Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

When Miyamoto Yumi saw Kitagawa Taki, she was overjoyed, but she quickly calmed down.

Kitagawa Taki then said, "You guys are about to get off work, right? How about we grab a drink together later?"

"Mr. Kitagawa, aren't you going to be with your girlfriend?"

After saying that, Miyamoto Yumi herself felt incredibly jealous.

Kitagawa Taki raised an eyebrow. This was both Mr. Kitagawa and his girlfriend. Had Miyamoto Yumi heard something?

Miike Naeko's eyes widened in surprise; it turned out that Kitagawa Taki already had a girlfriend.

"Miaozi, open the door." Kitagawa Taki pulled on the car door.

"Oh, oh!" Miike Naeko quickly unlocked the back door for Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki opened the car door and got in.

Miyamoto Yumi feigned disgust and said, "Hey, don't get in our way while we're doing our job!"

Kitagawa Taki joked, "It's alright, Yumi, you're the head of the Metropolitan Police Department, you'll handle anything."

"Pfft~"

Miike Naeko couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meeting Miyamoto Yumi's gaze, Miike Naeko said "Excuse me," and then said, "I'm going to the restroom."

After saying that, she quickly got out of the car.

Instead of going to the restroom, she walked a short distance away, stared at the intersection, and continued her duty.

Kitagawa Taki will definitely talk to Yumi when he gets in the car; she won't stay in the car as a third wheel.

"That little brat!" Miyamoto Yumi muttered as she glanced at Miike Naeko outside the car.

She didn't want to face Kitagawa Taki alone, having been left alone in the car.

Kitagawa Taki said, "I say, Yumi, do we need to be so formal? Mr. Kitagawa is here."

Miyamoto Yumi scoffed and said, "Do I know you that well?"

"We're not that close, huh? Looks like I was just being presumptuous." Kitagawa Taki looked hurt.

Miyamoto Yumi wasn't buying it at all. She glanced at Kitagawa Taki and said, "Your performance is over, you can get off now. Don't forget to call Miaozi back."

Kitagawa Taki, however, seemed not to hear him and said with a smile, "Yumi, what did you mean by saying you weren't going to spend time with your girlfriend?"

Yumi Miyamoto stared out the window: "The literal meaning."

Kitagawa Taki sniffed and said, "What is this? Why does it taste a little sour?"

Yumi Miyamoto, her thoughts exposed, snapped angrily, "You big jerk, get out of the car!"

Kitagawa Taki stopped there, opened the car door, and said, "Then don't forget to have dinner together later."

"Who wants to eat with you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Miyamoto Yumi stopped herself, wondering why she had suddenly become so arrogant.

So he changed his mind and said, "We have plans for tonight, let's do it another day!"

"Alright, I'll call you another day." Kitagawa Taki waved goodbye.

After getting out of the car, Kitagawa Taki walked towards Miike Naeko, who was meticulously on duty, and called out, "Naeko, I'm leaving now. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

"Oh, okay."

Miike Naoko thought to herself, "How come it's over so quickly?"

Chapter 423 Why are you staring at me?

Tengfeng House.

Conan had just gotten home from school and called Heiji Hattori back on his phone: "Hey, Hattori, why are you calling me?"

Hattori Heiji laughed on the other end of the phone, "What else can we do? Of course, we'll invite you to hang out!"

Conan rolled his eyes. When had Heiji Hattori ever asked him to hang out?

He wasn't washing his hair upside down because there was a case.

"Speak, what case is it this time?"

Hattori Heiji laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. I received a strange letter of request three days ago. Now that I have some free time, let's go take a look."

Conan asked, "What strange letter of request?"

Hattori Heiji countered with, "Mermaid Island? Have you heard of it?"

"Is it that American Island?" Conan scoffed. "I bet you, Conan, don't believe in mermaids or anything like that from fairy tales, do you?"

Hattori Heiji said, "Of course I don't believe it, but the letter of request says: I'm going to be killed by a mermaid, save me!"

Moreover, the letter was addressed to me, but it was addressed to Shinichi Kudo.

"Oh?" Conan immediately became interested. "Where's the sender? Do they have any contact information?"

Heiji Hattori said, "The sender was named Saori Kadokyo. Her cell phone number was left in the letter, but it only went through the first time I called, and it was immediately hung up. The only sounds on the other end of the line were the sound of waves and a woman's moans."

Conan's eyes sharpened, and he said, "Could it be..."

Hattori Heiji said in a deep voice, "That's right, I suspect that Kanojo Saori has been murdered!"

Conan was silent for a moment, then asked, "When do we go?"

Hattori Heiji said, "Let's do it tomorrow! We'll meet at the port in Fukui Prefecture."

"Row."

Conan hung up the phone and fell into deep thought.

He, Shinichi Kudo, hasn't appeared in the public eye for a long time, so why would that Saori Kanojo be looking for him?

He also sent the letter to Hattori Heiji.

……

the next morning.

Conan meets Heiji Hattori at the port, along with Kazuha Toyama.

"Hey, Ran and Uncle Mori aren't here?" Kazuha looked around.

Heiji Hattori told her that Conan would be coming, and she subconsciously assumed that Ran and Kogoro Mouri would also be coming.

"Uncle and Ran have something to do and can't come." Conan's lies come out of his mouth without hesitation.

"I see." Kazuha Toyama nodded, then sensed something was off. "Then Conan, why did you run so far by yourself?"

"Hey, he's not an ordinary kid, Kazuha, don't treat him like a child."

Heiji Hattori patted Conan's head.

Kazuha Toyama thought about it again and realized that it made sense; Conan was just like any other child she had ever met.

Conan, looking annoyed, slapped Hattori Heiji's hand away.

"Let's go, let's board the ship!"

Hattori Heiji looked at the ferry.

……

on board.

As soon as he boarded the ship, Kazuha Toyama felt someone tap him on the shoulder.

Then came the sound she least wanted to hear.

"Kazuha, what a coincidence, you're going to Mermaid Island too?"

She turned her head and, sure enough, saw Kitagawa Taki's face.

Kazuha Toyama felt immediately annoyed. Why did she keep running into Taki Kitagawa no matter where she went?

"Kitagawa?" Hattori Heiji also heard Kitagawa Taki's voice. He looked at Kitagawa Taki and Ai Haibara next to him.

Kitagawa Taki then asked, "Are you also going to Mermaid Island for the festival?"

He and Ai Haibara were certainly not going to attend the festival.

Heiji Hattori waved his hand: "No, we received a request..."

"I see."

Kitagawa Taki understood; it seemed that Shimabukuro Kimie had already begun to make her move.

At that moment, Ai Haibara's cold voice rang out: "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Conan touched his nose and quickly looked away.

When he saw Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai, he thought of the Black Organization, and when he thought of the Black Organization, he thought of that strange letter of commission.

For a moment, he began to suspect that the Black Organization had discovered his true identity and set a trap for him.

But soon, he overturned his idea.

Because it seems unnecessary for the Black Organization to go through such a roundabout way to deal with him.

Embarrassed, Conan also felt a bit self-deprecating, realizing he was almost developing paranoia.

Heiji Hattori gave Conan a strange look. What was Kudo staring at a little girl for? Could he be a pedophile?

If Conan knew what Heiji Hattori was thinking, he would definitely point his finger at him and yell at him.

Ai Haibara is no little girl; she's probably older than all of them combined.

……

Mermaid Island.

Town government office.

Heiji Hattori inquired about Saori Kadokawa with the staff, only to be told that she hadn't been to work for three days.

“Three days, isn’t that when that letter arrived?” Hattori Heiji said, resting his chin on his hand.