Stay away from Conan.

In response to Sakura Shozo's question, Ryuen simply smiled and said:

"Ah... Well, there was something going on at the temple, so after hearing that Ran's father was the famous detective Maori Kogoro, I decided to ask a few questions... But since Maori-san can't come, it doesn't matter. Don't worry about it, Ran."

So, after hearing what Ryuen said, Sakura Shozo was shocked, turned to look at Xiaolan, and said in surprise:
"Mouri Kogoro? Is he the famous 'Sleeping Kogoro'? Is this his daughter?"

"Yes."

Ryuen nodded and said so, then asked the figure who seemed to be Hattori Heiji who just walked through the door, and asked:
"By the way, Ms. Xiaolan, the person who just spoke to you... was Mr. Hattori Heiji, right?"

"um, yes."

Xiaolan was paying attention to the other party with surprise and naturalness, thinking that the other party might be the key leader who kidnapped Kazuha and the others. When she heard Ryuen's question, she continued to answer politely.

"Then...why don't you invite Mr. Hattori in for a seat?"

Speaking of this, Sakura Masao couldn't help but suggest this.

Then Saijo Taiga also continued his words:
"Yes, we were just talking about the case of 'Genji Hotaru'. I hope to hear the famous detective's reasoning about this case... Oh, by the way, do you know 'Genji Hotaru'?"

"Ah, I've heard of it. Didn't the police from Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto hold a press conference today? Because I was visiting Kyoto, my dad even took special care of me!"

Because this was a premeditated "encounter", Xiaolan had already discussed what to say at this moment with Kudo Shinichi and others, to ensure that Xiaolan would not be exposed by Sakura Masao and others because of saying the wrong thing.

Therefore, due to this topic, Ryuen smiled and said with a relaxed look:

"Haha, your father is worrying too much. Didn't we say that at the press conference? The victims were all members of 'Genji Hotaru', and it won't harm anyone else."

Hearing this, Xiaolan's expression couldn't help but become a little melancholy and worried, with her head slightly lowered. At the same time, Yuanzi next to her also showed the same somewhat sad emotion.

Such a change naturally attracted the attention of Ryuuen and the others. After Ryuuen mentioned that Xiaolan and the others were worrying about nothing, such a reaction seemed wrong no matter how they thought about it.

Therefore, Long Yuan couldn't help but ask:
"What happened?"

As he said this, the other three people on the side seemed to be paying close attention.

In response, Xiaolan looked at their expressions and said with some sadness:

"actually……"

Slowly, Xiaolan told everyone about how they were kidnapped in broad daylight, and she also shared with everyone present the conclusion that it was most likely done by "Genji Hotaru", and Hattori Heiji's conclusion.

Therefore, after hearing this, Ryuen and the others were extremely shocked and angry—

"That's unreasonable!"

Ryuen said angrily.

"How could such a thing happen in Kyoto?"

With a serious expression, Mizuo Harutarou said in disbelief.

"Did you call the police? What did the police say?"

Saijo Taiga asked.

"Is it that Hattori Heiji who said that this kidnapping might be related to 'Genji Hotaru'?"

Sakura Masao asked this at last. So, after listening to Sakura Masao's final question, Xiaolan and Sonoko looked at each other, and then Xiaolan couldn't help but say:

"Yes. As for the specific reason..."

Having said that, Xiaolan couldn't help but look at Ryuuen.

This action immediately caused Sakura Shozo and others to look towards Ryuen.

This made Long Yuan look very puzzled. He pointed at himself, turned his head in confusion, and asked:
"me……"

After thinking for a while, Long Yuan seemed to have figured something out and said:
"Is it because of... that commission?"

Xiaolan nodded in response, but this made Ryuuen even angrier -

"Damn 'Genji Hotaru'!"

"Eh? What's going on? Why did you also say 'Genji Hotaru'?"

Sakura Shozo couldn't help but ask.

In response to this, Long Yuan shook his head helplessly, thinking about the Buddha statue, and finally sighed, raised the wine glass on the table and drank it all, as if he still didn't want to tell others casually-

"Ms. Xiaolan, if the police want to ask me anything, they can always come to me. Damn 'Genji Hotaru'!"

Long Yuan said this, but in the end he still didn't dare to tell anyone about the theft of the Buddha statue, but he was willing to cooperate with the police's investigation.

Just like that, as the topic really returned to "Genji Hotaru", the female shopkeeper of "Sakura House" who was entertaining everyone couldn't help but say:

"I heard that 'Genji Hotaru' is a gang of thieves, right? And each of their members has a copy of 'Gishingki' in their hands, right?"

"Yes. In fact, I have a copy of that one too! It's a really good book!"

Sakura Shozo couldn't help but say this when he mentioned this, and then asked Nishijo Taiga:
"Right, a seller of used books."

So, looking at Sakura Masazo's reaction, Nishijo Taiga frowned slightly, but soon said normally:

"Yeah. But... I don't really like that book. Although the title is 'Yoshitsune Ki', it's actually 'Benzei Ki' which describes Benkei!"

"I like it very much."

As this topic came up, Mizuo Harutarou also said:

"Especially Benkei from Ataka, he's the best."

——"Ataka no Benkei... That's the title of a Noh play... It sounds like something the young master of Noh's Mizuo no Nakadashi would say..."

At the same time, in this private room, when Xiaolan and others were talking with Sakura Masazō and others, Kudo Shinichi, disguised as Hattori Heiji, was in another private room next door, eavesdropping on the movements here through the bug on Xiaolan. Kudo Shinichi was more familiar with Sakura Masazō and the other three than Xiaolan and others.

Therefore, Kudo Shinichi, who had already suspected whether the three of them were the remaining three of "Genji Hotaru", became more aware after listening to their conversation. In particular, the suspicion that Sakura Masazo was a member of "Genji Hotaru" had greatly increased, and his words seemed to be fearless. On the contrary, Kudo Shinichi was a little unsure about Saijo Taikawa and Mizuo Harutaro, who said that they did not like "Gikageki" and liked "Gikageki" because of Noh drama.

But considering Mizuo Harutarou's age, Kudo Shinichi felt that he was the least likely person to be related to "Genji Hotaru", and Sakura Masazō...

It depends on whether Xiaolan and the others can find out whether his right shoulder is injured...

So, just as Kudo Shinichi was thinking this, on Xiaolan's side, after Mizuo Harutarou roughly told the story of Benkei of Ataka, Sakura Masao couldn't help but interrupt with a topic that seemed very interested in the story... (End of this chapter)