The facts proved that Umbrella's Intelligence Department was quite capable.
Not long after Fang Zheng and the others returned to Tokyo from Kyoto, they received a report from Umbrella's Intelligence Department. After reading it, Fang Zheng immediately made a call and summoned them over.
"Did you find the origin of that mark?"
Conan was naturally thrilled by the news, and Ran was equally curious.
"That's right. For now, it seems we've found it."
Fang Zheng snapped his fingers, and the twin maids quickly brought over two sets of documents and handed them to Conan and Ran.
"This is..."
"The Ushiroomiya Family."
Fang Zheng opened his own documents as well and began explaining.
"Based on the information we've found so far, the Ushiroomiya Clan was a wealthy family that owned several textile mills during the Meiji era. However, during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the Ushiroomiya Clan suffered devastating losses. At the time, the clan head relied on unbelievable luck and a miracle to restore the Ushiroomiya Clan."
At that point, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.
"Furthermore, according to rumors, the Ushiroomiya Clan also had a Golden Legend."
"A Golden Legend?"
At those words, Conan and Ran immediately perked up. Ever since seeing the house made of gold at Twilight Mansion, they had become extremely sensitive to the word "gold."
"That's right. According to the Ushiromiya Family's rumors, the Ushiroomiya clan head claimed that he had one day encountered the Golden Witch named Beatrice. He made a contract with her at the cost of his soul, and Beatrice granted him wealth and fame. In the end, he received ten tons of gold from the witch."
"Ten tons?"
Conan screamed as he stared at the documents before him. Ran might not have had much of a concept of what ten tons of