Stay away from Conan.

Now that we have determined the positions of the five dead in the three places in the "Genji Hotaru" theft group, and we know that the three core members of the group have not yet discovered their whereabouts, it makes sense that the three incidents occurred on the same day, and that the first case in Tokyo was an ambush by the murderer while the three dead were in a shrine at night.

In this situation, Conan and Hattori Heiji felt more and more that this incident was planned by someone in their group, and that it was only possible to do it by inviting them all together -

After all, the three deceased persons in Tokyo did not have much overlap in their identities to the outside world, and it was almost impossible for outsiders to make them meet together in a remote shrine on the same night.

and……

Killing five members of the "Genji Hotaru" in one night, the only remaining members of the entire "Genji Hotaru" organization were reduced to three at most. Such a situation...

If it was what the insiders said, this is more like...

"Quiet..."

Conan had a serious expression. After analyzing the clues he had at hand, he came to a conclusion that the most likely scenario was that one of the three upper echelons of "Genji Hotaru" was preparing to eliminate everyone.

"Genji Hotaru hadn't committed any crimes in several years, and someone suddenly murdered most of the members of the group. It really seemed like they were trying to silence them."

Hattori Heiji also confirmed Conan's idea after hearing this:

"Perhaps... maybe they committed another crime recently and got some rare treasure. As a result, someone wanted to keep it for himself, so he silenced the others."

"But it's also possible that someone among Yoshitsune, Benkei, or Ise Saburo had something serious happen recently, and in order to prevent others from revealing his identity as 'Genji Hotaru', he simply killed everyone else who knew his identity. Speaking of which, the parliamentary election is coming soon, right?"

Conan casually mentioned another possibility, then shook his head and said uncertainly:

"In short, we still have too few clues. Even if we can basically pin the suspects on the other three members of 'Genji Hotaru', we cannot rule out the possibility that others committed the crime. Moreover, you mentioned a rare treasure...

"'Genji Hotaru' has stolen many precious treasures before, but they have been living in peace for so many years. What kind of treasure could have motivated one of them to travel to three places and kill five people in one night? And if they want to keep it all for themselves, there are still two people left, right?"

"That makes sense."

Hattori Heiji couldn't deny Conan's analysis:

"If we talk about the rare treasures recently, it seems to be the 'Memory Easter Egg' from before, right? And we don't know who burned down the castle of Miss Kosaka's family... Oh? Do you think it will happen..."

For a moment, Hattori Heiji seemed to be thinking about the two incidents together.

But Conan's attitude towards this remains:

"It's hard to say. There are too few clues. Based on the identities of the members of 'Genji Hotaru', there seems to be no better direction for investigation. I'm afraid we have to think of other ideas..."

Based on the identities of the deceased, it was discovered that the five deceased were all members of "Genji Hotaru", and their status in the thief organization was also confirmed, which facilitated cooperation among the police in the three locations. This is indeed a great progress in the investigation of this incident.

However, apart from this, it is difficult to find new ideas for the clues of "Genji Hotaru". Before the other three members of "Genji Hotaru" can be found, this investigation seems to have come to an end for Conan and Hattori Heiji. Before other new clues appear, will Conan and Hattori Heiji find the other three members of "Genji Hotaru" without any clues? Therefore, after careful consideration, Conan has realized that it is not realistic for him and Hattori Heiji to do this for the time being.

After all, there is no clue as to where the other three are hiding or what their external identities are. Even if we can now identify them as suspects with a high probability, it doesn't make much sense at the moment because we have no idea how to find them.

"So, how do you think we should continue the investigation?"

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask.

Conan thought about this, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but said with a smile:

"By the way...you still want to find your first love!"

For a moment, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect Conan to bring up this matter -

"Rather than investigating the three members of 'Genji Hotaru' who are not sure if they are in Kyoto now, it would be better for us who are in Kyoto to investigate and confirm what happened in Kyoto... Don't you think?"

Conan couldn't help but smile and said to Hattori Heiji...

……

"Sannoji? Is this where you met your first love?"

When Conan brought up the issue of Hattori Heiji's first love again, Hattori Heiji, who really had no better direction to investigate the "Genji Hotaru" incident, had no choice but to bring Conan to Sannoji Temple, in an attempt to find out about the first love that Hattori Heiji mentioned.

Conan is very concerned about this.

After all, Conan really wants to meet the girl who made Hattori Heiji remember it for eight years and even published the matter in a news magazine. She is a girl that Hattori Heiji had only met once.

So, after arriving at Sannoji Temple, Conan looked around the temple's layout and asked.

In this regard, Hattori Heiji can be said to miss looking at the structure of this temple, especially the cherry tree in the temple, and recalling that he saw the girl in a kimono playing with a ball under the cherry tree with falling cherry blossoms. That scene -

"Although it was just a glance, and that scene was like a dream, it was indeed real. I always had a premonition that sooner or later I would meet her again, so after I drew that fortune at the Osaka Shrine, I kept thinking about it..."

Looking at the cherry tree, Hattori Heiji suddenly felt nostalgic, which made Conan unable to help but laugh with his shoulders heaving and his hands covering his mouth, which made Hattori Heiji roll his eyes in frustration.

But at this moment, Conan and Hattori Heiji keenly felt that they were being watched, so they both looked in one direction.

In the courtyard of this temple, two monks in black robes were chatting with three guests who were obviously not from the temple. At this time, one of the monks seemed to have seen Hattori Heiji and came up to greet them with a smile... (End of this chapter)