Stay away from Conan

It seemed that after Hattori Heiji directly rejected his suggestion that everyone put on special clothes and protective gear to discuss, Saijo Taiga's expression was like this. After looking solemn for a moment, he persuaded the two of them:

"Although it's only limited to three moves, it's better to be careful and not get hurt."

In this way, Saijo Taiga kindly reminded.

In this regard, Sakura Masazo heard the words of Mizuo Harutaro and Saijo Taiga one after another. It seemed that he felt that he was no match for Hattori Heiji, and he had to be careful not to get hurt. This made Sakura Masazo retort with a little displeasure:

"Don't worry, I've been practicing for so many years anyway, and it's hard for us to get injured while practicing kendo, so don't worry!"

With that said, and seeing that no one had any other objections, everyone came to the open space in the backyard of Sannou Temple and prepared to start the competition between Hattori Heiji and Sakura Shozo.

In this way, Sakura Shozo took off the outermost suit jacket, took the bamboo sword that had been prepared, and then naturally walked to the center of the open space, waiting for Hattori Heiji to take his place.

Seeing this, Hattori Heiji was unambiguous. He also went to the place where the bamboo swords were placed and picked a bamboo sword. Hattori Heiji went directly to the middle of the field and stood opposite Sakura Shozo. It seemed that he was ready to fight directly - —

"Uncle, can we start?"

So, as soon as these words came out, I saw Hattori Heiji looking so confident, especially when he didn't make any extra preparations, didn't even take off his jacket and hat, and just came up to compete with him, This inevitably made Ying Zhengzao feel a little solemn.

But at this point, since the other party has said this and started to let himself express his position, what would it be like for him to shrink back?

Therefore, Sakura Masazo could only smile and said:

"Of course, get ready to start! Saijo, you will be the referee."

"good."

Hearing this, Saijo Taiga nodded, walked forward, and came to one side of the middle position where the two were standing. He looked left and right at the two people who had already put up a posture in front of him. He seemed to have entered the state, so he clicked Saijo Taiga nodded and began to command:

"Ready... to start!"

"Crack!"

However, at this moment, as Saijo Taiga's command sounded, before Sakura Shozo could react, Hattori Heiji struck head-on with his sword. Almost in an instant, he completed the blow to Sakura Shozo's head.

In this way, looking at Hattori Heiji's shot, Sakura Shozo couldn't help but break into a cold sweat at this moment. He saw the bamboo sword placed above his head impartially. He shot so fast, but he obviously controlled it at the end. The strength was so strong that the blow did not cause much pain to him——

The tip of the iceberg shown by Hattori Heiji has already made Sakura Shozo want to quit.

Not only Sakura Shozo was facing this move, but Mizuo Harutaro who was watching the fight, and Saijo Taiga as the referee all had expressions of surprise. They didn't expect Hattori Heiji's strength to be so extraordinary, and Mizuo Harutaro couldn't help but show a hint of amazement. However, Saijo Taiga's expression immediately returned to seriousness after being surprised, and he made a ruling on the current situation:

"In the first round, Hattori Heiji's attack was effective."

After hearing this, Hattori Heiji also smiled, then retracted the bamboo sword, stood back to his original position, and prepared for the next round of offensive.

In response, Sakura Masazo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took a long breath, then smiled slightly awkwardly, and said to Hattori Heiji:

"As expected of a young man, his reactions are quick. My old bones are a bit uncomfortable!"

Saying this, Sakura Shozo also re-arranged his posture and braced himself for the next round of offensive.

At this point, Taiga Saijo, as the referee, continued to give instructions after seeing that both sides were ready again.

But this time, following the instructions, Sakura Masazo was unambiguous and took action directly without looking at the opponent's movements. He only hoped that he could successfully seize the initiative this time.

And this approach did have some effect. Compared with the previous round where he was defeated in an instant without doing anything, this time Sakura Shozo and Hattori Heiji had a few sword fights, but in the end they still missed the mark and were defeated. Hattori Heiji seized the gap between the moves, thrust his sword straight, and stabbed Sakura Masazo's throat before retracting his strength.

In this way, Sakura was defeated again in the second round.

Then, the third round. Sakura Masazo continued to attack, but this time Hattori Heiji no longer fought with him, but struck first and attacked Sakura Masazo. Due to two rounds of defeats, Sakura Masazo was impatient, so that there was a trace of disharmony in his moves, and he was beaten. Hattori Heiji caught it, but Hattori Heiji counterattacked and knocked the bamboo sword out of his hand, causing Sakura Shozo to lose again in the third round.

In this way, after losing all three rounds, Sakura Shozo hesitated for a moment, but soon recovered his composure, and praised Hattori Heiji with a wry smile:

"You are so young and promising!"

In this way, Hattori Heiji also received the bamboo sword and returned the gift, and then said to everyone:

"Then it's almost time for me to say goodbye."

"Please."

In this regard, Mizuo Harutaro nodded slightly towards Hattori Heiji and said nothing more, and the others did not stay with Hattori Heiji and the others, allowing Hattori Heiji and Conan to leave Sanno Temple naturally.

In this way, watching Hattori Heiji leave, Sakura Shozo stood there and just looked at Hattori Heiji's side for a moment, and then turned to Saijo Taiga aside with a somewhat solemn expression.

As for Saijo Taiga, he looked at Hattori Heiji with an extremely serious expression, and even frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking...

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"Now it seems that something really went wrong inside the 'Genji Hotaru'. This kind of Buddha statue was stolen eight years ago, and now someone actually sent a letter to the owner to inform the owner of the location of the Buddha statue. However, their purpose of doing this What is it?"

After leaving Sannoji Temple, faced with the newly obtained clues, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder, but then, this doubt was quickly covered up, and Hattori Heiji said instead:

"Forget it, it's more important to solve the mystery. If it's true that the person who stole the Buddha statue is 'Genji Hotaru', maybe as long as we search in places related to Yoshitsune and Benkei, we can probably find some answers. It’s a clue! This is somewhat similar to what we did before!”

"But, haven't we just been to some places? But we didn't find anything... Now, the key question is, what does this picture mean? This is like a cabinet, with some scattered things on it... Especially these things, the paintings are too abstract!”

Facing the drawings he just got, Conan said with a confused look on his face...