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That's because that guy didn't do it again!
Conan thought to himself as he ate the grilled meat.
For a detective, reputation is his calling card.
Who would still go to detectives whose reputation has been ruined?
"No way, that arrogant reasoning fanatic actually admitted defeat?"
Sonoko covered her mouth, her expression as if she had witnessed something unbelievable.
"In this kind of competition, since everyone else has already solved the problem, how can we not admit defeat?"
Kazuha sighed.
"I never expected Heiji to lose so badly."
"Don't even mention the two of you, who could have imagined that someone like that would get first place?"
Sonoko glanced disdainfully at Tokitsu Junya, who was being interviewed by Mizunashi Rena not far away, his face full of arrogance and smugness.
"Officer Matsuda, it's all your fault! If you had made the questions a little more complicated, he wouldn't have won," Sonoko said angrily.
Matsuda could only shrug helplessly at her complaints.
"Actually, this question is not simple."
Hattori held the grilled meat, but unlike before, he didn't eat or drink excessively.
He looks completely devastated right now.
"If that guy hadn't revealed the secret, I don't know when I would have discovered the problem with the window."
As Hattori was speaking, he suddenly punched himself on the head in frustration.
"I was the first one to break through the window and go in, so how come I didn't notice anything wrong with the window?"
"After I went inside, I checked the windows, but I didn't find anything wrong with them," Bai Ma said dejectedly.
"Unexpectedly, the final answer to the mystery was actually on the window."
"Miss Koshimizu, why aren't you disappointed at all?"
Kazuha looked at Koshimizu, who was happily flipping the skewers and controlling the heat, with a strange expression.
"You, as the representative of the South, also lost to Tokitsu Junya?"
"So what if we lose?" Yue Shui waved her hand dismissively.
After noticing that the people around her were staring at her strangely,
Koshimizu hurriedly explained,
"Didn't I explain before that I'm a novice? It's normal for me to lose."
"Senior, try this string of corn."
As she spoke, Koshimizu placed another skewer of grilled corn onto Matsuda's plate.
"sister……"
Seeing this, Sonoko quickly nudged Ayako with her hand.
"What's wrong?" Ayako looked at her younger sister curiously.
"Sis! If you don't intervene soon, Officer Matsuda might really be seduced by that little vixen!" Sonoko said anxiously.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Ayako picked up a skewer and stuffed it into her younger sister's mouth, then said somewhat sadly,
"I've already promised my family I'd go on a blind date, you know that."
Damn it...
Sonoko glanced at her listless older sister.
She glanced at Koshimizu, who had suddenly become happy for some reason, and clenched her fists inwardly. "Don't worry, sis, I will definitely help you take down Officer Matsuda!"
……
"Hey, Ms. Mizunashi,"
Hattori suddenly remembered something and asked with a pained expression,
"Do I have to participate in the Nichiuri TV program tomorrow?"
Rena Mizunashi had already changed out of the dress that had been stained with fake blood.
At this moment, he was also sitting with Matsuda and the others eating barbecue.
Upon hearing Hattori's question, he immediately replied,
"Of course, this is already written into the contract you signed when you participated in the competition."
"When I signed the contract, I never imagined I would lose!" Bai Ma said with a headache. "As a loser, having to participate in a program that awards prizes to the winners is really uncomfortable."
“What’s wrong with that? Consider it an encouragement for you,” Yue Shui said with a smile. “If you can remember this lesson, it will definitely help your future detective careers.” She said meaningfully.
Yes, it definitely helps!
Conan muttered to himself,
Once you two ruin the reputation of high school detectives, it will be much more difficult for them to convince others of their reasoning in the future.
Chapter 129 What, don't you like the prize?
Although the Detective Koshien tournament ended unexpectedly quickly, it was clear that everyone couldn't rush back to Tokyo that night, so they all stayed overnight at the Suzuki family's villa.
They set off to return the next morning.
Upon boarding the ship, Tokitsu Junya, as the victor, received his first prize.
It was those four pots of lavender placed in the corner of the secret room.
"Do we really have to accept this?" Tokitsu Junya asked, his expression somewhat unusual.
“Of course, these are specially prepared for the Detective Koshien champion,” Sonoko said impatiently, hands on her hips. “Hurry up and accept them!”
Although Tokitsu Junya didn't want to accept the lavender, he obviously didn't want to offend the second young lady of the Suzuki family, so he had no choice but to carry all four pots of lavender into the cabin with a bitter face.
When the last pot of lavender was brought in, Matsuda vaguely seemed to see a girl covered in water stains.
But after he blinked, the figure disappeared again.
Strange, how come I see Kana Mizuguchi here?
Matsuda rubbed his eyes. Maybe he was just seeing things?
Kana Mizuguchi should be busy dealing with Inspector Daimon in Shikoku right now, so why would she come here to cause trouble for Junya Tokitsu?
……
Just as Matsuda and the others were taking the ferry back to Tokyo,
The entire nation of Japan has been embroiled in controversy and disputes over the past two days due to advertisements and program announcements being broadcast everywhere by Nichiri TV.
Whether at school, in the office, or even just walking down the street, you can hear people discussing who the winner of the Detective Koshien tournament is.
It must be said that Nichiuri TV really has high hopes for the Detective Koshien program.
To make it a huge hit in Japan, Japanese television stations not only aired a large number of advertisements,
They also stirred up controversy by exaggerating regional discrimination in Japan.
Yes, Japan also has regional discrimination, and it's quite serious.
Tokyo, as the political and economic center of modern Japan, treats everyone else as a country bumpkin.
Kyoto, on the other hand, relies on its former status as the capital and still considers itself the legitimate successor to Japan, regarding everyone else as its subjects.
People from Kyoto always have a sour taste in their mouths when they talk about Tokyo.
Throughout Japan, no matter where you go, if you mention Osaka, people will definitely say that they are rude, speak loudly with an accent, love to complain, are uncultured, do not follow rules, are good at running red lights, and are all nouveau riche.
When Hokkaido is mentioned, it's immediately associated with backward rural areas, mostly populated by cattle farmers.
If you mention Kyushu, the first impression is definitely of mindless, barbaric people who only know how to fight.
Because the four players originally scheduled for the Detective Koshien tournament happened to represent the four cardinal directions of Japan: east, south, west, and north.
This, in turn, provides ample room for regional discrimination to flourish.
Through the hype created by the rivalry between different regions, the "Detective Koshien" program quickly gained popularity in Japan even before it aired.
Even walking down the street, you can often hear arguments between people from different places.
"You cold-blooded bastards from Tokyo who can't even understand Japanese dialects actually dream of beating us from Osaka?"
"Who's dreaming? What good qualities do you Osaka people have besides breaking the rules and running red lights? Or are you trying to cheat in this detective competition?"
"Haha, Kyushu, who has no brains, thinks he can win? Don't forget that this detective competition is about wisdom, not muscle!"
"If it were a cattle-raising competition, you Hokkaido people would definitely win, but this is a detective competition. You Hokkaido country bumpkins would probably wet your pants as soon as you step onto the field!"
Amidst the arguing, everyone waited for the Detective Koshien program to air.
After a long day's journey, the ferry finally returned to Tokyo.
Without taking a break, the group immediately headed to Nichiri TV station.
……
In the conference room of Nichiri TV, the production team announced to the returning staff how heated the Detective Koshien tournament had been in Japan over the past two days.
After hearing that all of Japan was focused on the Detective Koshien tournament, Tokitsu Junya became even more smug.
"Haha, this is a victory for Hokkaido! Let's see who dares to laugh at us for being a backwater now!"
"When it comes to crucial moments, that reasoning fanatic is completely useless,"
Sonoko, being a Tokyo native, naturally couldn't stand Tokitsu Junya's arrogance. She complained to Ran, "This time, Kudo really made Tokyo lose face."
"Luckily, Tokyo didn't win this time either, otherwise I would definitely be scolded to death by everyone when I get back to Osaka," Hattori said helplessly.
"Which bastard said we Kyushu people are just barbarians!" Yue Shui looked at the online discussion with anger. "These cowards who don't even dare to fight are only good at arguing online!"