Stay away from Conan.

Originally, the things that needed to be solved on this trip to Hakodate were only the truth about the murder of Hisagi Sumito and some trivial matters after the mystery of Keisaburo Afue's treasure was basically solved.

Among them, the mysterious swordsman who might be related to the murder of Kugaki Sumichi was a mystery that Gao Yuan had no idea about before.

But now, with the communication with Kadokura, the kidnapped Fukjo Ryohei suddenly mentioned that "he was entrusted by someone", and thus knew about the treasure of Axie Keisaburo. Gao Yuan felt vaguely that a key clue that he had never grasped before was about to come out. With Gao Yuan's understanding of related events and intuition, Gao Yuan realized that the key to the problem would soon be solved -

"It's Axue Tadayuki."

As Gao Yuan further questioned Fukushiro Ryohei about who the person who commissioned him was, Fukushiro Ryohei on the other end of the phone gave this somewhat unexpected, but very reasonable answer -

Tadayuki Afue, the second-generation head of the Afue Group, is the father of Takuzo Afue and the son of Keizaburo Afue.

"The head of the Axe River Group who passed away last year?"

So, Gao Yuan casually mentioned the other party's identity with some surprise to confirm it with Fukushiro Ryohei.

"That was a long time ago..."

Then, Fukushiro Ryohei on the other end of the phone began to explain in a nostalgic tone:
"I met him in the snowy season in Hakodate. At that time, I just thought it was my great-grandfather's will and a fateful meeting. But later, I was really impressed by Tadayuki's personality. He had to use crutches because of his injured foot, and I became his companion, accompanying him to search for the treasures left by Keisaburo Axie.

"But Tadayoshi was unable to find the treasure in the end, and he died of illness last year. At that time, he asked me to do one last thing..."

"One thing? What is it?"

As Fukushiro Ryohei said this, Monkura couldn't help but ask with great concern.

"Destroy the treasure."

Slowly, Fukushiro Ryohei gave the answer.

In an instant, after this matter was said, everyone who heard this had a reaction to some extent——

Among them, Gao Yuan's reaction was the most special. At this moment, when Gao Yuan learned that Fukjo Ryohei inherited the will of Axue Tadayuki and was committed to destroying the treasure, Gao Yuan's thinking had completely clarified the logic. At this time, he felt that almost all the mysteries had been explained, and the only thing left was the lack of evidence.

"But Afue Tadayuki is the son of Afue Keisaburo, who hid the treasure. Why would he want to destroy the treasure?"

Compared to Gao Yuan, Inspector Nishimura was obviously more surprised and didn't understand why Afue Tadayuki would leave such a will.

In response to this, Fukushiro Ryohei continued to speak:
"Zhongzhi, he is worried that what his father left behind will be misused, so he wants to get rid of this terrible inheritance..."

"Stop talking nonsense here!"

However, before he finished speaking, Monkura became angry after hearing this. From the voice on the other end of the phone, Gao Yuan and others concluded that Monkura and Fukjo Ryohei had a conflict, but -

Fukushiro Ryohei was kidnapped by Kadokura, so it should be a one-sided situation. Kadokura wanted to teach Fukushiro Ryohei a lesson.

Immediately, the people around Menkura also nervously advised him:
"Boss, you can't kill him now!"

"You can shoot me if you want. But you can't stop me."

But Fukjo Ryohei obviously didn't care about Kadokura's threat and responded calmly. Hearing this, Kadokura didn't say much and announced to the police on the phone:

"Hmph - listen carefully, if you save this guy, you will have to exchange him for the treasure of the Fujiang family!"

"You wish! We won't make a deal with you!"

Faced with such a threat, Inspector Nishimura rejected it directly.

"Are you sure you want to say that?"

However, without giving everyone extra time to think, after listening to Inspector Nishimura's words and Kadokura's cold threat, Gao Yuan and others who were at the hospital heard a loud explosion outside the hospital.

"what!"

Hearing the noise, everyone walked to the window and saw that a car suddenly exploded in the hospital parking lot.

Combined with what Monkura just said, it is natural to think that this is also part of Monkura's threat.

Soon, Kadokura gave an answer:

"I planted many bombs like this in Hakodate City last night. If you don't bring the treasure to me before midnight tonight, you know the consequences!"

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"Are you taking everyone in the city as hostages?"

Inspector Nishimura said this with a serious expression, but Kadokura ignored him and just hung up the phone.

So, as things came to this point, Inspector Nishimura punched the table in anger, then sighed, looked at the time, and looked at Gao Yuan who was thinking. Then, without saying anything more, he left and went to gather the police officers. After all, this matter was becoming increasingly difficult to handle, and preparations had to be made early.

In this regard, Gao Yuan, who remained in the office after Inspector Nishimura left, to be honest, now that he knew what Keisaburo Afue's treasure was, his view of Kadokura, Afue Tadayuki, and Fukjo Ryohei was like looking at a clown.

They made things so complicated for that thing. They were really deceived by the literal description of "a weapon that can change the situation of the war". They never considered that with the development of the times, many things have long been eliminated.

Regarding this situation, I don’t know if these people don’t study history or what.

In short, judging from the current situation, Gao Yuan basically already knows who killed Kugaki Sumitu and who the mysterious swordsman is.

As for what Mencang did at this time...

Sure enough, my opinion of this person when I first heard about him was correct—

To be honest, this guy is really not a big shot. At this point, apart from threatening with bombs, he has forced himself into a desperate situation with no way back. If he knew what the treasure is, it is hard to imagine how he would react.

However, when Gao Yuan was still thinking about whether to tell the truth about the treasure directly on the phone, Mencang detonated the bomb, which put an end to Gao Yuan's plan to reveal the truth directly.

After all, given Monkura's mentality, he would go to great lengths and completely disregard his own chances for that treasure. If he knew that it wasn't even a weapon in the actual sense, it would be difficult to guarantee Fukushiro Ryohei's safety.

So, now that things have come to this, what should we do? (End of this chapter)