Stay away from Conan

Now, since the status of the five deceased people in the three places within the "Genji Hotaru" theft group has been determined, and it is known that the most critical three core members of the group's upper echelons have not discovered their traces, so , thinking that the three incidents were all concentrated on the same day, and the first case in Tokyo was when the three deceased people stayed in a shrine at night and were ambushed by the murderer.

Under such a situation, Conan and Hattori Heiji increasingly felt that this incident was planned by someone within them, and it was only possible to get them out together——

After all, the three deceased people in Tokyo did not have much overlap with each other in their daily identities. For them to gather together in a remote shrine on the same night to meet, this kind of thing is almost impossible for outsiders to do.

and……

Five members of "Hotaru Genji" were killed in one night, which reduced the entire "Hotaru Genji" organization to only three remaining members at most. Such a situation...

If insiders are calling it, this is not so much a "purge", but more like...

"Quiet..."

Conan's expression was solemn. After analyzing the clues he could grasp at this moment, he probably came to a more likely situation, that is, one of the three people at the top of "Genji Hotaru" was planning to get rid of everyone.

"When the 'Hotaru Genji' had not heard of any other incidents committed by them for several years, someone suddenly murdered most of the members of the group. It really seemed like they were being silenced."

Hattori Heiji also confirmed Conan's idea when he heard this:

"Maybe... maybe they have committed crimes again recently and obtained some rare treasures. As a result, some people wanted to keep it for themselves, so they silenced the others."

"But it's also possible that someone among Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Ise Saburo has had some major changes recently. In order to prevent others from leaking his identity as 'Genji Hotaru', he simply hid everyone else who knew his identity. Let’s kill him. Speaking of which, it’s time for the parliamentary election soon, right?”

Conan casually mentioned another possibility, then shook his head and said uncertainly:

"All in all, the clues we have now are still too few. Even if the suspect is basically locked in the other three members of 'Genji Hotaru', we cannot rule out the possibility of others committing the crime. Moreover, you said the rare treasure...

"The 'Genji Hotaru' have stolen countless precious treasures before, but they have been living in peace for so many years. What kind of treasure could cause one of them to travel to three places to kill five people in one night? And if you want to take it all to yourself, aren’t there still two people left?”

"That makes sense."

Regarding Conan's analysis, Hattori Heiji could not deny:

"The most recent rare treasure seems to be the 'memory easter egg' from before, right? And I don't know who burned down the castle of Miss Kasaka's house... Huh? Do you think it will..."

For a moment, Hattori Heiji seemed to be thinking about the two incidents together.

But Conan’s attitude towards this remains:

"It's hard to say, there are too few clues. Just based on the identity of the members of 'Genji Hotaru', there seems to be no better direction for investigation. I'm afraid we have to think of other ideas..."

Starting from the identity of the deceased, it was discovered that the five deceased were all members of "Genji Hotaru", and their status in the thieves organization was also determined, which promoted the cooperation of the police in the three places. This is indeed an investigation of this incident. A big push.

However, other than that, as far as the clues of "Hotaru Genji" are concerned, it is difficult to find new ideas for advancement. Before the other three members of "Hotaru Genji" cannot be found, this investigation seems to have a certain influence on Conan and Hattori Heiji. As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of it. Before any other new clues emerge, could it be an investigation? Conan and Hei Hattori have to find the other three members of "Hotaru Genji" without any clues?

Therefore, after careful consideration, Conan has realized that this is not realistic for him and Hattori Heiji for the time being——

After all, there are no clues as to where the other three are hiding and what their external identities are. Even if there is a high probability that the suspects can be pinned on them, it actually doesn't make much sense at the moment because it is simply unthinkable. How to find them.

"So, how do you think we should continue the investigation?"

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask.

Conan thought about this for a while, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but smile and said:

"By the way...don't you still want to find your first love?"

For a moment, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that Conan would actually mention this matter -

"Rather than investigating the three members of 'Hotaru Genji' who are not sure whether they are in Kyoto or not, it would be better for us in Kyoto to investigate and confirm what happened in Kyoto... Don't you think?"

Conan couldn't help but smile and said to Hattori Heiji...

…

"Sannoji Temple? This is where you met your first love?"

After Conan brought up the issue of Hattori Heiji's first love again, Hattori Heiji, who really didn't have a better direction to investigate the "Genji Hotaru" incident, half-decided and had no choice but to bring Conan to Sanno Temple and try to Find out about the first love mentioned by Hattori Heiji.

Conan is very concerned about this——

After all, Conan really wanted to meet the girl Hattori Heiji had only met once, who kept Hattori Heiji in mind for eight years, and even generously published the matter in a news magazine.

So, after arriving at Shannou Temple and looking at the temple, Conan looked around at the layout of the temple and asked.

In this regard, Hattori Heiji also missed looking at the structure of this temple very much, especially looking at the cherry blossom tree in the temple. He recalled that he had seen the man wearing a kimono playing ball under the falling cherry blossoms. girl, that scene——

"Although it was just a glance, that scene was like a dream, but it was indeed real. I always had a premonition that sooner or later I would meet her again, so after I drew the lot at the Osaka Shrine, I kept thinking about it. Something..."

Looking at the cherry blossom tree, Hattori Heiji suddenly felt nostalgic. As a result, Conan couldn't help but undulated his shoulders and covered his mouth, but he still couldn't help laughing. This made Hattori Heiji feel depressed. Rolling eyes——

But at this moment, Conan and Hattori Heiji keenly felt a burst of prying eyes, so they couldn't help but look in the same direction.

I saw that in the courtyard of this temple, two monks wearing black monk robes were chatting with three guests who looked not to be members of the temple. At this time, one of the monks seemed to see After Hattori Heiji, he greeted him with a smile...