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"The other three members of 'Genji Hotaru'?"

Listening to what Kudo Shinichi said, although he hadn't even said his guess, this information had already made Xiaolan and the others very confused.

So, Inukai Genichi explained this in a timely manner:

"'Genji Hotaru' is a thief gang that mainly operates in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and other places, and has continuously stolen famous Buddhist statues and artworks. They call each other by the names of Yoshitsune's retainers, and they all hold the same Yoshitsune Chronicle. According to the current situation, the thief group, including the leader Yoshitsune, has a total of eight people. So..."

"So after five people were killed, there were only three people left in this thief group..."

Xiaolan was a little surprised, after all, more than half of the members of a gang were killed, which was no small matter.

"That's right, the only three people left in 'Genji Hotaru', and the members whose identities the police currently have no clues about, are the leader Yoshitsune, Benkei and Ise Saburo."

Inukai Genichi continued.

As for this, the children who were listening to the conversation of the crowd seemed very puzzled by this information -

"Yoshitsune, Benkei? I seem to have heard these names somewhere..."

Genta was a little suspicious, as if he thought he knew these people, so he said this.

Therefore, Mitsuhiko couldn't help but explain:

"Of course you have heard of them, Genta! This is a historical figure mentioned in the book!"

As he said this, Mitsuhiko began to popularize history to Genta.

Of course, Xiaolan and others naturally let them talk, but Xiaolan was a little confused about Inukai Genichi who said this information:

"Can this information... be told to us?"

After all, it is an incident that is still under investigation, and Xiaolan is a little worried that it may not be convenient to disclose this kind of related information to everyone.

But regarding this, Inukai Genichi shook his head and explained:

"It doesn't matter. Because this case involves Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, the impact is extremely bad, so the Metropolitan Police Department will hold a press conference to announce these information immediately to avoid causing unnecessary panic among the public."

So, after saying this, Inukai Genichi looked at Kudo Shinichi, because these news were also the conclusions drawn after exchanging information with the Metropolitan Police Department today, so Kudo Shinichi, who is active in Tokyo and has a good relationship with the Metropolitan Police Department, must know more, so he will have some guesses about these things.

So, Inukai Genichi was looking forward to hearing what this high school detective could say that could go beyond the existing information.

After everyone had basically understood what was going on with the news that there were only three people left in the "Genji Hotaru", Kudo Shinichi began to explain:

"Regarding the continuous murders of members of the "Genji Hotaru", there are only two possibilities for going back and forth to three places in one night to kill five members -

"First, a criminal went back and forth to three places in one night to commit crimes. Judging from the time of the three incidents, this basically meets the situation of the time difference of the crime. In addition, the level of kendo and archery shown by the murderer in the three incidents also shows that the murderer is a master who is proficient in these.

"And the second is that the three incidents in the three places were committed by different people, but they all had similar levels of kendo and the like.

"But no matter which point it is, one thing is almost certain, that is, to be able to commit such a crime, the murderer must know the internal information of the "Genji Hotaru", and he may be a member of the "Genji Hotaru", which is very likely. "

Kudo Shinichi said this, Inukai Genichi couldn't help but ask: "So, you think... the murderer is among the remaining members of 'Genji Hotaru', Yoshitsune and Benkei? Or, all three?"

"Yes, this is also the conclusion that Hattori Heiji and I came to."

Kudo Shinichi nodded and said, and when talking about Hattori Heiji, he was also a little moved. Then after a slight pause, Kudo Shinichi continued:

"But that was the end of it at that time, there were no more clues... But until I learned about the theft of the Buddha statue in Sannoji Temple and the kidnapping of Kazuha and others, I realized something... Maybe, for the three people with mysterious identities, Yoshitsune, I probably have a suspect. "

Hearing this, including Inukai Genichi, Xiaolan, Sonoko and others, they couldn't help but prick up their ears. They didn't expect Kudo Shinichi to say something shocking all of a sudden, as if he had already locked the suspect--

"What? "

Inukai Genichi said in disbelief.

"If the theft of the Buddha statue was committed by 'Genji Hotaru', but the ornament on the stolen Buddha statue, which should be called 'white hair', was picked up by Hattori Heiji at the time, then now 'Genji Hotaru' kidnapped Kazuha to threaten Hattori in order to get the white hair back... This whole thing seems to make sense, but...

"There is one thing that doesn't make sense!"

After a rough analysis, Kudo Shinichi then changed the subject and pointed out the problem:

"The time Kazuha was kidnapped! There is no reason for 'Hotaru Genji' to know Kazuha's whereabouts today. Even if 'Hotaru Genji' knew the whereabouts of Bako because of Hattori's interview, this would only let them know Bako's whereabouts. In whose hands, why did they wait until now to retrieve Baiko? You must know that the report had been published for a long time, and Hattori Heiji also traveled to and from Kyoto several times after that, but nothing happened, but why? What happened this time?"

"So, what you mean is..."

Listening to Kudo Shinichi's words, Inukai Genichi felt that it made sense, so he was very anxious to know what happened next.

Xiaolan couldn't help but said to Yuanzi:

"Yes... Heiye said that every time Hattori comes to Kyoto, he will bring that... thing called pekoe, but for so long, no one has ever wanted to take that thing away from Hattori Heiji, so Why……"

"It's that letter!"

In this regard, Kudo Shinichi suddenly reminded.

"That letter..."

Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, but Yuanzi realized it immediately and said in shock:

"Yes! That's the letter! It was sent to Sannou Temple, the letter that said that if you unlock the code, you can find the lost Buddha statue! Didn't we just encounter the situation when Master Ryuen received that letter? ”

"Ah! Yes!"

Xiaolan responded.

"If the sender is 'Hotaru Genji', because there is no postmark on the letter, it was not sent by the post office, so it can only be a letter sent by a member of their group who was nearby at that time, so..."

Yuanzi analyzed it——

"We...or Heye, were seen by them!"

Xiaolan said in great horror...