I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

The rivalry between Matsumoto Kiyonaga and Kuroda Hyōe continues as always.

Seeing this, Toshiro Odagiri couldn't help but sigh, and finally spoke.

"Then let's take turns."

"...rotation of duty to ensure that mobile police forces can maintain their combat effectiveness."

In that case... wouldn't only half of the police force be available?

Hakuba Saguru frowned in his office.

Chapter 1222 A Family Where Filial Piety Is Always Open

The situation in Tokyo has come to a temporary close in the public eye.

The Osaka Police Headquarters, however, was already bustling with activity.

Originally, it was only the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Ginjiro Toyama, who was assisting Inspector Zenigata in dealing with Lupin III's gang. However, due to the big commotion Lupin III caused last night, the head of the department, Heizo Hattori, has personally taken charge.

"...I'm going to the Osaka Police Headquarters next to oversee the next steps."

"Jinghua, I'll trouble you and Heiji to entertain the guests at home for me."

Before leaving home, Hattori Heizo gave instructions to his wife, Hattori Shizuka.

In response, Shizuka Hattori, dressed in a kimono at home and looking every bit the dignified Yamato Nadeshiko, smiled and nodded in agreement. However, their conversation did attract the attention of Kogoro Mouri and the others who had already woken up.

Although I was somewhat moved by what happened to Yusuke Sakata yesterday.

However, after only one day, Kogoro Mouri had completely returned to his original carefree state.

Hearing Hattori Heizo say that he was going to the Osaka Police Headquarters to direct the deployment, he immediately became interested, stuck his head out, looked at the Osaka Police Headquarters Chief Officer whom he had only met twice in total, and asked curiously.

"Minister Hattori, isn't there no problem in Osaka?"

"I think this place is much safer than Tokyo, so why is even you, the head of headquarters, personally taking charge now? Could it be that something strange has happened again?"

Ran Mouri, sitting next to Kogoro Mouri, subconsciously tugged at the corner of Kogoro Mouri's clothes.

However, it was clear that when Kogoro Mouri was in high spirits, this little trick couldn't stop him at all.

So, Ran Mouri could only give a somewhat apologetic and awkward smile.

Instead, it was Hattori Heiji, sitting opposite him, who spoke while yawning.

"It's about Lupin III."

"Uncle, you really went to bed early last night, otherwise you would have seen the breaking news... there's a major emergency situation with a lot of smoke covering the pedestrian street."

"Subsequent investigations confirmed that it was Lupin III who did it."

"The Osaka Police Headquarters has now joined forces with Inspector Zenigata of the International Criminal Police Organization to prepare for an operation to arrest Lupin III in the next two days."

"As the head of the department, he definitely has to take action personally in this situation."

Meanwhile, Kazuha Toyama, who was standing next to Heiji Hattori, already knew about this.

After all, the Mori father and daughter stayed at the Hattori house last night, while she went back to her own home. Ginjiro Toyama had talked to her about this when he got home, so he wasn't surprised and just muttered to himself.

"Since Uncle Hattori is going, Heiji, you must be going too, right?"

"Whether it's dealing with the Phantom Thief Kid in Tokyo or Lupin III now, I always feel that when you encounter a Phantom Thief type of enemy, you always want to be at the forefront and fight to the death."

Heiji Hattori smiled and answered without hesitation.

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Detectives and phantom thieves have been inseparable rivals from the very beginning. Even the famous Sherlock Holmes had Arsène Lupin, the renowned phantom thief, as his nemesis, didn't he?"

Of course, I'll only say this here; I can't say it in front of Conan.

Otherwise, Conan might complain that a real-world phantom thief can be a nemesis to a famous detective from a fictional novel, which is just awkwardly dissing Sherlock Holmes...

However, when Heiji Hattori complained about this to Conan in the Bat Cave last time, Conan seemed to have a somewhat complicated expression on his face.

I have no idea what she's thinking.

"...Since Heiji has already brought this up, I won't hide it from him either."

"The situation is indeed as Heiji said. I returned to the Osaka Police Headquarters this time to participate in the planning of the operation to capture Lupin III, but this has nothing to do with you, Detective Mori."

"Since you've come all the way to Osaka Prefecture, please make the most of the scenery here."

"Our Osaka Prefecture's affairs are naturally within the capabilities of our Osaka Police Headquarters."

Hattori Heizo simply spoke with a calm expression before turning and pushing open the door to leave.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri originally wanted to suggest going to the Osaka Police Headquarters to participate in the planning to deal with Lupin III, hoping to use this opportunity to make a name for himself as the famous detective Kogoro Mouri in the Kansai region.

Now, he has no choice but to swallow back the words he was about to say.

Hattori Heizo has made it clear that he doesn't want him, the famous detective from the Kanto region, to participate in the investigation.

If he were to propose participating in the plan to deal with Lupin III at this time, it would seem that he was being unreasonable. If he were to visit someone and end up damaging the relationship, that would be a bit unreasonable.

Kogoro Mouri reluctantly sat back down in his seat, seemingly about to mutter a few words.

However, remembering that he was still a guest at Hattori Heizo's house, he quickly swallowed back the complaints he was about to utter. After all, no matter how low his emotional intelligence was, he knew he couldn't scold his father in front of someone's son.

Heiji Hattori finished his breakfast in a few bites, then got up and casually put on his hat.

"Alright, let Kazuha show you around a bit more. I'm off to deal with Lupin III!"

He looked much more energetic than before.

Seeing this, Ran Mouri couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Whether it's Shinichi, Heiji, or even Mr. Chen En.

They're involved in almost every operation involving dealing with phantom thieves.

If Shinichi were in Osaka Prefecture right now, he would probably make the same choice as Heiji, right?

"Hey, Heiji, I'm telling you..."

Upon hearing this, Toyama Kazuha became restless and stood up, supporting herself on the table.

However, before she could finish speaking, she saw Hattori Heiji rush towards the door, waving his hand and saying...

"Kazuha, I'm counting on you this time!"

"If this happens again, I'll take them out to play, and you can deal with the phantom thief!"

Kazuha Toyama: ?

How to deal with the phantom thief?

me?

Are you kidding me?

Just when Toyama Kazuha was about to lose his composure.

Standing at the door, Hattori Shizuka still maintained her Yamato Nadeshiko-like smile. She slammed her folding fan down on Hattori Heiji's hand, which was about to press the door shut.

Immediately, Hattori Heiji burst into tears and quickly withdrew his hand.

Just as he was about to complain about why his own mother wouldn't let him go out, he heard Hattori Shizuka say with a smile.

"Heizo just said that Heiji, you and I should help entertain the guests, right?"

"You can't leave alone."

Hattori Heiji:?

Damn dad, I'm going to fix you!

Chapter 1223 The Plague Triangle

Seeing that their attempt to rush to the front line against Lupin III had failed.

The ever-talkative Hattori Heiji made up his mind to forge his own path with his true strength and prepared to have a real sword fight with his own mother. He drew the wooden sword that he had taped together the night before.

In the end, Hattori Heiji's wooden sword broke again.

As it turns out, your mother is still your mother.

Even without a wooden sword, just a folding fan, I could pin him to the ground and beat him.

On one hand, there is the suppression of bloodline, and on the other hand, there is the crushing power of true strength.

Although Hattori Shizuka didn't even win first place in the school's kendo competition when she was in school, it wasn't because she was too weak, but because her opponents were too strong.

Michiko Tetsuya, who came out of the Dragon Ball universe, is someone anyone who fights her knows.

Let alone Hattori Shizuka when she was still in school, even if you asked Hattori Heiji now to take a real sword and fight someone who was in middle school with a wooden sword, he would most likely get beaten up in the end.

"Ah, it hurts..."

With a large bump on his head, Hattori Heiji hugged his broken wooden sword and couldn't help but complain.

"Mom, you really don't hold back at all when you take action."

"If my wooden sword hadn't been broken last night, your folding fan definitely wouldn't have been able to stop me... Besides, Mom, don't you think about it? If I went to help Dad, wouldn't that be a powerful alliance?"

"We'll make sure that Lupin III suffers a crushing defeat!"

Hattori Shizuka remained completely unmoved by this.

She simply knelt beside the table and spoke in a relaxed voice.

"Even if you and Pingzang were to join forces, it might not be enough to create a powerful alliance."

"And what's with your wooden sword?"

"You were interrupted last night? But I remember when you came back to get the wooden sword, Lupin III's group had already disappeared without a trace, right? Did you secretly catch up with Lupin III and his gang last night?"