hurry back to Osaka! ”

Breaking away from the embarrassing failure of pretending, Hattori Heiji grabbed Ikeba Jinghua's arm and was about to rush out the door.

And at this time, Maori Kogoro, who was anesthetized on the side, also happened to wake up from it, and just heard Hattori's words, and couldn't help jumping up in anger.

"Hey! You're so rude to Ms. Chi Bo like that! How can Obasan, Obasan, call a lady like this! ”

"I can shout as much as I want." Hattori Heiji pointed his thumb back at Chi Bo Jinghua, and said angrily: "After all, she is my mother!" ”

"Huh!? Nani!!!! ”

Hearing Hattori Heiji's words, Conan, Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro opened their mouths wide, and they looked extremely shocked.

"You, you're a liar... After all..."

Xiaolan looked incredulous, pointed at Hattori and exclaimed, "After all, you see Ms. Jinghua so white!" Why are you..."

"Yaga!! I'm inheriting my daddy's dark complexion!! Hattori Heiji was obviously pricked in the heart again, and shouted in shame.

And in Hattori Shizuka's embarrassed explanation, everyone also knew why the other party would come to the door to entrust, and there were so many lies in the middle.

It's all about testing Mori Kogoro.

"Huh? Test? Mori Kogoro wondered, "Why do you want to do this?" ”

"It's a mother's worry."

Hattori Shizuka smiled embarrassedly and explained, "Every time Heiji and Mr. Mori solve a case together, it seems that there will be a lottery."

Therefore, I wonder if it could be that the Maori detective adopted the "Spartan" method in order to let Heiji learn more about criminal investigation, and made him do a lot of reluctant and difficult work. ”

Speaking of this, Hattori Shizuka said with a worried expression: "And before, Mr. Mori didn't come to my house to visit Osaka...

The last time you were in Osaka, you didn't come to my house... So I'm worried that you're not going to be a bloodless, tearless, unsympathetic man. ”

Hearing his mother's words, Hattori Pingji drooped his dead fish eyes and complained: "What you said is good, but when I was injured and hospitalized before, you didn't come to the hospital to see me." ”

"Ahh It was because I was pressed for time, so I didn't have time..."Mori Kogoro reassured, "Next time, next time, I will definitely visit the house." ”

"Hearing you say this, I'm relieved, the more I thought about it before, the more worried I was, so I took the liberty to come and disturb you and cause you trouble."

Hattori Shizuka bowed slightly and apologized and said with a smile: "But thanks to this, I finally know why our family admires you so much!"

After all, Mr. Maori is a good person and has great reasoning, which is also a matter of course! ”

"Thank you for the compliment..."Mori Kogoro replied in confusion when he heard the other party's praise.

After thanking him, Hattori Jinghua looked at Tang Ze again and said with a smile: "I often hear your name mentioned by my grandson, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, and I wanted to find another time to meet another person I admired, but I didn't expect that today was just in time."

Thank you very much for taking care of our family. ”

"You're so polite."

Tang Ze hurriedly said: "I'm not more than a few years older than Pingci, you don't have to be so polite if you are an elder, Pingci is like a younger brother to me, you don't need to say that I will take care of him." ”

"With you saying this, I feel at ease."

After bowing slightly and thanking him, he looked at Maori Kogoro and asked, "This time, Heiji and Kazuha have been handed over to Detective Maori, and I ask you to take care of it." ”

"Huh? Leave it to me? Maori Kogoro looked confused and said, "Why? ”

"Huh? Didn't you listen to Conan-kun? Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan suspiciously, and immediately began to talk about why the two of them came to them.

After some explanation, everyone learned that it was Hattori Heiji who invited Mori Kogoro to accompany him to Fukui to investigate the case.

It's no wonder that everyone saw that both of them were still carrying suitcases.

As for why the two don't know, it's naturally because Heiji Hattori called Conan and hoped that he would be informed.

But Conan thought it was a joke, so he didn't give feedback in time.

"By the way, you said you were going to a small isolated island near Wakasa Bay called Minabe Island to investigate the case?" Tang Ze showed an interested expression, "I remember that the island seemed to be called..."

"I didn't expect Tang Ze to be criminal, and you also know." Hattori Heiji nodded, and the corners of his mouth wiped a hint of said, "That's right, outsiders there say it's... The island where the merfolk live. ”

"Huh? There's a merfolk living on it? After hearing the conversation between the two, Maori Kogoro on the side was speechless, "Does anyone believe in this kind of thing?" ”

"Well, maybe it's because there's a real example in front of you."

Heiji Hattori smiled and said, "On that island, there is a mother-in-law who is said to have eaten mermaid meat and gained immortality. ”

"Ahh I know what you're talking about! ”

Xiaolan's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I remember it seems to be three years ago, that immortal mother-in-law was a sensation at that time!" ”

"yes, that's it!" Yuanshan and Ye said with longing: "I also want to let myself be young and beautiful forever, so I deliberately came with Pingji." ”

"Hey, isn't it to get someone..."

Before Xiaolan could speak, she was covered by the shy Heye on the side, and the two girls began to laugh and play for a while.

"Hmph, it's just a long-lived mother-in-law." Mori Kogoro was speechless and said, "It's not the legendary eight hundred bhikshunis who ate mermaid meat and lived for eight hundred years. ”

"However, the country of Wakasa, where the eight hundred bhikshunis are located, is the current sub-well, and it can be regarded as the birthplace." Tang Ze said with a smile.

"And then what? You came to me on purpose, did the client want to find a mermaid? ”

Mori Kogoro looked unmotivated, "If that's the case, then forget it, I don't want to look for something that doesn't exist." ”

"No, in fact, the commission is the complete opposite, and the letter of commission sent only one sentence - "The merfolk will kill me, please save me!"

Speaking of this, Hattori's face gradually became serious, "I can even see the fear of the letter writer in that trembling note.

And the first time I called, I was hung up, although it was very bitter, but I booked the sound of the waves and the cries of women..."

"Interesting." Tang Ze touched his chin with interest and muttered for a moment before he spoke: "It's decided, I'll go with you!" ”

"Huh?"

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Tang Ze's words, and Xiaolan on the side couldn't help but ask: "But Tang Ze, you're still at work, is it okay?" ”

"Don't worry, it's good to take a vacation." Tang Ze waved his hand casually.

Not to mention vacation or anything, Tang Ze, who is now getting more and more privileged, is trivial, that is, he can't ask for leave, and he won't miss this rare case.

Whether it's for a reward or to stop the tragedy that is coming.

"But Tang Ze criminal, why are you so concerned about this matter."

Conan, who couldn't raise his motivation, couldn't help but be interested when he heard that Tang Ze asked for leave to land on the island with them, "Could it be that something caught your attention?" ”

"No, nothing has been discovered." Tang Ze shook his head with a smile and said.

"Could it be that Tang Ze is interested in the mermaid who can live forever?"

Conan looked at Tang Ze with a surprised expression, as if to say, "You thick-eyed and big-eyed person would believe such a naïve thing?" ”

"No, I don't believe there are any mermaids in this world."

Tang Ze felt that in the world of Kexue, he still believed that "Kexue" was the right way, and playing "demons and monsters" or something was too "Kexue".

"Then Tang Ze, why did you go to the island with us?" Hearing Tang Ze's words, Yuan Shan and Ye on the side couldn't help but ask.

"Although there is no evidence at the moment, it is just a gut feeling, but I think that someone may be using the "mermaid" behind the scenes, so I want to investigate. ”

"Planning?"

"Merfolk?"

"A conspiracy hidden behind the scenes?"

Seeing that everyone began to make up for it, and their faces gradually became serious, Tang Ze hurriedly waved his hand, "Of course, these are just my guesses, there is no basis in the slightest, maybe the client really wants to find the mermaid who is unwarranted." ”

"But no matter what, if Tang Ze criminal you go with me, then I will be more at ease!"

Hattori Jinghua heard that Tang Ze also intended to go to the island together, and bowed slightly: "Heiji and Kazuha, please take care of the two of them." ”

"Don't worry, I promise nothing will happen to them." Tang Ze smiled and saluted back.

"Oh, okay, okay, Mom, go back quickly."

Hattori on the side looked at his mother's appearance, and hurriedly pushed Hattori Jinghua to walk out, "I'm not a child anymore, don't worry so much, you hurry back to the big board, you shouldn't be able to buy a ticket if it's too late." ”

Well, if you want to accurately describe Hattori's mood at the moment.

So when I moved into the dormitory in college, my mother explained to the roommates around me that she took care of her son more, which can be perfectly replicated in Hattori's current mood.

Putting the salute on Tang Ze's car, Hattori Pingji stopped a taxi and took Kazuha and his mother to the train station.

Of course, instead of going back to the board with Hattori Shizuka, he and Kazuha bought tickets to Tokyo.

Because Tang Ze's car could not accommodate so many people, the two of them simply put the salute in the car and asked to load the car to Tokyo.

And after Tang Ze sent Maori Kogoro and them back to the office, he went to the station to pick up the two of them and take them to find a hotel for one night.

"Speaking of which, what happened to Mr. Yoshikawa in the end?"

After the car hit the road, Xiaolan, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly remembered this incident and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Well, after Officer Henggou went to his house to search and extract evidence, he will also be punished as he deserves." Mori Kogoro replied casually.

"After all, private gatherings to gamble, and there is such a thing, the plot is bad, and it is estimated that it is enough to bear." Tang Ze also smiled when he heard this, and added.

Speaking of which, gambling in Neon Gambling is also expressly prohibited by the criminal law.

However, as a special law, public gambling (such as horse betting) that can generate revenue for local finances is legal.

Speaking of coming, I have to say that the neon gambling industry is wonderful.

The most famous is the small steel ball shop like Pachinko, but this is a gray industry, you can just find a neon person to ask, whether the small steel ball shop is a gamble, nine times out of ten will tell you, this is gambling, but in law it belongs to the custom industry.

Because the gambling defined in the Neon Criminal Code must involve money, the gambling defined in the Criminal Code must involve money (cash or securities).

However, this point was exploited by the "three-store method" adopted by the small steel ball shop.

The approximate process is that the customer enters the store to spend money to buy small steel balls, and then plays the game, and after the game, takes the small steel balls to the store to redeem the corresponding prizes.

Then go out and turn left and enter the pawn shop next to it, and you can exchange the pachinko prize directly for money

In a nutshell:

Cash for small steel balls→ won small steel balls directly for money: gambling, prohibited by law

Cash for small steel balls→ small steel balls won for special prizes→ take special prizes to the exchange office for cash: non-gambling, legal

Through the existence of this "special prize", the small steel ball industry has completed the whitewashing in the legal sense.

But the attitude of the general public is: Are you blind to me?

But no matter what, people are legal industries, comply with the law, and they are all big tax payers, so naturally they are fine.

Yoshikawa Takezo, not to mention the huge amount of gambling, is still private, and will definitely not pay taxes, and it will force people to die, the plot is too bad, so it is naturally cool.

However, for Yoshikawa Takezo, the group naturally has no sympathy, and there is a feeling of great joy when they hear each other's underneath.

So when it comes to betting on this thing, it's better for everyone to stay away.

Sent Maori Kogoro and others back to the office, and picked up Hattori Heiji and the two, and the three of them had dinner by the way, and then Karasawa returned to the dormitory and began to pack his luggage.

Early the next morning, everyone boarded the boat to Bi Nabe Island early.

And Conan also learned on the ship that the letter sent to Hattori Heiji was actually a commission sent to himself, plus Tang Ze said that maybe there would be something hidden behind it, so Conan gradually became interested in this case.

He had already made up his mind, and after landing on the island, he began to investigate, and this time he must find out the clues of the case before Tang Ze committed the crime!

And then... Just when he was full of energy.

Conan ate dog food in the intimate gesture between Tang Ze and Ayako~

Hehehe!! I also said that it was to investigate the case, I believe you are a ghost! You bad old man, so bad!!

So, you asked for leave this time purely to abuse the dog... Ahh

Drooping with dead fish eyes, Conan looked at the two people with a "sweet atmosphere" in front of him, and complained frantically in his heart, but there was a trace of envy in his eyes, but he couldn't hide it.