The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

Given these customs and traditions, the police from both places frequently come into contact. After all, the area is only so big, and many criminals may commit crimes in Tokyo, but by the time they are found, they are already in Osaka. Therefore, there are quite a few frictions caused by this.

Sending Kazama Kaoru was also to prevent this incident from happening, since women are much less likely to be competitive and get into arguments.

(Kaoru Kazama: I'm a man, a man!!!)

"Alright, let's leave this to our colleagues in Osaka. Let's go upstairs and take a look; there should be some clues in the phone records."

Upon seeing that the Osaka Prefectural Police officers and forensic doctors had arrived, Kaoru Kazama put down his work, gave them a few brief instructions, and then went upstairs to search.

"Hey, Kudo, I think she's really good at deduction. Why have I never heard of such a person in Tokyo? You didn't mention her when I came to see you last time either."

Seeing Kazama Kaoru's performance, Hattori Heiji's detective instincts kicked in again, and he couldn't resist getting to the bottom of things.

He was referring to the previous Sherlock Holmes fan murder case, where Conan's true identity was discovered by Hattori, leaving him no choice but to reveal it.

"I'm not sure either. Although she has very keen observation skills and can always find clues that I overlook, she rarely makes deductions, so it's not surprising that she's not well-known."

Conan's tone carried a hint of boasting, after all, he was from the Kanto region, and the appearance of a famous detective in Tokyo would only make him look good in front of Hattori in Osaka.

After all, island nations have always inherited Chinese characteristics, and this sense of kinship is very evident.

"It seems Tokyo is truly a place where hidden talents abound. I must have a chance to spar with him."

Kaoru Kazama was already playing the recording from the answering machine, unaware that the clueless Hattori Heiji had his eye on him.

However, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't react much. What the lazy Kazama Kaoru cares about is solving the case as soon as possible and returning to Tokyo to be a lazy bum.

You have to be on high alert all the time here. You have to salute every policeman you see. It feels like you're living under someone else's roof, which isn't a pleasant feeling. It's better to go back to your parents' home as soon as possible.

Chapter 163 Hattori Heiji's Dream Girl

"Strange, there was only a two-minute interval between these two messages."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Heiji Hattori's puzzled look, Conan patiently explained:

“Look, it’s clearly a voicemail, but the time is so tight. Most people wouldn’t be in such a hurry to urge someone if they didn’t know if the other person was home. The time interval is only two minutes, which can only mean that the perpetrator was very sure that the deceased was at home at the time. I even suspect that he was monitoring the deceased at the time and had a complete grasp of her movements.”

"That's true. After all, it was only seven minutes from when the deceased made the phone call to when we arrived here. In such a short time, the murderer had already completed the murder plan. If he wasn't very confident, he might have given himself away."

"Hattori, Hattori, what are you daydreaming about?"

As Kazama Kaoru was speaking, he saw Hattori Heiji staring at Conan with his eyes wide open, looking just like a pedophile.

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

Seeing Kaoru Kazama looking at him with a strange expression, Heiji Hattori instantly realized that his behavior was somewhat perverted, so he hurriedly explained:

"I was actually thinking about that dream of mine, the one where Kudo, oh no, I mean Conan, was injured, that's why I was spacing out."

Conan sighed and rubbed his forehead: "Hattori, there's no need to hide it anymore, she knows my true identity."

"No way, do you two have some kind of secret relationship? How does she know something that even your girlfriend Xiaolan doesn't?"

Teenage boys who are secretly passionate all have one thing in common: they have a sharp tongue.

Kaoru Kazama can understand, but that doesn't mean she can accept it.

"Watch your mouth, or I'll sue you for defamation."

"Who would want to get involved with this kid? It's just that he's too cocky."

Kaoru Kazama's words, spoken with a look of disgust, instantly stung Conan's heart.

What's even more heartbreaking is that his best friend, who had just been gazing at him with deep affection, actually nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, Kudo is too arrogant. Otherwise, I wouldn't have discovered his true identity."

"Okay, okay, I'll torment myself a bit from now on!"

Seeing that the two were about to start a self-criticism session, Conan quickly backed down and called a halt, because if they started talking, it would never end.

"So where do we go next? Do we still need to find that village councilor?"

Conan asked Kaoru about Kazama's unusual calm and witty demeanor today, which surprised Conan.

“You can go if you want, but I don’t want to go looking for trouble. My colleagues from the Osaka Prefectural Police just told me that they’ve been waiting in the meeting room all day. That councilor clearly doesn’t want to see the police, so why should I go looking for trouble?”

This case was basically handled by Kaoru Kazama, and all the progress of the investigation was naturally reported to him.

I really don't know how Matsumoto managed to communicate with the department head, managing to get a police inspector from Tokyo who was acting as deputy commander of a police force in Osaka to conduct an investigation.

You can't know how difficult something is unless you experience it firsthand.

"Actually, I'm quite surprised too. My dad has always been a very strong-willed person, so the fact that he would entrust such an important case to you, a police officer from out of town, means that you must be very capable."

Heiji Hattori also took this opportunity to share his thoughts on Kaoru Kazama, which brought the three of them closer together.

Previously, due to the unintentional creation of a cool and aloof goddess image, and the arrogant personality of the detective who didn't care about the girl, the two hadn't had much interaction.

After this process of reasoning and investigation, Hattori Heiji finally developed a sense of admiration for him.

Therefore, although intelligent people may be difficult to get along with at times, they will still look at you with new respect as long as you have the ability.

"I don't quite understand either. Conan should know very well that I usually don't get involved in things in Tokyo, so who knew that he would suddenly send me here this time?"

"I think you might get promoted, and maybe next time I see you I'll have to call you Inspector."

Heiji Hattori managed to hear the inside story clearly, so his words weren't wasted in his family of police officers.

In this respect, the high school students here are unusually precocious. Sometimes Kaoru Kazama even feels like he is communicating with adults, let alone the criminals who are unaware of the situation.

"Since you don't plan to go to the village councilor, what is your plan?"

"Don't you find it strange that the murderer always stabs the wallet into the victim's chest, and nothing is missing from it? This basically rules out the possibility that the murder was for money."

"Well, I feel like it's an act of revenge, like some killers who like to pierce their target's photo with a dagger."

"Yes, I carefully observed the positions where the dagger pierced the victim's driver's license each time. This must have been intentional, as if to emphasize something."

In island nations, a driver's license is essentially like an ID card, so many people will get a driver's license even if they don't own a car.

"Yes, that makes sense. We can start our investigation from this angle. We might be able to find connections between the families of the deceased. After all, many driving schools in Osaka are boarding schools, which is quite different from Tokyo."

Conan stroked his chin and said that he was quite familiar with the local customs and culture of Osaka, but unfortunately, he only knew about it from books. Apart from going to Hawaii with his father when he was in junior high school and unlocking the Savior's exclusive cheat code and skill book, he had never traveled more than ten kilometers away.

As a result, the world enjoyed peace for a long time, until one day, Shinichi Kudo took his sinful steps toward New York, and a tragic incident occurred on the plane he was on.

And this is just the beginning.

"You two go find Sakata, he'll take you to Councilor Goji. My car is nearby, I'm going to investigate the driving school where these dead people were."

"Can you manage by yourself? There are many complicated roads in Osaka."

Hattori began to doubt Kazama Kaoru's own investigation plan. In this era, navigation was not yet widespread, and finding one's way relied solely on one's brain.

"I'll ask if I can't find the way. You guys should hurry up and pry open Councilor Kaji's mouth. Maybe this guy has a special fondness for detectives."

Kazama Kaoru said, then started the gas and drove off, leaving the two detectives, one big and one small, behind.

"Phew, if it weren't for the secret mission assigned by Boss Megure, I wouldn't be so tired. I finally came to Osaka, shouldn't I enjoy myself? I didn't even get enough of the snacks this morning, and then this murder case ruined it. So we police officers really do have a hard life."

Kazama Kaoru got stuck in traffic not long after he started driving. Hattori Heiji was right; the road conditions in Osaka are indeed very complicated.

Extremely bored, Kaoru Kazama started chatting with his system to relieve his boredom, but since the system was lurking, he was mostly talking to himself.

Luckily, the car window was closed, otherwise the driver of the car next to me would definitely think I was crazy.

In fact, before Kazama Kaoru came to Osaka this time, Boss Megure specifically gave him a secret mission, which was to make Kazama Kaoru do his best to make him the one who made the greatest contribution to this serial murder case.

Even the position of case manager was obtained by Matsumoto at a considerable cost. It is said that it involved a power struggle among bigwigs, and such a matter was not something that a small fry like Kazama Kaoru could get involved in.

He only needs to complete his own task; nothing else is a concern.

Chapter 164 The God of Speed ​​Possession

"You mean, these people all took their driving tests at the same training center?"

Hattori Heiji covered the phone and said excitedly, and Conan's expression changed when he heard it.

"I discovered that among the four deceased, only Ms. Sumie Okazaki didn't get her driver's license referral in Osaka. I remember there are quite a few driving schools in Osaka; unless something unavoidable happened, she shouldn't have had to travel to another city to take her driving test."

"Yes, that's right. Even twenty years ago, the number of driving schools in the Osaka area was among the highest, and many people even had a driving school right near their homes."

"Of these four people, only Ms. Okazaki got her driver's license on her first driving school training session. The others had to apply for and take the driving test later. I suspect something must have happened. Please investigate this. It would be best if you could find any news from back then."

For several people to be collectively unable to obtain their driver's licenses, the incident must have been quite significant, perhaps something as serious as a driving school fire or an accident involving an instructor.

"Okay, I understand. We'll go right away."

"Conan, where are you going again?"

As the other end of the phone hung up, Kaoru Kazama thought he heard Ran's voice.

It was probably Ran who came to see Conan. He glanced down at his watch and realized it was already six o'clock.

Before they knew it, they had been running around outside all afternoon. Conan is still just a kid, no wonder Ran is worried.

"System, can you help me investigate the case?"

His next destination is the Osaka Prefectural Police Traffic Division, where there are definitely several people with detailed driver's license information.

However, the earliest of these people's driver's licenses were issued seventeen years ago.

If you want to find it, you'll definitely have to rummage through old documents, and it's obviously more cost-effective to let the system do that dirty and tiring work.

"Please rely on yourself, host. I will not provide any assistance for this mission, so that you can grow to the greatest extent possible."

"If you're not going to help, just say so. Why waste so much time on this nonsense?"

Kaoru Kazama pursed her lips, thankfully she never intended to rely on this unreliable system from the beginning.

On his way to the Osaka Prefectural Police Station, he made a special detour to visit his colleagues who had a "love-hate" relationship with the village councilor, bringing them a bag of food and drinks as a gesture of goodwill.

Unfortunately, Heiji Hattori and his friends went to the Osaka Prefectural Police Station right away, while Conan was caught by Ran and ended up riding in Officer Otaki's car to Heiji Hattori's house to wait for him.

After leaving Councilor Goji's office, Kaoru Kazama continued driving to the Osaka Prefectural Police Station, only to get stuck in traffic again. It was rush hour, and given the complicated road conditions, being stuck there was to be expected.

"This damn traffic jam!"

Kazama Kaoru slammed his fist on the steering wheel in a huff. He was now starting to wonder which city, Tokyo or Osaka, was truly a modern metropolis.

In fact, Kazama Kaoru overlooked a fact: every single day he was late for work and left early, he always perfectly avoided the rush hour.