[Detective Conan] If the Yuanshan family gave birth to a boy

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Toyama Rin is quite confident in Hattori Heiji's skills. ——Although the one named Okita is also very good, and it seems that he has never lost a game so far, but Rin still selfishly thinks that the winner should be Heiji, and he has already begun to think in his heart whether he should bring that greedy player after winning the championship. Eating ghosts go out and have a good meal.

However, before the show ended, he had to go to the hospital to make up for it. ——This guy hurt his neck when he avoided the opponent's move in the last round, and a five-centimeter-long wound was pulled behind his ear, and because the knife is made of bamboo, once the fiber at the tip breaks, there will inevitably be a few tiny bamboos Silk stuck into the wound, and blood spattered out at that moment.Just like that, Heiji wanted to continue the competition, but the head of the Kendo Department abruptly pulled him down and arranged for the logistics staff to send him to the hospital, so he was sentenced to lose.

The wound looked horrific indeed.Toyama Rin followed and ran to the hospital and stood by the side for a glance, but couldn't stand it any longer. He couldn't help turning his face away and stretched out his hand to cover his neck. When he swallowed his saliva, he was cautious and uncomfortable.

"How did this hurt?" The doctor trembled unconsciously when he saw it, "Is it a fight?"

"Kendo competition." Said the first-year student in charge of logistics.

The doctor shook his head, and then went to prepare suture tools.Hattori Heiji looked over the other's shoulder to look at Toyama Rin, and made a mouth--

[How about you go out first? 】

He was afraid that Rin would feel uncomfortable watching it, so he insisted on letting Rin go out and wait.

The young man couldn't resist him, so he could only go out and close the door, then stood in the corridor outside and fidgeted.

After a while, other members of the Kendo Club also came.Rin Toyama stood against the wall for a while and felt his mouth was dry, so he went to buy a bottle of water from the vending machine at the corner of the corridor, and just unscrewed the bottle cap——

"Distant Mountain?"

Turning around to see, it was actually Okita. ——He was still wearing a Taoist uniform, his head was covered with sweat, and he seemed to have come to the hospital too.He held a bamboo knife in his hand.The tip of the bamboo knife was still stained with blood.It seems to be the one used against Heiji.

"Remember me? Okita from Izumishin High School in Kyoto, I have something to tell you. ——Do you have time now?"

Rin Toyama looked at the boy in front of him, then at the bamboo knife in his hand, and frowned. ——One-on-one competitive competitions like kendo are naturally unavoidable, and whether it is intentional or not, the other side has to apologize to the injured after the game, so he is not surprised that Okita came. bamboo knife.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with this bamboo knife?"

"...Yes." After all, it makes people feel uncomfortable to think about the fact that the competition equipment has been tampered with, causing the risk factor to rise sharply.Okita originally wanted to call Rin Toyama outside the hospital, so that he could show that he really didn't hurt Heiji on purpose without being disturbed, and even thought of countless reasons to persuade Rin Toyama.But at this moment... it seems that this young man believed him right away, and he didn't doubt him at all.

Rin Toyama reached out and pulled Okita to the window at the corner of the stairs, and reached out to take the bamboo knife brought by the other party.

The tip of the bamboo sword used in Japanese kendo competitions must be cylindrical, and the front end needs to be wrapped in white cloth to prevent injury.However, the tip of Okita's bamboo knife seems to have been split with a knife, and the bamboo thorns on both sides have been cut out, and one side has been exploded, and it is stained with blood.

“I was sleeping on the grass downstairs until the finals, and I was almost late, so I didn’t get to check it. — I was wearing the armor in the locker room, and it was handed to me by one of our school’s support staff , I didn't think much about it at the time, I took it and went on stage... I was wearing a helmet at the time, my vision was bad and the time was rushed, I didn't even notice what the opponent looked like... So... I read in the newspaper that you are Hattori's assistant, I just wanted to tell you about this first—after all, I don't think this is a simple prank anymore... If Hattori's movements were slower at that time, then..."

Rin Toyama was so angry that his eyes burst into flames. Although he had no evidence, the first suspect in his mind was Shintaro Senjo. ——That guy once hinted in every possible way that Heiji would be injured in the game, and Qiancheng had a lot of tricks since he was a child, and he didn't have a very good reputation in the high school kendo world when he grew up, so of course he was the first to suspect that guy when something happened .

Standing next to Toyama Rin, Okita could hear the sound of the other party grinding his teeth. He couldn't help but cleared his throat, raised his hand and patted the young man's shoulder: "Well... Anyway, thank you for not doubting me—"

"Is that man tall?"

"Um...about 1.7 meters?"

"Did he speak?"

"Well, it's Kansai dialect."

"Boy?"

"Correct."

"...So, Okita-kun.——I hope you keep it a secret for now, and don't tell others about it."

"it is good."

"By the way, can this bamboo knife be placed with me first?"

"of course."

Then Toyama Rin left Okita and ran down the stairs, and ran to Osaka Stadium with a bamboo knife. When he asked to check the monitoring, he was told that the monitoring equipment on the second to third floors of the annex was under maintenance, and it was not turned on at the time.While thinking about other ways, he bumped into a group of people wearing Tuqiu Middle School uniforms, but Qiancheng was not among the group of people.

So the boy grabbed someone casually and asked him a question, and after learning that Qiancheng was practicing on the third floor of the No. [-] Annex of the Gymnasium, he immediately ran there.

Annex No. [-] is the earliest building of the Osaka Gymnasium. At this time, it has basically become the warehouse and temporary medical office of the gymnasium. There are almost no people in it, and only volunteers are moving things.Rin Toyama ran up the stairs, and soon saw the leisurely Qiancheng at the top of the steps.

"It's your fault, right?!"

Qiancheng looked at the bamboo knife in Toyama Rin's hand, and smiled: "You said I did it, do you have evidence?"

Indeed not.All of Toyama Rin's guesses are just guesses. Besides, Okita himself said that the person was over 1.7 meters tall, and Qiancheng said that he was also 1.9 meters tall. No matter how you say it, it is impossible to regard a 1.9-meter-high person as 1.7 meters... But—— —

"How do you know what I'm referring to? Just ask me for evidence, which shows that you have something to do with it."

"That's right, it's just that someone just happened to ask me to borrow the tournament table, and then asked me where the rest room of Spring Heart High School is. ——Oh, yes, and... I just came out of another venue at the time , he asked me again if I saw where the reformers took Hattori Heiji. I was just an ordinary enthusiastic citizen, and he asked, and I said it.——Who knows what he is going to do. "

This person definitely knows.

Rin Toyama frowned and looked at the relaxed guy in front of him, his right hand clenched into a fist by his side.

"Hey, I'm kind enough to tell you that that person's mental state doesn't look very good." Qiancheng smiled, took out a wallet from his pocket, stuffed it to the boy in front of him, and walked down the stairs by himself .

Rin Toyama unfolded it, and saw an expired student ID card, a few small denominations of cash, a receipt from a convenience store, and a blade with bamboo shavings on the side.

"Why is it in your hand? Where did it come from?"

"Where do you think it came from? ——He also said that he wanted to learn Hattori's kendo. It seems that he will also be absent in the finals. After the summer vacation, I will transfer to Okinawa. See you later."

"Hey, wait—" Toyama Rin took a step and reached out to grab Qiancheng's clothes, but the other party turned around unexpectedly. The boy forgot that he was standing on the edge of the stairs for a moment, and subconsciously took a left Legs, underfoot, fell down the stairs before he could react.

There seemed to be a buzzing sound in his head, and his consciousness stagnated for a few seconds.

When Toyama Rin got up from the ground, Senjo Shintaro had already passed through the open space in front of the building.He frowned and touched the bulging bump on his head, feeling the nerves on the left side twitching.

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

The boy picked up the wallet that Qiancheng handed him from the ground, took out the student ID card inside, took out his mobile phone and called police officer Otaki, asking him to look up this person named "Sugimura Hoshi", and then Holding on to the railing on the left, he stood up, planning to go back to the hospital to see Heiji first.

However, before he could take a step forward, a hand reached out from behind him silently, and quickly covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief.At the same time another hand slammed around his throat.

The human's stress instinct made Toyama Rin throw away the things in his hand and tightly grasped the opponent's arm to prevent suffocation. At the same time, he knocked his head back, causing the uninvited guest to stagger and retract his right hand.The boy turned around immediately, and the moment he saw the figure of the other party wearing a black mask, he was splashed with liquid ethyl//ether, some of which got into his eyes and mouth.

This substance is not only toxic but also extremely volatile.The pungent smell made Rin Toyama cough a bit, his vision was blurred, and his counterattack was a bit slower, but he was kicked in the abdomen by the opponent, and hit the wall firmly.

It was like having a very uncomfortable dream.

When the teenager woke up, he found himself lying on the cold floor. The skin where the liquid was splashed not long ago was in pain, and his eyeballs seemed to be about to burst. Fortunately, the clothes on his body were not completely dry, which meant that the time was not long. .

The scene in front of me was very blurry, and when I opened my eyes, I was in pain and wept.It took Rin Toyama a lot of effort to identify where he was: it seemed to be the toilet of a one-person apartment, small and dirty, and there was almost no room for others to step down after he fell here, but Fortunately, there is a faucet next to it, and there is still water after it is turned on.

The boy immediately wet himself all over, and then went to rinse his skin, eyes, and nose where the ether was splashed, holding the cold water until the bitter taste in his mouth gradually faded, and then he focused on On the door.

Everything on him has been searched long ago. There is no mobile phone, no wallet, and of course there is no way to pick the lock.But the toilet's decor and intermittent running water made him realize he was probably in a rather run-down apartment, which meant the doors and windows wouldn't be very strong.So he took a few steps back, raised his leg with all his strength, and kicked hard at the wooden door in front of him. The door frame cracked, leading straight to an ugly and dirty living room.

The smell of the living room is not much better than that of the toilet.

Rin Toyama fell down the stairs not long ago, and he was a little disgusted at first, but the smell stimulated him again and again, so that now he can only squeeze his lips fiercely to force himself not to spit it out.

The person who attacked him was Sugimura Hoshi, and this should be his apartment. —— dilapidated, dirty, no telephone, no decoration, only a mattress on the floor and a second-hand projector next to it, as well as a dark lampshade on the ceiling and a kitchen that can hardly be seen as a kitchen.The guy wasn't home at this time.The door was locked tightly. The boy tried for a long time, until the bones of his feet started to swell, and he couldn't kick it open like a toilet door, so he simply gave up on going through the door, picked up the projector and smashed it with it. Broken the window on the back side of the mattress and crawled out from there.

There was no sunlight as he had imagined, and even the lights were much darker than he had ever seen before.There are no tall buildings around here. It seems that they were all built in the early Heisei period or even the Showa period. There are small advertisements for daily job hunting everywhere. The glass of the vending machine is also dirty. twice as cheap.

Rin Toyama walked all the way and didn't see any shops that were still open, and no one responded when he knocked on the door.After finally finding a passerby, he just walked to the side to ask for directions, but was pushed against the wall by the other person.

"Are you here to steal?! Say! Are you here to steal!"

"I'm not, let go—"

The boy struggled a bit, and punched the opponent mercilessly, then he broke free and ran to the opposite side of the road, panting loudly. ——The middle-aged man with an unshaven beard and a yellow face did not catch up. He looked a little dazed, and finally grinned, showing a row of big yellow teeth, and raised the half-bottle of beer in his hand and ...a white powder in a small clear airtight bag.

Rin Toyama seemed to have been hit by a thunderbolt.Even though it was a summer night, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He suddenly realized where he was.

This is Kamazaki, a famous slum in Osaka Prefecture. ——Even in the eyes of the criminal police, this place is a very dangerous restricted area.