Stay away from Conan.

For Gao Yuan, in the final analysis, the purpose of coming here this time was to investigate the situation of Kuroba Daoyi through the matter of Axue Keisaburo's treasure, and everything that happened now was all related to the matter of Axue Keisaburo's treasure.

But the problem is, there should have been rumors about Keisaburo Afue's treasure a long time ago, but since Keisaburo Afue, it has been several decades since the generation of Tadayoshi Afue, the second generation head of the Afue Group. Why did these events related to Keisaburo Afue's treasure happen at this time?

There is no doubt that Gao Yuan felt that there was probably someone behind this pushing this, and as for the purpose...

Gao Yuan couldn’t think of it for the time being.

However, Gao Yuan was certain that the person behind this was definitely not Takuzo Axe who had surfaced and the arms dealer Kadokura, but even Kaito Kid and himself had fallen into the other party's trap.

Therefore, Gao Yuan now realized that perhaps he should not continue to focus on the clue of "Dongwa Ronglong", otherwise following this clue would only be following the pace of the person behind the scenes pushing this matter.

Therefore, looking back at the whole thing that I know so far, the only thing worth investigating is the sudden withdrawal of the Siling Group from the auction.

"As far as I know, the Siling Group was originally interested in the collections related to Hijikata Toshizo that were auctioned by the Fujiang Group, but for some reason, the Siling Group suddenly chose to withdraw from the transaction. Xue Na said that this was Mr. Zong Xu's idea, so...

"Because I came to Hakodate these two days and encountered a few difficult things unexpectedly. I think it is related to the collection of the Fujiang Foundation, so I think Mr. Zong Xu...

"Do you know something?"

So, after receiving a call from Mitarai Souaki, Gao Yuan greeted him briefly and then directly asked about his purpose -

After all, according to Kuroba Kaito's information, the timing of the appearance of the treasure-related clue "Donggawa Ronglong" coincided with the timing when the Siling Group withdrew from the auction. Since Gao Yuan has realized that the timing of the appearance of the news "Donggawa Ronglong" was too coincidental, it is no wonder that Gao Yuan wondered whether the Siling Group actually knew something.

This is also to confirm Gao Yuan's own conjecture.

In this regard, listening to Gao Yuan's words, Yutarai Souji on the other end of the phone seemed to have expected it, snorted coldly, and said:

"It seems... someone has already taken a risk for Keisaburo Axie's so-called treasure, right?"

"It sounds like... Mr. Zong Xu really knows something, right?"

So, after hearing what Mitarai Souaki said, Gao Yuan understood clearly in his heart that what he was thinking was probably pretty much the same.

So, after Gao Yuan said this, Mitarai Muneaki had nothing to hide and answered Gao Yuan:
"I don't know the details... but the name 'Dongwa Ronglong' suddenly appeared when the Fujiang Group was auctioning its collection, which made me realize that something was wrong. But in the final analysis, I didn't participate in the auction for Fujiang Keisaburo's so-called treasure. I just heard that Fujiang Keisaburo collected a star-edged knife, so I was a little interested."

"Star Edge Knife?"

At this point, as Mitarai Muneaki mentioned the name "Star Edge Knife", Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, because it was the first time he heard this name.

In this regard, Mitarai Munaki explained:

"This is a sword that was presented to Hijikata Toshizo by a seafood supplier named Machida Seitoku during the Hakodate War. Although Hijikata Toshizo ultimately refused to accept it, he did use it in battle. Therefore, I am certainly interested in seeing this sword that Hijikata Toshizo had used."

So, after listening to Mitarai Souaki's answer, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think silently. For a moment, Gao Yuan seemed to have some impression of this new name, but -

"The star-edged sword that Hijikata Toshizo used? But I have never seen this sword in Keisaburo Axie's collection!" Because Gao Yuan had specially checked the collection catalog last night, and did not see any collection called "Star-edged Sword" in that catalog.

"That's right. It's precisely because I didn't see the Star Edge Knife in the catalog of the collections auctioned by the Axe River Consortium that I basically lost interest in these collections."

Mitarai Muneaki further explained:

“Regarding this point, I can actually tell you for sure that Keisaburo Axie must have obtained the Star-Edged Knife, but it is not listed in the collection catalog.

"At that time, the name 'Dongwa Ronglong' and the treasure of Keisaburo Axie suddenly began to spread. I had a feeling that there might be something wrong behind it, so I chose to withdraw from the auction."

So, after listening to what Mitarai Muneaki said, Gao Yuan roughly understood the situation and knew that his idea should be correct. Moreover, it was obvious that Mitarai Muneaki knew something that even Kuroba Kaito had not found out, but he just didn't know whether it was related to the incident -

For example, regarding the Star-Edged Knife, Mitarai Souaki was certain that Axie Keisaburo must have collected this knife, but now this knife is not among the items sold to the Suzuki Group. Is it that the Axie Group kept it for themselves, or is it that for some reason, this knife is not among the collection of the Axie Group?

And, Machida Seitoku, Gao Yuan also felt that this person's name was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard of it not long ago.

Therefore, after getting this information, Gao Yuan thanked Yutarai Muneaki with great gratitude, but then he heard Yutarai Muneaki ask:
"So, are you also interested in finding Keizaburo Axe's treasure now?"

In this way, Mitarai Muneaki seemed to be asking about Gao Yuan's purpose.

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Gao Yuan responded naturally:

"It's a mystery after all. As a detective, of course I'm interested... but..."

Having said that, Gao Yuan, who thought about it for a while, actually had some doubts about this matter, which was——

"The treasure left behind by Keizaburo Axie, his descendants actually only remember to look for it now?"

"Of course not. As far as I know, the previous head of the Fujiang Group, Fujiang Tadayuki, should have searched for treasures, but outsiders don't know the specific circumstances."

Mitarai Muneaki said this, and then regarding Gao Yuan's visit to Hokkaido, Mitarai Muneaki added:
"Since you are in Hokkaido, if you have time, you can come and see me... And Xue Na is also in Hakodate now, you must protect her safety!"

So, after saying this, and hearing Gao Yuan nod in agreement, Mitarai Souaki hung up the phone.

Will you visit Mitarai Muneaki again when you have time? Forget it.

As for Xuena's safety...

Now, she is with Ooka Hongye and the others, so she should...

Don't worry about it yourself... (End of this chapter)