Stay away from Conan.

"Um... ah?"

As Kuroba Kaito briefly described the situation he had investigated, at the end, when he mentioned the so-called "weapons that were enough to reverse Japan's defeat at the time", Gao Yuan felt a little surprised, but more of a surprise, and even found it funny -

Japan was defeated? That was at that time in the last century.

A weapon that could turn the tide in Japan at that time...

In that era, when atomic weapons had just been developed by the United States, what other weapons could have turned the tide of the war?

"Are you kidding?"

Gao Yuan couldn't help but react to what Kuroba Kaito said.

In response to this, Kuroba Kaito waved his hands helplessly and said:
"I don't know. Anyway, this is the result of the investigation. However, this is just one of the explanations.

"The first head of the Axie family, Axie Keisaburo, dug a gold mine in Hokkaido before the war and accumulated a lot of wealth. But after his death, part of his property disappeared. It is said that the property was exchanged for gold and buried somewhere, but no one knows what the treasure is. Therefore, there is another rumor that the treasure is not a gold nugget, but some kind of powerful weapon.

"During the war, Keizaburou Afue had close ties with the military supply industry, so that's why there were those rumors.

“Compared to the gold nugget, I think the treasure that would interest my father is more likely to be the latter, so I made this judgment.

"These are the secrets that Grandpa Terai discovered recently after an in-depth investigation. Originally, I only knew that my father wanted to steal the treasure of Keizaburo Axie."

Kuroba Kaito explained roughly this, and then looked at Terai Kōnosuke standing beside him.

In response to this, Terai Huang Zhisuke also continued to explain to Gao Yuan:
"The Fujiang Group has been passed down for two generations since the first generation Fujiang Keizaburo. The current head of the Fujiang Group is the third generation, Fujiang Keizaburo's grandson, named Fujiang Takuzo. However, until this generation, the Fujiang Group has fallen into decline. In terms of influence, even in Hokkaido, it is far less than the Shiling Group in Sapporo. Therefore, recently, Fujiang Takuzo is preparing to auction off all the collections of the first generation head Fujiang Keizaburo.

"But at the same time, because of the rumored treasure left by the first generation of the family, Fujiang Takuzo seems to have started looking for that treasure. If he can find it, it may be possible to change the current situation of the family's decline."

So, after Terai Huang Zhisuke finished speaking, Kuroba Kaito briefly explained:

"All of the above are things that Grandpa Terai recently investigated while pretending to be a staff member who was counting Keisaburo Axie's collection, so they are highly credible."

After hearing this, Gao Yuan roughly understood it and began to analyze:

"In other words, what can be confirmed is that the first-generation owner of the Fujiang Group left behind a treasure that even his descendants don't know about, and this treasure is what your father wanted to steal, right?
"Yes, there are two theories. Compared with the traditional gold nuggets, the other theory is more likely to attract your father's attention. However, I don't believe that Japan at that time could have any weapons that could turn the tide of the war. Even if they did, they would probably be nothing more than a pile of scrap metal now."

As such, Gao Yuan has never been interested in the idea of ​​weapons. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Gao Yuan is not a Japanese.

Then, regarding the current situation, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask:

"So, what are you going to do? Find the treasure? Any clues?"

"do not know."

Kuroba Kaito shook his head decisively.

Such an answer made Gao Yuan speechless, not knowing what to say. "I don't know what my father knew that made him interested in the treasure hidden by Fujiang Keizaburo, but as far as the current situation is concerned, at least the current head of the Fujiang Group, Fujiang Takuzo, doesn't know where to start looking for the treasure, so in order to continue to maintain the operation of the Fujiang Group, Fujiang Takuzo can only auction off all of his grandfather's collections."

Kuroba Kaito explained.

Therefore, Gao Yuan couldn't help but frown at this answer——

After all, there seems to be no clue at all...

"There are no clues..."

Mumbling, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think:
"But since it is a treasure left by the first head of the Fujiang Group, there is no reason not to leave clues for future generations to find it, right? Or is it just that the current head of the group hasn't found the clues yet?"

As he said this, thinking of what Terai Yoshinosuke had just mentioned about Axie Takuzo planning to sell off the collection left by Axie Keisaburo, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say:

"Could it be possible that the clues are hidden in those collections?"

In response, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Huang Zhisuke looked at each other, and then Kuroba Kaito said:
"That's possible. But the collections are too numerous and complex, and it's difficult to find any clues from them... Besides, the Axe River Foundation is still sorting out the collections from the warehouse in order to package them for auction, so it's not clear what the collections are."

"Hmm? A package auction?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was a little surprised——

After all, normally, I thought the collectibles would be auctioned off one by one.

"Yes, because those collections... um... how should I put it..."

Speaking of this, Kuroba Kaito felt a little helpless.

Then Terai Yosuke gave an explanation:

"It is said that the first head of the Fujiang Group, Fujiang Keizaburo, was a fanatical fan of Hijikata Toshizo, so he collected everything related to Hijikata Toshizo crazily. Some of those collections may be priceless, but some are just insignificant items. Apart from some historical research value, they cannot be sold at a high price if auctioned individually, so it is better to auction them all together."

"Hijikata Toshizo? Is he the vice-chief of the Shinsengumi during the shogunate era?"

Upon hearing the name, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask this. Perhaps it was because he had seen that the name "Okita Souji" could be passed down to the present day, so he subconsciously wondered whether the name of a historical figure who was also a member of the Shinsengumi might also be inherited. But when he thought about it, since it was a treasure that was specially collected, it should be that person in history.

Terai Yosuke nodded at this, confirming that the Hijikata Toshizo mentioned was the historical figure. Gao Yuan could not help but sigh:

"In that case, I'm afraid that apart from fans of Hijikata Toshizo, there are only a few people who would spend a lot of money to buy these things? Is there really anyone who would buy all these things in a package?"

It would be fine if it was just one or two valuable items, as many collectors would be interested in them. But if those items were auctioned off as a package, there would inevitably be a premium. Otherwise, there would be no need for the Axe River Group to sell them in a package. Who would then pay for it?

"For now, only two companies are interested in these things..." (End of this chapter)