I'm in Detective Conan, but it's a chaotic battlefield.

Chen Nuo patted him on the shoulder.

The man suddenly turned around and swung the axe directly at his face.

As Chen Nuo dodged the attack, he also managed to see the other person's face in the dim light of the ship's emergency lights.

"why you?"

The person in front of him was somewhat unexpected.

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Osaka. Hattori House.

Heiji Hattori stood in his father's study, staring blankly at the torrential rain outside the window.

"The rain is so heavy."

He muttered to himself, then turned his gaze back to the stack of documents on the desk.

[Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, high school detective Shinichi Kudo...]

[Kudo in the east, Hattori in the west, the battle for the strongest high school detective...]

Shinichi Kudo, who has disappeared without a trace, is suspected of investigating a transnational crime syndicate...

In addition to these reports, there was also a photo of a girl among them.

The girl was wearing a Teitan High School suit uniform, with a sweet smile on her face, and her long black hair sticking up in a cute horn on top of her head.

Ran Mouri. Let me find clues about that guy's disappearance through you, Heiji Hattori thought to himself.

The only one who can be called the strongest high school student is me, Hattori Heiji.

Having made up his mind, Hattori Heiji turned his gaze to the window again.

Damn it, if this torrential rain hadn't disrupted traffic, we could have gotten to Tokyo much earlier. Now we just have to wait for the rain to stop.

However, since it's a visit, it's better to bring a gift. After all, this is different from investigating a criminal. His goal is to find the missing Shinichi Kudo and then have a showdown with him.

However, his allowance for the month was almost gone due to expenses incurred while investigating the case.

Heiji Hattori thought for a moment and decided to take something from his father's private collection.

Heiji Hattori secretly opened his father's treasure cabinet and happened to see a bottle of wine on the very edge of a pile of things. He picked up the transparent bottle and took a look.

"Lao Bai Gan?"

It seems to be a Chinese liquor; the packaging doesn't look too expensive.

Let's use this one.

Even if this cheap liquor is discovered, Dad probably won't say anything.

So Hattori Heiji carried the baijiu and the documents and headed towards his room.

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Chen Nuo initially thought the suspicious person holding the axe was the murderer, Hatamoto Ichiro, and even began to speculate whether Sherry had accidentally witnessed the murder and was subsequently killed.

The other party is out in the pouring rain because they want to dispose of the body.

He quickly looked down at the cuffs of the other person's raincoat.

No items similar to the head of a woman with short brown hair were found.

Instead, I saw a pair of small, fair hands, pale from being soaked in the rain, with a few shallow scars on them.

A bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky.

It illuminated the other person's pale face, which was also covered in raindrops.

"Xiao Lan? What are you doing here?"

Ran Mouri was startled at first; her pupils almost shrank to a tiny dot.

However, she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that it was Chen Nuo, and put down the axe in her hand.

Xiaolan wiped the rain off her face: "I was worried that you would be too slow searching alone, so I came out to help you look for Ms. Miyano, but the rain was too heavy and I couldn't find you."

"Then why are you carrying an axe?"

"This?" Xiaolan glanced at the fire suit in her hand. "It was blown off the deck by the waves, so I picked it up to protect myself."

Because of the storm, sound travels very slowly, and if you shout loudly, you'll get a mouthful of rainwater.

So the two of them chose to put their faces close together and use the hoods of their raincoats to shield themselves from the wind and rain while talking.

It's a bit like burying your head in the blankets and looking at a glow-in-the-dark watch.

As Xiaolan spoke, she kept blowing hot air into his face, and the pleasant scent of peaches filled the small space woven from the hood of his raincoat.

“But you are not…” Chen Nuo hesitated for a moment, too embarrassed to ask.

Xiaolan seemed to guess what he was going to say: "You mean I should hate her, right?"

Chen Nuo: "It's not that exaggerated, but at least they wouldn't risk their lives to save her, right?"

“This is not the same.” Xiaolan’s expression suddenly turned serious. “How can you compare these things? The environment here is so dangerous. If we’re not careful, Miss Miyano could die here. Compared to life, our struggle is not worth mentioning at all.”

Chen Nuo stood there, stunned.

If these words were heard in isolation, they might give the impression of being pretentious and empty.

But what Xiaolan said was completely different.

Because she actually took action.

With none of the men in the cabin daring to come out, she, a young woman, risked her life, knowing she could be swept into the sea by a storm, to search for her rival.

Chen Nuo also noticed that Xiao Lan had many cuts on her hands, and the blood seeped out but was quickly washed away by the rain. She walked with a limp, and her foot was probably twisted.

Even so, she did not choose to give up.

She truly... possesses the heart of an angel.

"It's too dangerous here. You should go back first. I can handle it myself," Chen Nuo advised.

Xiaolan shook her head: "So much time has passed, and we can't find anyone in the cabin. The last hope that Miss Miyano is still alive is that she is trapped somewhere on the deck. We don't have much time left."

Chen Nuo tried to dissuade her a few times but found it useless, so he had no choice but to agree to her request. The two then began searching on the deck.

I don't know if it was because the cruise ship passed through the eye of the storm, but the rain gradually subsided.

This made the search and rescue operation easier.

In addition, even the largest cruise ship has its limits.

Not long after, Chen Nuo spotted Shiho Miyano huddled in a narrow gap between the deck and the ship's equipment near the stern of the luxury cruise ship, using ropes to tie herself to the machinery to prevent herself from being blown away by the wind and waves.

Although he looked disheveled, he appeared to be alive.

"Are you out of your mind? What are you doing on the deck for no reason?" Chen Nuo walked over, grabbed Shiho Miyano's hair, lifted her up, and yelled at her.

No wonder he has a bad temper.

Braving the storm to find her was a huge risk, and he suffered a lot. In addition, he was constantly worried that if he couldn't find her, he might be purged by the organization.

This caused all the pent-up dissatisfaction Chen Nuo had been holding in to erupt at once.

Therefore, the actions were somewhat rough.

Shiho Miyano thought she was going to die there, but just when she was about to give up, Chen Nuo, the lab rat, found her.

The joy of surviving the ordeal even gave her an impulse to rush over and give him a big hug.

Unexpectedly, she was then picked up by Chen Nuo and loudly reprimanded.

Shiho Miyano suddenly felt a little wronged, but she didn't refute it.

But... she didn't want it to be like this either. In the beginning, she only went out in the light rain to call her sister because the signal in the cabin was bad.

Shiho Miyano calls her sister every night and chats for a while before she can fall asleep peacefully.

But when she called today, Akemi Miyano didn't answer, and she was a little worried.

So I searched for a place with a strong signal on the deck and unknowingly ended up in a secluded spot at the stern.

Then a sudden downpour trapped me on the deck, and by the time I wanted to go back, it was too late. I had no choice but to hide in a narrow crevice and tie myself to the boat with a rope to keep from being swept away.

However, besides feeling wronged, Chen Nuo's angry outburst also evoked a strange feeling within her.

Because Chen Nuo was worried about being purged by the organization, he risked his life to find Shirley, so in his eyes Shirley was like a talisman that could protect him from death.

So when he saw Shirley, in addition to anger and dissatisfaction, he also showed a strong joy and...love, as if he had found a life-saving treasure.

This feeling reminded Shiho Miyano of her childhood, when her older sister Akemi would scold her with a very stern but actually worried attitude when she did something dangerous.

During her short life.

Chen Nuo was the second person to show her that expression.

This left Shiho Miyano stunned, unsure of how to react.

At this moment, Xiaolan came up to dissuade Chen Nuo. After venting his emotions, Chen Nuo knew that now was not the time to talk about this.

The storm at sea came quickly, and we didn't know when the rain would get heavier, so it was best to head back quickly.

He and Ran helped Shiho Miyano back to the cabin.

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief, but also had many questions for her, though of course they had to wait until she had fully recovered.

Shiho Miyano first went back to her room and took a shower.

Then change into clean clothes.

However, since this luxury cruise ship is not open to the public, only simple standard bathrobes are provided, and no underwear or similar items are offered.

Her underwear was completely soaked by the rain and she couldn't wear it anymore.

Shiho Miyano stood naked in front of the bed, hesitated for a moment, and then simply put on a bathrobe.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"who is it?"

"It's me. The old housekeeper has made some hot soup to warm you up. Would you like some?" Chen Nuo's voice came from outside the door.

Shiho Miyano hesitated for a moment.