Sonoko Suzuki's Melancholy

Forget it, let's leave these old objects, full of historical significance, to the Takuzo Axe River.

After exiting the cave, Jiang Hang quickly grabbed his tools and began to reconstruct the scene.

With the help of forgery technology, Jiang Hang had restored the cave entrance to look almost identical to before in just a short time.

"Although it certainly won't be as seamless as before, and we'll have to rely on your father's mark to find the room, this should be enough." With that, Jiang Hang clapped his hands after completing the final concealment, then glanced at the time.

"At this time, the grave-digging gang led by the Takuzo Axe River should have been arrested by the police who rushed over and taken to the police station. There shouldn't be anything else today. If there's nothing else, let's call it a day," Jiang Hang said, looking at Kaito Kid and Hijiri Fukujo.

Although I've only known Hijiri Fukujo for a short time.

However, Jiang Hang could already tell that this person, who was about the same age as him, had a personality that didn't have much self-thinking ability.

It's likely that his father instilled in him the classic strict fatherly education from childhood, stifling his imagination and making him rigidly follow his father's ideas to become the person his father expected him to be.

Fortunately, he does have a considerable talent for swordsmanship and also has a deep affection for the way of the sword, which is why he has been able to reach this level.

That's why the other party now respects him so much after losing to him so easily.

In short, for someone with this kind of personality, now that he has witnessed his father's long-sought treasure turn out to be a joke, he will probably feel extremely empty inside for a long time to come, and won't know what his life goals are.

If I start by getting to the other person's heart, and then help him deal with his father's affairs, and then help him improve his swordsmanship and enter a higher level of martial arts faster, I can basically win him over.

Of course, this will take some time, but Jiang Hang is willing to spend some time on a capable subordinate.

"So, you want to bring him into your Brotherhood too?" Miyano Shiho just glanced at Jiang Hang from the side and knew what the man was thinking.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Hijiri Fukujo initially came with the intention of seriously injuring, or even killing, Jiang Hang if necessary.

However, the other party's purpose was to uphold his father's beliefs, and neither his actions nor motives made Jiang Hang feel that there was anything despicable about them.

After defeating his opponent without any trouble, Jiang Hang even took him out to dinner. During the meal, he also inquired about Hijiri Fukujo's family situation.

Now they've brought him here to the treasure, so he can witness the truth of the treasure in its entirety.

This shows that Jiang Hang still thinks highly of the other party.

Moreover, Jiang Hang does not consider what the candidate has done before when hiring.

Jiang Hang had previously recruited Sakata Yusuke, a former police officer in Osaka who was seeking revenge against several people, and seemed to be planning to have him infiltrate the organization as an undercover agent.

Her situation was similar to that of her sister.

Miyano Shiho never felt that she and her sister were innocent.

In order to get her away from the organization, her sister robbed a bank of 1 billion yen, which later led to the deaths of her accomplices who had robbed the bank with her, at the hands of Gin and his gang.

That billion yen is still stored in Professor Agasa's research institute. Not only has the money not been touched, but the seals on it have never been broken.

She developed a poison that killed hundreds of people. If it weren't for the organization's attempt to harm her sister, she probably would have stayed in the organization and continued to produce poisons for them.

As Miyano Shiho pondered this, Jiang Hang nodded in agreement.

"After all, one of my purposes in coming to Japan was to rebuild the Japan Brotherhood. I've been here for half a year now, and the Brotherhood still only has a few of you members. Although they haven't really been pushing me to make progress, since we've found some suitable people, we should still try to recruit them."

Jiang Hang said casually, then waved to Kaito Kid was still staring blankly at Toichi Kuroba's "relic" not far away.

"Well, I found the thing you asked me to do in just one day. Now, I'll trouble you to help me find out about that high school detective in Hokkaido."

"If you're having trouble getting leave from Ekoda High School, I can help you erase all your absences for these past few days, how about that?"

Kaito Kid quickly waved his hand at Jiang Hang with a dark face. "Please don't reveal my identity while I'm wearing this outfit. It would be troublesome if someone overheard."

He put away the card his father had left him, then nodded to Jiang Hang: "Don't worry, I'm not one to break my promises. I'll go to the vicinity of Hokkaido tomorrow to help you search for that so-called 'high school detective'."

Anyway, Jiang Hang said from the beginning that if he helped him with his work, Jiang Hang would reimburse all his expenses.

Now that Jiang Hang is handling things at school for him, what can he say? He can take this opportunity to spend more money on Jiang Hang and vent his frustration.

However, he still has one problem.

"But where did you get that photo of the 'Star Prism Blade' in your hand?"

He did keep an eye on Sonoko Suzuki's progress today and knew that they had spent most of the day collecting clues about the other six Star Prism Blades. It's possible that, apart from Conan, Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mouri had almost forgotten about the real Star Prism Blade that Jiang Hang had given them last night.

He hadn't really thought it through at first.

I think the two sides just had some disagreements about finding the right direction.

However, a sufficiently detailed piece of information had already appeared on those six Star Prism Blades.

The Hokkaido Nikko Shrine was built when Goryokaku constructed to suppress the demon gate, and was later destroyed in the Hakodate War and relocated to another location.

"If I'm not mistaken, those six Star Prism Blade should ultimately point to the Star Prism Blade -Star Prism Blade you got last night, and then the location of the secret treasure will be found by looking at the photo of the Saburo Axe River from back then."

At this point, Kaito Kid's gaze towards Jiang Hang couldn't help but carry a hint of suspicion.

"But my father must have discovered the location of this treasure ten years ago and taken the Star Prism Blade, right? Why is it in your hands now?"

Looking at Kaito Kid's appearance, it seems he is already suspecting whether his father was also involved with the Pioneer Foundation behind Jiang Hang.

In fact, Jiang Hang himself didn't care about revealing the truth.

However, if his own employee insists on using this method to train his still immature son, then he shouldn't interfere in other people's family affairs.

Upon hearing Kaito Kid's suspicions, Jiang Hang simply spread his hands.

"Because the location of that Star Prism Blade is not a secret at all."

As he said this, he pointed to Miyano Shiho beside him. "Shiho, you've seen it in real life too, but I don't know if you still remember it."

Miyano Shiho was stunned for a moment, unsure whether she had actually seen that thing before, or if Jiang Hang was just telling her to cover it up.

But as soon as Jiang Hang uttered his next sentence, Miyano Shiho knew what he was referring to.

"Not only you, Conan, Professor Agasa, Ran... and even those peripheral members of the Black Organization who followed you back then should have all seen that Star Prism Blade."

Miyano Shiho blurted out, "You mean Kudo's house?"

Jiang Hang reminded her, and she vaguely remembered.

It seems that there is indeed a uniquely shaped samurai sword placed in the entrance hall of the Kudo family's house.

However, since she was investigating Shinichi Kudo's fate with the members of the Black Organization, she was looking for any trace of Shinichi Kudo being alive or returning home, so she naturally wouldn't remember the samurai sword that was just used as decoration.

Let's not talk about her anymore.

Kaito Kid was also stunned.

The samurai sword that his father found back then is now in the Kudo family's house?

So, his father gave the Star Prism Blade that he had stolen back then to his uncle whom he had never met?

"Yes, I was also gathering information last night when I remembered that I seemed to have seen this knife somewhere before."

"Then I thought about it and remembered that it was at the Kudo family's door. I even called Yusaku Kudo to ask him about it. I found out that the knife was a gift from his brother when he won the mystery novel award. Then he sent me information about the Star Prism Blade."

As for what Jiang Hang is saying now, Kaito Kid will definitely not be able to find any loopholes. After all, after learning about the Star Prism Blade from Toichi Kuroba had already come up with an explanation for him.

All Jiang Hang did was fabricate a cross-border phone call with Yusaku Kudo on his phone.

Trust him, even the staff at the telecom operator would never be able to find out that the phone number doesn't actually exist.

As for Yusaku Kudo, he most likely knows that Toichi Kuroba is still alive, and the tacit understanding between the brothers certainly won't be revealed.

"Conan probably didn't realize it yesterday, but with his brain, he should have remembered it by now. That's why he didn't put much effort into this treasure hunt and probably treated it as just a normal entertainment activity."

Jiang Hang said this, then patted Kaito Kid on the shoulder. "After we're done with this and back in Tokyo, I'll take you to see what the Star Prism Blade looks like now. If you want to take it, I can help you contact Yusaku Kudo. I believe he still has some affection for you, his nephew."

Kaito Kid's lips twitched slightly.

I already told you not to say things like that when he's wearing that phantom thief outfit.

However, he still wanted to thank Jiang Hang.

If Jiang Hang hadn't informed him, he probably would have taken a much longer detour to find this treasure on his own.

After inquiring about information from the Hokkaido detective, Kaito Kid left with a similarly complicated expression.

Jiang Hang wasn't in a hurry to investigate Takuzo Axe River's current situation.

Given the current situation of the Fue family, Takuzo Axe River certainly won't be able to be released on bail so quickly.

After going to the observation deck of Mount Hakodate with the Miyano Shiho sisters, and enjoying the view for a while, Miyano Shiho herself suggested that Jiang Hang continue with his work.

To be honest, after learning what the Tokie family's treasure was, Miyano Shiho was actually looking forward to seeing Takuzo Axe River suffer a setback.

Despite Jiang Hang's vengeful nature, she's actually not a very magnanimous person.

"If you want to know, I'll make a call and ask," Jiang Hang said, seeing that Miyano Shiho was also quite concerned about the matter. He took out his phone and made a call to Inspector Megure.

After the call connected, Inspector Megure explained the situation in just a few words.

"I informed the police in Hakodate about what you discovered. I heard that they just dispatched a whole division of officers and brought more than ten people who were digging graves, including Takuzo Axe River, back to the police station. They should be interrogating them now."

At this point, Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask how Jiang Hang knew that these people were going to dig up the grave at this time.

Jiang Hang briefly explained the situation, but did not mention that they had already discovered the location of the hidden treasure.

"What decent person would bury their treasure in a cemetery? That Takuzo Axe River deserved it. But I heard the Fujie family has some influence, so he probably won't be in the police station for long." Inspector Megure remarked, reminding Jiang Hang that this was Hakodate and he couldn't offer much help.

After all, he is a police officer from Tokyo, and his main purpose in coming here was to assist the police officers in Hokkaido in dealing with the warning letter received by the Governor of Hokkaido.

"The Fue family is now just a name, so let the police in Hakodate handle it normally. Takuzo Axe River should be able to cause a lot of trouble later, so just wait and see," Jiang Hang asked briefly before inquiring about the railway inspection.

"Brother Jiang Hang, your eagle has indeed helped us a lot. Now we've basically sent people to guard all the potentially dangerous places along the way, so there shouldn't be any accidents tomorrow. Just come and participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony!"

Inspector Megure thanked Jiang Hang over the phone, assuring him that he could rest assured.

Chapter 572: Sonoko Suzuki's Melancholy

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Hang's previously relaxed expression turned quite serious.

What Inspector Megure said was already being seen as a flag in Jiang Hang.

As everyone knows, few people who open champagne too early in the world of Detective Conan end up with good results.

Although it might tire Altair out a bit, let Altair make another run tonight.

In addition, he also needs to search for relevant information and intelligence online tonight to screen information on people who might send threatening letters to Governor Asakura.

After all, there had been no response from his task list. He had only given Takuzo Axe River a regular four-star quest for the treasure, indicating that Takuzo Axe River and Hijiri Fukujo would be willing to kill multiple people for the treasure and would cause some commotion.

Of course, thanks to Jiang Hang's early intervention, this case, which seemed poised to cause quite a stir, was easily resolved by Jiang Hang.

However, Jiang Hang is already quite satisfied with the reward since he is going to receive the full amount.

What caught his attention was that after he contacted Inspector Megure and asked about the police investigation results, the information about this request was refreshed in his mental request panel—a five-star request that he had been waiting for for a long time.

Although Jiang Hang had already anticipated this before coming, after all, it was the highest-ranking official in the region who invited him, a famous detective already shrouded in the "halo of a famous detective," to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and he had also received a threatening letter beforehand.

Knowing this, Jiang Hang began to treat this incident as a four-star or higher commission.

At the same time, he was also waiting for the five-star commission required by the level five agency that had been holding him back for more than half a month.

I just didn't expect that when the commission finally refreshed, it was indeed a bright five-star commission.

In other words, this is at least a major case that would be worthy of being featured in Conan movie.

Although we don't yet know why the murderer harbored such malice towards Governor Asakura, his means of revenge were certainly aimed at killing a large number of people.

If he had listened to Inspector Megure so readily, he might have ended up sitting on a train tomorrow and been blown up by a bomb the criminals had prepared in advance.

But given his current physical condition, ordinary bombs might not be able to kill him.

But the other ordinary people on the bus don't have this kind of constitution.

As the inaugural ceremony for the new tram line, in addition to Governor Asakura, the top figure in Hokkaido, there will certainly be mayors and secretaries from all over Hokkaido on board.

There were also a large number of tourists and pedestrians who came to join in the fun.

If the prisoner were to achieve his goal, it would cause at least hundreds of casualties.

Since receiving the five-star commission and working backward to figure out what kind of commotion the prisoner wanted to cause, Jiang Hang has been fully prepared for tomorrow's events.

Compared to them, Takuzo Axe River's side was indeed just a nobody who posed no real threat.

Miyano Shiho noticed Jiang Hang's change in expression. She thought it was about the Takuzo Axe River's situation, so she asked if something had happened to the Takuzo Axe River.

"No, the Onoe Family's Requiem is already prepared by themselves, they're just waiting for it to come to them," Jiang Hang paused for a moment, and then recounted what he had talked about with Inspector Megure that morning.

Miyano Shiho naturally knew that the main reason they came to Hokkaido this time was because they had been invited by the Governor of Hokkaido, and then Jiang Hang himself wanted to find someone in Hokkaido.

She had heard Jiang Hang mention this morning that he had met with Inspector Megure for morning tea, and she also knew that Jiang Hang had lent Inspector Megure his incredibly intelligent eagle to help him.

It was precisely because Altair was not there that Jiang Hang needed to find someone to borrow a hot air balloon to come over.