Stay away from Conan.

"Well... Mr. Akechi, since you also know the current status of this karuta of the Satsuki Association, you should also know that, for now, the only way to see this karuta is in the finals of the Satsuki Association competition, right?"

  Faced with Gao Yuan's proposal, Ooka Hongye was a little embarrassed. After all, it was easy to help Gao Yuan make an appointment with Mr. Achiha, but it might be difficult to take out the ode card. Therefore, Ooka Hongye did not dare to guarantee that it would succeed, so he could only say for the sake of insurance:

"I'll try to talk to President Achiba and see if he agrees..."

"Do not."

But Gao Yuan shook his head at this. He didn't want Ooka Momiji to say that he would try to ask Mr. Achiha to look at the karuta.

In Gao Yuan's heart, he couldn't help but ponder this matter silently -

If Achiha knew that his detective wanted to see that deck of cards, I'm afraid he would be even more crazy than in the original work and want to get rid of that deck of cards!

And the key point is that what Achiha did in the original work to destroy the karuta was simply too crazy.

First he blew up the TV station, and in the end he even blew up the final venue of the Satsuki-kai, and also wanted to kill all the contestants in the final. Gao Yuan actually felt that Mr. Achiha was completely unreasonable.

Therefore, I can't tell Mr. Achiha about this so directly, I can only be tactful -

"My idea is that I want to see that deck of karuta without Achiha-san knowing."

Gao Yuan explained.

"Huh? This..."

Faced with such a request, Ooka Hongye did not doubt Gao Yuan's purpose. After all, due to her understanding of Gao Yuan and the fact that he was able to analyze the clues about the possible truth of her teacher's disappearance based on news reports and a photo, Ooka Hongye guessed that Gao Yuan made such a request and the reason behind it must be related to finding out the truth.

but……

  In this regard, Ooka Hongye thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't think of a solution and said:

"This... Mr. Akechi, I'm afraid there's really no way. Because last year's champion, Mr. Yajima, persuaded President Achiba to strengthen security, and to access the karuta, you must have President Achiba's authorization. So..."

Because of process issues, this is something that cannot be circumvented, so Ooka Hongye has no way to deal with it.

  Regarding this matter, Gao Yuan further said:

"I roughly guessed this. So, my idea is actually to hope that there is a normal way to see the karuta, so that I can appear there normally and meet with President Achiba at the same time."

"Ok?"

So, listening to Gao Yuan's words, Ooka Hongye was a little confused and asked:

"What...is there any difference?"

"I think……"

  As for this, Iori Muga, who was standing by, had a guess. Before Gao Yuan could explain further, he began to explain to Ooka Hongye:

"Mr. Akechi's meaning should be that in a situation where President Achiha is bound to take out the ka cards, Miss Momiji should find a way to introduce Mr. Akechi to President Achiha, right?" At this moment, although Iori Muga was not clear about the purpose behind what Gao Yuan did, he could basically imagine that perhaps the abrupt request to see the ka cards might very likely alert the enemy, so in order to avoid this situation, it must be done in a situation where the ka cards were supposed to appear.

  So, hearing this, Ooka Hongye reacted quickly and said directly to Gao Yuan:

"If that's the case, there's only one chance, and that's on the final day of the Gaoyuekai competition..."

But having said this, Ooka Momiji stopped thinking about continuing. After all, it would take a long time to wait until the day of this year's finals, and Mr. Akechi obviously couldn't wait that long.

  In response to this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say:

"So, we have to create another opportunity like this... By the way, speaking of the missing karuta last year, it was last year's champion who suggested to Mr. Achiba that security be strengthened, right? Could Mr. Yajima, the champion, introduce me to him?"

……

"Just now, Officer Otaki sent me a message. After the police from the three places shared the case information, they have basically been able to confirm the identities of the five deceased in the 'Genji Hotaru' group."

On the other side, after Conan and Hattori Heiji successfully connected the events in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and successfully facilitated the cooperation among the police in the three places, it didn't take long for the investigation into the incident to make new progress.

So, while strolling around Kyoto, thinking that the members of "Genji Hotaru" all called each other by the names of Yoshitsune's retainers, and thinking that the group must admire Yoshitsune very much, I tried to visit places related to Yoshitsune in this ancient city of Kyoto to see if any ideas would come up.

As a result, not long after he started walking around, Hattori Heiji received a message from Officer Otaki.

So Conan couldn't help but urge Hattori Heiji to keep the secret, so Hattori Heiji informed Conan of his latest discovery:

"According to the Tokyo police, the leader of 'Genji Hotaru' is Yoshitsune, and under him are eight members in total, including Benkei and Ise Saburo. Now, in addition to these three leaders, the five people who were killed are the remaining members of 'Genji Hotaru'. In other words..."

"Yostune, the leader, and Benkei and Ise Saburo, who were ranked second, have not been found dead yet. The five people who have been killed are the five people with lower status in the thieves' group."

  Conan murmured and analyzed:

"This death situation... is it a purge of members within 'Genji Hotaru', or..."

"I don't know. According to the information we have confirmed so far, the murderer should be proficient in kendo and archery, but we have not yet obtained any reliable information about Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Ise Saburo. We cannot confirm whether the murderer is one of the three based on the murderer's killing method."

  Hattori Heiji also said helplessly:

"In short, there has been some progress, and it is estimated that the police in the three places will hold a press conference soon to disclose some relevant case details, hoping to deter the murderer and prevent the public from making random suspicions."

"But this doesn't make any sense to us. Judging from the deceased's current status within 'Genji Hotaru', I think it's very likely that the culprit is one of the remaining three people, Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Ise Saburo. But, for what reason did they have to kill the other people in the group, and what was their purpose? Obviously... 'Genji Hotaru' hasn't had any new cases in recent years..."

Conan analyzed.

"So, could it be that 'Genji Hotaru' has committed another crime recently, which led to a conflict?"

Hattori Heiji thought:

"Anyway, let's investigate... Shortly before the incident, there were related thefts in three places..." (End of this chapter)