Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 705 Mysterious Goods at the Police Station Gate

Smelling the refreshing fragrance and looking at his disciples lying unconscious in the corner, still spitting out foam, a feeling of unease welled up in Saijo Taiga's heart.

However, what did he mean by that? Could it be that these three people also came for the Medicine Buddha?

Seemingly sensing his confusion, Xia Chuan shook his head: "The Medicine Buddha you're talking about, is this the one?"

Shinmei Kaori seemed to have adapted to her role in the team, reaching under the table to pull out something wrapped in a burlap sack.

"Could it be."

Saijo Taiga's pupils suddenly contracted; the outline of the sack was almost identical to the Buddha he had dreamt of. Could it be...?
The sack was opened, revealing the Medicine Buddha inside, missing the crystal between his eyebrows.

Saijo Taiga was both surprised and delighted. Recalling his efforts over the past month, he finally saw the Medicine Buddha and felt an urge to cry.

"Where did you find it? It has been hidden by Yoshitsune for eight years. I have been searching frantically these past few days, but there is not a trace of it. Could it have been in your hands from the beginning?"

Filled with doubt and indignation, Saijo Taiga unleashed a torrent of profanities, cursing Yoshitsune's ancestors for eighteen generations in the next minute.

This shows that he did have a deep affection for the Buddha statue, but this affection was based on self-interest.

"Oh, He has actually always been inside Jade Dragon Temple. Didn't you already know that? Otherwise, you wouldn't have ordered people to search for Him every day."

"where?"

Saijo Taiga's face turned pale and red. How could the other party have found something he had searched so hard for?

They were fine when they left in the morning, but when they came back in the evening, they found them.

"Oh, you may not have noticed, but the layout of Yulong Temple, when viewed from above, makes the complex look like the Chinese character '玉' (jade)."

"And this Buddha statue is right on the dot of the character 'jade'. Do you remember that code? The code is solved to reveal the character 'jade'. The dot on the code corresponds to the solitary bell tower inside the Jade Dragon Temple!"

"So that's it!"

"It's a clock tower."

Saijo Taiga gritted his teeth, wishing he could dig up Yoshitsune's grave and swallow his ashes alive.

However, it was such an obvious place, yet we couldn't find it.
These damned underlings are all idiots!
"Alright, stop getting sentimental. I have absolutely no interest in this Buddha statue."

Xia Chuan waved his hand, his expression becoming much more serious, and asked, "Did you find anything inside Yulong Temple?"

Saijo Taiga quickly recovered from her grief, a glint of light flashing in her eyes: "Yes, so that's what you were looking for."

Although I don't know what Xia Chuan is talking about, in the current situation, without a trump card to save his life, he will surely die.

Xia Chuan's question clearly indicates that he is looking for something.

Regardless of the consequences, I nodded first.

"you know?"

Xia Chuan frowned.

He already had the answer to this question, but the other party gave him a different answer.

"Yes, that thing is very important to you, isn't it? Let me go and I'll tell you!"

Xia Chuan stared at Saijo Taiga for a few seconds, then suddenly realized that this guy seemed to be trying to trick him.

Putting aside the fact that there were no signs of digging deep in the front yard, the fact that the other party kept referring to "that thing" is enough to illustrate the point.

"Hehe, that's good."

"What do you mean?"

Saijo Taiga's heart skipped a beat. Before he could utter another sound, his mouth was pried open, and a mouthful of fragrant tofu was stuffed into his mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

Saijo Taiga opened his eyes wide, shaking his head and nodding at the same time.

Even though he knew it was poisonous, the taste that spread across his taste buds made him swallow.

Less than a minute later, Saijo Taiga died!

"Looks like we're in for a busy time."

They ignored the Genji Fireflies, because Joel's cooking had a profound medicinal effect, and he wouldn't be able to wake up for at least a day.

And this was done after gastric lavage!
Arriving at the front yard, looking at the wide, flat ground, Xia Chuan couldn't help but sigh.

"But what about her before that?"

Joel looked down at Toyama Kazuha, who was lying flat on the ground and still unconscious, and said, "Kazuha has been kidnapped by Saijo Taiga. Conan and the others will probably be here soon."

It is a bit troublesome, but it's nothing serious.

Xia Chuan shook his head and then notified Frank to send someone up to pick up the goods.

So what if they found it? It's alright. As long as we hand over the Buddha statue, Kazuha Toyama, Taiga Saijo, and the others to the Kyoto Prefectural Police, this place should be safe for the time being.

These people won't wake up anytime soon, so they have plenty of time to operate.

If Conan and Heiji Hattori really insist on going up the mountain to investigate the whole story, they can just force-feed them. By the time they wake up, it will be too late.

Ten p.m.

A delivery truck with a ZJS Express advertisement was parked in front of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters.

Then, several deliverymen wearing masks and dressed in black silently unloaded the goods.

The guard yawned, noticed that the deliveryman had been parked at the door for a long time, felt something was off, yawned again, and slowly walked out.

As for vigilance?
This is the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters; no one would cause trouble here.

Not every police headquarters is called the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

When the guards came out, the entrance was already filled with large shipping containers, stacked high. They were labeled "Fragile," "Handle with care," and "Do not invert."

The deliveryman in black pulled down his hat brim, said nothing, put down the last box, and hurriedly got into his car.

"and many more!"

The guard was puzzled, but what greeted him was a thick cloud of PM2.5.

This inexplicable situation immediately brought him to his senses. He picked up a flashlight and circled the box, but ultimately didn't dare to go forward and open it.

Ten minutes later, Inspector Ayanokoji appeared at the door.

Ayanokouji had been working overtime these past few days. He happened to hear the guard's report and thought he'd come out for some fresh air and see what was going on.

Standing beside him were Inspector Dairyu from Osaka and Inspector Shiratori from Tokyo.

As for why it wasn't Inspector Megure, it can only be said that cases are frequent in Tokyo. Although the number of cases has decreased since Kogoro Mouri left, they are not completely eliminated.

Less than three days after I left for Kyoto on a business trip, another case occurred in Beika Town, this time a serious burglary.

While robbing people of their property, if anyone is home, they will also be killed to silence them. He has to be called a ruthless person.

Therefore, Inspector Megure returned to Tokyo ahead of schedule.

"What are these things? They were sent directly to the prefectural police headquarters, but I don't see any tracking number on them."

Ayanokouji walked around the box for a long time, then looked back at the guard.

"The person left after putting down the things. They were dressed in black to cover their face and looked very suspicious. I didn't dare to open the door easily, after all, it's Tokyo."

He was referring to an incident where an explosion occurred at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department because someone had rashly opened a package from an unknown source.

Inspector Shiratori's face darkened, but he didn't say anything. He simply took two steps forward and reached out to touch it.

Suddenly, a strange noise caught everyone's attention.

"I didn't post it."

Inspector Shiratori shook his head in astonishment, and then the box in front of him made a loud banging sound, and cries for help could be faintly heard.

—A box filled with people!?

This thought flashed through the minds of all three inspectors simultaneously.

The box was carefully opened, and a girl suddenly sat up, startling Ayanokouji who was about to peek out. The hamster on her shoulder bristled and climbed onto Ayanokouji's head, chirping warily.

"Help!"

The shouts rose and fell, but fortunately there were few people on the road at that time, so they did not attract attention.

The girl was Toyama Kazuha. The moment she took a breath of fresh air, she screamed for help.

Then he saw the three police inspectors surrounding him on his left and right.

"Officer Oodai-taki?"

For a moment, Toyama Kazuha was stunned, then immediately shouted in alarm, "Something's happened! Something's happened! I've been kidnapped by a mysterious person wearing a Noh mask!"

Inspector Shiratori spoke softly, "Aren't you right here? Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters."

"Huh!?"

Kazuha Toyama was completely bewildered. Before she lost consciousness, she knew about Taiga Saijo's plan and that she had been used as a bargaining chip. In her haste, she didn't care why she was there and told the three inspectors what she had heard and seen.

After a while, the three police inspectors had heard most of what was going on.

In short, someone kidnapped Kazuha Toyama, demanding that Heiji Hattori and Kogoro Mori decipher the code and tell him the answer, and also demanding that Heiji Hattori hand over a crystal he found eight years ago.

"Did it happen at noon? Why didn't we know about it?"

Ayanokouji's short eyebrows furrowed slightly: "These detectives are really unreliable. They don't tell the police about something so important. Their heroic tendencies are too obvious."

He glanced at Inspector Otaki, seemingly unintentionally, and said those words to him.

He had heard about the other person's relationship with Hattori Heiji.

"Hey, hey, hey, I don't know either!"

Inspector Ōtaki was sweating profusely; Hattori Heiji had indeed not told him about this.

However, this is indeed Heiji Hattori's style, thinking of solving cases on his own.

But why would Kogoro Mouri do that?
Kogoro Mouri, who was inexplicably blamed, was still thinking about the case in his hotel room, completely unaware that he was being disliked by Ayanokouji for no reason, and even less aware that it was so late and his daughter had not yet returned.

An unexpected phone call interrupted his thoughts.

Although there was no progress, without that phone call, I might have figured out the solution to the code in the next second.

So he answered the phone impatiently, but before he could even start yelling at the other person, he was the one who yelled at him.

The caller is Inspector Ayanokoji.

Then, the same thing happened to Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji moved the phone away from his ear, relieved but also puzzled.

"Inspector Ayanokoji said that Benkei has been found, and Kazuha has been found too!?"

"how so!"

Conan didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, even though the code had been solved!

"Great! If we've found it, we don't need to go to Yulong Temple!"

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