Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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The dark-skinned boy crossed his arms, his face full of impatience.

"Didn't you just say you were leaving? Now that the ship is here, why aren't you going back?"

"Hmph, I suddenly don't want to leave anymore!" the girl with the ponytail huffed.

"Hey, are you out of your mind? You keep changing your mind about leaving and staying!" the dark-skinned boy complained.

"My head is perfectly fine. In my opinion, you're the one with a problem!" the girl with the ponytail complained. "She's just a TV host! How come she's got you all smitten!"

"Who's been bewitched?" the dark-skinned boy retorted. "Miss Minami is the host of this year's Detective Koshien, so of course I have to go find her to get some information!"

"What happened to that squinty-eyed young lady after that?" the ponytail girl said angrily. "She's not the host anymore, but you still hung around her!"

"That's because I initially thought she was also a participant in this year's Detective Koshien, so I wanted to go over and say hello!" the dark-skinned boy roared angrily.

"Huh? Is that so?" The girl with the ponytail was stunned, clearly not expecting that she had misunderstood everything.

"What else did you think?" the dark-skinned boy said irritably. "Most rich young ladies are one way in public and another way in private. She may seem gentle on the surface, but who knows what her true personality is like? How could I possibly like that type!"

"These two are so interesting," Xiaolan chuckled softly. "One clearly wants to stay but insists on saying he wants to leave, while the other clearly wants to keep his companion but pretends not to care."

As soon as Xiaolan finished speaking, she noticed that Yuanzi had rolled up her sleeves and looked very angry.

"Hey, what gives you the right to talk about my sister like that! When has my sister ever said one thing to your face and another behind your back!"

Sonoko was furious. She was really angry. These two said that in front of Officer Matsuda. If Officer Matsuda misunderstood her sister's personality, how could the two of them ever get along in the future?

"Your sister?"

The dark-skinned boy and the girl with the ponytail looked over at the same time.

"That's the squinty-eyed young lady you were talking about! That's my sister!" Sonoko glared angrily at the dark-skinned boy. "And some dark-skinned toads shouldn't even think about eating swan meat. My older sister already has someone she likes!"

"Hey, who's the toad?"

"Who said Heiji likes your sister!"

The dark-skinned boy and the girl with the ponytail spoke up in rebuttal at the same time.

"By the way, since you're here on this island at this time, are you also a participant in this detective competition?"

The dark-skinned boy carefully examined Sonoko, then muttered, "She doesn't seem like she's very smart."

"You bastard! You first said my older sister had a bad personality, and now you dare to call me stupid?"

Sonoko was instantly enraged and tried to rush forward, waving her hands. Luckily, Ran was right beside her and quickly hugged her friend.

"Sonoko, don't be impulsive!"

Haha, this dark-skinned guy has good taste!

She immediately picked out the dumbest woman among us.

Seeing Sonoko get the short end of the stick, Conan was secretly gloating.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his head. He looked up and saw Sonoko gesturing with her fist at him.

"Kid, don't think I don't know you're secretly laughing to yourself!"

"Sister Ran..." Conan covered his head, immediately wanting to tell on her.

"Sonoko is in a bad mood, Conan, please bear with her a little longer," Ran pleaded apologetically, clasping her hands together.

Matsuda couldn't help but speak up, admonishing them, "You two, it's not polite to talk about others behind their backs, is it? Especially since you're talking about my friend's older sister!"

"...Sorry." The girl with the ponytail hurriedly pulled the dark-skinned boy to apologize together, "We didn't mean any harm, we just got into an argument..."

"I didn't say her sister had a bad personality. I was talking about most rich young ladies. Besides, judging from her appearance, her sister's personality probably isn't much better..."

Before the dark-skinned boy could finish speaking, the girl with the ponytail pressed down on his head, forcing him to bow to Matsuda and the others.

"Sorry, this idiot isn't very good at talking, please don't mind him."

Sonoko snorted, about to say something, when the dark-skinned boy sized up Matsuda and suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Aren't you the famous detective Matsuda Jinpei from the Metropolitan Police Department? Detective Koshien is supposed to be a detective deduction competition! Why are you here too?"

“Senior didn’t come here to participate in a deduction competition,” Koshimizu said at this moment.

She wore the same sunglasses as Matsuda and a pair of black and white over-ear headphones. She introduced herself, "I am Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and I am here to participate in the Detective Koshien."

"My name is Hattori Heiji, and I'm also here to participate in the Detective Koshien tournament,"

Hattori nodded to Koshimizu, then looked at Matsuda with a puzzled expression.

"What's this famous detective from the Metropolitan Police Department doing here?"

At that moment, Rena Mizunashi also walked onto the dock.

She nodded to Matsuda and Koshimizu first, and then explained to Hattori Heiji, "In fact, Officer Matsuda was the one who set the questions for this detective competition."

"They actually hired a detective to set the questions for this detective reasoning competition?" Hattori exclaimed in surprise.

"What, Hattori, do you think being a detective and deduction have nothing to do with each other?" Matsuda laughed. "As far as I know, your father, Superintendent Hattori, also rose through the ranks by solving cases through deduction, didn't he?"

"Exactly. You're just catching petty thieves every day, thinking you're incredibly capable, while Inspector Matsuda solves major cases that shake Japan."

The girl with the ponytail said deliberately, "No wonder Uncle Hattori often uses Officer Matsuda as an example to teach you a lesson."

Hattori, whose secrets had been exposed by his companion, blushed slightly. He retorted angrily, "Shut up, Kazuha! Who told you to blurt all this out!"

"Hehe, I was wondering why the docks were so lively. Turns out, a famous detective from the Metropolitan Police Department has arrived."

A handsome young man in a white suit walked over with his hands in his pockets.

"I am Hakuba Saguru. Inspector Matsuda, you must have heard of me, right?" the young man said with a hint of arrogance.

“Sorry, all I know is that the Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Staff’s surname is Hakuba,” Matsuda smiled.

“My father is Superintendent General Hakuba of the Metropolitan Police Department,” Hakuba said, raising his chin.

"So? Does this have anything to do with your question?" Matsuda chuckled. "Why should I have to have heard of you just because the Metropolitan Police Department's Commissioner's surname is Hakuba? Do you also work for the Metropolitan Police Department? Or are you the Commissioner himself?"

"you……"

Even the most obtuse person could hear the mockery in Matsuda's words. Hakuba Saguru, of course, was even more certain of it.

Chapter 120: Where is Shinichi Kudo?

“Hey, my name is Suzuki Sonoko. You should have heard of me, right?” Sonoko suddenly interjected.

"You?" The white horse was taken aback.

"What? I'm the second young lady of the Suzuki Group, and you've never even heard of me?" Sonoko mocked.

Her words were clearly mimicking Hakuba's earlier inquiry into Matsuda's attitude.

Everyone was holding back their laughter, not wanting to embarrass Hakuba any further, except for Hattori, who didn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Seeing Hakuba's face turn from pale to red from being bullied, Matsuda shook his head: "Hakuba Saguru, you'd better remember this: your father is your father, and you are you. Your father, Superintendent General Hakuba, is my superior, but that doesn't mean you are!"

"...I'm sorry." Although Hakuma was proud, he wasn't the type to make trouble unnecessarily.

After being reprimanded by Matsuda, he realized that his attitude earlier was indeed problematic, so he immediately apologized.

At this moment, seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Rena Mizunashi quickly called out,

"Alright, now that Officer Matsuda and Ms. Koshimizu have arrived, let's go to the villa and find a room to settle down. We still need to discuss the filming of Detective Koshien later."

Matsuda and his group followed Rena Mizunashi off the pier, and after walking along the beach for less than five minutes, they saw a luxuriously decorated five-story villa standing in the woods not far ahead.

"What a big house..." Xiaolan exclaimed.

"We have to thank Ms. Ayako Suzuki for all of this. If it weren't for her sponsorship of funds and the provision of this island as a filming location, we don't know how long we would have had to wait before we could start filming Detective Koshien," Rena Mizunashi said with a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Sonoko called out "Sister" towards the direction of the villa's gate.

It turned out that Ayako, who was inside the house, noticed the commotion outside and came out.

"Hehe, sis, you didn't expect me to come too, did you?" Sonoko chuckled and sidled up to her sister, whispering boastfully, "I even brought Officer Matsuda to you."

Ayako ignored her and instead gracefully invited everyone into the house.

Matsuda walked at the very back, waiting for everyone else to go inside.

He was about to thank Miss Suzuki for sponsoring the Detective Koshien tournament when Ayako grabbed his arm first.

"Officer Matsuda, how is your injury?"

She rolled up Matsuda's sleeve as she asked with concern.

"It's completely healed,"

Matsuda showed Ayako the spot where Takahashi had stabbed her before. The wound had long since healed, and there wasn't even a scar left.

"Officer Matsuda's recovery ability is really amazing,"

Ayako touched the smooth skin that looked as if it had never been injured, and looked surprised.

"My body has been like this since I was a child, it's just that I recover a little faster than the average person."

Matsuda didn't want to discuss this anymore, so he changed the subject to the Koshien Detective Tournament.

"I still have to thank you, Ayako. Otherwise, I don't know when the Detective Koshien project would have started filming."

“If it weren’t for Officer Matsuda, I don’t know what would have become of me if Takahashi’s dagger had slashed at me that day,” Ayako gently shook her head. “Please consider this sponsorship as my way of repaying your kindness, Officer Matsuda.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yue Shui poked her head out of the house to urge her on.

"Senior, come in quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

"Okay, I'll be right away."

Matsuda knew perfectly well that Koshimizu was deliberately causing trouble to prevent him from having too much contact with Ayako.

Sure enough, after he and Ayako entered the house, Koshimizu immediately pulled Matsuda to his side warily.

Ayako simply smiled gently and didn't say anything more.

……

After putting his luggage away, Matsuda returned to the lobby on the first floor and found that almost everyone who had come to the island was already there.

"Alright, Officer Matsuda has come down too,"

As the host, Rena Mizunashi immediately began her work.