A Fortunate Encounter with Fire

Once Yakushi Nyorai's statue had been restored to its place, everyone finally saw the statue with its white tuft reattached—

"So you kept Yakushi Nyorai's white tuft as a token from your first love?" Snort— Kazuha looked at Hattori and could not help laughing.

"Hey! You laughed, didn't you? You laughed, right?" Hattori said, embarrassed and angry.

"Remember to repent to Yakushi Buddha." Kazuha gave him a push.

"It's fine. Thanks to Hattori, Yakushi Nyorai's statue wasn't sold off," Ryūen said, trying to smooth things over.

"That's right. I'm sure Yakushi Nyorai also likes Hattori very much. Hahaha." Head Priest Enkai teased him, clearly enjoying the chaos.

Hattori: —

"In the end, we still didn't find that girl in the kimono..." Hattori said helplessly.

"Well..." Ran seemed about to say something, but Kazuha beside her immediately stopped her.

"That's such a shame," Kazuha said with a suppressed laugh.

"Huh?" Hattori had no idea what was going on.

Originally, half the reason he had been so diligent about searching for his "first love" was because he liked seeing Kazuha's reactions.

But why was Kazuha now—

Openly laughing at him?

Hadn't she always seemed a little jealous before?

"Young people really are nice..." Ayako remarked wistfully from the side.

"At your age, you should be focusing on your studies!" Shiraishi reminded them.

Before leaving, Shiraishi had specifically drawn a fortune stick at Kannō-ji Temple as well.

"A fortunate encounter with fire? That still counts as good fortune, right?" Shiraishi muttered.

On the way back, Shiraishi was still somewhat embarrassed. "Sorry. A perfectly nice trip to Kyoto got turned into a criminal investigation because of them again."

Conan, sitting in the front seat: —

Who did "them" refer to?

It had to be Hattori, right?

"It's fine— Oh, right, come with me to