The Osaka Black Chicken: Do You Even Understand Grandparent-Grandchild Resemblance?!

Hattori Shizuka watched Fujino leave the room, and remained silent for a moment.

I've never been Hokage, and this kid seems quite disappointed... I heard it was his first love?

That's understandable... but what exactly is Hokage?

I've never even heard of Hokage!

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Hattori Shizuka slowly stood up and sighed softly.

It's true that there's a generation gap when you get older.

I feel like I'm increasingly unable to understand young people's thoughts...

As soon as Fujino came out of the room, Conan suddenly grabbed his trouser leg and said in a childish voice, "Hey, Brother Fujino! Don't you think that Ms. Ikenami is suspicious?"

"Suspicious?"

"Yes!"

Conan nodded deeply and glanced at Fujino with surprise.

Hasn't Fujino realized that the woman was lying yet?

That would be troublesome...

If we don't expose it now, we won't have another chance later.

Conan thought for a moment and felt that he had to take action as soon as possible, so he reminded her in a deep voice, "I felt something was strange from the first moment I saw Ms. Ikenami. She said she had bronchitis, but she was knitting sweaters. She's not a good cook, but she could recognize a tilefish at a glance. And then there was the iced coffee incident earlier..."

"These? Of course I noticed them."

Fujino glanced down at Conan. "As long as it's not illegal, lying isn't a big deal. Everyone has the right to keep their privacy. Lies are usually used to cover up things that people don't want to talk about. If you force someone to reveal what they don't want to show, the end result is usually a tragedy."

"Moreover, even if we don't ask Ms. Ikenami herself, someone will naturally tell us her identity."

With that, Fujino looked up and shouted towards the door, "Come out, Osaka Black Chicken!"

"Osaka Black Chicken?"

Conan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then followed Fujino's gaze and asked, "That Hattori guy?"

Hattori Heiji: "..."

He was standing outside the Shibata family's house at that moment.

Upon hearing Fujino's shout, his face immediately darkened.

And why is it that when talking about Osaka Black Chicken, Kudo immediately thinks of him?

"I see!"

Hattori Heiji sighed softly, then appeared at the doorway.

Originally, he wanted to strike a cool pose and make a dazzling entrance when no one expected it.

But now...

Fujino destroyed them all.

They even kicked the wound a few more times.

"Yo, Heiji, it really is you."

Fujino looked at the black man who appeared outside the door, wearing a blue denim jacket, beige casual pants, and a baseball cap backwards, and teased him.

"It's Heiji, not Heiji!"

Hattori Heiji's already dark complexion darkened even further.

Kazuha peeks out. "Heiji, we've been exposed!"

Toyama Kazuha, wearing an orange-yellow double-button coat, an orange-red headband, and a ponytail, peeked out from the side with a cute expression and couldn't help but laugh and tease her.

Hattori Heiji: "..."

It's one thing for Fujino to call me that...

Why are you also calling me Heiji?

Can you please consider my feelings when using puns?

"Call!"

Taking a deep breath, Hattori Heiji suppressed his temper, then looked helplessly at Fujino and asked curiously, "So, how exactly did you find me standing at the door?"

"You guess."

Fujino did not give a direct response, but instead gave a meaningful smile.

But in Hattori Heiji's eyes, that smile seemed somewhat strange.

Could it be another detective's intuition?

Hattori Heiji scratched the back of his head in annoyance. "You're still the same as ever, your sensory abilities are as terrifying as ever."

"Perception and observation?"

Behind him, Hattori Shizuka had just handed in her katana, was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

She immediately understood what "horrible" and "scary" really meant.

Oh, I see...

Are you just talking about perception and observation?

"Hattori Kuro... Heiji, and Kazuha!"

Ran looked at the two people standing at the door and exclaimed in slight surprise.

"Hi, Ran!"

Toyama Kazuha smiled and greeted Ran.

"What are you doing here?!"

Ran walked forward curiously, towards Kazuha Wen.

"Well... that's a long story..."

As she spoke, Kazuha glanced to the side.

"No way?"

Conan was also slightly taken aback and looked to the side.

Hey, old lady!

Hattori Heiji stepped forward and tugged at Hattori Shizuka's sleeve. "You should have finished your work by now, right? Then hurry back to Osaka..."

"..."

Hattori Shizuka looked at her dark-skinned son with a hint of disdain in her eyes.

Everyone else calls them "Miss" or "Lady," but why does this brat call them "Auntie"?

This adopted son wouldn't even call her "Mom" once!

"You brat, how dare you speak to Ms. Ikenami like that?"

Mori Kogoro, who was still confused about the situation, stepped forward and looked at Hattori Heiji with some dissatisfaction.

"It doesn't matter what I say, right?"

Hattori Heiji said nonchalantly, "After all, she's my mom."

"Ah?"

Everyone was taken aback and looked at Hattori Shizuka.

Hattori Shizuka smiled shyly and nodded slightly, as if confirming Hattori Heiji's statement.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, this was indeed his adopted son.

"Ha?!!!!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked terrified, as if they had seen a ghost.

Mori Kogoro's face turned ashen, as if the whole world had lost its color.

"You're kidding, right?!"

"But... but..."

Ran pointed at Hattori Heiji, her face contorted in disbelief. "Your skin is so dark, why is hers so white?!"

"That's what I think too."

Fujino, standing to the side, didn't react too strongly, but he still frowned. "Are you sure you weren't adopted?"

"Ha?!"

Hattori Heiji was taken aback by what he heard, and looked at Fujino, feeling speechless.

What adoption?!

Ran was just saying we don't look alike, so why are you saying we're adopted?

Although they are at least mother and child... this is just too outrageous!

Hattori Heiji said, somewhat speechlessly, "I just inherited it from my grandfather!"

"Um?"

Fujino frowned upon hearing this. "I remember that Hattori's skin isn't dark... and Aunt Shizuka's skin is very fair... This is a bit outrageous. Is it a genetic mutation?"

Conan, standing behind, glanced at him suspiciously, then nodded repeatedly in agreement with Fujino's statement.

Everyone was taken aback again upon hearing this, and then looked at Hattori Heiji with suspicious eyes.

Even Hattori Shizuka glanced at Hattori Heiji out of the Hattori Heiji.

Although it's due to sun exposure, her skin tone already looks very healthy.

To be honest, she also didn't quite understand why the child was so dark-skinned...

If he weren't her biological son, she would hardly believe he was her own.

Hattori Heiji: "..."

This is impossible to talk to!

"What's with those suspicious looks you're giving me? You've taken this joke a bit too far!"

Hattori Heiji's face darkened even more, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "My skin color is just inherited from my grandfather. He's my grandfather! My grandfather's skin color was just this dark! Don't you understand the difference between grandparents and grandchildren?"

"Really?!"

Ran looked at her best friend Kazuha with some disbelief.

Toyama Kazuha smiled and said, "Well... I don't understand it either, but that's really how it is."

After a brief period of turmoil, everyone accepted the fact that Hattori Heiji was Hattori Shizuka's son.

Having revealed her identity, Hattori Shizuka, who no longer needed to hide her accent, became noticeably more talkative, chattering on and on in her Kansai accent.

As she went downstairs with the others, she explained why she had disguised herself as Ikenami to ask Fujino and Mori Kogoro to come and make a request.

"Hattori is always clumsy and often ends up in the hospital. Last time in Osaka Fujino, he was hit by a car. He also keeps talking about Kudo, and Kudo... horror and stuff... So I'm worried that Mr. Mori might give him dangerous jobs to teach him some detective skills, and Fujino might bully him because he's a bit older."

"The last time you two came to Osaka, you didn't visit our home. I was a little worried, so I came to see what kind of people you two are..."

As she spoke, Hattori Shizuka glanced at Fujino and Mori Kogoro with a smile, "Now it seems that I was overthinking it. You two are both very professional and rare good people. Mr. Mori is very unassuming and considerate to his juniors, and Fujino is an even rarer good kid... To be honest, if Hattori were half as sensible as you, that would be great."

"Ha ha..."

Hattori Heiji chuckled dryly beside him.

So which side of this thing did you actually see?

Although on the surface, this guy does seem like a nice guy, even a bit righteous.

But in reality... this thing is definitely black when you cut it open!

However, to some extent, this guy's abilities are indeed terrifying.

"So that's how it is..."

Upon hearing this, Fujino's lips curled into a slight smile as he looked at Hattori Heiji: "By the way, what does 'terrifying' mean, Heiji?"

Hattori Heiji: "..."

"Ahem."

Hattori Heiji coughed lightly. "I mean, Fujino is actually capable of doing something like this, it's terrifying!"

Really?

Fujino narrowed his eyes and looked at Hattori Heiji with suspicion.

His face clearly said: I don't believe it.

But then he sighed, "I helped you set your bones last time, and I even helped you perfect your disguise before... I never expected this!"

To be honest, he felt a little disheartened.

Although there were some deviations, such as applying too much force or directly exposing the disguise.

But it was all out of good intentions!

"Really?!"

Hattori Heiji noticed that Fujino looked like he had been let down.

A million alpacas raced through her mind, and she turned to Hattori Shizuka with a resentful look, saying, "Auntie, why do you tell everyone everything?!"

Hattori Shizuka also gave Hattori Heiji a disdainful look.

I don't know who's been nagging about Kudo Fujino at home.

She can't avoid hearing it even if she wants to, and now she can't even speak about it...

However, since he was her adopted son, she changed the subject and smiled at Mori Kogoro and Fujino, saying, "Although Fujino- kun didn't directly mention the search for the missing person that Mr. Shibata and I had discussed, or the lie I told before, you two must have already noticed something... I just didn't expect Heiji to be discovered Heiji... In that case, I can rest assured to entrust Heiji Kazuha to you two."

"Ha?"

Mori Kogoro was somewhat bewildered.

It's obvious that they don't understand what Hattori Shizuka is saying.

"That's right!"

Ran then realized what was happening and looked at the huge pile of luggage beside her. "Why are you two carrying so much luggage? Are you going on a trip somewhere?"

"Ah?"

Hattori Heiji, then looked at Conan: "Didn't this kid tell you about what I mentioned a few days ago?"

"???"

Conan was also completely bewildered upon hearing this.

After thinking about it carefully, I remembered what happened a few days ago.

They said something like, "Let's go find the mermaids together in a few days."

Who would believe such nonsense!

'It seems he didn't say it...'

Hattori Heiji gave Conan a resentful look, then explained, "Actually, it's like this. About a few days ago, someone asked me to go to a small island to find something. I called Little Brother Conan before, but it seems he didn't say anything."

"Um?"

Mori Kogoro was slightly taken aback, then looked at Conan with an unfriendly gaze. "You brat, is there such a thing?"

"Hahaha!"

Conan was startled and quickly retreated behind Ran: "I just forgot by accident!"

"What do you mean by 'forgotten'!"

Mori Kogoro's anger was at its peak. "What if a client calls and you answer but then forget about it?"

"Alright, Dad!"

Ran glanced at Conan with a hint of pity, then turned away and explained, "Conan is just a child; it's normal for him to forget some things!"

"Snort."

Mori Kogoro pursed his lips, seeing that his daughter had spoken, he didn't know what else to say. He turned to Hattori Shizuka and asked in confusion, "Then what about the matter you just asked me to do..."

"So you didn't know?"

Hattori Shizuka was slightly taken aback, then explained, "Actually, I was hoping that you could go to that island with Heiji. After all, I'm always a little worried if he and Kazuha go alone... Actually, I don't want the two of them to go."

As she spoke, Hattori Shizuka turned to Hattori Heiji with a serious expression and said, "After all, that's a request from an unknown source. If something bad happens, it could be dangerous... You're always so reckless. If something happens to Kazuha, how will you explain it to her mother?"

"Auntie, aren't you overthinking things?"

Hattori Heiji said speechlessly, "It's just going to the island to check things out. Besides, Uncle, and... Fujino are coming with us, so there won't be any danger!"

"If Mr. Mori and Fujino are here, I will feel at ease."

Hattori Shizuka's expression relaxed a little, and then she bowed slightly to Fujino and Mori Kogoro: "I'm entrusting Heiji to you two."