Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 37: Real Goods or Parallel Imports
"Sister Sonoko, I'm so thirsty, I want to drink some water!"

"Well, I've already prepared it for you."

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"Sister Sonoko, I don't want to drink water anymore. I want to go buy some drinks!"

"It's okay, I've prepared a lot of drinks. Look here, there's orange juice, apple juice, cola, Sprite, Fanta, oolong tea,
Conan, which one do you want to drink?"

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"Sister Sonoko, I want to go to the bathroom. I'll be right there!"

"Little ghost, this is not the way to the bathroom. You want to go to the bathroom? I'll take you there! Don't worry, I won't peek!
"Jie jie jie jie jie"

The Soul Hall elder Sonoko laughed hideously at Conan, and matched the movement of the luggage in her hands. No matter how Conan struggled in mid-air, Sonoko remained unmoved.

In this interaction, Yuanzi suddenly felt relieved. It was like a person you had been unhappy with for years had a bad day in front of you.

Cool~~~
Sonoko didn't understand why she felt this way, but she didn't mind making herself feel better.

So even though Conan was using all kinds of tricks, Sonoko took Conan back to her and Ran's room, and our Lady Sonoko brought a chair and sat at the door herself, not giving Conan any chance to escape.

There is no shortage of food and drink in the room, and all kinds of drinks are available. For the wealthy woman Sonoko, these things are just a small matter. No matter what Conan asks for, Sonoko can satisfy him immediately.

Sonoko's intention is very clear. As long as Conan doesn't leave the room, he can do whatever he wants.

Conan, who was hiding in the bathroom, had his lips trembling violently, and he was shivering with anger! Why was the world so malicious towards him?
Why does this gossipy Sonoko have to pick on me?!
Tachibana Seiji, who was watching Kogoro Mouri solve a case downstairs, seemed to sense something, looked up at the room on the second floor, and then looked away.

Conan, I know you're anxious, but don't worry. Your anxious days are still to come.

"How is it? Have you figured out who the murderer is?" Hattori Heiji came to Tachibana Shizuka and asked in a low voice.

"Ah, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be that detective uncle." Tachibana Shizuka looked around to make sure no one could hear them talking before answering Hattori Heiji.

"Well, that's pretty much my reasoning. I just don't know what that uncle is waiting for?" Hattori Heiji looked puzzled. To be honest, this incident was not complicated.

Because Zhongdao and Zhi had done so much, they left behind many traces. There were so many clues and loopholes that it seemed like a case that only a person could have done.

When did Mihua's murderer become so arrogant?
But Kogoro Mouri's behavior made Hattori Heiji feel even more strange. At this moment, both he and Shizue Tachibana had already figured out the identity of the murderer.

In other words, when they found out that Nakamichi Kazushi only called for a police car instead of an ambulance, they had already begun to suspect Nakamichi Kazushi.

Could it be that this sleeping Kogoro is really something else?

Just when Kogoro Mouri was certain that the murderer was an outsider, Hattori Heiji, who could no longer bear it, pulled Shizuji Tachibana away from the scene.

Under the eaves of the corridor in the inn's courtyard, Hattori Heiji frowned and said to Tachibana Shizuka, "No wonder even you couldn't determine this uncle's quality in such a short time. No matter how I look at him, I think he's just an ordinary confused uncle."

Hattori Heiji's statement is still implicit. To put it bluntly, Hattori Heiji thinks that Kogoro Mori is a fake.

"But this doesn't match the information we received." Hattori Heiji knocked his head and felt a headache.

Just as Hattori Heiji was agonizing, an idea suddenly struck him: "Hey, is there a possibility that Uncle Mori's sudden rise to fame is the work of the missing Kudo Shinichi?" "Huh?" A question mark slowly appeared over Tachibana Shizuka's head. What's the connection? Why is this connected to Kudo Shinichi out of nowhere?
Hattori Heiji suddenly became excited by his own guess.

During this trip, Hattori Heiji also got a lot of information about Kudo Shinichi from Sonoko, including that Kudo and Ran grew up together.

Besides, the time when Kudo Shinichi was born and the time when Mori Kogoro began to emerge were too close. In addition, Hattori Heiji saw the confused look of Mori Kogoro just now, so he always felt that there must be some connection between the two things.

Hattori Heiji excitedly told his guess to Tachibana Shizuka. Tachibana Shizuka did not confirm or deny it, but asked Hattori Heiji like a rice flower murderer:

"Hey, man, where's the evidence? Your reasoning sounds sound, but there's no evidence."

"Just wait and see, I will definitely find it!" Hattori Heiji seemed to be greatly encouraged, but before he could return to the scene, Mouri Kogoro walked out of the scene alone.

Seeing this, Tachibana Shizuka grinned, then grabbed Hattori Heiji and signaled him to be quiet.

Then, Kogoro Mouri, who walked out of the scene, quickly put away the smile on his face and punched the wall hard.

"How could such a thing be done by an outsider! If it was done by an outsider, there would be no need to disguise Yumi's suicide!
The murderer must be among the people in the hotel!"

"Harmony. Harmony in the Middle Way"

After Maori Kogoro left, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji returned to the eaves of the corridor. Tachibana Shizuka then looked at Hattori Heiji and asked, "So, do you still want to stick to your guess?"

"This uncle has great acting skills!" Hattori Heiji exclaimed, but did not respond to Tachibana Shizuka's question.

The scene just now does show that Kogoro Mori is not a fake, but his intuition keeps reminding Heiji Hattori that things are not that simple.

Not long after, the Tochigi Prefecture detectives finally arrived at the hot spring hotel.
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"Sister Sonoko, Sister Sonoko, please take me downstairs to have a look!" Conan looked at Sonoko who was guarding the door with pleading eyes.

Conan really can't do anything about Sonoko, he just refuses to listen to anything.

No matter what Conan said, the garden would not open the door for her. There was water in the drinking room and in the eating room.

Even when Conan said he missed Xiaolan, Sonoko asked the hotel staff to find Xiaolan.

In short, they satisfy all of Conan's requests but just won't let him go out.

Conan had no choice but to grit his teeth and beg Sonoko. After all, apart from the door guarded by Sonoko, the only other way out was to jump out of the window.

Conan is just shameless, but he's not stupid. If he really jumps out the window, wouldn't that be like writing "I have a problem" on his face?
Thanks to Xiaolan's unguardedness, Conan already knew that Hattori Heiji was a high school detective from Kansai.

I just don't understand why Hattori Heiji is involved with Tachibana Shizuka.

Faced with Conan's uncomfortable coquettishness, Sonoko touched her arm and sent a text message to Tachibana Shizuka. Then the rich lady smiled mischievously and greeted Conan:

"Little boy, don't you want to go downstairs? Come on, sister will take you downstairs to play."

Sonoko opened the door carelessly, and then Conan turned into a gust of wind and ran past her at such a fast speed that he was afraid that Tachibana Shizuka would catch up with him.

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