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Chapter 1383 Shiratori Ninzaburo's Knight's Talisman

Maori Detective Agency.

Kogoro Mouri has just received a substantial fee for an investigation and has decided to treat himself to a good meal of sushi.

The one who delivered the sushi was naturally Wakita Kanenori.

Ran Mouri noticed that the tea in the office was finished, so she went upstairs to get some new tea.

Seeing that only the father and daughter were in the office, Kenjiro Wakita casually asked, "Isn't Conan here today?"

Kogoro Mouri wiped his hands, picked up a piece of sushi, and said, "He just got a phone call and went out. It seems he went to cheer on someone who's participating in some competition. He went with a bunch of kids, and their homeroom teacher will be going too."

"Oh right, Yuya, his girlfriend, and their assistant homeroom teacher are here too." After saying that, he casually stuffed a piece of sushi into his mouth.

"Wow~" Wakita Kanenori showed an interested expression, "What kind of tournament is it?"

Kogoro Mori swallowed his sushi, thought for a moment, and said, "It seems to be held in a building called Sitopia Building in Beika Town. Ah, it's the same as that foreign shogi tournament."

"Oh!" Kenjiro Wakita's expression was somewhat ambiguous. Images from the past suddenly flashed through his mind. He said with a deep gaze, "So it's a chess tournament!"

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The Sitopia Building.

Shiratori Ninzaburo is participating in an international chess tournament today, and he has specially invited Kobayashi Sumiko and Yuya to watch the game.

Yu also brought Shiho Miyano and Curaçao along.

Behind Kobayashi Sumiko followed the kids from the Junior Detective Club, with Wakasa Rumi standing beside her.

Rumi Wakasa happened to be nearby when Shiratori Ninzaburo called Sumiko Kobayashi, so she was invited to come along.

In the corridor in front of the competition room.

When Kobayashi Sumiko saw Shiratori Ninzaburo, she took the initiative to walk up to him and took out a keychain of a Go player's piece from her pocket and gave it to him.

Shiratori Ninzaburo was somewhat surprised: "Is this a gift for me? Thank you so much!"

Sumiko Kobayashi tilted her head back and smiled, saying, "I think he's perfect as a talisman for this tournament! Please keep the spirit of a Go player in mind and protect the Queen!"

Shiratori Ninzaburo felt a surge of energy coursing through his body and loudly replied, "Yes, I definitely will!"

Conan, with his half-moon eyes lowered, remarked, "Shouldn't the person we be protecting be the king?"

Yu also chimed in, "Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Mr. Kobayashi doesn't really understand the rules of chess."

Ayumi asked curiously, "Is the Go player piece very powerful? Mr. Kobayashi specially gave it to Inspector Shiratori as a talisman."

Mitsuhiko immediately said, "I remember that, like the Katsura horse in shogi, it can move in almost any direction!"

Genta exclaimed, "That's nothing! It's practically the strongest chess piece!"

“That’s not right,” Shiho Miyano began to explain to the children, “The strongest piece should be the queen, which can move in any direction, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. So the queen is not actually a piece that is protected by others, but rather a piece that protects others.”

"Oh my, it seems like you know a lot about chess, Tenkura-kun?" Rumi Wakasa suddenly appeared behind Shiho Miyano, a hint of danger hidden beneath her smiling face. "Did your parents teach you this knowledge?"

Shiho Miyano didn't sense any danger from Rumi Wakasa, so she wasn't afraid at all and calmly said, "No, I heard from others that my parents died shortly after I was born."

Rumi Wakasa pressed further, "So, did you teach yourself chess?"

Shiho Miyano shrugged and gestured to Yuya beside her: "Yuya taught me."

Rumi couldn't help but look at Yuya.

Yuya smiled slightly: "As a detective, it's reasonable to have more knowledge, right? Speaking of which, there was a case before that was solved by using knowledge of chess pieces."

Wakasa Rumi gave Yuya a meaningful look and said calmly, "I see."

Then he returned to his original position, exchanged a glance with Curaçao, and said nothing more.

Curaçao's eyes flickered; she sensed a special aura emanating from this teacher, suggesting he wasn't an ordinary person as he appeared.

At this moment, several contestants appeared in the corridor.

They saw the keychain in Shiratori Ninzaburo's hand, and one of the female players, Narii Raimi, smiled and took out a necklace with a chess piece hanging from her chest, saying that the chess piece could fill her with power.

Upon hearing this, a burly man named Kinji Okawara immediately took out a glass with a "K" engraved on the bottom from his bag to represent the king's chess piece.

Using it to drink black tea during a competition can make your mind more agile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Naoto Kishitani, who had pimples on his face, said that he also had his own metaphysical method, which was to turn the players' pieces to face him during the game.

Just as the group was exchanging their metaphysical ideas, a young man with dyed yellow hair walked over with a look of disdain.

He said disdainfully, "Of course, you have to win a competition with your brain. Being bound by metaphysical things is not a good thing."

The people who were being mocked curled their lip.

Kinji Okawara stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Speaking of which, something like this happened last year, right? They said the song 'Amazing Grace' would bring good luck, so someone set it as their ringtone. As a result, they tripped and fell because of that song. I think that person's name was Ryoichiro Sasō?"

Upon hearing this name, the group, who had just been full of interest, immediately showed expressions of lingering fear and urged Okawara not to bring it up again.

Okawara quickly apologized, and the group went into the competition room.

Shiratori Ninzaburo glanced at the time and said to Kobayashi Sumiko, "It's almost time, I should go in too."

"Go for it!" Kobayashi Sumiko pumped her fist.

"Ok!"

Yuya and the others originally wanted to go inside and take a look, but they were told that non-players were not allowed to enter the competition room and could only wait in the corridor.

At the competition venue, Shiratori Ninzaburo looked at his opponent with some embarrassment.

He never expected that his first opponent would be this person.

The three little ones were very disappointed. They came specifically to cheer for Shiratori Ninzaburo, but they couldn't even get into the competition venue.

Genta immediately shouted that he was bored.

Yu also laughed and said, "Anyway, you wouldn't understand, and you can't make any extra noise during the competition. For example, if your phone rings, you'll be immediately disqualified for violating the rules..."

Before the words were finished, a piece of music suddenly rang in everyone's ears. Judging from the source of the sound, it seemed to be coming from the competition room, but it stopped very quickly.

After a while, Shiratori Ninzaburo came out dejectedly and told everyone that he had lost.

Ayumi exclaimed, "Hey, Inspector Shiratori, you lost so quickly?"

Shiratori Ninzaburo forced a smile and said, "The opponent we've encountered is too formidable!"

At that moment, a tall figure appeared beside Shiratori Renzaburo. The man said, "After such an accident, it's understandable that you can't concentrate."

Everyone looked surprised when they saw this person.

"Chief Administrator Kuroda?"