Stay away from Conan.

"The other three members of 'Genji Hotaru'?"

Listening to what Kudo Shinichi said, even before he expressed his so-called guess, this information alone was enough to make Xiaolan and others very confused.

Therefore, Inukai Genichi gave an explanation for this in due time:
"'Genji Hotaru' is a gang of thieves that mainly operates in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and other places, and repeatedly steals famous Buddhist statues and works of art. They call each other by the names of Yoshitsune's retainers, and they all have the same Yoshitsune Ki. According to the information we have so far, the thieves' group, including the leader Yoshitsune, has a total of eight people. So..."

"So after five people were killed, there were only three people left in this gang of thieves..."

Xiaolan said in disbelief. After all, more than half of the members of a gang were killed, which was no trivial matter.

"Yes, the only three members of 'Genji Hotaru' left, and the ones the police have no clue about, are the leader Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Ise Saburo."

Inukai Genichi continued.

As for this, the children who were listening to everyone's conversation seemed very confused by this information.

"Yoshitsune, Benkei? I seem to have heard these names somewhere..."

Yuan Tai was a little surprised, as if he was wondering if he knew these people, so he said this.

Therefore, Mitsuhiko could not help but explain:
"Of course you've heard of him, Yuantai! He's a historical figure mentioned in books!"

As he said this, Mitsuhiko began to explain the history to Yuantai.

Of course, Xiaolan and the others let the children talk as they pleased. However, Xiaolan was somewhat puzzled by Inukai Genichi's disclosure of this information:
"Can you tell us this information?"

After all, this incident is still under investigation, and Xiaolan is a little worried that it might not be convenient to disclose this kind of relevant information to everyone.

But regarding this, Inukai Genichi shook his head and explained:

"It doesn't matter. This is a case involving Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, and the impact is extremely serious, so the Metropolitan Police Department will hold a press conference to announce this information soon to avoid causing unnecessary panic among the public."

So, after saying this, Inukai Genichi looked towards Kudo Shinichi, because these pieces of information were the conclusions reached after exchanging information with the Metropolitan Police Department today. Therefore, Kudo Shinichi, who is active in Tokyo and has a good relationship with the Metropolitan Police Department, must know more, so he must have some guesses about these things.

Therefore, Inukai Genichi was looking forward to hearing what this high school detective could say that would go beyond the existing information.

After everyone had basically understood the news that there were only three people left in the "Genji Hotaru", Kudo Shinichi began to explain:

"Regarding the serial murders of members of 'Genji Hotaru', being able to travel back and forth between three places and kill five members in one night... there are only two possibilities for being able to do this -

"First, a criminal went back and forth to three places in one night to commit crimes. Judging from the time of the three incidents, this basically fits the situation of time difference in the crime. In addition, the level of kendo and archery shown by the murderer in the three incidents also shows that the murderer is a master who is proficient in these.

“The second is that the three incidents in the three places were committed by different people, but they all had similar levels of kendo and the like.

"But no matter which point it is, one thing is almost certain, that is, to be able to commit such a crime, the murderer must have known the internal information of 'Genji Hotaru', and may be a member of 'Genji Hotaru'. This is very likely."

As Kudo Shinichi said this, Inukai Genichi couldn't help but ask: "So, you think... the murderer is among the remaining members of 'Genji Hotaru', Yoshitsune, Benkei, etc.? Or, all three of them?" "Yes, this is also the conclusion that Hattori Heiji and I came to."

Kudo Shinichi nodded and said, he was also somewhat moved when talking about Hattori Heiji, and then after a slight pause, Kudo Shinichi continued:
"But that was all at that time, and there were no more clues... However, until I learned about the theft of the Sannoji Buddha statue and the kidnapping of Kazuha and the others, I realized something... Maybe I have a suspect for the mysterious Yoshitsune and the other three."

Hearing this, Inukai Genichi, Xiaolan, Sonoko and others couldn't help but prick up their ears. They didn't expect Kudo Shinichi to say something shocking all of a sudden, as if he had already locked on the suspect -

"what?"

Inukai Genichi said with some disbelief.

"If the theft of the Buddha statue was committed by 'Genji Hotaru', but the ornament on the stolen Buddha statue, which should be called 'white hair', was picked up by Hattori Heiji at the time, then now 'Genji Hotaru' kidnapped Kazuha and threatened Hattori in order to get the white hair back... This whole thing seems to make sense, but...

"But there is one thing that is unreasonable!"

After a rough analysis, Kudo Shinichi then changed the subject and pointed out the problem:
"The time when Kazuha was kidnapped! There's no reason why 'Genji Hotaru' would know Kazuha's whereabouts today. Even if 'Genji Hotaru' knew the whereabouts of the White Hair because of Hattori's interview, it only let them know who had the White Hair. In order to get the White Hair back, why did they wait until now? You know, that report has been released for a long time, and Hattori Heiji has also traveled to Kyoto several times since then, but nothing happened. Why did something go wrong this time?"

"So, what you mean is..."

Listening to Kudo Shinichi's words, Inukai Genichi felt that it made sense, so he was very anxious to know what would happen next.

Xiaolan couldn't help but say to Yuanzi:
"Yes... Kazuha said that every time Hattori came to Kyoto, he would bring that... thing called Baihao, but after so long, no one has ever tried to take that thing away from Hattori Heiji, so why..."

"It's that letter!"

In response, Kudo Shinichi suddenly reminded.

"That letter..."

Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, but Sonoko realized it immediately and said in surprise:
"Yes! That's the letter! The one sent to Sannoji Temple, the one that said that if you decipher the code, you can find the lost Buddha statue! Didn't we just happen to encounter the situation where Master Ryuen received that letter?"

"Ah! Yes!"

Xiaolan reacted.

"If the sender is 'Genji Hotaru', since there is no postmark on the letter, it was not delivered by the post office, so it can only be that a member of their group personally delivered the letter nearby at the time, so..."

Sonoko analyzed it.

"We...or rather, He Ye, were seen by them!"

Xiaolan said in great fear... (End of this chapter)