Stay away from Conan

"Huh? Is that so?"

After listening to Toyama Kazuha's words, Takato roughly understood what happened, and seemed to want to understand that there were indeed other reasons for Hattori Heiji's special trip to Tokyo last night——

After all, the deadline for judging the entry questionnaire for the "Sherlock Holmes Fan Tour" has not yet come.

Therefore, in response to Yuan Shan and Ye's request, Gao Yuan nodded and agreed:

"Okay, if he really is still in Tokyo, then I will go find him."

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Akechi!"

On the other end of the phone, when they heard that Gao Yuan had agreed to the matter, Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help but replied gratefully. Then after telling Gao Yuan a few words about what they knew, Yuan Shan and Ye were worried because they were about to go there. After class, I had no choice but to hang up the phone.

In this regard, after seeing the call end, Gao Yuan looked at the mobile phone in his hand and couldn't help but start thinking——

Is there a school holding a school anniversary these days?

If Hattori Heiji and Okita Souji of Izumi High School were both participating in the school anniversary competition, it probably wouldn't be for a school below high school, right?

So, it's a high school or university in Tokyo...

With this thought in mind, Gao Yuan turned around and walked towards Shirozuka Hisui, and at the same time started using his mobile phone to try to search for schools in Tokyo that were holding school celebrations in the past two days——

"Mr. Gao Yuan, what's the matter?"

Seeing that Gao Yuan had been searching for something on his phone after making the call, Shirozuka Hisui couldn't help but asked curiously when the two came to Gao Yuan's car.

"Well, it's nothing big. I'm just doing a little favor for a friend."

After opening the car door, Gao Yuan briefly replied to Shirozuka Hisui's inquiry, and then sat in the driver's seat, while Shirozuka Hisui couldn't help but sit in the passenger seat——

"Shirozuka Hisui-san, let me take you back first... I have some things to do after that."

With this explanation, Takato thought it was better to send Shirozuka Hisui back to school first, and then planned to find Hattori Heiji——

After all, I had just found information posted by some high school students on "SNS" about their school's anniversary celebrations in the past two days, and some of the information posted also mentioned something about kendo competitions.

Therefore, if Toyama Kazuha's prediction is good, Hattori Heiji should have gone to that school, right?

"Huh? Is that so? But I don't want to go back..."

It seemed a bit coquettish, Shirozuka Jade couldn't help but mouthed.

In this regard, Gao Yuan couldn't help but look a little helpless. Just when he was about to say something, Shirozuka Jade suddenly suggested:

"Mr. Gao Yuan, are you going to the high school's school festival? Why don't you just take me over to play?"

"Why?"

Hearing Chengzhong Jade suddenly say this with a playful smile, Gao Yuan was slightly surprised and made a sound of surprise, while Chengzhong Jade said naturally:

"I saw what Mr. Gao Yuan was searching for just now! The high school's school festival...I want to see it too! It may be helpful to my future choices for further studies!"

Regarding Shirozuka Jade's somewhat unreasonable reasons, Gao Yuan looked at her willful look and couldn't help but feel helpless that she seemed to have another purpose.

Shirozuka Jade looked at Gao Yuan with sincere eyes and continued to add:

"Don't worry, Mr. Gao Yuan, I will go to the school festival by myself and won't interfere with your business! Besides, after you finish your work, we can continue to investigate the case! It will also save some time. !”

Therefore, facing Shirozuka Jade's request, Gao Yuan couldn't help but compromise, and had no choice but to drive to the high school with Shirozuka Jade -

Seaside Comprehensive High School.

After arriving here, Gao Yuan parked the car in the parking lot near the school gate, and then got out of the car with Shirozuka Jade.

At this time, even though the two of them had not yet entered the school, they were just looking at the school in front of them from the outside, and they immediately realized that it was a large high school——

From a visual inspection, it is at least twice as big as Didan High School.

Moreover, the buildings and facilities inside are very new, and the school buildings are also very beautiful. It is even obvious that some school buildings are equipped with convenient tools such as elevators upstairs. It can be said that the school's infrastructure is quite luxurious.

"Oh, this is that well-known, relatively new entrance-oriented high school! It looks very good!"

Shirozuka Jade seemed to have some understanding and couldn't help but blurt out.

On the contrary, compared to what Shirozuka Hisui admired, after arriving at the school gate and walking into the campus, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel very familiar when looking at most of the various students walking through the school and the uniforms they were wearing. ——

This dark blue suit-style student uniform...

Isn't it the one Tie Zhuyu wore?

Could it be that this is the school where Tie Zhuyu attends?

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan subconsciously recalled the prop called "Queen of Swords" that he had obtained before. He was originally intended to give it to Tie Zhuyu, but there was no chance, so he didn't give it away...

So, if I could meet her here today, could I drop her off along the way?

Anyway, after the brooch prop "Queen of Swords" was made using the tools of Dr. Agasa's house, because I was immediately invited to go to the "SONOKO" hotel, I conveniently put the brooch in the car. So far, it has not been used. It hasn't been touched yet...

Thinking like this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but said to Chengzhong Jade:

"Shirozuka Hisui-san, I'm going to get something from the car and I'll be right back. If you are willing..."

"OK."

Before Gao Yuan finished speaking, Chengzhong Jade replied with a smile on his face, and then stood there, indicating that he would wait here for Gao Yuan to come back.

In this regard, I originally wanted to let Shirozuka Hisui go to visit the school festival by herself first, so I had no choice but to nod towards Shirozuka Hisui, then return to the parking position alone, open the car door, and grab the car from the armrest box of the vehicle. He took out the brooch, put it in his pocket, and returned the same way. He met Shirozuka Jade at the school gate and walked toward the campus together.

Entering from the school gate, there are thoughtful students handing out flyers, which have a floor plan of the entire school and some rough distribution maps of the school festival activity areas——

Class performances, exhibitions and results presentations of literary and art clubs, orchestras performing on stage...

After receiving a flyer, he continued to walk towards the school and browsed briefly. Looking at the activities on the flyer, Gao Yuan found it quite interesting as it was his first time to visit the School Festival.

After walking through the area at the school gate, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Jade soon arrived at the square in front of a teaching building in the school.

The place is slightly crowded with many stalls set up by students. Except for a few stalls selling handmade products, most of them are stalls selling snacks——

Perhaps in compliance with today's social trends, or because of the many restrictions imposed by the school, the food stalls opened here do not open fires for cooking, but only sell some pre-cooked food.

However, despite this, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui couldn't help but buy some snacks that they could eat while walking at these stalls to satisfy their stomachs——

After all, the two of them had been fighting wits with the police in the Metropolitan Police Department since the morning over the confession, and finally spent a long time with Kengo Akechi. It was almost noon, and the two People's stomachs are already empty.

At this time, although it was almost noon, after a whole morning, the interest of the students who were celebrating the school had not diminished at all.

The battle to attract customers at various stalls is still going on, maybe because most of them are food stalls. During this time, they seem to be selling harder.

At the same time, everyone seems to be planning to come here to eat. There are a steady stream of visitors and students from the school outside the school and even from other teaching buildings and school buildings, and they all flock here.

Originally, there were many people here handing out flyers for their respective classes or club activities, there were also people lining up to hold up signboards, and there were even people walking around wearing party props that seemed to be bought from a chain store.

This made it difficult for Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui to pass through the originally wide square.

In response, Shirozuka Jade had to hold Gao Yuan's arm tightly, fearing that his petite body would be accidentally squeezed away by the crowd.

Gao Yuan looked at the scene in front of him. He wanted to pass from the square to the kendo competition venue held on the large playground of Seaside Comprehensive High School, but it seemed to be a little difficult.

Therefore, Gao Yuan had no choice but to drag Shirozuka Jade to the door of the teaching building nearby, wanting to pass through the school building across the teaching building and go directly to the playground located behind the school——

However, the situation in the corridors of the school building was not much better. In addition, the space in the corridors was limited, and there were long queues of people in front of some classrooms. This made Gao Yuan feel a little helpless——

It seems that the timing of arriving here is a little unlucky.

——"Huh? Brother Mingzhi?"

And at this moment, just as Gao Yuan was feeling a little emotional about the lively school festival, a familiar voice suddenly came from the crowd on the side.

Xun Sheng looked around and saw a girl wearing a dark blue student uniform with brown hair and a blue headband. She was blinking and looking at Gao Yuan with an unexpected look on her face. She couldn't help but say in surprise——

It's Tie Zhuyu.

Sure enough, this is really the school she attends——

"Miss Moroyu..."

Involuntarily, Gao Yuan responded.

Tie Zhuyu's expression changed from surprise at first to a bit pleased. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he walked towards Gaoyuan and couldn't help but say:

"What a surprise, Brother Mingzhi. Originally, I wanted to invite you to come and play tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to show up here today..."

As he spoke, Tie Zhuyu put his hands behind his back, tilted his head and body slightly, and approached Gao Yuan with a very gentle expression, and then asked curiously:

"Brother Mingzhi, do you have anything to do here?"

After saying this, Tie Zhuyu seemed to have noticed Shirozuka Jade, who had been following Gao Yuan, who was wearing the uniform of Sakurayu Women's College. He lowered his head slightly, glanced at Shirozuka Jade for a few times, and then raised his head in confusion. Looking high into the distance——

Although he didn't say anything, his expression seemed to be asking Gao Yuan about the situation of Chengzhong Jade.

In response, Gao Yuan smiled back and said calmly:

"Indeed... I came here this time to meet a friend as entrusted by someone."

Simply, he just answered what Tie Zhuyu clearly asked.

Then, after listening to Gao Yuan's explanation, Tie Zhuyu's face seemed to be as expected. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and smiled, and then said:

"It's really your style, Brother Mingzhi! It just so happens that I have some rest time now. How about I help Brother Mingzhi look for it together with you?"

Reaching out and patting his chest, Tie Zhuyu recommended himself.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but said:

"May I?"

As he said that, Gao Yuan looked around at the surging crowd. He estimated that the entire school was also overcrowded at the moment, and said with some surprise:

"Looking at it like this, it's probably a bit hard to find... It will take you too much time, right? You guys have a lot of things to deal with because of the school festival, right?"

"Ah, no way!"

In response, Tie Zhuyu couldn't help but waved his hands and said with a smile:

"After finishing my morning work, I didn't have much to do..."

As he spoke, Tie Zhuyu paused for a moment and explained:

"I was really busy preparing for the school festival, so after the concert, I didn't contact you for a while...

"And after today, our class activities are basically over. I thought that tomorrow, the last day of the school festival, would be completely empty, so I would invite Brother Mingzhi to come and play together. Since Brother Mingzhi is here today, then I will choose It’s better to have a good time today, why not go shopping with Brother Mingzhi today! By the way, have you had lunch?”

With that said, Tie Zhuyu finally asked thoughtfully.

"I haven't eaten yet...but I think I'd better go find my friend first. He seems to be here specifically to participate in the kendo competition held at your school's school festival this time..."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but reply, and then explained the reason to Tie Zhuyu, and thought that Tie Zhuyu was a member of the school's kendo club. Maybe she would know about the kendo competition, so when he was about to ask, Tie Zhuyu took over :

"Well, there is a kendo competition, hosted by our kendo club...but the competition time will not be until this afternoon..."

Tie Zhuyu said, took out his mobile phone and looked at the current time, then raised his head, continued to smile at Gao Yuan and said:

"It just so happens that I only have the kendo competition in the afternoon that I need to attend. There is still more than half an hour left. How about we go there after dinner?"

With this suggestion, Tie Zhuyu tilted his head and asked Gao Yuan for advice.

"OK!"

At this time, Chengzhong Jade couldn't help but said:

"Mr. Gao Yuan, I just saw that the coffee shop opened in that classroom looks delicious. How about we just finish eating and go there!"

Seeing this, Tie Zhuyu looked at the jadeite in the city tomb in front of him and asked curiously:

"Brother Mingzhi? This little sister is..."

"Hello, my name is Shirozuka Hisui, and I am the client of Mr. Gao Yuan. Because I may apply for your school after considering it, so I know that Mr. Gao Yuan is coming here today, so I would like to ask Mr. Gao Yuan to take me for a visit!"

So, Shirozuka Hisui replied with an innocent smile.

In response to this, seeing that Chengzuka Jade had already said this, Gao Yuan had no choice but to nod in response:

"right."

Then, I thought that since the kendo competition hadn't started yet, it would be a little confusing to go to Hattori Heiji so cluelessly now, so I might as well wait until the competition starts...

Therefore, Gao Yuan made the decision to eat the food first.

…

"By the way, this school festival's kendo competition is just an entertainment event. Is your friend very interested in kendo? Why did he come specifically to participate in this competition?"

Sitting in a coffee shop that was converted from a classroom of a certain class, Tie Zhuyu looked at Gao Yuan in front of him and couldn't help but ask with some doubts.

"I don't know the specifics..."

In response, Gao Yuan couldn't help but reply:

"But it seems that he came here at the invitation of the kendo master of Quanxin High School..."

"Okita Souji?"

Seeing Gao Yuan mentioning the kendo master of Quanxin High School, Tie Zhuyu asked in surprise:

"That friend of yours...is Hattori Heiji?"

Soon, after a little analysis, Tie Zhuyu came to the conclusion that he must seek proof.

"Well, that's right..."

Gao Yuan nodded and replied.

"really……"

As his suspicion was confirmed, Tie Zhuyu smiled happily:

"As expected, the only friend who has something to do with kendo and may have something to do with Akechi-nii is Hattori Heiji!"

As he spoke, Tie Zhuyu couldn't help but sigh:

"However, Hattori Heiji accepted the invitation of Souji Okita... This is a bit like a duel between samurai, I really can't understand it!"

"Because Hattori-san seemed to have lost to Okita Souji last year and was injured, so this time Hattori-san quietly came to Tokyo to accept the invitation. Another friend of mine was a little worried, so he asked me to come and see him. look……"

Gao Yuan said:

"By the way, Miss Moroha, do you know anything about Souji Okita?"

"kindness."

Nodding, Tie Zhuyu replied with pride:

"He is my brother's defeated general!"