The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"It will take three more days..."

"It will be the same day as the opening ceremony of the World Sports Festival."

Kuroda Heibei put his hands in his trouser pockets and murmured in a deep voice.

Qin Zhibo, who was beside him, was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

Today is July 21st, and three days later it will be July 24th, which is also the exact date of the opening of the World Sports Festival.

If what Kuroda Heibei said is true, these days are actually consecutive?

...

Tokyo, Shibahama View Hotel.

In the lobby on the top floor of the hotel, a farewell banquet for the main sponsors of the Tokyo World Sports Festival is being held.

Conan, the three little ones, and Mao Lilan were invited by Suzuki Sonoko to come to this banquet.

On the stage, the promoter of this WSG and the crew chief of the vacuum superconducting maglev train are introducing the itinerary of this train to everyone.

However, Conan had already obtained first-hand information from Kudo Yusaku yesterday, so this itinerary is not surprising to him.

Similarly, the three kids standing next to Conan also silently looked at the two female commentators on the stage, with their faces drooping, not interested at all.

"What's wrong?"

"It's rare for me to invite you to such an occasion, why are you kids so depressed today?"

Suzuki Sonoko, wearing a black and white corset skirt, pinched her waist and looked at the three kids, raised her eyebrows and asked.

Mao Lilan, who was standing next to her, put her hands behind her back and explained with a smile: "It should be that Xiao Ai and Dr. Agasa went out to participate in a scientific research activity these days, so these children feel a little bored?"

Conan has not told Mao Lilan about the kidnapping of Haibara Ai yet, but found an excuse and told the three kids not to tell it.

Because he felt that if he told Mao Lilan about this, Mao Lilan would definitely worry about it with her kindness.

But in fact, no matter how worried Mao Lilan was, she could not save Haibara Ai immediately.

"Ah? Dr. Agasa took that little girl to participate in scientific research activities?"

"Don't you think it's a little strange?"

Sonoko complained casually, but didn't take it to heart, and continued: "By the way, Xiaolan, did you observe this venue carefully just now?"

"Ah?" Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

Sonoko's mouth curled up slightly, her eyes sparkled, and she whispered to Xiaolan's ear: "Just now I saw a very handsome boy over there..."

As Mao Lilan followed Sonoko, she also looked in that direction, and sure enough, she saw a handsome boy wearing a black suit and brown hair.

The boy's face was somewhat similar to Kudo Shinichi, which made Mao Lilan subconsciously stunned.

However, after a closer look, there were still some differences from Kudo Shinichi.

Conan also looked in that direction and was also stunned for a moment.

This person is...

Just then, the lights on the ceiling suddenly went out, and the entire venue fell into darkness.

The crowd who were toasting and changing cups suddenly burst into an uproar with questioning tones.

Is there a power outage?

Or...

Conan frowned slightly, and subconsciously looked around, but saw a blue-purple light flashing in the crowd like lightning.

The moment the light flashed, he seemed to see a broad back in a white suit.

What was that light?

Conan, who had a premonition, immediately turned on the flashlight function of his watch and raised his legs to move in that direction.

When he arrived at the location in his memory, he found that the back and light source he had just seen had disappeared.

Conan took the light of the watch-shaped flashlight and shone it around, trying to find some clues.

Suddenly, a big hand approached quietly from behind him and pressed on the young shoulder.

Conan turned around suddenly and put the flashlight on the other person's face, only to find that this was the object of Sonoko's infatuation just now.

Of course, Conan knew this person.

Because he was the high school detective who appeared in the Twilight Villa incident before-Hakuba Tan.

"Conan?"

Hakuba Tan was surprised, and the emergency light on the ceiling suddenly lit up.

The guests in the venue also suddenly cried out in surprise.

In the dim light, a short-haired lady with a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye was calling out to the surroundings.

"Shiro? Where are you?"

"Shiro..."

Conan turned his head and immediately recognized that the woman was Suzuki Sonoko's mother, Suzuki Tomoko.

The two hurried over, and Hakuba Tan asked, "Mrs. Suzuki, what happened?"

Suzuki Tomoko turned her head and saw that the young man in front of her looked familiar, but she couldn't think of where she had seen him for a while.

However, she didn't care, but quickly told her situation.

It turned out that when the power went out just now, Suzuki Shiro was still standing beside her.

As a result, the emergency lights were on, but Suzuki Shiro disappeared.

As soon as this was said, Hakuba Tan and Conan frowned, and immediately thought of the strange flashes they saw in this direction when it was dark just now.

This is also the reason why the two of them came here at the same time.

Could it be that this is...

Conan and Hakuba both raised their chins at the same time, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's call the police first..."

...

After a while, the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division arrived at the scene.

Since the missing person is the chairman of the Suzuki Group, the largest conglomerate in Japan today, the team led by Officer Megure quickly sealed off the entire hotel and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving.

However, despite this, Suzuki Shiro was still not found.

And there was no response to the hotel broadcast call, and the phone could not be dialed.

After listening to the report from his subordinates, Officer Megure held his chin and said: "In this case, it may be a kidnapping case, the purpose of which is to extort ransom..."

"Go and investigate all the vehicles that have left the hotel during this period."

"Yes!"

Sato and Takagi were about to leave after receiving the order.

But a figure appeared behind the two of them, blocking the way of Takasato and the others.

"Mr. Officer, I don't think we need to rush to search the periphery of the hotel now..."

"If my timing is correct, the entire power outage lasted a total of 30.245 seconds."

"The murderer used a stun gun to stun President Suzuki when the entire venue was dark, and then moved the unconscious President Suzuki out of the venue."

"But in such a short time, it is impossible for the murderer to move President Suzuki out of this hotel."

"So President Suzuki must still be in this hotel now..."

Officer Megure, Sato, and Takagi looked closely and saw a handsome boy in a black suit coming towards them.

He looks a bit like Kudo Shinichi, but if you look closely, he has a different temperament from Kudo Shinichi.

"Who are you?" Sato asked cautiously.

"My name is Hakuba Tan, and I'm a well-known detective."

Hakuba Tan?

The three of them felt familiar with the name, as if they had heard it somewhere before.

Especially the last name, which made people want to salute.