Hijikata Toshizo and the Moon

In other words, the other party may have sent people to cause trouble for Jiang Hang during this period?

Thinking about this, Conan couldn't help but wonder how Takuzo Axe River had provoked Jiang Hang, and how Jiang Hang had retaliated against him.

Thinking this, Conan's gaze fell on the opened bottle of red wine.

He also has some knowledge of red wine. Although he is not like Jiang Hang, who is a cheat code, he can distinguish the types and quality of wines in the world just by their color and smell. He doesn't drink alcohol at all and uses his own juice that can simulate the taste of wine to fool others when he attends banquets.

But he could still tell that it must have been a bottle of fine wine worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Given that Sonoko Suzuki had already indicated that she probably wouldn't be staying for dinner that night, and considering her current financial situation, she probably wouldn't bring out such good wine to drink prematurely.

So, Jiang Hang's revenge on him was to open a bottle of red wine worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Conan frowned slightly.

He didn't think the punishment was excessive.

He felt that this kind of punishment was completely out of character for Jiang Hang.

Think about that guy who provoked Jiang Hang a while ago.

She's the woman who was saved by Jiang Hang, yet still accused him of threatening Jiang Hang with a dangerous knife.

Jiang Hang first instructed everyone to include this incident in his casebook, meticulously recording how the other party had accidentally run over and killed a child while driving in high heels, which ultimately led to the child's father's revenge.

Then I heard that Jiang Hang bought several film studios and made the editors of Ultraman, who were filming there, work overtime to write a profound script based on that woman's appearance and personality, and speed up the filming process.

In the end, he even took the initiative to help the rich second-generation guy who wanted to stand up for his girlfriend get together with that woman, forcing the rich second-generation father, who had always disagreed with his son's marriage, to grit his teeth and set a wedding date for the two. According to Jiang Hang, the rich man seems to have completely given up on his son and is preparing to start a new account when he is over fifty years old.

Thinking about Jiang Hang's methods, Conan felt a pang of sympathy for the poor rich kid.

It would be truly strange if Jiang Hang Takuzo Axe River off so easily.

Then, Conan saw a bodyguard beckoning to the Takuzo Axe River with a strange expression.

Takuzo Axe River, he said he had something to do and told Sonoko Suzuki to look around as she pleased, then turned and walked outside.

Driven by curiosity, he secretly took advantage of his small stature and low profile to quietly follow them.

At a deserted bend in the road, the bodyguard handed the surveillance footage he had pulled up to the Takuzo Axe River.

"Young Master Fu Jiang, this, this is the surveillance footage you requested, but we really couldn't find anyone else in it?"

"Are you kidding me? That bottle of wine is right here in the living room. Didn't the security cameras capture who took it out?"

The bodyguard looked at the Takuzo Axe River with an even stranger expression.

He didn't dare to speak, but instead showed the surveillance video to the Takuzo Axe River.

"Let me see what this is all about," Takuzo Axe River muttered to himself, then took one look and started sweating profusely again.

Because there was no one else in the surveillance video.

He did everything himself!

The surveillance video clearly captured the entire process of him retrieving wine from the cellar, and the whole process was very natural.

Even he himself felt that this person's demeanor and actions seemed to be the real him.

Takuzo Axe River stared blankly at himself in the video, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

So, he went to the wine cellar and took the bottle out himself?

But why doesn't he have any recollection of it?

That wasn't all. The next segment the bodyguard played for him was a scene of him playing two roles in the living room, a scene of his split personality.

All I saw was him first opening a bottle of red wine on the sofa, taking a quick sip, and then running a few meters away to make a shocked expression, questioning the air.

Throughout the entire process, although no sound could be heard, Takuzo Axe River couldn't find anything wrong with the surveillance footage even with his eyes wide open.

Could it be that he has recently developed symptoms of schizophrenia due to the excessive financial pressure on the Fujiang family?

At that moment, seeing the bodyguard's sympathetic gaze, Takuzo Axe River began to panic.

Impossible. Everything just now seemed so real. How could it be schizophrenia?

Takuzo Axe River took out his phone again, wanting to find those photos to confirm that everything he had just experienced was not an illusion.

However, in less than ten minutes, the photos of Zhang Han on his phone changed again!

Jiang Hang's figure reappeared in the photos that he had searched through countless times without finding him.

Although the image of Jiang Hang inside was not the same figure that had just appeared on the sofa, it was indeed the image he had casually glanced at when he received the photos of those thugs!

Looking at these photos that had returned to normal, Takuzo Axe River's eyes went completely blank at that moment.

Was everything he just experienced really just a figment of his imagination due to his own schizophrenia?

Chapter 567: Toshizo Hijikata and the Moon

"How could that be?"

"How could I possibly have a schizophrenia?"

"Could it be that I've been too obsessed with the secret treasure lately, putting too much pressure on myself?"

As Takuzo Axe River clutched his head, Conan was eavesdropping behind the corner while trying to convince himself and questioning his existence, basically understood the current situation.

It seems that Takuzo Axe River really did go and find someone to deal with Jiang Hang.

Obviously, with Jiang Hang's skills, there's no way he could have any problems in a place like this.

The most likely outcome is that all the men he sent were dealt with by Jiang Hang.

And now, he has begun his revenge plan.

The method used was to take the item he had that could be used to block and modify all networked devices in the vicinity.

After all, who would have thought that someone could directly modify the footage captured by surveillance equipment in real time via the internet?

The person who took the wine was indeed Jiang Hang. It's estimated that Jiang Hang really did threaten and intimidate the other party.

Then, Jiang Hang hid himself using his elusive stealth skills before they arrived.

Combined with the footage from the surveillance cameras, it's impossible to tell that it was Takuzo Axe River.

Conan himself was so shocked by the prank that Jiang Hang and his parents teamed up to prank him that he almost had a heart attack.

Not to mention that Jiang Hang has now adopted this new technology.

Even now, if Conan were to be suddenly pulled off such a stunt by Jiang Hang without his knowledge, he would probably wonder if he was hallucinating.

Seeing Takuzo Axe River bewildered, Conan couldn't help but silently pray for him for a few seconds.

Why did you have to provoke Jiang Hang of all things?

Anyway Conan isn't planning to go out and deny the rumors. Who knows what other moves Jiang Hang might make?

If he ruins Jiang Hang's plan and ends up getting implicated as well, he can't outmaneuver that perverse guy, Jiang Hang.

Let this guy continue to doubt himself for now.

Anyway, he'll only worry for a day or two at most. Once he's tired of Jiang Hang and leaves Hakodate, Takuzo Axe River will realize that he actually has no problems.

As for whether the other party will scare themselves sick in the next few days?

He deserved it.

Conan stopped listening as he heard Takuzo Axe River making a phone call, urging the person on the other end to quickly resolve Jiang Hang's matter and ideally capture him alive and send him to him.

Noticing that Takuzo Axe River and his bodyguard had finished their conversation and were about to return to the living room, Conan also went back to the living room first.

Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mouri are still there discussing whether or not to tell Jiang Hang about their discovery.

They seemed completely unaware that Conan had just disappeared for a few minutes.

It's probably only Ran would notice Conan and subconsciously cover for him.

Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mori ultimately decided to ignore Jiang Hang for now, since they were currently engaged in a treasure hunt competition themselves.

They would call Jiang Hang after they found the treasure themselves, giving him a surprise.

Back in the living room, Takuzo Axe River listened to their discussion and tentatively asked Sonoko Suzuki about Jiang Hang.

Sonoko Suzuki did not reveal Jiang Hang's background.

After all, Jiang Hang himself doesn't usually act as the heir to the Pioneer Foundation. It's only when those people investigate Jiang Hang's background and ask him that Jiang Hang passively admits it.

According to Jiang Hang's own explanation, if he, as the heir, wants to truly obtain the right of inheritance, he still needs to go through many troublesome tests, and he himself is not confident in completing these tests.

Moreover, unless absolutely necessary, he cannot obtain assistance from the Foundation or mobilize Foundation members.

In other words, there's no need to mention Jiang Hang's identity to those who can't find out about it.

Even if the name of the Pioneer Foundation were revealed, they might not know anything about the organization, so there's no need to reveal its identity.

Furthermore, Sonoko Suzuki herself was more accustomed to the identity of a wealthy young man from Jiang Hang who gave up his family business to become a detective.

Although she had some reservations about Jiang Hang's involvement with her uncle in targeting Kaito Kid a few months ago, she wouldn't say anything bad about Jiang Hang now.

Therefore, when questioned by the Takuzo Axe River, Sonoko Suzuki simply stated that Jiang Hang was a very capable detective and also quite wealthy.

Takuzo Axe River was initially a little uneasy when he heard this. Could it be that Jiang Hang was backed by a conglomerate on par with the Suzuki family?

But Conan quickly "debunked" the rumor.

"Brother Jiang Hang is really amazing. Besides his strong detective reasoning and observation skills, he's also a great driver. I felt like he drove that AE86 faster than those sports cars!"

Sonoko Suzuki glanced at Conan, thinking it was a bit strange that the kid was suddenly bringing up this kind of thing, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

"He's a really good driver, but I've never actually ridden in his 86. When I get back to Tokyo, I'll ask him to take me out for a ride."

Kogoro Mouri nodded in agreement.

Although he hadn't ridden in Jiang Hang's car many times, he had heard stories from Yokomizo Sango, a policeman in Saitama Prefecture, about Jiang Hang's high-speed chases to capture fugitives in Saitama Prefecture.

A police car sped from the city center to the outskirts of Saitama Prefecture at almost full speed just before the evening rush hour, when there were still many vehicles on the road.

So much so that the Yu County police had to hold a press conference afterward to explain the situation.

It's even said that many racing enthusiasts are still trying to recreate the conditions Jiang Hang ran in those places, attempting to break his record. In short, they're exaggerating Jiang Hang's driving skills to an incredible degree.

This mentions something that even Takuzo Axe River seems to recall; there were indeed similar videos of police cars racing online a while ago.

So the person driving was Jiang Hang?

He was initially hesitant about how rich Jiang Hang could be, but after hearing that the other person's car was an 86, he immediately became confident.

What level of car is the 86?

Does this old, beat-up car even deserve to be compared to it?

Although I am still a little nervous about the possibility of schizophrenia.

But Takuzo Axe River knew even more clearly that if he and the Fue family really went bankrupt, his mental problems would probably be beyond saving.

As long as he could find the treasure, he felt that his mental problems were nothing at all.

So he continued to inquire about the treasure, wanting to know how far their research had progressed.

Hearing that Takuzo Axe River's attitude toward the treasure seemed to have become much more urgent, Conan knew that this guy was scared by Jiang Hang, but Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mouri shook their heads.

"We're still here trying to figure out what these four symbols mean, and it probably won't be a while before we find out."

At this point Takuzo Axe River was indeed getting anxious. Seeing the others staring blankly at the patterns, he gritted his teeth and said, "Speaking of which, I think I have something in my family that was left over from my grandfather's time. It looks like a codebook. I don't know if it's related to the secret treasure, but I'll still take it out and show it to you."

That coded diagram was actually the most crucial thing, and the secret that truly troubled his father his whole life, yet he was unable to figure it out.

It's called a cipher diagram, but it's actually just a chart of the 48 kana used in the old days. Compared to the modern 50 kana, it has some missing elements and the order is scrambled.

The table has numbers at the top and left as serial numbers, which are essentially coordinate axes.

"In other words, if the secret of these four patterns lies in this chart, then at least two numbers are needed to determine a pronunciation."

"With only four patterns, there are at most two pronunciations. Is this chart really related to the treasure?" Kogoro Mouri looked at the fake name chart in front of him, and had some doubts about it.

Takuzo Axe River couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Why is this guy named Kogoro Mouri so troublesome? Does he really have to say that this watch was given to him by his grandfather and then passed on to him by his father?

If it were really that easy to find, his father would have found the treasure decades ago; why would he have waited until today?

Judging from what Sonoko Suzuki just said, this guy seems to be a detective on par with Jiang Hang, which makes one really doubt how much of this so-called famous detective's reputation is genuine.

Takuzo Axe River didn't dare to lose his temper here. Sometimes he even wanted to pretend to be a schizophrenic so he wouldn't have to put up with these idiots.