Stay away from Conan.

The so-called interpretation of the secret code, the location of the Buddha statue, and the murderer's purpose from beginning to end, etc., for Gao Yuan, are just stories whose standard answers he has already seen.

However, after Gao Yuan really participated in this incident as an eyewitness, he vaguely discovered that there seemed to be some problems in this matter that deserved further investigation -

That is the abbot of Shanneng Temple...

Since Yoshitsune, the leader of the "Genji Hotaru" gang that stole the Buddha statue, was the original abbot of Gyokuryuji Temple and also the abbot of a temple in Kyoto, did the abbot of Sannoji Temple really know nothing about the truth behind the theft of the Buddha statue?

Moreover, "Genji Hotaru" stole the Buddha statue and did not sell it for eight years. As a stolen item, even if the white hair was lost, it seems that there is no problem in selling it through special channels. If that doesn't work, just make a fake one and put it on. There is no need to keep it for so long.

So, are there any connections between the abbot of Sannoji Temple's attitude towards the theft of the Buddha statue, saying "we will see each other again if we are destined to do so", and the fact that Yoshitsune deliberately stole the Buddha statue and did not try to sell it?
Regarding this point, Gao Yuan could only say that he had a vague guess in this regard, but the truth might be that he was overthinking it, so it would be inconvenient for him to tell you more about the relevant guesses. He would wait until he actually got in touch with the abbot first.

However, compared to what Gao Yuan was thinking about now, the mention of the abbot reminded Kazuha of the time when he met Ms. Chika Suzu at Sannoji Temple. So naturally, since Kazuha still cared a lot about Hattori Heiji's first love, after hearing Gao Yuan mention the abbot, Kazuha lowered her head slightly, as if thinking about something, and couldn't help but say:

"Hmm... maybe the abbot knows something..."

After all, that was Hattori Heiji's first love that he met in that temple, and Miss Chiga Ling, who now seems to be Hattori Heiji's first love, knows the abbot, so the abbot might know something.

And so, after hearing what Kazuha said, Ai and Ran, who knew that Kazuha cared about Hattori Heiji's first love, couldn't help but look at Kazuha, and even Kudo Shinichi looked at Kazuha.

Being stared at by everyone like this, Kazuha, who had just expressed her emotions, suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She immediately looked around at the people present, and then, as if she had just realized something, she noticed Kudo Shinichi next to Xiaolan -

"Ah! That's right! This is... Kudo Shinichi! I've always heard Heiji mention you, but I didn't expect this is the first time..."

At this moment, Kazuha started talking to Kudo Shinichi deliberately, but in fact, when Inukai Genichi came over to discuss the case with Gao Yuan and others, Kazuha had already discovered that the motorcyclist who was dressed very similarly to Hattori Heiji was actually not Hattori Heiji but Kudo Shinichi. This was indeed a bit surprising for Kazuha, who didn't know Hattori Heiji's current situation, but under the atmosphere just now, Kazuha didn't ask much. Instead, in order to ease her somewhat embarrassing situation, she had to start talking to Kudo Shinichi like this.

However, as Kazuha spoke, after seeing Kudo Shinichi in person, Kazuha, who was subconsciously about to say "It's the first time we meet", suddenly remembered that when she and Hattori Heiji went to Tokyo to participate in a kendo competition, she did meet this Kudo Shinichi by chance, but the other party did not tell her his real name at that time.

Therefore, thinking of this, He Ye quickly changed his words:
"This is our first official meeting!"

Listening to what Kazuha said, Kudo Shinichi replied politely, but then Kudo Shinichi suddenly noticed the gaze that Xiao Ai was looking at him with a slightly cold smile, which made Kudo Shinichi stunned. He felt that Xiao Ai's eyes were as if she was looking at a mouse undergoing an experiment.

Such an attitude made Kudo Shinichi stunned, and then he vaguely realized one thing - Mr. Akechi and Haibara, they didn't seem surprised at all to see his appearance now, obviously as if they knew that sooner or later he would appear in this way one day.

Therefore, my so-called forced return to deal with this incident seemed to be a bit calculated. Haibara and Mr. Akechi should have known that the box of antidote was taken away by me!

Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi felt very embarrassed facing Gao Yuan and the others, but there was nothing he could say now. So he chatted briefly with Kazuha, and thinking that Hattori Heiji had a car accident after Kazuha was kidnapped, he explained to Kazuha about Hattori Heiji's current condition. This inevitably made Kazuha worry about Hattori Heiji's condition, so she prepared to go to the hospital to visit Hattori Heiji.

At this point, Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan temporarily parted ways with Gao Yuan and others. Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan continued to ride their motorcycles to return to the hotel where Xiaolan was staying, while He Ye prepared to go to the hospital in the car driven by Gao Yuan.

However, before leaving, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but be a little curious about the wine-red luxury car driven by Gao Yuan. After all, Gao Yuan had just driven this level of luxury car so frantically to block Nishijo Taiga's motorcycle. This crazy behavior was as if he didn't worry about damaging the car at all.

So, where did this car come from?
As far as I can remember, Gao Yuan hasn't bought another car since his previous MINI was scrapped, and this car has a Kyoto license plate...

You can't have rented this car specifically for this purpose, right?

In response to Kudo Shinichi's question about the car, Gao Yuan simply said that it was lent to him by a friend in Kyoto.

So, regarding this answer, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but feel something in his heart -

I really don’t know what Mr. Mingzhi’s friend would think if he knew that Mr. Mingzhi drove like this…

However, I can't help but talk about this kind of thing. After all, the car is fine in the end.

So, after Xiaolan and Kudo Shinichi left the scene, Gao Yuan drove the burgundy luxury car to the hospital where Hattori Heiji was.

Since the murderer had been caught at this time, the police officers guarding in front of Hattori Heiji's ward also received orders not to be on guard against anyone approaching Hattori Heiji's ward.

However, after Gao Yuan and others arrived at the hospital, Hattori Heiji, who had been unconscious due to the car accident, actually showed signs of slowly waking up. When Kazuha and others who came to visit Hattori Heiji discovered this, they immediately went to find the doctor on duty.

Just like that, after another night of care, after Kazuha stayed by Hattori Heiji's bedside all night, Hattori Heiji finally woke up completely the next morning... (End of this chapter)