Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

Hattori Heiji patted his chest and assured: "It is definitely better than the one in Tokyo."

After leaving the ramen restaurant, Watanabe Toru and his group, led by Hattori Heiji and Sakata Yusuke, went to a takoyaki restaurant and ate takoyaki wrapped in very large octopus pieces.

……

On the road, perhaps because of the police car, the few of them had a smooth journey and other vehicles subconsciously made way for them.

"Huh? You want pancakes? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

In the car, Hattori Heiji held up a map of Osaka Prefecture and said helplessly, "I know a delicious restaurant, but with the current road conditions, there's no way to get there. Osaka is not like Tokyo. There are so many one-way streets here, and sometimes you have to take a long detour to get to a place."

"In that case," Sakata Yusuke suggested, "I know a good shop nearby. Let me take you there."

Yusuke Sakata took Toru Watanabe and others to the store he suggested.

As soon as they sat down, Hattori Heiji said, "By the way, I have to go call my mom first and I'll be back soon."

Then, he reminded the shop owner, "Boss, don't forget to give me a bowl of rice."

"Huh?" Maori Kogoro looked surprised. "You want more rice with the 830 pancake?"

Hattori Heiji looked surprised and said, "What's so strange about this? Pancakes are just a side dish at best. They taste even better when eaten with rice or sauce."

With that, he left the store with a smile.

After a while, an exquisite girl in a brown long dress walked over with a gloomy face and sat down in Hattori Heiji's seat without hesitation.

"Ah... this seat is my friend..."

Xiaolan wanted to remind her, but was interrupted by the girl: "You are Heiji's girlfriend, right?"

"Huh?" Xiaolan was stunned.

This is the second time today that someone has mistaken me for being Hattori Heiji's girlfriend.

Toyama Kazuha held her cheek with her hand, her beautiful eyes filled with unconcealed melancholy and sadness. "I already know everything. Those times Heiji went to Tokyo, he was looking for you, right? So you don't have to hide it from me. I know everything."

Xiaolan felt that she should clarify: "Well, actually..."

Toyama Kazuha snorted coldly and said in a stern tone, "Let me tell you something. Heiji and I have been good friends since we were little. We've been tied together with iron chains. If you want to do anything bad to Heiji, you'll have to get past me first."

232. A sense of déjà vu

When Toyama Kazuha looked at Xiaolan with hostile eyes, Hattori Heiji's surprised voice sounded behind her: "Kazuha, why are you here?"

Yuanshan Heye immediately turned around and looked, his eyes a little flustered, but he still said in a nonchalant tone: "Of course I came to see the girlfriend you found."

"Girlfriend?" Hattori Heiji was stunned.

"What? Everyone's here, and you still don't admit it?" Yuanshan Heye pointed at Xiaolan.

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji looked at Xiaolan, who was also in a daze, and scratched his head: "But she is Kudo's girlfriend."

"what?"

……

After some explanation, Toyama and Ye finally realized that they had misunderstood. An embarrassed blush appeared on their cheeks and they apologized to Xiaolan: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake."

Xiaolan smiled and said, "It's okay. By the way, what did you mean by the iron chain?"

"Well..." Hattori Heiji answered for Kazuha, "When we were little, Kazuha and I found a pair of used handcuffs in our dad's bedroom. We used them to try to act like police officers, but we couldn't open them. Thinking about it now, it was really funny."

Yuanshan Heye couldn't help but say, "What's so funny? If you hadn't insisted on torturing us, we wouldn't have been scolded in the end."

Hattori Heiji didn't refute and glanced at her: "By the way, why are you here?"

Yuanshan Heye's eyes wandered, feeling a little guilty. "Of course I'm here as your sister. I don't want you to be deceived by some weird woman from Tokyo, so I came here to help you keep an eye on her."

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji was speechless: "When did you start spying on me?"

"It all started from Tsutenkaku..."

"I really lost to you."

……

After eating the pancakes, several people came out of the store.

Sakata Yusuke put away his phone and came over. "How's it going? This place's food is pretty good, right?"

"It's delicious." Maori Kogoro said a little embarrassedly: "Officer Sakata can have dinner with us."

"No need, I'm mainly responsible for the reception." Sakata Yusuke said with a smile and opened the car door for everyone.

Seeing Toyama and Ye getting on the car together, Hattori Heiji said unhappily, "Why are you getting on too?"

"What's the big deal?" Toyama Kazuha said without feeling embarrassed. "Let's just go to Osaka Castle. It's a must-see for outsiders."

"I really can't do anything about you." Hattori Heiji was speechless.

At this moment, the pedestrians outside the window looked up at the sky for some reason, and then, with terrified eyes, they tried to dodge to the side.

Hattori Heiji stuck his head out of the car window in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Snapped--

A dark figure fell from above and slammed heavily onto the hood of the patrol car.

Everyone in the car widened their eyes in horror.

Then, Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro reacted and quickly got out of the car.

"Who is this man?" Maori Kogoro opened his mouth slightly and asked in shock.

Hattori Heiji shook his head, his expression serious: "I don't know. He suddenly fell onto the hood of our car just now, from the top of this building..."

He looked up, his expression suddenly changing. "There seems to be someone up there. Officer Sakata, please contact the police station immediately."

"I see."

After getting the promise, Hattori Heiji immediately ran towards the corridor next to the store.

Fifteen minutes later...

Hattori Heiji came down from upstairs with a middle-aged man who looked panicked and at a loss.

The middle-aged man scratched his head and said, "Actually, I run a coffee shop on the second floor of this building. Someone just called me and said they saw a strange man on the rooftop, so I went up to check it out. I didn't expect something like this to happen."

Maori Kogoro rubbed his chin and said, "Then how did the deceased fall from up there?"

"It's very simple." Hattori Heiji seemed to have figured out the trick. "Just tie the body with ropes first, then tie it to the handrail on the roof. Cover the body with a plastic bag and fasten the ropes to the door on the roof. Once the door is opened, the ropes will naturally fall down."

He paused, then looked at the body again and said, "The estimated time of death for this deceased person was a day ago. This means someone killed someone around this time yesterday and hanged the deceased there."

"But why did he fall on the patrol car?" Sakata Yusuke interrupted.

"This should be a coincidence." Hattori Heiji analyzed: "But I think this may be the punishment the murderer has imposed on someone.

Punishment? Maori Kogoro looked puzzled.

Hattori Heiji nodded: "That's right, the knife pierced the wallet and went straight into the chest. This is exactly the same as the previous case..."

"The previous case? Could it be that you..."

Before Kogoro Mouri could finish his words, a middle-aged woman in the crowd took several steps back with a changed expression.

Hattori Heiji noticed the movement and quickly turned around. Seeing the middle-aged woman running back in panic, he hurriedly followed her.

"Wait a minute, Auntie..."

But it was too late. The middle-aged woman got into her car and quickly drove away from the scene.

"She ran away." Hattori Heiji returned with a look of regret: "That auntie must know something."

Maori Kogoro said in a deep voice: "Hattori, it's about time you tell us the real purpose of inviting us to Osaka, right?

Hattori Heiji is not hiding it. In fact, this is the third murder that has occurred.

"What!" Maori Kogoro was stunned: "Has a similar case happened before?"

"That's right. All three victims were killed by a knife that pierced their wallets. The knife then stabbed them in the chest (where the money was good). However, the killer would strangle them with something beforehand."

"Could they have been killed because of a feud over money?" Kogoro Mouri guessed.

Hattori Heiji shook his head in denial, "That's impossible. That doesn't make sense. The first person killed, Mr. Nagao Hidetoshi, was the manager of a convenience store, and the second, Mrs. Nishiguchi Tayo, was the proprietress of a small hotel. It's unlikely that they would have had any connection to anyone over money."

Maori Kogoro nodded slightly: "Indeed."

Hattori Heiji said with some distress: "But these three people, apart from the same method of murder, seem to have nothing in common. Mr. Nagao and Mrs. Nishiguchi who were murdered before, although they were born, studied and worked in Osaka, they were in different areas..."

Watanabe Toru looks at Maori Kogoro and Hattori Heiji discussing the case. Hmm, the scene is very harmonious and full of gay love.

233. When Toyama Kazuha meets Ooka Red Leaves

Higashijiri Police Station.

Sakata Yusuke pushed the door open and walked in, saying to Hattori Heiji excitedly, "Brother Heiji, we have found something in common among the three victims."

"Really?" Hattori Heiji was overjoyed.

Sakata Yusuke shook the videotape in his hand: "Let's take a look at this first."

The video footage shows a car being surrounded by reporters, and the faces of the people in the car are clearly visible.

Hattori Heiji was surprised. "Isn't this the news about Soutarou Goji, a member of the prefectural assembly, who was accused of corruption six years ago? I remember his secretary took the blame and resigned, and the matter was dropped. Oh, and that secretary was the first victim in those three murders, wasn't he?"

Sakata Yusuke nodded: "That's right."

Then he pointed at the driver on the screen: "But it's this person I want you to see."

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji took a closer look, and suddenly, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Isn't this person the deceased, Noyasu Kazuto, who was killed today?"

"Yes." Sakata Yusuke said with a serious expression, "According to our investigation, he had been working as a driver for the township councilor until he quit his job at 830 four years ago."

Hattori Heiji pinched his chin and said, "Councilor Goji's secretary and driver were killed one after another. It seems that this case is related to him."

"That's right, so some police officers from our department have gone to the township councilor."

Maori Kogoro interrupted, "But I remember that guy Goji, he's notorious for hating the police, right? It's not easy to meet him."

"But no matter what, we have to try, right?" Hattori Heiji turned his hat and looked at Maori Kogoro: "Then uncle, please help me."

"Eh? Me?" Kogoro Mouri pointed at himself.

Please, I'm the client. How can I let the client handle the case? And there's no commission at all.

This is not just a freeloader.

However, Hattori Heiji obviously didn't have such awareness and said bluntly: "Uncle, you are excited too, right? As a detective, solving the case is our mission."

(bhcj)

"Yes, really..." Kogoro Mouri opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't say no.

Hattori Heiji looked at Toyama Kazuha again and said, "Kazuha, my uncle and I are going to investigate the murder case. Please take Xiaolan and the others to visit Osaka Castle."

"Ah... me?" Yuanshan Heye was stunned.

"Nonsense, you are also the master of Osaka."

"Okay, then...you have to be careful, Heiji."

"Okay. I'll leave it to you then." Hattori Heiji put on his baseball cap and walked out of the room with Mouri Kogoro.

"Don't worry, Dad and Hattori will be fine." Seeing Toyama Kazuha staring at Hattori Heiji's back in a daze, Xiaolan came over and said with a smile: "But you two have a really good relationship."

Toyama Kazuha came back to her senses and looked at Xiaolan's bright and delicate face, feeling a little shy: "Who...who is in a good relationship with him, but Heiji's mother has been asking me to keep an eye on Heiji. By the way, Miss Mori..."

"Just call me Xiaolan." Xiaolan said.

Yuanshan nodded slightly: "Then you can just call me Heye. Let me tell you, Xiaolan, Osaka Castle is our most famous landmark building in Osaka. Tourists from other places who come to Osaka must check in there, otherwise it would be a waste of time to come to Osaka..."

"Really?" Xiaolan said expectantly, "I can't wait to go and see it."

"Then let's go."

……

Osaka Castle.

Looking at the majestic ancient building in front of her, Xiaolan exclaimed: "It's really spectacular! It's much more beautiful than what we saw in photos and on TV, right, Xiaoche?"

Watanabe Toru nodded and had to admit that Wano Country still attached great importance to the preservation of ancient buildings. However, he inexplicably had an urge to blow up this place.