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Chapter 1062: The Surprise Came Too Suddenly
"What is this?" Kazuha Toyama leaned over to look at the text on the phone screen. "It feels so hard to understand..."
"Yeah," Ran Mouri also left her seat and crowded around the mobile phone, asking doubtfully, "Is it ancient text?"
Chi Feichei looked towards Heiji Hattori and Conan, "What are your views?"
He was trying to get the Detective Group to help uncover something.
"Completely—" Heiji Hattori took a deep breath, reached out, and snapped the mobile phone shut. "None!"
"Alright, alright, hurry up and sit properly," Kogoro Mori didn't get involved, urging them, "The dishes are coming soon!"
"That's right," Conan smilingly put the mobile phone back into Chi Feichei's hand, trying to stop his friends from falling into a weird pitfall. "This should be some spooky stuff, right? Since we can't understand it, there's no need to look at it, and there's nothing worth researching. I bought the second volume of 'The Devil's Planned Will'. I can lend it to Brother Chi after I finish reading it!"
Seeing that these two Conan-science guys had no interest in this, Chi Feichei didn't insist and put the mobile phone back into his pocket.
He wouldn't research things without value, but the problem is that these things might have present reference value for him, which is of greater value than reading mystery novels.
Heiji Hattori fussed around with Conan for a while, and the dishes were quickly served. The group didn't talk about anything else and turned the topic to food.
Chi Feichei silently ate throughout, only responding a couple of times when asked, saying, "'It's good'," "'It's alright'," or "'No need'."
More than an hour passed by the time the waiter served dessert and coffee.
"Phew..." Heiji Hattori smiled contentedly, "I'm full!"
Ran Mouri also smiled, saying, "Occasionally trying authentic Italian pasta is also good!"
"That's right, coming here was the right choice. But Brother Chi, didn't you bring Feichi?" Kazuha Toyama turned her head and asked Chi Feichei, "Previously, it would always quietly peek out to look at us. I didn't see it at all today."
Chi Feichei put down his coffee cup, deeply realizing that quite a few people cared about Feichi. "It's about to shed skin. It's resting at home."
"Shedding skin? Ran and this kid saw Feichi shedding skin last time, right?" Heiji Hattori pointed at Conan, a bit curious. "I haven't even seen a snake shedding skin yet. If there's still time, I definitely have to check it out!"
"Feichi seemingly doesn't like being watched while shedding skin," Ran Mouri reminded him smilingly. "Last time we went to see Feichi shedding skin, it stopped moving halfway through..."
Heiji Hattori refused to give up, "We can secretly film it with a camera and watch it later!"
"And then? What did you and Kazuha-neechan come to Tokyo for?" Conan looked at Heiji Hattori with a smile. After Heiji Hattori looked over, he instantly put on a stern face and added disdain, saying in a cute child's voice, "You black charcoal!"
Ran Mouri was stunned, "Bl-black charcoal?"
Heiji Hattori sweatdropped, very annoyed, "Hey, hey, what kind of attitude is that!"
"Who told you to suddenly run over without saying anything," Conan propped his chin with his right hand, looking at the tabletop. "You ruined my original plan."
Heiji Hattori started laughing again, showing his white teeth. "Of course we came because there was something important. This time we came because we have a plan we want to discuss a bit with you, so that's why we specifically came to find you!"
"Plan?" Ran Mouri looked at Kazuha Toyama with a doubtful gaze.
"Summer vacation is almost here, we want to invite a few of you to visit Osaka," Kazuha Toyama said smilingly. "There are still many interesting things in Osaka that you haven't seen!"
Kogoro Mori picked up his coffee cup, blankly, "The interesting things you're talking about are..."
"Need you ask?" Kazuha Toyama smiled.
"The most famous thing in Osaka is, of course..." Heiji Hattori said expectantly, "Koshien!"
"Takarazuka!" Kazuha Toyama smiled.
The air fell silent for a moment. Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama stared at each other, stunned and with a look of 'can't understand'.
"Koshien?"
"Takarazuka?"
Conan's half-moon eyes. Both of these are in Hyogo Prefecture, what do they have to do with Osaka?
"What are you doing?" Kazuha Toyama glared at Heiji Hattori. "I never heard you say you were going to Koshien!"
Heiji Hattori glared back without giving an inch, "I heard you actually wanted to go see some Takarazuka performances, that was also a bolt from the blue!"
"Didn't I tell you long ago?" Kazuha Toyama said angrily. "Our neighbor aunt gave us the tickets for the Takarazuka performance."
"Yes, yes," Heiji Hattori averted his line of sight. "You seemingly have been nagging about it in front of me."
Chi Feichei silently drank his coffee, watching the two of them bicker.
Takarazuka is the Takarazuka Revue, performing domestic and international operas, composed of unmarried females. They have to leave when they get married. And male roles are generally played by female actors in reverse roles. This is considered a feature of Takarazuka performances.
"What's there to argue about?" Kogoro Mori drank his coffee speechless. "Can't you just go to both?"
"Might as well," Heiji Hattori compromised. "Anyway, I just wanted to take you to see the High School Baseball Finals."
Kazuha Toyama was stunned, "Oh no! It's impossible to go to both..."
The reason is, Kazuha Toyama has many tickets, all on the same day, exactly the day of the High School Baseball Championship Finals. If you go to one side, you can't go to the other.
"I think Kazuha, you should give in a bit," Heiji Hattori said to Kazuha Toyama with a smile. "Takarazuka performances are similar every year, but the Baseball Finals only happen once a year. That's a real sword, real gun duel..."
"What are you talking about?" Kazuha Toyama said unwillingly. "You can watch the Baseball Finals on the news broadcast, but tickets for such good seats for a Takarazuka performance are hard to get. It would be too much of a pity to miss it."
"Idiot! You definitely have to watch baseball live! What's the point of just seeing the outcome from the news?"
"Of course, watching Takarazuka live is the best!" Kazuha Toyama said, turning her head to pull in allies. "Right, Ran! You also want to see the Takarazuka performance more, right?"
Ran Mouri sweatdropped and nodded, "Uh, uh-huh..."
"Hey, kid," Heiji Hattori lowered his head and stared at Conan, his face became gloomy and terrifying, saying threateningly, "If you're a man, you'll support watching the Baseball Finals, right?"
Conan sweatdropped, "Y-yeah, that's right."
Heiji Hattori was satisfied and looked towards Chi Feichei, "Then Brother Chi? You also want to see the High School Baseball Championship more, right?"
Kazuha Toyama stared at Heiji Hattori with fiery gaze.
Damn it! He actually got ahead!
"I have absolutely no interest in baseball," Chi Feichei said without changing his expression. "Nor will I watch Takarazuka performances."
Heiji Hattori was stunned, "Why?"
"The banquet hosted by THK Company clashed with the Koshien Finals and Takarazuka performance," Chi Feichei explained. "Many people will attend this time, and Sonoko and I both promised to go."
"That means Brother Chi can't go with us?" Kazuha Toyama asked.
Chi Feichei nodded.
This time, the two companies merged into one. He and Sonoko Suzuki both promised to go meet the new employees, and would also invite some people in the circle to come over so everyone could get acquainted. The time was set by him.
Moreover, Feichi is about to shed skin, and he doesn't know what transformation there will be, so he doesn't plan to run around anymore.
"That's really a pity," Kazuha Toyama felt a bit regret, and again looked towards Kogoro Mori. "Then Uncle? Which side do you support?"
"I..." Kogoro Mori secretly glanced towards Chi Feichei's side. "I also received an invitation card for the banquet."
"Father, aren't you going with us either?" Ran Mouri hesitated a bit. "Then Conan and I..."
"No way, no way," Heiji Hattori saw that he couldn't even pull one person over, and quickly said, "There can be banquets later. Brother Chi is the host and must participate, but it's not like Uncle must go. Summer vacation is almost here, shouldn't you rather take Ran and the glasses kid out for a walk?"
Kogoro Mori looked at Ran Mouri and Conan, forced to give up the banquet, "O-okay."
"Then which side does Uncle support?"
"Koshien or Takarazuka?"
Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama simultaneously got up, staring at Kogoro Mori with gazes so expectant they seemed like they wanted to eat him.
"Well..." Kogoro Mori sweatdropped a bit. "Then let's compete using reasoning. Finally, we'll go to the place recommended by the person who wins, how about it?"
"Reasoning competition?" Heiji Hattori gained interest.
"At the end of last month, a murder case occurred in a certain company office. Because there are many suspicious points, Inspector Megure requested me to go over and investigate a bit," Kogoro Mori explained. "That company is nearby. I originally planned to go check it out afterwards after eating."
Chi Feichei lowered his gaze and drank coffee.
The crime rate in their Beihu Town is really high. Presidents of various companies really easily lose their lives.
"What do you think?" Kogoro Mori proposed. "Although it's not great to gamble using a murder case, the criminal hasn't been caught anyway, so let's just consider it for the sake of solving the case quickly, there's nothing wrong with that."
"In this case..." Heiji Hattori looked towards Kazuha Toyama with full interest. "Kazuha, let's compete!"
"This is too cunning!" Kazuha Toyama was both angry and helpless, glancing at Heiji Hattori. "If we compete in reasoning, how could I possibly win against you?"
"Of course..."
Kogoro Mori just opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei looked at Kazuha Toyama and said, "I'll help you."
He wanted to stir things up.
Heiji Hattori: !
His smile froze.
Conan looked at Heiji Hattori's dumbfounded expression, almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Kazuha Toyama was also a bit stunned, muttering in a low voice, "The surprise came too suddenly..."
"Hey, hey, Brother Chi, how can you betray the friendship between men?" Heiji Hattori instantly exploded. After saying, he stared at Conan, gritting his teeth, pulling in allies. "Conan, you also think a man should just stand on one side, right? Also, you should be on my side, right?"
If Kudo doesn't stand on his side, then he'll start hammering!
He can't beat Brother Chi, but can't he beat an elementary school student?
Conan felt the killing intent from Heiji Hattori's eyes and was forced to nod in agreement, "Uh, uh-huh..."
Kazuha Toyama happily pulled in teammates, "Ran, you join my group with Brother Chi, we'll definitely win!"
Ran Mouri thought that she was also just tagging along, and supporting Kazuha Toyama might as well, so she nodded with a smile, "Okay!"
Heiji Hattori turned his head and stared at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi..."
Chi Feichei ignored Heiji Hattori's increasingly dark face. "I have absolutely no interest in baseball. Compared to that, opera performances are much more interesting. Of course I'll help Kazuha."
Kogoro Mori had black lines on his forehead. No wonder, his disciple is someone who even makes other people sing opera when he goes to a nightclub. "Then I..."
Looking at this side, Kazuha Toyama, his own daughter, his own disciple, and then looking at that side, the famous high school detective from Osaka and the glasses kid, he... was in a dilemma.
"Uncle, you also come to our side?" Kazuha Toyama actively pulled people into the team. "Heiji is a high school detective who has solved many incidents. If you, this famous detective, join us, we'll definitely win!"
Heiji Hattori: ...
This was the first time he felt Kazuha... was detestable!
"Your side already has three people," Kogoro Mori looked at Heiji Hattori and Conan, and suddenly had an idea. "Cough, I think I'll just act as the referee!"
End of Chapter
"What is this?" Kazuha Toyama leaned over to look at the text on the phone screen. "It feels so hard to understand..."
"Yeah," Ran Mouri also left her seat and crowded around the mobile phone, asking doubtfully, "Is it ancient text?"
Chi Feichei looked towards Heiji Hattori and Conan, "What are your views?"
He was trying to get the Detective Group to help uncover something.
"Completely—" Heiji Hattori took a deep breath, reached out, and snapped the mobile phone shut. "None!"
"Alright, alright, hurry up and sit properly," Kogoro Mori didn't get involved, urging them, "The dishes are coming soon!"
"That's right," Conan smilingly put the mobile phone back into Chi Feichei's hand, trying to stop his friends from falling into a weird pitfall. "This should be some spooky stuff, right? Since we can't understand it, there's no need to look at it, and there's nothing worth researching. I bought the second volume of 'The Devil's Planned Will'. I can lend it to Brother Chi after I finish reading it!"
Seeing that these two Conan-science guys had no interest in this, Chi Feichei didn't insist and put the mobile phone back into his pocket.
He wouldn't research things without value, but the problem is that these things might have present reference value for him, which is of greater value than reading mystery novels.
Heiji Hattori fussed around with Conan for a while, and the dishes were quickly served. The group didn't talk about anything else and turned the topic to food.
Chi Feichei silently ate throughout, only responding a couple of times when asked, saying, "'It's good'," "'It's alright'," or "'No need'."
More than an hour passed by the time the waiter served dessert and coffee.
"Phew..." Heiji Hattori smiled contentedly, "I'm full!"
Ran Mouri also smiled, saying, "Occasionally trying authentic Italian pasta is also good!"
"That's right, coming here was the right choice. But Brother Chi, didn't you bring Feichi?" Kazuha Toyama turned her head and asked Chi Feichei, "Previously, it would always quietly peek out to look at us. I didn't see it at all today."
Chi Feichei put down his coffee cup, deeply realizing that quite a few people cared about Feichi. "It's about to shed skin. It's resting at home."
"Shedding skin? Ran and this kid saw Feichi shedding skin last time, right?" Heiji Hattori pointed at Conan, a bit curious. "I haven't even seen a snake shedding skin yet. If there's still time, I definitely have to check it out!"
"Feichi seemingly doesn't like being watched while shedding skin," Ran Mouri reminded him smilingly. "Last time we went to see Feichi shedding skin, it stopped moving halfway through..."
Heiji Hattori refused to give up, "We can secretly film it with a camera and watch it later!"
"And then? What did you and Kazuha-neechan come to Tokyo for?" Conan looked at Heiji Hattori with a smile. After Heiji Hattori looked over, he instantly put on a stern face and added disdain, saying in a cute child's voice, "You black charcoal!"
Ran Mouri was stunned, "Bl-black charcoal?"
Heiji Hattori sweatdropped, very annoyed, "Hey, hey, what kind of attitude is that!"
"Who told you to suddenly run over without saying anything," Conan propped his chin with his right hand, looking at the tabletop. "You ruined my original plan."
Heiji Hattori started laughing again, showing his white teeth. "Of course we came because there was something important. This time we came because we have a plan we want to discuss a bit with you, so that's why we specifically came to find you!"
"Plan?" Ran Mouri looked at Kazuha Toyama with a doubtful gaze.
"Summer vacation is almost here, we want to invite a few of you to visit Osaka," Kazuha Toyama said smilingly. "There are still many interesting things in Osaka that you haven't seen!"
Kogoro Mori picked up his coffee cup, blankly, "The interesting things you're talking about are..."
"Need you ask?" Kazuha Toyama smiled.
"The most famous thing in Osaka is, of course..." Heiji Hattori said expectantly, "Koshien!"
"Takarazuka!" Kazuha Toyama smiled.
The air fell silent for a moment. Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama stared at each other, stunned and with a look of 'can't understand'.
"Koshien?"
"Takarazuka?"
Conan's half-moon eyes. Both of these are in Hyogo Prefecture, what do they have to do with Osaka?
"What are you doing?" Kazuha Toyama glared at Heiji Hattori. "I never heard you say you were going to Koshien!"
Heiji Hattori glared back without giving an inch, "I heard you actually wanted to go see some Takarazuka performances, that was also a bolt from the blue!"
"Didn't I tell you long ago?" Kazuha Toyama said angrily. "Our neighbor aunt gave us the tickets for the Takarazuka performance."
"Yes, yes," Heiji Hattori averted his line of sight. "You seemingly have been nagging about it in front of me."
Chi Feichei silently drank his coffee, watching the two of them bicker.
Takarazuka is the Takarazuka Revue, performing domestic and international operas, composed of unmarried females. They have to leave when they get married. And male roles are generally played by female actors in reverse roles. This is considered a feature of Takarazuka performances.
"What's there to argue about?" Kogoro Mori drank his coffee speechless. "Can't you just go to both?"
"Might as well," Heiji Hattori compromised. "Anyway, I just wanted to take you to see the High School Baseball Finals."
Kazuha Toyama was stunned, "Oh no! It's impossible to go to both..."
The reason is, Kazuha Toyama has many tickets, all on the same day, exactly the day of the High School Baseball Championship Finals. If you go to one side, you can't go to the other.
"I think Kazuha, you should give in a bit," Heiji Hattori said to Kazuha Toyama with a smile. "Takarazuka performances are similar every year, but the Baseball Finals only happen once a year. That's a real sword, real gun duel..."
"What are you talking about?" Kazuha Toyama said unwillingly. "You can watch the Baseball Finals on the news broadcast, but tickets for such good seats for a Takarazuka performance are hard to get. It would be too much of a pity to miss it."
"Idiot! You definitely have to watch baseball live! What's the point of just seeing the outcome from the news?"
"Of course, watching Takarazuka live is the best!" Kazuha Toyama said, turning her head to pull in allies. "Right, Ran! You also want to see the Takarazuka performance more, right?"
Ran Mouri sweatdropped and nodded, "Uh, uh-huh..."
"Hey, kid," Heiji Hattori lowered his head and stared at Conan, his face became gloomy and terrifying, saying threateningly, "If you're a man, you'll support watching the Baseball Finals, right?"
Conan sweatdropped, "Y-yeah, that's right."
Heiji Hattori was satisfied and looked towards Chi Feichei, "Then Brother Chi? You also want to see the High School Baseball Championship more, right?"
Kazuha Toyama stared at Heiji Hattori with fiery gaze.
Damn it! He actually got ahead!
"I have absolutely no interest in baseball," Chi Feichei said without changing his expression. "Nor will I watch Takarazuka performances."
Heiji Hattori was stunned, "Why?"
"The banquet hosted by THK Company clashed with the Koshien Finals and Takarazuka performance," Chi Feichei explained. "Many people will attend this time, and Sonoko and I both promised to go."
"That means Brother Chi can't go with us?" Kazuha Toyama asked.
Chi Feichei nodded.
This time, the two companies merged into one. He and Sonoko Suzuki both promised to go meet the new employees, and would also invite some people in the circle to come over so everyone could get acquainted. The time was set by him.
Moreover, Feichi is about to shed skin, and he doesn't know what transformation there will be, so he doesn't plan to run around anymore.
"That's really a pity," Kazuha Toyama felt a bit regret, and again looked towards Kogoro Mori. "Then Uncle? Which side do you support?"
"I..." Kogoro Mori secretly glanced towards Chi Feichei's side. "I also received an invitation card for the banquet."
"Father, aren't you going with us either?" Ran Mouri hesitated a bit. "Then Conan and I..."
"No way, no way," Heiji Hattori saw that he couldn't even pull one person over, and quickly said, "There can be banquets later. Brother Chi is the host and must participate, but it's not like Uncle must go. Summer vacation is almost here, shouldn't you rather take Ran and the glasses kid out for a walk?"
Kogoro Mori looked at Ran Mouri and Conan, forced to give up the banquet, "O-okay."
"Then which side does Uncle support?"
"Koshien or Takarazuka?"
Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama simultaneously got up, staring at Kogoro Mori with gazes so expectant they seemed like they wanted to eat him.
"Well..." Kogoro Mori sweatdropped a bit. "Then let's compete using reasoning. Finally, we'll go to the place recommended by the person who wins, how about it?"
"Reasoning competition?" Heiji Hattori gained interest.
"At the end of last month, a murder case occurred in a certain company office. Because there are many suspicious points, Inspector Megure requested me to go over and investigate a bit," Kogoro Mori explained. "That company is nearby. I originally planned to go check it out afterwards after eating."
Chi Feichei lowered his gaze and drank coffee.
The crime rate in their Beihu Town is really high. Presidents of various companies really easily lose their lives.
"What do you think?" Kogoro Mori proposed. "Although it's not great to gamble using a murder case, the criminal hasn't been caught anyway, so let's just consider it for the sake of solving the case quickly, there's nothing wrong with that."
"In this case..." Heiji Hattori looked towards Kazuha Toyama with full interest. "Kazuha, let's compete!"
"This is too cunning!" Kazuha Toyama was both angry and helpless, glancing at Heiji Hattori. "If we compete in reasoning, how could I possibly win against you?"
"Of course..."
Kogoro Mori just opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei looked at Kazuha Toyama and said, "I'll help you."
He wanted to stir things up.
Heiji Hattori: !
His smile froze.
Conan looked at Heiji Hattori's dumbfounded expression, almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Kazuha Toyama was also a bit stunned, muttering in a low voice, "The surprise came too suddenly..."
"Hey, hey, Brother Chi, how can you betray the friendship between men?" Heiji Hattori instantly exploded. After saying, he stared at Conan, gritting his teeth, pulling in allies. "Conan, you also think a man should just stand on one side, right? Also, you should be on my side, right?"
If Kudo doesn't stand on his side, then he'll start hammering!
He can't beat Brother Chi, but can't he beat an elementary school student?
Conan felt the killing intent from Heiji Hattori's eyes and was forced to nod in agreement, "Uh, uh-huh..."
Kazuha Toyama happily pulled in teammates, "Ran, you join my group with Brother Chi, we'll definitely win!"
Ran Mouri thought that she was also just tagging along, and supporting Kazuha Toyama might as well, so she nodded with a smile, "Okay!"
Heiji Hattori turned his head and stared at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi..."
Chi Feichei ignored Heiji Hattori's increasingly dark face. "I have absolutely no interest in baseball. Compared to that, opera performances are much more interesting. Of course I'll help Kazuha."
Kogoro Mori had black lines on his forehead. No wonder, his disciple is someone who even makes other people sing opera when he goes to a nightclub. "Then I..."
Looking at this side, Kazuha Toyama, his own daughter, his own disciple, and then looking at that side, the famous high school detective from Osaka and the glasses kid, he... was in a dilemma.
"Uncle, you also come to our side?" Kazuha Toyama actively pulled people into the team. "Heiji is a high school detective who has solved many incidents. If you, this famous detective, join us, we'll definitely win!"
Heiji Hattori: ...
This was the first time he felt Kazuha... was detestable!
"Your side already has three people," Kogoro Mori looked at Heiji Hattori and Conan, and suddenly had an idea. "Cough, I think I'll just act as the referee!"
End of Chapter
