When Jiang Xia arrived, Conan and Mao Lilan were already in the car.
Mouri Kogoro didn't come - Kinoshita Yoko happened to have a concert today.
Besides Jiang Xia and the others, there were four other people in the car.
Of course, there were more than just these participants. There was also another car heading to Kansai to pick up people.
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After everyone gathered, the vehicle drove them deep into the mountains and stopped next to a hotel.
The hotel is three stories high, with a deep forest on one side and a steep cliff on the other side - this is the venue for Sherlock Holmes' trip. The owner of the hotel is the organizer of the event.
Jiang Xia walked out of the car with her luggage on her back and entered the hotel lobby.
He glanced at the crowd and quickly stopped in the corner - there stood a dark-skinned high school detective wearing a baseball cap.
——Hattori Heiji also came.
Jiang Xia: "..." Wonderful.
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The owner of the hotel is a middle-aged man named Yuichi Kanaya, who is fat and wears a Sherlock Holmes cosplay suit.
He welcomed the guests who came to the event and then began to announce the schedule of the competition.
Jiang Xia was listening when she suddenly felt her hair being gently pulled by Xiao Bai.
He lowered his head and saw Xiaobai pointing at the door as if complaining.
Jiang Xia turned around and looked over, and saw Hattori Heiji behind the crowd pushing down the brim of his hat. Then the man walked quietly to the door, as if he wanted to run away.
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A while ago, Hattori Heiji went to Tokyo full of passion, planning to compete with Tokyo's high school detectives.
However, the "evenly matched, hearty competition" he imagined did not exist at all. He was actually crushed in the area of solving crimes that he was best at.
Perhaps because of the huge gap between before and after, after Hattori Heiji returned to Osaka, the more he thought about it, the more boring his life became, and he couldn't even find the energy to solve the case.
In order to get out of this trough, he thought about it and felt that he still needed to find a soul rival to compete with each other and make progress together.
——Of course, the first choice for this opponent is Jiang Xia.
After that, Hattori Heiji picked among the remaining high school detectives and found that Kudo Shinichi was the one he found most suitable.
Hattori Heiji: "..." We have to find this guy who was forced into retirement by Jiang Xia.
As for how to find it specifically... As we all know, Kudo Shinichi is a Sherlock Holmes fan.
Therefore, after accidentally seeing the news related to "Sherlock Holmes Journey", Hattori Heiji decisively signed up.
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However, he never expected that after arriving here, he did not see the shadow of Kudo Shinichi, but instead saw Jiang Xia in the crowd.
At that moment, Hattori Heiji's whole body felt bad.
Hattori Heiji: "..." Could it be that Jiang Xia also came to arrest Kudo? He even kidnapped Kudo's girlfriend in order to lure someone into taking the bait... Hiss, this scary guy.
Hattori Heiji himself also had a childhood sweetheart - Toyama Kazuha.
At this moment, he couldn't help but take it in, thinking that if Jiang Xia took Yuan Shan and Ye out to play in order to catch him... he suddenly felt a shiver in his back.
...It's too insidious.
Jiang Xia is indeed not as harmless as he appears. On the contrary, he is simply a hidden demon who will do whatever it takes to find his opponent.
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In short, after some complicated thinking, Hattori Heiji decided to leave.
However, just as he walked to the door as if nothing had happened, his arm suddenly sank and someone grabbed him from behind.
Jiang Xia's cheerful voice came from behind: "What a coincidence, you also signed up for this event - it hasn't started yet, why are you leaving so suddenly?"
Hattori Heiji, who was only one step away from the door: "..."
He silently glanced at the clear blue free sky outside, quickly collected his emotions, turned around with dignity, and said calmly: "...Who left? I just think the air at the door is better."
