Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

Chapter 754: Why did you place a bug on that child?

In the stadium surrounded by huge cheers, Sonoko and Kyogoku Makoto sat side by side.

Sonoko looked very excited in her Spirits uniform, but Kyogoku Makoto, who was wearing a karate uniform for some reason, crossed his arms and closed his eyes with an unhappy look on his face.

"Hero! Shoot!" Sonoko shouted, putting her hands to her mouth.

"Sonoko!" Kyogoku Makoto suddenly turned around and looked at Sonoko.

"Yes!" Sonoko also straightened her back and answered.

Kyogoku Makoto looked straight into Sonoko's eyes and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't give him a chance to shoot! No one else can even touch Sonoko!!"

"Ah————" Her heart was beating fast just thinking about it. Sonoko couldn't help but excitedly circle around the room with her phone in hand.

After leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, Lan called Sonoko while walking on the sidewalk.

"Lan! Strategist! You are the love strategist!!" Yuanzi's excited voice came from the other end of the phone: "Give me the tickets for the football match!"

On the Shinkansen to Nagano, Kogoro, Takagi and Sato sat side by side in three rows of seats.

"Inspector Yamato was accidentally caught in the avalanche ten months ago while he was chasing someone in the mountains, right?" asked Kogoro, who was sitting next to him in the aisle.

Takagi in the middle held up a tablet and answered, "Well, the one we're after is the fugitive Sadakuni Mikuriya. Eight years ago, two robbers broke into a gun shop in Nagano to steal shotguns and ammunition. Although it was late at night, employee Maki Funakubo returned to the store. It seems that his leg was slashed by a knife by the other party when the criminals escaped."

Takagi continued to explain while showing Kogoro the information about the "Gun Shop Robbery and Injury Incident" displayed on the tablet:

"After receiving a call from the store, patrolman Kai Gento, who was on patrol at the time, discovered one of the two robbers, Washito Takashi, and arrested him. The next day, based on Washito's confession, they discovered another criminal, Mikuni Sadakuni, who was hiding in the mountains, and arrested him."

Kogoro waved his hand and said, "When we get to Nagano, let's go ask the patrolman who arrested them."

"That's impossible," Takagi said with a serious expression, "Patrolman Kai fell off a mountain and died six years ago."

Sato, who was sitting by the window, tilted his head and looked at Kogoro: "According to the records, the case related to this seems to have been solved by Mr. Mori and the Nagano Prefectural Police together."

"Hey? Me?" Kogoro pointed at himself in surprise.

Speaking of which....he recalled his first meeting with Yamato a few months ago.

The son of the heir of a famous family in Nagano fell to his death, and the son of another famous family was also brutally beaten to death. Afterwards, people related to the two families were killed one after another, but the first victim was the Kai patrolman who fell to his death six years ago.

"Speaking of that case, I wonder when it was solved..." Maori scratched his head.

In addition to commissioning Kogoro to investigate, the head of another famous family also commissioned western high school detective Hattori Heiji to investigate.

Heiji, Conan, Yamato and others fought against the criminal gang and finally captured them.

Takagi looked at Kogoro in disbelief as he frowned.

Sato said: "Miyako was released on parole six years ago, but disappeared shortly after..."

"Missing?" Maori was shocked.

Sato turned around and replied, "Yes."

She continued, "Ten months ago, Inspector Yamato discovered the chef. During the pursuit, the two were unfortunately caught in an avalanche and their whereabouts became unknown."

Conan, Ran, Kogoro and others were on the same Shinkansen train, but the two of them were in another carriage.

While tying his shoelaces, Conan used the receiver on the front of his glasses to eavesdrop on the conversation between Kogoro and the others.

"I didn't expect the detective to be caught in an avalanche, and it seems like they never found anyone."

When she heard Takagi's voice, Ran, who was sitting by the window, looked at the foot-strengthening shoes on Conan's feet and asked, "Conan, are those new hiking shoes?"

"Ah...? Well! The doctor gave it to me!" Conan said perfunctorily.

"So handsome." Xiaolan praised.

Conan laughed perfunctorily while concentrating on listening to the sound coming from the receiver.

"When the safety of Inspector Yamato was already in despair, Mikuni Sadakuni seemed to have luckily escaped from the avalanche and hid directly on the mountain. Later, a police inspector named Morobushi Takaaki from Nagano Prefecture found Mikuni and arrested him again."

After Takagi, Sato's voice was heard: "Inspector Morobushi knew that there had been an avalanche. Based on the direction of the avalanche, he believed that Inspector Yamato might not be in Nagano Prefecture, but most likely in Yamanashi Prefecture. So the police finally found Inspector Yamato unconscious in a hospital at the foot of Mount Yamanashi."

The Shinkansen that Kogoro and his friends took soon arrived at Nagano Station.

The huge eaves and pillars lined with large lanterns in the station are impressive. After leaving the station, one is immediately exposed to the cold air. The square in front of the station is covered with snow after snow removal. Kogoro stands next to the statue of Princess Rushi and looks around.

"Long time no see, Detective Mori." Kogoro heard the voice and looked back, and saw Uehara Yui and Yamato Gansuke with a cane walking towards them.

After Kogoro greeted the two, he pointed to Takagi and Sato who were standing side by side and said, "These two are the Abeks (a term for couples) from the Metropolitan Police Department."

The two people who were introduced in this way smiled shyly:

"What is Abeke?"

“This statement is too retro.”

The two of them complained very tactfully.

"Really? In that case, those two are the Nagano Prefecture police couple." This time, Kogoro planned to introduce Yui and Yamato.

"I, we are not a couple..." Yui denied hastily.

"I-I see. Then I'll leave the crocodile matter to you—"

"Crocodile?" This time it was Yamato who interrupted.

"It seems to be a nickname, Inspector Sametani." Sato said.

"I heard that he is Mr. Mori's friend..." Takagi explained.

Yui and Yamato looked at each other strangely, and seemed not to understand Takagi and Sato's explanation.

Then, Yamato seemed to have remembered something and asked, "By the way, where is that kid? The little guy who is always with you and has a very strong intuition..."

"I asked him to stay at home. After all, this is no joke." Kogoro answered seriously and walked towards the ring road.

"The car should be here..." Yamato glanced in the direction of the parking lot, then chased after Kogoro who was walking in the opposite direction.

After getting off at Sakudaira Station, two stops away from Nagano Station, Conan and Xiaolan walked towards the taxi pick-up area on the ring road in front of the station.

It was colder outside than expected. Conan couldn't help sneezing. Xiaolan asked with concern, "Are you okay, Conan?"

"Yeah, it's okay..." Conan was as cold as his grandson.

"It's a bit cold indeed." Ran squatted down in front of Conan, untied the scarf around her neck, and wrapped it around Conan's neck: "It would be bad if you caught a cold... Well, it's okay."

The scarf was tied into a bow shape. Conan smiled shyly: "Thank you...thank you."

At this moment, a person walking behind Conan accidentally hit Conan's back with his bag.

Conan was caught off guard and was about to fall, so Ran quickly supported him.

"Oh, sorry. Are you okay, kid?" The man put down his bag, hurriedly walked to Conan, bent down, and put his hand on Conan's shoulder.

"Ah, it's okay..." Conan felt a little aggrieved.

"I'm really sorry." The man looked into Conan's eyes and apologized again, then picked up the bag on the ground and left.

"Is everything okay, Conan?" Xiaolan asked.

"Well, nothing, let's go." Although Conan was hit by the bag and his body was shaken and he almost fell, he was not injured.

Conan and Xiaolan walked towards the taxi pick-up area again and got into a taxi parked there.

Lan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at the back seat and asked, "Conan, are we going to the observatory now?"

"Well, even if I go to the county police station now, I will only be scolded by my uncle." Conan said.

So, Xiaolan told the driver: "Please take us to the National Astronomical Observatory Nobeyama."

Conan, who was sitting in the back seat, fastened his seat belt. In order to lower the position of the shoulder strap, when Conan put his hands on the shoulder strap, his fingertips touched the collar of his shirt and he felt an unnatural round bulge.

It's a bug.

He was bugged.

Could it be that man just now——? !

Conan looked back through the window and saw the man who hit him with the bag walking towards the station.

Conan was shocked: Who are you? Why did you do this to me...

The man deliberately hit Conan with his bag and took the opportunity to install a bug in the collar of Conan's shirt.

"Well, I did as I was told." The man who hit Conan with his bag stopped in front of the station stairs, took out his cell phone and made a call.

"but."

"Why would you want to bug that kid?"

"Inspector Kazami."