Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

However, since Hinata Yuki is different from the original story, she did not personally kill Nagato Mitsuaki in the end. Therefore, she had the motive, the intention, and the opportunity to kill, but Hattori Heiji never found any evidence that she did it.

Heiji Hattori wanted to continue the investigation and bring Yuki Hyuga to justice, but his ability to keep secrets was not as good as Conan's, and his investigation into Yuki Hyuga was discovered by Dozo Nagato.

Reminded by Heiji Hattori's actions, Dosan Nagato suddenly realized that, after confirming that he had not killed anyone in self-defense, the person who killed Mitsuyoshi Nagato must be someone like him.

Before discovering Nagato Hideomi's body and reading his suicide note, he couldn't have imagined that Hyuga Yuki had killed Nagato Mitsuaki.

But later, he learned that Hyuga Yuki's parents were burned to death by Nagato Hideomi and Nagato Mitsuaki, and that Nagato Mitsuaki, who felt guilty all his life and eventually committed suicide, was even more hateful than Nagato Hideomi.

After learning all this, Nagato Dosan immediately understood and concluded that Hyuga Sachi had killed Nagato Mitsuyoshi. Whether it was to avenge her parents or because she was unwilling to accept that her fiancé Nagato Hideomi had committed suicide out of remorse, Hyuga Sachi had ample reason to kill Nagato Mitsuyoshi.

Upon realizing that Nagato Mitsuyoshi was killed by Hyuga Sachi, Nagato Dosan immediately changed his story. He finally confessed to the police that he had killed Nagato Mitsuyoshi, explaining that Nagato Mitsuyoshi had tried to kill him, and that he had killed him accidentally in self-defense.

Nagato Dozo himself admitted it, which pleased the police officer who had always held this view.

Of all the cases, today was the only one where they were better than the high school detective, solved the case faster, and outshone him. Moreover, from the beginning to the end, they maintained the upper hand and never fell behind the high school student Hattori Heiji.

As a result, Megure, Takagi, and the others in charge of the investigation were ecstatic.

Today, they defeated high school detective Heiji Hattori, making history, and they will remember this moment forever!

As a result, the next day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Megure made headlines in major media outlets for the first time ever.

The reason they made headlines is thanks to Osaka Black Chicken. With this high school detective as their stepping stone, the Metropolitan Police Department stood up!

In particular, Hattori Heiji made a last-ditch effort, claiming in front of the media that the murderer was not Nagato Dosan, but most likely Hyuga Yuki, only he lacked evidence.

However, the police had already investigated and found that Nagato Dozo, who committed the self-defense murder, had confessed. So they didn't care about the truth of the matter; they just wanted big news, headlines, and high-traffic media coverage. They ignored what Hattori Heiji said and were only responsible for stirring up trouble and creating big news. As a result, the reports focused on how high school detective Hattori Heiji had been outmaneuvered and lost to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The police closed the case by saying that Nagato Michizo committed murder in self-defense, which infuriated Hattori Heiji, who thought he had found the truth. This matter was driving him crazy.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any evidence of Hinata Yuki's murder. Even if he was furious, all he could do was rage helplessly, curse incessantly, and repeatedly go over the case details and make the same deductions. He couldn't do anything else.

When Jiang Chengbei returned home with the Osaka Black Chicken, filled with resentment but unable to find a solution and instead filled with impotent rage, Conan found him another case.

Last time, Ai Haibara signed everyone up for a mystery tour to Izu in order to obtain the Dark Duke computer virus.

This time, it was Conan who stirred things up. He saw in the newspaper that someone had organized a Sherlock Holmes mystery fan tour. If you answered 1000 questions about Sherlock Holmes correctly at the hotel, you could win a first edition Sherlock Holmes collectible book. As a Sherlock Holmes fan, Conan signed up without hesitation.

Upon hearing that they were going to join a remote mountain tour and attend a Sherlock Holmes fan gathering at some secluded lakeside hotel, the Miyano sisters immediately recalled their last trip to Izu, which was similar to this one, and the incident involving Gin and vodka.

They were lucky to have run away first, otherwise they would have been kidnapped by Gin like Professor Agasa and the others. So they directly opposed Conan's tour group this time and didn't want to go on any tour.

Since the Miyano sisters refused to go, while Conan, a Sherlock Holmes fan, insisted on going, Jiang Chengbei ended up having to accompany Conan to the Sherlock Holmes book club tour.

Originally, Heiji Hattori, an Agatha Christie fan, had no interest in Sherlock Holmes. However, the Nagato family case had been troubling him for a long time, and he couldn't come up with a solution even after racking his brains. Even after swallowing his pride and asking Jiang Chengbei for help, he couldn't get any useful assistance from him. Now, Heiji Hattori had no choice but to try anything, so he went with Jiang Chengbei and Conan to a Sherlock Holmes fan tour, hoping to find Shinichi Kudo, a fellow high school detective, at the gathering.

Osaka Black Chicken is now at his wit's end. In order to solve the case, he wants to find Kudo Shinichi and ask him for help in the deduction so that they can defend the reputation of the high school detectives together. Otherwise, their reputation will be ruined by him, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will become famous by stepping on their heads, which is something Hattori Heiji will absolutely not allow.

He can lose to Shinichi Kudo, who is also a famous high school detective, and he can lose to Conan, who is an elementary school student, but he can never lose to the Metropolitan Police Department, which always wears the hat of incompetence!

So this time I'm going to find Shinichi Kudo.

Because Heiji Hattori doesn't trust Conan, Conan only knows that Heiji seems to be in some kind of trouble and is urgently looking for his older brother, Shinichi Kudo, but Heiji hasn't said what it is, and Conan doesn't know either.

Since Osaka Kuroki refused to say what he wanted to see Shinichi Kudo, Conan didn't try to win him over. He didn't use Shinichi Kudo's voice to approach Heiji Hattori or offer him any help.

When the weekend arrived, Jiang Chengbei and the other Sherlock Holmes fans who had signed up and passed the screening boarded a minibus at a pre-arranged location. The minibus was arranged by the organizer, the prize provider, a Sherlock Holmes fan fiction author, and the owner of a hotel by a remote lake. They chatted happily all the way to the hotel villa that was destined to become a snow-covered mountain lodge.

On the bus, Jiang Chengbei and Hattori Heiji, who only knew about Sherlock Holmes but didn't remember everything like true fans such as Conan, successfully isolated everyone.

On the way, the two of them could only exchange a few words with each other, completely unable to join in the conversations of true Sherlock Holmes fans like Conan.

Among these true fans, they know all the settings and information about Sherlock Holmes, and they love to brag and recommend him to each other. Jiang Chengbei and his two fake fans really can't get a word in edgewise.

Although Jiang Chengbei and Hattori Heiji didn't have much say, ever since everyone learned Conan's name, Conan suddenly became everyone's darling. Now he was the brightest star on the bus, surrounded by everyone, and the air was filled with Conan's boastful and smug vibe.

After a few hours, the car wound its way along the mountain road, bumping and jolting, until Jiang Chengbei and his companions finally arrived at the mountain inn deep in the forest.

The hotel was so remote that if someone was killed at night, the police definitely wouldn't arrive that night. Only after a few more people died and it was dawn would the police finally arrive.

Although the hotel is very remote, the surrounding scenery is quite nice. On one side is a shimmering lake, on the other side is a dense forest, and on the other side, just a few dozen meters away from the hotel, there is a cliff that is several tens of meters deep, which is a good place to jump off the cliff and kill and dump the body.

The innkeeper is named Hiroyuki Kanaya, a middle-aged, overweight man who likes to wear Sherlock Holmes-style plaid coats. He has no wife or children, enjoys writing Sherlock Holmes fanfiction, and has even self-published a book of his own.

Of course, he was also a qualified Sherlock Holmes fan hotel owner. Every year, he would hold a Sherlock Holmes fan book club at his hotel, and each time he would have everyone do a set of Sherlock Holmes 1000 questions. The prize each time was his first edition Sherlock Holmes collector's edition, which he never gave away.

As a seasoned book lover, he has a large collection of Sherlock Holmes items, which is why he is famous. He has always used the gimmick of rewarding his most precious first edition book with a quiz, but he has never given it away and has been able to reuse it every year.

If you cause trouble like this in the Conan world, who else but you will die?

Chapter 237: Didn't find Shinichi Kudo, this trip was a waste of time.

After dinner, the group of Sherlock Holmes fans received their 1000-question Sherlock Holmes test and went back to their rooms to work on the test all night.

Almost everyone was staying up all night to compete, even Conan, who looked like he was only 7 years old. Like other Sherlock Holmes fans, he was hunched over his desk under the lamp, writing down the 1000 Sherlock Holmes questions.

In their room, only Jiang Chengbei and Hattori Heiji, who were a little tired, went to bed early and had no interest in the rare first edition of Sherlock Holmes.

Jiang Chengbei, in particular, is lying in bed now and has no reaction at all. Even if you stab him a few times now, he might not be able to give any response, and you might not even be able to draw any blood.

It was late at night, and while everyone was still writing furiously in their rooms, the door to the innkeeper Jin Gu Yuzhi's room was secretly opened by a thug. After confirming that Jin Gu Yuzhi was asleep in bed, the thug pounced on him and plunged a dagger into his chest.

Unfortunately, just as Xiao Hei's dagger was about to stab Jin Gu Yuzhi, the sleeping Jin Gu Yuzhi rolled over, and the movement was so sudden that he rolled off the bed, causing Xiao Hei's dagger to miss and instead become embedded in the mattress.

Just as Xiao Hei was worried about whether Jin Gu Yuzhi would wake up after falling off the bed, he quickly felt relieved because he heard snoring from under the opposite bed.

I ran over to the bed with the dagger and saw the fat guy who had rolled off the bed and fallen so hard. I didn't expect him to be sleeping so soundly. He hadn't woken up yet and was sleeping so deeply on the floor. He was such a dead pig. I'm so lucky.

Feeling relieved after his lucky escape, Xiao Hei persevered and continued his work, finally eliminating Jin Gu Yuzhi, who was fast asleep despite the impending doom.

The next day, the Sherlock Holmes fans who stayed up all night doing test questions were catching up on sleep, while Jiang Chengbei and Hattori Heiji, who slept soundly until dawn, were admiring the beautiful scenery around them.

The beautiful scenery here made Hattori Heiji feel relaxed and relieved his frustration at not finding Kudo Shinichi or solving the Nagato family case.

Because the hotel had a waitress named Hitomi Iwai to provide basic services, even though the owner, Hiroyuki Kanaya, hadn't shown up since they parted ways last night, they didn't encounter any problems in their lives. They were just a little disappointed that the owner didn't come to collect the 1000 questions they had already completed after they finished their nap.

They answered all the tricky questions in the 1000-question set, but the teachers grading the papers didn't collect their work, didn't tally the scores, and didn't rank them. It's like a top student who has just finished an exam but can't wait for the teacher to announce their score and ranking—it's so disappointing. I know it's frustrating not being able to show off in front of others.

In order to wait for their boss to collect the test questions, this group of people who had graduated many years ago and had not taken any exams for several years or even decades waited from day to night, like waiting for a date with a lover, for several hours.

Finally, thanks to the sharp-eyed Kenji Toba, the group waiting for the owner in the lobby saw that the innkeeper, Hiroyuki Kanaya, was driving a car towards the cliff in front of the window on the open ground.

After taking a few glances, Conan and Heiji Hattori, who had sharper eyes, noticed something was wrong. They opened the window and jumped out, chasing after the car and yelling at Hiroyuki Kanaya in the driver's seat.

No matter how much Conan and Heiji Hattori shouted, Hiroyuki Kanaya, who was holding the steering wheel, did not react at all. He just kept driving forward and drove straight towards the cliff. In the end, he and the car plunged off the cliff and exploded. Both the man and the car were engulfed in flames and burned to ashes.

Having failed to stop Hiroyuki Kanaya from driving off the cliff, Conan and Heiji Hattori became the center of attention among a group of mystery enthusiasts. They became the main force in the investigation of the case, contributing the most effort and resources.

Moreover, their investigation process was full of coincidences, and even their thought processes were similar, so they often collided in the process. When they came to their senses after the collision, they would look at each other in surprise, marveling that they did not expect the other to have thought of this point as well. Whether it was their brains or their reasoning, they had collided.

After this happened several times, Hattori Heiji suddenly realized something, so he immediately went to Jiang Chengbei's side and asked in confusion:

"Jiang Cheng, have you noticed that Conan and Shinichi Kudo look alike? Not to mention their faces, even their hairstyles are the same. So, do you know what their relationship is?"

"They are brothers, half-brothers, don't you know that?"

"That's it, I understand."

After Jiang Chengbei's definitive conclusion, Hattori Heiji nodded in realization, believing Jiang Chengbei's statement.

After Conan and Heiji examined the tire tracks, they went with everyone to the garage where the car had come from to look for clues.

After the hotel owner drove off with one car and plunged off the cliff, only one car remained in the garage. The garage was filled with the smell of gasoline, and upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the fuel tank of the remaining car had been tampered with, and the gasoline had been drained out.

As the other two, Ayako Oki and Toshiaki Fujisawa, followed Jiang Chengbei and bent down to examine the large hole in the fuel tank, Jiang Chengbei casually remarked:

"You smell of smoke on your breath, so you smoke."

Let me tell you, the gasoline in the tank has leaked out, and the air is filled with a strong smell of gasoline. You absolutely must not smoke in the garage, otherwise, if there is even the slightest open flame, this place will explode.

"Keep your lighters safe. Even if you can't find the light switch, you are not allowed to use lighters for lighting."

Fujisawa Toshiaki and Oki Ayako scoffed at Jiang Chengbei's claim that they couldn't find the light switch. They had already found the light switch and the light was on, so how could they possibly not be able to turn on the energy-saving light in the future?

Aside from the leaking fuel tank and the strong smell of gasoline in the garage, no one found any other clues, so they gradually left and returned to the hotel lobby to discuss the case.

Everyone left decisively, except for Toba Kento, who stayed behind. He was a bit slow, taking a long time to turn off the garage light, and then he dawdled away.

Fortunately, he was the last person to leave. No one noticed his lingering at the end. Anyway, those who had left long ago were now most concerned about Hiroyuki Kanaya's case and had no time to pay attention to Kenjiro Ye.

Most of them were Sherlock Holmes fans, and they were all detectives who were both bad at it and loved to play. So after the investigation, they took turns expressing their opinions and reasoning, eager to solve the case on the spot in front of this group of fellow enthusiasts, show off their skills, and convince everyone that they were right.

After everyone shared their clues and deductions, especially Heiji Hattori and Conan who shared their conjectures, suggesting that Hiroyuki Kanaya in the car might have died the previous night, and that the person driving and accelerating just now was a corpse—a corpse that had softened from stiffness under the high temperature of the air conditioning—Ayako Oki, Toba Kento's girlfriend and a smoker, was the first to let out an arrogant laugh, announcing that she had solved the case.

Unfortunately, when everyone asked her about the real culprit, she started acting up again, becoming the kind of person who would rather die than admit her mistake. She refused to tell anyone the murderer's name, wanting to give the murderer a chance to come out and confess on his own.

There was no way to get any information about the murderer out of her, and she continued to act out, even leaving everyone's sight and running away alone, not wanting to stay with anyone.

Fortunately, this woman who was so demanding had a considerate and caring boyfriend. After Ayako Oki ran away, her boyfriend Kento Toba, covered in sweat and looking anxious, immediately chased after her, staying by her side and protecting her safety.

Soon, her boyfriend, Hu Yeyan, returned. As soon as he came back, everyone surrounded him and asked him questions:

"Toyo, did you get any answers? Who is the murderer?"

"No, even my boyfriend wouldn't tell me."

"If you didn't get any answers, then what are you doing back here? Hurry up and go coax her, keep pestering her to keep asking!"

"She went to the restroom. I'll ask her later."

Under Toba Kento's instructions, everyone had no choice but to gather in the hotel lobby on the first floor to continue discussing who the murderer was.

After waiting for quite a while, everyone finally saw Ayako Oki return from the restroom.

As soon as she returned, everyone quickly surrounded her and continued to ask her questions.

Unfortunately, this time she seems to have changed her mind and immediately went back on her word, saying that she had misjudged the situation and that her reasoning was wrong, making everyone forget her previous outspokenness. She failed to find the murderer.

Since even Ayako Oki, who had previously claimed to have found the murderer, had returned, many people left the hall and went back to their rooms to sleep. After all, it was almost midnight, and what else could they do but sleep? Look for the murderer?

Anyway, many people left the hall, leaving only Jiang Chengbei, who was in a daze, and a few others such as Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Toba Kento. Even Oki Ayako, who had previously boasted that she had found the culprit, had left.

Those remaining in the lobby were Conan and Heiji Hattori excitedly discussing the case with a somewhat nervous Kento Toba, while Jiang Chengbei, sitting on the sofa listening to their discussion, was rather listless. Apart from occasionally yawning to prove that he was still alive and awake, he did nothing else.

And so, they waited for a very long time. Just when Toba Kento was getting increasingly anxious and almost losing his patience, an explosion finally occurred outside, with flames shooting into the sky and the sound of the explosion deafening.

Seeing the explosion outside, Toba Kento, who had been waiting anxiously until the flowers were almost withered, finally breathed a sigh of relief; the mission was accomplished.

Although Toba Kento's expression was quite interesting at the moment of the explosion, Jiang Chengbei, who was present, was not online the whole time, even though an explosion had occurred outside.

Meanwhile, Conan and Heiji Hattori, who were always online, had already been drawn to the explosion outside the window. After hearing the noise, their eyes were glued to the direction of the garage.

At the same time, the moment they heard the explosion, they turned their heads and immediately ran towards the window, opened it again, jumped out, and took the shortest straight line to reach the garage where the explosion had occurred.

Although Conan and Heiji Hattori arrived at the exploded garage immediately, the two children who arrived first were helpless against the raging fire. They could only watch anxiously from the sidelines, at most shouting helplessly.