Chapter 522 Dreams and Dreams
"Okay, Mingzhi-kun is definitely no better than you two in terms of detective and reasoning abilities." Faced with two very depressed detectives, Tang Ze followed Mao, "If only You are all top-notch when it comes to solving puzzles and discovering the truth.”
Tang Ze’s compliment came from the bottom of his heart and was not meant to be polite at all.
Due to different mentality and different sources of information, Akechi Goro’s level in the case is a combination of Karasawa’s various plug-ins, the amount of super travel information, and the judgment brought by Karasawa’s own experience. After waiting, he will be at a level where he can get ahead.
Among them, Tang Ze's empirical judgment is sometimes not so easy to use - Ke Xue, the murderer, will not tell you the laws of the objective world.
Therefore, Tang Ze really admired these well-known detectives who had praised their IQ and reasoning level.
Of course, as a wise man, he should persecute as usual. Being too close to Kumel is not a good thing for them.
Karasawa's comfort was still effective. The faces of the two young detectives with strong self-esteem improved a lot, but Hattori Heiji still curled his lips: "Generally when others praise someone like this, there will be one 'But'..."
"That's not what I mean. It can only be said that what he is good at happens to be the part that you are not good at." Tang Ze laughed and told the truth, "The world is wise. Maintaining customer relationships, building an image, and maintaining public attention... He is running the role of 'Akechi Goro' with the core goal of creating a detective image that can arouse heated discussions. You just want to solve the case."
Whether it is the Akechi image created by Karasawa or the original Erwuzi, to put it bluntly, Akechi Goro became a detective just to better penetrate into the relevant system, which is a need for profit.
"What you said makes sense..." Hattori Heiji was stunned by the business philosophy expressed by Karasawa, the character planner. He recalled what happened earlier, and couldn't help but talk to him. Conan exchanged a look.
Akechi Goro is indeed quite skilled in these aspects.
When he returned to Nagato's house with the police who were escorting Nagato Mitsuomi and Nagato Hidetomi, whose cell phone had been detained for several hours, he had already identified Nagato Hidetomi because of Hinata Sachi's exposure. Everyone who has been killed is confused.
The scene after that was extremely chaotic.
Hinata Yuki and Nagato Hidetomi burst into tears, Nagato Nobuko found out that his dream was broken not long after he was proud, Nagato Douzan was so stimulated that he passed away...
It was really a nerve-wracking scene to watch, but Akechi Goro walked up so calmly, first communicating with the main person in charge, Hattori Heizo, and then Nagato, another suspect's family member who urgently needed an explanation. Kang Jiang...
It only took him more than half an hour to complete all the coordination work for a case as complicated as a ball of wool and a feud between a wealthy family.
And it was handled beautifully. It is never an exaggeration to say professional public relations.
The one who complained the most about Goro Akechi was his serious client Nobuko Nagato.
"I'm very sorry, Miss Nobuko. Although I did accept your commission, there are more serious cases ahead. After weighing them, I chose the more correct method." He never mentioned how he provoked Goro Akechi, who had arranged the whole scene, just maintained a faint smile and gently faced Nobuko Nagato who asked the question, "Compared to these unfair means, you may consider..."
The next words he said were whispered into Nagato Nobuko's ear. In just a few words, the angry and accusatory look on the other person's face disappeared without a trace, and his expression suddenly cheered up.
"Speaking of this, what did he say to Nagato Nobuko..." Recalling this, Hattori Heiji began to think about it.
He has already figured out the entire case, including the Nagato family's somewhat ethical drama-style family relationship. This is his only confusion.
Based on Hattori Heiji's understanding, it is difficult for a woman like her to face strangers with her acrimonious side to be reasonable.
"Well, according to what you heard, Nagato Nobuko's biggest trouble is actually his own emotional setbacks more than any family power struggle, right?" Conan said this, thinking It can't help but diverge in a not-so-good direction.
Could it be something that could help her force her lover to divorce so that he could marry her, or some ulterior secret gossip about the top executives within the company...
He is not mentally dark, Goro Akechi. This style of conduct makes it difficult for people to think positively.
“Oh, I did find out about this.” Karasawa betrayed easily, “He told Nagato Nobuko that she recognized the wrong person, and that the one who helped her out and confessed his love to her was not her current lover. "
"Huh?" Conan and Hattori Heiji, who heard a huge amount of information from this short sentence, made shocked voices in unison.
"Well, rather than saying that she is plotting for the family's industry, it is better to say that she is jealous of her younger brothers and sisters whose love is relatively smooth, especially Hinata Yuki." Karasawa shrugged, "After all, she is too Wants to 'marry' the hero who saved her. ”
Hattori Heiji and Conan, who probably guessed how many bloody stories there were, said: "..."
The two looked at each other again, and while looking at each other, they both felt the same emotion from the other's gaze.
“When a detective accepts a commission, the most important thing is to satisfy the client. As for the content of the commission, it is necessary to strictly abide by it...” Before leaving Nagato’s house, Goro Akechi smiled at the doubts of the two of them, “ This is called customer service.”
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“Is that guy Akechi going back to Tokyo?”
Tang Ze, who was eating breakfast, made a movement and slowly put down the milk in his hand: "That's right, he doesn't need to inform me of his schedule... Why do you ask?"
Tang Ze As he spoke, he observed Hattori Heiji's expression, secretly alert in his heart.
What's wrong? Is it because I always stayed with Hoshikawa Teru during this operation, making people suspect that Karasawa and Akechi have another connection?
"Oh, just go back." Hattori Heiji immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, then cleared his throat, leaned a little closer, and whispered, "Your application for leaving Tokyo... If I change my travel destination, do I need to prepare anything else? "
"Well..." Tang Ze, who didn't pay much attention to the application form, recalled for a moment and said, "Yes, no need, apply. The book does not specifically indicate this. ”
He didn't leave Tokyo often, so when he needed it, he just asked Kazami Yuya to stamp it.
In order to reduce his own workload, Kazami Yuya decisively prepared a batch of documents with vague wording and vague scope that could be used whenever they were needed, so that Karasawa could use them on his own.
"Why do you ask me like this? Do you want me to go somewhere else to play?" Tangze raised his eyebrows and held the slit of the bag of milk again, "So leisurely? The famous detective is not very busy. "?"
"Ha, I'm not a detective like Uncle Maori. I mainly help the police when cases happen. I only occasionally help people find cats and dogs. Yes. What's so busy?" Hattori Heiji put his baseball cap on his head and explained helplessly, and finally protested, "Was that guy Kudo much busier than me before he became smaller?"
"Why should I? I know, I hadn't transferred to another school at that time, but judging from the description of classmate Lan, his absence from school because of the case was so bad that even the teachers didn't bother to ask, so when he used the case as a reason to suspend school, anyone who had questions was Not much." Tang Ze spread his hands, completely disagreeing with his self-evaluation.
Regarding the cases solved by this group of young detectives, what remains fresh in Karasawa’s mind is the case of Nanatsuki Koshimizu.
Because a variety show was fabricated that brought together a number of famous detectives. During the self-introduction stage, everyone enthusiastically introduced themselves to each other. The result is that according to incomplete statistics, the four detectives solved 300-500 cases per person. Not to mention Edogawa Conan, who was too open-minded to get involved.
That is to say, the five detectives present that day alone had over 2,000 cases... Detective White Horse has not yet reported the number of cases he participated in in the UK.
Those are a bunch of high school students, it's obvious...
"If you say so..." Hattori Heiji, who immediately lost his position, laughed twice as he recalled his attendance status. , quickly changed the subject, "Hey, I really want to ask you to go somewhere else. Do you have enough time to go to Osaka and stay a few more days before your application time?"
"You want me to go to Osaka?" Karasawa tilted his head and glanced over his shoulder at the other end of the corridor.
Hmm... Kogoro Mouri, Conan, Ran Mouri, and even Heizo Hattori...
It seems that there is really no shortage of them all.
"Yes, isn't this just right? I guess my dad will invite that uncle soon." He laughed twice, knowing that his turn was a bit sudden, Hattori Heiji adjusted the angle of the hat on his head , "Well, because something unexpected happened here, I asked my father to come over as requested by Kudo. In fact, the case he is investigating is not over yet."
Osaka is not close to Yokohama, if not He exaggerated the problems of the Nagato family and made strong demands, but Hattori Heizang may not be willing to take the lead.
However, such a big situation was beyond his expectation. Fortunately, the ending was good.
"That's right." Tang Ze nodded, "So the case is too difficult for you, so you are here to bring in reinforcements?"
Tang Ze knows how to stimulate people, in one sentence Hattori Heiji jumped up when he said it: "Don't talk nonsense! I just think the opportunity is right and want to invite you to play."
"Really? It's not to compete with Kudo. ?" Tang Ze's face was already full of teasing smiles, but he still said this deliberately.
"...You are making fun of me." Hattori Heiji, who realized later that he was amused, blinked for a moment, then turned to look at Conan, who was standing in front of Nagato Hidetomi with a bright smile. He turned his head again and looked at Tang Ze, who was also smiling.
The case twenty years ago came to light, and Hidetomi Nagato, who was depressed, finally revealed the secret. After experiencing life and death, Hinata Yuki now cherishes this relationship very much.
Nagato Mitsuo's crime of plotting to seize family property and embezzling public funds has been confirmed. His marriage to Nagato Yasue is about to come to an end, and the scene where he confessed has also become famous on the Internet with Akechi Goro's glorious image in front of the camera. It spread on the highway.
Even if this crime does not keep him in jail for long, his family members who are as angry as Hinata Yuki, full of pain and murderous intent, will not forget him so easily.
Although a large part of the credit at the end of the incident was attributed to Akechi, Kudo's purpose of coming here was achieved in the end.
Now everyone is immersed in the joy of welcoming a happy ending. His worries and uneasiness are somewhat disturbing.
After hesitating for a moment, he slowly said: "Because I have a feeling that is difficult to express clearly. Life is impermanent. Even if everything goes as usual today, who knows what will happen tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Seeing them huddle together and muttering together, Conan, who came to the side out of curiosity and heard this sentence, couldn't help but be startled, "What does this mean?"
"Hey! You scared me." Startled by the sudden sound beside his legs, Hattori Heiji lowered his head to see Conan's confused face and rolled his eyes, "It's nothing, just a strange feeling."
"You don't think you can think about this. He's such a philosophical questioner..." Tang Ze tilted his head and looked him up and down, secretly confirming the general facts of the case.
"Mainly, I had a strange dream." Hattori Heiji touched the baseball cap he wore backwards, "Isn't that a bit superstitious?" "Dream, what kind of dream?" Conan He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the strange dream he had had in Izu a long time ago.
The bright moon hanging high, the cracked night sky, the man falling from the sky...
This seemingly inexplicable and illogical picture seems to have a strange prophetic connotation. in it.
Tokio Ehara, the organizer of Izu Mysterious Tour, mysteriously disappeared, and the attacker who threw him and the Night Baron virus were also left unsolved. In the end of the whole case, they traced Noah's Ark, and indeed Discovered and stopped the organization's conspiracy.
However, at certain moments, fragments of this dream would flash back in his mind, as if something accompanied this dream and was parasitic in the depths of his consciousness.
At this moment, when he heard Hattori Heiji mention the key word strange dream, he recalled that scene almost instantly.
Hattori Heiji turned around, leaned against the wall, raised his head and recalled: "I dreamed that you were chasing someone, running in darkness, just when you were about to arrest the murderer, Suddenly, the opponent pulled out the knife with his backhand."
Hearing his description, Conan, who was still a little serious, twitched his mouth: "Then, it won't be bloody,' the detective is in the process of pursuing justice. "Heroic Sacrifice" or something like that. "
No matter what kind of cliche plots are written by detective novel writers nowadays, they won't be sold, right?
"Even if it is a dream, this is too cliché..." Hattori Heiji teased a few words, his expression became gloomy again, "Then, just when the tip of the knife was about to stab you, in the darkness Someone fired a shot at the murderer, who screamed and fell down. "
"Have you been rescued? It's even worse." The corners of Conan's mouth twitched even more.
And according to this description, among the people he knew, the only one who had a gun and would shoot without hesitation... seemed to be...
He would definitely be saved by that kind of guy. You won't be convinced.
"No, he shot and killed the murderer, then turned the gun and shot you, and then killed Uncle Maori who followed closely..." To his surprise, Hattori Heiji gave a completely different answer than he expected, "It seems that it's not just you, the gunshots kept ringing, and I kept seeing people falling to the ground..."
"Then what?" Hearing his words After describing it, Tangze also became serious.
In the original plot, this conversation would have occurred when Conan and others arrived in Osaka.
In the second half of the case, his dream came true.
However, if the version he said were to be fulfilled, it would be too...
“Then I felt like I had been shot, and then I woke up. Hattori Heiji breathed out and held up the brim of his hat with a depressed expression, "What a strange dream."
A gunman from the dark killed everyone present indiscriminately. This sounds like. What a weird terrorist attack fantasy.
But because the dream involved several familiar faces, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but feel uneasy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he received a call from Kudo, asking him to help contact the Nagato family...
Without hesitation for long, he coercedly called his father, contacted Nagato Dosan as quickly as possible, and then ran over himself.
"You dreamed of a shooting in the dark and felt uneasy, so you have to invite us to Osaka?" Conan shook his head and asked with clear logic, "Then for your dream It doesn’t work. Shouldn’t you stay far away and avoid meeting us?”
“…Eh?” Hattori Heiji, who had never thought about this direction, had a dull expression. for two seconds.
"Yes, generally speaking, once you want to break the prophecy, the prophecy will happen. If you just don't come to us, won't it trigger the group destruction?" Tang Ze nodded in agreement.
The three high school students looked at each other with wonderful expressions on their faces.
"Three young detectives, I haven't formally thanked you yet. I heard from Hidetomi that your efforts are no less than Akechi-kun." Hyuga Sachi walked over and interrupted the three of them. A slightly retarded dialogue, "I'm sorry, President Dosan has been a little bit cold to you because of his excitement."
The surprise that my son is still alive, and the fact that I heard the news of my first love's death accurately through Akechi Goro's mouth Sorrowful, the third elder Nagatodo burst into tears. He dragged Goro Akechi to cry for a long time and had no time to care about anyone else.
Hyugako, who has already recognized himself as a member of Nagato's family, took the initiative to take on the responsibility of entertaining guests and greeted them politely before they left.
"No, no, without Akechi helping to tie things up, Nagato Mitsuyo's problem wouldn't be that easy to solve." Hattori Heiji quickly said modestly.
"Uh, yes, we just did some minor work." Conan, who discovered that he was also included in her title of "three detectives", waved his hands quickly.
Hinata Sachi accepted their two modest words with a smile, and looked at the last person with a smile.
"You are exaggerating. I am not a detective." Tangze shrugged and smiled meaningfully.
Looking at Karasawa's face, Hinata Yuki's eyes flickered slightly.
She didn’t tell anyone about the notice letter.
After the chaotic scene, she made a special trip to see Karasawa for testing. However, she received the reply "Oh, really, I've been following Akechi-kun to decorate the theater."
She wasn't sure if this was Tang Ze's excuse for not wanting to reveal his identity or if it was true. The Phantom Thieves of the Heart seemed to be good at disguising their identities and being elusive...
That was the real Tang Ze. Ze, or did someone borrow his identity to talk to him?
"Thank you." In the end, Hinata Sachi didn't say anything, just bowed deeply, "I heard from Mr. Hattori that you are going to Osaka next, so I wish you all a safe journey and a happy journey. ."
"Where, where..."
After another round of pleasantries without embarrassment, Hinata Sachi watched them meet up with Mouri Kogoro and others. He turned his head and glanced at Nagato Hideomi who was standing on the steps waiting for her.
Her lover is back and her enemy has been arrested.
Xiu Chen has untied his knot, and is finally willing to undergo surgery to repair the terrible scars on his face. He seems to be willing to reconnect with society...
Everything is developing in a good direction, then That's enough.
Hinata Sachi walked in with a smile, but suddenly caught a flash of bright red from the corner of his eye.
It was a black box with a neat cross tied with a red ribbon, like a red and black plaid pattern. It was quietly placed on the low table where the vase was placed.
Hinata Yuki, who was immediately reminded of the color, paused for a moment, then reached out and picked it up and opened it.
In the box, there is a brand new pen pinned to the bright red velvet.
The moist lacquer surface, the smooth pen barrel, and the gold pen without a trace of scratches lie quietly surrounded by red cloth, giving it a feeling of grace and luxury.
A pen that she is very familiar with.
Hinata Sachi lowered his head in shock and glanced at the old pen he had put in his pocket.
When she grew up, she didn't want to destroy her parents' only relic, so she tried to find the exact same pen, but she couldn't find any information.
Last night, after Nagato Douzan clarified her doubts, she also figured out the reason. This was a gift that President Dosan gave to her mother back then. It was a custom-made pen, one of a kind, the only one in the world. One.
So this, this is...
She pulled out the pen tremblingly, causing the flannel to relax, revealing the photo underneath the fabric.
Those were three photos, and the pictures were all a little yellowish. They didn't look like the original photos, but like someone had scanned the photos and copied them.
The first picture shows the young Nagato Hideomi holding the thin Hinata Yuki in his arms, staggering out of the charred door step by step.
The second picture is a family portrait. A gentle and beautiful woman is nestled next to a tall man with a bookish look on his face, holding a little girl in his arms - it is Hinata Yuki who was a child. .
The last one...
Hinata Sachi shook his hands and pulled it out.
This is a scenario that would never happen in reality.
Nagato Hidetomi, whose face is intact, is wearing a suit and hugging Hinata Yuki, who is wearing a wedding dress. Their parents stand beside the newlyweds, creating a warm and happy scene.
Hyugako's eyes flashed with tears, and he couldn't help but look at the box in his hand again.
“The butterfly’s fleeting dream, as a small gift, is given to those who are heading towards happiness.
Thank you for your loyal silence.
——Not well-known. ”
(End of this chapter)