In a cafe!
"Kazuha, Ran, stay here and have something to eat. Something just came up, and I have to step out for a moment," Heiji said, waving goodbye to the two girls before quickly disappearing into the crowd.
"You're lucky, Kazuha. I'm sure Heiji went to buy you the scarf you liked," Ran said enviously.
"Ah, no way! I'm sure something else came up for Heiji."
Though she denied it outwardly, Kazuha's heart was filled with anticipation.
Heiji returned to the mall, but at that moment, he was no longer the same. He had put on a light disguise, one that didn't raise suspicion but was easy to forget.
In short, he was like an extremely ordinary passerby, easy to overlook.
"Welcome!"
Upon seeing Heiji enter, the shop assistant bowed very politely.
"How much is this suit?"
Heiji pointed to a very common red suit hanging on a rack. Both the pants and jacket, and even the shirt, were a dark red, like the color of blood, slightly gleaming under the light.
"You have a good eye, sir. Although this style is quite common, it's very popular, so the price has remained high. It costs 120,000 yen," the assistant explained patiently.
Heiji pretended to lower his head to think, looked at other models, and in the end, bought the red suit.
"Thank you very much for your purchase."
As he left the store, Heiji's expression immediately returned to normal. He was sure that if he went back in, the shop assistant wouldn't recognize him.
Disguising oneself was a skill every mechanic had to master, and master perfectly.
If you disguise yourself as an old man, you must be an old man;
if you disguise yourself as a knight, you must be a knight.
If you want to be remembered, you must be the most dazzling light among the crowd;
if you want to be forgotten, you must be a speck of dust among the crowd.
Only then can you come and go without a trace, escaping the clutches of justice.
"Now, to buy a cloak of the same color."
Heiji was out for over two hours. Kazuha and Ran had already ordered several milk teas.
"Excuse me, who is Miss Toyama Kazuha?" suddenly asked a Starbucks employee.
"Ah, that's me. What's the matter?" Kazuha stood up and asked, puzzled.
"A call from Mr. Hattori," the employee smiled at Kazuha.
"Heiji?" Kazuha hurriedly grabbed the phone. "Heiji, where are you? I was so worried."
"I'm sorry, I might be a little late. Kazuha, you go back first with Ran."
"Okay, be careful and come back soon for dinner," Kazuha said, worried.
"Got it, I'll hang up now."
After hanging up, Heiji turned and left the phone booth.
[I remember those fifteen thousand Hoja de Arce gold coins appeared in "The Case of the Secret Map of the Metropolitan Highway." And the place where the treasure is hidden...]
Heiji looked up at a multi-story building: "It's here."
On the top floor, through the windowless gaps, he could easily see the large river and the bridge in the distance. He left his things and, when looking up, saw several large bags hanging and some gold coins scattered on the floor.
Indeed, they were the Hoja de Arce gold coins stolen from the Italian bank.
"Ah, a hundred million. Damn it, what a fraudulent system."
Heiji was very annoyed. If it weren't for the mission's restrictions, he could have taken the coins, worth a hundred million, directly. However, the system's mission requirement was to take them right under the nose of the police.
But he didn't complain too much.
Compared to the hundred million in coins, the Sliding Flight ability was the real jackpot.
He had already found the loot. Now it was time to make the plan.
[The plan is divided into two parts. The first is how to attract the police here; and the second is how to escape.]
Heiji lowered his head to think for a moment, and a mischievous smile appeared on his lips.
Mouri Detective Agency!
Conan was sitting on the couch, reading a boring book, while complaining to himself: "That girl, Ran, goes shopping and doesn't take me." And that bastard Hattori, damn it, when I return to my normal size, he'll see.
Ring, ring, ring!~~
"Uncle, there's a call."
However, all that could be heard were snoring sounds like thunder.
Looking at Mouri Kogoro, who had fallen asleep drunk at the desk, Conan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He approached and picked up the phone: "Yes, Mouri Detective Agency."
Knock, knock... knock...
"Hello? Hello?" Conan frowned, thinking it was a prank.
However, no one spoke on the other end. Only knocks could be heard on the receiver, very firm but intermittent, sometimes long, sometimes short.
"No, this is... Morse code."
Conan suddenly realized, horrified, and focused even more on listening to the sound.
"...knock knock knock... knock knock... knock knock knock knock..."
"The Hoja de Arce gold coins are hidden in the encrypted map. What, the Hoja de Arce gold coins?" Conan's face changed drastically. "Hey, who is this? Who are you?"
Tuuu~~
However, the person on the other end hung up directly.
"Damn it! Where's the encrypted map?" Conan hung up the phone, furious.
"And now, breaking news. Countless pieces of paper are falling from the Tokyo Tower. These papers are covered with various symbols. For now, it is suspected to be a prank."
The TV image stopped on one of the papers, which was covered with various drawings.
"This is... No, this isn't a prank," Conan's expression suddenly changed. "This is the encrypted map the call was talking about!"
A loud bang woke up Mouri Kogoro, who looked at the agency with bleary eyes from alcohol before falling back asleep.
"Done. That guy, Conan, should solve it soon. Now, I just need to prepare the escape route."
Heiji hung up the phone, with a relaxed expression. As an elite mechanic, how could he not know Morse code? And furthermore, it was at the most basic level.
If Conan didn't understand such a code, he really wouldn't be worthy of the title of great detective.
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