Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 392: Promise to Osaka

Conan ran upstairs and opened the door to the office on the second floor:

"Sister Xiaolan, I'm back..."

In the office, Xiaolan, who was on the phone, turned around with a surprised smile on her face, "Ah! Conan, you finally came back? Hattori just happened to be asking you about something."

"...Yes! Conan is back. Hattori-kun, wait a moment. I'll give the phone to Conan."

As she spoke, Xiaolan waited for Conan to come over in a daze, then handed him the microphone.

Then, she took out her cell phone and walked aside, not knowing who she was calling again.

Kogoro Mouri was no longer in the office at this time, probably because he had gone to bet on horses.

Conan held the microphone and listened to Hattori Heiji's voice:
"Kudo, what were you doing last night? You didn't answer the phone or reply to the text messages. Did you turn off the silent mode? You shouldn't have not checked your phone for half the morning. I suspected something happened to you..."

"Hey! Kudo? Kudo~ are you listening? Hey hey hey! Say something!"

Conan analyzed silently: Good, there is no noise, which means there is no eavesdropping device.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Ah, sorry, something happened last night... I'll call you later on my cell phone. I'm hanging up now."

"Wait! Worker—"

"Beep~beep~"

……

Far away in Osaka, Hattori Heiji looked at the hung up phone in a daze, his brows furrowed.

From Kudo's voice, it seemed like something terrible had happened... like he was hit hard.

"What exactly happened?" Hattori Heiji sat in his room, feeling a little worried.

This little friend of his is really a cause for concern!

Hattori Heiji sat on the chair, silently waiting for his friends to call him to explain.

But before that, someone opened his door without permission.

"Heiji, come to my study." Hattori Heizo stood at the door with a serious face, his tone carrying a hint of unquestionableness.

"Why don't you knock on the door before you come in, Dad." Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes, "What are you going to scold me for again? I have something else to do..."

"If you mean the friend you called just now, you'll have plenty of time to talk to him later." Hattori Heizo opened one eye, "But now, come to my study."

Hattori Heiji:"……"

Tsk, it’s really troublesome to have a strong father... If I don’t go, I’ll probably be beaten up, so I better go.

He put on a sour face and turned his phone to silent mode, praying that his friend wouldn't call him too soon, then followed his father out of his room.

……

In fact, Conan did not intend to call back immediately.

He still had some doubts in his mind:

In Conan's original plan, he was going to let Hattori impersonate himself and let the "Vermouth" who knew his identity think that he was on the cruise ship. In fact, he should be waiting at the doctor's house... Of course, this included the help of Yukiko.

Because he guessed that the other party's target was most likely Huibara.

Conan also remembered that Haibara had said before that she always felt that someone was watching her, and she suspected that there was someone other than his mother hiding in a corner of the house, so he ran back to his house to see what was going on.

And then...then Conan was knocked unconscious.

When he woke up again, he appeared inexplicably in the ward.

According to Teacher Judy's description, the person who sent him here was someone they had all seen before, and Conan had even been to the other person's home - the suspicious man named Cang Fengqian!
But for some reason, Conan did not tell Judy this name.

Because he always felt that something was wrong... Moreover, Judy told Conan that the other party had saved her, which made Conan more and more confused.

Who is this person?
If he is not a member of the Black Organization, then whose side is he on?
The masked man who sent Huibara back was most likely Cang Fengqian.

Then the other party may know their affairs, but why is it so secretive for them? They didn't even know each other before this!
Conan felt his mind was a little confused.

Before he came back, he called the doctor's mother. The former also said that he did not stay at home last night as planned, but went to buy some raw materials; while the latter did not answer the phone, but Conan later found a text message from his mother, saying that he had returned to the United States...

While Conan was thinking hard, Xiaolan put down her phone, came over and happily hugged Conan:

"Luckily you're back, otherwise I would have called the doctor's house to ask about your situation... After all, what happened yesterday was really worrying..."

Conan's eyes widened at Mao Lilan's worried words, and he raised his head in disbelief:

"Lan...Sister Xiaolan, do you know what happened yesterday?"

Oh my god, he won’t be exposed, right?
…Wait, that’s not right.

Xiaolan should have been on the cruise ship when the FBI and the organization had a gunfight at the dock. How did she know about it?

Xiaolan blinked her eyes, and what she said was totally different from Conan's. "Of course! There were explosions in all 18 districts of Tokyo. We will know about this kind of big event when we come back. Inspector Megure even asked my father to come over this morning to help find out who the culprit is."

Conan: "..."

What? It turned out to be an explosion. It’s okay then.

...What a ghost!

Why didn't the FBI mention this to him?

Suddenly, Conan had an intuition in his heart - this matter must be related to the Black Organization! It must be!
Those organized people must have deliberately done this in order to delay the time for the police to find them.

"By the way, Sonoko invited us to visit Osaka next week. Conan will be coming too, right?"

Conan raised his head: "Osaka? Sister Sonoko?"

Isn't Osaka Hattori's territory? Why did Sonoko invite them?
"Yes." Xiaolan nodded and kindly explained the whole cause and effect. "Because the Suzuki Group is going to hold an exhibition at the Osaka Museum of Art next week, and they also received a notice from Kaito Kid, so Sonoko plans to go to Osaka next week and asked us if we want to go... But I have already agreed! It just so happens that Kazuha is also in Osaka, I will wait for Sonoko to set a time and then talk to Kazuha..."

Conan, who had just escaped from the mud pit of the Black Organization, immediately encountered another pit named "Phantom Thief Kidd" and frowned.

Kaito Kid? Suzuki Corporation?
Could this be some shocking conspiracy?
Conan was suspicious: "A letter of warning from Kaito Kid? Did he say he was going to steal gems next week?"

"This... I'm not sure either. Sonoko didn't tell me the contents of the notice..." Mao Lilan thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Oh, dad might know!"

"...Uncle?" Conan tilted his head, "Didn't Uncle go to the Metropolitan Police Department to help Officer Megure?"

"Well, but it seems that Dad received another call later, saying that someone from the Kaito Kidd Capture Task Force asked him to come over and give advice."

Conan: "..."

Kaito Kidd and the special task force? Could it be the police officer named Nakamori and Chaki that he and Hiroki encountered twice before?
Asking uncle to help catch Kidd...I guess we will never catch him in this lifetime.

"Hey, Conan, are you going or not?"

"……go!"

(End of this chapter)