Stay away from Conan.

"Oh? Hattori Heiji?"

Hearing Gao Yuan's words, Okita Souji couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but soon, in response to Gao Yuan's suggestion, Okita Souji shook his head and refused:
"Forget it. There's no need to compete with him now. There will be a kendo competition in Hakodate soon. I will compete with him in the official competition then."

As he said this, Okita Souji looked at Gao Yuan and said:
"Since you have something else to do, I won't bother you anymore... But, come to think of it, I don't think we've ever exchanged our contact information. Since we've met, let's just leave it here. In the next match in Hakodate, since Hattori Heiji will also be playing, will you go to watch it?"

"The match in Hakodate?"

——Hakodate City, Hokkaido?

Listening to what Okita Souji said, Gao Yuan had the impression that there was no plot mentioning this match in the original work. After all, if he remembered correctly, the case related to the kendo match took place in Osaka.

So, Hattori Heiji will also participate in the match in Hakodate that Okita Souji mentioned, which is just a normal match...

Of course, even so, I have no impression of this and cannot judge that no case will occur.

In a competition where Hattori Heiji is participating, there is a high possibility that some incident will occur.

Therefore, Gao Yuan, who was thinking a little divergently, could only say in the end about the game mentioned by Okita Souji:

"It depends. If I have time, I will go."

After saying this, Gao Yuan and Okita Souji exchanged contact information, and then said goodbye. Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai got in the car and left. After seeing Xiao Ai following Gao Yuan, Okita Souji was a little thoughtful, but he didn't ask anything. He just said to the other high school students with him:
"Okay, let's continue training!"

Therefore, this chance encounter was just a small episode for Okita Souji and the others, and no one paid too much attention to it.

On the other side, Xiao Ai, who was sitting in the car, finally couldn't help but ask:

"The high school student just now... called Okita Souji, his appearance..."

"Yes, they look alike, right? They look like Kudo Shinichi."

In response to this, Gao Yuan naturally replied:

"Hattori Heiji is also aware of this, so I am not too worried about Kudo Shinichi recovering to his original state in Kyoto..."

"Because there is someone in Kyoto who looks similar to Kudo Shinichi, even if Kudo Shinichi is traveling in Kyoto now, it can be explained as being another person..."

Soon, Xiao Ai understood Gao Yuan's meaning, and she was no longer too worried about Kudo Shinichi staying in Kyoto in his original appearance. As long as Kudo Shinichi himself was not exposed, it would be fine.

As for the fact that Okita-souji looks similar to Kudo Shinichi...

Perhaps because she had already seen Kuroba Kaito, Ai was no longer surprised by this kind of thing.

Moreover, compared to the similarity between Kuroba Kaito and Kudo Shinichi, Okita Souji and Kudo Shinichi are so similar that they seem to be a bit similar to Hattori Heiji, so Xiao Ai doesn't really doubt whether Okita Souji and Kudo Shinichi are related by blood.

So, this topic was put aside for the time being. Xiao Ai did not ask more about what Gao Yuan was going to do. Xiao Ai knew that Gao Yuan would come to Kyoto early this morning, as if he had a case to handle. As a result, the "Genji Hotaru" guy kidnapped her on the way, so Gao Yuan put aside the other case and dealt with the "Genji Hotaru" matter. Now that the "Genji Hotaru" incident has been dealt with, Gao Yuan must have to deal with what he was originally going to do next.

So, just like that, sitting in the car, Gao Yuan soon drove to the Higashiyama District of Kyoto, in front of a mansion called Yajima Residence.

Looking at this mansion that was completely in the classical Japanese style of Kyoto, Gao Yuan parked his car outside the mansion and rang the doorbell. Then he saw a young man in a kimono walking out of the mansion. When he saw Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai, and was about to ask about their purpose of coming, Gao Yuan first asked:

"You are Mr. Yajima Shunya, right? Ms. Ooka Momiji introduced me here. Regarding the Gaoyue Society... there are some things I want to discuss with you. Let me introduce myself. My name is Akechi Takato, and I am a detective."

"detective……"

Hearing Gao Yuan's self-introduction, the man named Yajima Shunya seemed a little surprised, but then he couldn't help but said:

"Ms. Ooka told me yesterday that a friend of hers would come to visit me, but I didn't expect it to be a detective..."

As he said this, Yajima Shunya couldn't help but ask about Gao Yuan's purpose of coming:

"What exactly do you want to discuss with me?"

As if he had vaguely noticed something, when Yajima Shunya said this, his expression became a little serious when he looked at Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan was not ambiguous about this and stated his purpose directly -

"Of course, it's about the karuta of the Gaoyuekai."

At this moment, as Yajima Shunya took the initiative to ask this question, Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile softly, and said this as if he had everything under control.

Suddenly, hearing the other party's words and that confident smile, Yajima Shunya fell silent. He had never expected that the other party would say it so bluntly.

Seeing that Yajima Shunya did not respond immediately, Gao Yuan continued:
"I think... if I'm not mistaken, you should already know the truth about Mr. Nagoro Shikao's disappearance, right? I'm here to uncover the truth, so I need your help."

Hearing this, Yajima Shunya's expression was a little uncertain, but after hesitating and thinking for a moment, Yajima Shunya sneered at Gao Yuan's proposal:
"Heh, I don't know what you're talking about, and there's nothing I can do to help you. If you were also a karuta fan, I could talk to you more. But as a detective, I don't have much to say to a detective."

As a result, Yajima Shunya couldn't help but show a hint of wanting to see the guest off.

But in response to this, Gao Yuan continued calmly:
"Really? But I heard that Nichimi TV was going to hold and record a karuta competition to introduce the Satsuki-kai, but it was you, the champion of the last Satsuki-kai, who proposed it. Moreover, for the recording of this competition, you also specifically requested that the karuta of the Satsuki-kai be brought out...

"Do you think you can hide the purpose of doing this from others? Since I can find out, do you think...

"Wouldn't President Achiba realize this?"

At this point, Gao Yuan's expression gradually became serious:
"I don't know what you are planning, but you have to understand that doing this may not necessarily put you in a safe position..." (End of this chapter)