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Kugaki Sumito, everyone is aware of this name, and this is thanks to Conan and Hattori Heiji——

After all, they both heard this name by accident.

Just last night, when they were on guard against Kaito Kid in the villa of the Fujiang Group, Conan and Hattori Heiji accidentally overheard the content of a phone call made by Fujiang Takuzo. It was from that phone call that Conan and the others learned that there seemed to be a problem with the dagger, and that it seemed to be related to Tokugawa Ronglong's dagger, and not only the two hidden by the Fujiang Group. Therefore, the name Kugaki Sumito seemed to be someone known by Fujiang Takuzo, and he was also a person who had contact with the other daggers.

So, seeing the situation like this, this name that they only heard by chance last night now seems to have become the dead here. This made Gao Yuan and others realize that this matter might be related to the fact that Kaito Kidd was interested in Dongwa Ronglong's dagger. Therefore, Gao Yuan and others shouted directly to the police who were within the cordon:
"We know this person called Kugaki Sumito!"

Just like that, as soon as these words came out, all the police officers present looked towards Gao Yuan and his group. Then, after learning about the situation, the police officer in charge at the scene came over and looked at Gao Yuan and the others who came to provide clues.

The tall, thin, middle-aged man with a crew cut and a sparse beard, who seemed to be the leader of the police on the scene, came over to Gao Yuan and asked:
"You mean you know the identity of the deceased?"

As he said this, the middle-aged policeman looked around at Gao Yuan and the others, and noticed Hattori Heiji, who couldn't help but add:
"A high school detective from Kansai..."

Then, he looked at Gao Yuan again:

"Hmm? You are... Akechi Takato?"

Somewhat unexpectedly, when the policeman asked his name, Gao Yuan could not help but respond with a little surprise and asked back:

"Yes...Officer, do you know me?"

In response, the middle-aged police officer replied indifferently:

"I'm Inspector Nishimura of the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Division of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters. I know a little bit about your past at the Shiling Group. Since you, the detective, seem to know something, then... follow me."

In this way, the police captain named Nishimura seemed to trust Gao Yuan a little bit, and actually let Gao Yuan enter the cordon.

Seeing this, Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at Gao Yuan with some surprise, then looked at each other, and when they saw Gao Yuan enter the cordon, they followed him in.

Inspector Nishimura took a look at this but did not stop it, as if he approved of the actions of Hattori Heiji and others.

Just like that, the three of them followed Inspector Nishimura to the cordon, behind the blue curtain used to block the scene.

Behind the curtain, in front of a telephone pole in the alley, was a corpse sitting there.

The deceased was wearing a beige windbreaker, a shirt and a tie, and his chest was stained with black blood. It can be seen that there was a huge wound on his chest, which seemed to be the main cause of his death.

"The deceased, Kugaki Sumichito, was 43 years old and a lawyer. The murder weapon was probably a sharp knife like a Japanese sword, which made an 'X'-shaped wound on the deceased's chest, causing him to bleed to death."

In this way, Inspector Nishimura briefly explained the situation.

As a result, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but feel extremely curious about the cause of death:

"An X-shaped wound? Using a Japanese sword to inflict such a wound..."

As he said this, Hattori Heiji tried to imitate the murderer's knife-drawing process, but the result seemed to be not smooth. If he had not practiced this kind of slashing method specifically...

"Kuguchi Sumito is the legal advisor of the Fujiang Group. Could this matter be related to what happened last night?"

In response to this, Gao Yuan linked the identity of the deceased to the events of last night, and realized that the actual situation regarding Keisaburo Axie's treasure might be far more complicated than he knew.

"Did the deceased have any personal belongings?"

Gao Yuan thought about it and asked casually. Then, he saw Inspector Nishimura took out an evidence bag with a lot of bills in it.

"Air ticket, taxi receipt... Looking at the itinerary, he just came back from abroad?"

Gao Yuan made this judgment after taking a quick look.

"There's an empty golf bag over there."

Then, Inspector Nishimura pointed to a location further inside the alley, where police officers were checking evidence and investigating clues left in the alley.

Looking at the bloodstains that the police are investigating here, Gao Yuan feels that the deceased may have encountered the murderer at the location where the golf bag is now, walked forward for a distance, and then fell down and died at the current location.

And the golf bag is empty...

It's really concerning...

“Also, we did not find the deceased’s mobile phone.”

Inspector Nishimura continued:
"Based on the information available, it is inferred that the victim departed from Dubai and arrived at Narita Airport yesterday. He then took a domestic flight from Narita Airport to Hakodate, and then took a taxi from the airport to the port terminal."

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"Looking at the wound, the knife was cut from the front. He either knew the murderer, or he was ambushed..."

After carefully demonstrating it several times, Hattori Heiji finally shook his head and could only come to this conclusion.

"According to the flight information, the deceased arrived in Hakodate last night. As the legal advisor of the Fujiang Group, he returned from Dubai. Why did he come here?"

Conan thought so.

"And more importantly, where did the contents of that golf bag go?"

As Gao Yuan said this, he probably had an idea in his mind -

According to what he knew, two of the six daggers forged by Dongwa Ronglong should have been lost abroad. So if the current head of the Fujiang Group, Fujiang Takuzo, wanted to recover the treasures of his ancestors, with only Dongwa Ronglong as the clue, he would definitely want to recover all six daggers first. In this way, the actions of this Kugaki Sumitsu are worth talking about.

It is very likely that the legal advisor of the Axe Group was arranged by Axe Takuzo to go abroad and bring back the two lost daggers.

But if that was the case, now, when he returned to Hakodate, why didn't he go directly to find Takuzo Axie, but came here instead?
And this, combined with the content of the phone call Conan and the others heard last night...

"Could it be that the murderer took away the golf club after killing someone last night? But, that person doesn't look like he just finished playing golf."

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but analyze what Gao Yuan said.

"The phone call last night..."

For a moment, Gao Yuan thought of this and felt that it was time to remind Conan and the others to think about the knife.

As a result, at this moment——

"Hey! Is there something in his hand?" (End of this chapter)