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"Hmm...huh?"

As Kuroba Kaito briefly described the situation he investigated, at the end, after mentioning the so-called "weapon capable of reversing Japan's defeat at that time", Gao Yuan felt a little surprised, but more of it was unexpected, even I think it's funny——

Japan defeated? That was that time in the last century.

A weapon that could reverse the situation in Japan at that time...

In that era, when atomic weapons had just been developed by the United States, what other weapon was enough to turn the tide of the war?

"Are you kidding?"

Involuntarily, Takato reacted like this to what Kuroba Kaito said,

In response, Kuroba Kaito waved his hands helplessly and said:

"I don't know. Anyway, this is the result of the investigation. However, this is just one of the theories.

"The first generation head of the Hatsue family, Keisaburo Hatsue, dug a gold mine in Hokkaido before the war and accumulated a lot of wealth. However, after his death, part of his property disappeared. It is said that those properties were exchanged for The gold mine is buried somewhere, but no one knows what kind of treasure it is. Therefore, there is another rumor that the treasure is not actually a gold nugget, but some kind of powerful weapon--

“During the war, Keisaburo Hatue had close ties with the military industry, so that’s why there were rumors like that.

"Compared to gold nuggets, I think the treasure that would interest my father is more likely to be the latter, so I made this judgment.

"These are the secrets that Grandpa Terai discovered after his recent in-depth investigation. Originally, I only knew that what my father wanted to steal was the treasure of Keisaburo Hatie."

In this way, Kuroba Kaito roughly explained, and then looked at Terai Kinosuke on the side.

Regarding this, Terai Huangnosuke also went on to explain to Gao Yuan:

"The Hatsue Foundation has been passed down for two generations since the first generation, Keisaburo Hatsue. The current head of the Hatsue Foundation is the third generation, the grandson of Keisaburo Hatsue, named Takuzo Hatsue. However, until this generation , the Hatsue Foundation has fallen into decline, and its influence even in Hokkaido is far less than that of the Shisubing Foundation in Sapporo. Therefore, in the near future, Hatsue Takuzo is preparing to auction all the collections of the first-generation family head Keisaburo Hatsue in the near future. Lose.

"But at the same time, because of the rumored treasure left by the first-generation head of the family, Takuzo Atsue seems to have started looking for that treasure. If he can find it, it may be able to change the current situation of the family's decline."

In this way, after Terai Kinosuke finished speaking, Kuroba Kaito briefly explained:

"The above are all things that Grandpa Terai recently investigated by pretending to be a staff member counting Hatsue Keisaburo's collection, so they are very credible."

After hearing this, Gao Yuan roughly understood and began to analyze:

"In other words, what is certain is that the first generation head of the Ax River Consortium left behind a treasure that even his descendants didn't know about, and this treasure was what your father wanted to steal, right?

"However, of the two statements, one is more likely to attract your father's attention than the traditional gold nugget. However, I don't believe that Japan at that time could grasp anything that could turn the tide of the war. Weapons, even if they barely exist, are probably nothing more than a pile of scrap metal now."

In this way, Gao Yuan has never been interested in the talk of weapons. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Gao Yuan is not Japanese.

Then, regarding the current situation, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask:

"So, what are you going to do? Find the treasure? Are there any clues?"

"have no idea."

Very simply, Kuroba Kaito shook his head.

Such an answer made Gao Yuan a little dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

"I don't know what my father knew before he became interested in the treasure hidden by Keisaburo Hatue. But as far as the current situation is concerned, at least the current head of the Hatue Foundation, Takuzo Hatue, doesn't know either. Where should I start looking for treasures, so in order to continue to maintain the operation of the Fue Consortium, Fue Takuzo had no choice but to auction off all his grandfather's collection."

Kuroba Kaito explained.

So, in response to this answer, Gao Yuan couldn't help but frown——

After all, there seems to be no clue at all...

"There are no clues..."

Muttering, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think:

"But since it is a treasure left by the first head of the Ax River Consortium, there is no reason not to leave clues for future generations to search for, right? Or is it just that the current head of the family hasn't found the clues yet?"

As he said this, thinking of what Terai Konosuke mentioned just now about Hatue Takuzo preparing to sell off the collection left by Hatue Keisaburo, Takato couldn't help but say:

"Is it possible that the clues are hidden in those collectibles?"

In response, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Konosuke looked at each other, and then Kuroba Kaito said:

"It's possible. But the number of collections is too complicated, and it's a bit difficult to find suspected clues... What's more, in order to package and auction those collections, the Ax River Consortium is still sorting out the series of collections from the warehouse. , so I don’t know exactly what the collection is.”

"Huh? How about putting it together for auction?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was a little surprised——

After all, normally, I would have thought that the collectibles would be auctioned off one by one.

"That's right, because those collections...well...how should I say..."

Mentioning this, Kuroba Kaito felt helpless.

Then Terai Huangnosuke gave an explanation:

"It is said that the first head of the Hatsue Foundation, Keisaburo Hatsue, was a fan of Hijikata Toszo, so he frantically collected all items related to Hijikata Toszo. Therefore, some of those collections may be priceless, but some are just irrelevant. Except for the value of some historical research, the important items cannot be sold individually at auction, so it is better to package them all for auction. "

"Hijikata Toshizo? Is he the deputy chief of the Shinsengumi from the shogunate era?"

Hearing this name, Takato couldn't help but ask, maybe because he had seen that the name "Okita Souji" was still passed down to this day, so he subconsciously thought that the name of this historical figure who was also a member of the Shinsengumi would be the same. There is also the possibility of inheritance, but thinking about it since it is a specially collected treasure, it should be the one in history.

Regarding this point, Terai Huangnosuke nodded, and after confirming that the Hijikata Tozozo was the one in history, Takato couldn't help but sigh:

"In that case, apart from the fans of Hijikata Toizo, there are probably very few people who would spend a lot of money to buy these things, right? Will anyone really buy these things in a package?"

It's okay to have one or two valuable items. Many collectors should be interested in them. But if those items are packaged and auctioned, there must be a premium. Otherwise, there is no need for the Ax River Consortium to package and sell them specifically. Who would care about it? Pay the bill?

"For now, only two companies are interested in these things..."