Stay away from Conan.

"Then... could this be the so-called 'Dongkubo Ronglong's short sword' that Kaito Kidd targeted, which was left here? After all, since they are placed among these collections, it is obvious that the two short swords are also related to Hijikata Toshizo..."

Listening to Hattori Heiji's analysis, Conan subconsciously combined this matter with the situation of Kaito Kid and thought about it.

However, Hattori Heiji shook his head and denied it:

"It shouldn't be. The two swords that Tokubo Eiryu had were short swords and wakizashi, but the sword that left marks on the screen, judging from the thickness and width of the blade, it shouldn't have been left by a short sword, but a normal long sword."

So, after listening to what Hattori Heiji said, Conan lost interest. Although the five-pointed star-shaped sword handle mark was a bit rare, since it was related to Kaito Kid's target, Conan no longer paid too much attention to it. After all, in the era of Hijikata Toshizo, it was not surprising to encounter such incidents of killing people with samurai swords. Therefore, since he had no intention of delving into history, he didn't need to pay attention to other things. He should find the two swords first.

Just like that, Conan and Hattori Heiji continued to search seriously in this warehouse.

Just after they started looking, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai also arrived late. They rushed here after receiving the news from Sonoko. After passing the police interrogation outside the villa and greeting Nakamori Ginzo who they met there, they went into the warehouse and saw Sonoko, Xiaolan, and Kazuha who were chatting there, as well as Conan and Hattori Heiji who were rummaging through the warehouse.

"Ah! Mr. Akechi, you're finally here!"

Seeing Gao Yuan, Yuanzi and others greeted him politely.

Then, Gao Yuan also returned the greeting and asked about the current situation of the garden:
"How is it? I heard that Kaito Kidd has also set his sights on the collections of the Axe Group that your Suzuki Group purchased. Now... it seems that the security outside is quite strong enough."

“Hehe, it doesn’t matter! Even if Mr. Kidd succeeds in stealing them… it’s better to let Mr. Kidd take them away! They are just two short swords, not important things. Anyway, it’s good to see Mr. Kidd here!”

In this way, Sonoko really doesn't care much about the treasure being stolen by Kaito Kid. Instead, meeting Kid is more important to her.

So, looking at Yuanzi's reaction, Gao Yuan was not that surprised. After all, Yuanzi was just that kind of person. But apart from that, Gao Yuan probably read a hint of something else from Yuanzi's reaction -

"It's not something important", which means that Sonoko doesn't know the meaning behind these two daggers?
So, tentatively, Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and asked:

"Ah... Really... But why did Kidd target these two daggers this time? Dongwa Ronglong, I tried to investigate before coming here. He shouldn't be a famous swordsmith, right? He specifically targeted these two daggers...

"Well, there shouldn't be any deep meaning, right?"

Gao Yuan said these words as if he was thinking, waiting for Yuanzi to come and see if she knew that the name "Dongwa Ronglong" might be related to finding the treasure hidden by the first head of the Fujiang Group.

As a result, after listening to what Gao Yuan said, Yuanzi still said indifferently: "That's even better! If Lord Kidd really needs these two daggers for other purposes, then let him take them! This way, I can be regarded as helping Lord Kidd!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present couldn't help but feel proud. Even Xiaolan, Kazuha, and Ai were speechless about Sonoko's attitude.

But from this, Gao Yuan understood from Sonoko's words that it seemed that Sonoko didn't know about the treasure of the Fujiang Group. So, according to Kuroba Kaito, the timing of the appearance of the clue of the note with the name "Tokugawa Ronglong" seemed to be just when the Suzuki Group and the Siling Group were preparing to auction and buy the Fujiang Group's collections. After that, the Siling Group took the initiative to give up the auction, allowing the Suzuki Group to successfully buy these collections.

So from this point of view, the Suzuki Group is probably unaware of this matter, that is, it is not clear what it means to buy these collections and accept the two short swords forged by "Dongwa Ronglong", then...

What about the Siling Group? Did they know about this? Was their decision to give up the auction related to this clue?
In this case, we cannot know for the time being, so let’s just look at the situation for the moment.

Ever since that day when Kuroba Kaito made the phone call, he and Kuroba Kaito had tacitly cut off contact. Therefore, he only knew that Kuroba Kaito was going to take action on the two daggers collected by the Axe Group, but he was not sure when and how he was going to do it.

Therefore, facing the current situation, Gao Yuan knows nothing about Kuroba Kaito's whereabouts, so he needs to look at this matter from a normal detective's perspective -

"Then... could it be possible that the two daggers that Kaito Kidd had announced were actually sent by someone imitating Kaito Kid?"

At this point, after a brief thought, Gao Yuan felt that this was a possibility -

"After all, Kaito Kid has never shown any curiosity about samurai swords before, and Dongwa Ronglong's sword is not a famous collection. It seems a bit unlike Kaito Kid's usual style."

In this way, Gao Yuan analyzed the matter from a normal outsider's perspective and made such a guess.

But in addition, Gao Yuan, who knew some hidden facts, actually felt that this was not impossible. After all, the Fu Jiang Group was now short of funds due to poor management. In order to raise funds, the current head of the Fu Jiang Group, Fu Jiang Takuzo, chose to sell his grandfather's collection.

However, precisely because of the lack of funds, didn't Takuzo Axe covet those treasures?
In fact, that was the thing hidden by his own grandfather. It was normal for him to want to find it out to ease the current crisis of the Axe River Group, right?
So, in this case, he wanted to find one of the key clues to the treasure -

It would be a reasonable choice to keep two of the six daggers forged by "Dongwa Ronglong"!
However, when the clue of "Dongwa Ronglong" appeared, the Fujiang Group had already started to pack up and sell all the collections, and the buyer was a giant like the Suzuki Group. The already declining Fujiang Group would definitely not be able to stop the transaction at this time, so...

It's not impossible that the Fujiang Group had some tricks up their sleeves and embezzled money, right?
Anyway, there are a total of six short swords forged by Dongwa Ronglong, and no one has ever seen them. The Fujiang Group can just make fake ones and give them to the Suzuki Group. Even if something happens later, they can put the blame on Kaito Kidd, right? (End of this chapter)