Conan: The Mechanic

On the morning of October 25th, in the reception room of the main office building of Achiha Athletic Park. Satsuki Club's president Achiha sat at one side of the table, while the three high school students sat opposite.

"I've already heard from the police officer Ayanokouji Wenyu, you are the high school detectives who want to find me about [Nagoro Shikao], right?" President Azhibo glanced at the three people in front of him. people. "I still have a lot of things to do here, so you don't have much time for inquiries. If you have any questions, ask them as soon as possible, and I will answer you."

"Okay, then let's ask questions first," Hattori Heiji sat in the middle and asked President Achiha his own question. "President, how much do you know about Mr. Nagoro Shikao?"

"Actually, it's not too much." After thinking for a while, President Azhibo gave an answer that wasn't particularly optimistic. "Compared to the charm of the song card itself, the Nagoro Club...especially the male players of the Nagoro Club, attach great importance to the outcome of the game, and extremely dislike situations such as hand mistakes. As long as they are there Locally, a song card game can easily become a noisy arena without aesthetics.

"Of course, what I said next is not an accusation, but I think... this has something to do with Mr. Nagashi Shikao. Nagashi will have such a style of play, and he, the president who teaches these disciples by words and deeds, must be It's inseparable from the relationship." Speaking of which, President Azhibo shook his head. "Although it is said that the competitive song card is this kind of game to determine the winner, but to pursue victory in this way... At least I think this is not what the competitive song card was pursuing at the beginning."

"Is his life outside the song card so aggressive?" Chiba asked. "Or does he just put such a huge pressure on the song card? From your personal point of view, is it possible that Nagoro may take revenge on others who put a lot of energy into cultivating themselves, but ended up in the Satsuki Club? "

"Then I don't know. After all, we usually don't have any intersection other than songs." President Azhibo shook his head. "But when it comes to this, I think Sekine's knowledge of him should be relatively comprehensive, and Ooka has trained under her for several years after all, and I believe he should have some additional understanding of him."

"By the way, I heard that five years ago, Mr. Nagashi challenged the Satsuki Club and asked the losing party to dissolve the song card club he led, right?" Kudo Shin glanced at the table next to him. A photo of President Azhibo and an unknown beautiful woman asked in a hurry. "It is said that Nagoro did not appear at the venue that day. Does President Achiha know what happened at that time?"

"I don't know either," President Azhibo immediately shook his head. "Because Nagoro hyped the news of the game before the game, a lot of media flocked. But Nagoro himself was absent...I wonder why he didn't show up, resulting in his reputation and the Nagoro Club itself. If he is buried, he can only ask himself. At least there may be no way to provide more information on our side. "

"Okay, thank you very much, President, for taking the time to receive us. I think we should conduct follow-up investigations." Heiji Hattori ended the meeting. "By the way, do you have Mr. Gen's contact information on your side?"

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"So you are the high school detectives that the president said came to investigate Mr. Nagoro," Sekine Yasushi muttered, looking at the few people in front of him. "Obviously still a high school student, why are you involved in these criminal investigations... Forget it, I didn't say it. In short, what are you asking?"

"Has Mr. Nagoro Shikao's character always been as aggressive as his song card competition style?"

"No no no, of course not!" Sekine Yasushi expressed considerable dissatisfaction with this issue. "Nagoro-sensei is actually a very gentle person—I mean, I know that Nagoro-sensei plays very extreme and aggressive, but most of the time it's not. In fact, in my When I first joined the Nagore Club, Mr. Nagoro taught a member a lesson, telling him that the focus of competitive song cards is not to compete, but to appreciate the purpose of song cards themselves. Only by facing this art with a devout attitude, this It is the art that bestows you the crown of competition."

"Huh?" The three high school students looked at each other in surprise - they had never received such feedback before.

"Actually, Nagashi-sensei has a very good personality most of the time, and his style is well-received by those who know him well - but of course, those who say my teacher's style of play is very aggressive. One can't be completely wrong, because in the last year before the teacher disappeared, he did suddenly become like this. The originally very elegant style became razor sharp~www.NovelMTL.com~ The last year? You? You mean, the last whole year?" Qian Yu raised her eyebrows. "Can you give an approximate time point when Mr. Nagoro Shikao suddenly started to be extremely aggressive?"

"Uh..." Sekine Yasushi tapped his head in confusion. "I think...it should have been around May 1988? At that time, the teacher didn't know why, and suddenly asked for three consecutive months of leave. After returning, the style began to consciously turn to the more violent card style, and worship this As a result, his athletic performance has also improved significantly, and he has almost become recognized as the [only one] under the current celebrities.”

Asking for leave... Chiba thoughtfully chewed on this word.

Ordinary people may not have a special reaction to such a word, but for Chiba, it will lead to a considerable degree of subjective speculation - especially after the combination of the sudden violence of the card wind and the sudden disappearance of Nagoro.

What if it was said that Nagoro took that leave because of a physical problem—judging from the change in the style of the card, it might be a brain lesion?

If this is the case, then there is a possible reason for Nagoro's disappearance. For example, after a gambling match with Satsuki, his physical condition suddenly deteriorated and he eventually died before the game.

"Excuse me, do you have a video of Mr. Shikao Nagoro participating in the competitive song card game during this period? I mean the video of the period when the card style was more violent. Of course, it is best to be a little ordinary The video of the period is convenient for us to compare and analyze.”

"Those things..." Sekine Yasushi scratched his head. "Those things are not actually here with me. You should go to Hongye, Ooka Hongye, you know her, right? Teacher Nagashi left her a lot of things. I think she may have this kind of information."