The Threatening Letter Received by Hokkaido's Governor / The Dam in Kitazawa Village

Sonoko Suzuki shrugged. "I don't know about that, but I can have someone ask around. If there really is some treasure related to Toshizo Hijikata behind these Star Prism Blades, then I would really like to add it to our Suzuki family collection."

She paused for a moment, then remembered that Jiang Hang had provided the blueprint and information about the treasure, before changing her words to, "Even if Jiang Hang comes, at most we'll split it 50/50 with him."

Seeing that the other party seemed to really intend to spend money to buy other Star Prism Blade from the Onoe Family, Conan quickly stopped them.

Phantom Kaito Kid has his eye on these knives, and he might just steal them all in the next couple of days. Buying them now would be pointless.

He told Sonoko Suzuki not to rush things. What if it was just a joke Jiang Hang was playing on him? Even if she liked the Star Prism Blade, wouldn't it be better to wait until the Onoe Family's assets were sold off in a package and then buy them at a lower price?

In short, after Conan's persuasion, Sonoko Suzuki temporarily gave up the idea of going to buy a knife.

However, after comparing these drawings, she still looked at Ran, who hadn't said a word.

"In that case, let's go to Goryokaku together tomorrow!"

Skiing isn't urgent; she can go anytime. But how could she miss out on something as fun as finding hidden treasure?

After all, this place is home to the famous detective Sleeping Kogoro, and Sonoko Suzuki, who occasionally falls asleep at crime scenes and becomes the Queen of Deduction. With these two geniuses working together, the little treasure is a piece of cake.

She even took the initiative to call Jiang Hang to inquire about the authenticity of the secret treasure.

Hearing Sonoko Suzuki's excitement, Jiang Hang simply added fuel to the fire.

"I'm not just making this up. This is a mystery that stumped the Kaito Kid many years ago. If you can find the whereabouts of this treasure, I will give you this hundred-year-old treasure in its entirety. What do you think?"

"Then it's a deal!"

Seeing Sonoko Suzuki's silly grin, Conan couldn't help but sigh inwardly again.

Sonoko Suzuki's situation is completely hopeless.

Fortunately, with the Suzuki Conglomerate behind them, they still have some advantages in terms of intelligence.

Even if we can't compare to Jiang Hang, we must at least find this treasure before that Kaito Kid!

Chapter 551: Threatening Letter Received by the Governor of Hokkaido

After outsourcing these puzzles that required thinking and aligning with the problem setter's ideas, Jiang Hang slept soundly until early morning.

But the others didn't sleep very well that night, because they were trying to solve the mystery Jiang Hang had given them as soon as possible.

So much so that when Jiang Hang woke up, even Miyano Shiho and the others were still not up.

Jiang Hang had originally planned to go out for a walk first, hoping to find some ideas, but unexpectedly, he received a call from Inspector Megure just as he finished sorting things out.

"Inspector Megure, is there something you need for calling so early? But it's not a good time right now. I just flew to Hokkaido last night and I probably won't be back for a few days."

Jiang Hang explained to Inspector Megure, but Inspector Megure seemed to already know Jiang Hang's location.

Inspector Megure answered quickly on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, speaking of which, Officer Shiratori and I have been on a business trip to Hokkaido these past few days. I only called you because I heard about what's going on with you in Hakodate, Jiang Hang."

On business trip?

Jiang Hang blinked.

The fact that two inspectors from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department came all the way to Hokkaido and even called him specifically suggests that there must be some troublesome case in Hokkaido.

"Anyway, let's meet first and then talk about it."

After Inspector Megure agreed on a location, Jiang Hang nodded in agreement.

It looks like I won't be able to go to Goryokaku to investigate this morning.

Let's tell Miyano Shiho and the others about this first.

After sending an email briefly explaining the reason, Jiang Hang led his crew to the location he had arranged to meet Inspector Megure.

In a café next to Hakodate Station that had just opened and had few customers, at this time of morning when people were going to work, Jiang Hang, who had been one of them in his previous life, sighed slightly as he looked at the office workers coming and going around him. He then looked at Inspector Megure and Ninzaburo Shiratori sitting opposite him, who still looked familiar.

As soon as Jiang Hang sat down, Inspector Megure nodded at him and then asked him about the events of the previous night.

After all, the airport, police station, and government in Hakodate caused quite a stir last night.

The main reason is that flight incident that almost caused a major air disaster.

After discovering that the plane carried not only Jiang Hang, a foreign dignitary with a complex background, but also the second young lady of the Suzuki family, these people couldn't help but wipe their heads in disbelief.

Although thanks to Jiang Hang's intervention, the plane landed safely at the airport.

Even Sonoko Suzuki's side may have developed a considerable resistance to cases due to the many bizarre cases she has experienced in the past six months, so much so that she did not mention this incident to the Suzuki family after the near-plane crash.

However, the incident still garnered significant attention online due to a video taken by a tourist on the plane.

After receiving firsthand information from Jiang Hang, Inspector Megure couldn't help but shake his head.

"In any case, the staff on that flight will likely face disciplinary action or even dismissal, since the news of this incident reached Governor Asakura had just arrived in Hakodate, last night."

After all, according to the rules, outsiders are not allowed to enter the cockpit.

Even though Ms. Maki Juri had been a flight attendant and had worked with the two captains many times, she had already resigned seven or eight years ago. Allowing her into the cockpit and then almost causing a plane crash because of the "hand-kissing greeting" is, in a serious sense, a serious flight accident.

Jiang Hang nodded. It was precisely because of this seemingly unrelated idea that the two pilots were poisoned.

Therefore, although he sympathized with the two captains' plight, he didn't really have any further thoughts about it.

However, Governor Asakura... that name sounds somewhat familiar.

Jiang Hang immediately remembered.

It seems that the name of the Governor of Hokkaido who invited him to Hokkaido for the opening ceremony was Yuichiro Asakura.

Just as he was pondering the name, Inspector Megure, after reflecting on the case from the previous night, told Jiang Hang the purpose of contacting the other party in Hokkaido.

"Brother Jiang Hang, you must have received Governor Asakura's invitation about a week ago, right?"

As Jiang Hang nodded in agreement, Inspector Megure continued, "In fact, the reason we're on this business trip is because of that Hokkaido train that's going to open tomorrow."

With that, Inspector Megure took out a photocopy and handed it to Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang glanced at it; it was a clearly threatening letter.

The printed font makes the handwriting illegible.

The message reads, "Your arrogance and conceit over the past four years will soon be punished by Heavenly Retribution."

"This is not just a threat. I am ready and waiting to act. Governor, your life and death are now in my hands."

After reading the threatening letter, Jiang Hang looked up at Inspector Megure.

"The threatening letter was sent to the governor's house about two days ago. The sender's name was not filled in, and the return address was also found. For these reasons, Officer Shiratori and I were temporarily assigned to Hokkaido on a business trip to assist in the investigation of the threatening letter."

"After learning last night that Governor Asakura had actually invited you to Hokkaido, I was honestly quite relieved. Although this was a bit presumptuous, we all believe that the person who sent the threatening letter was after the train that will officially start running tomorrow."

Jiang Hang listened and nodded.

"Four years of arrogance and conceit... Have you investigated whether Governor Asakura has offended anyone in these past few years?"

Inspector Megure first nodded, then shook his head.

"After all, Governor Asakura is the highest-ranking official in Hokkaido. Although his performance and reputation over the past four years have been good and his public satisfaction has been high, in the end, there is no one in this world who can be liked by everyone, especially in that position. No matter what Governor Asakura does, there will always be people who are dissatisfied with his decisions."

"That's true," Jiang Hang replied.

However, even a typical political enemy wouldn't produce such a threatening letter; such tactics are simply too despicable.

Without considering certain political opponents, that is, policies introduced by the other party in recent years that have harmed the interests of certain extremists, this is why such means are used to seek revenge against Yuichiro Asakura.

"So, you don't have any leads either?"

In response, Inspector Megure scratched his head sheepishly.

If they already had a lead, they certainly wouldn't have needed to come to Jiang Hang for help so early.

"Regarding Governor Asakura, I'll investigate first, at least to confirm any potential suspects," Jiang Hang said, then asked Inspector Megure, "And then there's the train that's opening tomorrow, what are your police department's plans?"

When it comes to this issue, Inspector Megure naturally has a lot to say.

He then talked about the defense methods he had discussed with the police in Hokkaido, ensuring that no one would be allowed to bring dangerous equipment onto the train during tomorrow's opening ceremony.

As long as we can ensure that the train can be put into operation smoothly, there shouldn't be anything to worry about in the short term.

After all, apart from situations with particularly high crowds, the security forces around the governor should be sufficient to protect him at other times.

Hearing Inspector Megure's words, Jiang Hang thought to himself that it was hard to say.

If security companies in Japan could truly protect their bosses, there wouldn't be so many cases of business owners being murdered.

In addition, the system would occasionally send him some strange weapons and items.

For example, the Carl M91/38 carbine that successfully sparked the imagination of a certain US president.

There was also a rather rudimentary-looking homemade gun, which looked like it had been assembled from water pipes and bandages.

Jiang Hang could only guess what this thing had done based on the name "Abe-che" given to it by the system.

However, since Inspector Megure said that as long as nothing happens tomorrow, Jiang Hang naturally didn't think too much about it.

With so much police support tomorrow, the mysterious person who sent the threatening letter is unlikely to choose to make a move when there are the most people around.

Don't be Kaito Kid always deliberately creates chaos in crowded places after sending out warning letters, then secretly looks for a moment when the defenses are weak, and then steals the items in one fell swoop.

But that's because Kaito Kid has the ability to disguise himself; the more people there are and the more chaotic the situation, the easier it is for him to hide himself.

Ordinary criminals don't have this ability, and it would be difficult for them to bring any dangerous equipment to within ten meters of the governor, despite the police's layers of security.

As Jiang Hang pondered this, he suddenly remembered a Conan movie he had watched when he was a child.

That must have been one of the earlier Conan movies.

The prisoners inside apparently called the police, saying that he had planted explosives in the tram, and that the bomb would explode if the tram's speed dropped below a certain point.

Therefore, the police had the train crew search all the suspicious areas inside the train, but they found no trace of the bomb and could only keep the train moving at high speed.

Then, through Conan's deduction, he figured that the culprit probably didn't plant the bomb on the car, but on the railway, and installed a light-sensitive plug-in that would automatically detonate if no light was detected within a certain time.

Although Jiang Hang was certain that the two cases were unrelated, their line of reasoning was quite similar.

If you can't find any opportunities on the train, then you can just do something during the journey.

Thinking about it, Jiang Hang told Inspector Megure his thoughts.

Inspector Megure immediately clapped his hands, realizing that the idea wasn't entirely impossible.

As is well known, the places in Japan most vulnerable to robbery, besides banks that need robbers to help balance their accounts, are all sorts of random arms depots and bomb factories.

Every year, large quantities of finished products or raw materials are stolen from bomb factories and warehouses across the country, and then used to carry out various bombings.

"I'll contact someone right now to have the Hokkaido railway police tighten security on the tracks for tomorrow's trains. They need to check before the trains depart tomorrow to make sure no one plants a bomb on the tracks."

The plane that carried Jiang Hang and his group yesterday had dozens of passengers on board, and before anything happened, it had already caused such a commotion.

If a newly opened train carrying at least several hundred or even thousands of people were to explode, a significant portion of the officials in Hokkaido would likely have to be reassigned.

"It's not just about railways. If we're going to take preventative measures, we should be more comprehensive and pay more attention to bridges, tunnels, and other similar places along the roads."

After Jiang Hang offered his suggestion, Inspector Megure immediately ran out to call the contact person at the police station in Hokkaido. He then hurriedly returned to thank Jiang Hang before heading back to his post to work overtime.

They had originally wanted to invite Jiang Hang to come along, since Jiang Hang's insight was undeniable, and having him make the trip might allow him to discover even more.

Jiang Hang simply looked out the window.

With his consciousness connected, Altair slowly landed outside the coffee shop window.

"Ah, Brother Jiang Hang, you brought your eagle with you on this trip too?" Inspector Megure, sounding slightly nervous.

Although Jiang Hang's eagle seemed to have a gentle temperament, its half-human-sized size and exceptionally sharp eyes were already quite frightening.

So when it landed, quite a few people around seemed to be startled.

"It seems that Altair also wants to explore this new territory in Hokkaido. Inspector Megure, if you don't mind, let Altair accompany you. If it notices anything, it will remind you."

Although Eagle Eye's link distance is within ten kilometers, even after breaking away from Jiang Hang's link, after multiple enhancements over the past six months, Altair's intelligence has reached a level close to that of a human.

As long as you tell it what to do with your mind, it will follow the instructions and complete the task.

This kind of work of searching for railways would be much easier for Altair than for him.

Inspector Megure felt somewhat uneasy upon hearing Jiang Hang's words.

Can Jiang Hang's eagle really accomplish such a complex task?

Chapter 552: The Dam of Kitazawa Village

Trusting Jiang Hang, Inspector Megure and his team took Altair with them when they left.