Father's Face-Breaking Fist!

"Those two old Deng..."

Fujino's lips twitched, and he cursed under his breath.

He put the broken pieces down, took out his phone, walked to the side, and dialed a number.

"Um?"

Conan noticed Fujino making a phone call and cast a suspicious glance at him.

After thinking for a moment, he stepped forward, examined the fragments closely, and said to Hattori Heiji, "Heiji, come and take a look!"

"So that's how it is..."

Hattori Heiji leaned forward to take a look, and the two whispered to each other for a moment before immediately understanding what was going on.

"Okay, that's it..."

Fujino had just finished explaining some things on the phone when he turned around and saw Hattori Heiji holding a scroll and laughing, "Looks like the legend is true..."

"That's right, it seems that thing is currently dormant somewhere."

Conan, standing to the side, also chimed in with a slight smirk, as if he had discovered some incredible truth. "The treasure that the world calls the Golden King Hideyoshi... is somewhere in this Osaka Castle."

"Treasures left behind by Toyotomi Hideyoshi..."

Several members of the tour group in the crowd suddenly had strange expressions on their faces.

"Yes, it's me."

At this moment, the Mediterranean-looking old man, Soya Yasuhiro, whom they had met during the day, also made a phone call and whispered, "Don't make any rash moves for now. The police won't be leaving anytime soon..."

Fujino: "..."

He turned his head and his ears twitched slightly as he heard the old man's whisper.

The old man started to disregard martial ethics and began calling for reinforcements.

Fujino turned around and whispered into the phone, "They might have a lot of people. Bring more people over... Hmm, that's it."

"..."

Conan glanced back at Fujino, who was secretly making a phone call, and then fell silent.

What shady business is this guy plotting now?

"After each victory in war, Taiko Hideyoshi would hang a small gourd on his horse seal, which later became the famous Golden War Banner, the Chisen Gourd."

Hattori Heiji quickly deciphered the contents of the scroll and, after some deduction, glanced at the group of travelers behind him. "The historical value of the Chisen Gourd is immeasurable. Judging from the fragments found on the deceased, he was probably searching for this treasure... but was killed by someone who wanted to keep it all for himself."

"But, Heiji."

At this Otake said suspiciously, "Just relying on this scroll with the gourd design drawn on it, we can't be sure that there is treasure hidden inside Osaka Castle..."

"There are traces of gold inside the tiles, and the scroll is covered with several layers of paper. These traces only become visible when the surface is wet. If there were nothing there, it would be a complete waste of effort."

Hattori Heiji continued, "And this scroll features a dragon. Generally, when you think of dragons, you'll definitely think of..."

"Is it a tiger?"

Toyama Ginshiro arrived at the crime scene. "Since there is a dragon, then generally speaking, just like the Dragon Tiger Stone, there must be tiger scrolls in other places, which may indicate the location of the treasure. Am I right, Heiji?"

"Minister Toyama, what are you doing here?"

Otake turned around and was startled to see his boss suddenly appear.

"It was Advisor Fujino who asked me to come."

Toyama Ginshiro explained, "Last night, I mentioned this to Heizo and Fujino. Fujino- kun made a discovery and remembered it, so he specifically called me over."

"Fujino..."

Hattori Heiji's eyes went dead upon hearing this.

Good grief, I was a step too slow again!

"Um, officer!"

At this moment, a squinty-eyed man in the tour group suddenly said, "Could we go have dinner first and then come back?"

"Yeah yeah."

The Mediterranean-looking old man chimed in, "We haven't eaten since lunch. At least let us finish our meal before we talk."

"That's right."

A woman with short hair chimed in, "And my clothes are all wet now, it's so uncomfortable."

"But..."

Otake wanted to keep the others there, but he didn't have a reason.

"The sound just now..."

Upon hearing this, Toyama Ginshiro narrowed his eyes slightly. After a pause, he called out to Otake and whispered, "Otake, go to headquarters and have someone keep an eye on that balding old man. Headquarters has already prepared manpower. Just give them a heads-up. Remember, don't alert him."

"Yes!"

Otake was startled by the sound, but after regaining his senses, he nodded and left the scene.

"We just talked about it yesterday, and we're already taking action today..."

Toyama Ginshiro turned around and whispered to Fujino, "It seems that what you said is really true, Fujino."

"So what should we do next?"

Fujino asked, "Are the manpower ready?"

"It's ready."

Toyama Ginshiro took out his phone. "But I need to report to Heizo first."

Osaka Castle, on the Shinbashi Bridge.

A group of girls who had just finished eating came out of the restaurant and had just reached the bridge when they encountered a person who had set himself on fire and jumped off the bridge.

Another murder has occurred, not too far away. Police officers who had just finished dealing with the crime scene on the other side rushed over here without stopping.

"The deceased was Miss Katagiri from the travel agency."

Otake examined the short-haired woman covered with a cloth by the bridge and said, "Judging from the cause of death, she likely suffered a severe head injury..."

"But I heard from Kazuha and the others that the deceased set himself on fire on the bridge before falling off."

Toyama Ginshiro was clearly more professional. "If that's the case, then it seems a bit unreasonable."

Otake scratched his chin and guessed, "Maybe it hit a bridge pier when it fell?"

"Speaking of which, Kazuha?"

Hattori Heiji asked the group of girls holding umbrellas, "When you came over, did you really see Miss Katagiri holding a lighter?"

"I was walking at the very front."

Kazuha recalled for a moment, "I did see a lighter..."

Conan couldn't help but ask, "Was there anyone else with Miss Katagiri at the time?"

"No."

Ran, "But there seems to be a figure at the bridgehead..."

"There was indeed a figure."

After recalling for a moment, Ooka Momiji said, "Although there was the sound of rain, I could still hear the footsteps of that person very clearly. They were very heavy, and judging from their build, it should be a man."

"Sure?"

Hattori Heiji looked at Ooka Momiji suspiciously. "It's raining right now, how could you hear clearly and even see whether it was a man or a woman?"

"Momiji is not mistaken."

Fujino walked over. "She's the high school champion of the Hyakunin Isshu competition, so she won't make a mistake even through the sound of rain."

"Um."

Ooka Momiji nodded. "Fujino- kun is right."

"Really!"

Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "In that case, that guy must be the murderer!"

"He was on the bridge we were passing by, quite a distance from Miss Katagiri."

Ai Haibara reminded her, "Even if someone wanted to set it on fire, it wouldn't be possible."

"Yes."

Kazuha nodded. "If that's what Miss Katagiri says, then it must be suicide."

"It absolutely could not have been suicide!"

Hattori Heiji was clearly not satisfied with the result. "That guy must have used other methods!"

He shouted, threw down his umbrella, turned around, and ran toward the short-haired woman's body.

He was somewhat annoyed that two people had died right in front of him.

He excitedly grabbed the woman's coat, intending to find other evidence.

"Hattori."

Fujino followed and grabbed Hattori Heiji's hand. "Show due respect to the deceased."

"But..."

Hattori Heiji was taken aback, and wanted to say something.

"Have you made enough of a scene?!"

Before he could finish speaking, Hattori Heizo, who had just walked over, grabbed Hattori Heiji's hoodie and dragged him up.

He then punched Hattori Heiji in the face.

Bang!

My Father's Face-Breaking Fist!

It was accompanied by a muffled thud.

Caught completely off guard, Hattori Heiji was punched several meters away by his own father.

"Dad... Dad?!"

Hattori Heiji covered his face and looked at Hattori Heizo with a completely bewildered expression.

"Heiji, there should be a limit to how much you investigate cases, right?!"

Hattori Heizo looked at Hattori Heiji with a grim expression. "A crime scene isn't an amusement park, it's not a place where you can do whatever you want. And to casually rummage through a victim's body, do you have any respect for the deceased?!"

"People say you're Great Detective, but you don't know your place and carelessly rummage through corpses, interfering with the police investigation. What you're doing isn't solving a case, it's sabotaging the police's work!"

"They just watched two people die and couldn't learn a lesson. Did they really think that just because there were police officers guarding the crime scene, they could ignore the murderer?"

Hattori Heizo, hands in his pockets, said coldly, "Compared to Fujino, you're not even a basic detective! An amateur like you shouldn't be at a crime scene. Get out of my sight right now!"

[PS: A year has passed. Thank you to all the readers for your support over the past year!]