Stay away from Conan.

In this regard, after a preliminary observation of the warehouse's security situation, although it seems that Officer Nakamori Ginzo has also gone to great lengths this time to make so many arrangements in such a short time, but thinking that the opponent is Kaito Kidd, Conan and Hattori Heiji feel that it is not so easy to stop Kaito Kidd, and -

"At midnight tonight, I will come to take away the two short swords of Dongwa Ronglong hidden by Mr. Fujiang Takuzo."

Looking at the notice letter sent by Kaito Kidd this time, the content was very simple, only the time of action and the target to be stolen were written. Such content inevitably made Conan and Hattori Heiji, who had just experienced the "Magician of the Century", feel a little uncomfortable -

After all, in the last incident of "The Magician of the End of the Century", Kaito Kidd's preview letter contained a lot of information, almost predicting his course of action in a coded form.

As a result, this time, the content of his warning letter was too simple and there was nothing to interpret. All we knew was that this guy would take action at midnight tonight.

Conan and Hattori Heiji were a little helpless about this matter. After all, if they could not predict Kaito Kid's actions, then there was no better way than to protect the two daggers that were his targets.

So, Conan and Hattori Heiji asked Sonoko about the current situation with some curiosity:

"And the two daggers?"

"Well..."

Regarding this, Yuanzi looked a little helpless, waved her hand and said:
"Actually, I didn't find it either. There are so many things here that I don't know where they are sorted out..."

As he said this, Yuanzi looked around. There were many cabinets in the entire warehouse, and there was also an escalator to the second floor. The upper floor also had various cabinets, on which were placed many things that had been packed in boxes. In addition, there were piles of things scattered on the ground. It can be said that the number of items was very large.

Admittedly, it seems very difficult to find two specific samurai swords from so many items.

Just as they were thinking about how to find the two samurai swords, a middle-aged man in a white suit, with two curved mustaches and a beard on his chin came over and said to everyone:

"Haha, please rest assured, Sonoko. I am sure that the two knives are in this warehouse right now. After we finish counting the rest of the items and seal them up, after this turmoil is over, your Suzuki Group will be able to transport all these things away!"

"Ah, Uncle Fujiang, have you finished talking to Officer Nakamori?"

Seeing the person coming over to talk to her, Sonoko couldn't help but politely respond -

This person is the current head of the Fujiang Group, Mr. Fujiang Takuzo.

"Well, it's basically some security work. But don't worry, this warehouse of mine is no exaggeration to say it's a bank vault, and with so many police patrolling, it will be safe tonight."

Fujiang Takuzo said this, then looked at the people with Sonoko and asked:
"They are your friends?"

Immediately, after hearing this, Yuanzi began to introduce everyone:
"Yes, Uncle Fu Jiang..."

Sonoko introduced everyone present to Takuzo Axie one by one, and then introduced Takuzo Axie to everyone. After the two sides greeted each other, Takuzo Axie said he had something to do and left first.

So, Conan and Heiji Hattori stayed in the warehouse and watched the staff carrying the boxed items in. Although Fu Jiang Taku said that he was sure that the two short swords of Dongkubo Ronglong were here, they still wanted to take a look first, so they asked Sonoko if they could look around. Sonoko had no objection to this and let Conan and Heiji Hattori look around.

However, just after Conan and Hattori Heiji went to look around, Sonoko looked at Kazuha and Xiaolan in front of her and asked as if she had just remembered:
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Akechi hasn't come this time?"

"Well... it seems that Mr. Mingzhi came a little later than us. He hasn't arrived yet."

Xiaolan explained.

"Really? But it doesn't matter. I never thought that I would meet Mr. Kidd during my trip to Hakodate. This trip is really worthwhile!"

However, soon, Sonoko no longer lamented about Gao Yuan's upcoming arrival, and began to express in front of Xiaolan and Kazuha her excitement about meeting the Kaito Kid here.

Seeing this, Xiaolan and Heye could only smile awkwardly.

On the other hand, Conan and Hattori Heiji began to observe the items here and found that in addition to the items that had been packed into the boxes, there were many items outside that were too large and could only be placed outside separately, such as -

"A screen..."

Walking to a corner of the warehouse, Conan and Hattori Heiji easily saw an old screen placed there very conspicuously. At first, they both felt a little strange, but soon they saw that the screen was stained with blood. For a moment, Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up:
"Good stake!"

"Ugh?"

Hearing this, Conan was shocked and wondered what Hattori Heiji was marveling at.

Soon, Hattori Heiji closed his eyes and thought for a while before giving the answer:
"Ah, Kudo. This bloodstain... someone must have used a bloody samurai sword to stab backwards in front of this screen.

"Look here, among the bloodstains on both sides, this one should be the one that was thrown out when the man quickly put away his sword, then he held the samurai sword in reverse and stabbed it backwards, piercing through the screen and killing the person behind the screen with one blow..."

Then, Hattori Heiji pointed to one of the bloodstains on the screen, as well as a place on the screen that was pierced and left a very conspicuous bloodstain. It was obvious that the piercing mark was there, and the blade was facing upwards. This situation where the blade was facing upwards should be caused by someone holding the knife backwards and stabbing backwards.

Looking at this mark, Conan was a little curious about the fact that there was a five-pointed star-shaped thing printed on the pierced area.

"Star?"

"Well, it seems that the blade of that knife is very special. It is actually made into a five-pointed star shape..."

Hearing Conan's surprise, Hattori Heiji thought so, and then pondered:

"Since these are all things related to Hijikata Toshizo that were collected by the first head of the Fujiang Group, it seems that Hijikata Toshizo may have fought with someone in front of this screen, and it should not have been a one-on-one fight... There is also this sword with a five-pointed star blade..." (End of this chapter)