I, Kudo Shinichi, the rice flower death god

As a naughty kid, Hattori Heiji certainly had no interest in ordinary relatives' homes and only wanted to explore the temples in Kyoto.

But when he arrived at a temple, he accidentally bumped into the lattice window of the temple, fell and fainted.

When he woke up, he saw a figure that he could never forget.

It was the first love he was talking about.

A very cute girl in a kimono.

He was about the same age as him. He was playing ball and singing handball songs in front of the cherry blossom tree outside the temple.

It's a pity that when he recovered from the shock and chased her out to get to know her, he didn't lose the girl's figure.

"This is the only thing that lets me know that I was not dreaming at that time!"

Taking out a shiny gadget from his pocket, Hattori Heiji said solemnly.

He was so immersed in memories that he didn't notice that a relaxed smile flashed across Shinichi's face when he saw this thing.

I finally took the bait!

Shinichi naturally had no interest in Hattori Heiji's first love story.

The reason why he went all the way around was to get this guy to cooperate and bring out this shiny gadget.

"what is this?"

Shinichi took a few steps closer and pretended to look carefully.

"I do not know either."

Hattori Heiji shook his head and handed this thing to Shinichi.

"Every time I come to Kyoto, I will bring this with me, hoping to meet her again one day."

"That's it~"

Seeing the longing expression on this guy's face, Shinichi felt a little funny.

However, he endured it for the sake of his next plan.

"This thing is!"

After seeing this shiny thing, the pupils of the future life standing next to him shrank, with a look of surprise on his face.

As a well-known thief, she could tell the origin of this thing at a glance.

Although it looks like a small glass bead, it is actually a kind of precious jewelry inlaid on the Buddha statue.

Pekoe!

Not the pekoe of tea!

Because in Buddhist legends, the Tathagata has 32 appearances, one of which is a Buddha statue with white hair between its eyebrows, which means light.

Therefore, when casting Buddha statues, people called the gems inlaid between the eyebrows of the Buddha statues pekoe.

In the next life, Hitomi didn't expect to see such a precious treasure here, both in terms of significance and value.

What she didn't expect even more was that Shinichi secretly took the white hair away when the black guy across from him wasn't paying attention!

"you……"

She was about to say something, but she saw the look from Shinichi asking her to cooperate.

Her mouth opened slightly, but she didn't say anything in the end.

"Come on, you can do it!"

Patting Hattori Heiji's shoulder, Shinichi smiled and was about to return the pekoe.

But at this moment, another gust of wind blew by, blowing the thing out of his hand and falling to the ground not far away.

The distressed Hattori Heiji was just about to run over and pick it up when he heard the roar of a motorcycle.

Immediately afterwards, a black shadow rode a motorcycle and rushed out of the bushes on the side of the road.

Lower the car body and pick up the pekoe on the ground with one drift.

Then he turned the accelerator and ran away without looking back.

"No! My first love!!!"

After wailing, Hattori Heiji immediately became angry.

He started his motorcycle and caught up with him as soon as he hit the accelerator.

Leaving Shinichi and the two in place.

"Look, things are quite simple~"

Shinichi raised his eyebrows and said with a chuckle.

"Why do I feel like you're cheating on that guy?"

Crossing his arms, Afterlife Tong thought for a while, but he always felt that something was not right.

"How is that possible! I planned it all!"

"That's right! What's the next plan?"

"Next? It depends on the police!"

……

At the same time, inside Sannoji Temple.

Not long after Shinichi left with [Kazuha] and Hattori Heiji, the three invited guests also left.

Only Master Longyuan, who was confused by Monk Zhang Er, and the old host who looked like he had seen through everything were left.

"Master, what should I do now?"

"No need to worry, Buddha will bless us."

As the master and apprentice spoke, they prepared to return to the main hall to complete today's routine homework.

However, the next second, both the tall and sturdy Master Long Yuan and the steady old host showed horrified expressions.

"Ghost, ghost!"

Looking at the girl coming out of the wing where the Buddha statue was originally stored, the two of them exclaimed in unison.

"What? Where is the ghost?!"

Frightened by the horrified expressions of the two people, Kazuya also looked around nervously.

It seemed as if something unclean would jump out the next second.

"Ahem! Are you the donor from the distant mountains... right?"

After all, the old host was well-informed. After thinking about it, he realized that things might not be what he imagined.

"Donor, didn't you just leave from the main entrance? How could..."

Long Yuan trembled all over and hid behind the old host. Unfortunately, the old host's bamboo pole-like figure couldn't block him. 0

It looks rather funny.

"Ahahaha~ Actually it's like this..."

Kazuye also understood at this time, laughed twice to relieve the embarrassment, and then told her the task assigned to her by Shinichi.

Because the next trip may be targeted by the gang of thieves, although he was fully confident, out of caution, Shinichi decided to let Kazuha stay at Sannoji Temple.

Rather than protecting you when danger occurs, it is better to prevent it from happening in the first place.

This is Xinyi’s consistent position.

"Is this case so dangerous?"

Master Longyuan's body trembled, and he immediately clasped his palms together and began to recite Buddhist scriptures, trying to relieve his tension.

The old host's expression became a little more solemn, but he was still calm.

"In this case, the benefactor from the distant mountains will stay in this temple for a while..."

"No, no, no! I have other tasks here!"

He Ye quickly interrupted the old host and said excitedly.

"Let me help you find the lost Buddha statue in your temple!"

……

"Damn it! He ran away!"

Hattori Heiji sat slumped next to his nearly scrapped motorcycle, with an angry and annoyed expression on his face.

After a thrilling car chase, he finally lost the man who stole his first love, no, the pekoe.

He didn't expect that the other party would carry a bow and arrow with him, and he didn't expect that the other party would actually shoot on a motorcycle.

Although several arrows missed him, they also made him lose the ability to pursue.

Just when he was feeling annoyed, several police cars with sirens blaring roared and parked near him.

The person who stepped out of the car was a police officer whom Hattori Heiji was very familiar with, Goro Otaki of the Criminal Investigation Division [-] of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

"Heiji! You're not hurt, are you?!"

The Otaki Police Department has a very good relationship with Hattori Heiji, and they rushed over as soon as they got off the car.

"I am fine."

Shaking his head, Hattori Heiji still looked glum.

"It looks like those guys have taken the bait!"

Sitting in the police car, Shinichi looked at the signal position displayed on the phone screen and nodded with satisfaction.

"Take the bait? Kudo! What does this mean?!"

Hattori Heiji, who was slumped on the ground, felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, as if there was an electric current running through his head.

He seemed to have grasped some key information, but he couldn't be sure for a while.

"Could it be that that thing is related to the Buddha statue that was lost eight years ago?"