Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"Hey, uncle, that old man won't draw his sword when he sees me, right?"

At the entrance of the police department, Kuroba Kaito, who was sitting in the car, and Hakuba Shirako beside him were lying on the glass. Kuroba Kaito, who had not yet had direct contact with Minami Masamune, was extremely nervous about this dangerous old man in his father's mouth.

"You have a misunderstanding of the gentleman. An old man who can safely hand over his granddaughter to Kudo-kun will not draw his sword against a teenager for no reason."

[Do you not deny the possibility of drawing a sword...]

Kuroba Kaito swallowed the saliva in his mouth and pointed at Hakuba beside him: "Then forget it, why did Hakuba come here too?"

The magician's questioning also allowed Tokuquan to observe Hakuba Shirako directly. He looked up and down at the so-called daughter of the Hakuba family with a curious look.

"In fact, I took a sample of this Miss Hakuba for DNA today, and the result showed that you are indeed the daughter of Director Hakuba."

As for when the sample was obtained, of course, it was after Hakuba Shirako went to school and sneaked into the room of Hakuba Mansion and collected it on her bed.

Dequan was puzzled by the fact that this sister slept in the bed of her blood brother. After all, Hakuba was not so bad that he could not even prepare a separate room for Hakuba Hakuko.

The only reason that could explain it was that when he took the report and reported it to Minami Masamune, the two guessed the truth.

Kuroba Kaito and Hakuba Hakuko, who heard him in the car, immediately understood how this uncle got the sample and stared at him.

"Can I sue you for illegal trespass?" Hakuba Hakuko crossed his hands. Whether as a girl or a boy, it is unpleasant to have your private space violated by strangers.

"I don't think so."

Dequan held the steering wheel with both hands: "Breaking into other people's homes at will is called illegal trespass, but breaking into other people's homes is not called illegal trespass."

Urging the two to get out of the car, Dequan immediately started the car after the two high school students closed the door and disappeared in front of the police station, leaving only Kuroba Kaito and Hakuba Hakuko who kept coughing because of the car exhaust.

With an uneasy mood, Kuroba Kaito consciously walked in front.

"Hey, you're here."

The door of the top-level chief's office has been open all the time, because the police officers of the police department have collectively moved to the current police building. Only Minami Masamune is left on the top floor of the police department, so it doesn't matter whether the door is open or closed.

Kneeling on the tatami and using a pen to draw the last painting, Minami Masamune looked at his new work with satisfaction, and hesitated whether it was too trendy, so he stood up with the help of the ground and invited the two to come forward to appreciate it.

The canvas depicts a full moon, with a Japanese painting-style building as the background. In the most eye-catching position, Kidd in white clothes is holding the wall of the building, and his cloak keeps flying.

"Japanese painting with Kidd, it feels a bit weird, right?"

Kuroba Kaito's words were immediately glared at by Minami Masamune, and the magic boy was frightened and retreated, and even Hakuba Baizi directly left the office.

"What do you know, kid! The times are progressing. Simply painting things from the past will not lead Japanese painting into a new future."

Minami Masamune put on the wooden clogs on the edge of the tatami, stomping on the floor with a clattering sound, looking at Kuroba Kaito with a look of disdain: "You are not as good as Yuji, he dared to let me draw Japanese paintings for anime."

Kuroba Kaito was speechless after what Minami Masamune said. He wanted to refute that the relationship between the two should not allow him to say such willful words, but then he realized that it would easily anger the old man, so he had to change the subject.

"Why did you ask the uncle to bring us here?"

Kuroba Kaito perked up, knowing that the old man had bad intentions towards him. The magician knew that he could now know what the dangerous thing was.

"Well, it's actually very easy."

Minami Masamune adjusted his beard and asked Kuroba Kaito to help him collect the paintings. The two of them knelt on the tatami together to roll up the scroll.

"Your father is worried that I will force you to die. Don't worry about that. I have other people available for ordinary things. There is no need for you to go."

In other words, the matter entrusted to him by Minami Masamune must be extraordinary. Kuroba Kaito paused for a moment while rolling up the scroll.

"It is not good for the Japanese police or the Self-Defense Forces to go to this matter now. If you are not careful, it will easily turn into a war between countries. So only civilians like you can go."

"Hey, hey, hey, war or something, it won't be more dangerous than on Hachijo Island!"

Minami Masamune's silence made Kuroba Kaito understand his answer, and the boy immediately felt resistance. Although he was a fearless thief with a superb IQ and a perfect personality, except for the small shortcomings of not being able to skate and being afraid of fish, it did not mean that he would voluntarily join such a dangerous thing.

He refused firmly, but Kuroba Kaito did not move at all. His clenched fist was also telling Minami Masamune about himself.

"The story goes back to the end of the Meiji era. Machida Seitoku gave Hijikata Toshizo a sword named the Five-pointed Star. Later, a gold miner named Axie Kubo Saburo became the owner of a Japanese arsenal in Hokkaido during the war. Axie was a fanatical fan of Hijikata, so he collected the Five-pointed Star swords and created a riddle to bury important treasures."

"You want me to help you find treasure? What does this have to do with starting a war?"

Even if the treasure was the design drawings of the new weapons in the military factory at the time, Minami Masamune wouldn't be so worried, right?

"Treasure."

Minami Masamune took a breath.

"It is said that it was an important treasure that Fu Jiang secretly bought from the United States when the war was about to end."

The old man looked at the night sky outside the window and spoke a little colder.

"It seems to be a treasure that can change the battlefield in Asia in an instant." (End of this chapter)