Stay away from Conan

Matsuaki Mitarai, the most senior figure in the Mitarai family of the Shiling Group, is also a master of kendo. As far as Gao Yuan knows, he hardly cares about the operation of the Shiling Group. Unless it involves some major family events, he should not show up...

At least, this is Gao Yuan's impression of him.

However, Gao Yuan did not expect that as soon as the plan of Kuroba Kaito impersonating him was implemented, Kuroba Kaito failed and was directly seen through by Mitarai Sou.

Gao Yuan was helpless about this result, and could only say that he had not considered it carefully——

"However, there is no need to consider the news of the Siling Group now, because for some reason, the Siling Group withdrew from the auction. At present, it should be the Suzuki Group and the Fujiang Group who will directly negotiate the price to buy those collections, and no other forces will interfere."

Soon, after listening to Kuroba Kaito complaining about the previous words, he seemed to have calmed down. Kuroba Kaito brought back new news to Gao Yuan——

Siling Group's withdrawal from the auction made the auction meaningless now. Next, the Suzuki Group will directly bid to buy out those collections, so those collections will eventually fall into the hands of the Suzuki Group.

So, for such a result, although it means that we only need to contact the Suzuki Group next, but——

"Oh? Why did the Siling Group suddenly withdraw from the auction?"

Gao Yuan was very curious about this change:

"Did something happen?"

In response to Gao Yuan's inquiry, Kuroba Kaito was obviously very depressed about the Siling Group, and replied angrily:

"I don't know about this. It's already very difficult to escape from that old guy, so how can I have time to pursue these news? Anyway, it's meaningless for me to continue to keep an eye on the Siling Group. In short, if you are curious about this, just go and ask it yourself!"

As he said this, Kuroba Kaito muttered in his heart:

"It doesn't matter if I'm a fake and get discovered, but you are the real one after all!"

"Forget it, there's no need."

And for this, Gao Yuan thought about it and felt that there was no need to continue to keep an eye on the Siling Group. There was no difference between asking and not asking——

Besides, Gao Yuan didn't want to ask actively.

Therefore, the investigation of Keizaburo Axie's treasure will have to be considered in the long run...

"However, this time it is not without gain..."

Just when Gao Yuan was thinking about the next step, Kuroba Kaito's next words interrupted Gao Yuan's train of thought.

Therefore, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask:

"Oh? What is it?"

"Recently, someone finally found the note written by Keizaburo Axie who hid the treasure. There were only a few words written on it, 'Tokugawa Ronglong'."

Kuroba Kaito replied.

"'Tokugawa Ronglong'? What is that?"

Obviously, Gao Yuan had never heard of this name, so he needed to see if Kuroba Kaito knew it, otherwise he would have to start the investigation from this name.

"That's the name of a swordsmith in the 19th century..."

Faced with Gao Yuan's doubts, Kuroba Kaito naturally shared his information and some of his guesses:

"And the swordsmith named Dongwa Ronglong forged a total of six swords. Therefore, it is possible that the clues to the treasure are hidden in these six swords."

"Either one of the six swords, or all six swords..."

Listening to Kuroba Kaito's story, Gao Yuan was always thinking about the situation. So when the news of a swordsmith in the 19th century, who was roughly the same era as Hijikata Toshizo in history, appeared, Gao Yuan couldn't help thinking about it and asked:

"So, where are the six swords? Are they in the collection of the Fujiang Group?"

"The Fujiang Group only has two swords in its collection, and they are all in the package auction this time. As for the other four, I'm still investigating and can't confirm, but they may have been lost overseas."

Kuroba Kaito sighed lightly, and seemed a little helpless about the current situation he found.

In this regard, listening to these analyses, Gao Yuan thought for a while and said:

"You said... the news about Dongwa Ronglong was only found recently? It is related to the treasure and even the clues related to the weapon that can reverse the situation. Don't you think it is a bit too sudden for this situation to appear at this time?"

As he said this, Gao Yuan's eyes turned for a while and continued to ask:

"What is the reaction of the current head of the Fujiang Group?"

"According to what I know, he seems to have secretly sent people to search for the lost swords overseas, but he is not sure when there will be results."

So, Kuroba Kaito answered.

In this regard, listening to the current situation, Gao Yuan felt that this matter was really difficult to deal with. After all, even if there were clues, if Dongwa Ronglong's sword could not be found, would this matter remain deadlocked?

So, after thinking about it for a while, Gao Yuan felt that he should talk about it after seeing the two swords forged by Dongwa Ronglong in the pile of things that the Fujiang Group packaged for auction.

...

"Hey? The Fujiang Group auctioned items related to Hijikata Toshizo..."

And not long after Takato and Kuroba Kaito finished talking like this, when Hattori Heiji invited everyone to go to Hakodate City to watch his kendo competition during the holidays, Conan and Xiaolan were about to leave for Hakodate City. , I learned from Sonoko that this time Sonoko went to Hakodate City, and also stopped by to see a bunch of collectibles purchased by the Suzuki Foundation from the Hajie Foundation.

So, regarding this point, after hearing that they could see the belongings of Hijikata Toshizo in history, Xiaolan and Conan were very interested in it, and they couldn't help showing such surprised expressions.

In this case, Yuanzi seemed to have nothing to do with it, and just explained further:

"Haha, it's actually nothing. They don't seem to be very valuable things. It's not worth buying them together. It's just that the Hokkaido Fujiang Foundation has not been managed well in this generation. In order to collect funds, the owners of this generation of Fujiang Foundation chose They packaged up and sold the collection of their first-generation family, and our Suzuki Foundation only bought these things because we had some business dealings with the Fujiang Foundation and my father was willing to help them. "

In this way, after listening to Sonoko's explanation, Conan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In this way, after listening to Sonoko's explanation, Conan couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking -

"It's not worth the money? It's not cheap no matter how you think about it, right? You can crazyly collect all the items used by Hijikata Tozo. The first head of the Hajie Foundation is really a super fan of Hijikata Tozo. ah……"

"However, on this trip to Hakodate, not only can I watch Hattori's game, but I can also take a look at the collection of Hijikata Tobizo. I feel that this trip is really the right one! It's a holiday anyway, When the time comes, let’s invite Hattori and Kazuha to go shopping together!”

Regarding this, Xiaolan said with some expectation...