Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 112 Treasure, Self-Immolation

After about ten minutes.

The two men came back with a golden lighter.

"This was found at the scene." Hattori Heiji looked at the police officer.

"Now we can confirm that the deceased indeed committed self-immolation, right?" Kogoro Mori said immediately upon seeing this.

However, Hattori Heiji shook his head: "When I found this lighter, its lid was closed. Who would have the time to do such a thing when committing suicide?"

First he used a lighter to set his body on fire, then endured the pain, closed the lid, and placed the lighter on the beam of the roof...

Just imagining this scene made him feel weird.

"Really?" Kogoro Mouri blinked.

"Also, the piece of pottery on the body of the deceased is a bit strange..."

Conan was muttering to himself. Toyama Kazuha seemed to have remembered something. She pulled Hattori Heiji's clothes and said, "Heiji, I remember my father said that the charred corpse found in the inner flood channel thirteen years ago and another charred corpse found in the outer flood channel some time ago also had the same fragments as this one, and the words 'eight hundred and forty-eight' were written on the fragments."

"Eight hundred and forty-eight? What does that mean?" A big question mark appeared on Heiji's forehead.

"I'm not sure either." He Ye shook his head, "But according to my father, the fragment seems to be part of the treasure."

treasure?

Why are we talking about treasure again?
Everyone was a little confused when they heard this.

It’s Xia He.

Out of curiosity, he picked up the scroll that Hattori Heiji had placed on the ground. After spreading it out and looking at it for a while, the originally blank part of the scroll suddenly began to show words and patterns.

"That is?!"

Conan noticed this scene and immediately ran over, took the scroll from Xia He's hand, and looked at it carefully for a while.

That's it!

"The Dragon and Tiger Stone in Osaka Castle will show a pattern of coiled dragons and crouching tigers whenever it rains... You thought of this, so you took the scroll to the rain to get it wet, right?" Conan said to Xia He with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.

"Damn it, that guy got there first again!" Hattori Heiji clenched his fists upon hearing that.

Xia He: "."

I said I never thought about it that way at all, do you believe me?
"But from this point of view, the legend may be true."

Hattori Heiji looked at the little bit of gold powder on the pottery and whispered, "Somewhere in Osaka Castle, there might really be Toyotomi Hideyoshi's treasure known as the 'Golden King'."

Combining the pattern on the scroll with the pottery fragment in his hand, it is not difficult to guess that this thing is a gourd-shaped pottery.

The gourd is the symbol of Taiko's tachima staff in battle. Every time Toyotomi Hideyoshi won a battle, he would add a small gourd to the golden tachima staff, forming what later generations called "Senjen Piaotan".

"The number 848 that He Ye just mentioned may be the serial number of these gourds."

Nearly a thousand gourds filled with gold...

After hearing Hattori Heiji's analysis, most of the people present subconsciously showed expressions of surprise.

However, Xia He, Conan, and Xiaolan didn't show any expression at all.

Are you kidding? A week ago, I saw an entire villa made of gold. How could there be only a thousand gourds that were not much bigger than a palm?
How much gold can it hold?

I'm afraid at best the price is only about half of that in other hotels, right?

While Hattori Heiji was discussing the details of the case with the police, several other tourists in the same tour group as the deceased had their own ulterior motives and were making their own plans in their hearts.

... "How come another murder happened all of a sudden?" Nakatsuru Hirota couldn't help but sigh in Osaka Castle Commercial Street.

It's no wonder. Except at home, he rarely meets Conan outside. It's understandable that he hasn't seen much of the "power of death".

So Xia He patted Nakatsuru Kunta on the shoulder and said, "When you take Uncle Maori and his friends on a trip a few more times in the future, you will get used to it."

Nakakaku Huta: "?"

"What are we going to do now?" asked Kogoro Mouri.

"It's still early, just past eight o'clock, why don't we go to the night market?" Yuanshan Heye suggested.

However, just as he finished speaking, he found that his sweetheart and Conan had disappeared without a trace.

"Where are Heiji and Conan?"

"Oh, they just said they wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, so they left first." Xia He replied.

"Kid, why don't you go?" Maori Kogoro glanced at Xia He.

After all, in his impression, Xia He and the other two guys were almost inseparable whenever they appeared at the same time.

"Because... I'm not very interested in this case." Xia He spread his hands and said.

"Oh, I understand. You also think that man committed suicide, right?" Kogoro Mori put his arm around Xia He's shoulders with an expression of similarity.

Xia He: "."

"But then again, why are you still here?" Ignoring Kogoro Mori, Xia He turned to look at Souji Okita, who was holding a bamboo sword and resting his hands behind his head.

Okita Souji curled his lips and said, "I originally booked a train ticket for this afternoon, but in order to prepare for the battle, I canceled it and changed it to a flight tomorrow morning."

"Oh, I see." Xia He nodded.

But Yuanshan Heye suddenly interrupted and said, "I wanted to say this when we were in the gym today. He really looks like Shinichi, don't you think so, Xiaolan?"

"Um...yeah." Xiaolan nodded.

She was also shocked when she saw Okita Souji for the first time, and wondered how there could be two people in the world who looked so similar.

"Who is Shinichi?" Okita Souji blinked and looked at Xiaolan, "But this beautiful lady, I haven't asked for your name yet."

"Mao...Mouri Ran." Looking at Okita Souji's face that was exactly the same as Shinichi's, Xiaolan couldn't help but blush slightly, and spoke with a slightly stuck voice.

Xia He: "."

Hey, hey, it’s probably because you haven’t seen your childhood sweetheart for a long time, so you’ve started to think about finding a “meal replacement”, right?

……

Nine p.m.

After visiting the temple fair for an hour, Xiaolan, who was still a little worried about Conan, immediately took everyone back to the castle tower.

However, when they passed an arch bridge, they once again witnessed someone setting himself on fire, and in front of them, he dived into the river under the bridge.

When Kogoro Mori and Hirota Nakatsuru ran to the bridge and looked down, they only saw a slender figure floating on the water with its back still burning.

Upon seeing this, Nakatsuru Hirota quickly took off his suit and dived into the water to try to save people.

Kogoro Mouri took out his cell phone and immediately called the police.

(End of this chapter)