Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 311 305. Killing someone and destroying their heart?

There is certainly no shortage of people in this world who value money over their lives, but Goro Kinoshita is clearly not one of them.

However, since Goro Kinoshita said he would take them to the place where the gold was buried, Lin Ryoma naturally would not refuse.

"Then please lead the way, Assistant Kinoshita."

Under the guidance of Goro Kinoshita, the group quickly passed through the village and arrived at the entrance of the navy cave.

Because they did not conceal their whereabouts along the way, the villagers also knew that they were going to look for the gold of the Dragon God.

So the team grew bigger and bigger, with more and more people following behind.

When they arrived at the entrance of the navy cave, Takeo Mikami suddenly realized.

"Navy cave, could it be that the gold of the Dragon God is buried in it?!" Then Mikami Takeo's face changed again.

"Wait! I remember a murder happened here five years ago! Could it be..."

Takeo Mikami tells the story of a murder that occurred in the Navy Cave five years ago - As a small island far away from Tokyo, Shikishima itself has good luck.

Whether it is the mysterious disappearance of the Dragon God seven years ago or the legend about the navy more than 7 years ago, these are all great gimmicks.

When the natural scenery is similar, the cultural landscape is a plus point of the tourist attraction.

As long as the publicity is adequate, office workers living in Tokyo will naturally not mind taking a day or two on weekends or holidays to visit the island.

Whether it is reliving the story of the navy 400 years ago or searching for lost treasure on the island, it is a rare experience in the city.

Especially the treasure of gold.

It’s hard to say about other places, but in Tokyo, where there is Beika-cho, treasure is not just a legend.

There are even a certain number of treasure hunters in the island nation.

If there is no treasure within the island country, are these treasure hunters just playing house?
It can be said that Shikishima had many opportunities to "turn around" and become a tourist attraction, but they were all missed due to various human reasons.

The murder that occurred in the Navy Cave five years ago is one of them.

Five years ago, a university professor who specialized in studying ancient navy came to Shikishima. He heard that there was a naval cave on Shikishima and came to investigate.

It was just that the university professor died unexpectedly not long after arriving on the island. The villagers on the island said that it was the ghost of the navy 400 years ago, but no one knew the specific circumstances except the murderer.

"That's right. It was Koji Hamada who killed that university professor five years ago." Goro Kinoshita said the information he knew very tactfully:

“The university professor wanted to study the naval remains on the island, so he naturally had to enter the naval cave.

But Hamada Koji hid the Dragon God and the gold in this navy cave. In order to prevent the gold from being discovered, he could only transform into a 'navy ghost' and kill the university professor.

"So the gold you dream of is hidden in this cave? Come on, let's go in and take a look."

Goro Kinoshita took the lead, followed by Takeo Mikami, then Okami Shuzen and Ryoma Hayashi.

The villagers on the island were stopped by the backbone members of Isshinkai.

Although the villagers were dissatisfied, none of them had any problem with these Isshinkai members who seemed difficult to talk to.

Isn't it human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong?

"How could this happen?!" The person who said this was Goro Kinoshita. At this moment, he was looking at the messy cave with disbelief on his face.

The cave was full of traces of excavation, and there were many empty bricks on the steps leading down - Goro Kinoshita had already learned from Yukiji Hamada that the gold on the Dragon God had been disguised as bricks, replacing many of the original steps.

The missing bricks on the steps can't be because someone went to the navy cave and stole the real bricks, right?
The only things that could be taken away were the "gold bricks", which meant that even if Goro Kinoshita had not been caught, he would have gained nothing by coming to this navy cave.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?!" Goro Kinoshita was distraught. He killed more than one person for this.

What was the result?
Nothing is gained.
Mikami Takeo's expression was also very subtle. He really wanted to get the gold. But at the beginning, his attitude was that it would be best to have the gold, but it didn't matter if he didn't have it.

Anyway, the commission for hiring Dashang Zhushan was paid by public funds, so he wouldn't lose anything even if there was no gold.

Of course, according to the entrustment contract between the village office and Dashang Zhushan, after the treasure hunt is over, the village office needs to pay the remaining entrustment fee to Dashang Zhushan.

However, the village office has no money in its account, so it can only recover the money from Goro Kinoshita first, and then pay the balance to Zhushan.

In short, Takeo Mikami would not and could not, and had no reason to use his own money to fill the hole in the village office.

I just don’t know what these big bosses from Tokyo who come from afar feel like.

Thinking of this, Mikami Takeo couldn't help but glance at Hayashi Ryoma and Okami Zhushan with a gloating look.

Lin Longma had a blank expression on his face, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. But at this moment, there was no difference between not smiling and being angry.

Dashang Zhushan walked to the steps where the bricks were missing with an unpleasant look on his face to check.

"President, these bricks were taken away recently. To be precise, it's no more than three days."

"That means that when I found this place, someone had already started smuggling the gold here."

"We're too late!"

"It's okay, just think of it as an outing. The scenery of Shikishima is pretty nice, isn't it?"

Lin Longma took a deep look into the navy cave, then turned and left.

Dashang Zhushan spat on the ground angrily, then followed Lin Longma's pace.

Next came the backbone of the Isshinkai, Takeo Mikami, and finally Goro Kinoshita who was controlled.

Outside the navy cave, the villagers of Fushima were anxiously waiting for the people in the cave to come out.

But when they saw the ugly faces of Lin Longma and his group, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts.

Could it be that.
"Make way and let the villagers go and confirm it." Lin Longma left the navy cave after saying this.

After they left, the unwilling villagers rushed into the cave one after another - then they understood why Lin Longma and the others looked so ugly.

There was nothing in the cave except some bricks - it’s not that there was nothing, at least after a "locust-like" search, the villagers still found some gold powder in the cave.

These gold powders prove that a large amount of gold was once stored in this cave.

But that's about it.

The villagers' destructive search made the cave's already unstable structure even more unstable.

Before Lin Longma left, after a series of earthquakes, the navy cave finally sank into the sea and was never seen again.
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"Chief Mikami, I'll leave the follow-up work of Assistant Kinoshita to you. Don't forget to pay Mr. Okami's commission fee. We'll take our leave now."

At the dock, Hayashi Ryoma and Mikami Takeo shook hands and said goodbye. After the yacht left the waters near Shikishima, a speedboat quietly appeared around Hayashi Ryoma's yacht.

(End of this chapter)