Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 247 Arriving in Kyoto
"I still feel a little pain in my stomach."

Walking out of Kyoto Station, Yuji carried a small bag and sighed.

After lying in Nara Prefectural Hospital for three days, he finally couldn't bear to be discharged. Thanks to the fact that the wound was not serious, and after assuring the doctor that he would be careful, Kaori took him to Kyoto.

"I was so sleepy in the car just now, now I can ask, why did you come to Kyoto?" Scratching his chin, Yuji turned his head to look at the girl who was looking around.

"No, actually..."

"What! Your grandfather and parents want to see me?"

His eyes widened, the boy swallowed, and wanted to retreat into the station in a panic.But after thinking about it carefully, he stood firm again, like a newborn deer, leaning on the wall and trying to move forward.

"I...I will work hard."

Seeing Yuuji muster up courage, Kaori laughed happily, put her arms around the boy's arm, and walked slowly to the side of the road.A black car is parked here, and the rear window is rolled down, revealing Ooka red leaves reading newspapers inside.

"Long time no see, Xiaoxiang."

Folded the newspaper, stuck the grinning side of Hattori Heiji behind the driver's seat, Ooka Momiji held his chin, and Huaichun smiled.

"Long time no see, sister Hongye."

Eyes fell on Kaori clasping Yuji's hand, Momiji asked them to get in the car quickly.

"Iori, let's drive first."

Seeing the hurried expressions of pedestrians on the road in Kyoto, Yuji lay on the glass of the passenger seat in puzzlement, and looked at the bodyguard Iori who was driving suspiciously.

"Did something happen?"

Glancing at Yuji's stomach, Iori drove the car onto the main road, and did not answer Yuji's question until there were not many cars.

"Since the Suzuki airship incident, in the past four days, five people have been killed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. It is said that the murdered are all members of the criminal organization Genji Hotaru."

Genji Hotaru...ah, I remembered.I have seen it in TV reports before, and it seems that like those unlucky guys, they are also targeting Buddha statues.

Looking at the cherry blossoms outside the window, Ooka Hongye shook his head: "Okay, now let's put those murderers and the dead behind us. If you don't come back, I will take you to enjoy the cherry blossoms."

.........

Just as the two got into the car of Ooka's family, the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto just entered the station.Mori Kogoro straightened his tie and looked at the four children following behind him.

"Kyoto is indeed the hometown of the Japanese!" After stretching, Sonoko turned her head and nudged her fellow boy with her elbow, seeking his approval.

"Isn't that right, A-Zhen?"

"Ah...yes." Holding the five-person salute, Kyogoku raised his chest and raised his head, and said with a righteous face: "I will never put Sonoko in danger again this time!"

After seeing the Suzuki Consortium's airship being hijacked overseas, Karate Kid immediately booked a ticket and returned to Japan. The first time he saw Sonoko in Tokyo, he hugged Sonoko in front of Suzuki and his wife.

"Okay, okay, I just came back from abroad, and I don't want to watch your boring interactions."

After punching Conan on the head, Mouri Kogoro took out the handkerchief his wife bought him abroad from his breast pocket and kept wiping the back of his hand as if he had hit something dirty.

Damn it, when I came back and was about to sleep well for three days and three nights, my daughter told me that Conan had accepted a commission for him, and finally adjusted my biological clock at home, and now I have to come to Kyoto again.

"Listen well, I agreed to bring you here because of my kindness, don't cause me any trouble!"

Looking at the proud and complacent old father, Xiaolan coughed twice, stopped a taxi, and went to the destination of this trip, Sanneng Temple.

Walking into Shanneng Temple, the five of them saw the monk who was talking to three people. They wanted to wait for a while, but they were discovered by the monk.He stretched out his hand and walked towards Mouri Kogoro enthusiastically.

"Ah, Mr. Mori, thank you so much for coming all the way here. I am Long Yuan who called the Mori Detective Agency earlier."

Monk Longyuan pointed to the old monk who walked beside him: "This is the abbot of our Shanneng Temple, Master Yuanhai."

Seeing that the men in suits from just now came over, Monk Longyuan hesitated for a moment, and introduced them together.

Wearing a purple suit, with a slightly rich appearance and a face of profiteer, is Sakura Maszo who runs an antique shop on Teramachi Street.The one who is a little thin in a kimono is the young master of Noh Mizuo Ryu, Mizuo Harutaro.Last but not least is Taiga Saijo, the second-hand bookstore owner in sportswear.

All three of them knew the sleeping Kogoro who had recently become famous. They handed over their business cards and greeted Moori Kogoro one after another.

"The three of them are all pilgrims of this temple."

Shaking his head, Yuan Hai smiled, turned around and explained: "Actually, we are more fellow swordsmen than pilgrims."

"So that's the case. No wonder the host is in such good health at such an age."

Kyogoku blurted out subconsciously, and found Sonoko looking at him, so he explained: "Although the host is very old, when he walked over just now, his steps were steady, and his body was straight, not like Detective Mori. "

Hey, hey, you kid is here to tear me down, right?
Glancing at Kyogoku, Uncle Mori looked around Sannoji Temple and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, I heard that there is a Buddha statue in your temple that is only consecrated once every 12 years. Is it true?"

"Yes." Yuan Hai nodded: "That is the main Buddha of this temple, Medicine Master Tathagata."

After seeing off the three pilgrims, two monks welcomed Maoli and his party into the hall, and when no one else was there, Monk Longyuan sadly opened the alcove where the Buddha statue was placed.

"So that's it. The Buddha statue that was stolen from you eight years ago is this Medicine Buddha." He took out his mobile phone and looked at the photo that Conan sent to him. Mouri Kogoro frowned and took the Buddha statue handed over by Monk Ryumen. , a letter sent to Sannoji Temple together with the painting in the photo.

"But why not call the police and find him?"

"Because the host Yuanhai said that as long as there is a relationship with the Buddha statue, sooner or later the Buddha statue will return to Shanneng Temple, and he also said that there is no need to force it."

This old monk...how should I put it, is quite strange.

"I found this letter in the mailbox in front of the temple." Monk Long Yuan knelt on the ground and made tea for the five people.

"There is no stamp, and there is no mention of who the sender is. Does it mean that the sender put it in the mailbox by himself?"

"But it's also possible that the sender asked other people to help deliver it to the mailbox, right? Or maybe they paid someone to put it in."

Hearing Kogoro Mori's deduction, Conan hurriedly added, but unexpectedly received another punch on the head.

"Idiot, of course I know this kind of thing. Does the famous detective Mouri Kogoro need a little devil like you to remind you?!"

After opening the envelope, Uncle Maori stopped looking at his daughter who was rubbing Conan's head and placed the contents of the letter on the table.

[As long as you solve the puzzle of this painting, you will get the location of the Buddha statue. 】

The portrait under the letter is exactly the same as the photo sent by Conan.

(End of this chapter)