Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"This is it."

After getting off the car, Kudo Yuji put his hands in his pockets, with the setting sun falling behind him. At this time, there were still two hours before the meal agreed by Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan. Kudo Yuji, who planned to watch the excitement, immediately decided to come over in advance after receiving the call.

The location is a hill east of Mt. Hakodate, just like a classic check-in scene found all over Japan. There is also a shrine on this hill. The New Year is approaching, and the shrine has begun to be decorated. The trees on both sides of the mountain road are about to be cut down, which is convenient. Shops that pay rent to the shrine set up stalls.

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With the driver behind him, Yuji rubbed his chin: "What do you think is the reason for this shrine?"

It is true that the shrine can be associated with the gods, but this shrine is not in the northeast of Goryokaku, but due east. Besides, there are also some local ghosts and legends on Mount Hakodate. How did they find it here?

"After you arranged to search around, both Mr. Gojo and Mr. Tokizumi knew."

The driver walked behind Kudo Yuji and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Tokusen has seen the list of all the police officers in the Hakodate local police station and knows that Kawazoe Zenhisa's family runs a temple."

"Temple? Is that his elder brother or younger brother who inherited the family temple?" Yuji buttoned his suit more tightly, patted the bulletproof vest inside, and checked the pistol in his pocket.

"He is the younger brother. He also has an older sister at home. He said that he studied better than his younger brother, so he went to college. The younger brother graduated from high school and inherited the family business and became a monk. He is already married."

This means that once they encounter any danger later, this Kawazoe Zenhisa will be the first suspect, because Mr. Tokusen will definitely pay attention to confidentiality during the interview process.

"Kawazoe Zenhisa said that when Goryokaku was built, a Feng Shui master was hired at the same time. The Feng Shui master believed that of the eight directions where Goryokaku was built, only the northeast had mountains, and it was also the gate of ghosts. If evil spirits could not be dissipated, it would easily cause ghosts and gods. To cause trouble, a shrine was built to suppress the evil spirit."

The two walked past the torii gate, spoke in a lower voice, and noticed the patterns on the stone slabs on the ground. They walked to Mitarai first, washed their left and right hands, and then gargled their mouths. Then they stopped by the blessing sign and observed the situation inside the shrine.

"What does the shrine in the northeast have to do with this shrine in the east?"

"Of course the shrine was destroyed due to the war, so a new one was built here. It has been sixty years since."

Sixty years later, this shrine and Keisaburo Hatie are the same generation. If you think about it carefully, they can indeed be grouped together. Yuji walked forward slowly, and after throwing in a five-yen coin, he did not make a wish. His body tensed and his ears stood up.

There was only the sound of streams and birds chirping, but there were creaking sounds inside the shrine. The driver immediately stood beside Kudo Yuji, using the boy's body to block his hands in his pockets.

"It turned out to be a guest worshiping God."

A beautiful woman in a witch costume opened the sliding door and walked out wearing thick white socks and wooden clogs. There was a touch of sadness on her face, but it didn't feel like this. It was like she was used to sad expressions.

"I didn't seem to hear the sound. Did I invest the money and not pay homage?"

The miko turned sideways and pointed at the hemp rope hanging from the bell.

"Actually, I don't worship gods casually. Although I invest money wherever I go, I have to ask the worshiper before worshiping to avoid anything that may disgust me."

"You can rest assured that this shrine enshrines the orthodox Inari God. It was just that the relocation was too urgent, so the shrine was only hastily built."

The miko lady narrowed her eyes, she really looked like a fox.

"However, if you come to the shrine because of other troubles, it may also cause Inari God's dissatisfaction." Miss Miko held her arm: "Hakodate has been too noisy recently."

"Then I won't bother you."

Kudo Yuji rang the bell, clapped his hands and looked at the miko who was still staring at him: "I'll come back tomorrow."

"Inari God bless you."

Returning along the mountain road, Kudo Yuji's eyes kept falling on his feet, and his thoughts stayed at the shrine.

"Reschedule intelligence gathering?"

"No."

The driver who sat in the driver's seat heard Kudo Yuji speak, put his foot down again when he was about to step on the accelerator, and looked back at the young man with his eyes facing the mountain.

"This is what we are looking for." Kudo Yuji put his hands on the armrests of the seat: "Sending someone to collect will alert the enemy. It is better for two people to investigate secretly. If it attracts other people's attention, it will be troublesome."

The driver hummed and wanted to lower his body to see the mountain, but was stopped by the young man.

"The woman said that it was decorated like this because of the urgent relocation. But after so many years, how come there is no renovation at all."

Kudo Yuji said: "The stone pavement after entering from the Torii Gate is all old. Although they all have patterns, after passing Mitarai, it is obvious that the four stone paving to the bell are very old."

"I remember the four patterns are the five-pointed star, the moon number, the dots on the board, and the eight-square diagram."

The driver stepped on the accelerator and started driving after Kudo Yuji reported his address.

"Are we going to crack the second round of codes now?"

"There's no rush, at least we're in the lead."

The car drove away, and as night fell, the figure standing on the torii gate halfway up the mountain grinned after seeing the car disappear from sight, turned over suddenly and stepped on the mountain road, staring at the place where he had just stood. Torii.

"Reacts really fast, doesn't look like he's injured."

Stepping lightly on the ground, a magnetic sound rang out from the darkness, two blue lights flashed, and the ghost-faced man in kimono walked out of the woods and slowly put his knife into the scabbard.

The corner of his eye fell on the tail of the damaged cloak, and Hei Yu Daoyi adjusted his hat. In a flash, five or six sticky white spheres appeared on the ground, flashing violently in sequence.

"You may not believe it, but this thing is a children's firework made by one person, but I found that it can become so powerful after adding alcohol."

"You are despicable."

Hei Yu Daoyi covered his mouth with some disdain, but his expression was still that of an unfathomable handsome uncle. He imitated the voice of the ghost mask, not caring about the ghost mask's sudden action facing him.

"I see, you can tell my position just by hearing. You are a good swordsman, but this won't do."

The magician opened his mouth immediately, and his voice kept changing like running water. As a result, Ghost Face felt like he had seen a ghost. The swordsman who judged the position by hearing only felt that this thief was playing tricks on him with teleportation magic.

"Have a little imagination, maybe I can really teleport."

The voice that seemed to suddenly appear in his ear expressed Ghost Face's feeling, and three cards were inserted into him at the same time. With a click of a tongue, the swordsman immediately returned to the dark woods.

"Escaped..."

The black feather thief sitting on the torii waved his finger at Terai and his wife below.

"Those kids need to practice their skills more."