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

He began to doubt his own abilities as a detective.

Or perhaps the person in front of you is a complete mental patient.

"Alright, alright, let's put that aside for now. I just want to ask one question... who exactly are you?"

Hattori Heiji, feeling slightly irritated, scratched his hat and asked...

"I'm batman!"

Chen En replied confidently.

"Of course, it's not nighttime now, not the time for my official attack, so you can call me by my real name, Chen En!"

Which road is the shortest to get to the nearest mental hospital in Tokyo?

Hattori Heiji sighed.

It seems unlikely that we can get any information about what happened back then from this person.

I should go and say hello to Kudo first; chatting with him is making my blood pressure rise a bit.

He had just walked towards the corridor when he saw Kogoro Mouri and his entourage appear on the stairwell, led by the butler.

Ran Mouri pointed at Heizo Hattori, who was directing the police investigation in the lobby on the first floor, and said in surprise,

"Dad, the security guards here look really tough!"

Hattori Heiji:?

"Yes, yes, Sister Xiaolan is right..."

Hattori Heiji:? ?

"Yeah, after all, it's the Nagato family, which is on par with the Suzuki Group. It's normal for their security to be a bit tough."

Hattori Heiji:? ? ?

Are you being polite? Does my dad really look like a five-star general from Country Garden?

Why are you shouting "Kudo" too? Don't you recognize people? Damn it, you ungrateful bastard!

Hattori Heiji silently took a few steps back, turned his head, and asked,

"Okay, Batman, let's talk about why you're here."

Chen En: ?

Didn't you think chatting with me would raise your blood pressure? Why did you glance at the stairs and then back down?

"...You're the reinforcements Kudo brought? Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Hattori Heiji leaned against the wall, somewhat speechless.

To prevent Kudo from finding the trip boring and not coming, he specifically sent Kudo a message. However, Kudo hired another savior without telling him what this meant.

Is the goal to increase his strength?

Without dwelling on it too much, Hattori Heiji turned his head to look down the corridor, lowering his voice.

"Since you're the reinforcements that Kudo guy found."

"Then let me tell you why I invited Kudo this time..."

Hearing this, Chen En took a sip of coffee and nodded.

We should have gotten down to business earlier.

The arrow pointing to the security mission is this villa estate, so a serious incident is bound to happen here. If it can be prevented, it's better to prevent it; it's not like the mission isn't complete if no one dies.

“Last night, Nagato Group Chairman Nagato Dosan called my father.”

“He said that every night, he would hear the sound of someone running back and forth in the corridor, but when he opened the door, he couldn’t find the person. So, to prevent any accidents, he asked my father to come over.”

"Upon arriving at the scene, we discovered that the footprints in the corridor were mostly moving towards the storage room."

"Therefore, my father and I both agreed that this was just a thief scouting the place for theft, and not the serious incident that Grandpa Nagato thought. So, my father decided to go back to Osaka Prefecture first."

"After all, the situation in Osaka Prefecture... In short, my father and I must each stay in Osaka Prefecture."

Hattori Heiji pointed with his thumb to the location of the storage room in the corridor before continuing,

"However, I don't think I can catch that thief by myself."

"So, just in case, I asked Grandpa Nagato to use the excuse of looking for his first love to bring Uncle Mori and Kudo over. That way, catching that thief will be a sure thing!"

If you summon death and plague to your home just to catch a petty thief, you're doomed for life.

Chen En's lips twitched slightly.

So, neither Hattori Heiji nor Hattori Heizo realized that this might be a precursor to a heinous murder, and simply regarded it as a precursor to a theft?

We need to warn the others to be on their guard later.

"Heiji, come here for a second."

Hattori Heizo's voice rang out from around the corner.

Upon hearing Hattori Heizo's voice, Hattori Heiji immediately responded and then asked directly,

"I'm going to Old Master Nagato's room with Dad next. Are you coming?"

In the chairman's room, Nagato Dosan lay on the bed, reminiscing about his first love.

Even Kogoro Mouri next to him was exhausted from listening.

We're not buddies, so it's understandable that you don't know where I live or what my family situation is.

You're telling me you don't even remember what she looks like or what her name is??

Are you deliberately trying to make fun of me?

"Strange...why hasn't Chen En arrived yet?"

Conan, standing next to Kogoro Mouri, muttered to himself.

Where did he go? Did Chen En knock Hattori Heiji out with a single punch and now he's looking for a place to hide people?

crunch

The door to the room was pushed open.

Hyuga Yuki, the secretary standing beside Nagato Michizo's bed, noticed the door was open and immediately got up.

Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri's gazes followed.

The person at the door is the security guard who was directing operations downstairs just now.

I could only see a side profile from the stairwell, not the front, so I couldn't see it clearly.

Now that she's seen the whole thing, Ran Mouri feels like she's seen this person's face very familiar, as if she's seen it on the news all the time.

She whispered to Kogoro Mouri.

"That security guard looks like a police inspector."

Kogoro Mouri was taken aback.

The Superintendent of Police is the second highest rank in the Japanese police force; only the chiefs of local regional headquarters hold this rank.

Masaka...?!

"Hello, Detective Mori, and Miss Mori, I am Hattori Heizo from Osaka Prefecture. Nice to meet you."

The dignified middle-aged man in a suit said this.

Suddenly, Kogoro Mouri felt a darkness engulf his vision.

He actually mistook the superintendent of police next door for a security guard! Luckily, he didn't speak too loudly, or he would have made a huge blunder!

"Hey, Kudo!"

Behind Hattori Heiji, Hattori Heiji peeked out and greeted Conan.

Conan: ?

Chapter Twenty-Four: Youth Has No Price, But Imprisonment Is Imminent!

"Kudo? Where is there a Kudo...?"

Inside the chairman's room, Ran Mouri was startled when she heard Heiji Hattori say the name "Kudo".

Just as she and Kogoro Mouri were about to look around to see if they had missed something,

Chen En's voice rang out from behind Hattori Heiji.

"The dialects in the Kansai region have so many homophones that I can hardly understand them anymore."

The Dark Knight, carrying a cup of coffee, walked into the room as if no one else was there.

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji immediately realized what was happening and looked at Conan in surprise.

Hey buddy, it's been so long since we last met, haven't you told Ran and the others yet?

Despite thinking this to himself, Hattori Heiji quickly explained.

"I said 'thank you for your hard work,' after all, this time... I was the one who invited you all here."

What's wrong with this kid? His pronunciation is really unclear.

Kogoro Mouri stared speechlessly at Heiji Hattori.

He shook his head, about to ask Nagato Dosan for more details about his first love, when he suddenly turned to Hattori Heiji and asked incredulously,

"What did you say?"

Seeing the surprised looks on Kogoro and Ran's faces, Heizo Hattori explained with a smile,

“That’s right. It was actually Heiji who recommended them to Nagato-san, which is why we invited them here.”