Nearly a month has passed since the last Osaka serial murder incident, but the timeline suddenly jumped from autumn to New Year's Day.
The National Stadium is buzzing with people at this moment. This is because the Emperor's Cup final is being held in this large stadium.
The Emperor's Cup is known as Japan's three major domestic championships. The two teams in the final are Tokyo SPIRITS and BIG Osaka. The people who came to watch the final completely filled the National Stadium, which can accommodate 56,000 people.
Full.
On the green field, a young player wearing autumn clothes with vertical stripes like a zebra broke through the opponent's tightly guarded defense and made a precise header, accurately pushing the football into the blind corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper didn't react in time and made a sideways dive, but still couldn't save the ball.
The football spun on the net a few times and finally fell down weakly.
Suddenly, there was a roar of cheers in the stadium.
"Hey, who scored just now?"
Moto Kojima was propped up in the stands with an excited look on his face. Although he didn't understand the rules of football, clubs, leagues, etc., nor could he recognize the names of the players, this did not affect his integration into the warm atmosphere of the stadium at all.
Come and cheer for the wonderful game.
Mitsuhiko held a mini TV screen in his hand that was broadcasting the battle, and replied: "It's Hero Akagi of the Tokyo SPIRITS team."
The commentator's voice came from the mini TV.
[Four minutes into the first half, Tokyo SPIRITS scored first and Hero Akagi scored with a header!]
"When Naoki passed the ball, Akagi happened to grab the ball and scored a point with a header."
Mitsuhiko explained to Genta.
"As expected of Akagi." Genta sighed.
"Well, it is said that as long as he is not injured, he is almost certain to enter the Japanese national team." Mitsuhiko agreed.
"Fortunately, we also watched the World Cup game at Dr. Ali's house before!" Ayumi stood between the two of them, smiling happily.
"Yes, that game was even more exciting than the movie." Mitsuhiko agreed.
"But why are even the adults so excited?" Yuantai was a little confused.
"My dad also said that he didn't expect to be able to participate in the World Cup!" Ayumi recalled her father's excitement at the time.
“It seems like a really great event!”
The three children had no idea about the World Cup. They just thought the game was very interesting and many people liked it.
"Nonsense." Conan's voice came from the side, "The World Cup is about the face of every country in the world. It is the biggest event in the sports world. Of course, Japan will also become noisy because of it."
He glanced back at Yuan Huaiyu who was sitting in his seat and staring at the arena with an eager expression, "It's just that you have to thank Teacher Yuan very much. Teacher Yuan spent his own money to invite us to watch this final."
It was indeed Yuan Huaiyu who bought the tickets for today's final and invited the young detective team to watch the game. The reason was that the previous case of the counterfeit banknote gang had scared the children, and he wanted to use this opportunity as an apology.
"But, why is there anyone here who isn't watching the game?" Conan looked at Haibara Ai, who was wearing sunglasses and holding a fashion magazine, with a look of incomprehension on his face.
Hui Yuan Ai raised her head and glanced at him: "I'm just here to accompany you."
Her meaning is self-evident: someone in the black organization knows what she looked like when she was a child. If a TV camera captures her face and then broadcasts it, someone from the organization happens to find her...
At this time, Yuan Huaiyu also noticed Xiao Ai who refused to watch the football properly, and asked with a smile: "Haiyuan classmate, what's wrong? Don't you like football games?"
Huiyuan looked into Yuan Huaiyu's eyes through his sunglasses wordlessly, and then shook his head slightly.
She had already heard from Conan that when he was in Osaka before, Yuan Huaiyu inadvertently explained why he happened to be involved in the affairs of the Miyano sisters under his probing.
Since it was basically a coincidence, she was no longer so wary of Yuan Huaiyu.
Conan, a football fan, saw that Haiyuan still didn't behave like a first grader in front of Yuan Huaiyu, so he quickly took off the peaked cap he was wearing and patted Haiyuan on the head.
"Ignore them, let's watch the game first! The best thing about a football game is watching it live!"
Conan said loudly.
Then, he gestured in the direction of Yuan Huaiyu with his eyes, indicating that it was best not to behave like a primary school student in front of Yuan Huaiyu.
Conan knew how powerful Yuan Huaiyu's meticulous observation skills were.
If Teacher Yuan discovered what was unique about Huiyuan, he still had no idea how to explain it to Yuan Huaiyu.
He took Haiyuan's forearm and pulled her to the side of Didan Sansha.
The game is still going on, and the cheers on the court are like waves, one after another.
This was a close match, and it was a match that was thoroughly enjoyed by all the spectators.
Haiyuan glanced deeply at Conan, unable to tell what he was thinking.
…
"Okay, switch from unit 2 to unit 3!"
“Unit No. 1, don’t miss the scene of the goal!”
"Hey! Unit 4! Where are you filming?"
The competition inside the stadium gradually became intense, and the TV broadcast truck outside the stadium was also in full swing.
"What? My phone?"
Director Jin Jin, who was nervously directing various camera positions, took off his headset and looked at his subordinates behind him with some dissatisfaction.
Emperor's Cup final! In such an important game, how can the director have time to answer the phone? What a nonsense!
"Yes, he keeps saying that you will regret it if you don't answer."
Since the other party was talking about this, Jin Zi could only temporarily let others take over the command and dispatching work and take over the mobile phone.
"Who are you? Huh? The child on the right side of the grandstand... lying on the armrest of the front row?"
He listened to the voice coming from the phone and said to a subordinate: "Hey, is No. 13 empty now? Pull the camera to the auditorium on the right."
"Yes, there are five children." Jin Zi was confused and looked at the young detective team on the screen.
"The little boy wearing the blue hat in the middle? What's wrong with him?" Kaneko's eyes were fixed on Haihara Ai. Because the picture was not clear and he was wearing a hat, he couldn't tell the gender for a while.
In a hidden corner of the stand, a pistol with a silencer poked out from under his arm, and under the instruction of the walkie-talkie in his hand, he pulled the trigger.
"Ha... I hope Japan TV Station can withstand the threat of 56,000 hostages..."
In another part of the stadium, a man showed a cruel and happy smile as he saw the football that had been shot next to the field deflated.