Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 4: Watch out, Conan, this hoe of mine will be very cool

A week after the bomb disposal incident at the cinema, Xiaolan and Sonoko went to Beika General Hospital to visit a patient. Of course, Conan, who had followed them with a scent of vinegar, was also there.

When Xiaolan and Sonoko arrived at the ward, they found that Shizuka Tachibana had already changed out of his hospital gown and was ready to be discharged.

"Excuse me, what's wrong with you, Tachibana-san?" Xiaolan asked in surprise, looking at Tachibana Seiji who had changed into casual clothes.

"It's Maori-san." Tachibana Shizuka nodded to Xiaolan as a greeting: "As you can see, I was finally approved to be discharged from the hospital today."

Tachibana Shizuka stretched his somewhat "rusty" body and then looked at Sonoko and Conan behind Xiaolan.

Since Tachibana Shizuka could recognize Ran, he could naturally recognize Sonoko and Conan as well. The former's headband was her true form, and the latter's since Conan entered the ward, Tachibana Shizuka felt that the air in the ward was filled with a smell of jealousy.

Why are you so jealous?

Although Tachibana Shizuka knew them, he felt it was difficult to call out their names directly, especially Conan.

Calling out Sonoko's name could be explained by the fact that they were classmates, but if she called out Conan's name, Tachibana Shizuka could foresee how much trouble would follow given Conan's suspicious nature.

If a high school detective "evolves" into an elementary school detective, then it would be better to let him fight the Black Organization with his wits and courage.

Tachibana Shizuka thought it would be better not to let Conan distract his precious attention.

So he asked Xiaolan: "Who are these two?"

"My name is Suzuki Sonoko and I'm Ran's lifelong best friend!" Without waiting for Ran to introduce the two of them, Sonoko could no longer contain herself and walked quickly to Tachibana Seiji with starry eyes.

Just from Sonoko's performance, we can see how strongly Tachibana Seiji makes the audience feel involved.

Looking at Suzuki Sonoko, who had practically flashed before him, Tachibana Seiji felt a bit embarrassed. Honestly, he wasn't very good at dealing with Sonoko's enthusiasm.

Fortunately, Xiaolan noticed Shizuka Tachibana's embarrassment and quickly stepped forward to hold her best friend's hand to rescue her.

"Sonoko is also in Teitan High School, in the same class as me. So, we're classmates, actually.

And he is Conan, and he is currently living in my house."

"Oh? Is he your brother? It seems that you and your sister look a little different." Tachibana Shizuka asked knowingly and greeted Conan in a friendly manner.

"Hello, little brother."

"Hello, Tachibana!" Although Tachibana Seiji was just being polite to Conan, Conan took over the topic immediately after this greeting.

"Jugege, are you going to be discharged from the hospital now?"

"Yes, in fact, if the doctor hadn't insisted on observing me for another day just to be on the safe side, I could have been discharged yesterday."

The day after Shizuka Tachibana was admitted to the hospital, Xiaolan contacted the doctor at Beika General Hospital. The doctor told Xiaolan that Shizuka Tachibana's injuries would take at least 10-14 days to heal.

This is also why Xiaolan went to the hospital to visit the patient on Saturday - after all, it is not good to visit the patient in the hospital at night, and Xiaolan still has to go to school during the day.

Yes, despite having experienced a thrilling and exciting bomb disposal activity, Xiaolan still had to go to school on Monday.

I have to say that everyone in Beika Town is very generous, especially the detective's daughter, who is even more generous.

The timing was actually quite good. After a week of treatment, Tachibana Shizuka's injuries had definitely stabilized, and he was even starting to recover. Ran's visit wouldn't disturb Tachibana Shizuka.

Unfortunately, Tachibana Shizuka is a cheater. Although his talent for quick recovery is a weak one, it will indeed make him recover faster than others if he cooperates with the hospital's treatment.

"I see." Conan nodded without comment, and then couldn't wait to ask Tachibana Shizuka:
"By the way, Ju Gege, where did you learn how to defuse bombs? Even I, Shinichi Gege, didn't expect your professional bomb defusing skills!
The bomb disposal expert from the Metropolitan Police Department also praised you, Ju Gege, for your professionalism in bomb disposal!"

Finally, Conan asked the question he had always wanted to know. Everything before was just a small talk to paralyze Tachibana Shizuka. He saved the question he really wanted to ask for the end.

In his past detective career, Conan had used this method to expose the flaws of many murderers.

Now he used this trick on Tachibana Shizuka.

"Bomb disposal?" Tachibana Shizuka said inwardly, as expected!
As early as when Tachibana Shizuka used the cheat to give himself the knowledge to perform professional bomb disposal operations, he knew that Conan would definitely not give up.

Whether it was because the final spotlight was stolen or because it was too outrageous for a high school student to defuse a bomb, Conan, who is full of curiosity about everything, would definitely not miss such a point.

Although Tachibana Shizuka didn't want Conan to notice him, he had no choice. Firstly, he was not confident in putting his life in Conan's hands.

Secondly, Tachibana Shizuka always wants to leave a deep impression on Xiaolan when they meet for the first time.

Is there any more profound impression than experiencing life and death together? Obviously not.

Didn't Xiaolan rush to the hospital to visit Tachibana Shizuka as soon as she had some free time? This is a good start~

Tachibana Shizuka has already prepared for a protracted battle with Xiaolan, and he firmly believes that victory will eventually be on his side.

The reason is very simple, because Kudo Shinichi can't show up for a while.

Since you don't show up in person, don't blame me for letting you watch me poach your people.

So Tachibana Shizuka didn't intend to be led by Conan, he just looked at Xiaolan in confusion: "Mori-san, did you tell Conan about what happened in the cinema?
With all due respect, this isn’t a good story for a child to tell.”

"Huh?" After being reminded by Tachibana Seiji, Xiaolan finally reacted.

She had never told anyone about her experience in the cinema except for the view of the Metropolitan Police Department. Even to Sonoko, she only gave a brief account, omitting many dangerous parts.

It is naturally impossible for a Metropolitan Police Department officer to tell these things to a child, so where did Conan get these details?

"Oops!" Conan, who had only wanted to satisfy his curiosity, didn't expect to end up in trouble.

At this time, he can only resort to the almighty scapegoat! Although it is usually Maori Kogoro who takes the blame for him, this time he can only let his big brother Kudo Shinichi take the blame.

"Actually, it was Shinichi who told me all this! He was outside the cinema at the time~"

Looking at Conan, who had no moral integrity and let himself take the blame, Tachibana Shizuka grinned and asked Xiaolan again:
"By the way, speaking of Kudo-san, Mori-san, did you complete what I asked you to do?"

Hearing this, Conan suddenly looked at Tachibana Shizuka - What's going on? You two already have a little secret in just a short while?!

　The next chapter is at 12 noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)