Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 311 The Status of the Boss Asking for a Monthly Ticket ()
Hattori Shizuka pretended to be an ordinary client.After she finished her pre-thought-out lines, she bowed slightly.

She didn't know that Amuro Toru and Jiang Xia had already recognized her identity, and she didn't realize that when she bowed her head, the two took the opportunity to exchange a puzzled look.

As Hattori Heiji's mother, Hattori Shizuka has always been very curious about the "Jiangxia" that her son and husband said - the son always described Jiangxia as a monster, but her husband admired it very much. In addition, Toyama and Ye seem to have an impression of Jiangxia Quite good.

The polarized evaluations given by people around him undoubtedly aroused Hattori Shizuka's interest.So she adjusted her trip to Tokyo slightly.

——Originally, she only needed to arrive tomorrow to attend the wedding of her friend's son.

But now, Hattori Jinghua decided to come one day earlier and meet Jiang Xia first.And in the process, test his ability, observe his character, and then see who is wearing colored glasses among his son, husband, and promising future daughter-in-law.

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In order to achieve this goal, when Hattori Shizuka speaks, he uses Tokyo dialect that sounds very authentic at first glance.And deliberately hide the surname "Hatbu", which is easy for Jiang Xia to associate with Hattori Heiji, and only say that his surname is "Ikeba".

In addition, she also used a Band-Aid to cover the scar on the wedding ring on her left ring finger under the pretext that she hurt her hand due to poor cooking skills, and pretended that she was single—this is not only to cover up the identity of "Hattori Heiji's mother", but also to Jiang Xia. One of the small tests of ability.

Hattori Shizuka came to this firm for the first time.And her son Hattori Heiji had never seen Jiang Xia in the detective agency.

So Hattori Shizuka didn't understand the usual state of the office, and she didn't feel that it was wrong for Amuro Toru to call and help her find Jiang Xia immediately after hearing that she wanted to find Jiang Xia.I just feel that this firm is very service-oriented, or the boss thought she was a rich and big client after seeing her attire, and offered potential VIP treatment in private...Similar things, Hattori Shizuka has encountered in the past Not a lot.

In short, at present, Hattori Shizuka is unaware of the fact that she has been recognized as her true identity.

Jiang Xia silently looked at the elder who had fallen off the horse before meeting him, but was still concentrating on performing, so she had to pretend that she hadn't noticed anything, and followed the normal process to accompany her in the performance.

Seeing Jiang Xia coming, Toru Amuro got up and gave him the seat opposite Shizuka Hattori.

Afterwards, the boss of the detective agency did not leave the office, but started pretending to find tea to make tea, and stayed in the shop with this reason-he was a little curious about why Hattori Shizuka came here.

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Hattori Shizuka sat down gracefully, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then began to tell her pre-rehearsed commission.

She took out a well-preserved old photo from her bag, placed it on the table, and then turned it to an angle suitable for Jiang Xia to watch.

Jiang Xia looked down for a moment, and found that it was a group photo of members of the Kendo Club.The members looked young, probably not yet in high school.A boy with thick eyebrows in the middle is holding a trophy in his hand, grinning happily, and beside him are surrounded by a circle of six members.

"I want to ask you to help find the person in the middle."

Hattori Shizuka stretched out her hand, and her light white fingertips touched the person holding the trophy slightly: "His name is Shiro Shibata." After she finished speaking, she thought for a while and added, "This photo was taken in the second year of junior high school—— That is 30 years ago. His appearance and height may have changed a lot."

Jiang Xia nodded and began to ask some routine questions, pretending that she was seriously collecting clues.

When two people communicate.

Next to him, Toru Amuro eased his movements, weakening the noise, so that he could hear every sentence of the conversation between the two people in the room.

...not interested in gossip about the wives of high-ranking police officers.Mainly because as an intelligence officer, he felt that he should be highly sensitive and vigilant to all kinds of abnormal information.

Toru Amuro listened carefully while thinking: Shibata Shiro, this is a man's name...Speaking of which, Mrs. Hattori came to Jiang Xia anonymously, perhaps not because she had heard about Jiang Xia from Hattori Heiji, but because He really came here for Jiang Xia's reputation as a detective.

This actually makes sense.First of all, judging from Hattori Heiji's performance at the gate of the detective agency last time, although he knew Jiang Xia, he was obviously not familiar with Jiang Xia.In addition, many high school students of this age are still at the end of the rebellious period, so they may not tell their parents about their situation.

That is to say, there is this possibility - Hattori Jinghua didn't even know that Hattori Heiji knew Jiang Xia.To her, Jiang Xia is just a strange Tokyo detective.

If this is the case, then Mrs. Hattori did not call the police and find detectives in Osaka, but went to Tokyo on purpose, and deliberately concealed her name to release the commission. , to cover the traces of the wedding ring?

……interesting.

Toru Amuro took a sip of black tea with some interest.

A second later, he looked down at the water stains on the rim of the glass and was slightly taken aback.

...This tea seems to be specially brewed for guests.

Toru Amuro paused for a moment, put the teacup aside calmly, and washed a cup for the guest again.

He hasn't worked in his own firm for a long time, and he is not very skilled in business.

Having said that, these chores should obviously be done by Jiang Xia, a theoretical employee, but why is he doing it instead...

Amuro looked at Hattori Shizuka who was chatting happily with Jiang Xia, and thought about how she cherished words like gold before Jiang Xia appeared, and sighed inwardly.Bosses these days are really losing their human rights.

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"A while ago, I accidentally lost the medal I won in the summer cup kendo competition when I was in the third year of junior high school. For me, apart from the medal, the only souvenir that can record that time is a photo.

"Before I graduated from junior high school, I accidentally used that photo as a bookmark and stuck it in a book I borrowed from Mr. Shibata, and forgot to take the photo out when I returned the book.

"When I think about it again, Mr. Shibata has already moved, and the contact between us has also been broken." Hattori Shizuka lowered his head slightly, looking a little embarrassed, acting very focused, "So I would like to ask Find Mr. Shibata and help me retrieve that photo."

Amuro, who was not far away, heard this, and made a new guess with great interest:

Compared with this photo, Mrs. Hattori may use the photo as an excuse to find her first love back then.

——Looking for the first love of decades ago is actually a prosperous business for the private detectives here, second only to finding cats and dogs to catch mistresses.

(End of this chapter)