Stay away from Conan.

So, seeing Fukushiro Seiji being taken away by the police, Conan and Hattori Heiji couldn't help but think about what to do next now that things had come to this point.

So, after seeing Inspector Nishimura leaving with Fukushiro Sei, Kawazoe Zenku, who came with Inspector Nishimura, was also about to leave. Because Conan was familiar with Kawazoe Zenku, he couldn't help but step forward and ask Kawazoe Zenku in a tone as childlike as possible:
"Officer Kawazoe! Did you catch that bad guy Kadokura?"

Because there was such a big commotion in the city of Hakodate just now, and Monkura's people even opened fire, Conan was very concerned about this matter. He wanted to see if Monkura had been caught. Otherwise, Conan felt that Monkura would not give up.

But obviously, the facts are not satisfactory.

In response to Conan's question, Kawazoe Zenkyuu simply replied:

"No, we didn't catch Monkura or his men. Even though we learned the license plate number of the car that Monkura was riding in through intelligence, we checked with the traffic police and found that his car and license plate were fake. So now, we can't determine Monkura's location for the time being.

"Moreover, what's more important is that we have not succeeded in catching Monkura's subordinates, and we cannot directly convict Monkura. I'm afraid we won't be able to catch Monkura in the short term."

Having said this, Kawazoe Zenkyuu immediately seemed somewhat happy, and changed the subject and continued:
"But don't worry too much. Although Kadokura hasn't been caught, we have enough evidence against Axie Takuzo and his men and have arrested him! Don't worry!"

--"hehe……"

However, looking at Kawazoe Zenkyu's carefree attitude, Conan and Hattori Heiji couldn't help but murmur in their hearts:

"Can Monkura be compared with Fu Jiang Takuzo? Fu Jiang Takuzo can only gather people to fight, but Monkura... can really carry out terrorist attacks!"

Thinking of this, Conan and Hattori Heiji were helpless about Kawazoe Zenkyu's attitude and couldn't say anything to him.

Just like that, after Kawazoe Zenkyu finished speaking, he was about to leave. At this time, the shrine maiden of Toshogu Shrine, Yoshinaga Miko, changed into casual clothes and came to the place where the police cars were gathered. She found Kawazoe Zenkyu, who was wearing a suit and was obviously not an ordinary police officer, and then she stepped forward to talk to him:
"Hello, my name is Yoshinaga Miko, and I'm a shrine maiden at Toshogu Shrine. I've thought about what happened today, and I think I have to tell the police..."

Seeing that the other person was a shrine maiden from Toshogu Shrine, Kawazoe Zenkyu lowered his head slightly. The lenses of his glasses reflected the light and his expression could not be seen clearly. At this time, Inspector Nishimura was urging him to hurry over. After thinking for a while, Kawazoe Zenkyu said:
"Is that so... Then... Please tell the two people over there about the situation. I have other things to do here."

The two people that Kawazoe Zenkyu was referring to when he said this were naturally Conan and Hattori Heiji.

Just like that, in this bay area by the sea, Conan and Hattori Heiji found a restaurant, sat down together to rest, and began to listen to what Yoshinaga Miko, the shrine maiden of Toshogu Shrine, would say. After all, the result of deciphering the clues on the knife was Toshogu Shrine. Although what was found in Toshogu Shrine in the end was empty, as a person of Toshogu Shrine, she might still know something.

Therefore, facing Conan and Hattori Heiji, although Yoshinaga Miko didn't know why the police asked her to tell the child, after all, it was the police's order, so Yoshinaga Miko still explained:
"Regarding the theft of Mr. Keizaburo Axie's belongings from our shrine, a detective named Mr. Akechi came to ask about this yesterday... He said that someone else was involved in this matter and asked me not to tell anyone who asked, but after thinking about it, I still think that I should explain this matter to the police..."

"Eh? You mean Mr. Akechi?"

So, hearing what Yoshinaga Miko said, Conan and Hattori Heiji were both very surprised -

"You mean to say that yesterday, the detective brother... Mr. Akechi Takato, as you call him, came to Toshogu Shrine and asked you about the things that Keizaburo Axie left at the shrine?"

"Yes... and no... how should I put it..." Yoshinaga Shenzi saw that the two people in front of him knew Gao Yuan, so she didn't think much about it and said:

"It's not that I told him, but he seemed to have known that the thing was in our shrine a long time ago, and he also knew that the thing we were keeping had disappeared a long time ago..."

"No wonder... That's why Mr. Akechi was so sure just now. He told me to just throw the box away."

Now, after hearing this, Conan couldn't help but understand the reason why Gao Yuan told him just now, but -

"But the problem is, we only found all six of Tokugawa Ronglong's short swords yesterday, and it was not until today that we completely solved the mystery and got the clues to Toshogu Shrine. So how did the detective know that the things were in Toshogu Shrine yesterday?"

Hattori Heiji was obviously very confused by this.

"Since Sister Shenzi knows that the thing was stolen, then do you know what it is? What does it look like?"

After thinking about it, Conan asked this.

In response, Yoshinaga Miko nodded and said affirmatively:
"Yes, it's a knife called the Star Edge Knife. Its shape is very peculiar, and the most important thing is its... guard is very distinctive, in the shape of a star."

Gauntlet, or sword guard?
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji understood what Yoshinaga Miko was talking about, and then -

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"A star-shaped blade... Hey! Wait a minute, I think I have some impression of it!"

"It's that screen!"

Immediately, as soon as these words came out, Conan and Hattori Heiji both remembered that they had seen a screen with bloodstains in the shape of stars on it when they were checking the collections of the Axe Group in the warehouse of the Axe Group the night before. At that time, Hattori Heiji had also evaluated the marks on the screen and the kendo level of the person who left the knife marks -

"Wait a minute! If that's the case, then the items collected by the Fujiang Group are all related to Hijikata Toshizo, and there are traces of that knife left on the screen. Doesn't that mean that the Star Edge Knife was also used by Hijikata Toshizo?"

Conan quickly figured this out.

"Compared to Dongwa Ronglong's short sword, perhaps this so-called Star Edge Sword is..."

Hattori Heiji also realized something——

"The real treasure is still hidden behind. The Star Blade of Toshogu Shrine is just a clue on the way to find the treasure, but... this clue has been broken... So Mr. Akechi simply didn't come to the meeting today? Because he already knew that it was impossible to find the treasure?" (End of this chapter)