Conan's other me

Chapter 180 I'm Under Kudo, What's Yours?

Uncle Maori informed Officer Shiratori of the person he thought was related to the case, and Officer Shiratori contacted everyone to come.

While those people were arriving, they had a light meal first.

Fengyuan was not interested in Uncle Maori's reasoning, and Haiyuan Ai wanted to go out for a walk, so the two went out together after the meal.

After a while, all the people involved in the case arrived.It is worth mentioning that Mizuo Harutaro and Saijo Taiga were not called over.

"Mr. Mori, do you really know who the murderer of Mr. Sakura is?" Officer Ayanokouji asked.

"That's right." Uncle Maori nodded confidently, "Then, let me tell you. Where is this murderer——"

As he said that, Uncle Maori pointed to Qian Heling who was standing by the door, "Miss Qian Heling, it's you!"

"How is this possible!" Hattori Heiji subconsciously defended his first love, "It's just a random guess!"

Everyone also showed surprised expressions.

Uncle Maori didn't take it seriously and continued to reason.

"Your motive for killing was to avenge your murdered father. As for your father, he was the leader of the bandit group, Yoshitsune. Yoshitsune was betrayed by his subordinates and was unfortunately killed three months ago. The letter sent to the teahouse The money will just stop.”

"That's it." Officer Shiratori suddenly realized.

"However, you have an accomplice," Uncle Mouri reasoned, "and that's Benkei."

"Benkei?"

"Noble police officer, it's you!"

"what?"

"Miss Chiga Rei, when you went to the teahouse, you sneaked two things in - a short sword and the squirrel raised by Officer Ayanokouji. That squirrel is the key to this trap.

That day, you pretended to go to the bathroom during the party, then went to the warehouse to kill Mr. Sakura, tied a short knife to the squirrel that had been hidden in the cabinet, and then let it out through the glass window of the basement.

The squirrel jumped out of the river and went downstream, where it was picked up by a police officer waiting downstream.After that, he tried to kill Heiji with that short sword. "

"By the way, the sound of water is the sound of squirrels diving into the water!" Yuanzi suddenly realized.

"You were responsible for all the murders besides Mr. Sakura." Uncle Mouri continued, "Officer Ayanokouji, can you use a bow and arrow?"

"How could I possibly do such a troublesome thing?"

Isn't it good to use a gun when you have that time?
Officer Ayanokouji looked unkind.

The squirrel he kept had climbed onto his shoulder and attracted the attention of schoolchildren when he was accused of being an accomplice.

"Is this really so? But, Miss Qianhe Ling," Uncle Maori walked up to Qianhe Ling, took her left hand, and looked at the outside of her thumb, where a band-aid was stuck, "I heard that people who shoot bows, This place is often poked by arrows..."

"It's true. My Yazhu here is indeed injured by archery," Qian Heling said, "However, I have just learned it. It is absolutely impossible to shoot someone..."

"That's what I think too," Xiaolan said. "I heard my friends from the archery club say before that only beginners are more likely to injure this place..."

"Besides, if he is killed, how will he divide the relics?" Officer Shiratiao also felt that something was wrong.

"Mr. Maori, you don't really think this girl is the murderer, do you?" Ms. Yamakura asked Uncle Maori angrily.

"Ah, I was just saying..."

"Are you kidding me? Dancers are busy performing and receiving guests every day, so how can they have time to kill people!"

"Uncle," Conan added the last blow, "I'm thinking, that squirrel is so small, it shouldn't be able to lift the dagger, right?"

……

On the other side, in a coffee shop.

Haiyuan Ai sat by the window drinking coffee, looking at the scenery outside the window, and then turned back to look at Feng Yuan who was sitting opposite.

Fengyuan is reading the information Haiyuan Ai brought over.

These were all photos and brief introductions of some famous places in Kyoto. Some of them had little to do with Yoshitsune and Benkei, so she sorted them out.

"It seems like I can't see anything."

"Maybe you are thinking too complicatedly..."

"Yeah, if you think about it simply..."

Maplehara said, putting the copy of the puzzle aside, then taking out a pen and connecting the patterns with the same color on them.

There are eight patterns on it, exactly four pairs. In Hui Yuanai's curious eyes, the four lines intersect to form a word.

"king?"

"Yeah, but there is a comma-like pattern here..."

Fengyuan added the number, "In this way, the word changes from Wang to Jade..."

This is actually what he has thought of a long time ago, but he has not yet thought of the meaning of this word. Moreover, if this is the answer to the painting, it is too elementary school level.

Haiyuan Ai thought for a moment, then pulled out the bottom part from the pile of paper in front of Fengyuan and rummaged through it, "I remember there was a temple with jade in its name...ah, this is it."

She handed over a page, and Fengyuan took it.

"Jade Dragon Temple..." Feng Yuan thought, "There's nothing special about the appearance... Kurama Mountain?"

"What's wrong?"

"The first time Hattori was attacked was on Mount Kurama."

This could be a coincidence, but detectives are meant to follow clues that appear to be coincidences.Fengyuan then read the brief introduction of Yulong Temple. It also said that Yulong Temple had been relocated.

The locals should know about this, so Fengyuan asked the waiter in the store and learned that the former site of Yulong Temple has now been changed to Foguang Temple.

And the location of Foguang Temple…

After unfolding the map of Kyoto and taking a look, Maplehara noticed that the location of Foguang Temple was just separated from the surrounding area on the map, and if he looked along the nearby streets...

Several surrounding streets form the character "Jade", and Foguang Temple is exactly at that point.

"Found it?" Seeing Fengyuan's expression, Huiyuan asked.

"That's right," Maplehara compared the names of the streets on the map with the patterns on the paintings. "In this way, these patterns actually refer to the names of the streets..."

"For example, the fifth step refers to five roads," Kaedehara continued to explain to Haibara Ai, "Tengu comes from Wutengu, which probably refers to Karasuma Road. There is a word Fu in Mount Fuji, which refers to Fukoji..."

"So the chicken refers to West Dongyuan Road? Why is that?"

"Probably because Jiyou represents the West, uh... It's almost like the doctor's cold joke..."

Because the results were already known, the patterns and streets were already corresponding, and it was not difficult to work out the relationship backwards. Maplehara and Haibara Ai quickly explained several patterns.

"So, the Buddha statue is actually in Foguang Temple?"

"No," Fengyuan shook his head, "After being relocated in the middle, it would be easy to find it if it were in Foguang Temple. On the contrary, it is more likely to be in Yulong Temple in the mountains. This can also explain the word jade..."

"Furthermore," Feng Yuan continued to explain, "unlike us, if you are a Kyoto person who is familiar with that football song, it should not be difficult to associate the place name, but the other party couldn't find it, maybe because of the relocation of Yulong Temple... "

Of course, the most critical thing is Hattori's attack on Mount Kurama.

And although the order of solving the puzzles was a bit wrong, the position of the Buddha statue should be correct, so Hui Yuanai lost interest.

"Then Mr. Detective should go to Jade Dragon Temple to hunt for treasure now?"

She had other places she wanted to go and didn't really want to follow him to the mountains.

"In the deep mountains, we may encounter attacks. I won't just go there like this," Fengyuan said without changing his expression. "When we get back, we can go directly to Officer Shiratori."

If their previous reasoning was correct, Hotaru Genji would be the only prisoner left, and the prisoner's target would be Hattori Heiji holding the crystal bead.

Hattori would also be safe before dark, so Fengyuan accompanied Haibara Ai to visit the places she wanted to visit.

A bridge.

This stone bridge has a history of thousands of years and was once the main traffic route in Kyoto.There is a sign standing beside it, which tells the legendary stories that happened on the bridge.

"... After learning about his father's death, he rushed back to Kyoto and happened to see the funeral procession on the bridge. At this time, the father suddenly woke up and had a conversation with his son."

Ever since she got the tape left by her mother, Haihara Ai has been listening to more things. Now she is obviously lost in longing and some kind of legendary dream.

Feng Yuan kept quiet and stood a little further away to give Hai Yuan Ai some space. Then he heard his cell phone ringing.

Although he quickly connected the phone, it obviously still woke up Haihara Ai from his thoughts.

It's Conan's phone number.

"Maple!" As soon as the call was connected, Conan shouted impatiently, "Haihara is with you, right?"

Maplehara was the first person Conan called recently, so in order to save time, he called Maplehara directly.

"Well, what happened?"

"Did she bring the kind of medicine that can temporarily change me back?" Conan said, "I need it urgently now!"

That's what he said, but even if Hui Yuan Ai took it, he couldn't jump over the medicine, so he wasn't that anxious.

So Feng Yuan said to the other side of the phone: "Don't worry, where are you? We'll go there right away. By the way, tell me what happened."

After hearing the address, he told Haibara Ai that the two of them planned to take a taxi to the hospital where Conan was currently at. Then Maplehara listened to Conan's explanation on the phone.

It turned out that he and Hattori Heiji got some inspiration from Uncle Maori's reasoning and believed that the Buddha statue was at Foguang Temple. But when they arrived at Foguang Temple, Hattori Heiji received a call and learned that Kazuha had been kidnapped.

The other party asked Hattori Heiji to go to the Gyokuryu Temple in Kurama Mountain to meet alone, and not to call the police.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji, who had an injury between his eyebrows but was still recovering, fainted again, so Conan had no choice but to think of a way to replace Hattori himself.

"...I did bring a temporary antidote."

After a moment of silence, Hui Yuan Ai said.

After getting off the taxi and coming downstairs to the hospital, Feng Yuancai told Haiyuan Ai the specific reason.

"However," Haiyuan Ai continued, "different from the temporary antidote last time, this one will basically have the same effect as if you drank Baigan... It will last for a while longer, but the time is limited..."

The last time she had a dream was ten years later, and she vaguely remembered that in the dream, both she and Edogawa were completely unable to recover because they had changed back many times five years later. Since then, she has done more research. .

Although the current antidote is not effective enough, it was also developed based on Baigan, for whom Kudo had already produced antibodies, and some adjustments were made to the ingredients. If nothing else, theoretically it will not have any impact on the final antidote. …

If successful, she, Kudo, and Edogawa would be able to recover in a short time without affecting the effectiveness of the final antidote.

But this has not been verified.

Haihara Ai originally wanted to try the medicine on her own.

Although Kudo didn't want her to try the medicine on her own, she even thought of an excuse. After all, Kudo told her that he wanted to see what she looked like when Miyano Shiho...

She thought too.

However, something seems to have changed now...

After a while.

Haibara Ai watched Feng Yuan and Conan leave.

In order to make full use of the antidote, they planned to take the antidote after arriving near Mount Anma.As for who will take the medicine and turn back into Kudo Shinichi in the end, they will also discuss on the road.

Hattori Heiji stayed in the hospital and was taken care of by Dr. Agasa and Haibara Ai who also rushed over.

The doctor watched the two people leave, then glanced at Haiyuan Ai, and was somewhat surprised to find that Haiyuan Ai was in a good mood.

"Xiao Ai, aren't you worried?"

"Doctor, don't you believe them?"

"Uh, not..."

"Besides, Kudo looked sparkling just now..." Haibara Ai said, then turned around, "Okay, doctor, we still need to keep an eye on Hattori, otherwise he will definitely sneak out again..."

Going upstairs and pushing open the door of the ward, Hui Yuarai was slightly startled.

The ward is empty.

……

Anma Mountain, Yulong Temple.

It was already dark, and in a large open space in front of the temple, several burning braziers served as lighting.

On the steps, Kazuha's hands were tied behind her back. The man holding her was wearing an old man's Noh mask. It was the guy she saw attacking Hattori Heiji last night.

"Why haven't you come yet?" From the voice, it can be seen that this is a middle-aged man.

"Knowing that this is a trap, who would be so stupid as to fall into the trap?"

"Is that so?" The masked man sneered, "I think that kid might not be born?"

But as soon as the masked man finished speaking, he noticed a high school student climbing up the steps outside the door and appearing in front of him.

This man was wearing a jacket and a peaked cap, and he was holding a bamboo knife.

"Pingji!"

He Ye recognized him at a glance. She was so happy and worried that she couldn't help shouting.

However, the man did not respond. Instead, he slowly walked ten steps in front of the two of them before stopping. He inserted the bamboo knife into the dirt, then pressed the brim of his hat and shouted to the masked man: "I ask you, are you right?" Is Ye Luan coming?" He Ye was slightly stunned.

The visitor's accent is a little strange, but his tone and voice are all those of Heiji...

"There's nothing wrong with me, Heiji!"

"Don't worry." The visitor said to Kazuye, then took out the crystal bead from his pocket and looked at the masked man, "Actually, this is what you want, right?"

The masked man leaned forward slightly, wanting to take a closer look, but the visitor immediately took the crystal bead into his arms again.

After all, he is a high school detective, so the visitor immediately began to develop his own reasoning:
"It was because of this crystal bead that you attacked me on this mountain yesterday, but you failed.

Then, in order to seize the treasure for yourself, you went to the teahouse in Pontocho to kill Mr. Sakura. You specifically chose Pontocho because there was only a river passing behind that teahouse. "

The masked man remained silent, but He Ye couldn't help but asked: "River?"

"After you killed Mr. Sakura who was looking for the Buddha statue in the warehouse, you put the tracking device and the murder weapon into a bottle and threw it into the river, and then recovered it afterwards. After that, when I was about to return to Osaka, you rode a bike to ambush me, trying to Kill me with the same dagger.

Your murder plan failed because of Kazuye's obstruction, but you deliberately left the murder weapon in an attempt to exonerate yourself, so that people would mistakenly think that the murderer was someone who fled the tea house with a knife that day.That's right, Mr. Taiga Saijo? "

"No," the visitor paused, then said, "Maybe I should call you Musashibo Benkei?"

The masked man sneered, then slowly took off his turban and mask, "As expected of Kansai's high school detective, Hattori Heiji. How did you know it was me?"

"I knew it when you deliberately concealed your ability to shoot. When you kneel down, you drag your right foot back before sitting down. This is called half-foot dragging. People who practice archery are used to sitting like this.

Also, when you were asked if you knew anyone who was practicing bow and arrow, you blurted out the words "Yazushi"...

We heard it as Yamakura at the time, but in fact you are not talking about Ms. Yamakura, the proprietress, but the arrow pillow, which is the second joint of the left thumb used to hold the bow and arrow when drawing the bow...

I guess that's what you want to say - I remember that Ms. Chiga Rei's Yazuma seemed to be injured - right?Only people who practice bow know the proper term Yazushi. As for Mr. Ryuumata, he is a layman at all. He even mispronounced the pronunciation of bow string..."

"Huh, Ryuumao and I were practicing swordsmanship at the same sword dojo," Taiga Saijo said. "Because of this, one day I learned about an ancient sect called Yoshitsune-ryu in Kyoto, and then I started studying Yoshitsune myself. Ryu. Two years ago, I quit the sword dojo and started calling myself the successor of Yoshitsune Ryu..."

"Benkei founded Yoshitsune-ryu?"

"Compared to Benkei, I originally liked Yoshitsune. I always wanted to be Yoshitsune! But the title of Yoshitsune was taken away by the leader. I had the highest status in the group, so I was given the title of Benkei... "

"You want to keep that Buddha statue for yourself for the money, right?"

"That's right, but it's not for personal gain. I want to build a Yoshitsune-ryu dojo in Kyoto! The leader used to be the abbot of this temple. Later, after the temple was abolished, the place was also managed by the leader, so I want to use this place as the abbot. As a dojo for Yi Jingliu. Unexpectedly, the leader passed away three months ago, and this temple will also be demolished. Then it is impossible for me to use this place as a dojo!"

"Let me ask you one last question, you are just using Mr. Long Yuan, aren't you?"

"That's right. I had mentioned the Buddha statue before, and after I sent the letter to Sannou Temple, he came to see me as expected.

Later, I suggested that he ask Mouri Kogoro to help.Humph, I will kill Sakura Masazo because even if I don’t rely on him, I can still find a buyer for the Buddha statue. Now that we have the Internet, it is so convenient..."

"Okay," Saijo Taiga continued, "the time for chatting is over, hand over the crystal bead to me."

"You let He Ye go first!"

"No problem, but you have to tell me where the Buddha statue is hidden first."

"It's in this temple."

"What did you say?" Saijo Taiga looked in disbelief.

"This is called darkness under the lamp."

"Stop lying! I've searched this temple a long time ago! I didn't even find it!"

"Believe it or not, let go of Heye now!"

Saijo Taiga was silent for a moment, then let go of Kazuya's hand and pushed her back.

Kazuo stumbled forward two steps, looked back, and Saijo Taiga gestured towards her to indicate the visitor.

She continued to walk forward, but before she had even taken two steps, Saijo Taiga grinned, and the thumb of her left hand that was tightly holding the scabbard pushed forward, and the sharp blade popped out.

"He Ye, run!"

"Pingji!"

Saijo Taiga didn't even think about letting Kagoya leave. In an instant, he pulled out his sword and ran forward. He raised the sword with both hands and slashed at Kazuye's back. The light of the sword was like a full moon.

But the next moment his knife was swung away from the side, and then he was kicked in the chest.

Taking two steps back, Saijo Taihe glanced at "Hattori Heiji" in surprise.

This guy didn't show off his skills last night...

"You're smart, aren't you?"

But the visitor ignored him and pulled He Ye behind him.

Arriving behind "Hattori Heiji", Kazuha felt a little relieved, and then heard another familiar voice coming from behind.

"Sister Heye, this way!"

She looked back and saw Conan waving to her.

Her hands were tied now and she couldn't help Heiji, so Kazuha was going to leave with Conan first and let him help untie the rope.But then she found that Conan slipped in from the door even more anxious than she was.

Behind him, five or six people with long knives and masks rushed into the courtyard and blocked the door.From the temple behind Saijo Dahe, several people also rushed out.

"Haha, these are all my beloved disciples," Saijo Taiga said with a smile, retreating with Ye La and Conan, "But you, I didn't expect that you even brought a child here..."

"It's just a disobedient kid running around," Hattori Heiji's voice replied, "What, are you scared?"

"Afraid? Don't interfere at all!"

Saijo Taiga sneered, and just asked his disciples to surround a few people at a distance, then rushed up again with the sword, and slashed horizontally at "Hattori Heiji".

The opponent stepped back and dodged, and Saijo followed up with an uppercut, but then he was dodged again and was hit with an elbow in the face, and then was kneed in the abdomen.

Staggering back two steps again, Saijo Taiga looked at "Hattori Heiji" in surprise, "Did you withhold your hand yesterday?"

"Because you didn't catch a cold yesterday?"

"hateful!"

"Hey, stop being cool! Think of a solution quickly!" Conan urged from the side. Judging from Saijo Taiga's expression, Conan realized that this guy was about to lose his martial ethics.

And sure enough, the next moment Saijo Taiga waved his hand, and several of his disciples rushed forward.

Helping to stop several people who were rushing towards Kazuha, "Hattori Heiji" held down the arm of one of them, kicked him away, and changed the real knives in their hands.

Now it was possible to directly untie the rope from Kazuya's hand, but at this time Conan and Kazuye had already run to a deserted place. Conan planned to untie the rope from Kazuye with his hands first, and then use the foot strength-enhancing shoes to help.

However, as soon as he reached the wooden wall, Conan noticed a masked man slipping past "Hattori Heiji" and slashing at his head with a knife.

finished...

For a moment, Conan's mind was filled with thoughts.

There was a temporary stalemate on the field just now. When this person rushed over from the other side, "Hattori" had every chance to stop him, but he remained motionless...

Is it intentional?

Ah, speaking of which, when I was discussing with my other self not long ago who would take the medicine, the other self said this:

"You are not good at fighting, and you will fall into a cold state after taking medicine...so I am more suitable than you."

"But it could be dangerous over there..."

"It's dangerous not to take the medicine-maybe after taking the medicine, the other person will disappear?"

This was not the first time that he had transformed back into Kudo Shinichi, so Conan knew that this sentence was a joke, but he had to admit that the previous sentence made sense, so he chose to give in.

It's just that when he was about to be hacked to death, Conan couldn't help but recall this sentence again...

It turns out that not taking medicine is really dangerous...

"Hey, let me tell you, how long are you going to be stunned?"

"Huh?" The familiar accent brought Conan back to his senses, and then he saw the man put away the knife and take off his mask.

"Heiji!" Kazuye said in surprise.

"It's me." Hattori Heiji helped Kazuha turn around, then cut the rope that tied her, and then looked at Conan, "I said Kudo, your observation skills are not good. Kudo obviously noticed the shoes I was wearing. You just let me come over to help, but you—"

"What! I'm going to be scared to death by you!"

"What Kudo, Kudo!" Kazuha didn't understand why Heiji all called Kudo. Then she realized something and looked at the person who had just saved her on the field in surprise, "Is that Kudo Shinichi?"

"Ahem, yes..."

"Oh! No wonder you are better than Heiji..."

"Idiot! Didn't you notice?"

"I said, how long are you guys going to talk about?" Kaedehara, the current Kudo Shinichi took off his peaked cap, and shouted angrily.

"You are not Hattori Heiji!"

Saijo Taiga, who had just been forced to retreat again, looked shocked.

He vaguely heard Kazuya's name. After the other party took off his hat, he also changed his voice. Only then did he realize that this person was not Hattori Heiji.

"Who are you? Who are you?" Saijo Taiga asked.

Maplehara actually didn't want to expose the fact that Kudo Shinichi had appeared, but Kazuha's words had obviously been heard, and he couldn't silence him. Thinking that he could finally blame Kaitou Kidd, Maplehara still said: "Kudo Shinichi , is a detective!”

"what!"

"You really know how to be cool, Kudo," Hattori Heiji came back and stood behind Maplehara with his back to back, the tip of his knife facing the people at the door, "Let's get rid of these ugly guys together! "

"Is your injury okay?"

"It's okay, I have no problem dealing with these guys..."

"Hey..." Conan held back his rants and walked to the two of them with Heye. He had foot strength-enhancing shoes, and Heye could also do Aikido, so...

"The situation has turned..."

"Stop looking down on people! You're always chirping there!"

Saijo Taihe, who had recovered from his astonishment, finally stopped watching the performance quietly, but called his disciples to rush forward.

With Hattori Heiji's level, there was no need for Maplehara to worry. He handed his back to Hattori with peace of mind, and then pointed the long knife he grabbed at Saijo Taiga.

"Why, won't you come up?"

Saijo Taiga looked ugly.

The opponent's swordsmanship didn't seem to be very good, and he was still breathing heavily, and seemed to be in poor condition, but his physical skills and reactions were beyond his expectations, which also made his metal arm guards useless...

Even though the sword in his hand was a famous sword, he had never gained an advantage against the opponent's bamboo sword before. Now that the opponent had changed to a steel sword, he was naturally worried.

When he hesitated, Conan opened his foot-strength-enhancing shoes and knocked the two of them down with the wooden sticks in the brazier. Heiji and Kazuha also dealt with their opponents respectively, and the other side fell into a brief stalemate.

Saijo Taiga took out another knife from his waist.

"So, how about this?"

"Is this enough?"

"This is no ordinary knife," Saijo Taiga showed a hint of pride on his face, "This is coated with a poison that will act immediately..."

"Really?" Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, if you get scratched a little bit, you'll die..."

"By the way, you said you were a Yoshitsune-ryu, right?"

"Huh?" Saijo Taiga was stunned for a moment, and then saw the guy named Kudo Shinichi changing the knife to his left hand.

Is this guy actually left-handed?
Saijo Taiga's face turned even darker.

"I haven't introduced my school yet," Feng Yuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly. It happened that he was a little weak now and didn't want to continue like this, "I'm here to tell you the true story of Wei Mingren..."

"Ashi Mingren?" Hattori Heiji, who was confronting the enemy, was also slightly startled.

Xitiao Dahe was also taken aback, but then he didn't plan to talk nonsense.It's just that when he was about to rush up, his eyes blurred slightly, and he saw...

The muzzle of the black hole was pointed directly at his head.

"Times have changed, Saijo."

Saijo Taiga's pupils dilated, and cold sweat suddenly flowed down.

Kaedehara looked at Saijo with interest.

Calculating the time, the police should be arriving. He had to leave before the police arrived. Moreover, Haibara Ai hoped that he could go back early to provide research samples.

and so…

"boom--"

Maplehara uttered the onomatopoeia thoughtfully and pulled the trigger.

(End of this chapter)