As they waited for Conan's examination results, they couldn't help talking about what had just happened.
Hattori Heiji had heard the explosion from afar earlier, and he'd been plagued by a bad feeling ever since, worried that his two companions had suddenly been blown sky-high. His mind had remained fixed on searching for survivors.
Now that the matter had temporarily come to an end, he came back to his senses a few beats late and looked at Otaki beside him. "How did you mobilize people so quickly? And you found me almost immediately after the explosion..."
Otaki heard the suspicion in his voice and gave an awkward smile. "Actually, you probably guessed it already. That 'Tokugawa Ieyasu' was the ringleader of the String of Robbery-Murders from thirteen years ago. They're far too sensitive to the presence of police, so your father came up with a clever idea—provoke you a little, so that in a fit of anger toward the police, you'd investigate the case without relying on us and serve as our cover."
"..." Hattori Heiji remembered the punch he'd taken for no reason, and his fist clenched involuntarily. That crafty old man, treating him like this! Once he got home, he was definitely telling his mother.
After a pause, he felt something was off. "How did you know 'Tokugawa Ieyasu' was the leader of that group? We shouldn't have told you our deductions yet—did you secretly plant a Listening Device on me?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help searching himself.
Seeing Jiang Xia silently watching, Hattori Heiji called him over as well. "Check yourself for any extra listening devices!"
Otaki hurriedly waved his hands. "We didn't do anything like that. Earlier, downstairs from the Tenshukaku, Chief Toyama overheard several people from the travel group talking and recognized Tokugawa Ieyasu's