Takuzae Oe's Target Is Jiang Hang / Let's Go Get a Hot-Air Balloon!

However, Takuzo Axe River has only been in power for a few years. When his father was still alive, the former Kaito Kid had already visited his home to investigate the secret of the Star Prism Blade.

In other words, the rumors about these treasures must have originated much earlier than the time when these rumors were first spread by the Takuzo Axe River.

Unless these rumors were already false at the time, and the Phantom Kaito Kid returned empty-handed after discovering there was no treasure.

Upon hearing Miyano Akemi's speculation, Jiang Hang nodded in agreement.

Because the rumors about the treasure were false, the former Kaito Kid failed to steal it and left this written record at his home. This record was eventually seen by the current Kaito Kid, who then decided to come and search for the treasure that his father had failed to find.

This inference is quite plausible.

Jiang Hang shook his head regretfully at Miyano Akemi.

"Although I don't know the whereabouts of that treasure yet, I can confirm that the 'treasure' does exist, and according to the words left by the treasure hunter, it is an item 'enough to change the world order'."

After repeating what Kaito Kid had just said, Miyano Akemi shook her head, indicating that since it was something that Saburo Axe River had hidden during the war, she really didn't have any more clues now.

Miyano Shiho, on the other hand, was still pondering.

Her current plan is to find the remaining star- Star Prism Blade and figure out if there are any other clues on them.

In response, Jiang Hang took out his phone and made a call to Conan.

"I heard you got Sonoko involved too. How much did she spend this time?"

Conan, on the other end of the phone, glanced at the person communicating with the head of the Suzuki family's branch office in the Middle East and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Although it's unclear how Jiang Hang found out that the Sonoko was involved, he is, after all, Jiang Hang.

It wouldn't be strange if the other party knew what color underwear the American president was wearing today.

Not to mention that Sonoko Suzuki did indeed contact the person in charge last night and asked them to buy those samurai swords at a high price.

For an organization of the Pioneer Foundation's caliber, this kind of information should be easy to collect.

"It probably cost around 100 million yen for those two knives."

That translates to roughly a million dollars.

According to Jiang Hang's previous investigation, this thing was sold for only a few hundred thousand dollars when it was sold in the Middle East.

It's clear that Sonoko Suzuki was in a hurry, so she paid a significant premium for the two knives.

"That is indeed a bit expensive, but it's still much worse than her second uncle's," Jiang Hang jokingly remarked.

After all, Jirokichi Suzuki was trying to snatch the front page from Kaito Kid and prove that he was even stronger than Kaito Kid, so he was currently buying up world-renowned treasures at high prices all over the world.

After purchasing these treasures, in order to lure out Kaito Kid, they would spend a huge sum of money to hold a jewelry exhibition specifically for Kaito Kid, and invest an unlimited amount of security funds in the exhibition.

If Jiang Hang helps out, then things will be fine.

But if Jiang Hang isn't there, the other side could easily deploy more than ten helicopters for patrols.

However, the other party always puts on a confident demeanor, and then adds their own interpretation to the key security areas, creating a seemingly solid but actually flawed super defense.

Then, almost every time, Kaito Kid found the loopholes in the defenses set up by his opponents, easily destroyed those defenses, and then calmly left with the treasures.

So far, that stubborn old man, Jirokichi Suzuki, has spent nearly 100 million dollars on funds targeting Kaito Kid.

Compared to Jirokichi Suzuki, Sonoko Suzuki's current expenditure of 100 million yen is indeed nothing special.

After teasing the spendthrift old man from the Suzuki family, Jiang Hang asked him to send over photos of the structure of those Star Prism Blades and the shape of their hilts.

Although he was able to find those photos online using his hacking skills, they weren't comprehensive structural diagrams, and some parts were still not very clear.

Hearing Jiang Hang's request, Conan was speechless, but he still relayed it to Sonoko Suzuki as Jiang Hang had instructed.

Then Sonoko Suzuki bluntly asked Jiang Hang over the phone if the hidden treasures inside those Star Prism Blades were real.

"Let me tell you, if these treasures are real, I'm going to take half of them."

Jiang Hang then repeated the words of Kaito Kid once again.

"So this is the treasure that Lord Kidd wanted to steal? Then it seems that the treasure must be real. However, it will take a long time to get the structural diagrams of all the samurai swords. After all, the only Star Prism Blade circulating outside are the one you have and the two that were sold to the Middle East. Of the remaining four, three are in the Axe family, and one was given away by the Onoe Family to someone else."

"It won't be easy to get the remaining Star Prism Blade from them; it'll probably take a while longer," Sonoko Suzuki said, without mentioning anything about money.

After all, it's only a matter of a few hundred million, and it's related to Jiang Hang. The Suzuki family wouldn't hold her, the future heir of the Suzuki family, back down here.

Sonoko Suzuki's only request was that Jiang Hang share the information he obtained. If her information proved useful, she would have to have a share of the treasure they found.

After speaking with Sonoko Suzuki, Jiang Hang turned to the Miyano Sisters and said, "Alright, the second young lady of the Suzuki family has taken care of everything. Before we get the structural drawings, let's take a look around Hakodate first."

Chapter 556: Takuzo Axe River's Target is Jiang Hang

Compared to the relaxed atmosphere in Jiang Hang, both Sonoko Suzuki's and Inspector Megure's areas were unusually busy at the moment.

Meanwhile, Inspector Megure was urgently checking the entire route of the train that was to start operating tomorrow, looking for the most dangerous parts of it.

With Altair's help, they discovered several sensitive areas as soon as they arrived. Although they hadn't found any danger yet, it was indeed very likely that the person who sent the threatening letter would tamper with them tomorrow.

By stationing people in these areas to keep watch, the damage caused by the suspect can be minimized.

As a result, the Hokkaido police officers looked at Inspector Megure with much more awe.

No wonder he's a police inspector from Tokyo; even the eagles he trains are so intelligent and human-like.

However, a day was still quite rushed, after all, the entire route was so long that even if Altair wanted to check it all, it would take him most of the day.

Meanwhile, Sonoko Suzuki was focused on completing the transaction as quickly as possible, gathering all the missing star -Star Prism Blade find the information contained within them.

Many of these things can be solved simply by paying money.

The good news is that Takuzo Axe River is currently short of money. As long as the money is presented, the other party will not only obediently take out the Star Prism Blade, but will also produce some handwritten letters and photos left by his grandfather, allowing Sonoko Suzuki to learn more about how Saburo Axe River collected the Star Prism Blade back then.

The most important photo in the series is of the Saburo Axe River holding the real Star Prism Blade, boarding a hot air balloon rising above Goryokaku, and seemingly searching for something on the specially made balloon.

Although Sonoko Suzuki didn't know what these things were for, Conan was standing nearby, naturally noticed them and secretly recorded the information in the photos.

The bad news is that Takuzo Axe River also wants a piece of the pie.

It's clear that Takuzo Axe River harbors resentment towards his ancestors for secretly leaving behind a treasure but not providing them, their descendants, with any further information about it.

It's likely that in the other party's mind, if his grandfather hadn't hidden those things back then and had instead used them for business, the Fujiang family might not be in their current precarious situation, just living in a remote corner.

Takuzo Axe River was well aware of the origins of Japan's major conglomerates.

To be honest, during the period before and after the war, neither the Suzuki family in Kanto nor the Ooka Family in Kansai had emerged yet. At that time, the only group in Japan that could be considered a zaibatsu was probably the Karasuma Group, which was once extremely powerful but collapsed.

The Suzuki family and Ooka Family, now at the height of their power, only achieved their current status by seizing opportunities and dividing up the remains of the Karasuma Group.

His father had considered getting involved back then, but unfortunately, due to the family's financial difficulties and the terrain of Hokkaido, he ultimately failed to reap significant benefits from that capital feast.

Takuzo Axe River had thought more than once that if his grandfather had left behind this money, would the Fujie family now have the same status as the Suzuki family?

At that level, even if he is not good at management, he will have enough capital.

Just like the second son of the Suzuki family who likes to show off.

He does nothing but hold the title of advisor to the Suzuki Conglomerate, yet he can squander the Suzuki Conglomerate's wealth at will, easily accumulating tens of billions of yen a year.

Therefore, in the Takuzo Axe River's mind, the wealth behind the Star Prism Blade was also the last hope for the Fue family's resurgence.

At the very least, he needed to get the money so he could continue living his old life of extravagance.

He secretly released these messages related to the treasure in order to attract others to search for the so-called treasure for him.

In other words, the people he is dealing with now are the Suzuki family, whom he absolutely cannot afford to offend. If it were any other family with slightly weaker strength, he would not be so easy to talk to, as they still have some yakuza background in Hakodate.

Who would have thought that the wealthy and powerful Suzuki family would actually covet this so-called treasure?

In particular, it was the second young lady of the Suzuki family who personally came to visit.

Everyone knows that the Suzuki Conglomerate has yet to decide on its next successor.

However, Shiro Suzuki only has two daughters.

The eldest daughter is engaged to another conglomerate heir. Unless that conglomerate is fully incorporated into the Suzuki Conglomerate, the eldest daughter of that other conglomerate will likely have no chance of inheriting the Suzuki Conglomerate.

Therefore, quite a few people could guess that Sonoko Suzuki's future husband would likely become the next leader of the Suzuki Conglomerate.

After all, in Japan, choosing an heir through a son-in-law is a perfectly reasonable practice.

Rather than letting their incompetent son inherit their business, it's enough to find a capable person outside to be their son-in-law, have them change their surname to become one of their own, and then have them inherit their business, as long as the continuation of the "family" is guaranteed.

However, since Sonoko Suzuki is still young, and the Suzuki Conglomerate certainly won't look for someone of too high a status to be a son-in-law, everyone is still waiting to see what kind of husband the Suzuki family will choose for their daughter to be the future leader of the Suzuki Conglomerate.

Therefore, when facing this girl who might inherit the Suzuki Conglomerate in the future, Takuzo Axe River dared not use any underworld methods against her—he just wanted to make money and did not want to ruin himself and the entire Onoe family.

Under these circumstances, Takuzo Axe River simply wanted to cooperate with the other party to develop that so-called secret treasure.

It's likely that the second daughter of the Suzuki Conglomerate wouldn't be interested in money tainted with greed, but rather enjoy the process of exploration and decryption.

If the secret treasure can be found, there's no problem giving all the items in the Fue family related to the Shinsengumi to this second young lady.

Then Takuzo Axe River learned another piece of news: besides Miss Suzuki, there was another detective who was also eyeing their family's secret treasure, and Sonoko Suzuki had already made an agreement with the other party before coming over to give half of the treasure to him.

Although Takuzo Axe River had a fairly clear understanding of the rise and fall of these Japan conglomerates based on his ancestors' records, he hadn't really paid attention to the background of Jiang Hang, this outsider.

After all, who would have thought that the heir to a super organization would come to Japan to become an ordinary detective?

Not to mention that the Pioneer Foundation has always kept a low profile in the world.

As for Jiang Hang himself?

His true identity has yet to be revealed to the public.

Although he acquired a number of businesses in the past six months, that was only for six months. Apart from the art museum gaining some international fame thanks to the system's rewards, the other companies haven't made any significant moves yet.

Only those who care about Jiang Hang and have some ability themselves would investigate the forces behind him.

But this certainly doesn't include Takuzo Axe River.

If he were truly that perceptive, he wouldn't have allowed the Fujiang family's business to shrink by more than half in just a few years.

Therefore, upon hearing Jiang Hang's identity as a detective, he became certain that Sonoko Suzuki probably didn't care much about these treasures.

If they really cared, they wouldn't have discussed dividing this treasure with an ordinary detective beforehand.

After having this thought, even though there was still no sign of the treasure, Takuzo Axe River had already started eyeing the half that Jiang Hang possessed.

If he doesn't dare to deal with Sonoko Suzuki, surely he can handle a mere detective?

After Sonoko Suzuki left with the information and clues he provided, he contacted Yakuza that had a cooperative relationship with the Fue family and asked them to find a famous detective named Jiang Hang and drive him out of Hakodate before he could discover the whereabouts of the treasure.

When this news reached the local thugs in Hakodate, they began aimlessly searching for Jiang Hang's whereabouts in Hakodate, using the various photos they had found online.

Chapter 557: Go get a hot air balloon!

While Takuzo Axe River was searching for Jiang Hang's whereabouts, Sonoko Suzuki called Jiang Hang again, telling him about the things she had discussed with the Onoe Family and some new information she had obtained from them.

These materials are basically photos taken by the Saburo Axe River during the war, along with some diaries about the origin of the Star Prism Blade.

Of all these things, only the photos were somewhat useful to Jiang Hang.

Several of the photos piqued Jiang Hang's interest.

Back then, Saburo Axe River, wielding the real Star Prism Blade, boarded a rather strange-looking hot air balloon and took a picture in a certain direction with a telescope above Goryokaku.

Conan, on the other end of the phone, even got Sonoko Suzuki's number to ask Jiang Hang if he had noticed the information in those photos.

"You mean the bottom of the hot air balloon is transparent?" Jiang Hang asked Conan in return.

Conan hadn't yet figured out the crucial point, as his focus was still on the clues to the remaining Star Prism Blade, and he hadn't yet connected all these things to one place.

Therefore, Conan only said that he would continue to study the clues on those Star Prism Blades, and after all the remaining Star Prism Blade were collected, he would see if he could find more clues from this photo.

It can only be said that the smarter a person is, the deeper their thinking will be.

Just like now, Conan must first figure out the clues left on the remaining Star Prism Blade, and then piece them together to reveal the final truth after all the clues are gathered.

Miyano Shiho also felt that the secrets behind those Star Prism Blades were more important than these nonsensical photos.

However, after seeing these pictures, Miyano Akemi's thoughts became much simpler.

It's not so much that it's simple; rather, Miyano Akemi didn't care much about this so-called treasure. She just wanted to take advantage of this treasure hunt to bring her sister and Jiang Hang closer together as much as possible.

For her, what mattered was not the treasure itself, but the process of the group of them searching for it together in various ways.

Therefore, after seeing these photos, she suddenly had a suggestion for Jiang Hang.

"Jiang Hang, I remember you mentioned in the information you gave us last night that the blade of that Star Prism Blade was made exactly according to the shape of the Goryokaku, right?"

Listening to Miyano Akemi's words, Jiang Hang seemed to have grasped something important in his mind.