Taiko Hideyoshi, also known as the famous "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" from Japan's Warring States period. Born into poverty, he struggled for decades before nearly unifying Japan, making him a true hero of his age.
However, compared with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's achievements, some people were actually more interested in another legend surrounding this influential figure.
—Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Treasure.
A hero was still human. Toyotomi Hideyoshi loved wealth and women during his lifetime. Legend had it that after amassing immense riches, he buried hundreds of tons of gold and silver somewhere. Though it was not as famous as the Tokugawa Treasure, it had still drawn countless people who tirelessly searched for it.
Among them was the deceased organization member, Murano Takeo.
And the mysterious person impersonating Murano Takeo had taken advantage of this, fooling several others who also wanted to find Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Treasure into joining a tour group.
The group members were all fans of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so their tour had started in Nagoya, where Toyotomi Hideyoshi had first risen to prominence, then wound through Kyoto before finally arriving in Osaka.
By the time Vodka uncovered the situation, that group had already set off. Judging by the timing, they should have reached the outskirts of Osaka by now.
More often than not, the task of "finding people" was not as easy as it sounded, especially when the targets were a group constantly on the move.
What made it even more troublesome was that these people were ordinary folks who rarely went online. After setting out on their trip, none of their computer accounts had logged in again. They seemed to be enjoying this historical tour, and they barely used their phones either. Moreover, several of them clearly had far from simple identities and had also employed some anti-tracking measures.
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