"On Mount Kurama too?"
The search results made Heiji Hattori's brows knit at once.
The last time they had been attacked was at Kurama Temple on Mount Kurama. Though Gyokuryu Temple and Kurama Temple lay in different directions, if they were both on the same mountain...
"That could explain why the first three victims showed up in that kind of place in the middle of the night." Conan rubbed his chin. "As long as the killer told them he'd found a clue, it wouldn't be hard to lure them up the mountain."
The two detectives could infer even more questions without discussing them.
Why was the attacker so familiar with Mount Kurama's forests that he could escape so quickly?
And how had he tracked them down and singled out Heiji Hattori?
Basic logic dictated that someone trying to hide something was unlikely to stash it somewhere completely beyond his control.
This Gyokuryu Temple had some connection to Genji Firefly.
"Should we go straight to Gyokuryu Temple?" Heiji Hattori pondered as he looked at the stone monument before them. "Mount Kurama is pretty far away. If it's just the few of us, it might not be safe..."
They had already guessed the connection between Gyokuryu Temple and Genji Firefly. If they went knocking on its door now, how was that any different from delivering themselves on a platter?
"But for now, we can't casually share this clue either." Conan shook his head.
Share it with whom? The killer was somewhere between Saijo Taiga and Monk Ryuen. Telling anyone else was no different from telling the killer the answer directly.
Informing the police would be even less reliable.
Unless Heiji Hattori called his father right now, swallowed his pride, and had a group brought over from Osaka. Expecting them to trust the