Conan: Life between Green Plum and Skyfall

Chapter 178 Hattori's Provocation

"Hehe, indeed, I am no match for Sherlock Holmes~"

Just as Conan looked at the guy named Toju with sympathy, the guy disguised as Kudo Shinichi smiled and nodded, expressing his approval of his opinion.

"? Has Sister Bei changed her gender?"

Looking at the smiling Kudo in front of him, a big question mark floated above Conan's head.

He was certain that the person in front of him, disguised as himself, was most likely Sister Bei. As for her purpose in disguising herself as himself, although Conan was not sure, he could probably guess.

Most likely it was because she, the white moonlight in her heart, was marked as dead in the organization. In addition, Conan was not as fond of jumping around as in the original work. Not to mention showing up as Kudo, he had never even done such a thing as anesthetizing Mori and asking him to reason.

Therefore, even Vermouth could not be sure whether Kudo was dead or alive.

In order to confirm whether the white moonlight in her heart is still alive, she chose to use the identity of Kudo and appear in front of the public openly.

But the problem is, even if she was disguised as Kudo Shinichi, Bei Jie shouldn't be the kind of person who would allow others to bully her! Especially since that guy named Hu Ju was openly belittling the white moonlight in her heart.

For Sister Bayonetta, only Xiaolan is her angel, but that doesn’t mean Kudo is not important in her heart.

"Hmph, that's good if you know!"

Seeing that Kudo didn't object and agreed with his opinion, the guy named Hu Ju was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly and turned his head to whisper to his fiancée.

However, because he turned his head away, he did not notice the cold light that flashed in Kudo's eyes.

Conan, who was watching this scene, glanced at Tojuken with some sympathy, and couldn't help but mourn for him in his heart:

"Poor guy, why did he have to pick on Sister Bei when he could pick on anyone else? Now he's been targeted by the boss! If you die, I will mourn for you for a second!"

He had no good feelings towards this mentally ill guy. And don't forget, Ai was still hiding behind him! He didn't want Sister Bayonet to focus her attention on Ai so early.

Of course, he definitely didn't want to use Sister Bei to take revenge, absolutely not!

......

On the side, after retracting his gaze, Kudo smiled and walked towards Conan and the others, then greeted Xiaolan:

"Xiaolan, long time no see."

Xiaolan's smile was a little forced, but in order to avoid being discovered by the person in front of her, she also forced a smile:

"Shinichi, it's been a long time. Where have you been recently? Why haven't I heard anything about you?"

Looking at the person in front of her who looked exactly like the Shinichi she knew, without a single flaw, Xiaolan felt like her heart was about to jump out.

Now she knows that Shinichi is Conan, so she can be sure that the Shinichi in front of her must be someone impersonating him.

Because she didn't know how much the person in front of her knew about Shinichi, Xiaolan could only test him cautiously.

"Haha, I can't help it. I've been having some really troublesome things lately and can't communicate with the outside world easily. Sorry, I'll ask you to go out and play next time~"

In response to Xiaolan's question, Kudo laughed and comforted her with a smile.

"Is that so? Then next time outside..."

Before Xiaolan could finish her words, Hattori interrupted the communication between the two:

"You're Kudo, right? I'm Hattori Heiji from Osaka! People always put us together, saying things like Kudo of the East and Hattori of the West. I want to see if you're worthy enough to be put ahead of me!"

"It's over!"

Looking at the expression on Kudo's face, Conan wailed in his heart.

Are you, Hattori, just bored?! Miss Bayonet is having a good chat with her angel, why do you have to join in the fun?! Do you think your life is too long?

However, to Conan's surprise, Bayonetta did not respond to Hattori's provocation!

"Hattori Heiji? Oh, I know you, Hattori Heizo's son, right?

Excuse me, but reasoning is a means for those who are persecuted to find the truth, not a toy for children. So, sorry, I won't compete with you.

Besides, even if we have to compare, how do you think it would be fair? There are no existing cases, so let it be.

As he said that, Kudo waved his hand and continued to ask Xiaolan about her well-being.

"You, this...I..."

After hearing what Kudo said, Hattori was about to refute, but he didn't know how to start.

Indeed, cases are not the background for their competition, and reasoning is not a child's toy. The most important thing is, as Kudo said, they really don't have any cases to compete with now!

"If you two want to compete, I can provide you with this opportunity!"

At this moment, Jin Gu's eyes lit up. Isn't this a living sign?

No matter who wins in the end, the fact that two famous detectives fought out a duel in his hotel, and used the reasoning quiz he designed, would attract countless guests to his hotel as long as it got out!

If neither Hattori nor Kudo had solved the reasoning puzzle he designed, then the value of this sign would be even greater!

Thinking of this, Jin Gu hurriedly continued:

"Look, tomorrow night, I'll be preparing the annual highlight for everyone: a super-difficult reasoning quiz. If you two detectives want to see who's better, you can compete using the reasoning questions I'll provide!"

As he said this, he looked at the others:

"And everyone else, it's the same. You can all participate in the reasoning quiz I designed! As long as you can get full marks in the reasoning, you can win my treasured copy of Conan Doyle's famous work, Sherlock Holmes' first published work, 'A Study in Scarlet'!"

"!Really, can we all participate?"

Before Kudo and Hattori could speak, everyone else who participated in the event showed a hint of excitement in their eyes.

This is the first edition of A Study in Scarlet! Putting aside its collectible value, for Sherlock Holmes fans like them, this book is a priceless treasure!

"Of course, everyone can participate, provided you can beat the two famous detectives in the reasoning quiz."

But the next moment, the smile on Jin Gu's face disappeared instantly, and he said seriously:

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you must score 990 or above in the ' Questions of Sherlock Holmes' I designed! If you can't reach this score, then please get out of my hotel immediately!

That kind of person is not worthy of staying in my hotel!"