The establishment of the Time Travelers Alliance began in the first year of Conan

Chapter 242 Hattori Heiji's Phone Call (Last day of double monthly tickets!)

Just as Kogoro Mouri was trying to persuade Ran to give him some more vegetables, the office phone rang.

Seeing the two people slumped in their chairs, barely able to move, Xiaolan put down her chopsticks, walked to her desk, and picked up the phone.

"Moshi Moshi, this is the Maori office."

"Ah! It's Xiaolan!"

Heiji Hattori chatted with Ran Mouri for a bit about Uncle Mouri's "heroic" performance in solving the case at the harbor that day, and then finally revealed his purpose.

"Excuse me, could you please let Conan answer the phone? I have something very important to tell him."

"Conan?" A hint of doubt flashed in Ran Mouri's eyes. Did Heiji have something very important to discuss with Conan?
However, she didn't think about it too much at the moment, and just turned to look at Conan sitting at the dining table.

"Conan, it's Heiji-san on the phone. He says he needs to talk to you."

……

In the restaurant, Conan tried to slowly slide off his chair—

He was really full. He slowly walked to his desk and took the phone that Xiaolan handed him.

"Heiji, have you found any new information? And how many days until you pick me up?"

“That’s what I wanted to say,” Hattori Heiji paused, “Conan, it’s very likely you’ll be staying at Mr. Mori’s house for a while.”

Conan's relaxed expression turned serious again. "What do you mean?"

Heiji was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone. "I can only tell you that you are actually safer at the Mori family's house now. Also, you need to go to school for the next few days. I will talk to Mr. Mori about this later."

"As for Moonshadow Island..."

"Heiji, what exactly happened?"

Conan's voice trailed off, and the warmth and happiness that had just welled up inside him vanished in an instant.

"Didn't we agree on this—"

"There's been a problem with GSSRA." Heiji tried to keep his voice calm. "The Black Organization likely has a lot of influence within GSSRA."

“Some things happened recently, and we are trying to turn the situation around. My presence here will attract a lot of attention, and bringing you here at this time might expose your identity.”

"Therefore, I will also put the identity and records of the Maori consultant with the police later, so that he will continue to act as an unofficial member of the police force."

"As for the security of the firm, you don't need to worry. Now that I've become the center of the incident, Mr. Mori will be paying less attention to me."

"What about Moonshadow Island?"

Relieved somewhat by Ran's safety, Conan then moved on to the more crucial question.

"Based on the current situation, the pointer I'm looking for is on that island."

Pointer... pointer...

The mention of the "pointer" by Conan made Heiji Hattori's eyes narrow.

In particular, Heiji remembers Conan mentioning that the "pointer" is the secret to everything, and Conan even said he was very sure that the "pointer" is something like the Dragon Ball.

Heiji Hattori picked up the information that the Maritime Security Force had just shared, information about the machine that seemed capable of modifying a person's "soul" or even "consciousness".

He can only guess now.

After all, logically speaking, neither the organization called the Science Frontier nor the organization called the Black Organization should have made a big fuss over this small "pointer".

Based on what Kudo told himself about his experience of obtaining the first and second pointers, and his description of the pointers, it's clear that...

That pointer is likely related to a hidden location or a crucial token, and these things are related to what the two extraterrestrial civilizations are fighting over.

Hattori Heiji reached out and unfolded the faxed copy of Mr. Yusaku's manuscript that had been delivered to him—

He works well with Gehrman and is a good teammate.

While the GSSRA strategic command was in a state of minor disarray due to the approaching fleet.

He not only stabilized the situation in the Eastern Theater Command in the first instance, but also quickly dispatched a small team to surround Yusaku's former office building in Tokyo.

Documents, papers, notes, sketches...

Even a simple note, as long as it was in the office building, they would pack it up and send it exactly as it was, immediately faxing a copy to Heiji, while simultaneously trying to smuggle the physical item to their office, bypassing GSSRA's inspection.

The documents that could prove he had indeed received Mr. Yusaku's "secret order" have now been forged, or rather, they were part of what Yusaku Kudo had deduced.

Yes, only a portion.

Now, Hattori Heiji's gaze is fixed on another part.

--"time".

This word has appeared many times in some of Mr. Youzuo's documents, and it has been circled, underlined, or highlighted in many documents.

In fact, some of the sentences take on even deeper meaning when connected to the fact that Kudo shrunk.

"Could it be that Mr. Yusaku had already foreseen his own death?"

Heiji Hattori shook his head, banishing the absurd thought from his mind—but what if the drug Kudo took could turn someone back into a child…

"Heiji? Are you listening?" Conan's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone, pulling him back from his reverie.

"If that submarine's destination is Moonshadow Island, it means that the black-clad organization may have already begun searching for the third pointer..."

Heiji Hattori frowned; this was his biggest worry right now.

It seems likely that the Black Organization has already made some preparations on that island.

After all, the information that BIDUT obtained and investigated from the police, the data related to that island, was clearly... somewhat strange.

Heiji even asked GSSRA if they had transferred relevant government information—on this matter, GSSRA was in agreement.

The last message transmitted from this island was three days ago, and no one has tried to contact the outside world since.

There was no communication, no notification, and no entry or exit records; it was as if the entire island had suddenly been "disconnected" from the world.

Thinking this through, Heiji decided to calm Conan down first. "Don't worry about this for now. I'll think of a way. Besides, didn't you say you had the second pointer?"

Heiji paused, then added, emphasizing the importance of the pointers, "I'll send someone to the island to look for it. Conan, do you know the name of the third pointer?"

Conan immediately responded, "Ah! The name of the third pointer is—"

……

In the void, at the source of the new timeline, Lin Sheng tried his best to use [Shinichi Kudo] hanging on the tower as a fulcrum to stabilize the existence and concealment of the "Star Tower Case".

Now, the radiance of that sun is frantically searching upstream and downstream of the timeline, having already "deduced" that it once possessed that name.

"Conan, what's your final plan? Those three days won't stand up to scrutiny!"

Lin Sheng hadn't expected that even though he was "hiding" here, he would still be affected by the almost rampaging sun. His voice was somewhat urgent—

After all, the "Star Tower Case" is hidden at the source of the timeline, and one of its functions is to prevent the sun that actively promotes the new timeline from easily going back to the "beginning".

Now, those glories have begun to "climb" back along the timeline!

"Hold on a little longer! I'm handing it over to Professor Agasa!" Conan shouted back. "After all, Professor Agasa's 'deciphering' methods are more reliable, so I've designated him as the 'Watson' to break the Poseidon!"

……

"What is the name of the third pointer?"

Conan paused for a moment, then came to his senses and said firmly into the phone, "Professor Agasa will tell me tomorrow!"

Conan didn't know why he suddenly said that, but as he finished speaking, he remembered what Professor Agasa had told him three days earlier—

"Conan, one of the words in the pointer's name is related to the moon. I think we'll probably get the pointer's name around the next full moon."

Conan paused for a moment, then told Heiji, "The pointer is related to the moon, so it's possible that the character 'moon' is in its name."

“I understand,” Hattori Heiji glanced at the clock on the wall. “I’ll send someone to check.”

"Kudo, try to keep a low profile these next few days. Then, hand the phone to Mr. Mori; I have something to say to him."

……

For Kogoro Mouri, his initially suspicious gaze quickly dissipated after Heiji Hattori started talking about checks and consulting fees.

"Transfer me to the investigation department's advisory team? To make it easier to explain things to outsiders and handle fund transfers?"

Kogoro scratched his head and laughed heartily, "No problem! Absolutely no problem! Just arrange it!"

His nonchalant attitude made Conan, who was secretly eavesdropping behind the sofa, breathe a sigh of relief.

Conan's intuition just told him that Heiji seemed to be hiding something from him.

Now it seems I was overthinking it. Heiji was probably just here to handle some wrap-up work and then use the agency's name to arrange some things under the guise of a cover.

However, the thought of going to school tomorrow made Conan's expression become extremely conflicted.

"Genta, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi..."

Conan was having a bit of a headache. He had abandoned the members of the "Detective Boys" and run away, so what if he ran into Genta and the others at school tomorrow...?

In the living room, Kogoro Mouri was still chatting with Heiji, who was emphasizing the matter of Conan going to school.

Heiji Hattori was certain that if he didn't mention it, Conan would definitely sneak away tomorrow.

Faced with the "foster care fee" that was linked to Conan's grades, Kogoro Mouri nodded seriously and then casually pulled over the case collection in front of him and opened it.

Snapped.

The case file naturally flipped to the page with the bookmark—page 33.

Kogoro Mori glanced over casually, then suddenly frowned.

This page is filled with circles and marks related to the incident involving Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori.

"That's strange... Did I draw it?"

He muttered to himself, his brows furrowed, his gaze fixed on the circled names and dates.

He didn't remember making those marks.

(End of this chapter)